Video: Essays on Reality, Chapter 2
A caricature of hardcore pornography, a visual intepretation of our relationship with social technology, and a critique…
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freetoken Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:02:03pm |
Here, in its 179MB glory, is the PDF of the draft “National Climate Assessment” released yesterday for comment:
[Link: ncadac.globalchange.gov…]
Big, boring government report, but it does have some nice pretty pictures.
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freetoken Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:08:01pm |
Virtual reality may be all we have left, after real reality becomes too bad in which to dwell:
On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing’s Air Quality Tops ‘Crazy Bad’ at 755
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wrenchwench Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:14:11pm |
I’m going home where the new unit will allow me to view the above.
Later, lizards.
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b_sharp Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:19:03pm |
Posting from Mint Linux in a surprisingly fast VM because the more I use Windows 8 the more I actively dislike it.
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Interesting Times Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:26:25pm |
re: #4 freetoken
Left a comment for you downstairs related to something else you posted.
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freetoken Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:32:02pm |
re: #7 Interesting Times
I had posted the EIA link when it came out, and commented on how the EIA has a very long history of, well, putting out basically whatever the oil industry feeds them.
Their production models are economic models, which they clearly emphasize, and do not designed to include data on the actual physical substance itself, or the geology. They look at “oil” production like any economics outfit looks at production.
The EIA was created as part of the effort of importing countries to grapple with the economic power of OPEC. The EIA is the US version of the international IEA, and even though the EIA is part of the Energy Department it has very little to do with the rest of the DoE’s efforts. I think the EIA belongs in Commerce, as that is really what it does, or the Interior Department, as they are the ones that manage resources.
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freetoken Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:34:12pm |
Bjorn Lomborg refreshes his denier credentials:
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freetoken Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:37:24pm |
CA gun show draws 10,000 people ‘getting ready for the next revolution’
What drew an estimated 10,000 people to a Northern California gun show? Simple. According to one attendee, they’re scared.
“Obama wants to take everybody’s guns away,” said Bob Daziel, who stood in line with hundreds on Saturday to get into the Crossroads of The West event in Daly City, California. “So they’re down here buying ammo, buying guns, they’re getting ready for the next revolution.”
[…]
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b_sharp Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:38:37pm |
re: #9 freetoken
Bjorn Lomborg refreshes his denier credentials:
What profit is there for him to constantly minimize the affects of AGW? I find that as disgusting as the shit Tim Ball does.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:41:24pm |
re: #10 freetoken
CA gun show draws 10,000 people ‘getting ready for the next revolution’
To be fair, that’s only one attendee. But he’s a very crazy attendee.
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:41:57pm |
Damn freezing in Denver for the past two days. Can’t wait for Spring.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:42:33pm |
re: #13 Gus
Damn freezing in Denver for the past two days. Can’t wait for Spring.
Peyton Mannings spring started about an hour ago!!!
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:43:25pm |
re: #14 sattv4u2
Peyton Mannings spring started about an hour ago!!!
80 dead in Bangladesh. Record low.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:45:00pm |
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:46:42pm |
Hmm. So Liveleak takes a long time to load but the videos play fine. Weird.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:47:09pm |
re: #15 Gus
80 dead in Bangladesh. Record low.
When you spend your whole life dealing with high temperatures, a cold snap can be lethal.
You can be sure that this instance will be cited by various AGW deniers for their “COLD SNAP! PEOPLE DEAD!!1 WHAT GLOBAL WARMING?! HURR, HURR, HURR!!1” schtick.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Jan 12, 2013 6:57:16pm |
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons (although, I have no idea why. I’ll have under 8 hours before the long quiet drive back here beckons)
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Political Atheist Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:02:53pm |
re: #18 Dark_Falcon
I fear LA will lose homeless people tonight to the cold. Tonight it will get down to 30 in the area.
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:04:49pm |
re: #19 sattv4u2
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons (although, I have no idea why. I’ll have under 8 hours before the long quiet drive back here beckons)
Thanks for the Liveleak internet test before.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:05:04pm |
re: #20 Political Atheist
I fear LA will lose homeless people tonight to the cold. Tonight it will get down to 30 in the area.
That’s sad. An actual freeze is deadly when you’re outside at night, unless you’ve got gear most homeless people don’t have.
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Vicious Babushka Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:07:59pm |
re: #20 Political Atheist
I fear LA will lose homeless people tonight to the cold. Tonight it will get down to 30 in the area.
They should come to Detroit. 54 degrees here now.
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ProBosniaLiberal Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:08:04pm |
Both my Mom and Dad did something stupid. Divorce likely. A bit stressed, and I need to worry about my puppy, and what to do with her.
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freetoken Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:08:51pm |
re: #11 b_sharp
What profit is there for him to constantly minimize the affects of AGW? I find that as disgusting as the shit Tim Ball does.
Well, it keeps getting him interviews in magazines, and on Fox, etc.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:11:08pm |
re: #24 ProBosniaLiberal
Both my Mom and Dad did something stupid. Divorce likely. A bit stressed, and I need to worry about my puppy, and what to do with her.
PLL, please get some professional help. If things for your parents are that bad you’re going to need help in getting through it.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:11:59pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:12:47pm |
I’m reading Steve Berry’s novel “The Columbus Affair” another “Da Vinci Code” clone novel.
So ridiculously stupid and full of lame-ass mistakes. The hero is a thinly disguised Tom Friedman and the villain is this mysterious sinister Joo.
The premise of this silly story is that Columbus was a seekrit Joo who stashed away Juice artifacts in a cave in Jamaica.
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:14:33pm |
re: #28 Varek Raith
Just show how good we are at messing up the climate.
Last summer we set a record for +100F days. Kind of mild fall however. Not much snow yet this winter. Cold snap though and it’s BAFC right now.
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ProBosniaLiberal Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:14:39pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
I love my doggy. So, I need to figure something out. And Mom wants to walk out.
At the very least, I need to figure this out, and pronto.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:14:49pm |
re: #29 Vicious Babushka
I’m reading Steve Berry’s novel “The Columbus Affair” another “Da Vinci Code” clone novel.
So ridiculously stupid and full of lame-ass mistakes. The hero is a thinly disguised Tom Friedman and the villain is this mysterious sinister Joo.
The premise of this silly story is that Columbus was a seekrit Joo who stashed away Juice artifacts in a cave in Jamaica.
Was he an albino Jew???
/
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Usually refered to as anyways Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:18:14pm |
re: #29 Vicious Babushka
So ridiculously stupid and full of lame-ass mistakes. The hero is a thinly disguised Tom Friedman and the villain is this mysterious sinister Joo.
The premise of this silly story is that Columbus was a seekrit Joo who stashed away Juice artifacts in a cave in Jamaica.
/ Jamaica! JAMAICA unposible
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:28:40pm |
re: #29 Vicious Babushka
I’m reading Steve Berry’s novel “The Columbus Affair” another “Da Vinci Code” clone novel.
So ridiculously stupid and full of lame-ass mistakes. The hero is a thinly disguised Tom Friedman and the villain is this mysterious sinister Joo.
The premise of this silly story is that Columbus was a seekrit Joo who stashed away Juice artifacts in a cave in Jamaica.
That’s one serious mistake.
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ProBosniaLiberal Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:29:41pm |
Really stressed right now.
I don’t know if I could take care of a Border Collie right now. I don’t make much money. Just $20k a year.
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Political Atheist Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:33:52pm |
re: #35 ProBosniaLiberal
Really stressed right now.
Oh man that sucks, I hate that overwhelmed feeling. I try to find a healthy physical outlet. Dunno if that’s your style but I wish you the best getting through.
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:37:30pm |
Reddit cofounder found dead, apparent suicide
Aaron Swartz, an online activist and founder of the wildly popular social network Reddit, has taken his own life at the age of 26. According to AlterNet, Swartz was facing legal difficulties and struggling with illness and depression.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:38:54pm |
re: #35 ProBosniaLiberal
Really stressed right now.
I don’t know if I could take care of a Border Collie right now. I don’t make much money. Just $20k a year.
Keep the dog, you need a companion. But keep looking for a better job, too. They are out there, I know, since I finally got a decent job offer on Friday.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:44:42pm |
Well, looks like the Packers lack of a real defense all year is finally catching up to them. Guess I’ll hope for Seattle if they do manage to lose this one.
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:45:27pm |
re: #40 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, looks like the Packers lack of a real defense all year is finally catching up to them. Guess I’ll hope for Seattle if they do manage to lose this one.
Packers?
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wheat-dogghazi Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:48:00pm |
re: #4 freetoken
Virtual reality may be all we have left, after real reality becomes too bad in which to dwell:
On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing’s Air Quality Tops ‘Crazy Bad’ at 755
Beijing’s air quality is an embarrassment to the government. The “official” air quality reports are always rosier than the ones issued by the US Embassy. The Chinese government has asked the Embassy to cease reporting air quality, but the Embassy has so far ignored the requests.
Beijing is a traffic nightmare, even with its modern subway and highways. There are just too many people, and more people are buying and driving cars every day. I read one article that said 1,500 cars are added to the Beijing streets every day!
So, when my friends suggest I should try teaching in Beijing where the pay is so much better, I politely say no thanks. I like breathing O2 over CO anytime.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:50:21pm |
re: #40 William Barnett-Lewis
Well, looks like the Packers lack of a real defense all year is finally catching up to them. Guess I’ll hope for Seattle if they do manage to lose this one.
Silver was saying the Superbowl’s gonna be New England/Seattle. Don’t think he said who he thought would win.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:50:41pm |
re: #39 Dark_Falcon
BTW, congrats on the new job. I saw your comment yesterday, but wasn’t logged in so I didn’t reply.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:53:19pm |
re: #43 Targetpractice
Silver was saying the Superbowl’s gonna be New England/Seattle. Don’t think he said who he thought would win.
If that’s the matchup, put your money on Brady, Belichick, and the Patriots.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:53:58pm |
re: #44 CuriousLurker
BTW, congrats on the new job. I saw your comment yesterday, but wasn’t logged in so I didn’t reply.
Thanks.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:57:22pm |
re: #45 Dark_Falcon
If that’s the matchup, put your money on Brady, Belichick, and the Patriots.
Alas, probably, but I still pull for anyone but Belichick on every Sunday.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:57:26pm |
DERP *headdesk*
I suppose the Obama can kill off anyone he wants, and the press will report it as suicide, a robbery attempt, or “a tragic car accident.”— Erik Rush (@erikrush) January 13, 2013
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:58:30pm |
re: #48 CuriousLurker
DERP *headdesk*
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It could always be a nameless supernatural evil.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:58:57pm |
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 7:59:38pm |
re: #51 Targetpractice
Who’s dead now?
It could be anyone, but the Obama administration is covering it up!
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:00:40pm |
re: #52 Kragar
It could be anyone, but the Obama administration is covering it up!
Oh ok, well remember that just in case I show up dead tomorrow. What I did to piss off Obama, I don’t know, but I’m sure he wants me dead.
//
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:00:48pm |
re: #51 Targetpractice
Who’s dead now?
Beats me. Hang on… Oh, here we go:
RT @itybitybombshel: The Progressives Have Killed Another Political Enemy:Aaron Swartz, Creator of Reddit wp.me/p1wV4E-Z3— Erik Rush (@erikrush) January 13, 2013
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:02:07pm |
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:02:38pm |
re: #45 Dark_Falcon
If that’s the matchup, put your money on Brady, Belichick, and the Patriots.
They’ve lost to both the Ravens and the 49ers this year.
They’re still a good team, but they barely got by 2-14 Jacksonville with the bye week on the line.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:02:55pm |
re: #54 CuriousLurker
According to yahoo he did himself in. He did have a record of depression. Very sad. :(
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:04:18pm |
re: #57 PhillyPretzel
According to yahoo he did himself in. He did have a record of depression. Very sad. :(
Sad indeed. *sigh*
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:04:21pm |
re: #57 PhillyPretzel
According to yahoo he did himself in. He did have a record of depression. Very sad. :(
Suicide is just a code for Obama killing you.
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b_sharp Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:05:05pm |
re: #57 PhillyPretzel
According to yahoo he did himself in. He did have a record of depression. Very sad. :(
Sometimes the future is more frightening than the abyss.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:06:12pm |
re: #54 CuriousLurker
Beats me. Hang on… Oh, here we go:
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Why was Swartz considered a political enemy of progressives?
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:06:59pm |
re: #61 BongCrodny
Why was Swartz considered a political enemy of progressives?
Because shut up, thats why.
/
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ProBosniaLiberal Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:07:05pm |
My mom had a mental breakdown from stress and bit him. Badly.
Him being like me, he is hyper-sensitive.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:08:03pm |
re: #57 PhillyPretzel
According to yahoo he did himself in. He did have a record of depression. Very sad. :(
I actually red the full-metal derp linked to and could actually feel my IQ points drop. Apparently he drew Obama’s ire by protesting against SOPA, which caused an overzealous state attorney to press for him to stand trial even while MIT didn’t want to pursue criminal charges. They wanted him dead because he’d thwarted their plans for controlling the internet. And the blogger asserts that if Aaron had just been as much a Biblethumper as her, he’d have realized he was a conservative and joined their cause.
The stupid, IT BURNS!
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:09:02pm |
The 10 Most Hated Companies In America
Any guesses before you look?
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:09:06pm |
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Interesting Times Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:09:09pm |
re: #54 CuriousLurker
Beats me. Hang on… Oh, here we go:
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Wut? The online activist group Aaron Swartz co-founded, DemandProgress.org, has this to say in its mission statement:
Demand Progress works to win progressive policy changes for ordinary people through organizing, and grassroots lobbying. In particular, we tend to focus on issues of civil liberties, civil rights, and government reform.
Uh, yeah. Exactly the kind of people progressives would consider a “political enemy”.
*checks self for potentially dangerous DERP exposure levels*
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:09:21pm |
re: #59 Kragar
Suicide is just a code for Obama killing you.
You see, Obama has this mind altering ray that he’s had mounted on a DRONE!!1 and it fires a beam that makes people with mental issues go either homicidal or suicidal. That’s not only the story of the death of Aaron Swartz, its also how the Newtown shootings happened. Obama had Swartz killed to ensure that FEMA could rule the Internet, and made Lanza a mass murderer so he could TAKE AWAY OUR GUNZ!!!11
Admit it: You could see Alex Jones saying this.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:09:50pm |
Oh yeah, you guys remember Yeager, the “I’m going to start killing people” guy? He seems to have had an epiphany:
I suppose a visit from the feds and getting your carry permit revoked will tend to give you a quick change of heart, huh?
SPLC: DHS Reportedly Investigating Tennessee Weapons Instructor
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:13:58pm |
re: #65 BongCrodny
Not surprised to see my employers on the list.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:14:26pm |
re: #61 BongCrodny
Why was Swartz considered a political enemy of progressives?
Not that I know of. I thought he was a progressive himself.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:14:55pm |
re: #65 BongCrodny
The 10 Most Hated Companies In America
Any guesses before you look?
AIG for sure.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:15:58pm |
44 to 24 with 3:30 left? McCarthy you incompetent so & so, you & TT have blown it again and I’ll bet you two idiots Scapegoat Dom Capers on Monday.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:16:56pm |
re: #70 Kragar
Not surprised to see my employers on the list.
You work for J.C. Penney? You monster!
///
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:17:02pm |
re: #68 Dark_Falcon
‘You’re in danger! You’re in danger!’ Alex Jones shouts in latest unhinged rant
“They’ve got poison in the water! Poison in the water!” he bellowed. “This is a normal response to this! This is how they should have responded to Hitler! You’re in danger! You’re in danger! You’re in danger, everybody watching! They control both parties! You’re in danger! Wake up! Get out of your trance! They should have resisted Hitler like this!”
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:18:13pm |
Uh-oh. Some guy keeps screaming at his GF:
“Get the fuck over here!”
“Noooo…”
“I SAID get THE FUCK over here!!”
“Nooooo….”
“Where are you GOING??”
“To the house to get…”
“NO. Get the F….”
Silence. They must have gone inside. Sheesh.
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ProBosniaLiberal Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:18:48pm |
re: #63 ProBosniaLiberal
I need to find a person in OK willing to take me and a somewhat aggressive Border Collie in.
Or an apartment. But who to roommate.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:18:54pm |
re: #75 Kragar
‘You’re in danger! You’re in danger!’ Alex Jones shouts in latest unhinged rant
This is your brain on derp. Any questions?
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:19:24pm |
HP? 10 worst? Oh Carly you nasty piece of work, you’re going to kill it in the end after all. God, one single person killing three of the 5 best IT companies? She had to have been on MS’s payroll the whole time…
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HoosierHoops Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:20:04pm |
re: #70 Kragar
Not surprised to see my employers on the list.
My employer has won best company to work for in Silicone Valley, I think 2 years in row now. They rock!
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:20:38pm |
You know who else delivered unhinged rants to brainwashed sycophants about the dangers of a conspiracy controlling their lives?
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:21:48pm |
re: #79 William Barnett-Lewis
HP? 10 worst? Oh Carly you nasty piece of work, you’re going to kill it in the end after all. God, one single person killing three of the 5 best IT companies? She had to have been on MS’s payroll the whole time…
Meg Twitman is calling the shots nowadays.
So no good news anytime soon.
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:22:09pm |
Great moment @ 1.5 hours after the game, Peyton Manning and his family waited to congratulate @raylewis52.com #ravens twitter.com/CSteele32/stat…— Chad Steele (@CSteele32) January 13, 2013
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:22:17pm |
re: #75 Kragar
‘You’re in danger! You’re in danger!’ Alex Jones shouts in latest unhinged rant
“Th’v gt psn n th wtr! Psn n th wtr!” he bellowed. “Ths s nrml rspns t ths! Ths s hw thy shld hv rspndd t Htlr! Y’r n dngr! Y’r n dngr! Y’r n dngr, vrbd wtchng! Th cntrl bth prts! Y’r n dngr! Wk p! Gt t f yr trnc! Thy shld hav rsstd Htlr lk ths!”
The violent lunatic says what?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:23:00pm |
re: #81 Kragar
You know who else delivered unhinged rants to brainwashed sycophants about the dangers of a conspiracy controlling their lives?
Hitler.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:23:28pm |
re: #81 Kragar
You know who else delivered unhinged rants to brainwashed sycophants about the dangers of a conspiracy controlling their lives?
Jones just Godwined himself.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:23:47pm |
re: #75 Kragar
‘You’re in danger! You’re in danger!’ Alex Jones shouts in latest unhinged rant
“They’ve got poison in the water! Poison in the water!” he bellowed. “This is a normal response to this! This is how they should have responded to Hitler! You’re in danger! You’re in danger! You’re in danger, everybody watching! They control both parties! You’re in danger! Wake up! Get out of your trance! They should have resisted Hitler like this!”
“Listen to me! Please listen! If you don’t, if you won’t, if you fail to understand, then the same incredible terror that’s menacing me WILL STRIKE AT YOU!” — Kevin McCarthy, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
Hmmm…
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:24:19pm |
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:24:51pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:26:22pm |
re: #88 Kragar
Cthulhu can’t eat Alex Jones or enter his mind. The sheer level of Bad Craziness in Jones would be toxic even for Cthulhu.
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:27:44pm |
re: #90 Dark_Falcon
Cthulhu can’t eat Alex Jones or enter his mind. The sheer level of Bad Craziness in Jones would be toxic even for Cthulhu.
Much the same way Khorne looks at Bryan Fischer and tells him he needs to back it down a notch.
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HoosierHoops Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:28:21pm |
Jay Leno destroyed Alex Jones.. You know the clip when he was just losing it and pointing his finger wildly? They imposed a gun in his hand shooting everything..It was funnier than Hell.
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:28:58pm |
re: #93 HoosierHoops
Jay Leno destroyed Alex Jones.. You know the clip when he was just losing it and pointing his finger wildly? They imposed a gun in his hand shooting everything..It was funnier than Hell.
Conan?
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:29:47pm |
re: #90 Dark_Falcon
Cthulhu can’t eat Alex Jones or enter his mind. The sheer level of Bad Craziness in Jones would be toxic even for Cthulhu.
There are times when I’d wish for the Doctor’s call box simply to drop Alex off in Byzantium where even his paranoia wouldn’t be enough to match the real conspiracies and intrigues of the Emperor’s court.
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ProBosniaLiberal Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:29:55pm |
I’m rattled enough, I don’t know if I can go to work tomorrow.
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:30:47pm |
re: #93 HoosierHoops
Jay Leno destroyed Alex Jones.. You know the clip when he was just losing it and pointing his finger wildly? They imposed a gun in his hand shooting everything..It was funnier than Hell.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:31:16pm |
re: #91 Kragar
Much the same way Khorne looks at Bryan Fischer and tells him he needs to back it down a notch.
Well, how can you shed blood for the blood god when you’re so full of DERP you can’t get out of bed without stepping on your own dick?
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kirkspencer Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:32:03pm |
re: #82 Kragar
Meg Twitman is calling the shots nowadays.
So no good news anytime soon.
Actually, somewhat disagree. She did a couple of things I thought very smart, enough so that provided:
a) nobody buys the company out; and
b) she can resist a stockholder eviction notice,
I think HP is likely to turn around over the upcoming couple of years.
A minor anecdote that I use as a tell. Whitman’s predecessor was preparing to spin off the most profitable product - printers - as a(n initially) wholly owned subsidiary, but with its own stock and books. Whitman reversed that one. In my experience, the people who spin off cash cows are pirates and short-term leaders looking for loot now instead of growth later. I found it encouraging.
FWIW when she took over she said it would take five years to recover, of which the first two would continue to decline. So far she seems to be on track.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:32:42pm |
re: #95 William Barnett-Lewis
There are times when I’d wish for the Doctor’s call box simply to drop Alex off in Byzantium where even his paranoia wouldn’t be enough to match the real conspiracies and intrigues of the Emperor’s court.
Don’t wish for that! Jones would become so insane he’d collapse in on himself and pull the entire world in his Black Hole of Stupid!
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wilburs Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:32:51pm |
re: #69 CuriousLurker
Oh yeah, you guys remember Yeager, the “I’m going to start killing people” guy? He seems to have had an epiphany:
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I suppose a visit from the feds and getting your carry permit revoked will tend to give you a quick change of heart, huh?
SPLC: DHS Reportedly Investigating Tennessee Weapons Instructor
In McNairy County, Tenn., Sheriff Guy Buck said Yeager “definitely has overstated his law enforcement credentials.”
what a surprise
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:33:25pm |
re: #96 ProBosniaLiberal
I’m rattled enough, I don’t know if I can go to work tomorrow.
Dude. Go to bed & rest. That will help.
I don’t know if you have any set of devotions you can pray, but when I’m in that kind of space I pray an Anglican rosary. It helps calm the heart, the mind & soul. Given the history of Islam there must be some similar set of prayers you can use to calm your heart, mind & soul before the one god. That will bring you the rest you need.
Now, good night… :)
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:35:37pm |
re: #95 William Barnett-Lewis
There are times when I’d wish for the Doctor’s call box simply to drop Alex off in Byzantium where even his paranoia wouldn’t be enough to match the real conspiracies and intrigues of the Emperor’s court.
Didn’t they already have a Doctor Who episode about that this season?
“Asylum of the Alex.”
Hey, it’s 11:35 on Saturday night. This *is* the A material.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:38:59pm |
re: #100 Dark_Falcon
Don’t wish for that! Jones would become so insane he’d collapse in on himself and pull the entire world in his Black Hole of Stupid!
Dude, Jones is a piker compared to them. He’d be strung up rotting in the sun within a week.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:39:28pm |
re: #99 kirkspencer
Actually, somewhat disagree. She did a couple of things I thought very smart, enough so that provided:
a) nobody buys the company out; and
b) she can resist a stockholder eviction notice,
I think HP is likely to turn around over the upcoming couple of years.A minor anecdote that I use as a tell. Whitman’s predecessor was preparing to spin off the most profitable product - printers - as a(n initially) wholly owned subsidiary, but with its own stock and books. Whitman reversed that one. In my experience, the people who spin off cash cows are pirates and short-term leaders looking for loot now instead of growth later. I found it encouraging.
FWIW when she took over she said it would take five years to recover, of which the first two would continue to decline. So far she seems to be on track.
Concur. The person trying to build up the top earning divisions is someone who generally wants the company to grow and do well over time.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:39:48pm |
E gad, I didn’t know Alex Jones was from Texas. Why, oh why do so many of the worst crazies have to be from my home state. *sob*
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HoosierHoops Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:40:11pm |
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:40:56pm |
re: #106 CuriousLurker
E gad, I didn’t know Alex Jones was from Texas. Why, oh why do so many of the worst crazies have to be from my home state. *sob*
Everything is bigger in Texas.
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b_sharp Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:42:24pm |
re: #106 CuriousLurker
E gad, I didn’t know Alex Jones was from Texas. Why, oh why do so many of the worst crazies have to be from my home state. *sob*
When the human brain is immersed in a specific type of thought the connections strengthen and a feedback sets up.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:42:33pm |
re: #106 CuriousLurker
E gad, I didn’t know Alex Jones was from Texas. Why, oh why do so many of the worst crazies have to be from my home state. *sob*
The first time I saw Alex Jones was right after I moved to Austin in 1998. He was ranting on one of the local public access TV channels.
I wish he’d stayed there. At least then he’d be ignored by everyone but the local cranks instead of being a national figure.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:43:00pm |
31-45 final and they’ll blame Capers on Monday. Bet on it.
Why do people keep thinking that McCarthy & Thompson have a clue? All the two of them have ever done is ride Rodger’s arm & when that’s not enough the Packers lose, as they did tonight.
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:44:08pm |
A guy in my office wanted to talk politics, then wanted to know where I was going when the first thing he did was talk about something he read on Infowars
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Gus Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:44:36pm |
re: #108 Kragar
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Everything appears smaller in the “right side” mirror.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:44:36pm |
re: #108 Kragar
Everything is bigger in Texas.
I’d never actually listened to him before. I just watched him with Morgan and am currently watching him on HuffPo Live. He’s totally effing bug nuts. I had no idea… O_o
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:45:12pm |
re: #111 William Barnett-Lewis
31-45 final and they’ll blame Capers on Monday. Bet on it.
Why do people keep thinking that McCarthy & Thompson have a clue? All the two of them have ever done is ride Rodger’s arm & when that’s not enough the Packers lose, as they did tonight.
I’m bummed the Packers lost. Oh well. There’s always next season.
Now I have to decide who I care about with the Seahawks/Falcons game and I have to hope that Houston does better against New England than the Packers did tonight.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:45:16pm |
re: #106 CuriousLurker
E gad, I didn’t know Alex Jones was from Texas. Why, oh why do so many of the worst crazies have to be from my home state. *sob*
He’s from Waco originally and became a professional lunatic after the Branch Davidian Siege in 1993. He’s another reason some people pronounce ‘Waco’ as ‘Whacko’.
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:45:28pm |
re: #111 William Barnett-Lewis
31-45 final and they’ll blame Capers on Monday.
Damn you perennial winter-deciduous plants!!!!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:47:05pm |
re: #111 William Barnett-Lewis
31-45 final and they’ll blame Capers on Monday. Bet on it.
Why do people keep thinking that McCarthy & Thompson have a clue? All the two of them have ever done is ride Rodger’s arm & when that’s not enough the Packers lose, as they did tonight.
I know how you feel when it comes to your team having idiots in the front office, Chicago has been there and done that.
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SteveMcG Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:47:16pm |
Can’t bring myself to root for Ray Lewis. Two guys get stabbed to death during a fight that he was involved in, and Lewis didn’t see nothin’. He’s just lucky that the Broncos blew it. Huge choke.
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HoosierHoops Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:48:16pm |
re: #96 ProBosniaLiberal
I’m rattled enough, I don’t know if I can go to work tomorrow.
Sorry to hear that. In a few years when you have a wife and a couple of kids running around in diapers, A house payment and car payments to make..Food you need to feed the family and medical bills..You will be going to be working every single day and asking for OT.
Don’t you know? You’re just another brick in the wall
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:49:01pm |
re: #116 Dark_Falcon
He’s from Waco originally and became a professional lunatic after the Branch Davidian Siege in 1993. He’s another reason some people pronounce ‘Waco’ as ‘Whacko’.
Wiki says he was born in Dallas, but it could be wrong. Yeah, it says he organized a successful effort to build a new Branch Davidian church as a memorial. Whacko indeed.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:50:03pm |
Ok, here’s something a hell of a lot more fun from Texas:
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ProBosniaLiberal Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:50:52pm |
re: #120 HoosierHoops
That is a life I want.
Quiet, with a loving family, with fights that don’t turn into 1+ long screaming matches and occasional force.
I want to be Rory Williams, in summary.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:52:49pm |
re: #122 William Barnett-Lewis
Also from Texas and more fun than Alex Jones, Luap Nor, and all the other idiots:
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 8:56:52pm |
re: #124 Lidane
Also from Texas and more fun than Alex Jones, Luap Nor, and all the other idiots:
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That almost makes me want to pull out the classic ZZ Top vids ;)
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:00:45pm |
re: #123 ProBosniaLiberal
That is a life I want.
Quiet, with a loving family, with fights that don’t turn into 1+ long screaming matches and occasional force.
I want to be Rory Williams, in summary.
You me and the rest of the world. I had two great parents yet I can still remember sitting in a stairwell listening to them scream at the top of their lungs for hours for too much of my childhood. Still they remained together. I don’t know what your parents face. “Life’s a bitch. Then you die.” was how we put it in the Army.
Look at my earlier post. I was very serious there. Get yourself centered that way and you’ll be better for yourself and for your parents.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:00:56pm |
re: #122 William Barnett-Lewis
Ok, here’s something a hell of a lot more fun from Texas:
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Not familiar with Bowling for Soup except the name.
What was the excerpt at the beginning of the song? I kinda liked that one, too.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:05:47pm |
re: #127 BongCrodny
Not familiar with Bowling for Soup except the name.
What was the excerpt at the beginning of the song? I kinda liked that one, too.
A different song off that first album that went nowhere IIRC. It started their schtick of starting a video with a blurb from the last video’s song.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:07:49pm |
As long as we’re in a Texas music mood…
This one’s got an Irish accent.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:08:07pm |
re: #128 William Barnett-Lewis
A different song off that first album that went nowhere IIRC. It started their schtick of starting a video with a blurb from the last video’s song.
Thus with “High School Never Ends” they opened the video with a clip from their only true hit to date, ‘1985’.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:10:17pm |
re: #127 BongCrodny
Not familiar with Bowling for Soup except the name.
Do you have kids? If so, you’ve heard Bowling for Soup. They do the theme song for Phineas & Ferb.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:10:23pm |
More than their share of crazy people in that state, it seems — but they do make some damn fine music down there.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:11:16pm |
re: #129 BongCrodny
As long as we’re in a Texas music mood…
This one’s got an Irish accent.
Texas music. I’m not sure why but I remember when Stevie Ray played my hometown. I took my HS sweetheart to the show but she wasn’t as excited as me after :) Few years later she was one of the last the Deadheads chasing them around shortly before Jerry croaked. The woman I ended up marrying liked both punk & the blues. I probably dodged a bullet there LOL!
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:12:24pm |
re: #131 Lidane
Do you have kids? If so, you’ve heard Bowling for Soup. They do the theme song for Phineas & Ferb.
And a version of the Jimmy Neutron theme :) I have that one in my favorites, what can I say?
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SteveMcG Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:13:43pm |
My favorite kids’ show music was from Bear in the Big Blue House.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:15:14pm |
re: #130 Dark_Falcon
Thus with “High School Never Ends” they opened the video with a clip from their only true hit to date, ‘1985’.
And that’s a glorious song if for no other reason the phrase “Music still on MTV”.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:16:35pm |
re: #135 SteveMcG
My favorite kids’ show music was from Bear in the Big Blue House.
Yo Gabba Gabba! or nothing. The music they have on that show is amazing:
I’m glad they’re starting kids young on killer music with that show.
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boredtechindenver Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:17:45pm |
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:19:15pm |
re: #133 William Barnett-Lewis
Texas music. I’m not sure why but I remember when Stevie Ray played my hometown. I took my HS sweetheart to the show but she wasn’t as excited as me after :) Few years later she was one of the last the Deadheads chasing them around shortly before Jerry croaked. The woman I ended up marrying liked both punk & the blues. I probably dodged a bullet there LOL!
Never got to see SRV.
But if I had my own Tardis, a Stevie Ray Vaughn concert would be one of my first stops.
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sagehen Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:20:36pm |
re: #130 Dark_Falcon
Thus with “High School Never Ends” they opened the video with a clip from their only true hit to date, ‘1985’.
One of my all-time favorite Stargate fanvids is for that song:
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:20:54pm |
re: #139 BongCrodny
Never got to see SRV.
But if I had my own Tardis, a Stevie Ray Vaughn concert would be one of my first stops.
I never got to see SRV. He died when I was still in high school. I remember my mom picking me up from school and telling me about it.
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boredtechindenver Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:21:31pm |
My other favorite Texas Band
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:23:17pm |
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:26:13pm |
re: #138 boredtechindenver
One of my favorite Texas bands
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Like those guys, but I gotta confess: that Freddy Fender song from the mid-70’s, “Before The Next Teardrop Falls,” made me want to pull my hair out by the roots.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:27:38pm |
re: #142 Lidane
I never got to see SRV. He died when I was still in high school. I remember my mom picking me up from school and telling me about it.
I’ve never been able to imagine what could be behind clapton’s karma… his son, taking a different chopper, his best friend’s wife…
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:31:23pm |
Mayhem, murder and madness from down Texas way:
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wrenchwench Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:32:40pm |
re: #69 CuriousLurker
Oh yeah, you guys remember Yeager, the “I’m going to start killing people” guy? He seems to have had an epiphany:
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I suppose a visit from the feds and getting your carry permit revoked will tend to give you a quick change of heart, huh?
SPLC: DHS Reportedly Investigating Tennessee Weapons Instructor
During his big apology at the beginning, I’m pretty sure he has his fingers crossed under the table.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:34:45pm |
re: #149 wrenchwench
During his big apology at the beginning, I’m pretty sure he has his fingers crossed under the table.
I’m 100% sure.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:35:36pm |
The ignorant yelling at the stupid:
WATCH: Alex Jones tears into Glenn Beck huff.to/WBiLEW— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) January 13, 2013
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Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:36:15pm |
re: #139 BongCrodny
Never got to see SRV.
But if I had my own Tardis, a Stevie Ray Vaughn concert would be one of my first stops.
I saw SRV in a small Pittsburgh place called The Decade back in the mid-80s (84 or 85). Saw George Thorogood as well in the same time period in a slightly larger venue. Different styles, but still rockin’ stuff.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:37:52pm |
re: #149 wrenchwench
During his big apology at the beginning, I’m pretty sure he has his fingers crossed under the table.
Hell, I’m as hard core a gunner as anyone still here and I’d say that little shitbird is only mad he said his crap in the wrong place.
Had it been at stormfront, or the like, we’d still not know of it now.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:38:56pm |
re: #152 Feline Fearless Leader
I saw SRV in a small Pittsburgh place called The Decade back in the mid-80s (84 or 85). Saw George Thorogood as well in the same time period in a slightly larger venue. Different styles, but still rockin’ stuff.
Never could get into GT. Just too much of the glory of being a booze hound. Probably cause I am one.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:39:17pm |
re: #153 William Barnett-Lewis
Hell, I’m as hard core a gunner as anyone still here and I’d say that little shitbird is only mad he said his crap in the wrong place.
Had it been at stormfront, or the like, we’d still not know of it now.
And he keeps saying, ‘It’s not time…’ like he’s going to call you next week and give you the signal.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:39:56pm |
re: #151 Lidane
The ignorant yelling at the stupid:
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How is he not in a mental hospital?
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wrenchwench Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:40:21pm |
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Targetpractice Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:40:31pm |
re: #151 Lidane
The ignorant yelling at the stupid:
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Perhaps Krauthammer was right, maybe Obama’s goal was to spark a conservative civil war. If so, mission accomplished.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:41:37pm |
re: #156 CuriousLurker
How is he not in a mental hospital?
Because he somehow manages to dress and feed himself.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:43:54pm |
re: #159 blueraven
Townes Van Zandt
Oh I love him. LOVE him. This Lyle Lovett cover of one of his songs never fails to make me cry:
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:45:23pm |
re: #151 Lidane
The ignorant yelling at the stupid:
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LOL, just the other day, Beck was going on about what a nutcase Jones was.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:46:33pm |
re: #163 Kragar
LOL, just the other day, Beck was going on about what a nutcase Jones was.
WTF. The guy threatening to build his own walled utopia has no business calling anyone else a nutcase.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:47:44pm |
Feel like I’m listening to one of those Outlaw Country radio stations.
Getting some great ideas for mix tapes.
Thanks, everyone. :-)
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CuriousLurker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:50:05pm |
Y’all are almost making me a little bit homesick for Texas.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:50:12pm |
re: #165 BongCrodny
Feel like I’m listening to one of those Outlaw Country radio stations.
Getting some great ideas for mix tapes.
Thanks, everyone. :-)
How about some youngsters:
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:52:03pm |
re: #165 BongCrodny
Feel like I’m listening to one of those Outlaw Country radio stations.
Getting some great ideas for mix tapes.
Thanks, everyone. :-)
Not from Texas and not outlaw country, but this would fit right in on that mix tape:
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:52:55pm |
re: #164 Lidane
WTF. The guy threatening to build his own walled utopia has no business calling anyone else a nutcase.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 9:53:57pm |
Maybe the best political song I’ve heard in the last several years. And again, from Texas.
James McMurtry is the son of Larry McMurtry of “Lonesome Dove” fame.
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:03:15pm |
re: #172 Lidane
ROFL. More projection than an IMAX theater.
And all the while, Little Johnny Teaparty huddles under his Gadsden flag, clutching his Ron Paul action figures and praying his parents stop yelling at each other.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:03:40pm |
re: #171 BongCrodny
Maybe the best political song I’ve heard in the last several years. And again, from Texas.
James McMurtry is the son of Larry McMurtry of “Lonesome Dove” fame.
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Holy shit. That’s good.
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blueraven Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:05:24pm |
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TedStriker Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:08:53pm |
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wrenchwench Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:10:15pm |
re: #176 blueraven
Cant do Texas music without Joe Ely
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No offense, but if I never hear that one again, it will be too soon. Believe it or not, it gets radio play around here.
Palate cleanser:
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Lidane Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:16:34pm |
Also from Texas— the Dixie Chicks:
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:18:06pm |
re: #174 Kragar
And all the while, Little Johnny Teaparty huddles under his Gadsden flag, clutching his Ron Paul action figures and praying his parents stop yelling at each other.
I get where you’re going with it, but it’s still a fight not to reflexively down ding that comment. Just remember there’s a certain amount of truth behind every cliche.
Cause, yeah, I spent a shitload of time crying & praying my parents would stop yelling for a little while…
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blueraven Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:28:20pm |
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HappyWarrior Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:28:38pm |
re: #178 wrenchwench
No offense, but if I never hear that one again, it will be too soon. Believe it or not, it gets radio play around here.
Palate cleanser:
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Upding for Townes. One of the many great artists I’d otherwise not know if not for my Dad.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:28:46pm |
I keep getting messages that say “3 people have unfriended you.”
At last count, I think I’m now at -147 friends.
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sagehen Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:31:44pm |
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HappyWarrior Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:32:56pm |
re: #183 BongCrodny
I keep getting messages that say “3 people have unfriended you.”
At last count, I think I’m now at -147 friends.
Heh would having -147 friends mean you have 147 nemesis’s?
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:33:02pm |
re: #183 BongCrodny
I keep getting messages that say “3 people have unfriended you.”
At last count, I think I’m now at -147 friends.
Yeah, verily, you are doing something _right_. Don’t stop now.
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BongCrodny Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:35:55pm |
Do you think that at Red State this morning, they’re posting Ted Nugent and Lee Greenwood videos?
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HappyWarrior Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:38:06pm |
re: #187 BongCrodny
Do you think that at Red State this morning, they’re posting Ted Nugent and Lee Greenwood videos?
I dunno but that’s another reason to be happy to be here, no?
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wheat-dogghazi Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:38:20pm |
re: #177 TedStriker
Next on Celebrity Deathmatch: Alex “Crazy Man” Jones vs. Glenn “Goldmine” Beck!
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HappyWarrior Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:40:30pm |
re: #189 wheat-dogghazi
Next on Celebrity Deathmatch: Alex “Crazy Man” Jones vs. Glenn “Goldmine” Beck!
They try to out Godwin each other. Miss that show. Yeah it was silly but it was entertaining for a 12 year old brain.
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blueraven Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:48:36pm |
I will leave you all with this
Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr Bojangles
a lot of people dont realize he wrote and recorded this song first. It is my favorite version.
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Kragar Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:49:52pm |
Netflix has got the Frighteners on instant queue.
ME GUSTA!
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Jan 12, 2013 10:54:44pm |
re: #191 blueraven
I will leave you all with this
Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr Bojangles
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a lot of people dont realize he wrote and recorded this song first. It is my favorite version.
Thank you, I appreciate being told of that version.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jan 12, 2013 11:08:56pm |
Later, lizards.
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austin_blue Sat, Jan 12, 2013 11:25:31pm |
Well, as long as we’re doing Texas classics:
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wilburs Sat, Jan 12, 2013 11:48:20pm |
re: #191 blueraven
I will leave you all with this
Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr Bojangles
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a lot of people dont realize he wrote and recorded this song first. It is my favorite version.
I love the David Bromberg version
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BeenHereAwhile Sun, Jan 13, 2013 12:07:13am |
If you’re talking Texas Music, Billy Joe Shaver has to be part of the conversation. He’s really a poet, and one I enjoyed working with back in the record label days.
Here’s some examples of his song writing, some of which were hits for Waylon Jennings.
Honky Tonk Heroes
“Georgia on a Fast Train” - Billy Joe Shaver
“I’m Gonna Live Forever” - Billy Joe Shaver
“Since You Asked Me To”
Billy Joe’s song (true story) about when he shot and killed a man (the other guy pulled a gun & took too long to aim);
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BeenHereAwhile Sun, Jan 13, 2013 12:25:04am |
re: #181 blueraven
Almost like a prayer, this
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FWIW, some trivia, Duane Allman saw Ry Cooder perform with Taj Mahal, and was inspired to start playing slide guitar.
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SteveMcG Sun, Jan 13, 2013 12:28:55am |
I have a odd song story. I had an old tape with a Christmas song that I couldn’t identify. Over the years I would try googling some of the words with no effect. This year I finally got a hit. Some guy with a blog called “Proof Positive” made an entry about the song with a youtube link and the title and singer. It was invaluable because my tape was really old and the quality was wearing down fast. So, armed with the title and singer I went to Itunes and bought the song. I was very pleased and went to this guy’s blog to post a comment and say thanks and wish him the best. We wound up trading a couple of comments and he wound up reposting that entry. For the halibut I took a look at the whole blog. It’s a right wing blog, not too loony or anything, but still right wing, and I put up a couple of comments on some of his entries. I figured we had a brief but fair conversation, but I just noticed that he changed the way you can post, so now I can’t say anything on his blog. Make room for one more in the bubble chamber!
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 1:07:00am |
re: #199 SteveMcG
So, what was the song?
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freetoken Sun, Jan 13, 2013 1:07:51am |
A little piece by Valentin Silvestrov
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 2:05:46am |
re: #201 freetoken
A little piece by Valentin Silvestrov
Did he not spend his life pursuing Arkadii Tweetov?
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 2:09:49am |
Satu up late finishing Ken Follett’s “The Fall of Giants”, which ends with the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 being put down and one of the characters saying “Well, the leader, Hitler, is in prison. Glad that’s the end of him!”
Had to immediately jump into “Winter of the World”, which picks up the story line in 1933…
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 2:10:48am |
re: #203 Sol Berdinowitz
I like Follett’s work, though I’ve read only two novels so far.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 2:12:29am |
My mom got me started on him when she sent me a copy of “Pillars of the Earth”, which, along with the sequel “World Eithout End” is a similar deal set in the Middle Ages, a storyline woven around historical events stretching over centuries.
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 2:44:25am |
re: #205 Sol Berdinowitz
I heard about Pillars of Earth. It supposed to be really good, and it’s on my reading list, but not yet on my Kindle.
A Distant Mirror, by Barbara Tuchman, is not a novel, but it almost reads like one. It covers the 14th century, a really interesting time in European history.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 2:57:29am |
re: #206 wheat-dogghazi
I heard about Pillars of Earth. It supposed to be really good, and it’s on my reading list, but not yet on my Kindle.
A Distant Mirror, by Barbara Tuchman, is not a novel, but it almost reads like one. It covers the 14th century, a really interesting time in European history.
That one’s on my reading list…another good historical read was “Hawkwood Diabolical Englishman” by F Stonor Saunders, about the foreign mercenaries who made a fortune off the lack of central government in Italy in the 14th century.
Well organized militias, indeed…
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 3:12:59am |
re: #207 Sol Berdinowitz
One of the English language textbooks here has a short article about Hawkwood, believe it or not. It prompted me to look him up on Wikipedia. He sure was a wiley fellow. If some city council didn’t pay him, he’d turn his soldiers loose to loot and pillage the city, or go visit a rival city and offer his services (for a suitable fee) to loot and pillage the first city on the rival’s behalf. Despite all this, the Italians loved him.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 3:15:17am |
re: #208 wheat-dogghazi
One of the English language textbooks here has a short article about Hawkwood, believe it or not. It prompted me to look him up on Wikipedia. He sure was a wiley fellow. If some city council didn’t pay him, he’d turn his soldiers loose to loot and pillage the city, or go visit a rival city and offer his services (for a suitable fee) to loot and pillage the first city on the rival’s behalf. Despite all this, the Italians loved him.
Point of the story was that hiring mercenaries seemed a cheap short-term solution for most city-states, but in the end, it would have been cheaper to raise and maintain their own armies.
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 3:52:28am |
re: #209 Sol Berdinowitz
I think the residents considered it below their station to get involved in such messy things as warfare, so they outsourced it.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 3:55:56am |
re: #210 wheat-dogghazi
I think the residents considered it below their station to get involved in such messy things as warfare, so they outsourced it.
These were the people who invented modern capitalism and modern bookeeping. They were looking at the short-term bottom line.
We all know what that approach leads to…
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 4:03:35am |
re: #211 Sol Berdinowitz
… government bailouts of mismanaged “too big to fail” corporations?
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 4:09:14am |
re: #212 wheat-dogghazi
… government bailouts of mismanaged “too big to fail” corporations?
Or finding your city being attacked by the same mercenaries you sent to conquer another city but who then received a more lucrative counter-offer from the very people they were sent to attack…
yeah, much the same thing, I guess.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jan 13, 2013 4:41:48am |
re: #208 wheat-dogghazi
One of the English language textbooks here has a short article about Hawkwood, believe it or not. It prompted me to look him up on Wikipedia. He sure was a wiley fellow. If some city council didn’t pay him, he’d turn his soldiers loose to loot and pillage the city, or go visit a rival city and offer his services (for a suitable fee) to loot and pillage the first city on the rival’s behalf. Despite all this, the Italians loved him.
Ran into his tomb, either in St Peter’s in Rome or Santa Maria di Fiore in Florence. He’s buried under his English name.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 4:48:31am |
Read in the book that the Italians had a terrible time prouncing his name, they took to calling him “Aucuto” (The Needle).
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 4:51:50am |
re: #215 Sol Berdinowitz
Johnny the Needle — has a nice ring to it.
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 4:53:30am |
re: #214 Decatur Deb
Probably Florence. He had a lot of fans there.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jan 13, 2013 4:55:52am |
re: #217 wheat-dogghazi
Probably Florence. He had a lot of fans there.
Just wiki’ed it—he could be in either of his tombs, Rome or Florence, or sent back to England as requested. Probably still switching sides postmortem.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Jan 13, 2013 5:01:10am |
It’s on in Mali, months ahead of the expected time:
Hundreds of French Troops Drive Back Mali Rebels
Note that a French helicopter was shot down and a crewman killed. The rebels are armed chiefly with weapons taken from Qaddafi’s stocks during and after the Libyan revolution. Even so, I expect the desert to be a killing ground for French armor and airpower as they go after the soft-skinned vehicles the rebels use to carry their heavy weapons and personnel.
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Jan 13, 2013 5:34:27am |
It’s Sunday Morning.
I’m not going to church
(I never do).
you?
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 5:37:25am |
re: #219 Shiplord Kirel
One of my friends just finished a two-year Peace Corps stint there. He got out about the right time.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jan 13, 2013 5:38:37am |
re: #221 wheat-dogghazi
One of my friends just finished a two-year Peace Corps stint there. He got out about the right time.
Doesn’t seem to have worked.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 5:49:56am |
re: #222 Decatur Deb
Doesn’t seem to have worked.
I understand your sarcastic gag, but I do hope SK’s friend at least succeeded in making life better for someone while over there.
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 5:56:22am |
re: #223 Sol Berdinowitz
Actually, he’s my friend, not SK’s. His job was to help the people build and maintain a fresh water supply for the village, organize irrigation of their fields and mitigate mosquito proliferation.
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:01:22am |
re: #224 wheat-dogghazi
Actually, he’s my friend, not SK’s. His job was to help the people build and maintain a fresh water supply for the village, organize irrigation of their fields and mitigate mosquito proliferation.
Very cool!
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:05:58am |
re: #224 wheat-dogghazi
Actually, he’s my friend, not SK’s. His job was to help the people build and maintain a fresh water supply for the village, organize irrigation of their fields and mitigate mosquito proliferation.
Let’s hope that work survives the current conflict.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:08:08am |
re: #219 Shiplord Kirel
It’s on in Mali, months ahead of the expected time:
Hundreds of French Troops Drive Back Mali Rebels
Note that a French helicopter was shot down and a crewman killed. The rebels are armed chiefly with weapons taken from Qaddafi’s stocks during and after the Libyan revolution. Even so, I expect the desert to be a killing ground for French armor and airpower as they go after the soft-skinned vehicles the rebels use to carry their heavy weapons and personnel.
‘Technicals’ don’t fare too well against armored cars with 105mm cannons, and the French have those.
I like this move by France, attacking when the enemy thought they had plenty of time to prepare. A well concealed and executed sneak attack can often yield great dividends.
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FemNaziBitch Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:09:42am |
Dogs say I can go back to bed for a while.
Have a great morning all!
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Obdicut Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:13:11am |
Brunch at awesome Cuban place this morning, followed by dinner at awesome Greek place. I need to get to the gym.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:15:34am |
re: #65 BongCrodny
The 10 Most Hated Companies In America
Any guesses before you look?
I am shocked, SHOCKED that Walmart did not make the list and JCP did. I also see that my cellular carrier is on the list.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:15:37am |
Looking forward to a Sunday omelette, forgot I was out of eggs.
Blew off breakfast and went right into early lunch.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:16:18am |
I have to go to the pool but first I want to enjoy this frothy cappuccino.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:37:57am |
re: #230 Vicious Babushka
I am shocked, SHOCKED that Walmart did not make the list and JCP did. I also see that my cellular carrier is on the list.
Comcast is not on that list.
That list is poo.
/
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:45:24am |
re: #233 Varek Raith
Comcast is not on that list.
That list is poo.
/
They listed their methodology, you don’t have to accept it.
Besides, there are no end of companies to hate, it is more a matter of why you hate them and how intensely.
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Mattand Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:48:07am |
re: #230 Vicious Babushka
I am shocked, SHOCKED that Walmart did not make the list and JCP did. I also see that my cellular carrier is on the list.
I’m not shocked about Walmart. Most people who shop there don’t give a shit about their predatory pricing and treatment of workers.
One guy I know feels compelled to shop there because he thinks anywhere else would bankrupt him. People like Penn Jillette promote the jobs they supply, while ignoring the shitty wages and non-existent benefits.
Does not surprise me at all.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:51:23am |
re: #235 Mattand
One guy I know feels compelled to shop [at K-Mart] because he thinks anywhere else would bankrupt him.
We outsource our manufacturing becuase it promises lower prices for American consumers.
The only jobs we then create are minimum-age, no-benefit jobs at K-Mart selling the stuff whose production we have outsourced. Which is all we can afford at our wage levels.
It is a great economic model for the likes of Bain Capital.
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dragonfire1981 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:52:47am |
re: #219 Shiplord Kirel
It’s on in Mali, months ahead of the expected time:
Hundreds of French Troops Drive Back Mali Rebels
Note that a French helicopter was shot down and a crewman killed. The rebels are armed chiefly with weapons taken from Qaddafi’s stocks during and after the Libyan revolution. Even so, I expect the desert to be a killing ground for French armor and airpower as they go after the soft-skinned vehicles the rebels use to carry their heavy weapons and personnel.
Well how about that? The French CAN fight!
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:55:48am |
re: #237 dragonfire1981
Well how about that? The French CAN fight!
Yes, the do so when they have to, not just to prove that they can…
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dragonfire1981 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 6:59:09am |
So about this this stupid theory that Obama et al somehow killed the Reddit guy…
Let’s say Nancy Pelosi is found dead tomorrow. Would the RWNJs claim Obama and his thugs took her out too or would they label it an act of vengeance by a so-called “Patriotic” American?
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:02:06am |
re: #238 Sol Berdinowitz
Yes, the do so when they have to, not just to prove that they can…
Except at the Battle of Mers-el-Kebir, when they sacrificed 1300 sailors for no other reason than to prove they were willing to.
[Link: ww2db.com…]
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:08:04am |
re: #240 Decatur Deb
Except at the Battle of Mers-el-Kebir, when they sacrificed 1300 sailors for no other reason than to prove they were willing to.
[Link: ww2db.com…]
they did things like that, yes…but it seems they have started to learn their lesson…
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:11:31am |
re: #241 Sol Berdinowitz
they did things like that, yes…but it seems they have started to learn their lesson…
Indochine was a great school, but some learned and some didn’t.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:13:35am |
re: #242 Decatur Deb
Indochine was a great school, but some learned and some didn’t.
I think that most Americans have come to agree that it was a great and tragic waste of lives, money and national reputation.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:20:04am |
re: #243 Sol Berdinowitz
I think that most Americans have come to agree that it was a great and tragic waste of lives, money and national reputation.
And a junior officer from that mess blessed our move into Baghdad.
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wheat-dogghazi Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:21:21am |
In those top 10 hated companies are three I could easily vote for: Dish, HP and Facebook. T-mobile is the only company that has SIM cards separate from phones or service plans, so that’s handy for me when coming back to the States for a short time. But I’m not surprised it’s on the list. I’m neutral on American; they’re no worse or better than any other US airline I’ve flown. And Nokia pairing up with Microsoft makes sense from a business standpoint, but I’m not going to buy a Win 8 by Nokia, even if I like my aging Symbian-based e63.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:30:08am |
re: #230 Vicious Babushka
I am shocked, SHOCKED that Walmart did not make the list and JCP did. I also see that my cellular carrier is on the list.
[hands over an envelope] Your winnings, Captain.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:35:15am |
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ninja cat Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:42:41am |
re: #203 Sol Berdinowitz
Ah, you did it the easy way. I read the 1st book, couple of years go by and finally the 2nd one comes out. Read that, then was a little foggy on what happened in the 1st one, so went back and read that. Then just to make sure I had it all wrapped up, went back and read the 2nd one again. I am hopeful it doesn’t go past 3 books.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:43:36am |
re: #240 Decatur Deb
Except at the Battle of Mers-el-Kebir, when they sacrificed 1300 sailors for no other reason than to prove they were willing to.
[Link: ww2db.com…]
Boom:
Bretagne was not the first capital ship lost to a magazine explosion, not the last. But it was one of the few cases where there is a photo of the explosion. One of the ships firing on her, HMS Hood was lost in the same way less than 1 year later.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:44:43am |
re: #247 Sol Berdinowitz
Upding for Sharpe reference.
It’s actually a Casablanca reference, one that played off of Alouette’s Casablanca reference.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:45:46am |
re: #250 Dark_Falcon
It’s actually a Casablanca reference, one that played off of Alouette’s Casablanca reference.
I knew I had heard it somewhere else…
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:45:56am |
re: #235 Mattand
I’m not shocked about Walmart. Most people who shop there don’t give a shit about their predatory pricing and treatment of workers.
One guy I know feels compelled to shop there because he thinks anywhere else would bankrupt him. People like Penn Jillette promote the jobs they supply, while ignoring the shitty wages and non-existent benefits.
Does not surprise me at all.
I don’t shop at Walmart but then I’m a total hypocrite because I do shop at Target and Meijer and wear clothes from Old Navy.
I don’t shop at JCP either but that’s just because I don’t like their customer service and their shitty products, in spite of their politically correct advertising.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:46:10am |
re: #249 Dark_Falcon
Boom:
Bretagne was not the first capital ship lost to a magazine explosion, not the last. But it was one of the few cases where there is a photo of the explosion. One of the ships firing on her, HMS Hood was lost in the same way less than 1 year later.
you link blew up in the water
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:48:21am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:52:24am |
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darthstar Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:54:05am |
re: #256 Sol Berdinowitz
still just an oil slick on the surface…
It’s just a thumbnail picture of a boat with smoke coming out of it.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:57:32am |
A new petition on White House website to create completely gun-free zone around president. petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/elimi…— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 13, 2013
What a freaking asshole.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:58:16am |
re: #257 darthstar
It’s just a thumbnail picture of a boat with smoke coming out of it.
Not just any boat, it’s the Bretagne!!!
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 7:59:41am |
re: #258 Vicious Babushka
A new petition on White House website to create completely gun-free zone around president.
What a freaking asshole.
I think that Obama should go for that, and by logical extension, turn all America into a gun-free zone by CONFISCATING ALL OUR WEAPONS!!! HA HA HA!!!!!!
/
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darthstar Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:00:07am |
re: #252 Vicious Babushka
I don’t shop at Walmart but then I’m a total hypocrite because I do shop at Target and Meijer and wear clothes from Old Navy.
I don’t shop at JCP either but that’s just because I don’t like their customer service and their shitty products, in spite of their politically correct advertising.
I don’t shop. I used to…enjoyed it sometimes even. Now when I shop it’s purpose driven…I need a new pair of shoes, know the style I like, and enter the store with the express interest of finding a pair of 10.5s, getting to the register, and exiting within five minutes. I also have been known to throw my old shoes up on the counter with the price tag, then, when asked if I want a bag, say, “No, you can keep them.”
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:01:33am |
re: #261 darthstar
I don’t shop. I used to…enjoyed it sometimes even. Now when I shop it’s purpose driven…I need a new pair of shoes, know the style I like, and enter the store with the express interest of finding a pair of 10.5s, getting to the register, and exiting within five minutes. I also have been known to throw my old shoes up on the counter with the price tag, then, when asked if I want a bag, say, “No, you can keep them.”
I like to shop at Amazon, but they treat their warehouse workers just as bad as Walmart.
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dragonfire1981 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:01:44am |
re: #258 Vicious Babushka
[Embedded content]
What a freaking asshole.
Come on now admit it Bryan, you started that petition didn’t you?
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darthstar Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:10:05am |
re: #258 Alouette
[Embedded content]
What a freaking asshole.
I think the FBI should freeze his assets and the Secret Service should investigate Bryan Fischer for promoting a petition to put the President’s life at risk. Including routine cavity searches of him and his entire family…until such time as another president is elected.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:16:03am |
re: #264 darthstar
I think the FBI should freeze his assets and the Secret Service should investigate Bryan Fischer for promoting a petition to put the President’s life at risk. Including routine cavity searches of him and his entire family…until such time as another president is elected.
That last is a bit harsh, don’t you think? I mean, think of the trauma that would be suffered by the Secret Service Agents who had to look up Bryan Fischer’s asshole. Moreover, I think that Fischer would secretly enjoy having them do that.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:22:37am |
*FACE PALM*
You know what hurts MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYERS? Giving TAX REFUNDS to people who people who PAY NO TAXES at all. #TGDN #TeaParty #tcot— Jim Chookagian (@nf3l) January 13, 2013
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SteveMcG Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:25:18am |
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BongCrodny Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:32:07am |
re: #239 dragonfire1981
So about this this stupid theory that Obama et al somehow killed the Reddit guy…
Let’s say Nancy Pelosi is found dead tomorrow. Would the RWNJs claim Obama and his thugs took her out too or would they label it an act of vengeance by a so-called “Patriotic” American?
It would be Obama, because Pelosi “knew too much.”
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:35:07am |
re: #266 Vicious Babushka
*FACE PALM*
You know what hurts MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYERS? Giving TAX REFUNDS to people who people who PAY NO TAXES
You mean companies like General Electric or Exxon-Mobil?
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BongCrodny Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:45:54am |
Morning all.
Little ditty from the boys from Quincy, Mass. in anticipation of the big Foot-The-Ball game this afternoon.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:55:30am |
People need to help people . Stop the DICK!!!!!!! twitter.com/1955_joe/statu…
— average joe (@1955_joe) January 13, 2013
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Interesting Times Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:59:01am |
re: #272 Stanghazi
Pffft…the short guy would be able to see the game just fine if he pulled himself up his bootstraps.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:59:51am |
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:01:44am |
That’s really a precise graphic.
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Lidane Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:20:47am |
*sigh*
6 Arrested in New Rape of a Bus Passsenger in India
Police said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on a moving bus in the capital outraged Indians and led to calls for tougher rape laws.
Police officer Raj Jeet Singh said a 29-year-old woman was the only passenger on a bus as she was traveling to her village in northern Punjab state on Friday night. The driver refused to stop at her village despite her repeated pleas and drove her to a desolate location, he said.
There, the driver and the conductor took her to a building where they were joined by five friends and took turns raping her throughout the night, Singh said.
The driver dropped the woman off at her village early Saturday, he said.
And somehow, the victim will be blamed for what happened to her. Sickening.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:23:29am |
re: #276 Lidane
*sigh*
6 Arrested in New Rape of a Bus Passsenger in India
And somehow, the victim will be blamed for what happened to her. Sickening.
Of course she will. I mean, the slut was out alone at night. What did she expect?
so many ///
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:25:58am |
re: #276 Lidane
*sigh*
6 Arrested in New Rape of a Bus Passsenger in India
And somehow, the victim will be blamed for what happened to her. Sickening.
by who?
The story about the young Pakistani girl last year brought nothing but outrage against the attackers to anyone I saw discussing it
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:26:13am |
re: #277 allegro
Of course she will. I mean, the slut was out alone at night. What did she expect?
so many ///
The difference between India and America is only one of degree…women are not safe anywhere.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:28:54am |
This is a heart-warming development…
“Since Obama’s first term our numbers have doubled and now that we’re headed to a second term it’s going to triple, this is going to be the biggest resurgence of the Klan since 1915,” said one of the Klansmen interviewed.
The Klansman have been handing out flyers in a Mechanicsville neighborhood, and neighbors who received them have contacted CBS 6.
“We’re not trying to target anybody or scare anybody with hate, we’re just using our freedom of speech to drop fliers,” said one of the Klansmen interviewed. “Everyone thinks that we’re a hate group, we’re not a hate group, we don’t hate anyone, and we want to see good things come to our race.”
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Mattand Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:31:08am |
re: #278 sattv4u2
by who?
Misogyny is fairly endemic in Indian culture. You might want to follow the story a wee bit closer.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:32:19am |
re: #281 Mattand
Misogyny is fairly endemic in Indian culture. You might want to follow the story a wee bit closer.
I did
I assumed (perhaps incorrectly, perhaps not) that Lidane was referring to people here, or in the states
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:33:31am |
re: #280 allegro
and neighbors who received them have contacted CBS 6.
Yes. The neighbors were SO thrilled at getting the fliers that they wanted to tell the world!!!
/
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:33:34am |
re: #281 Mattand
Misogyny is fairly endemic in Indian culture. You might want to follow the story a wee bit closer.
Indeed. What a great argument. Respectable women don’t get raped so obviously any women who does get raped wasn’t respectable. Shades of Akin et al. As Sol said, it’s only a matter of degree.
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Mattand Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:39:38am |
re: #279 Sol Berdinowitz
The difference between India and America is only one of degree…women are not safe anywhere.
Yeah, this is unfortunately true.
I read Pharyngula fairly regularly, and Myers has been on a tear over misogyny and feminism for the last 18 months. The site can be tough with its “This is what I think, you’re a horrible fuckwit if you don’t agree” gestalt, but it’s really opened my eyes as to a lot of the inequity in society, ours in particular.
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Lidane Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:39:58am |
re: #282 sattv4u2
I did
I assumed (perhaps incorrectly, perhaps not) that Lidane was referring to people here, or in the states
Nonono. I was referring to the fact that there have been people in India blaming the first gang rape victim, and they’re going to blame this one too.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:40:21am |
re: #286 Lidane
Nonono. I was referring to the fact that there have been people in India blaming the first gang rape victim, and they’re going to blame this one too.
Thanks for the clarification
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:40:39am |
re: #280 allegro
This is a heart-warming development…
Not a hate group? Yeah sure….. I mean they do have their right to free speech but it always amuses me to see bigots claim they’re not bigots.
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Lidane Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:41:23am |
re: #280 allegro
This is a heart-warming development…
I’m sure the Westboro Baptist freaks don’t consider themselves a hate group either.
Fuck the Klan and anyone who would join them.
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Mattand Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:41:40am |
re: #288 HappyWarrior
Not a hate group? Yeah sure….. I mean they do have their right to free speech but it always amuses me to see bigots claim they’re not bigots.
Long-standing members of the Oppressed Majority as well.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:44:08am |
re: #285 Mattand
Yeah, this is unfortunately true.
I read Pharyngula fairly regularly, and Myers has been on a tear over misogyny and feminism for the last 18 months. The site can be tough with its “This is what I think, you’re a horrible fuckwit if you don’t agree” gestalt, but it’s really opened my eyes as to a lot of the inequity in society, ours in particular.
The commenters at Pharyngula do not take prisoners, fer sher. That said, those who are dealt with most severely really are fuckwits who come to troll so they can whine about how mean and rude everyone is just because they “disagreed.” Their disagreements WRT misogyny are almost always MRA nonsense that really deserves the mockery.
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HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:46:21am |
re: #290 Mattand
Long-standing members of the Oppressed Majority as well.
Yeah it’s tough being a white bigot.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:46:26am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:46:51am |
re: #280 allegro
This is a heart-warming development…
““Everyone thinks that we’re a hate group, we’re not a hate group, we don’t hate anyone, and we want to see good things come to our race.””
Those “good things” seem to involve all other races being segregated or “sent back to where they come belong”
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:46:52am |
re: #294 sattv4u2
humming because you don’t know the words?
/
Nah. I know the words but will keep them to myself. :O
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:47:17am |
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Mattand Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:47:58am |
re: #291 allegro
The commenters at Pharyngula do not take prisoners, fer sher. That said, those who are dealt with most severely really are fuckwits who come to troll so they can whine about how mean and rude everyone is just because they “disagreed.” Their disagreements WRT misogyny are almost always MRA nonsense that really deserves the mockery.
Yeah, this is true. Of course, I was once told to fuck off by a regular for actually agreeing with something PZ said. Rough, rough crowd.
I’m still amazed at the MRAs and creationists who still try to plead their case there. It’s like watching someone stick their hand in a meat grinder and then complain that they lost fingers.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:48:56am |
Jackie Chan back in action, branding US more corrupt than China
[Link: www.scmp.com…]
I’m sure he said that before he made millions from his US productions!!!!
//
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:53:10am |
ruh roh
equipment alarm just went off
hope it’s not something I need to use soon
BBIAB
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:04:46am |
*peeks in*
Errr…. Go Falcons! :)
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:08:38am |
re: #301 sattv4u2
ruh roh
equipment alarm just went off
hope it’s not something I need to use soonBBIAB
Well
Guess who gets to climb into the hub of a 12 Meter satellite dish tomorrow to change out a gear drive?
hint,, it’s NOT you !!!
{sigh}
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:09:09am |
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:11:33am |
I’m looking forward to the Texans-Pats game this afternoon, though I’m not feeling real positive about the outcome. The Pats whipped the Texans like step-children a month ago - a repeat I do not want to see. Hoping the Texans show up to kick some ass today!
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:11:51am |
re: #280 allegro
This is a heart-warming development…
Have you noticed that the worst haters are the ones who tend to make that claim about not hating anyone? Next they’ll be claiming that they’re human rights activists, like Geller.
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jaunte Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:13:12am |
re: #306 CuriousLurker
They’re just worried about endangered species:
[Link: tfninsider.org…]
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:14:46am |
re: #305 allegro
I’m looking forward to the Texans-Pats game this afternoon, though I’m not feeling real positive about the outcome. The Pats whipped the Texans like step-children a month ago - a repeat I do not want to see. Hoping the Texans show up to kick some ass today!
As a life long (since their inception) Pats fan, I say BOO to you !!!!
(I do however hope it’s a good game)
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:15:12am |
re: #307 jaunte
They’re just worried about endangered species:
[Link: tfninsider.org…]
Well there you go, see? They’re just do gooders trying to protect people.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:16:33am |
re: #308 sattv4u2
As a life long (since their inception) Pats fan, I say BOO to you !!!!
(I do however hope it’s a good game)
My New England relatives are on your side. Our Facebook pages erupt during these games (in a good natured way, of course). I, too, hope it’s a good game.
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Political Atheist Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:20:43am |
re: #303 sattv4u2
What is the weather like out there?
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Political Atheist Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:24:00am |
re: #307 jaunte
They found one that can spell.
///
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:25:21am |
re: #311 Political Atheist
What is the weather like out there?
About 68, partly cloudy
But I can’t do the repair today. What with the NFL and a few other high profile services I have to stay in the control room and i’m the only one here
I don’t need that dish today so it’s not critical
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:25:22am |
This piece is vile and horrible. | Transsexuals should cut it out | Julie Burchill gu.com/p/3d36n/tw via @guardian #p2 #fem2 ^ @scatx— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) January 13, 2013
…With this in mind, I was incredulous to read that my friend was being monstered on Twitter, to the extent that she had quit it, for supposedly picking on a minority – transsexuals. Though I imagine it to be something akin to being savaged by a dead sheep, as Denis Healey had it of Geoffrey Howe, I nevertheless felt indignant that a woman of such style and substance should be driven from her chosen mode of time-wasting by a bunch of dicks in chicks’ clothing…
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:25:46am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:26:05am |
re: #303 sattv4u2
Well
Guess who gets to climb into the hub of a 12 Meter satellite dish tomorrow to change out a gear drive?
hint,, it’s NOT you !!!{sigh}
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:26:55am |
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:27:23am |
re: #315 Gus
[Embedded content]
More.
…To have your cock cut off and then plead special privileges as women – above natural-born women, who don’t know the meaning of suffering, apparently – is a bit like the old definition of chutzpah: the boy who killed his parents and then asked the jury for clemency on the grounds he was an orphan.
Shims, shemales, whatever you’re calling yourselves these days – don’t threaten or bully us lowly natural-born women, I warn you. We may not have as many lovely big swinging Phds as you, but we’ve experienced a lifetime of PMT and sexual harassment and many of us are now staring HRT and the menopause straight in the face – and still not flinching. Trust me, you ain’t seen nothing yet. You really won’t like us when we’re angry….
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SteveMcG Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:27:43am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:27:51am |
re: #311 Political Atheist
re: #314 sattv4u2
About 68, partly cloudy
But I can’t do the repair today. What with the NFL and a few other high profile services I have to stay in the control room and i’m the only one here
I don’t need that dish today so it’s not critical
I get to do it tomorrow while it’s raining!!!
oh ,,, joy!
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:29:03am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:35:06am |
re: #323 Varek Raith
So the gear that makes it move/align is broken?
No. Depending on the type of dish that’s either one or two jacks (if two, one moves the azimuth of the dish ,, east to west and the other moves the elevation0
The gear I have to replace rotates the polarity controller (each sat channel is sent down either horizontal of vertical polarity, and that gear controls that motion0
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Political Atheist Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:35:16am |
re: #321 sattv4u2
Be safe out there.
You reminded me of this awful Charlie Sheen sci fi movie. The Arrival or maybe the really bad sequel… They had him and a girl sliding around on a radio astronomy dish as it slowly tipped over.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:37:26am |
re: #324 sattv4u2
No. Depending on the type of dish that’s either one or two jacks (if two, one moves the azimuth of the dish ,, east to west and the other moves the elevation0
The gear I have to replace rotates the polarity controller (each sat channel is sent down either horizontal of vertical polarity, and that gear controls that motion0
I actually understood that.
Neat.
:)
How high up is it?
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:37:58am |
re: #325 Political Atheist
Be safe out there.
You reminded me of this awful Charlie Sheen sci fi movie. The Arrival or maybe the really bad sequel… They had him and a girl sliding around on a radio astronomy dish as it slowly tipped over.
It was the first one.
The sequel DOES NOT EXIST.
;)
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:38:44am |
re: #325 Political Atheist
Be safe out there.
You reminded me of this awful Charlie Sheen sci fi movie. The Arrival or maybe the really bad sequel… They had him and a girl sliding around on a radio astronomy dish as it slowly tipped over.
Thanks
It’s not dangerous per se, it’s just very cramped, very dirty and very hot in there, even in the dead of winter. You have to contort yourself in all manner of shapes to get to what you have to work on
The only real danger would be if someone were to send RF to the dish while you’re in there so we make sure all the transmitters for that dish are turned off
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:41:18am |
re: #327 Varek Raith
It was the first one.
The sequel DOES NOT EXIST.
;)
It’s a ground mounted dish (see my avatar) so the hub itself at the back where you have to crawl in is only about 15-20 feet off the ground
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:42:25am |
Going to see Silver Linings Playbook in honor of the Eagles. Then will watch the Pats. See ya! (Go ATL)
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:42:48am |
re: #329 sattv4u2
It’s a ground mounted dish (see my avatar) so the hub itself at the back where you have to crawl in is only about 15-20 feet off the ground
That’s 15-20 feet too high for me.
:P
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:43:01am |
re: #315 Gus
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I read a couple of Birchill’s articles. She’s a hack and a Coulter wanna-be.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:45:56am |
I love these guys - the little desert mice that roar at the moon and are hell on scorpions.
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:46:07am |
re: #324 sattv4u2
No. Depending on the type of dish that’s either one or two jacks (if two, one moves the azimuth of the dish ,, east to west and the other moves the elevation0
The gear I have to replace rotates the polarity controller (each sat channel is sent down either horizontal of vertical polarity, and that gear controls that motion0
Just tell the satellite to rotate 90 degrees.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:46:22am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:47:04am |
re: #334 b_sharp
Just tell the satellite to rotate 90 degrees.
“Mommy ,,, how come the Disney Channel is upside down today!?!?!?”
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:47:48am |
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wilburs Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:48:16am |
re: #328 sattv4u2
Thanks
It’s not dangerous per se, it’s just very cramped, very dirty and very hot in there, even in the dead of winter. You have to contort yourself in all manner of shapes to get to what you have to work onThe only real danger would be if someone were to send RF to the dish while you’re in there so we make sure all the transmitters for that dish are turned off
Don’t
Maybe you would end up with superpowers
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Political Atheist Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:48:22am |
re: #336 sattv4u2
“Mommy ,,, how come the Disney Channel is upside down today!?!?!?”
So it can match Fox of course!
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:48:39am |
re: #332 b_sharp
I read a couple of Birchill’s articles. She’s a hack and a Coulter wanna-be.
Some folks want it taken down. I’m not to sure about that. It’s good for people to know that this sort of thing is out there. It’s not an uncommon POV however awful it may be. Someone mentioned in the comments about not being surprised to read this from Burchill. Myself, I don’t read the Guardian and never will unless it’s pure news.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:49:28am |
re: #337 Varek Raith
You ever get to climb those awesome towers???
/
No. You have to be licensed for that
The tripod one is 350 feet
The thin one you see on the right is 1100 feet
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:50:13am |
re: #339 Political Atheist
So it can match Fox of course!
Nahh
That would just show up on the right side of the screen then!!!
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:51:02am |
re: #341 sattv4u2
No. You have to be licensed for that
The tripod one is 350 feet
The thin one you see on the right is 1100 feet
Darn.
I was hoping they made you put Christmas lights on it.
:P
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:51:34am |
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:53:03am |
re: #340 Gus
Some folks want it taken down. I’m not to sure about that. It’s good for people to know that this sort of thing is out there. It’s not an uncommon POV however awful it may be. Someone mentioned in the comments about not being surprised to read this from Burchill. Myself, I don’t read the Guardian and never will unless it’s pure news.
The Guardian just needs to condemn the article. Leaving it up is probably a good idea, just to show the readers what an overabundance of bigotry looks like.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:53:42am |
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:53:58am |
re: #345 b_sharp
The Guardian just needs to condemn the article. Leaving it up is probably a good idea, just to show the readers what an overabundance of bigotry looks like.
There’s a rebuttal up: Julie Burchill has ended up bullying the trans community
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:54:33am |
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:54:47am |
re: #341 sattv4u2
No. You have to be licensed for that
The tripod one is 350 feet
The thin one you see on the right is 1100 feet
Climb the thin one once a day just for exercise.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:55:58am |
re: #349 b_sharp
Climb the thin one once a day just for exercise.
1100 feet
It would take me a month
Hell, at my age, I don’t even like to DRIVE 1100 feet anymore!!!
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Political Atheist Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:56:09am |
re: #341 sattv4u2
1100 feet? That would be pretty cool to look out from the top. I’d love to get up on one of those with my camera. But then I’ve been trying to get permission to take a panorama of LA at night from a high rise helipad downtown. No luck so far.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:57:23am |
re: #351 Political Atheist
1100 feet? That would be pretty cool to look out from the top. I’d love to get up on one of those with my camera. But then I’ve been trying to get permission to take a panorama of LA at night from a high rise helipad downtown. No luck so far.
You just missed your chance
A crew was here last week installing some new cell antennas on that one. i’m sure they would have taken your camera up with them
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:57:29am |
Saw Mike Rowe climb up a transmission tower.
Scary shit.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:57:59am |
re: #353 Varek Raith
Saw Mike Rowe climb up a transmission tower.
Scary shit.
The guys that do it are a different breed
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:58:01am |
Evolution at work:
Proven: Pruney Fingers Give You a Better Grip
Standing in the shower or sitting in the tub, many of us have looked at our wrinkled fingertips and had occasion to wonder: Why do they get so pruney when wet?
Over the years, people have pointed to a number of explanations, most commonly the idea that the wrinkles are simply a reflection of the skin absorbing water. Now, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Biology Letters by researchers from Newcastle University in the UK, we have a definitive (and more interesting) explanation: Pruney fingers are better at gripping wet objects. […]
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:58:31am |
re: #353 Varek Raith
Saw Mike Rowe climb up a transmission tower.
Scary shit.
Free climb the 1K tower while doing one handed chin-ups with just your fingers. Camera pointing down! Bwahahaha!
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:59:16am |
re: #356 Gus
Free climb the 1K tower while doing one handed chin-ups with just your fingers. Camera pointing down! Bwahahaha!
Nutter.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:00:14am |
re: #351 Political Atheist
1100 feet? That would be pretty cool to look out from the top. I’d love to get up on one of those with my camera.
NOT! Gah, I’m turning green around the gills just thinking about it.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:00:40am |
re: #353 Varek Raith
Saw Mike Rowe climb up a transmission tower.
Scary shit.
All to fix a small leak in a line.
10 minute fix.
Hours up and down.
No thanks!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:01:21am |
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:01:26am |
re: #358 CuriousLurker
NOT! Gah, I’m turning green around the gills just thinking about it.
I find some of that stuff hard to watch but watch it anyway. Some folks will climb larger towers and to chin-up and back flips. Crazy stuff. I have to look away sometimes.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:02:11am |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:02:16am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:02:41am |
re: #359 Varek Raith
All to fix a small leak in a line.
10 minute fix.
Hours up and down.
No thanks!
Cheaper and faster than building a new tower as a replacement!!
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:03:06am |
re: #363 CuriousLurker
Dammit, I knew I shouldn’t have clicked!
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:03:28am |
re: #347 Gus
There’s a rebuttal up: Julie Burchill has ended up bullying the trans community
A very well written, non-combative and pointed rebuttal. The Guardian should put a link to it on the original article.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:03:57am |
re: #361 Gus
I find some of that stuff hard to watch but watch it anyway. Some folks will climb larger towers and to chin-up and back flips. Crazy stuff. I have to look away sometimes.
I have to look away a LOT. It gives me vertigo, big time. I can’t even stand on a chair to change a light bulb without getting dizzy.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:04:32am |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:05:19am |
re: #365 Varek Raith
Uh-uh, no way, not gonna click. I know what that probably is—that damned helipad/golf course thing. I was just thinking about it… O_o
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:05:46am |
re: #367 CuriousLurker
I have to look away a LOT. It gives me vertigo, big time. I can’t even stand on a chair to change a light bulb without getting dizzy.
The video of buildings swaying in Tokyo during the 2011 quake gave me vertigo so bad I had to lay down.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:06:02am |
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:06:19am |
re: #367 CuriousLurker
I have to look away a LOT. It gives me vertigo, big time. I can’t even stand on a chair to change a light bulb without getting dizzy.
It’s weird but I have a different reaction towards mountain climbing. Something about towers, bridges, and leaning over buildings.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:06:34am |
re: #370 Varek Raith
The video of buildings swaying in Tokyo during the 2011 quake gave me vertigo so bad I had to lay down.
Why didn’t you just , oh, I dunno,, NOT WATCH!!!
//
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:07:20am |
re: #372 Gus
It’s weird but I have a different reaction towards mountain climbing. Something about towers, bridges, and leaning over buildings.
Or cliffs. People standing on the edge of cliffs. *shudder*
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:07:20am |
re: #373 sattv4u2
Why didn’t you just , oh, I dunno,, NOT WATCH!!!
//
Because that was the first time I ever saw buildings sway like that.
Completely unexpected to me.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:08:20am |
Vertigo warning.
*Shudders*
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:09:13am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:09:18am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:10:32am |
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:10:59am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:11:18am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:11:38am |
re: #382 b_sharp
That photo needs a caption.
How many crazy people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:11:44am |
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:11:53am |
re: #383 sattv4u2
“Pardon me, but could you pass the Grey Poupon!”
Coming right up…
[Link: cache1.asset-cache.net…]
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:12:25am |
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:12:27am |
re: #374 CuriousLurker
Or cliffs. People standing on the edge of cliffs. *shudder*
A friend and I went to the Grand Canyon to disperse the ashes of a dear friend who made that request. We chose to do it at dawn when the canyon is alive with color and grandeur. The problem was that as we approached the edge of the cliff to release his ashes in the wind, neither of us could do it. We both freaked, getting dizzy and weak the closer we inched towards the edge. We finally emptied the box of ashes on the ground as close as we could muster ourselves to get to the edge and let the wind take it from there.
Always felt kinda bad about that.
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:13:16am |
re: #367 CuriousLurker
I have to look away a LOT. It gives me vertigo, big time. I can’t even stand on a chair to change a light bulb without getting dizzy.
Not even if hubby is there to catch you? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
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Political Atheist Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:13:44am |
re: #358 CuriousLurker
If I trust the gear, like being locked in with a good harness or on a steady platform I’m fine. Lots of adrenaline so a little shaky though. But-Put me on a wobbly ladder or second story scaffold and suddenly I’m in bad shape.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:13:46am |
re: #388 allegro
A friend and I went to the Grand Canyon to disperse the ashes of a dear friend who made that request. We chose to do it at dawn when the canyon is alive with color and grandeur. The problem was that as we approached the edge of the cliff to release his ashes in the wind, neither of us could do it. We both freaked, getting dizzy and weak the closer we inched towards the edge. We finally emptied the box of ashes on the ground as close as we could muster ourselves to get to the edge and let the wind take it from there.
Always felt kinda bad about that.
I’d like to think your friend was laughing at you two.
:)
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:14:59am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:16:53am |
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:16:53am |
re: #377 Varek Raith
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Vertigo warning.
*Shudders*
Nope, no vertigo.
I would hate to be in a building like that though.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:17:23am |
re: #388 allegro
A friend and I went to the Grand Canyon to disperse the ashes of a dear friend who made that request. We chose to do it at dawn when the canyon is alive with color and grandeur. The problem was that as we approached the edge of the cliff to release his ashes in the wind, neither of us could do it. We both freaked, getting dizzy and weak the closer we inched towards the edge. We finally emptied the box of ashes on the ground as close as we could muster ourselves to get to the edge and let the wind take it from there.
Always felt kinda bad about that.
I would’ve totally done the same. The only way I’d even be able to get within 50 yards of the edge was if I slithered along on my belly. No way would I even attempt it standing upright.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:17:42am |
re: #391 Varek Raith
I’d like to think your friend was laughing at you two.
:)
Funny, that’s what we said at the time! He would have teased us without mercy.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:17:52am |
re: #396 b_sharp
Nope, no vertigo.
I would hate to be in a building like that though.
My brain completely went haywire when I first saw that.
It was weird as hell.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:18:38am |
re: #394 Gus
5 safety lines, jet pack and parachute?
Well, maybe… but only if you include an air mattress thing. Not sure all that would fit in the kitchen though. LOL
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:19:15am |
re: #388 allegro
A friend and I went to the Grand Canyon to disperse the ashes of a dear friend who made that request. We chose to do it at dawn when the canyon is alive with color and grandeur. The problem was that as we approached the edge of the cliff to release his ashes in the wind, neither of us could do it. We both freaked, getting dizzy and weak the closer we inched towards the edge. We finally emptied the box of ashes on the ground as close as we could muster ourselves to get to the edge and let the wind take it from there.
Always felt kinda bad about that.
Plastic open bag thrown over the edge.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:20:48am |
re: #390 Political Atheist
If I trust the gear, like being locked in with a good harness or on a steady platform I’m fine. Lots of adrenaline so a little shaky though. But-Put me on a wobbly ladder or second story scaffold and suddenly I’m in bad shape.
About the only way I’d do it was if I was forced at gunpoint.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:21:34am |
re: #402 CuriousLurker
About the only way I’d do it was if I was forced at gunpoint.
I’d just say “shoot me now, I’m NOT going there.”
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:21:55am |
re: #402 CuriousLurker
About the only way I’d do it was if I was forced at gunpoint.
I wouldn’t budge.
XD
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:22:04am |
re: #399 Varek Raith
My brain completely went haywire when I first saw that.
It was weird as hell.
I don’t like heights but I’ve only gotten vertigo once, and while I remember the feeling I don’t remember where I felt it. Strange.
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SteveMcG Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:22:56am |
re: #388 allegro
Next time somebody dies and wants you to do that, I would suggest putting a firecracker inside a paper bag, light the fuse and throw it. The firecracker should break the bag open while it is falling, and since the contents are already ashes, well, I guess no harm done.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:23:08am |
Glass elevators were invented by fucking sadists. That is all.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:23:36am |
re: #405 b_sharp
I don’t like heights but I’ve only gotten vertigo once, and while I remember the feeling I don’t remember where I felt it. Strange.
What triggered it for me was the fact that they were swaying so damn much.
I thought it looked so wrong. Very wrong.
It was odd.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:23:50am |
re: #406 SteveMcG
Next time somebody dies and wants you to do that, I would suggest putting a firecracker inside a paper bag, light the fuse and throw it. The firecracker should break the bag open while it is falling, and since the contents are already ashes, well, I guess no harm done.
An M-80 in there would put on quite a show. Heh.
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:24:25am |
re: #407 allegro
Glass elevators were invented by fucking sadists. That is all.
You ever see that prank video where they modify the elevator floor with a glass floor and place opaque panels underneath which are then released with unsuspecting people in the elevator?
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:25:11am |
re: #407 allegro
Glass elevators were invented by fucking sadists. That is all.
Oh gosh, QFT! I hate them. Usually try to face the panel with the buttons to avoid seeing out, but that usually doesn’t work so I have to just squeeze my eyes shut.
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:25:13am |
re: #410 Gus
You ever see that prank video where they modify the elevator floor with a glass floor and place opaque panels underneath which are then released with unsuspecting people in the elevator?
0_o
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:26:11am |
re: #408 Varek Raith
What triggered it for me was the fact that they were swaying so damn much.
I thought it looked so wrong. Very wrong.
It was odd.
Your eyes were giving you information your brain just didn’t like.
Walking in on your parents having sex is kind of like that.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:26:17am |
re: #410 Gus
You ever see that prank video where they modify the elevator floor with a glass floor and place opaque panels underneath which are then released with unsuspecting people in the elevator?
Oh jeez. Then watch the lawsuits that result from the strokes and heart attacks.
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:26:37am |
re: #415 allegro
Oh jeez. Then watch the lawsuits that result from the strokes and heart attacks.
Yeah. I was thinking about that while watching.
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allegro Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:26:44am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:26:59am |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:27:31am |
re: #410 Gus
You ever see that prank video where they modify the elevator floor with a glass floor and place opaque panels underneath which are then released with unsuspecting people in the elevator?
Oh, that is messed up.
When I went to Toronto I wanted to go in the CN Tower—until I realized it had a glass floor. Nixed that idea real quick.
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:28:28am |
re: #420 CuriousLurker
Oh, that is messed up.
When I went to Toronto I wanted to go in the CN Tower—until I realized it had a glass floor. Nixed that idea real quick.
Oh yeah. That’s rather unnerving. What about flying?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:28:32am |
re: #407 allegro
Glass elevators were invented by fucking sadists. That is all.
What does my sex life have to do with it?!?!
/
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:32:34am |
re: #421 Gus
Oh yeah. That’s rather unnerving. What about flying?
CL <— white-knuckles all the way. Take off & landing is the worst.
The views are beautiful, but I can never stop thinking that I’m hurtling through the sky in a metal tube at 30K feet at God-knows-how-many-MPH, and… *gulp*
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Varek Raith Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:33:08am |
re: #423 CuriousLurker
CL <— white-knuckles all the way. Take off & landing is the worst.
The views are beautiful, but I can never stop thinking that I’m hurtling through the sky in a metal tube 30K feet at God-knows-how-many-MPH, and… *gulp*
530ish.
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SteveMcG Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:34:36am |
re: #423 CuriousLurker
CL <— white-knuckles all the way. Take off & landing is the worst.
The views are beautiful, but I can never stop thinking that I’m hurtling through the sky in a metal tube 30K feet at God-knows-how-many-MPH, and… *gulp*
I happen to love turbulence. And taking off is awesome, especially when the pilot adjusts the throttle and the plane either sinks (It doesn’t really sink, it just feel like it does) or you get pushed down in your seat.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:34:40am |
re: #421 Gus
There’s a skyscraper that has windows that jut out like balconies from the side of it that have glass floors also. I think it’s in Chicago (not gonna google it—too scary).
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SteveMcG Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:35:16am |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:35:27am |
re: #425 SteveMcG
I happen to love turbulence. And taking off is awesome, especially when the pilot adjusts the throttle and the plane either sinks (It doesn’t really sink, it just feel like it does) or you get pushed down in your seat.
You’re NUTS! O_o
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:35:33am |
re: #426 CuriousLurker
There’s a skyscraper that has windows that jut out like balconies from the side of it that have glass floors also. I think it’s in Chicago (not gonna google it—too scary).
Yep. Sear tower? There’s an old library in NYC with glass floors but those are opaque. I think it’s the Pratt?
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SteveMcG Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:36:01am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:37:06am |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:37:24am |
re: #429 Gus
Yep. Sear tower? There’s an old library in NYC with glass floors but those are opaque. I think it’s the Pratt?
Could be the Sears tower—it’s a famous building, I know that much. Hadn’t heard about the one in NYC.
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:38:57am |
Opaquing glass floor in the toilet compartment. Pilot flips the switch at random passengers.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:39:00am |
re: #432 Gus
Glass enclosed airliners!
Perish the thought! I’ve always wished I had the nerve to take a helicopter tour of NYC, but it just ain’t gonna happen.
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Gus Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:40:30am |
re: #433 CuriousLurker
Could be the Sears tower—it’s a famous building, I know that much. Hadn’t heard about the one in NYC.
Hmm, it’s called the Willis Tower now. Still referred to as the Sears Tower. The deck is at skydeck dot com.
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b_sharp Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:48:41am |
re: #424 Varek Raith
530ish.
It doesn’t really matter, when the plane falls out of the sky it will be doing more than that.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 11:50:14am |
re: #437 b_sharp
It doesn’t really matter, when the plane falls out of the sky it will be doing more than that.
Except for the sudden stop!
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