Marriage is rarely bliss
But, surely it would be worse
As particles to pelt
At thousands of miles per sec
About a universe
In which a lover’s kiss
Would either not be felt
Or break the loved one’s neck.
— W. H. Auden, After Reading a Child’s Guide to Modern Physics
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Buster Bunny Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:28:08pm |
So its a kiss or a broken neck? Yup .. thats Marriage all right.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:28:23pm |
New thread scent in nostrils and pineapple screwdriver in hand, I eagerly anticipate the late night open thread…
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:28:27pm |
The short film which led to Tim Burton’s next movie
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:32:27pm |
Got one of those pineapple corkscrew corers last month, that thing is great
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Milk in a Box Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:34:55pm |
Good job W. H. Auden. Always look on the bright side of life.
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mrshankly01 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:34:59pm |
re: #11 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
i will have to check that out, usually just chop it up
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gmsc Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:35:13pm |
Did you know that the first conversation to ever take place between a man an a woman was done completely in palindromes?
Adam: Madam, in Eden, I’m Adam.
Eve: Eve.
/I wonder if the snake said, Tut tut.
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:36:44pm |
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:39:35pm |
re: #16 mrshankly01
Thanks, wow, amazon?
Mine was just at the supermarket. Can’t be that hard to find.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:40:21pm |
re: #16 mrshankly01
I’ve actually seen gold bullion for sale on Amazon- a little 1 or 2 gram wafer secured in a cerdit-card sized plastic rectangle.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:43:53pm |
Sorry- gratuitous attempt to work that which I can no longer afford into the discussion.
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Buster Bunny Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:45:45pm |
re: #19 Fenway_Nation
Sorry- gratuitous attempt to work that which I can no longer afford into the discussion.
Which Item .. the gold bullion .. the credit card .. or the rectangle?
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:45:47pm |
re: #19 Fenway_Nation
Sorry- gratuitous attempt to work that which I can no longer afford into the discussion.
Always the old stand-by, obituaries, pair of pliers and a shovel
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IslandLibertarian Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:47:10pm |
The kiss, a highly underrated activity.
Everyone rushing to the finish line.
Slow down and smell the lip gloss.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:47:11pm |
Random Business Marketing idea: Santelli’s Boston Tea Party Iced Tea.
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gmsc Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:47:15pm |
re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The short film which led to Tim Burton’s next movie
[Video]
Have you ever seen Tim Burton’s Vincent? He made it in 1982, and you can already see the style he’s become so known for.
It’s about Vincent Malloy, a boy who like to believe he’s Vincent Price. The film is narrated, funnily enough, by Vincent Price:
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:47:22pm |
re: #21 Buster Bunny
Which Item .. the gold bullion .. the credit card .. or the rectangle?
RECTANGLES? RECTANGLES! LUXURY!
In my day, we would get a line and feel glad that we did
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mrshankly01 Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:48:54pm |
re: #27 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
for a trillion dollars, I will give you a period. promise, it has a greater than 1 to 1 return.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:49:44pm |
re: #21 Buster Bunny
Which Item .. the gold bullion .. the credit card .. or the rectangle?
The debt from the credit card(s) sucked up most of my money which prevented me from purchasing gold bullion when it was $200 an ounce cheaper.
I’m all set on rectangles for now…
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:51:39pm |
re: #26 gmsc
Have you ever seen Tim Burton’s Vincent? He made it in 1982, and you can already see the style he’s become so known for.
It’s about Vincent Malloy, a boy who like to believe he’s Vincent Price. The film is narrated, funnily enough, by Vincent Price:
Very cool, hadn’t seen that before
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Kragar Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:52:46pm |
re: #28 mrshankly01
for a trillion dollars, I will give you a period. promise, it has a greater than 1 to 1 return.
Why would I want a period? It makes my wife miserable every month
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Proximate Mon, Feb 23, 2009 11:57:31pm |
In the new “green” economy, websites will be run by candlelight, just like magic lantern shows.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:07:45am |
Can’t believe how quickly and eagerly rights for Tibetans, Muslims, Falun Gong, Taiwanese and Dissidents in mainland China got out sold for some bullshit ‘dialogue’ on global warming by this administration…but then again, the speed at which 0bama disappoints (but doesn’t surprise) me continues to break all land-speed records.
/Also can’t believe how the Chinese ‘Communists’ are going to be out free-marketing us at this rate.
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IslandLibertarian Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:09:54am |
………and for all the devout lizards, it’s time to prepare for Lent.
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Jack Burton Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:12:13am |
re: #37 IslandLibertarian
It’s still Febtoberfest time though.
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:12:52am |
A painter accepted the task of painting a church steeple. He had 10 gallons of white paint. Half way down the steeple he had already used 6.5 gallons. He made sure no one was looking and then diluted the remaining paint with paint thinner.
He finished the job, cleaned his brush and rollers, and looked up to see that there were two distinct colors of white on the steeple.
“Oh, no!” he exclaimed, “What can I do now?”
A clap of thunder roared above him, and a booming voice was heard saying, “Repaint! And stop your thinning!”
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lifeofthemind Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:12:56am |
Evening fellow insomniacs, or are Ozians out there?
Just put a couple of links up in the spin offs.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:15:20am |
re: #41 lifeofthemind
What’s the latest on the wildfires? Or am I to assume that no news is ‘good’ news right now?
/Or should my lazy ass actually look up some of these links?
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:16:45am |
CEO — Chief Embezzlement Officer.
CFO — Corporate Fraud Officer.
BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
VALUE INVESTING — The art of buying low and selling lower.
P/E RATIO — The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the
market keeps crashing.
BROKER — What my broker has made me.
STANDARD & POOR — Your life in a nutshell.
STOCK ANALYST — Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
STOCK SPLIT — When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets
equally between themselves.
FINANCIAL PLANNER — A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
MARKET CORRECTION — The day after you buy stocks.
CASH FLOW— The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
YAHOO — What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
WINDOWS — What you jump out of when you’re the sucker who bought
Yahoo @ $240 per share.
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR — Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse.
PROFIT — An archaic word no longer in use.
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lifeofthemind Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:19:50am |
re: #42 Fenway_Nation
Sorry, I’m in the Insomniac column not the Ozian.
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:20:18am |
re: #42 Fenway_Nation
What’s the latest on the wildfires? Or am I to assume that no news is ‘good’ news right now?
/Or should my lazy ass actually look up some of these links?
Trees-first policies might get the chop in the wake of Victoria’s fires:
Laws governing the clearing of native vegetation are under review as part of the Brumby Government’s response to the bushfire crisis.
Following strong public debate on being able to clear vegetation near homes following Victoria’s devastating bushfires, the State Government has begun talking to building and local government groups on possible changes to the laws.
This is potentially good news for rock shifters, dozer borrowers and burn stoppers, all of whom have faced stupid local government laws in recent times. Meanwhile, fires erupt again near Melbourne.
UPDATE. Haven’t heard too much from the Extreme Weather Heroes lately.
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Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:21:03am |
Comments Made in the Year 1955!
That’s only 53 years ago!
‘I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $20.00.’
‘Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $2,000. 00 will only buy a used one.’
‘If cigarettes keep going up in price, I’m going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.
‘Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?’
‘If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.’
‘When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.’
‘Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls.’
‘I’m afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND, it seems every new movie has either HELL of DAMN in it.’
‘I read the other day where some scientist thinks it’s possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas.’
‘Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn’t surprise me if someday they’ll be making more than the President.’
‘I never thought I’d see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.’
‘It’s too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.’
‘It won’t be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work.’
‘Marriage doesn’t mean a thing any more, those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat.’
‘I’m afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.’
‘Thank goodness I won’t live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress.’
‘The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.’
‘There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend, it costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.’
‘No one can afford to be sick anymore, at $35.00 a day in the hospital it’s too rich for my blood.’
‘If they think I’ll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.’
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:21:14am |
re: #45 lifeofthemind
D’OH!
Screen names like Crux Australias or Aussiemagpie tend to be pretty self-explanatory. Everything else is just a guess…
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:22:53am |
re: #12 Milk in a Box
Good job W. H. Auden. Always look on the bright side of life.
that’s the oncoming train……
/reality check
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BatGuano Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:23:45am |
re: #47 Bobibutu
I was born in ‘55. Are you saying I’m old?
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:24:50am |
re: #46 gmsc
Good- that can be a sort of self-made, small-scale economic stimulus plan for homeowners who want to rent heavy equipment or hire labor to help clear excess trees or brush.
I posted a link awhile back to an Aussie family in Victoria who cleared a bunch of brush and trees from their property in 2004 and got taken to court and fined A$100,000 for violating various ‘green’ laws- yet five years later, their home was the only one left standing for miles….
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lifeofthemind Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:25:04am |
re: #46 gmsc
Good, would any jury convict if the prosecutor was stupid enough to indict someone who was clearing brush after this? Not sure how it works down there in Australia. In America most District Attorneys would refuse to enforce such a stupid career killing law I think. The Fed might though, they don’t care.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:25:19am |
re: #27 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
RECTANGLES? RECTANGLES! LUXURY!
In my day, we would get a line and feel glad that we did
i’d go for a line or two, but then i’d fail the next drug test.
/besides the whole waking up in Nebraska thingy %-)
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:25:29am |
re: #50 BatGuano
I was born in ‘55. Are you saying I’m old?
Actually, he’s saying you’re young!
According to that post, 1955 was 53 years ago. Actually, it was 54 years ago. But wouldn’t you rather turn 53 this year than 54?
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BatGuano Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:29:33am |
re: #54 gmsc
Yeah, I get it. I was lookin’ at the wrong way. So, it was like a tribute to my youth! Thanks man.
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:29:38am |
re: #54 gmsc
Actually, he’s saying you’re young!
According to that post, 1955 was 53 years ago. Actually, it was 54 years ago. But wouldn’t you rather turn 53 this year than 54?
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:29:59am |
re: #50 BatGuano
I was born in ‘55. Are you saying I’m old?
whether or not any one says it, you is……..
/white smoke
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:31:31am |
re: #47 Bobibutu
I am currently reading a book of essays by Jerry Pournelle. Published in 1978 I believe. Interesting to look at the politics of science and ranting about prehistoric moonbats. He really had a hate on for so called ecologists, enviromentalists, and President Carter. The fascinating articles are where he rips apart so-called alternative energies, like wind power, and ethanol fuels. He does it by looking at the energy output of each and with grain fuels the cost of food and energy to grow it. Sound familiar?
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BatGuano Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:31:49am |
re: #57 redc1c4
Oh, if I could find you on that white smoke….
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IslandLibertarian Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:32:33am |
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:32:40am |
re: #59 BatGuano
Oh, if I could find you on that white smoke….
You can, just listen for the laughing…:)
/s
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:35:44am |
My Get Up And Go Has Got Up And Went
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get up and go has got up and went
In spite of it all, I’m able to grin
When I think of the places my get up has been
Old age is golden, I think I’ve heard said
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
My ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
My eyes on the table until I wake up
As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
But nations are warring and business is vexed
So I’ll stick around to see what happens next
When I was younger, my slippers were red
I could kick up my heels right over my head
When I was older my slippers were blue
But still I could dance the whole night thru
Now I am old, my slippers are black
I huff to the store and I puff my way back
But never you laugh, I don’t mind at all
I’d rather be huffing than not puff at all
I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I’m not there, I know I’m not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed
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BatGuano Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:35:54am |
re: #58 BlueCanuck
That could possibly be a volume I read in paperback in 1983 called, “Survival with style”, or something like that. It was the first time I had heard the name Stephen Hawking.
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Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:36:14am |
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BatGuano Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:41:50am |
re: #64 Bobibutu
Ok.J ust kidding. That is funny. I have many memories from the fifties.
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Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:42:52am |
re: #58 BlueCanuck
July 14, 2008
Ghosts of my past
Even after all these years, I still get fan-mail about USS Clueless. After nearly four years you’d think people would give up on the idea of me starting to blog continuously about politics again, but I get letters asking me to start.
Forget it. Not gonna happen. I have occasionally made posts like that here, but it isn’t something I’ll start doing routinely.
My least favorite subject about which to blog, back in the day, was “alternate energy”. I made a few posts about that and those are among the most-linked articles in the USS Clueless archive (for example, just today), and I get mail about those, too. The usual theme is, “Hey, did you see this? Ha! Now what do you think, eh? Ready to change your mind?” Sigh. Here’s one I got today:
I happened upon some old entries on USS Clueless in which you express considerable skepticism about the technical feasibility of large scale thermal solar plants. In some ways, I share your pessimism (see for example, my “Energy Independence Isn’t Very Green” - hoover.org . But I can also see some possibilities for political and technical breakthroughs. I wonder if you’ve had occasion to revisit the question of large scale solar installations recently, and if so, would you refer me to the URLs.
At least he was a lot less confrontational than many of them. Here’s the reply I sent him:
I don’t blog about that kind of thing anymore. I never enjoyed blogging about energy, anyway, because for too many people “alternate energy” is more about religion than about physics. They believe that if we are just creative enough, we can overcome fundamental physical limitations — and it’s not that easy.
In order for “alternate energy” to become feasible, it has to satisfy all of the following criteria:
1. It has to be huge (in terms of both energy and power)
2. It has to be reliable (not intermittent or unschedulable)
3. It has to be concentrated (not diffuse)
4. It has to be possible to utilize it efficiently
5. The capital investment and operating cost to utilize it has to be comparable to existing energy sources (per gigawatt, and per terajoule).
If it fails to satisfy any of those, then it can’t scale enough to make any difference. Solar power fails #3, and currently it also fails #5. (It also partially fails #2, but there are ways to work around that.)
The only sources of energy available to us now that satisfy all five are petroleum, coal, hydro, and nuclear.
My rule of thumb is that I’m not interested in any “alternate energy” until someone shows me how to scale it to produce at least 1% of our current energy usage. America right now uses about 3.6 terawatts average, so 1% of that is about 36 gigawatts average.
Show me a plan to produce 36 gigawatts (average, not peak) using solar power, at a price no more than 30% greater than coal generation of comparable capacity, which can be implemented at that scale in 10-15 years. Then I’ll pay attention.
…
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:43:29am |
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:44:11am |
re: #64 Bobibutu
No - I am … I remember this stuff.
if you can still ‘member, you ain’t old.
me? i doan ‘member so good.
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Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:44:46am |
re: #66 BatGuano
Ok.J ust kidding. That is funny. I have many memories from the fifties.
I know you are … I was in jr. high school then.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:48:12am |
I missed the Oscars last night but just heard a soundbyte from Hugo Chavez’s red cup wielding bitch-boy for his Acadamy Award winning portrayal of a homosexual San Fran-freakshow politician who apparently was pals with Jim Jones when he set up shop there.
If I had the chance to ask Penn one question, I think it would be ‘Did they ever recover that .38 and Glock that was stolen out of your car?’
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:48:26am |
re: #71 redc1c4
no, but MyLife has been F’d for years, so why bother?
Because reading that site will make your life better for a few minutes.
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:49:09am |
Today, I called the florist and ordered a flower arrangement for my grandma, who I was told was sick. I said I didn’t know what to get her, so just to send her something nice. I got a call from my mom calling me an inconsiderate bastard. They sent my grandma forget-me-nots. She has Alzheimers.
That has to be soooooooooo bad…
/s
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abaleh Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:49:34am |
re: #58 BlueCanuck
I am currently reading a book of essays by Jerry Pournelle. Published in 1978 I believe. Interesting to look at the politics of science and ranting about prehistoric moonbats. He really had a hate on for so called ecologists, enviromentalists, and President Carter. The fascinating articles are where he rips apart so-called alternative energies, like wind power, and ethanol fuels. He does it by looking at the energy output of each and with grain fuels the cost of food and energy to grow it. Sound familiar?
Personally I believe that alternative energy production methods should be sought and researched, if only to reduce the air polution around cities (not to mention return all the crackpots with oil back to goat herding economics where they would otherwise be). However, I do not understand how the environmentalists expect to both transition 100% to current renewable enegry sources, while at the same time converting all cars to electric propulsion. Unless they found some awesome electricity generation technology they’re not talking about, they’re off their rockers.
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BatGuano Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:51:31am |
re: #58 BlueCanuck
Blue, look at my #58. Does that sound familiar?
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:53:33am |
re: #75 abaleh
People also forget that the electricity that could hypothetically power those nifty, squeaky-clean electric cars will likely come from a carbon-spewing, coal-fired electric power-plant.
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:53:54am |
Today, I just studied for 13.5 hours completely outlining a book for history. Thirty minutes before the test, I realized I had been reading the wrong book. FML
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:55:22am |
re: #73 brandon13
Because reading that site will make your life better for a few minutes.
so i just found out…….
/even if most of it likely bullshit.
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BatGuano Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:56:20am |
re: #77 Fenway_Nation
Don’t be downer! Geez, things were going so well.
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:56:33am |
re: #79 redc1c4
so i just found out…….
/even if most of it likely bullshit.
Sure it is. But it’s realistic enough to still be funny.
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:57:21am |
A rabbit one day managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up.As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the first time in his life. ‘Wow, this is great,’ he thought.
It wasn’t long before he came to a hedge and, after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight lots of other bunny rabbits, all free and nibbling at the lush grass.
“Hey,” he called. “I’m a rabbit from the laboratory and I’ve just escaped. Are you wild rabbits?”
“Yes. Come and join us,” they cried.
Our friend hopped over to them and started eating the grass. I tasted so good. “What else do you wild rabbits do?” he asked.
“Well,” one of them said. “You see that field there? It’s got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them.”
This, he couldn’t resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful.
Later, he asked them again, “What else do you do?”
“You see that field there? It’s got lettuce growing in it. We eat them as well.”
The lettuce tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full. “Is there anything else you guys do?” he asked.
One of the other rabbits came a bit closer to him and spoke softly.
“There’s one other thing you must try. You see those rabbits there, “he said, pointing to the far corner of the field. “They’re girls. We shag them. Go and try it.”
Well, our friend spent the rest of the morning shagging his little heart out until, completely spent, he staggered back over to the guys.
“That was fantastic,” he panted.
“So are you going to live with us then?” one of them asked.
“I’m sorry, I had a great time but I can’t.”
The wild rabbits all stared at him, a bit surprised. “Why? We thought you liked it here.”
“I do,” our friend replied. “But I must get back to the laboratory. I’m dying for a cigarette!”
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:57:24am |
re: #75 abaleh
Agreed to some points. The problem with all alternatives is cost, efficiency and space. Most alternate solutions require large foot prints.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:58:00am |
re: #76 BatGuano
Give me a sec, almost done it. I think that may be the title, at least it was the title of one of the essays.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:58:35am |
re: #81 brandon13
Sure it is. But it’s realistic enough to still be funny.
no worries: i’m ROTFLMFAO, and sending it to friends….
most of whom likely already know about it. FML
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:58:56am |
Morning Lizards. Been very busy and have not posted much the last few days. I will only get back to normal around Wednesday next week.
I trust all is good.
Today, at the end of a really long day my boyfriend was rubbing my back. I told him I appreciated how sensitive he was being. His response? “I was just trying to figure out how to unhook your bra.” FML
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abaleh Tue, Feb 24, 2009 12:59:12am |
re: #77 Fenway_Nation
People also forget that the electricity that could hypothetically power those nifty, squeaky-clean electric cars will likely come from a carbon-spewing, coal-fired electric power-plant.
But they won’t see the emissions coming from their own actions, so they’ll be satisfied.
My father is visiting me from Toronto, and the other day he told me that all garbage from Toronto is being trucked to Michigan, because no local council would be willing to host a landfill. That is just crazy stupid thinking. The so called environmentalists don’t want a landfill in their backyard, but they’re fine with trucking garbage hundreds of miles in CO2 spewing trucks.
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:00:02am |
re: #67 Bobibutu
[Link: chizumatic.mee.nu…]
Another good post on alternative energy:
“Alternative Energy”: For people who can’t add.
(Part 1 of 2)Sigh. I’m continually amazed how many “scientists” can’t do basic math. Like this nutwad who thinks we can solve all our problems by using solar power to light up the country.
“If 2 percent of the continental United States were covered with photovoltaic systems with a net efficiency of 10 percent, we would be able to supply all the U.S. energy needs,” said Bulovic, the KDD Associate Professor of Communications and Technology in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
And how big is 2 percent of the continental US? As Will Collier points out, slightly larger than the state of Georgia.
He also does the math on how many orbiting, and thereby much more efficient solar panels, would be required to match the output of a nuclear plant.
The Space Station solar panels are fairly large as such things go, about 8,740 square feet in area. At 64 kilowatts of power for every 8,740 square feet of solar panel, you’d need about 136 million square feet of panels to generate a single megawatt of electricity. Just for comparison’s sake, the Farley Nuclear Power Plant near Dothan, Alabama, can produce as much as 1,776 megawatts of power. That kind of output would require approximately 242 billion square feet of orbiting solar cells—about 8,700 square miles, an area larger than the state of New Jersey.
Both of these pie (or state-sized satellite) in the sky concepts have one little problem that happens to come up every time MIT professors who know absolutely jack about grid power generation start spouting off. You can not generate base power with solar energy. Nor can you do it with wind energy. Nor can you do it with tide energy. Why? Well, here’s a little primer on power generation.
There are three kinds of generation that need to happen in order for the buttons to light up on your microwave. But before I get into that, one needs to understand the concept of load. Most people would tend to think that power generation works in a positive flow model, in that when you generate a given amount of juice, it goes on the grid and is then consumed. This is wrong. In fact, power generation works in a negative flow model, meaning that there is a given demand on a grid at any given time, that demand is load, and it is not a static thing. Now, if you were to go and build a power turbine in your back yard and hook it up to the grid, you would find a rather interesting display of physics, in that you could throttle the generator based on how much load you put on it, not how much fuel you dump into whatever you have spinning it.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:00:05am |
re: #84 BlueCanuck
Give me a sec, almost done it. I think that may be the title, at least it was the title of one of the essays.
IOW: he’s still coloring in the pictures.
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:00:10am |
“Alternative Energy”: For people who can’t add.
(Part 2 of 2)
Base generation, or base load, is what keeps the lights on all the time. It is a constant power generation, the output of which rarely if ever fluctuates as a result of its power source. There are only three kinds of fuel that can currently be used to generate base power: Hydro dams, Nuclear plants, and Fossil fuel burning plants. Why? Because those are the only methods one can use to produce a given amount of power, and be absolutely certain that it will be putting out that same amount of power next week, or next month, or next year. If you did not have base power generation, you would have massive power fluctuations with different supply loads, and the whole grid would collapse. (This is what happened on the east coast a few years ago. Imagine it happening on an hourly basis.).
The second type of generator is a ramp, or load control generator. This type of power generation is used to provide juice for demand loads, like when everyone gets home from work at 17:00 and cranks up the AC. Load control is, again, almost entirely done by fossil, nuke or hydro plants, because certain demand models are built for various locations at various times of the year, and those demands have to be met. That means one needs a power source that can be ramped up on demand, or to use the correct slag, more load can be placed on a given generator to match demand, and the power system for said generator is able to keep up with it.
The third type of generator is a peak generator. THIS is where solar, wind and other hippie-brand, spotted-owl dicing power generation comes into play. See, solar and wind generators are never constant, because their output, or the amount of load they can accept, varies greatly with environmental conditions. Cloudy day? Solar plants are screwed. Wind dropping off? Wind plants are screwed. It is because of this dramatic fluctuation in load handling that every wind and/or solar station on the grid, has a fossil generator running right next to it to manage load. These peakers can produce energy at specific times, and when they can, that energy can be put on the grid (via a load balancing generator). However, as soon as their generation rate drops below a certain level, the load balancing fossil generator can no longer keep up, and the load demand needs to be transfered away from the peak plant and put on to either a ramp or base plant.
So, feel free to point out, the next time so tofu-munching sprout fairy goes on about how clean and pretty wind and solar plants are, that there’s a big horkin’ turbine right next to every single one, burning natural gas or oil.
Anyway, that is how power generation works. That’s how it has to work, because there is currently no way of storing really, really big amounts of power in a manner that is even remotely efficient. Load must be managed, and in order to manage dynamic load, you need base generation via a static power source.
You would think a frickin’ Associate Professor would understand such a simple concept, but evidently that’s not the case.
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Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:00:37am |
re: #75 abaleh
They can’t. It’s BS. No physics or math to support what they say will save the planet.
Cult vs science.
…. one of my favorite responses from:
As long ago as the late 70s I was trying to explain concepts such as energy density to solar power freaks. After some years of aggravating and generally futile arguments about nucear power plants, I began to preface any such argument by handing the person a piece of paper (often a bar napkin) and pen, then requesting they draw a schematic of a pressurized light water reactor. If they could not do that, I would then point out they were not equipped to argue the pros and cons of nuclear power with me, and turn to other less volatile subjects such as the Gnostic Heresies.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:01:17am |
re: #86 Erik The Red
Morning Lizards. Been very busy and have not posted much the last few days. I will only get back to normal around Wednesday next week.
I trust all is good.
Today, at the end of a really long day my boyfriend was rubbing my back. I told him I appreciated how sensitive he was being. His response? “I was just trying to figure out how to unhook your bra.” FML
you? get back to normal?
Not even Fed Ex Ground carries cargo that far…….
/white smoke
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:02:43am |
re: #76 BatGuano
Blue, look at my #58. Does that sound familiar?
Ah, it’s “A Step Further Out”. Sorry about that got caught up in all the pretty graphs and calculations.
/stares hard at redc1c4.
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:03:29am |
Today, I went to the store to buy some condoms for my girlfriend, Kim and I. I was in a rush and when I looked at the cashier realized it was her father. Nervous and hoping to reassure him, I go “don’t worry, I’m not using these with Kim.” That didn’t help. FML
Really LOL’ed on that one.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:03:44am |
re: #93 BlueCanuck
Ah, it’s “A Step Further Out”. Sorry about that got caught up in all the pretty graphs and calculations.
/stares hard at redc1c4.
they must have been shinny!
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:04:15am |
Signs you’ve grown up!
1. Your potted plants stay alive.
2. Having sex in a twin-sized bed is absurd.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to sleep.
5. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.
6. You carry an umbrella. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook-up and break-up.
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 7.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as ‘dressed up’.
10. You’re the one calling the police because those darn kids next door don’t know how to turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 p.m.
17. Dinner and a movie - it’s the whole date instead of just the beginning of one.
18. MTV News is no longer your primary source for information.
19. You go to the drugstore for Ibuprofen and antacids, not condoms and pregnancy test kits.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer ‘pretty good stuff’.
21. You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time.
22. Grocery lists are longer than macaroni & cheese, diet Pepsi, Ho-Ho’s.
23. “I just can’t drink the way I used to” replaces “I’m never going to drink that much again.”
24. Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
25. You don’t drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:05:15am |
thought this was hilarious:
Today I was discussing sex with some of my guy friends in their dorm and I asked one of them what he would do if I got naked and got in his bed. He replied, “Nothing. You’re one of the guys now.” They all agreed. FML
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abaleh Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:06:52am |
re: #83 BlueCanuck
Agreed to some points. The problem with all alternatives is cost, efficiency and space. Most alternate solutions require large foot prints.
costs are a factor of economics, so if enough people buy solar panels the costs will be more reasonable. Of course this wouldn’t be a practical method of electric generation in Canada, but in Israel where I live it would be great (actually most houses here have solar water heating panels, which are great). Regarding space, with solar, there is space on roofs, and where solar is most practical, ie desert, there is usually lots of place (again, not so relevant for Canada). Efficiency also will improve as costs come down.
All of these will take time, so a gradual transition is necessary.
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:07:32am |
I’m going to create my own.
Obama is my President. FML.
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Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:08:39am |
re: #88 gmsc
Love it.
Bucky Fuller told us how to balance the electrical load of planet earth in his “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth”
40 years ago …
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:10:30am |
got sucked right in, so i forgot to mention how appropriate this post was: up until midnight, this was my 8th anniversary………
this year she said something, just before bed time, mostly because i didn’t, but then again, all the other years that i’ve made a fuss, she’s played the whole thing off.
/go figger.
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Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:10:38am |
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:11:41am |
re: #99 abaleh
costs are a factor of economics, so if enough people buy solar panels the costs will be more reasonable. Of course this wouldn’t be a practical method of electric generation in Canada, but in Israel where I live it would be great (actually most houses here have solar water heating panels, which are great). Regarding space, with solar, there is space on roofs, and where solar is most practical, ie desert, there is usually lots of place (again, not so relevant for Canada). Efficiency also will improve as costs come down.
All of these will take time, so a gradual transition is necessary.
except for the environmental damage to the desert: you can’t build all that stuff out there.
/bummer
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restitutor orbis Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:12:18am |
oh, this is nice…….
Forget some 7th century barbarians with sheets on their heads. Asia is going to be Obama’s big “testing of the mettle” so to speak. And it’s either going to be…
the death of Kim Jong-Il, and a succession crisis, or….
China starting shit with Taiwan, not to conquer it just yet, mind you, but really just to see what they could get away with. From their standpoint, all indications so far are pretty good.
There was another article about how Obama is going to “reassure” the Japanese Prime Minister of the strength of our alliance.
You tend to reassure those that have doubts.
Now why in the world would one of our most staunch allies need to be “reassured” ?
Hmmmm
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:13:16am |
Saving for Greatness
A fellow freethinker who works for World Financial Group shared this document with me. Their sales representatives regularly give this flyer to prospects. The flyer names no original author of this fine dissertation, but it certainly resonates with the Objectivist ethics of financial management.
Your savings, believe it or not, affect the way you stand, the way you walk, the tone of your voice — in short, your physical well-being and self-confidence. A man without savings is always running. He must. He must take the first job offered, or nearly so. He sits nervously on life’s chairs because any small emergency throws him into the hands of others.
Without savings, a man must be too grateful. Gratitude is a fine thing in its place. But a constant state of gratitude is a horrible place in which to live. A man with savings can walk tall. He may appraise opportunities in a relaxed way, have time for judicious estimates and not be rushed by economic necessity.
A man with savings can afford to resign from his job if his principles so dictate — and for this reason he will never need to do so. A man who can afford to quit is much more useful to his company and therefore more readily promoted. He can afford to give his company the benefit of his most candid judgments.
A man with savings can afford the wonderful privilege of being generous in family or neighborhood emergencies. He can take the level stare of any man … friend, stranger or enemy. That ability shapes his personality and character.
The ability to save has nothing to do with the size of income. Many high-income people spend it all. They are on a treadmill, darting through life like minnows.
The dean of American bankers, J.P. Morgan, once advised a young broker: “Take waste out of your spending; you’ll drive the haste out of your life.”
If you do not need money for college, a home or retirement, then save for self-confidence. The state of your savings does have a lot to do with how tall you walk.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:14:19am |
re: #106 restitutor orbis
There was another article about how Obama is going to “reassure” the Japanese Prime Minister of the strength of our alliance.
You tend to reassure those that have doubts.
Now why in the world would one of our most staunch allies need to be “reassured” ?
Hmmmm
0bama’s probably ‘reassuring’ Japan like he’s ‘reassuring’ the economy.
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WoodstockDave Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:15:27am |
Someone please remind me…is Guantanamo Bay still open?
I guess that whole “Justice delayed is justice denied” only applies to non-messianic Presidents.
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abaleh Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:16:10am |
re: #105 redc1c4
except for the environmental damage to the desert: you can’t build all that stuff out there.
/bummer
Well, there’s always the choice of committing mass suicide to save the planet.
//
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:16:55am |
just submitted this one:
Today, after the stock market closed, and I talked with my broker about what was left of my retirement, the kid’s college fund and where the market was going in the next few months, I realized Obama was going to destroy everything I ever worked for. FML
/not likely
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WoodstockDave Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:17:53am |
It was a real proud moment, too, when Hillary had to shut up about those pesky human rights problems so that she could beg the Chinese to keep buying our debt.
Heckuva job, Obama.
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:18:11am |
re: #110 abaleh
Well, there’s always the choice of committing mass suicide to save the planet.
//
I’ve often said that calculations have determined that if everyone who believed in AGW would stop exhaling, the resulting drop in carbon dioxide emissions would be enough to make global warming stop forever.
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abolitionist Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:18:35am |
Health Care Costs to Top $8,000 Per Person
Government report on medical costs paints a stark picture for President Obama, who is expected to call for a health care overhaul in a speech Tuesday night. [snip]
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:19:09am |
re: #110 abaleh
Well, there’s always the choice of committing mass suicide to save the planet.
//
i’d rather build nukes.
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:21:30am |
re: #114 abolitionist
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.”
- P. J. O’Rourke
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abaleh Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:22:23am |
Regarding wind power, I lived in Germany for a few months, and I must admit I really like the look of the giant wind power generators.
They remind of a TV show I watched as a kid, with these giant tripods roaming the world and scaring the bejebuz out people.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:22:32am |
re: #114 abolitionist
he can call for a health care overhaul all he wants, but i have a better suggestion: call someone who cares!
government healt care: been there, done that. it suxored.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:23:40am |
re: #117 abaleh
Regarding wind power, I lived in Germany for a few months, and I must admit I really like the look of the giant wind power generators.
They remind of a TV show I watched as a kid, with these giant tripods roaming the world and scaring the bejebuz out people.
they also kill lots of birds, and here in CA, the places that have reasonably steady wind are also the bird migration corridors.
/environment again.
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rightside Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:26:08am |
Morning Lizards.
Here’s some humor to start off the morning.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:26:15am |
as for solar, if the AGW crowd is all so fired up over temperature increases, why are they backing solar? the energy that the panels *don’t* convert into electricity warms the ambient air, thereby increasing the local temperatures significantly. put in a big enough array, and you suddenly are creating local weather issues, just like the various chemical plants down by LA Harbor often create their own clouds and fog…..
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:27:40am |
re: #36 Fenway_Nation
We want them (China) to buy our Treasury paper.
Recommend reading the ForeignPolicy article linked up in the spin-offs. International problems can (and likely will) come from any of a large number of sources.
Idealism in foreign policy is dead.
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:29:14am |
re: #121 redc1c4
as for solar, if the AGW crowd is all so fired up over temperature increases, why are they backing solar? the energy that the panels *don’t* convert into electricity warms the ambient air, thereby increasing the local temperatures significantly. put in a big enough array, and you suddenly are creating local weather issues, just like the various chemical plants down by LA Harbor often create their own clouds and fog…..
That’s just one of those unfathomable mysteries of life.
It’s sort of like the question, “If M&M’s truly melt in your mouth and not in your hands, why do all their mascots wear gloves?”
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:29:59am |
re: #122 freetoken
That’s actually what I was thinking when the 0bama admin. announced that they wanted to make nice with Syria and Iran.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:30:36am |
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abaleh Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:30:36am |
re: #119 redc1c4
they also kill lots of birds, and here in CA, the places that have reasonably steady wind are also the bird migration corridors.
/environment again.
Well, the environmental movement can’t be responsible for the suicidal tendencies of birds. They only promote the suicidal tendencies of the human species.
/
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:34:57am |
re: #122 freetoken
We want them (China) to buy our Treasury paper.
Recommend reading the ForeignPolicy article linked up in the spin-offs. International problems can (and likely will) come from any of a large number of sources.
Idealism in foreign policy is dead.
to be idealistic, you have to have ideals: Ear Leader has goals, and that’s a different thing entirely.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:36:11am |
re: #125 Erik The Red
Morning RS. Linky no worky.
took a second to come up for me: i got an error message, but ehwn i tried to go to the main page, it came up. the art reminded me of the old satire ad stickers you used to get with gum….
/wish i’d saved those. %-)
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:37:00am |
re: #123 gmsc
That’s just one of those unfathomable mysteries of life.
It’s sort of like the question, “If M&M’s truly melt in your mouth and not in your hands, why do all their mascots wear gloves?”
to avoid callouses?
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:37:24am |
re: #128 redc1c4
Ear Leader!? LOL! I almost like that one better than The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers…..
Is that yours or someone @ Ace of Spades come up with that?
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:37:50am |
re: #123 gmsc
That’s just one of those unfathomable mysteries of life.
It’s sort of like the question, “If M&M’s truly melt in your mouth and not in your hands, why do all their mascots wear gloves?”
Another unfathomable question of life:
“Who was the advertising genius who thought it was a good idea to promote a fast food restaurant by showing their mascot going through a tough time in the hospital?”
Whenever I look at a Jack-In-The-Box now, I can’t help but think of winding up in the hospital. Good going, guys. How about having Jack wear a permanent catheter in all the future ads? That should get people into your restaurant! **rolling eyes**
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:39:03am |
re: #106 restitutor orbis
Now why in the world would one of our most staunch allies need to be “reassured” ?
Hmmmm
Because the LDP, which has run the government of Japan for most of the post-WWII era, is on shaky grounds today (Aso could very well be the last straw), and the conservatives within that party are always afraid that the US will strengthen Chinese relations at the cost of Japanese relations.
Living in Japan was an eye-opening experience for me… gave me a greater appreciation of our form of government (at the same time giving me aphrension about American society’s ability to cope with changes in this century.)
If you want to read up on current Japanese affairs, blogger Tobias Harris often gives more meat than many other writers on the subject. From his latest entry:
[…]Aso could be in for a rude surprise Tuesday. This administration will most likely not share the Bush administration’s seemingly endless patience with Japan, patience that faltered in the final years of the administration as it struggled to implement the 2006 realignment agreement and keep Japan committed to the six-party talks.Despite Obama’s welcoming Aso as the first foreign leader to meet with him in Washington, and despite Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Tokyo last week, the Japanese establishment continues to fret about the new administration’s approach to Japan.
[…]
But unlike the previous administration, the Obama administration looks unwilling to praise Japan for marginal, symbolic contributions to the effort [in Afghanistan.] While respecting Japan’s constraints on the use of force abroad, the adminstration appears ready to take Japan at its word. Japanese leaders talk of the need to contribute abroad even as they are reluctant to commit the Self-Defense Forces? Fine, then make a meaningful civilian contribution, the new administration has signaled.
[…]
Aso could be in for a rude surprise Tuesday. This administration will most likely not share the Bush administration’s seemingly endless patience with Japan, patience that faltered in the final years of the administration as it struggled to implement the 2006 realignment agreement and keep Japan committed to the six-party talks.
[…]
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abolitionist Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:40:28am |
Notice: Not intended as a commentary of any sort.* The motion blurring of everything but the two vehicles tells me the photographer didn’t fake this.
* Ok, maybe political commentary.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:40:48am |
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:40:59am |
Wow… some sort of cut and paste failure. My previous post repeats two sentences at the beginning that should only be at the end….
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:46:20am |
re: #131 Fenway_Nation
Ear Leader!? LOL! I almost like that one better than The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers…..
Is that yours or someone @ Ace of Spades come up with that?
AFAIK, it’s mine, which is not to say it’s not a case of GMTA…..
i was making posters here one night, when someone on the LNDT referred to His Incompetence as “Dear Leader”, so i went and put that in….. then i riffed on the fact that i’m always calling him Juggy, and voila! Ear Leader was christened.
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rightside Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:49:45am |
re: #136 Erik The Red
Add the line, “You’ll love my stimulus” too!
I noticed they’ve changed the commercial now, he no longer says, “You’ll love my nuts”
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itellu3times Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:51:17am |
re: #40 Dustyvet
I’m tho Thor I can hardly pith thrtaight.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:54:48am |
re: #140 itellu3times
I’m tho Thor I can hardly pith thrtaight.
then you better sit down, so it doesn’t get all over the floor.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 1:58:01am |
fruitcup for everyone that isn’t too Thor…..
if you’re hammerd you’re on your own.
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littleoldlady Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:00:16am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ———————————->
Help yourselves!
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:00:22am |
re: #144 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ———————————->
Help yourselves!
Thank you, LOL! It’s good tonight!
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:00:47am |
you just can’t get good help these days……
/why i’m here. %-)
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littleoldlady Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:02:51am |
I am so not having fun I cannot tell you. :-(
I installed Leopard on my mac and everything went to hell. It blew out my fonts, my files can’t find the pictures, and now my printer isn’t working and I can’t figure out why.
/feh, feh and pui :-(
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:03:46am |
re: #148 littleoldlady
I am so not having fun I cannot tell you. :-(
I installed Leopard on my mac and everything went to hell. It blew out my fonts, my files can’t find the pictures, and now my printer isn’t working and I can’t figure out why.
/feh, feh and pui :-(
What kind of Mac are you installing Leopard on?
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:03:59am |
Good morning littleoldlady. Sorry to hear about your Mac problems. So how does it feel to be in the same boat as a PC user.
/white smoke
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:05:03am |
re: #148 littleoldlady
I am so not having fun I cannot tell you. :-(
I installed Leopard on my mac and everything went to hell. It blew out my fonts, my files can’t find the pictures, and now my printer isn’t working and I can’t figure out why.
/feh, feh and pui :-(
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:05:29am |
re: #148 littleoldlady
Sorry to hear about your upgrade headaches.
First question is… which option did you pick at installation time?
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:05:52am |
re: #148 littleoldlady
I am so not having fun I cannot tell you. :-(
I installed Leopard on my mac and everything went to hell. It blew out my fonts, my files can’t find the pictures, and now my printer isn’t working and I can’t figure out why.
/feh, feh and pui :-(
you could break down and get a real computer……
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littleoldlady Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:07:32am |
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:07:48am |
re: #149 gmsc
What kind of Mac are you installing Leopard on?
i think she’s been trying to get some leopard print lingerie installed, and large old man is having some trouble interfacing with the new graphics….
/it’s a root error %-)
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:08:32am |
re: #152 freetoken
Sorry to hear about your upgrade headaches.
First question is… which option did you pick at installation time?
nose?
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itellu3times Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:09:20am |
re: #121 redc1c4
Um, just where did you learn this astounding fact?
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:09:38am |
re: #157 redc1c4
Ack….. I’m going to sick the fruit-bats on you!
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:10:30am |
re: #159 itellu3times
Um, just where did you learn this astounding fact?
i make’em up as i go…. why?
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:10:52am |
re: #160 freetoken
Ack….. I’m going to sick the fruit-bats on you!
When a vampire bat bites you, you turn into a vampire. So, what happens when you’re bitten by a fruit bat?
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:10:58am |
re: #144 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ———————————->
Help yourselves!
{lol} thanks and good morning.
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littleoldlady Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:12:02am |
freetoken! :-)
Option? I picked the You’d better work! option.
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itellu3times Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:12:21am |
re: #161 redc1c4
Well, the other day I was talking to the sun god Apollo, and he denies that solar cells heat the ambient area, says it’s not like he’s going to shine any hotter just because some fool sets up a panel.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:12:32am |
re: #162 gmsc
When a vampire bat bites you, you turn into a vampire. So, what happens when you’re bitten by a fruit bat?
they die: bats are very sensitive to ethanol, as are snakes.
/one can’t be too careful. %-)
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:13:24am |
re: #161 redc1c4
i make’em up as i go…. why?
What just like the AGW/enviromentalist groups do? Shame on you. We are better then that.
/nothing like beating a moonbat over the head with cold hard facts.
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littleoldlady Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:13:32am |
Fenway! :-)
My daughter says she’ll play for us this week! :-)
/she’s much luckier than we are
//that’s not saying much…
:-(
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:14:42am |
re: #166 littleoldlady
Ummm… yes……. option…..
In other words, if you did the Archive and Install option then your old fonts are still on the start-up drive, just moved to a safe place (from where you could move them if you need to.)
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:15:20am |
re: #170 BlueCanuck
What just like the AGW/enviromentalist groups do? Shame on you. We are better then that.
/nothing like beating a moonbat over the head with cold hard facts.
Hey Blue how the hell do you play Metropolis?
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UncleRancher Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:16:28am |
re: #168 itellu3times
Local heating makes sense. Solar panels are mostly black to absorb energy rather than reflect it.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:19:57am |
re: #174 Erik The Red
Very slowly. :) Trick is to build up connections and population. Balance revenue properties with non revenue properties. As well keep an eye on your populations happiness and tax rates. I tend to play with an aggressive tax rate.
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gmsc Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:20:40am |
re: #176 Sharmuta
For littleoldlady
[Video]
I still think this is the best Julie Andrews song for littleoldlady:
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TheMatrix31 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:22:52am |
Good morning! Time for a reading break, shower time.
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littleoldlady Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:23:04am |
Thanks for the videos, guyz.
I have to get going…
/to shoot myself see if I can convince this printer it wants to work…
//bbl
///if not, call out the Militia!
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:24:51am |
re: #168 itellu3times
Well, the other day I was talking to the sun god Apollo, and he denies that solar cells heat the ambient area, says it’s not like he’s going to shine any hotter just because some fool sets up a panel.
well, last time i checked, they were dark, aka black, the better to absorb your homeboy’s precious bodily fluids for conversion into electricity.
however, they only convert x percentage of that energy into juice (the other kind) and therefore, all the other absorbed energy is converted into what?
my guess is heat. YMMV, but if i put a black panel out in a desert that is otherwise all light colors, it’s gonna be the hottest thing out there. that’s why when we’d go to Irwin, we’d put black water cans on top of the vehicles, when we had water at all, to take a field shower, and keep our drinking water in the tan ones so the water would stay near the ambient 120* or so for drinking….. and we’d only shower at twilight, so we didn’t burn the crap out of ourselves.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:25:50am |
re: #170 BlueCanuck
What just like the AGW/enviromentalist groups do? Shame on you. We are better then that.
/nothing like beating a moonbat over the head with cold hard facts.
that’s one……
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itellu3times Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:26:16am |
re: #175 UncleRancher
Local heating makes sense. Solar panels are mostly black to absorb energy rather than reflect it.
Mere mortal, they won’t keep you warm at night, and they won’t warm you during the day, either. In fact, every photon that your clever device turns into an electron-hole pair, is a photon that does not get degraded into infrared heat, at least not until you run it six hundred miles into a light bulb or something.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:28:53am |
re: #175 UncleRancher
Local heating makes sense. Solar panels are mostly black to absorb energy rather than reflect it.
pretty much my point: unless conversion is 100%, all the waste has to go somewhere, and if the surfaces are more absorptive than the local norm, it’s gonna be hotter. ever watch the heat shimmer off a big parking lot versus the grass area off to the side?
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:33:33am |
One more FML.
Today, my mom found a condom in my pocket while doing my laundry. Instead of having the subsequent discussion about the birds and the bees my mother simply asked “Who would have sex with you?” FML
LMAO
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:33:45am |
re: #183 itellu3times
Mere mortal, they won’t keep you warm at night, and they won’t warm you during the day, either. In fact, every photon that your clever device turns into an electron-hole pair, is a photon that does not get degraded into infrared heat, at least not until you run it six hundred miles into a light bulb or something.
not sure about where you live, but n=most of our deserts are relatively light colored (basalt fields, lava flows, etc, excluded) so as hot as they get in the day, they retain jack after the sun goes down. most of the energy is radiated back up, heating the atmosphere, and then shedding either up or out….
now: you add more dark, heat absorptive mass to the area, and it’s gonna retain more heat, and for longer, just like re roofing my house with a lighter color would make it that much cooler in the summer.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:33:47am |
re: #181 redc1c4
I believe you are spot on with that assumption. Most solar panels have a top rated efficency of about 18-20%. I think this point about waste heat has been mentioned somewhere before. Usually that’s why deserts are suggested for solar farms. Also most deserts have very little cold cover as well so get more sunlight during the year.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:35:09am |
re: #177 BlueCanuck
Blue your city is rich can get some stimulus help over in Durbanville? A few 100 people to. Just kick them out.
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itellu3times Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:35:17am |
re: #181 redc1c4
But that was going to be ambient heat anyway, all the black manages to do is catch it locally rather than let it disperse over the surrounding square meters. If you painted an acre of the desert black, the area including it and the surrounding eight acres would average just about the same. Just as if you painted an acre white, it wouldn’t begin to snow there. Now, an acre of mirror, might manage to reflect enough ambient energy back into space to make a cooling difference, but a good mirror is 90% to 99% effective - and even so, gets hot in the sun.
I’m not that sure of the physics, but wouldn’t be surprised if an acre of solar cells might not just cool the area by some fractional amount.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:38:10am |
re: #171 littleoldlady
I haven’t been to any casinos in a little while- but instead, I put down a few hundred $$$ towards stock in a utility….which would be my first ever stock purchase. I’ve given up on precious metals for the time being (thanks Ear Leader/Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers) and figure I might as well put my money on something relatively (
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Kenneth Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:41:19am |
re: #168 itellu3times
Well, the other day I was talking to the sun god Apollo, and he denies that solar cells heat the ambient area, says it’s not like he’s going to shine any hotter just because some fool sets up a panel.
Apollo was the Greek moongod. Solar panels do cause local heating in as much as they are dark and absorb the solar radiation, whereas the sand on the desert floor is highly reflective. A massive solar panel installation will have a significant effect on local weather given the increase in solar radiation absorption and corresponding decrease in reflection. This effect has been demonstrated by experiment.
Similarly, massive wind turbine installations effect local weather by “sucking” kinetic energy out of the wind.
One cannot say either case is good or bad, just that it does effect weather.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:42:09am |
re: #191 Fenway_Nation
let’s try that again.
I haven’t been to any casinos in a little while- but instead, I put down a few hundred $$$ towards stock in a utility….which would be my first ever stock purchase. I’ve given up on precious metals for the time being (thanks Ear Leader/Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers) and figure I might as well put my money on something relatively [key word] safe. I figure no matter how bad the economy gets, people still need electricity. And if the stock tanks, at least I got in at $17/$18 a share than $25 a share
/gonna look around for some eeeeevil oil companies next.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:42:59am |
re: #189 Erik The Red
LOL, don’t worry. I typically toss a few citizens your way on a daily basis.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:44:47am |
re: #194 BlueCanuck
LOL, don’t worry. I typically toss a few citizens your way on a daily basis.
Just saw that on the wall thanks still learning.
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:47:02am |
Mornin folks, Lol, Fenway, red, free, right, gmsc, Eric…all.
Anybody have today’s schedule of the Admin’s ‘Hole Digging & Filling’ exercise?
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:50:16am |
re: #198 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Mornin folks, Lol, Fenway, red, free, right, gmsc, Eric…all.
Anybody have today’s schedule of the Admin’s ‘Hole Digging & Filling’ exercise?
Hole filling? I thought we were supposed to dig our way out of this mess.
/ummm some one toss me a rope please?
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:53:08am |
re: #190 itellu3times
I’m not that sure of the physics, but wouldn’t be surprised if an acre of solar cells might not just cool the area by some fractional amount.
Are not most roofs already dark-ish? Few are the bright white of snow (which reflect most of the visible light.)
Remember, whatever amount of light is turned into electricity would go into the “minus” column on the “heat island effect” accounting sheet.
Suspect that the difference in the color of a normal roof (tar paper shingles or wood shingles) is only slightly lighter than that of a PV array… so when subtracting the energy converted into electricity via the PV array it likely is a wash.
Plus, say a normal house in the US is on a 6000 sq ft lot… the area used for a PV array would only be a small fraction of that.
Nevertheless, the takeaway from this is that passive solar use (e.g., through designing a house better) is even a better choice than PV.
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brandon13 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:53:24am |
OK, I lied. This might be the last one.
Today, My boyfriend gave me a gift card for $32 to a local salon. I thought the amount was kind of random, but when I went in I saw that the bikini wax was $32. FML
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:56:09am |
re: #200 BlueCanuck
But Blue, you’ve been given the wrong place to dig out. Quick, fill-up that hole and dig over there, to your right or left - it doesn’t make any difference.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:58:50am |
re: #203 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
But Blue, you’ve been given the wrong place to dig out. Quick, fill-up that hole and dig over there, to your right or left - it doesn’t make any difference.
*mutter mutter* Starting to remind me of my infantry days. Great coats on, great coats off.
/crawls out and starts filling in hole
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:58:50am |
re: #198 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Mornin folks, Lol, Fenway, red, free, right, gmsc, Eric…all.
Anybody have today’s schedule of the Admin’s ‘Hole Digging & Filling’ exercise?
When the ChiComs (back when they actually were communist) were building Chairman Mao’s maesoleum, they had a cadre of ‘volunteers’ pass bricks to each other and move them from one pile to another for the photographer for the state press while the real work was being done in the background.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:02:24am |
re: #205 BlueCanuck
*mutter mutter* Starting to remind me of my infantry days. Great coats on, great coats off.
/crawls out and starts filling in hole
All that’s missing is the race-baiting NCO asking you ‘You haven’t worked a day in your life, have you Specialist?’ when you ask him if he needs help smoking that cigarette while you’re filling up sandbags…
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:04:07am |
re: #190 itellu3times
But that was going to be ambient heat anyway, all the black manages to do is catch it locally rather than let it disperse over the surrounding square meters. If you painted an acre of the desert black, the area including it and the surrounding eight acres would average just about the same. Just as if you painted an acre white, it wouldn’t begin to snow there. Now, an acre of mirror, might manage to reflect enough ambient energy back into space to make a cooling difference, but a good mirror is 90% to 99% effective - and even so, gets hot in the sun.
I’m not that sure of the physics, but wouldn’t be surprised if an acre of solar cells might not just cool the area by some fractional amount.
having been in the basalt regions of Irwin, and the sand, the black rock is hotter than the white sand.
both are hotter than shit, but the sand also cools off faster, whereas the rocks stay warm for hours.
dark absorbs heat, white reflects it. you put more heat absorbing surface in a given area, it’s gonna get hotter sooner, get hotter over all, and stay hotter longer.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:04:54am |
re: #198 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Mornin folks, Lol, Fenway, red, free, right, gmsc, Eric…all.
Anybody have today’s schedule of the Admin’s ‘Hole Digging & Filling’ exercise?
it’s located at about 6850 on the Dow……
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:05:18am |
re: #206 Fenway_Nation
Fenway, this is the US and D.C., the head of our gubermint, at that! You don’t really think there’s going to be any work going on in the background, do you? %-0
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:08:01am |
re: #205 BlueCanuck
*mutter mutter* Starting to remind me of my infantry days. Great coats on, great coats off.
/crawls out and starts filling in hole
you had the good gear: our coats weren’t that good, as we were always cold.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:10:32am |
re: #212 redc1c4
you had the good gear: our coats weren’t that good, as we were always cold.
The great was only in the name. Too bloody warm for spring, too bloody cold for fall and winter.
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:11:12am |
re: #205 BlueCanuck
*mutter mutter* Starting to remind me of my infantry days. Great coats on, great coats off.
/crawls out and starts filling in hole
another good reason to be Mech….. you drive your fighting position everywhere you go.
“Death Before Dismount!”
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:12:13am |
re: #213 BlueCanuck
The great was only in the name. Too bloody warm for spring, too bloody cold for fall and winter.
no, really? sounds a lot like ponchos as rain gear.
/white smoke
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:15:06am |
re: #207 Fenway_Nation
All that’s missing is the race-baiting NCO asking you ‘You haven’t worked a day in your life, have you Specialist?’ when you ask him if he needs help smoking that cigarette while you’re filling up sandbags…
no biggie: i drove them crazy too……. %-)
/sad thing is that i had more than one…. %-(
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:18:14am |
re: #216 redc1c4
It was a true moment of racial harmony when you had the Hawaiian Sgt and Dominican corpral keeping the white specialist and black sgt from beating the shit out of each other…..
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:19:08am |
Hey, remember the scene in Blazing Saddles where Mel Brooks is sitting at his desk, pretending to write something, rocking-back-and-forth and muttering, ‘Work, work, work, work….’ while he’s getting a blow-job?
We.are.there.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:19:12am |
re: #214 redc1c4
They said we were Mech Infantry, but I didn’t believe them. Saw them only in dog and pony shows. Good night and sleep well.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:24:21am |
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WoodstockDave Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:24:41am |
re: #208 redc1c4
dark absorbs heat, white reflects it. you put more heat absorbing surface in a given area, it’s gonna get hotter sooner, get hotter over all, and stay hotter longer.
=
Actually there’s almost no difference, all else being equal, between dark colors and light colors. What is much more important is the surface finish. Very smooth or glossy surfaces absorb much less than rougher surfaces (or, thought of another way, glossy surfaces reflect more).
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goddessoftheclassroom Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:26:01am |
{Erik the Red}
{rightside}
I need those hugs this morning,
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goddessoftheclassroom Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:26:13am |
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:29:49am |
re: #226 goddessoftheclassroom
Things going a little rough around the school yard this week?
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:29:57am |
I’m not sure if it’s very healthy for me to be up this late trying to figure out the difference between Canadian Royalty Trusts and Canadian Income Trusts….
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goddessoftheclassroom Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:33:11am |
re: #228 BlueCanuck
Things going a little rough around the school yard this week?
Not too bad. The musical is a major stress, but the two big issues for me are 1. my older son and 2. my EH—he’s pushing for joint legal custody; I have to go to court with the kids tomorrow.
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rightside Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:36:09am |
re: #230 goddessoftheclassroom
We’ll keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:37:56am |
Survey Reveals Broad Support for President
Bullsheet.
Bunk.
Ain’t buyin it.
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sattv4u2 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:38:49am |
re: #229 Fenway_Nation
I’m not sure if it’s very healthy for me to be up this late trying to figure out the difference between Canadian Royalty Trusts and Canadian Income Trusts….
Make it fun! Do it while you’re having some Canadian Scotch Whiskey!
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:40:21am |
re: #233 sattv4u2
Spat out some Canada Dry after reading that…
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:40:52am |
re: #233 sattv4u2
There’s no such thing as Canadian Scotch Whiskey, there is only rye whiskey. Any thing else is just putting on airs. :)
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sattv4u2 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:43:08am |
re: #232 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Survey Reveals Broad Support for President
Bullsheet.
Bunk.
Ain’t buyin it.
Most said Mr. Obama should pursue the priorities he campaigned on, the poll found, rather than seek middle ground with Republicans
It’s all in how the questions were asked. For instance, i’ll bet that they question was NOT phrased
“Do you approve of the stimulus package that Obama wants”
RATHER
“Has Obama tried to reach out to republicans to help with the credit problem?”
The answer to #1 would be NO
The answer to #2 would be YES (in fact, he did try for their “help”, but in that the bill sucks, didn’t get it)
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sattv4u2 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:46:01am |
re: #230 goddessoftheclassroom
Not too bad. The musical is a major stress, but the two big issues for me are 1. my older son and 2. my EH—he’s pushing for joint legal custody; I have to go to court with the kids tomorrow.
Still acting up? We have a few current and ex-marines lizards here. Send him to one of them for a week of ‘boot camp”. I’m sure they’d be happy to help. If not, although I wasn;t in the military, send him to me. I have lots of experience with,,,, umm,,, “older sons” that are giving their moms fits!
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goddessoftheclassroom Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:49:48am |
re: #238 sattv4u2
Still acting up? We have a few current and ex-marines lizards here. Send him to one of them for a week of ‘boot camp”. I’m sure they’d be happy to help. If not, although I wasn;t in the military, send him to me. I have lots of experience with,,,, umm,,, “older sons” that are giving their moms fits!
{sattv4u2}
How I wish…
Got to run off now—take care, and thanks for the prayers and good thoughts.
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aussiemagpie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:51:15am |
re: #230 goddessoftheclassroom
Not too bad. The musical is a major stress, but the two big issues for me are 1. my older son and 2. my EH—he’s pushing for joint legal custody; I have to go to court with the kids tomorrow.
{goddessoftheclassroom} Lots of hugs from me….thinking of you
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:55:36am |
re: #235 BlueCanuck
There’s no such thing as Canadian Scotch Whiskey, there is only rye whiskey. Any thing else is just putting on airs. :)
Before this devolves into one of those, ‘My brand is better than your brand’ I might mention that the worst whiskey I ever had was better than having no whiskey at all.
Only marginallly, I admit, but clearly better than none at all.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:57:48am |
re: #240 aussiemagpie
Evening aussie. First test starts in Joburg on Thursday. I am flying up there tomorrow for the interview at the US consul. for the immigrant visas for my family. I am hoping to go to the 3rd day on Saturday. The Bullring is a great place to watch.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 3:59:57am |
re: #241 razorbacker
Before this devolves into one of those, ‘My brand is better than your brand’ I might mention that the worst whiskey I ever had was better than having no whiskey at all.
Only marginallly, I admit, but clearly better than none at all.
It’s the day after that you feel the effects of bad whisky. That’s why I only drink the better brands. I also prefer the less oaky/peaty brands.
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aussiemagpie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:00:23am |
G’day from Down Under to {everyone} on a warm, humid night here in Sydney
Goodness!
I must remember not to fall off a ferry or a harbour cruise boat :-)
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:02:08am |
Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the
family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when
his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his
fortune.
One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman
he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.
‘I may look like just an ordinary man,’ he said to her, but in just a few
years, my father will die, and I’ll inherit $65 million.’
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card.
Three days later, she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at financial planning than men.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:02:26am |
re: #241 razorbacker
Not putting down Canadian whiskey. We just call it Rye up here. For those that drink it some of it is pretty good. Unfortunately I can’t touch the stuff at all.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:03:15am |
re: #244 aussiemagpie
G’day from Down Under to {everyone} on a warm, humid night here in Sydney
Goodness!
I must remember not to fall off a ferry or a harbour cruise boat :-)
My Sharks will be over there shortly. They bite a lot harder than the Great White.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:03:56am |
A construction worker was whistling and verbally harassing
a young girl as she walked by the construction site.
She completely ignored him, and just kept on walking.
Annoyed the worker yelled “Well you’re an ugly bitch anyway!”
The girl turned around and replied “It must be terrible when
even an ugly bitch won’t give you the time of day?”
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:05:18am |
As part of the new, open Obamanation, minutes of the cabinet meetings are beginning to be posted on the web:
Obama: Good morning everybody. Let’s get started. First off, I’d like to thank Joe Biden for taking on the task of implementing the stimulus bill. It’s a big job, Joe, figuring out how best to spend almost $800 billion, but I know you can do it.
Biden: Thank you, Mr. President.
Obama: By the way, those are some stylin’ gold chains you’re wearing. And unless I miss my guess, that’s a new watch. Rolex, isn’t it?
Biden: That’s right, sir. Stimulus begins at home, I always say.
Obama: Quite right, too! Hillary, I also wanted to compliment you on the fine job you did in China. You sent exactly the message that this administration wants to get across: that human rights comes in a very close third on our list of concerns, right after begging China to continue financing our debt, and halting global warming. I thought that video of you walking around the slave labor camp with a CO2 detector was a nice touch.
Clinton: Thanks, Senator.
Obama: President.
Clinton: Yes, of course. Mr. P-p-p…
Obama: That’s ok, Hillary; work up to it slowly. Rahm, anything new in our congressional strategy?
Emanuel: Just the same &%$* buncha *&@# as last week, except that %$&* Roland Burris has stepped all over his @!$% and we may need to find some other *&!% to take his place.
Obama: Put with your customary eloquence. Thanks. Say, where’s Janet Napolitano? I had some Homeland Security questions for her.
Panetta: Sorry, Mr. President, but we haven’t heard from her since her last trip back to Phoenix. We got this note, though, asking for $100,000 for her safe return. It’s supposed to be delivered to the house of a man named Hector “El Machete” Villalobos in Ciudad Juarez.
Obama: Well, you’re the CIA guy; what’s it mean?
Panetta: Gosh, sir, I really don’t know. Maybe it’s some kind of request for a travel voucher?
Obama: Yeah, that’s probably it. Joe, think you could spare a little of that stimulus cash for Janet?
Biden: Well, I don’t know…I mean what with our infrastructure needs, the ailing automobile industry, my son’s down payment on the new house… I’ll have to check.
Obama: Good man, Joe. Way to watch those pennies. No need to overdo it, though. Anything else?
Hillary: Oh, there is one thing, Mr. P-p-p…sir. Jack Murtha is waiting for you in the Oval Office. He says he’s interested in giving up his senate seat in order to pursue his lifelong ambition of being an ambassador.
Obama: To which country?
Hillary: To any country without an extradition treaty.
Obama: All right, I’ll see him. Well, that’s enough hope and change for today, folks. Say, Rahm, stop by and see the Secret Service boys, will you? Michelle and I are feeling a little stressed and we’d like to drive over to thWell, that’s enough hope and change for today, folks. Say, Rahm, stop by and see the Secret Service boys, will you? Michelle and I are feeling a little stressed and we’d like to drive over to the kids’ school later.
Emanuel: #&*^!
Obama: Thanks. By the way, good luck at your Tourettes Syndrome Anonymous class tonight!
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aussiemagpie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:05:57am |
re: #242 Erik The Red
Evening aussie. First test starts in Joburg on Thursday. I am flying up there tomorrow for the interview at the US consul. for the immigrant visas for my family. I am hoping to go to the 3rd day on Saturday. The Bullring is a great place to watch.
Hi Erik! I hope all goes well at the consulate :-)
We’ll miss the weekend action in cricket and rugby as we are away at a wedding, but the action in the cricket will surely go beyond 3 days!
Saw some nice pics today of our blokes doing a cricket clinic in Soweto
Bullring that would be Wanderers?
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:06:17am |
re: #246 BlueCanuck
Not putting down Canadian whiskey. We just call it Rye up here. For those that drink it some of it is pretty good. Unfortunately I can’t touch the stuff at all.
Want me to hold the bottle for you?
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freetoken Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:07:43am |
re: #237 NYCHardhat
As near as I can tell, almost none of it applies to me. I won’t be a first time house buyer, I will not buy a car, have no children under the roof, etc.
I am not being stimulated.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:09:16am |
re: #252 freetoken
As near as I can tell, almost none of it applies to me. I won’t be a first time house buyer, I will not buy a car, have no children under the roof, etc.
I am not being stimulated.
Ahhh, the forlorn cry of the single player. You’ll just have to stimulate yourself. Stop when you need glasses.
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BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:09:28am |
re: #251 razorbacker
I like it, but it doesn’t like me. I get a mild reaction from it that’s all. Doesn’t matter if it”s good stuff or bad stuff. Thank goodness for rum though.
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Rob with a mind Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:13:02am |
Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was
really pissed.
She told him “Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the
driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE !”
The next morning he got up early and left for work. When his wife woke
up, she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box
gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway.
Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought
the box back in the house.
She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.
Bob has been missing since Friday.
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aussiemagpie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:14:46am |
re: #247 Erik The Red
My Sharks will be over there shortly. They bite a lot harder than the Great White.
The Sharks are going to do well, but not well enough and I fully expect the Tahs to finally win the thing… :-)
And I just looked at the draw and the Waratahs play the Sharks in Durban, not here, on the 9th May - you’ll still be there then?
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:15:22am |
re: #254 BlueCanuck
I like it, but it doesn’t like me. I get a mild reaction from it that’s all. Doesn’t matter if it”s good stuff or bad stuff. Thank goodness for rum though.
I’ve all but stopped serious drinking, myself. Not from any ‘I like it, but it doesn’t like me’ thing, but the blasted morning after effects went from ‘Well, I feel a touch off this morning, better take an asprin and drink some orange juice’ to ‘Crap, if I don’t die from this, I may live forever.’
I hate hangovers. The worst part about it is knowing that the whole thing is self-inflicted.
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3 wood Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:19:03am |
Good morning.
The market futures are pointing up, so should open upwards today, before the usual sell off starts again.
We have had about 8 sell off days in a row. Pretty much what is going on is that investors have listened to the President constantly say that this is a catastrophe from which we might not recover, and they are taking him at his word. They see that Obama has no faith in the private sector and endless faith in big government.
By the way, Obama is giving another speech tonight to tell us again how bad everything is. This guy is making Carter look like an optimist by comparison.
For anyone still keeping track, the Dow is down about 15% and the S&P down 12% since Obama took office. If a Republican was in office, the MSM would be screaming this to lead the news every hour on cable.
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SteveC Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:24:15am |
Good morning, Lizard Nation!
My Gripe o’ the Day is I awoke to find an email from a major airline. Two flights I have scheduled have been changed: The outgoing flight leaves before the roosters wake up. And the flight home arrives at the crack of dawn. And they sent me this e-mail so I wouldn’t be inconvenienced!
Charles, I’m changing planes in Denver. Is the LGF lounge open yet? More importantly, are there any free travel coupons available?
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:27:32am |
President Obama Announces More Key White House Staff - Department of Agitprop
Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean, White House Research Director; Daniella Gibbs Leger, Director of Message Events; Macon Phillips, Director of New Media; Christina Reynolds, Director of Media Affairs; Dag Vega, Director of Broadcast Media; Dana E. Singiser, White House Office of Legislative Affairs, Amy Brundage, Regional Communications Director; Cammie Croft, Deputy New Media Director….
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:30:06am |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:31:23am |
For the speech tonight, it’s O-Bingo !
Won’t link directly, you’ll see the site under “Favorites”.
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Jim in Virginia Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:32:33am |
re: #257 razorbacker
I’ve all but stopped serious drinking, myself. Not from any ‘I like it, but it doesn’t like me’ thing, but the blasted morning after effects went from ‘Well, I feel a touch off this morning, better take an asprin and drink some orange juice’ to ‘Crap, if I don’t die from this, I may live forever.’
I hate hangovers. The worst part about it is knowing that the whole thing is self-inflicted.
One drink, and the morning after I feel fine. Two, and it’s a headache all day. I haven’t tried three drinks in at least ten years.
Sucks to get old but it beats the alternative.
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:33:28am |
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Jim in Virginia Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:33:59am |
re: #258 3 wood
By the way, Obama is giving another speech tonight to tell us again how bad everything is. This guy is making Carter look like an optimist by comparison.
I’m waiting on the cardigan sweater moment.
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:34:46am |
Good Morning Lizards!
It is going to be a cold, windy day here in CT. Highs around 31.
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sattv4u2 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:35:38am |
re: #265 Jim in Virginia
I’m waiting on the cardigan sweater moment.
Turning the heat up in the White House to sauna levels count?
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:35:39am |
re: #261 Chicago Blonde
Eeeeeee! It happened! I’m older! :(
Morning Lizards!
Morning Blondie. Happy Birthday!
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:35:46am |
re: #264 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Oh thanks Aboo, but not yet - I was referring to Dustyvet’s post about stuff changing as we get older. And hey, I can add one. Mr. Blonde and I ordered a sausage pizza last night for dinner. OMG, I didn’t know what heartburn was until then…
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:37:20am |
re: #268 Ford_Prefect
*blush*
Morning! Thank you but not yet - it was a joke off Dustyvet’s post. All the stuff that changes when you get older. It’s not my birthday sweetie, I just read that and thought…geez…. :)
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:37:22am |
re: #269 Chicago Blonde
Oh thanks Aboo, but not yet - I was referring to Dustyvet’s post about stuff changing as we get older. And hey, I can add one. Mr. Blonde and I ordered a sausage pizza last night for dinner. OMG, I didn’t know what heartburn was until then…
Well, in that case, you better not drink that coffee. Hand it over. /
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:38:39am |
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:39:30am |
re: #272 Chicago Blonde
LOL! You take cream right?
/Otherwise the mind still works just fine, thanks…
Yes, please, cream no sugar.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:40:02am |
re: #250 aussiemagpie
Hi Erik! I hope all goes well at the consulate :-)
We’ll miss the weekend action in cricket and rugby as we are away at a wedding, but the action in the cricket will surely go beyond 3 days!
Saw some nice pics today of our blokes doing a cricket clinic in Soweto
Bullring that would be Wanderers?
Yes The Wanderers is also known as The Bull Ring
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rightside Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:40:20am |
Whoa! Lost teh intarwebs for a while, and popped back on in here!
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:41:46am |
*Handing over fresh mug of coffee with generous dallop of cream*
Here ya go.
*looking at cozy red socks in Ford’s avatar*
It’s going to be cold here too. 35 if we’re lucky.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:42:11am |
re: #269 Chicago Blonde
Oh thanks Aboo, but not yet - I was referring to Dustyvet’s post about stuff changing as we get older. And hey, I can add one. Mr. Blonde and I ordered a sausage pizza last night for dinner. OMG, I didn’t know what heartburn was until then…
You’re only as old as you feel.
If you’ll stand still we’ll guess your age *feels*…22?
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:43:41am |
re: #277 razorbacker
*smacks on nose with rolled-up newpaper* OY! :)
How are you today? I don’t know how it works for hangovers but black coffee seems to fix heartburn pretty well for me…
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rightside Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:45:30am |
re: #278 Jim in Virginia
Jim! *head still spinning from that trip*
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:45:33am |
Russian ship sinks Chinese ship
This isn’t the end of the world or anything, but it isn’t business as usual, either.
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:45:43am |
re: #276 Chicago Blonde
*Handing over fresh mug of coffee with generous dallop of cream*
Here ya go.
*looking at cozy red socks in Ford’s avatar*
It’s going to be cold here too. 35 if we’re lucky.
Yes, I find that Red Sox are much warmer than the White Sox. :-)
My Sox play their first exhibition game tomorrow! WooHoo!
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:45:56am |
re: #281 MandyManners
It’s OK, I already got him for ya…how are you?
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JacksonTn Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:48:13am |
Good Morning Lizards …
I think today is Reine’s birthday …if I am not here when she gets on …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHER …! DOBERGE IS ON THE TABLE …ALL CHOCOLATE JUST LIKE YOU LIKE IT …
I will make you a great Crawfish Bisque for dinner …
Many more Happy Birthdays …
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:48:26am |
re: #256 aussiemagpie
The Sharks are going to do well, but not well enough and I fully expect the Tahs to finally win the thing… :-)
And I just looked at the draw and the Waratahs play the Sharks in Durban, not here, on the 9th May - you’ll still be there then?
Won’t miss it. This may last Super 14. I really hope the Sharks can pull it off this year.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:48:45am |
re: #281 MandyManners
Would you go so far? Sure we could settle on some preliminary stage before declaring preversion? Maybe ‘Democrat office holder’ or some such.
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:49:33am |
re: #282 MandyManners
Thanks but *hanging head* it’s not my birthday, Dustyvet wrote a cute post about how to tell when you’re a grownup and I read it and responded to that. I’m sorry for the confusion.
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:50:09am |
re: #284 razorbacker
Was going to make a joke until I saw that 8 Chinese crew members died. Now the Russians are saying they were smuggling? I guess the Russians haven’t changed much over the years.
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aussiemagpie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:50:37am |
re: #290 Erik The Red
Won’t miss it. This may last Super 14. I really hope the Sharks can pull it off this year.
Yes you’ll be in the US next season :-)
Then you’ll be heavily into that funny footy and baseball!
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JacksonTn Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:50:53am |
re: #292 Chicago Blonde
Thanks but *hanging head* it’s not my birthday, Dustyvet wrote a cute post about how to tell when you’re a grownup and I read it and responded to that. I’m sorry for the confusion.
ChicagoBlonde …hey, I think Reine is still asleep …I will sneak you a small piece of her birthday cake …we will just pretend it is your birthday too …
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Tim TeaBro Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:51:14am |
re: #287 MandyManners
I know the closer I look, the more Hopenchange I’m going to find.
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:51:53am |
re: #284 razorbacker
Not it’s not business as usual, is it? Thanks for posting.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:52:47am |
re: #293 Ford_Prefect
You notice that the Chinese ship was trying to leave, so they weren’t delivering some forbidden substance to Russia.
Wonder what the Russians thought was on that ship?
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:52:59am |
re: #295 JacksonTn
Thanks sweetie. :) Hey, it’s Mardi Gras….cake for breakfast. Done.
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aussiemagpie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:53:45am |
Today’s Ït’s BAD for you” story….
A new skin disorder caused by use of games consoles has been identified by skin specialists.
The condition, dubbed PlayStation palmar hidradenitis, is described in the British Journal of Dermatology.
Researchers outline the case of a 12-year-old girl who attend a Swiss hospital with intensely painful sores on the palms of her hands.
The girl, who had been using a games console regularly, recovered fully after 10 days of abstinence
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JacksonTn Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:54:24am |
re: #299 Chicago Blonde
Thanks sweetie. :) Hey, it’s Mardi Gras….cake for breakfast. Done.
THROW ME SOMETHING MISTER! …I always wanted to get the baby in the King Cake …till I got older and realized I had to buy the next cake …
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Tim TeaBro Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:54:27am |
An international incident started over rice. Fricken scandalous.
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:55:03am |
re: #302 MandyManners
LOL! Yeah. That too unless I have cup of coffee #2.
SPeaking of which…BBIAB. Need refill.
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:57:51am |
re: #298 razorbacker
Maybe they thought they were trying to take off with some of their Vodka.
/I said I wasn’t going to joke, didn’t I?
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:57:54am |
re: #294 aussiemagpie
Yes you’ll be in the US next season :-)
Then you’ll be heavily into that funny footy and baseball!
I love them both so not too bad. I think you can get a rugby station on sat. I will have to wait and see.
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Jim in Virginia Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:58:09am |
Hey, it is Mardi Gras.
DRINK!
DRINK!DRINK!DRINK!DRINK!DRINK!
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:58:38am |
re: #306 Erik The Red
Thank you, you’re very sweet but look at post #271. Not yet.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:59:36am |
re: #304 BigPapa
An international incident started over rice. Fricken scandalous.
That’s how it looks now. But you’d think that before they said ‘fire’ or whatever they say, someone with senior status said, ‘Sink ‘em, they’ve got —- on board.”
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 4:59:47am |
Poll: 3 out of 4 Americans are scared about state of the country
Oh wealy?
re: #269 Chicago Blonde
You know your getting older when the ol’ garbage-disposal starts fussing about what you eat - birthday or no. Trust me.
re: #287 MandyManners
Lotsa’ propganda folks.
Lots of’em and this is one Commander-inCompetent who’s going to make every use of them.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:00:17am |
re: #311 Chicago Blonde
Thank you, you’re very sweet but look at post #271. Not yet.
Saw that I am trying to catch up on the tread. Damn work getting in the way of the really important stuff.
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:01:08am |
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aussiemagpie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:01:32am |
re: #308 Erik The Red
I love them both so not too bad. I think you can get a rugby station on sat. I will have to wait and see.
I heard Direct TV does some cricket…..and one lizard here watches rugby - not sure who it is but I’ve seen his rugby posts here
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JacksonTn Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:01:53am |
Is someone giving a “campaign speech” sometime tonight? …just wondering …
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:02:18am |
re: #303 JacksonTn
I have a friend that MAKES those things. I tell her her cow-orkers are blessed to have her. Give me a roast or a decent chicken and a crock pot and I can make a nice main course, but I can’t bake.
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Desert Dog Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:02:45am |
re: #318 JacksonTn
Is someone giving a “campaign speech” sometime tonight? …just wondering …
Fairy Tales is more like it….make believe fantasies
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Irish Rose Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:04:32am |
Good morning, lizards.
Another sick day in bed for me, I’m glad to have you for company.
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yochanan Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:04:51am |
Ill. is the capital for the growing of horseradish, I wonder what the record is for the catching of the elusive GEFILTE FISH?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:05:12am |
re: #321 rightside
I wonder what shamwowbama will f*ck up today?
We broke it, you and yours bought it.
/Just money
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yochanan Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:05:51am |
re: #323 Irish Rose
REFUAH SHLAMA may you have a complete recovery.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:06:23am |
It is reine’s birthday today. Just picked it up on my FB page.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY REINE.
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JacksonTn Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:06:58am |
re: #96 Dustyvet
Was that a test? …cuz …um I passed with flying colors …I am old ..not so sure about the grownup part ……
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:07:05am |
re: #323 Irish Rose
((Irish Rose))
Sorry you’re still sick. :(
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Desert Dog Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:09:24am |
re: #330 MandyManners
That mother of eight is a fucking clueless asshole. If I were her mother, I’d boot her ass to the curb. Ungrateful cow.
I feel sorry for her kids…she is unstable and will not be able to handle all of those kids….there are going to be some serious problems with those children.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:09:27am |
re: #330 MandyManners
That mother of eight is a fucking clueless asshole. If I were her mother, I’d boot her ass to the curb. Ungrateful cow.
Read some where that the ex boyfriend is demanding a DNA test. Thinks he may be the father. Story gets more FUBAR as the time goes on.
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:09:43am |
re: #330 MandyManners
Is it just me or does anyone else think “OctoMom” sounds like a bad villain from one of those cheesy 70s Saturday morning cartoons?
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Ojoe Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:09:52am |
This island of sanity is shrinking, not as many posts now.
Not a good sign.
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yochanan Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:10:53am |
re: #327 Erik The Red
It is reine’s birthday today. Just picked it up on my FB page.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY REINE.
BIRTHDAY WACKS
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:11:18am |
Nuttin like open gubermint: W. House: DoD Officials Must Vow Secrecy on Budget
Yes, it’s likely both the NYSlimes & WaPo have the details but they know how to keep a secret.
Now.
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Desert Dog Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:12:52am |
re: #337 MandyManners
She needs to lose custody. She’s a fucking idiot. Have you seen the video of her and her mother?
Watching her during those interviews, you get the feeling she did all of this so she can become “famous”. I think she has hit the “infamous” level already…..she is pathetic and the doctor that went ahead with this should have his license to practice revoked.
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Ojoe Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:14:51am |
re: #258 3 wood
We have had about 8 sell off days in a row. Pretty much what is going on is that investors have listened to the President constantly say that this is a catastrophe from which we might not recover, and they are taking him at his word. They see that Obama has no faith in the private sector and endless faith in big government.
As I am doing promotion full time and have no design work in my architecture office, I call down the curse of the cat people on the head of the president for his cheerful optimism.
/mega sarcasm
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Ford_Prefect Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:15:26am |
re: #341 MandyManners
She’s a nightmare.
You know Mandy, you really need to stop holding things in. Tell us how you really feel. ;-)
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Desert Dog Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:15:42am |
re: #339 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Nuttin like open gubermint: W. House: DoD Officials Must Vow Secrecy on Budget
Yes, it’s likely both the NYSlimes & WaPo have the details but they know how to keep a secret.
Now.
Yes, Obama wants everyone at the DoD to keep the lid on the fact he is going to slash every program and reduce the level of troops. I think that is a “great” idea, don’t you?
I mean, it’s not like we are in a war or anything. And, there are no bad guys in sight….we should adopt the European model of not defending ourselves and using our superior appeasing powers to deal with the scum-bums and assholes of the world…
/moonbat off
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Ojoe Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:16:40am |
re: #342 MandyManners
I am OK
Fine, really, in the big picture that God loves everyone.
Towercam still dark at the moment. I will post the dawn when it breaks.
I Trust you are doing well.
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Lincolntf Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:17:57am |
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nevergiveup Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:18:50am |
So what’s this I heat that Biden’s kids are involved with Stanford, the guy who embezzled 8 billion?
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gonecamping Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:20:31am |
I think we should have special gyms for all the Global Warming Acolytes….they can pedal exercise bikes to generate power for the electric cars they want to impose on us.
re: #77 Fenway_Nation
People also forget that the electricity that could hypothetically power those nifty, squeaky-clean electric cars will likely come from a carbon-spewing, coal-fired electric power-plant.
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Desert Dog Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:20:36am |
re: #350 Lincolntf
Morning all.
The FBI Director is sounding a bit ominous.
It would be easy enough to pull off…..but, I do not think we will let some assholes with rifles roam around for three days. It would be “hours” at most and probably more like “minutes”. The damage would be done either way. It makes me wonder why there have been no attacks since 9/11.
If there is such an attack, I think we should pay a visit to the Swat Valley and let the locals know what happens when you have the Taliban and AQ as your friends…..
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Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:21:19am |
Victor Davis Hanson, as eloquent as ever…
We have already learned from Barack Obama’s adjustments from his original positions on the Patriot Act , the FISA accords, the surge and overseas rendition that often the past administration faced only bad choices — which were easier to criticize as a candidate than to reject outright as president.
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Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:21:55am |
re: #352 gonecamping
I think we should have special gyms for all the Global Warming Acolytes….they can pedal exercise bikes to generate power for the electric cars they want to impose on us.
or hamster wheels?
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abolitionist Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:22:01am |
re: #339 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Nuttin like open gubermint: W. House: DoD Officials Must Vow Secrecy on Budget
Yes, it’s likely both the NYSlimes & WaPo have the details but they know how to keep a secret.
Now.
Last paragraph seems ambiguous:
“Under no circumstances will I disclose such information outside the Department of Defense and other government agencies directly involved in the defense planning and resource-allocation process, such as the Office of Management and Budget,” the agreement said.
Ordinarily I’d imagine OMB oversight would be routine, but does this pledge mean OMB will be in the loop or not?
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:22:25am |
re: #347 MandyManners
I don’t think I’d trust her to raise a cactus.
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gonecamping Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:27:19am |
That would work, dress ‘em in the infamous Kerry ‘Sperm Suit’ and stick ‘em in a giant hamster wheel.re: #355 Leonidas Hoplite
or hamster wheels?
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:27:33am |
re: #358 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Hey FBV! How are you?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:32:18am |
re: #360 Chicago Blonde
I’d be better if I had cake.
I’ll see y’all later.
Hey, Blondie! Happy Un-Birthday!
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:32:39am |
re: #346 Desert Dog
Any guess(or care to make a guess) how long it’s going to take for our newest, bestest fiends to figure-out the lights are on at the White House but there really isn’t anyone home?
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:33:33am |
re: #361 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Hey, it’s Mardi Gras, have some cake for breakfast.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:34:08am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:36:05am |
re: #363 Chicago Blonde
Who needs Mardi Gras for cake for breakfast.
My son works at an organic type grocery store. Works with a bunch of potheads (he is not one). When potheads wake up in the morning and fire up a doobie it is called “wake and bake”.
My son and I practice “wake and cake”.
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Ojoe Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:36:43am |
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:36:54am |
re: #365 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Given the fact you’re a veggie - do you have a good carrot cake recipe?
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:38:12am |
re: #367 Chicago Blonde
PS Wake & cake sounds good. Pharmacopia can wreak havoc on your brain, but cake can just add a few pounds, and I can always hit the gym.
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Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:39:43am |
re: #367 Chicago Blonde
Given the fact you’re a veggie - do you have a good carrot cake recipe?
Don’t forget to and a few grams of the finest pot you can get. That is the secret ingredient.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:39:46am |
re: #368 Chicago Blonde
The gym? Gym?!
Why I ought to stop speaking to you right now.
Running late, gotta go (but I won’t run).
/
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:42:15am |
re: #369 Erik The Red
LOL! I have enough problems. I’ll stick with Betty Crocker-type ingredients. :)
I don’t really bake but I did concoct a decent fruitcake - took a mix-type recipe and added some dates and figs to it. Not bad.
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Chicago Blonde Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:44:05am |
I gotta run guys - if I can’t come back later today I’ll see you tomorrow.
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 24, 2009 5:52:04am |
re: #356 abolitionist
I’d guess in the loop. But, as the data will probably coded to an elaborate work-breakdown-structure of, God only knows, how many levels, most probably woundn’t have the vaguest idea of what they’re seeing unless they are working on a specific project/budget item. Been years since I’d worked with what is/was CS2(cost schedule control systems) so I’ve no way of knowing how its evolved but years-ago it could confuse even the proclaimed experts.
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Miss Trixie Tue, Feb 24, 2009 6:15:41am |
♪ ♬ Good morning, {lizards!} ♬ ♪
It’s very cold and bright with sinshine today and it will warm up considerably by tomorrow. Yee-hawwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Let’s go SPRING! :D
Now.
/Rant on
Ya know, I’ve had it up to here with these f****** ingrates. Our warriors are busting their humps and sacrificing their lives to provide security and stability to these a**hats and this is the thanks we get? Yeah, that’s right, scream bloody murder but don’t let it cross your mind that:
./ Live munitions are removed after Canadian training exercises
./ The taliban have their hands on all kinds of bombs and use them on the people
./ The soviets regularly mined fields and left live ones behind
If you ingrates would flush out the evil in your midst so that they can be neutralized then perhaps OUR job would be much easier to provide YOU with a decent life.
F*****s.
My apologies for the saucy language but this is just too much and I’m just steamed. Of course the media, the Liberals and the NDP Commies are all over this like white on rice and Mr. Harper is going to get creamed by these assinine feces-throwing chimps in Parliament. Feh.
/Rant Off and pass the Urinated Cranky Flakes™, please.
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Throbert McGee Tue, Feb 24, 2009 6:35:27am |
re: #79 redc1c4
so i just found out…….
/even if most of it likely bullshit.
Ya think? My first reaction to the site was, it’s kinda like all those bullshit “Humor In Real Life” stories from Readers Digest, only with F-bomb all over the place!
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EN Tue, Feb 24, 2009 6:53:46am |
I love these Auden threads! They encourage me to think less politically and a bit more poetically, which is not such a bad thing…
Sigh
Because of all we have
Committed to the fire,
I seldom kiss your feet
Without a faint desire
To put a period
To these pointless affairs
Where the sex is so exquisite
Nobody really cares.
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lurking faith Tue, Feb 24, 2009 6:59:40am |
I was thinking of going out to get donuts in honor of the day (I’d get paczki, but I can’t find a bakery around here that makes them right), but now you guys have me thinking about cake. Maybe lemon cake, with lovely cream cheese frosting…
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, Feb 24, 2009 7:22:51am |
DC Mayor Adrian Fenty went to that tennis championship in Dubai, the one where the Israeli tennis player was denied a visa:
I wonder if he would have gone if a Black player was not allowed to play.
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Nightwatch Tue, Feb 24, 2009 7:51:53am |
My friends……..lend me YOUR stimulis….
Compared to a life alone without a mate SORRY CHARLES FOR A SEGWAY! At least be man enough to admit to the mystery(sorry even science dances and dodges their own collective piles of paper without a SEAL of logic to the reason why a MAN AND A WOMAN….MATE!
So back off the ANTI-CREATIONIST CRAP unless your willing to write your own Doc. Thesis with the approval of at least two thirds of the known Scholarly Experts on the subject. IF and I mean IF!you can even find that % of consensus. Going native is not a form of integrity that will wash in this rapid fire age of NEW MEDIA>
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Cognito Tue, Feb 24, 2009 9:13:15am |
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goodbrue57 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 9:36:56am |
This opinion piece “Pakistan’s extremist triumph” in the LA Times that refers to the Pakistani gov’t surrender to the Taliban in Swat is depressing. It’s one thing to talk about the takeover of Pakistan by extremists as a possibility, but to hear a Pakistani citizen imply that it’s almost inevitable is really scary.
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