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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
— Elbert Hubbard
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:19:05pm |
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Roumania. - Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:19:24pm |
Open threads, what can I say but that everything is both on topic and off topic at the same time.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:20:32pm |
from downthread:
a million trillion trillion viruses
/school film announcer
To imagine this number, picture one virus on each dollar bill of the US' 2012 national debt. There you have it!
/school film announcer off
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capitalist piglet Tue, May 5, 2009 1:21:45pm |
"It's probably not a good idea to be chewing on a toothpick if you're talking to the president, because what if he tells a funny joke and you laugh so hard you spit the toothpick out and it hits him in the face or something."
- Jack Handey
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:22:15pm |
One of my students is wearing a Mexican flag bandanna around her neck today, and eyeshadow in a matching shade of green. Very fetching.
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Kronocide Tue, May 5, 2009 1:22:25pm |
a trillion trillion lies have been told, but there is only one Truth.
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experiencedtraveller Tue, May 5, 2009 1:23:02pm |
"Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.”
-Wilde
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, May 5, 2009 1:23:43pm |
re: #2 debutaunt
My favorite Parker quote is probably, "If they laid all the coeds from Yale end to end...I wouldn't be surprised."
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 1:24:16pm |
Scientists unveil chocolate-fueled race car
Scientists unveiled on Tuesday what they hope will be one of the world's fastest biofuel vehicles, powered by waste from chocolate factories and made partly from plant fibers. Its makers hope the racer will go 145 mph and give manufacturers ideas about how to build more ecologically friendly vehicles.
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Charles Johnson Tue, May 5, 2009 1:24:25pm |
There's quite an amazing amount of hatred being spewed at me out there on the internet today. It just might give me a complex. If I gave a shit.
My favorite blog post is titled "Little Gay Footballs," from a bigoted creep who thoroughly approved of Joe the Plumber's "queer" slurs, and took my post as proof that what he suspected about me all along must be true.
Lots of blogs comparing me to Andrew Sullivan too.
It's a love fest!
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 1:24:32pm |
re: #8 BigPapa
a trillion trillion lies have been told, but there is only one Truth.
but unfortunately truth is not viral.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, May 5, 2009 1:24:54pm |
re: #6 capitalist piglet
When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.
–Jack Handey
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 1:25:01pm |
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.— Elbert Hubbard
I spread my 5 minutes all throughout the day......
:)
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:25:03pm |
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Shug Tue, May 5, 2009 1:25:07pm |
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Is this where I mention Joe the Plumber has exceeded his 15 minutes?
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Digital Display Tue, May 5, 2009 1:25:47pm |
It Figures..Oprah drinks the Antivaxx Kood-aid.
[Link: blogs.discovermagazine.com...]
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:26:40pm |
re: #12 Charles
I took note. The stalkers at the counterfeit site are expressing their love of both you and Killgore today.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:26:53pm |
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Desert Dog Tue, May 5, 2009 1:27:02pm |
re: #12 Charles
There's quite an amazing amount of hatred being spewed at me out there on the internet today. It just might give me a complex. If I gave a shit.
My favorite blog post is titled "Little Gay Footballs," from a bigoted creep who thoroughly approved of Joe the Plumber's "queer" slurs, and took my post as proof that what he suspected about me all along must be true.
Lots of blogs comparing me to Andrew Sullivan too.
It's a love fest!
When they stop, you will know you are not doing your job properly
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 1:27:15pm |
re: #2 debutaunt
I like a dry martini
Two at the very most.
Three and I'm under the table
Four and I'm under my host!
-Dorothy Parker
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:27:33pm |
re: #10 Mad Al-Jaffee
My favorite Parker quote is probably, "If they laid all the coeds from Yale end to end...I wouldn't be surprised."
I love Dorothy Parker. My grandma and I used to read her together.
But I have no lethal weapon,
Thus does fate our pleasure step on...
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:27:43pm |
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bloodnok Tue, May 5, 2009 1:28:08pm |
re: #21 Honorary Yooper
I took note. The stalkers at the counterfeit site are expressing their love of both you and Killgore today.
If Charles lives in their head where does Killgore reside?
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 1:28:14pm |
re: #12 Charles
Old Southern Proverb: "When you stick a hog, he squeals!" You got 'em squealin', partner!
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:28:21pm |
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:28:37pm |
'Superstitious nonsense' remark violated rights
U.S. District Judge James Selna ruled Friday in a lawsuit student Chad Farnan filed in 2007, alleging that teacher James Corbett violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment by making repeated comments in class that were hostile to Christian beliefs.
The lawsuit cited more than 20 statements made by Corbett during one day of class, which Farnan recorded, to support allegations of a broader teaching method that "favors irreligion over religion" and made Christian students feel uncomfortable.
During the course of the litigation, the judge found that most of the statements cited in the court papers did not violate the First Amendment because they did not refer directly to religion or were appropriate in the context of the classroom lecture.
But Selna ruled Friday that one comment, where Corbett referred to creationism as "religious, superstitious nonsense," did violate Farnan's constitutional rights.
Selna wrote in his ruling that he tried to balance Farnan's and Corbett's rights.
"The court's ruling today reflects the constitutionally permissible need for expansive discussion even if a given topic may be offensive to a particular religion," the judge wrote.
"The decision also reflects that there are boundaries. ... The ruling today protects Farnan, but also protects teachers like Corbett in carrying out their teaching duties."
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, May 5, 2009 1:28:44pm |
re: #6 capitalist piglet
"It's probably not a good idea to be chewing on a toothpick if you're talking to the president, because what if he tells a funny joke and you laugh so hard you spit the toothpick out and it hits him in the face or something."
- Jack Handey
A consummation devoutly to be wished.
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 1:29:06pm |
re: #30 quickjustice
Old Southern Proverb: "When you stick a hog, he squeals!" You got 'em squealin', partner!
So now Charles hates hogs too? /
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Desert Dog Tue, May 5, 2009 1:29:45pm |
re: #34 Sharmuta
So now Charles hates hogs too? /
He's just a hater and we are his little haters in waiting
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:30:05pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:30:12pm |
re: #29 bloodnok
If Charles lives in their head where does Killgore reside?
Beats the crap out of me. It's a strange obsession they have with Killgore, Sharmuta, and Charles. Every third or fourth post is about one of them.
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 5, 2009 1:30:41pm |
re: #32 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
There are some interesting questions raised by that ruling. I suspect it will be at least partially overturned.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:30:51pm |
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AMER1CAN Tue, May 5, 2009 1:31:22pm |
An open thread refers to a blog post where readers may comment and discuss any topic that they choose.
YAY!
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:31:23pm |
re: #10 Mad Al-Jaffee
My favorite Parker quote is probably, "If they laid all the coeds from Yale end to end...I wouldn't be surprised."
There are so many great quotes: "It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard."
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:31:24pm |
re: #35 Desert Dog
He's just a hater and we are his little haters in waiting
Damn, I thought we were minions?
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:31:35pm |
re: #36 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Another knee jerk reaction to the Piggie Pox
Hey now, that's the Piggie-wiggie flu.
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 1:31:58pm |
re: #15 LGoPs
I spread my 5 minutes all throughout the day......
:)
Being careful about choosing exactly which 5 minutes will be used helps, too.
Those used while entering or exiting the freeway, for instance, are not recommended.
/Those used while using power tools are not even worth considering.
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:31:59pm |
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Kronocide Tue, May 5, 2009 1:32:25pm |
re: #37 Honorary Yooper
Beats the crap out of me. It's a strange obsession they have with Killgore, Sharmuta, and Charles. Every third or fourth post is about one of them.
The Holy Trinity of Blogdominion Haters. Maybe one day I can have my own glee club!
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 1:32:30pm |
re: #24 quickjustice
I like a dry martini
Two at the very most.
Three and I'm under the table
Four and I'm under my host!-Dorothy Parker
In darkness lie the ways of fate/
The future, a mystery deep/
I think I'll have a whiskey straight/
Before I lay me down to sleep.
C. W. Ceram
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:32:31pm |
The last couple of days every time Charles posts a new open thread during the day makes for a momentary power outage here just long enough that my DSL Gateway goes all hopey-changey and refuses to do a danged thing many minutes until I nearly get ready to apply a size 12 boot to its ass.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:32:47pm |
re: #5 SanFranciscoZionist
Guacamole, guacamole, guacamole.
Does that work like saying Beetleguise three times?
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 1:32:48pm |
re: #37 Honorary Yooper
Ever notice how threads not involving LGF hate have very few comments?
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:32:56pm |
BTW, are any churches out there organizing to give support to the Egyptian Christian farmers who had all their pigs slaughtered? They could use some help right about now.
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 1:33:26pm |
re: #48 BigPapa
The Holy Trinity of Blogdominion Haters. Maybe one day I can have my own glee club!
Say something supportive of Kosovo, and you're in, Papa.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:33:26pm |
re: #34 Sharmuta
So now Charles hates hogs too? /
I'd get worried when he starts to hate lizards.
/ is it sarcasm, or is it memorex?
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:33:35pm |
re: #45 Honorary Yooper
Hey now, that's the Piggie-wiggie flu.
Mom used to shop at the Piggly-Wiggly, sometimes.
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 1:34:04pm |
re: #51 Honorary Yooper
Does that work like saying Beetleguise three times?
only if you are in a restaurant.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:34:09pm |
re: #51 Honorary Yooper
Does that work like saying Beetleguise three times?
Not so far, but I keep trying. We do have some salsa, so maybe the sympathetic magic will kick in.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:34:17pm |
re: #52 Sharmuta
Ever notice how threads not involving LGF hate have very few comments?
I have. The ones involving LGF hate usually wind up with at least 100 comments. If I were merely a disinterested observer, I'd say they have a fixation on LGF.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:34:37pm |
re: #52 Sharmuta
Ever notice how threads not involving LGF hate have very few comments?
They REALLY need a life.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:34:43pm |
re: #31 SanFranciscoZionist
Charles is just generally intolerant.
/
You talk like idiotarian intolerance is a bad thing.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, May 5, 2009 1:34:54pm |
re: #45 Honorary Yooper
What about the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu?
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:35:16pm |
re: #46 eon
Being careful about choosing exactly which 5 minutes will be used helps, too.
Those used while entering or exiting the freeway, for instance, are not recommended.eon
There seems to have been some sort of program in place in the last several years to get more fools behind the wheels of motor vehicles.
(Or maybe I'm just getting crankier.)
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midwestgak Tue, May 5, 2009 1:35:44pm |
re: #12 Charles
If you have no influence in the world, no one would care to make a negative comment toward you. Chin up! You matter. (ignore the idiots.)
Do you think any LGFers care what others may say about you? Forgive me if I am too bold.
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 1:35:49pm |
re: #60 Honorary Yooper
If I were merely a disinterested observer, I'd say they have a fixation on LGF.
Just a little.
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Kronocide Tue, May 5, 2009 1:35:51pm |
re: #12 Charles
My favorite blog post is titled "Little Gay Footballs...
It's a love fest!
'I'm SUPER! Thanks for asking!'
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:35:53pm |
re: #48 BigPapa
The Holy Trinity of Blogdominion Haters. Maybe one day I can have my own glee club!
OMG you have got teh ghey JUST LIKE ANDREW SULLIVAN!
/
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:35:55pm |
re: #64 Mad Al-Jaffee
What about the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu?
The WLS morning show made a parody of that for the swine flu.
"Washed my hands with ammonia to avoid the piggie wiggie flu"
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:35:58pm |
re: #65 Occasional Reader
There seems to have been some sort of program in place in the last several years to get more fools behind the wheels of motor vehicles.
(Or maybe I'm just getting crankier.)
Fool Behind the Wheel.
Beatles song?
/
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, May 5, 2009 1:36:20pm |
It's a bit early, but I'm off to contemplate Cocktail Hour.
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eschew_obfuscation Tue, May 5, 2009 1:36:27pm |
re: #57 OldLineTexan
Mom used to shop at the Piggly-Wiggly, sometimes.
There must be a School of Stupid Grocery Store Names somewhere.
Who thinks up names for food stores like:
Piggly Wiggly
HyVee
Hinky Dinky
?
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:36:46pm |
re: #68 BigPapa
'I'm SUPER! Thanks for asking!'
When Charles starts denouncing idiotarians as "silly geese"... then we'll know.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:36:52pm |
re: #65 Occasional Reader
There seems to have been some sort of program in place in the last several years to get more fools behind the wheels of motor vehicles.
(Or maybe I'm just getting crankier.)
I will second that, vehemently. Moron drivers are everywhere, like locust.
I know, I report at least 3 a week to the staties.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:04pm |
No Mexican food for me tonight. I already made plans to have pho at a Vietnamese restaurant with a friend. Perfect food for this weather.
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AMER1CAN Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:07pm |
re: #57 OldLineTexan
Mom used to shop at the Piggly-Wiggly, sometimes.
Did someone say Piggly-Wiggly?
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:13pm |
re: #65 Occasional Reader
There seems to have been some sort of program in place in the last several years to get more fools behind the wheels of motor vehicles.
(Or maybe I'm just getting crankier.)
It's a special project of the DMV. And now the same people are getting ready to take over your health care system.......
/
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:21pm |
re: #74 Occasional Reader
When Charles starts denouncing idiotarians as "silly geese"... then we'll know.
That's "thilly geeth".
/
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:23pm |
re: #38 Killgore Trout
There are some interesting questions raised by that ruling. I suspect it will be at least partially overturned.
I'd be interested in hearing some of the kid's statements in class during the same time frame.
"So you're saying dinosuars aren't the devil's skeletons?"
Christians like that make me uncomfortable around Christians
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Render Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:41pm |
Charles - If its any consolation, at least some of them still seem to think that I'm you, or you are me, or we two are lockstep in all things...
===
From Solomonia...
#8 Render %P% May 5, 2009 1:24 PM %P% Reply
So Karel Dillen was what, misunderstood? Roland Raes was a closet Zionist, who knew?
And what's the deal with that Confederate-Serbian minister dude anyway?
===
Are Spencer-Geller calling for an ethnic cleansing of all Muslims from the West, or not?
Because it sure smells that way, and their friends Fjordman, Brussels Journal, Gates of Vienna, and the entire leadership of Vlaams Belang certainly seem to agree.
30 SECONDS
OVER GOOGLE,
R
===
#10 Michael B %P% May 5, 2009 2:37 PM %P% Reply
The grand inquisitor pronounces, or rather renders, his verdict; thus we are told within what parameters we are allowed to think, and we're told what to think.
Glad that's cleared up. Now that the judgements and verdicts have been rendered, we can proceed apace with the executions, therein rendering obeisance to the lord of realm, Charles Johnson himself, with the hope of receiving his kindly blessing.
Render. Fitting.
===
DAMN
STRAIGHT,
R
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:41pm |
re: #73 eschew_obfuscation
There must be a School of Stupid Grocery Store Names somewhere.
Who thinks up names for food stores like:
Piggly Wiggly
HyVee
Hinky Dinky
?
Jitney Jungle
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:45pm |
I'm having a pork chop laced with guacamole!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:37:47pm |
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 1:38:02pm |
re: #76 Mad Al-Jaffee
No Mexican food for me tonight. I already made plans to have pho at a Vietnamese restaurant with a friend. Perfect food for this weather.
What kind of phood is pho?
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Shug Tue, May 5, 2009 1:38:17pm |
re: #60 Honorary Yooper
I have. The ones involving LGF hate usually wind up with at least 100 comments. If I were merely a disinterested observer, I'd say they have a fixation on LGF.
Internet Penis envy
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 1:38:42pm |
re: #54 quickjustice
Charles doth not suffer fools gladly! ;-)
And Geoffrey Chaucer Hath an Extreme Blog. Do check out the posting "Lynes of Pick-up":
[Link: houseoffame.blogspot.com...]
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:38:45pm |
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 1:39:09pm |
re: #85 LGoPs
What kind of phood is pho?
When the Lord Almighty decides he wants soup, he has pho. It;s that good.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, May 5, 2009 1:39:14pm |
re: #85 LGoPs
What kind of phood is pho?
It's a Vietnamese beef noodle soup. They serve it with various cuts of beef (including tripe and tendon if you want it!) with lime, bean sprouts, frest basil, plum sauce and chili sauce on the side.
It's phoking great!
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:39:16pm |
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KingKenrod Tue, May 5, 2009 1:39:19pm |
re: #32 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
On one hand, teachers shouldn't have to live in perpetual fear of being sued over everything they say, and should be able to have their own free speech rights upheld in the context of a free and open discussion.
On the other hand, I don't dig public employees belittling someone's beliefs just because they have the opportunity to.
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:39:19pm |
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Russkilitlover Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:06pm |
re: #21 Honorary Yooper
I took note. The stalkers at the counterfeit site are expressing their love of both you and Killgore today.
Hmmm? What is "the counterfeit site"? New name for KOS?
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:28pm |
re: #65 Occasional Reader
There seems to have been some sort of program in place in the last several years to get more fools behind the wheels of motor vehicles.
(Or maybe I'm just getting crankier.)
Having just come back from the grocery (didn't feel like cooking tonight, so I went for a hoagy), I think you were right the first time.
I don't "hate" fools. They just scare the living H**l out of me. H. Beam Piper summed my opinion up perfectly.
cheers
eon
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:28pm |
re: #90 Mad Al-Jaffee
It's a Vietnamese beef noodle soup. They serve it with various cuts of beef (including tripe and tendon if you want it!) with lime, bean sprouts, frest basil, plum sauce and chili sauce on the side.
It's phoking great!
I'll have to give it a try. I love soup......
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:32pm |
re: #73 eschew_obfuscation
There must be a School of Stupid Grocery Store Names somewhere.
Who thinks up names for food stores like:
Piggly Wiggly
HyVee
Hinky Dinky
?
Piggly Wiggly - Made up by Clarence Saunders based on the children's rhyme "This piggy went to market..."
HyVee - Part of the names of the founders, Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg.
Don't know about Hinky Dinky.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:41pm |
re: #93 debutaunt
Pronounced faux?
Only by me, I thought. I cannot do the correct sound, it's like "fuh".
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Kronocide Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:46pm |
For some reason, I just remembered my tequila provisions are seriously low. I don't know why, strange.
Any way, some NSFW (audio) Estonian language lessons.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:46pm |
re: #75 CapeCoddah
I will second that, vehemently. Moron drivers are everywhere, like locust.
I know, I report at least 3 a week to the staties.
California is a breeding ground for 'em; and sends 'em off to other states to swarm.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 1:40:52pm |
re: #19 HoosierHoops
It Figures..Oprah drinks the Antivaxx Kood-aid.
[Link: blogs.discovermagazine.com...]
Great leader Zorxlib
Your plan is almost complete.
The celebrities will convince the masses to stop vaccinations, and soon, the humans will contract many old diseases and die out, making room for the Xilian masses to inhabit Earth.
This should be complete in the time it takes the relocation fleet to reach Earth, so start loading now.
Your faithful lackey
Zxklargryb
/
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 1:41:08pm |
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:41:25pm |
re: #71 OldLineTexan
Fool Behind the Wheel.
Beatles song?
/
Well on his way
head in a cloud
Yammering on his cell
while through the traffic he plowed
And he never signals "lane change"
or remembers to dim his brights
The "Yield" sign means nothing to him
and the Fool Behind the Wheel...
Creeps along in the left lane
and "slow traffic, keep right"
never enters his brain
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 1:41:33pm |
re: #90 Mad Al-Jaffee
It's a Vietnamese beef noodle soup. They serve it with various cuts of beef (including tripe and tendon if you want it!) with lime, bean sprouts, frest basil, plum sauce and chili sauce on the side.
It's phoking great!
I have had it seafood, but I don't think it can really be called pho, faux pho maybe?
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 5, 2009 1:41:38pm |
I see the stalkers made a new parody video about me. I actually thought the first one was kinda funny. They aren't even trying to make them funny anymore.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:41:57pm |
re: #93 debutaunt
Pronounced faux?
No, feu. As in "Pot de Pho", a noodle place near my parents' house.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:41:59pm |
re: #84 FurryOldGuyJeans
Gee, what was your first clue?
I have met up with kinder rabid small animals than some of those dopes. At least the animals had an excuse. These morons are inexplicable. Their only excuse is extreme stupidity and ignorance.
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 1:42:07pm |
re: #81 Render
It's truly amazing how many people are Charles' sock puppets in these people's minds. It's a kookspiracy, I tells ya.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:42:11pm |
re: #95 Russkilitlover
Hmmm? What is "the counterfeit site"? New name for KOS?
No, it's LGF2. They got their start ripping off Charles's posts. Hence, I call them the "counterfeit site".
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:42:46pm |
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Kronocide Tue, May 5, 2009 1:42:48pm |
re: #85 LGoPs
It's soup pho puttin phood into: put noodle, put meat, put vegetables, pho soup.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:42:48pm |
re: #103 LGoPs
Phabulous.
Phunky pho is not phresh. Phresh pho is phab.
/be sure and get cilantro and basil and sprouts and limes
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:43:03pm |
re: #101 FurryOldGuyJeans
California is a breeding ground for 'em; and sends 'em off to other states to swarm.
LOL, Try Boston. The drivers here are mind boggling. Everyone MUST be first, or else!
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:43:10pm |
re: #105 brookly red
I have had it seafood, but I don't think it can really be called pho, faux pho maybe?
phish pho
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:43:13pm |
re: #92 KingKenrod
On one hand, teachers shouldn't have to live in perpetual fear of being sued over everything they say, and should be able to have their own free speech rights upheld in the context of a free and open discussion.
On the other hand, I don't dig public employees belittling someone's beliefs just because they have the opportunity to.
I'd like to see more of the context of the statements rather than a cherry picked 20 statement.
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DaddyG Tue, May 5, 2009 1:43:18pm |
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:43:22pm |
re: #88 OldLineTexan
Vietnamese noodle soup. Mmmmmmm.
Do you like putting Vietnamese noodles in your mouth?
(this is gonna be the greatest joke ever)
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MrSilverDragon Tue, May 5, 2009 1:43:25pm |
re: #65 Occasional Reader
There seems to have been some sort of program in place in the last several years to get more fools behind the wheels of motor vehicles.
(Or maybe I'm just getting crankier.)
I don't think you're getting crankier. It's been my experience that rain drops the average IQ of a driver around the DC beltway by a minimum of 20 points... and it's been raining since last week here.
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 1:44:05pm |
re: #93 debutaunt
Pronounced faux?
I pronounce it fawcks paaas for instance. It is a personal crudase (yes, crudase) of mine to mispronounce every french word in the vocabulary.
Magnifeek.
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:44:21pm |
re: #107 SanFranciscoZionist
No, feu. As in "Pot de Pho", a noodle place near my parents' house.
Gotcha. Have you been to the Pot Au Feu in Menlo Park?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:44:30pm |
re: #114 CapeCoddah
LOL, Try Boston. The drivers here are mind boggling. Everyone MUST be first, or else!
You have an ongoing infestation from California.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:44:33pm |
re: #114 CapeCoddah
LOL, Try Boston. The drivers here are mind boggling. Everyone MUST be first, or else!
MA drivers are deeply scary. California is mixed. Angelenos are excellent drivers, the Bay Area has a clunkier style, and an inability to signal turns.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:44:35pm |
re: #118 Occasional Reader
Do you like putting Vietnamese noodles in your mouth?
(this is gonna be the greatest joke ever)
Quiet, you, I'm slaying a dragon in your living room.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:44:56pm |
re: #114 CapeCoddah
LOL, Try Boston. The drivers here are mind boggling. Everyone MUST be first, or else!
So I've heard. My father was in a van one day, on the way to the hotel by Logan Airport when they went through a toll plaza. Two cars were fighting over who would go through the toll plaza lane first. They both lost as they got stuck in the gores right and left of the lane and no one would let them in.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:45:36pm |
re: #122 FurryOldGuyJeans
You have an ongoing infestation from California.
Is that like the Swine Flu? We never noticed. California drivers are mere rank amateurs to New England drivers. Guaranteed.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:45:49pm |
re: #121 debutaunt
Gotcha. Have you been to the Pot Au Feu in Menlo Park?
No--Vietnamese, or French? I used to have friends in Menlo Park, but they all left for Santa Cruz.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:46:01pm |
re: #126 CapeCoddah
Is that like the Swine Flu? We never noticed. California drivers are mere rank amateurs to New England drivers. Guaranteed.
Whereas Swine Pho is delicious.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:46:31pm |
re: #123 SanFranciscoZionist
MA drivers are deeply scary. California is mixed. Angelenos are excellent drivers, the Bay Area has a clunkier style, and an inability to signal turns.
I rest my case.
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:46:34pm |
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 1:46:46pm |
re: #121 debutaunt
Gotcha. Have you been to the Pot Au Feu in Menlo Park?
Is that a restaurant? I only ask because "pot-a-feu" was an early name for a primitive type of bombard in French- literally, a "fire-pot".
cheers
eon
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 1:46:56pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:47:37pm |
re: #122 FurryOldGuyJeans
You have an ongoing infestation from California.
You should try Chicago sometime. It's like taking your life into your hands to drive through the Loop. No one feels the need to give the right of way, and red lights don't always mean stop.
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:47:48pm |
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:48:20pm |
re: #125 Honorary Yooper
So I've heard. My father was in a van one day, on the way to the hotel by Logan Airport when they went through a toll plaza. Two cars were fighting over who would go through the toll plaza lane first. They both lost as they got stuck in the gores right and left of the lane and no one would let them in.
Yup, don't doubt it for a second. We just had a woman TRY to run down a trooper at Logan. While he was trying to take the keys from her ignition. They caught up with her on the turnpike.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:48:24pm |
re: #138 Occasional Reader
What are you... a gay Vietnamese?!
GET IT?!
ROTFLMAO!
/because I look terrible in green spandex
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:48:37pm |
re: #123 SanFranciscoZionist
MA drivers are deeply scary. California is mixed. Angelenos are excellent drivers, the Bay Area has a clunkier style, and an inability to signal turns.
Could be worse. Could be Denver where they feel the need to stop at the end of a freeway entrance ramp.
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:48:37pm |
re: #107 SanFranciscoZionist
No, feu. As in "Pot de Pho", a noodle place near my parents' house.
I don't recommend the Cambodian version, "Pol Pot de Pho".
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 1:48:40pm |
Sir Mix-a-Lot, in Latin, anyone?
[Link: quislibet.livejournal.com...]
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 1:48:52pm |
re: #137 Honorary Yooper
You should try Chicago sometime. It's like taking your life into your hands to drive through the Loop. No one feels the need to give the right of way, and red lights don't always mean stop.
New York cabbies, period.
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:49:06pm |
re: #128 SanFranciscoZionist
No--Vietnamese, or French? I used to have friends in Menlo Park, but they all left for Santa Cruz.
My son's high school French teacher had the class and their parents go there. The kids ordered in French - hilarious!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:49:16pm |
re: #137 Honorary Yooper
You should try Chicago sometime. It's like taking your life into your hands to drive through the Loop. No one feels the need to give the right of way, and red lights don't always mean stop.
Thanks, but no thanks. My grasp on sanity is tenuous enough as it is. ;)
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 1:49:21pm |
re: #142 buzzsawmonkey
Chips and spoo
Beans and spoo
Spoo, spoo, and spoo
Etc.
Just don't get a Narn and a Centauri started on whether spoo should be aged or fresh.
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Russkilitlover Tue, May 5, 2009 1:49:27pm |
re: #110 Honorary Yooper
No, it's LGF2. They got their start ripping off Charles's posts. Hence, I call them the "counterfeit site".
Land of the banned, huh?
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 1:49:57pm |
I want to repeat something I posted on Saturday:
Another young, male college student's body has been discovered in a river. This has become a disturbing trend, and I agree with some investigators that a serial killer should not be excluded from the possibilities.
If you, or someone you know, has a young man attending college in the upper midwest, especially a river town, be sure these young men are aware they shouldn't leave bars and parties alone.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:50:27pm |
re: #148 Kosh's Shadow
Just don't get a Narn and a Centauri started on whether spoo should be aged or fresh.
Egads! Another B5 fan! *squeal*
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:50:30pm |
re: #149 Russkilitlover
Land of the banned, huh?
Full of furry demi-humans muttering "Sereesastaka" under their breaths all day ...
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DaddyG Tue, May 5, 2009 1:50:30pm |
re: #137 Honorary Yooper
You should try Chicago sometime. It's like taking your life into your hands to drive through the Loop. No one feels the need to give the right of way, and red lights don't always mean stop.
Here in Atlanta tire treads are an option and a turn signal is a sign of weakness.
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:50:49pm |
re: #133 eon
Is that a restaurant? I only ask because "pot-a-feu" was an early name for a primitive type of bombard in French- literally, a "fire-pot".
cheers
eon
Yes, a restaurant name with pot au feu on the menu. You could burn your tongue!
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:51:13pm |
re: #151 FurryOldGuyJeans
Egads! Another B5 fan! *squeal*
OR, teh ghey is spreading!
/
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:51:19pm |
re: #152 OldLineTexan
Full of furry demi-humans muttering "Sereesastaka" under their breaths all day ...
*AHEM*
/ hairy eyeball
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:51:47pm |
re: #137 Honorary Yooper
You should try Chicago sometime. It's like taking your life into your hands to drive through the Loop. No one feels the need to give the right of way, and red lights don't always mean stop.
Worst drivers are in NJ and Boston. Unreal.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 1:51:57pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, May 5, 2009 1:52:22pm |
re: #12 Charles
They would have no life without you, Charles.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 1:52:38pm |
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 1:52:39pm |
re: #141 Honorary Yooper
Could be worse. Could be Denver where they feel the need to stop at the end of a freeway entrance ramp.
LOL, it is better than not slowing and making sure you are not rocketing into oncoming traffic. Had a kid do that a few years ago right in front of me. He came off the ramp onto the highway at about 80mph, looked over his shoulder and slammed into the back of a semi stopped in a traffic jam. That poor bastard was wedged up under the dashboard. I had to hold his head while they cut the car out from around him. Well, both of us at that point.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:52:42pm |
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 1:52:54pm |
re: #140 OldLineTexan
re: #138 Occasional Reader
What are you... a gay Vietnamese?!
GET IT?!
ROTFLMAO!
/because I look terrible in green spandex
Darn. I missed it........need help. I'm slow today.
:)
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 1:53:21pm |
re: #137 Honorary Yooper
You should try Chicago sometime. It's like taking your life into your hands to drive through the Loop. No one feels the need to give the right of way, and red lights don't always mean stop.
Back in the Sixties some behaviorists tried to prove chimpanzee intelligence by teaching a chimp to drive. It worked just fine until they realized that, to a chimp, Green meant "Go", and Red meant "Stop", period. Said chimp would stomp the gas on green, even if there was a vehicle in the intersection in front of it- or a semi bearing down on it from the cross-street.
I strongly suspect that the methods those behaviorists used on that chimpanzee are now being used in Driver's Ed classes throughout Ohio.
cheers
eon
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:53:31pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, May 5, 2009 1:53:34pm |
re: #160 Slumbering Behemoth
They would have no life without you, Charles.
By that I mean they would have nothing to do, not that it's your fault that they exist.
Just to be clear.
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MrSilverDragon Tue, May 5, 2009 1:54:03pm |
re: #158 buzzsawmonkey
Wasn't "Potaufeu" the name of the Egyptian chancellor Joseph was enslaved to?
Sounds better than Potiphar... that almost sounds dirty.
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:54:50pm |
My most recent fool driver story; I watched in fascination while a left lane bandit crawled along a major Maryland-DC artery this Sunday... for several minutes... with a police car right behind him. Finally, the cop hit the lights and pulled him over.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 1:55:00pm |
re: #153 DaddyG
Here in Atlanta tire treads are an option and a turn signal is a sign of weakness.
When I lived in Beantown, I observed that all steering was done with the horn, and signalling was usually with a finger.
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midwestgak Tue, May 5, 2009 1:55:00pm |
re: #137 Honorary Yooper
You should try Chicago sometime. It's like taking your life into your hands to drive through the Loop. No one feels the need to give the right of way, and red lights don't always mean stop.
Ever gotten one of those Red Light Enforced tickets? $100 is the fine.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:55:09pm |
re: #157 debutaunt
Worst drivers are in NJ and Boston. Unreal.
You have obviously never been to the Republika Nang Piliipinas. Whoever has the loudest horn or the biggest balls has the right of way.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 1:55:37pm |
re: #158 buzzsawmonkey
Wasn't "Potaufeu" the name of the Egyptian chancellor Joseph was enslaved to?
Potiphar
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The Other Les Tue, May 5, 2009 1:55:49pm |
{Les just noticed one of the sidebar adverts]
Who is Newt and why was he arrested?
[Les just did his impression of a Berzerkly resident]
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neocon hippie Tue, May 5, 2009 1:56:18pm |
Here in the Bay Area I frequently see drivers cut across two and sometimes three lanes of traffic at the last second to get to a freeway exit ramp.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 1:56:28pm |
re: #172 midwestgak
Ever gotten one of those Red Light Enforced tickets? $100 is the fine.
Nope, and I don't intend to. Unlike some of the folks around here, I learned to drive from folks not from Chicago. Thus, I stop for a red light.
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:56:36pm |
re: #161 Kosh's Shadow
What did you expect, given my nic?
Some people are just jealous their shows didn't have a coherent story arc or ended up being ruled by muppets and CGI
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debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 1:56:45pm |
re: #173 FurryOldGuyJeans
You have obviously never been to the Republika Nang Piliipinas. Whoever has the loudest horn or the biggest balls has the right of way.
I've heard that Puerto Rico is like that.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:56:48pm |
re: #161 Kosh's Shadow
What did you expect, given my nic?
I haven't had any coffee yet this morning, so I'm a bit more dense than usual. ;)
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 1:57:22pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:57:26pm |
My school has a giant, very amateurish, nineteenth century painting of Potiphar's wife seducing Joseph. It used to hang in a San Francisco saloon, and has a repaired bullet hole in it from that era of it's existence. It was donated to the school, along with a lot of money, and as a result, it now hangs in the foyer of our cafeteria.
It's pretty wonderfully awful.
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:58:21pm |
re: #159 OldLineTexan
Now now ... Chaka good Pakuni!
Huh? Chaka good Pakistani?
You mean he was... Chaka Khan?
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Render Tue, May 5, 2009 1:58:27pm |
re: #109 Sharmuta
Michael B posts at Gates of Vienna under the handle InterResSys and under the Michael B handle.
No wonder he knows so much about sock puppets.
SMOKED,
R
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:58:30pm |
Sorry, its existence. The kids are getting to me.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 1:58:33pm |
re: #183 SanFranciscoZionist
My school has a giant, very amateurish, nineteenth century painting of Potiphar's wife seducing Joseph. It used to hang in a San Francisco saloon, and has a repaired bullet hole in it from that era of it's existence. It was donated to the school, along with a lot of money, and as a result, it now hangs in the foyer of our cafeteria.
It's pretty wonderfully awful.
Crappy kitsch, once it reaches a certain age, becomes transcendently beautiful.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 1:58:36pm |
re: #180 debutaunt
I've heard that Puerto Rico is like that.
Hardly. Motorized bicycles play chicken with 18 wheelers in the Philippines.
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itellu3times Tue, May 5, 2009 1:59:08pm |
re: #12 Charles
Lots of blogs comparing me to Andrew Sullivan too.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 1:59:36pm |
re: #174 buzzsawmonkey
"Potiphar" reminds us that the Egyptians had to walk a verrrrry long way to the privy.
At least they walked like Egyptians.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 5, 2009 1:59:58pm |
re: #188 Guanxi88
Crappy kitsch, once it reaches a certain age, becomes transcendently beautiful.
It's amazing how that works.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:00:26pm |
re: #162 CapeCoddah
Damn, that had to hurt for him. Granted I suggest entering a freeway at speed, but one must also make sure there is space to enter. I learned the Detroit method of entering a freeway.
1. Get up to speed by the end of the ramp. Not 45, not 55, be going 70+.
2. Make sure there is enough room to do so. Do not check for space at the last possible second, choose your spot before you are halfway down the ramp.
3. Merge in smoothly and adjust speed to the flow. Do not expect traffic already on the freeway to adjust for you.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:01:20pm |
re: #188 Guanxi88
Crappy kitsch, once it reaches a certain age, becomes transcendently beautiful.
Nancy and Barbara could never get old enough.
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Kronocide Tue, May 5, 2009 2:01:31pm |
Later Honcos. I'm going to go pirate a tequila tanker with a guacamole gun after I finish a side job.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:01:33pm |
re: #193 SanFranciscoZionist
It's amazing how that works.
Proves there's hope and redemption for us all.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:01:49pm |
re: #173 FurryOldGuyJeans
You have obviously never been to the Republika Nang Piliipinas. Whoever has the loudest horn or the biggest balls has the right of way.
OMG, I had no idea they were an Italian colony!
/
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:01:51pm |
re: #194 Honorary Yooper
Damn, that had to hurt for him. Granted I suggest entering a freeway at speed, but one must also make sure there is space to enter. I learned the Detroit method of entering a freeway.
1. Get up to speed by the end of the ramp. Not 45, not 55, be going 70+.
2. Make sure there is enough room to do so. Do not check for space at the last possible second, choose your spot before you are halfway down the ramp.
3. Merge in smoothly and adjust speed to the flow. Do not expect traffic already on the freeway to adjust for you.
As opposed to the NYC version of merging:
Get up to the same speed as the right lane.
As soon as possible, get exactly next to someone already on the highway.
Stay matching speeds until he lets you in.
Usually, when someone in Mass. does that, they're on a cell phone.
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:01:54pm |
re: #189 FurryOldGuyJeans
Hardly. Motorized bicycles play chicken with 18 wheelers in the Philippines.
do the ambulances carry shovels?
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 2:02:02pm |
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funky chicken Tue, May 5, 2009 2:02:02pm |
Why does the Times Online hate Manchester United?
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 2:02:08pm |
re: #191 buzzsawmonkey
It's great that you have the whole kitsch and canoodle.
They were obviously influenced by that (thankfully) short-lived home decorating reality show "Happy Days" spinoff, "Joanie Loves Tsotchke".
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:02:20pm |
re: #173 FurryOldGuyJeans
You have obviously never been to the Republika Nang Piliipinas. Whoever has the loudest horn or the biggest balls has the right of way.
I see you've been to Chicago. :-P
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Altermite Tue, May 5, 2009 2:02:45pm |
When I had a functioning car, I drove through DC to NY over various holidays. Possibly combining the two worst possible areas for traffic on the east coast in one fell swoop.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:02:59pm |
re: #201 brookly red
do the ambulances carry shovels?
The 18 wheelers almost invariably give way. Cost of repairs and a washing are high.
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Kronocide Tue, May 5, 2009 2:03:26pm |
Charles, send me a line when you're the Grand Drag Queen of the Honco Pride Parade. I wouldn't miss it for the world: all those scaly green sequins.
Aloha, BP
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:03:26pm |
re: #171 Guanxi88
And when I lived in Miami, drivers signaled with a handgun!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:03:42pm |
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 2:03:51pm |
re: #206 Altermite
When I had a functioning car, I drove through DC to NY over various holidays. Possibly combining the two worst possible areas for traffic on the east coast in one fell swoop.
Used to drive from NC to NJ over 96s with my buddies in the Marines, those were fun drives.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:03:53pm |
re: #209 quickjustice
And when I lived in Miami, drivers signaled with a handgun!
1 shot for right and 2 for left?
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:04:30pm |
re: #210 FurryOldGuyJeans
I am trying to stop all the flashbacks.
Just take a lot of vitamin C and remember that you are a spiritual being and that the Universe loves you.
Wait; sorry, wrong flashbacks.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:05:00pm |
I just lost a bet. I actually saw Sen Lautenberg on TV alive. I really was sure he was either dead or on life support. He's looked better I must say?
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:05:01pm |
re: #172 midwestgak
Ever gotten one of those Red Light Enforced tickets? $100 is the fine.
I just got out of a ticket last week for speeding in one of my work vehicles. When the trooper came up to the car (he was very nice) he noticed I did not have my seatbelt on. He asked me if I took it off to get my registration out of the glove box. I told him no, I did not have it on, as I was exempt from the seatbelt law in a Livery vehicle. He told me that I was wrong, Livery was not exempt. I told him I would bet him the ticket, and he agreed. He came back with a sheepish grin and a written warning, and told me I could tell my friends I had taught a state trooper something today. I told him that I would NEVER, never do that, and he laughed like a loon. All in all, a good day, no $300 ticket!
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:05:18pm |
re: #214 Guanxi88
Just take a lot of vitamin C and remember that you are a spiritual being and that the Universe loves you.
Wait; sorry, wrong flashbacks.
What can I take for a "Saigon. Shit!"-type flashback?
/
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 2:05:21pm |
re: #194 Honorary Yooper
Damn, that had to hurt for him. Granted I suggest entering a freeway at speed, but one must also make sure there is space to enter. I learned the Detroit method of entering a freeway.
1. Get up to speed by the end of the ramp. Not 45, not 55, be going 70+.
2. Make sure there is enough room to do so. Do not check for space at the last possible second, choose your spot before you are halfway down the ramp.
3. Merge in smoothly and adjust speed to the flow. Do not expect traffic already on the freeway to adjust for you.
When I moved to Georgia after college, I discovered that people would come to a dead stop at the end of the Freeway On Ramp. Of course I'd be running down the ramp, coming up to speed for a safe merge and be looking over my shoulder to gauge the merge and at the last second relaize that the nimrod in front of me was at a dead stop.
I would add colorful words to the English language when that happened.
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 2:05:33pm |
re: #206 Altermite
When I had a functioning car, I drove through DC to NY over various holidays. Possibly combining the two worst possible areas for traffic on the east coast in one fell swoop.
Welcome to my world.
(Although for most holidays, I'm to resigned to using Amtrak.)
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 2:05:56pm |
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:06:01pm |
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funky chicken Tue, May 5, 2009 2:06:12pm |
re: #163 Honorary Yooper
I've heard about Atlanta drivers. The worst of the South and the Yankees put together. There was even a site up about them for a while, the TARD Site (The Atlanta Roadways Digest).
Hotlanta ain't got nothin' on Vegas.
And it actually wasn't that much worse than Colorado Springs, to tell the truth. We moved from New Jersey to CO Springs, and I was stunned by how rude and ignorant the CO Springs drivers were.
I've driven in Philly, Chicago, Atlanta, and lots of rural places. Worst drivers by far--Vegas and CO Springs. I blame it on all the California transplants.
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Soona' Tue, May 5, 2009 2:06:32pm |
re: #173 FurryOldGuyJeans
You have obviously never been to the Republika Nang Piliipinas. Whoever has the loudest horn or the biggest balls has the right of way.
Bangkok, Thailand would be the worst, I think, but the traffic is always crawling or stopped.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:06:46pm |
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 2:07:16pm |
re: #216 CapeCoddah
I don't think I'd have the stomach, or enough spleen, to drive a liver-y vehicle.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:07:21pm |
22:44 U.S. wants Israel, India to sign nuclear anti-proliferation treaty (Reuters)
All of a sudden. Hum, wonder where that came from?
/
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:07:22pm |
re: #145 brookly red
No, N.Y. T & L drivers. Worse than the yellow cabs.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:07:43pm |
re: #194 Honorary Yooper
Damn, that had to hurt for him. Granted I suggest entering a freeway at speed, but one must also make sure there is space to enter. I learned the Detroit method of entering a freeway.
1. Get up to speed by the end of the ramp. Not 45, not 55, be going 70+.
2. Make sure there is enough room to do so. Do not check for space at the last possible second, choose your spot before you are halfway down the ramp.
3. Merge in smoothly and adjust speed to the flow. Do not expect traffic already on the freeway to adjust for you.
Yeah, the kid barely made it. I had heard stories of people being jammed under dashboards, and have been first on scene at dozens of accidents just because of the work I do, but I thought it was an exaggeration until I saw it with my own eyes. It is NOT pretty. Be careful out there, folks, horrific things do happen every day.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:17pm |
re: #218 LGoPs
When I moved to Georgia after college, I discovered that people would come to a dead stop at the end of the Freeway On Ramp. Of course I'd be running down the ramp, coming up to speed for a safe merge and be looking over my shoulder to gauge the merge and at the last second relaize that the nimrod in front of me was at a dead stop.
I would add colorful words to the English language when that happened.
I get on Rt. 2, in central Mass, 2 lanes each way, divided highway, 55 limit.
In one stretch, there are Stop signs at the end of the on-ramps!
I hate it when people are going 70+ in the right lane and you're trying to merge from standstill.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:21pm |
re: #217 OldLineTexan
What can I take for a "Saigon. Shit!"-type flashback?
/
An Academy Award and a starring role in a great re-telling of the Heart of Darkness.
interesting side note: the professor and former student of Leo Strauss for whom I used to work was threatened with divorce when he was living in the Philippines. He had bumped into Coppola, who loved his heavy-duty Israeli accent, and was invited to do something for the flick. He tells his wife who, as a Filipina of the old school and a good family, promptly black-balled the idea of her husband going into the jungle with a bunch of maniacs.
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itellu3times Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:22pm |
re: #194 Honorary Yooper
Damn, that had to hurt for him. Granted I suggest entering a freeway at speed, but one must also make sure there is space to enter. I learned the Detroit method of entering a freeway.
1. Get up to speed by the end of the ramp. Not 45, not 55, be going 70+.
2. Make sure there is enough room to do so. Do not check for space at the last possible second, choose your spot before you are halfway down the ramp.
3. Merge in smoothly and adjust speed to the flow. Do not expect traffic already on the freeway to adjust for you.
That's called energy management.
Very similar deal in Los Angeles. Say you get on the freeway on a lane that then turns into an exit-only, so you have merge, then move over one more. Always, some guy in a Tahoe will be in that #2 lane, overtaking at about 85. He will not slow down to let you merge. He will pass you, then hit the brakes, slowing to 45, preparing to exit, making it that much harder for you to merge left.
To follow your energy management solution, pulling in front of him at 85, I guess I'd need another 80 horsepower or so.
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funky chicken Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:25pm |
I'll have to ask my husband, but honestly, I don't remember having major problems in Atlanta. Maybe I've just got that protective amnesia or something.
I {heart} Duluth, GA. I dearly wish I could live there.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:31pm |
re: #224 Soona'
Bangkok, Thailand would be the worst, I think, but the traffic is always crawling or stopped.
In the Philippines you can have a 5 lane parking lot of vehicles traveling at 75 miles an hour.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:34pm |
re: #218 LGoPs
When I moved to Georgia after college, I discovered that people would come to a dead stop at the end of the Freeway On Ramp. Of course I'd be running down the ramp, coming up to speed for a safe merge and be looking over my shoulder to gauge the merge and at the last second relaize that the nimrod in front of me was at a dead stop.
I would add colorful words to the English language when that happened.
Had them do that shit occassionally here. Usually I lay hard on the horn until the dipshits move. More often than not, it's that they try to enter the freeway at 40mph just in front of me. I'm afraid I'm going to get splatted by a truck because some asshole entered the freeway at 40 or below just in front of me.
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:36pm |
re: #226 buzzsawmonkey
Traffic all Thai'd up?
At some point I'm sure Thai drivers just angrily resign themselves to the situation, and shout "phuket!".
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:08:37pm |
re: #212 Nevergiveup
They usually just waved them around to demonstrate that they were pissed. Something like 75% of Miami drivers have a handgun in the vehicle.
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:09:07pm |
re: #228 Nevergiveup
22:44 U.S. wants Israel, India to sign nuclear anti-proliferation treaty (Reuters)
All of a sudden. Hum, wonder where that came from?
/
but Israel does not officially have nukes?
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:09:17pm |
re: #200 Kosh's Shadow
As opposed to the NYC version of merging:
Get up to the same speed as the right lane.
As soon as possible, get exactly next to someone already on the highway.
Stay matching speeds until he lets you in.Usually, when someone in Mass. does that, they're on a cell phone.
And eating lunch while either perusing the newspaper, applying makeup or shaving.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:09:41pm |
re: #231 Kosh's Shadow
I get on Rt. 2, in central Mass, 2 lanes each way, divided highway, 55 limit.
In one stretch, there are Stop signs at the end of the on-ramps!
I hate it when people are going 70+ in the right lane and you're trying to merge from standstill.
Well there's your problem. I mean, Massachusetts.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:09:50pm |
U.S. urges Israel to sign anti-nuclear arms treaty
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
In failing to mention Iran even once in her speech, Gottemoeller broke from a tradition established by the administration of former President George W. Bush, which had used NPT meetings to criticize Iran and North Korea.
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:10:29pm |
re: #229 quickjustice
No, N.Y. T & L drivers. Worse than the yellow cabs.
yeah, but most people have never experienced that particular thrill.
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dingleB Tue, May 5, 2009 2:10:34pm |
re: #211 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
My buddies and I once drove a rental from Quantico to Ft. Lauderdale for the weekend. Somewhere in NC, tire blew, switched to donut. Nothing but Rim, Rum and Sunshine.
Ah... to be young and stupid again.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:10:35pm |
re: #233 itellu3times
That's called energy management.
Very similar deal in Los Angeles. Say you get on the freeway on a lane that then turns into an exit-only, so you have merge, then move over one more. Always, some guy in a Tahoe will be in that #2 lane, overtaking at about 85. He will not slow down to let you merge. He will pass you, then hit the brakes, slowing to 45, preparing to exit, making it that much harder for you to merge left.
To follow your energy management solution, pulling in front of him at 85, I guess I'd need another 80 horsepower or so.
There is a reason why they build cars with big engines in Detroit.
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 2:10:40pm |
re: #228 Nevergiveup
22:44 U.S. wants Israel, India to sign nuclear anti-proliferation treaty (Reuters)
All of a sudden. Hum, wonder where that came from?
/
Because if we set the example and disarm first, Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan and North Korea are sure to follow....
/
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 2:10:43pm |
re: #228 Nevergiveup
22:44 U.S. wants Israel, India to sign nuclear anti-proliferation treaty (Reuters)
All of a sudden. Hum, wonder where that came from?
/
Gosh, I'm sure that will make Iran and Pakistan just say, "oh, well, fair is fair!", and turn over their nukes/incipient nukes to the International Unicorn PixieDust Peace, um, Something.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:11:24pm |
re: #229 quickjustice
No, N.Y. T & L drivers. Worse than the yellow cabs.
That should be the brown and yellow cabs from all the loosened bowels and bladders.
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 2:11:48pm |
re: #246 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Because if we set the example and disarm first, Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan and North Korea are sure to follow....
/
Dhimmi Carter; The Next Generation.
cheers
eon
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:12:03pm |
re: #227 Occasional Reader
I don't think I'd have the stomach, or enough spleen, to drive a liver-y vehicle.
LOL, Ain't goin there, I will NOT help with the puns!
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:12:28pm |
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Occasional Reader Tue, May 5, 2009 2:12:33pm |
I think the best taxi drivers I've encountered in any major city were in London. Problem is, you have to take out a second mortgage on your house to pay for them.
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 2:12:35pm |
re: #244 dingleB
My buddies and I once drove a rental from Quantico to Ft. Lauderdale for the weekend. Somewhere in NC, tire blew, switched to donut. Nothing but Rim, Rum and Sunshine.
Ah... to be young and stupid again.
Me not knowing how to drive a manual transmission at the time, we'ld get her up to 60, hot swap seats while driving and I'd put her in neutral and coast to the shoulder to stop.
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:12:58pm |
re: #248 FurryOldGuyJeans
That should be the brown and yellow cabs from all the loosened bowels and bladders.
that would explain the 102 air fresheners...
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:13:10pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:13:13pm |
re: #238 quickjustice
They usually just waved them around to demonstrate that they were pissed. Something like 75% of Miami drivers have a handgun in the vehicle.
Joy. Makes me glad they just use the single finger gesture here in Chicagoland.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:13:34pm |
re: #241 OldLineTexan
Well there's your problem. I mean, Massachusetts.
That stretch of Rt. 2 had been built as an old-type highway, maybe a fence down the middle, with intersections. There is even a stoplight (now permanently flashing yellow) at one point.
They've partially improved it.
The worst part, though, is the stretch through Concord, which does have a 45 limit, and traffic lights every mile or so. I've heard Concord fights any attempt to upgrade it, they don't want the traffic. They get the traffic anyway, because that's the only way into Boston without going 30 miles out of the way.
The road is so bad the commuter rail line is packed.
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 2:14:00pm |
re: #236 Honorary Yooper
Had them do that shit occassionally here. Usually I lay hard on the horn until the dipshits move. More often than not, it's that they try to enter the freeway at 40mph just in front of me. I'm afraid I'm going to get splatted by a truck because some asshole entered the freeway at 40 or below just in front of me.
Around Chicago some of the freeway interchanges, especially on the Edens Expressway, have intermingled cloverleaf interchanges where the on ramps cross with the exit ramps. Makes for some interesting situations where you have cars trying to accelerate to 60mph intermixed with cars trying to deaccelerate from 60 mph. My dad used to scratch his head and mutter bad things about the engineering geniuses who came up with that design.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, May 5, 2009 2:14:01pm |
re: #248 FurryOldGuyJeans
That should be the brown and yellow cabs from all the loosened bowels and bladders.
Depends.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:14:19pm |
re: #252 Occasional Reader
I think the best taxi drivers I've encountered in any major city were in London. Problem is, you have to take out a second mortgage on your house to pay for them.
And so polite!
"I say old bean, would you mind terribly buggering yourself with a sharp stick?"
"Not at all, my dear fellow. Do greet your mother the streetwalker for me."
"Cheerio!"
"Pip-pip!"
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itellu3times Tue, May 5, 2009 2:14:38pm |
re: #245 Honorary Yooper
There is a reason why they build cars with big engines in Detroit.
Phooey. My Nipponomobile goes 0-60 in about seven seconds on four cylinders, another 80hp would cut my mileage by a third - hey they sell that as the 6-cylinder option, but I passed on it. Every now and then I suppose it's handy, but I just wish the guy in the Tahoe would slow down five seconds earlier instead of playing boy racer in a six thousand pound wagon.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:14:50pm |
Two representatives from the US State Department were sent to Syria on Tuesday to advance relations with the Arab state, Israel Radio reported.
No other details were given.
I sure hope Israel is ready for that speeding run away train coming down the track ?HOO-HOO
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Soona' Tue, May 5, 2009 2:15:21pm |
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:15:30pm |
re: #257 Kosh's Shadow
The road is so bad the commuter rail line is packed.
AL GORE, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:15:40pm |
re: #258 LGoPs
Around Chicago some of the freeway interchanges, especially on the Edens Expressway, have intermingled cloverleaf interchanges where the on ramps cross with the exit ramps. Makes for some interesting situations where you have cars trying to accelerate to 60mph intermixed with cars trying to deaccelerate from 60 mph. My dad used to scratch his head and mutter bad things about the engineering geniuses who came up with that design.
Rt. 128 and 93 interchange, north of Boston. 15-45 minutes to get through the interchange some days.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:15:42pm |
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:15:50pm |
re: #258 LGoPs
Around Chicago some of the freeway interchanges, especially on the Edens Expressway, have intermingled cloverleaf interchanges where the on ramps cross with the exit ramps. Makes for some interesting situations where you have cars trying to accelerate to 60mph intermixed with cars trying to deaccelerate from 60 mph. My dad used to scratch his head and mutter bad things about the engineering geniuses who came up with that design.
Must have been the same imbeciles that designed some of Indiana's roads.
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:16:04pm |
Obama has announced that he'd like the U.S. to abandon its nuclear weapons. That's before personally threatening the senior secured creditors in the Chrysler bankruptcy case as a bunch of "greedy hedge funds". Those "greedy hedge funds", it turns out, invest for a bunch of pension plans and retirees.
This guy really is on a roll.
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jcm Tue, May 5, 2009 2:16:08pm |
Close to home.....
Investigators: Wave of support for foster parents following TV coverage
Why is DSHS determined to take a child from her foster parents - the only place she's ever lived - after 4 years and thousands of dollars worth of failed attempts to reunite her with her birth-parents?
Blue State foster care, standing up for you foster kids can bite back.
Wait till you see "Blue" health care.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:16:23pm |
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Digital Display Tue, May 5, 2009 2:16:35pm |
re: #267 DEZes
Must have been the same imbeciles that designed some of Indiana's roads.
Ding ding ding!
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A Kiwi Infidel Tue, May 5, 2009 2:16:51pm |
Speaking of Pakistan, I see Swat Valley is now officially off the "tourist destinations" list
I particularly like this bit;
Pakistan agreed to a truce in the Swat Valley and surrounding districts in February after two years of bloody fighting with militants in the former tourist resort. It formally introduced Islamic law last month in the hope that insurgents would lay down their arms, something they have not done.
Bwaaahhaahahahahah!
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funky chicken Tue, May 5, 2009 2:17:04pm |
Obama campaign manager: I fear Jon Huntsman the most in 2012
POSTED AT 5:10 PM ON MAY 5, 2009 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
SEND TO A FRIEND %P% SHARE ON FACEBOOK %P% PRINTER-FRIENDLYJon Huntsman, the Utah governor who’s positioned himself as the moderate GOP alternative in 2012 by coming out in favor of civil unions? The RINO-in-chief, in other words?
So supporting civil unions makes one eligible to become RINO in chief?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:17:19pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:17:38pm |
re: #262 Nevergiveup
Two representatives from the US State Department were sent to Syria on Tuesday to advance relations with the Arab state, Israel Radio reported.
No other details were given.
I sure hope Israel is ready for that speeding run away train coming down the track ?HOO-HOO
Are they going to ask Syria to join the nuclear non-proliferation treaty?
Or rely on Israel to enforce it against Syria?
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:17:54pm |
re: #257 Kosh's Shadow
That stretch of Rt. 2 had been built as an old-type highway, maybe a fence down the middle, with intersections. There is even a stoplight (now permanently flashing yellow) at one point.
They've partially improved it.
The worst part, though, is the stretch through Concord, which does have a 45 limit, and traffic lights every mile or so. I've heard Concord fights any attempt to upgrade it, they don't want the traffic. They get the traffic anyway, because that's the only way into Boston without going 30 miles out of the way.
The road is so bad the commuter rail line is packed.
Rt 9, /Huntington Ave is one of the worst nightmares. I hate that one more than 2.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:19:14pm |
re: #273 funky chicken
So supporting civil unions makes one eligible to become RINO in chief?
When it comes to the far-right SoCon fringe, well yeah.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:19:30pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:19:36pm |
re: #276 CapeCoddah
Rt 9, /Huntington Ave is one of the worst nightmares. I hate that one more than 2.
Add the Jamaicaway, all curves and narrow lanes. I had a car senior year in high school and drove that all year, plus some of Huntington.
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vxbush Tue, May 5, 2009 2:19:56pm |
re: #276 CapeCoddah
Rt 9, /Huntington Ave is one of the worst nightmares. I hate that one more than 2.
See, I lucked out. I got to drive in Southern Indiana on a road that curved gently through rolling hills and at one point went through a grove of trees that met overhead and created this wonderful tunnel through the grove that was just amazing--almost sacred.
Until they chopped all those trees down to widen the road to four lanes. Now it's gone.
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:20:09pm |
re: #275 Kosh's Shadow
[Singing it like Hillary]: "Why can't we be friends . . ."
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aggieann Tue, May 5, 2009 2:20:17pm |
Traffic all Thai'd up?
When driver stop short, he bangkok.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:20:28pm |
re: #272 A Kiwi Infidel
Speaking of Pakistan, I see Swat Valley is now officially off the "tourist destinations" list
I particularly like this bit;
Bwaaahhaahahahahah!
Why should the Taliban fight for that shit hole that is Afghanistan. Pakistan has many more riches. Why not take over Pakistan? makes perfect sense to me. And if the Pakis will not fight for their own country so much the better.
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freetoken Tue, May 5, 2009 2:20:38pm |
re: #273 funky chicken
So supporting civil unions makes one eligible to become RINO in chief?
Yup, too impure.
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pittrader1988 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:20:54pm |
My fear that Obama would become Nixon/Carter has become true in less time than I thought.
There is an article how hedge fund mangers are fearing Obama over the illegal "renegotiation" of loans to Chrysler, and Iraq bombs Iran, the Taliban in Pakistan, and his Israel policy. Soon when inflation hits, he will freeze prices.
It didn't work in the 70s, it won't work now.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:20:57pm |
re: #258 LGoPs
Around Chicago some of the freeway interchanges, especially on the Edens Expressway, have intermingled cloverleaf interchanges where the on ramps cross with the exit ramps. Makes for some interesting situations where you have cars trying to accelerate to 60mph intermixed with cars trying to deaccelerate from 60 mph. My dad used to scratch his head and mutter bad things about the engineering geniuses who came up with that design.
I-55 has a few of those out my way as well. Have to put up with the slow down at Lemont Road every morning. Also, the idiots that get off to go onto I-355 north always back up onto northbound I-55, causing a backup from 53. Why is this? Because the ramp splits into two lanes for a short distance then contracts back to one lane. Of course, being Chicago drivers, they use the other lane then try to bull their way back in.
Outbound is just as bad with the woefully underpowered exit ramps at 53, Weber, and 30. They all back up from the traffic light at the end of the ramp onto the freeway. I hate IDiOT.
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dingleB Tue, May 5, 2009 2:21:16pm |
Hey anybody out there own a SAIGA-12 autoloading shotgun?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:21:18pm |
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freetoken Tue, May 5, 2009 2:21:36pm |
re: #277 FurryOldGuyJeans
When it comes to the far-right SoCon fringe, well yeah.
I'm waiting for them to start shouting UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!.....
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Digital Display Tue, May 5, 2009 2:21:39pm |
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J.D. Tue, May 5, 2009 2:22:12pm |
...Other Western intelligence services regard the Obama administration with contempt and rising concern, an officer of the DGSE, France's military intelligence agency, told my friend Jack Wheeler (the real life Indiana Jones) last week."All of us in our little community are worried -- us, our friends in Berlin, London, Tel Aviv," the DGSE officer told Jack. "It is not like the barbarians at the gates. It is every barbarian horde in the world being told there are no gates."
Smooth move when the French view you with contempt.
The CIA's Fight With Obama
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:22:19pm |
re: #283 Nevergiveup
Pakistan: The pieces of the former British Raj revert to their previous status as barbaric, anti-Western sh**holes.
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:22:22pm |
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Kragar Tue, May 5, 2009 2:22:37pm |
Barack Obama hints at tougher line on Israel
The Obama Administration has signalled a tougher approach towards Israel ahead of fresh talks on the Middle East peace process by insisting it must endorse the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
“Israel has to work toward a two-state solution,” declared Vice-President Joe Biden today in a speech to the annual conference of a powerful pro-Israel lobby group in Washington.
“You’re not going to like my saying this,” he warned the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) before adding that the Jewish state should not build any more settlements on Palestinian territory, and should “dismantle existing outposts and allow Palestinians freedom of movement”.
They have an independent Pali state already, its named Jordan. Now fuck off Plugs
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 2:22:51pm |
re: #275 Kosh's Shadow
Are they going to ask Syria to join the nuclear non-proliferation treaty?
Or rely on Israel to enforce it against Syria?
More probably, they'll put Israel in a position where if they don't do something, Syria will achieve something highly detrimental to Israel (like, say, regaining control of all of Lebanon)- and the The One will slap trade sanctions on Israel to punish them for "aggression".
/ Punishing the victim, especially if they refuse to be victimized- it's the Chicago way.
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:22:57pm |
re: #289 freetoken
I'm waiting for them to start shouting UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!.....
One "purity test" or another has been put forth by every Republican faction I have seen. Not just the evil socons.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:23:09pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:23:16pm |
re: #289 freetoken
I'm waiting for them to start shouting UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!.....
Start? They've been doing that for a time already.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:23:25pm |
re: #287 dingleB
Hey anybody out there own a SAIGA-12 autoloading shotgun?
I hear good things about them, but the damned things just seem to f'ing heavy to be of much use. Get a good pump gun and be done with it, already.
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A Kiwi Infidel Tue, May 5, 2009 2:24:10pm |
re: #283 Nevergiveup
Why should the Taliban fight for that shit hole that is Afghanistan. Pakistan has many more riches. Why not take over Pakistan? makes perfect sense to me. And if the Pakis will not fight for their own country so much the better.
Like Nukes?
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:24:39pm |
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Russkilitlover Tue, May 5, 2009 2:24:57pm |
I was driving home Friday after work, North on the 15 freeway, right by Miramar. Traffic is alway clogged right there. The car next to me was an older kinda dented little white car with a......very large......woman in it. She was smoking what looked like a cigarette, but not really. I cracked my window down on the passenger side and, sho 'nuff, she was toking on the biggest joint I've ever seen. As soon as I could I maneuvered as far away from her as I could.
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Digital Display Tue, May 5, 2009 2:25:08pm |
re: #297 DEZes
Just settling and after work.
Yourself?
Me too...Did you see my #19 about Oprah? What a whack job..
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A Kiwi Infidel Tue, May 5, 2009 2:25:47pm |
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:16pm |
re: #267 DEZes
Must have been the same imbeciles that designed some of Indiana's roads.
A little off topic but here in California people refer to freeways very formally. They call it The 405....or The 91. I still think that's a little strange and think that the freeways have done nothing to earn that kind of respect.
The other thing I dislike here is how they refer to streets as surface streets. I always ask myself...are there any other kind. Are there like.....subsurface streets?
Weirod place.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:23pm |
re: #296 OldLineTexan
One "purity test" or another has been put forth by every Republican faction I have seen. Not just the evil socons.
Yet all groups seem to insist on ignoring the one test that always seems to win elections consistently, smaller government, less spending, and lower taxes.
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turn Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:31pm |
re: #302 Russkilitlover
ha, I guess that's one way to keep from getting stressed in heavy traffic.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:32pm |
re: #276 CapeCoddah
Rt 9, /Huntington Ave is one of the worst nightmares. I hate that one more than 2.
Sounds like fun. A few years ago, IDOT decided to fix what was then known as the Hillside Strangler. A freeway and a tollway merged together there (I-290 EB and I-88 EB) along with ramps from Roosevelt Rd (IL-38) and the Tri-State Twy (I-294). Traffic would backup something fierce there everyday, even on weekends. Well, IDOT, in their infinte wisdom, decided not to add lanes, but to move the merge point eastward, away from the Tri-State. It still backs up, but it backs up one suburb to the east.
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:36pm |
re: #291 J.D.
They certainly should view the situation with rising concern. They'd better watch the "contempt" part, though. Obama wants to disengage the U.S. from the world. That's his policy. And he doesn't give two sh*** in a hot tin bucket that it leaves our longtime allies exposed, or that they feel contempt for him. He feels contempt for them, and he's the President of the U.S. They should be very, very afraid, not contemptuous.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:43pm |
re: #300 A Kiwi Infidel
Like Nukes?
Well they'll do for starters. I wonder if the Israelis have contingency plans to steal those nukes?
/ I wish I was
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:43pm |
re: #303 HoosierHoops
Me too...Did you see my #19 about Oprah? What a whack job..
Ah, are you just figuring out Oprah is a whack job? I latched onto that one 20 years ago. She and Phil Donahue (sp) drove me batshit crazy.
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 2:26:44pm |
re: #294 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Barack Obama hints at tougher line on Israel
They have an independent Pali state already, its named Jordan. Now fuck off Plugs
"Allow Palestinians freedom of movement?"
Tell you what, Joe- if you agree to be their tour guide, I'm sure Israel will agree.
/Pay no attention to the ones with oddly-misshapen waistlines under their clothes. After all, that would be "profiling".
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:27:18pm |
re: #302 Russkilitlover
Couple of weeks back, I was headed out to a meeting after work. The route takes me through a little commute traffic, although not bad. It was a gorgeous day, so I had the windows down in the minivan. As a huge electrical service bucket truck passed me slowly, I smelled a familiar smell. The passenger was toking right at the window in traffic at 5mph at 6:00 pm (broad daylight). I guess I stared so hard he felt it. ;)
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:27:32pm |
re: #302 Russkilitlover
I was driving home Friday after work, North on the 15 freeway, right by Miramar. Traffic is alway clogged right there. The car next to me was an older kinda dented little white car with a......very large......woman in it. She was smoking what looked like a cigarette, but not really. I cracked my window down on the passenger side and, sho 'nuff, she was toking on the biggest joint I've ever seen. As soon as I could I maneuvered as far away from her as I could.
Why didn't you drive up real close, roll down your window, and inhale? Just saying.
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dingleB Tue, May 5, 2009 2:27:51pm |
re: #293 brookly red
No, I've got one order and I'm having a hard time getting unbiased info on high capacity mags.
Usually if I'm having a bad day, I tell my wife that I need "a little brown squirrel", which is an inside joke. Unfortunately my brother-in-law blew his brains out with a shotgun, the last time I saw him alive, all he did was drone on about was the size and color of the rodents in FL.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:27:52pm |
re: #303 HoosierHoops
Me too...Did you see my #19 about Oprah? What a whack job..
Another over exposed self diluted idiot.
Money cant buy brains that work.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:28:00pm |
re: #308 Honorary Yooper
Sounds like fun. A few years ago, IDOT decided to fix what was then known as the Hillside Strangler. A freeway and a tollway merged together there (I-290 EB and I-88 EB) along with ramps from Roosevelt Rd (IL-38) and the Tri-State Twy (I-294). Traffic would backup something fierce there everyday, even on weekends. Well, IDOT, in their infinte wisdom, decided not to add lanes, but to move the merge point eastward, away from the Tri-State. It still backs up, but it backs up one suburb to the east.
Sounds like IDOT amd MASS HIGHWAY run by the same puppeteer.
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turn Tue, May 5, 2009 2:28:07pm |
re: #303 HoosierHoops
oh no hoops, Oprah is anti vax. Shit this must be the trendy thing to do in Hollywood these days.
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:28:31pm |
re: #294 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
"Hints?" The Israelis had better begin looking for other global friends after the U.S. disengages globally, abandoning Israel together with everyone else.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:28:59pm |
re: #306 FurryOldGuyJeans
Yet all groups seem to insist on ignoring the one test that always seems to win elections consistently, smaller government, less spending, and lower taxes.
Yes, it is a circular firing squad, and it isn't just the socons shooting.
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jcm Tue, May 5, 2009 2:29:13pm |
re: #299 Guanxi88
I hear good things about them, but the damned things just seem to f'ing heavy to be of much use. Get a good pump gun and be done with it, already.
Come on, that thing is just perfect for sending a gun grabber into a lather.
;-)
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:29:27pm |
re: #315 dingleB
No, I've got one order and I'm having a hard time getting unbiased info on high capacity mags.
Usually if I'm having a bad day, I tell my wife that I need "a little brown squirrel", which is an inside joke. Unfortunately my brother-in-law blew his brains out with a shotgun, the last time I saw him alive, all he did was drone on about was the size and color of the rodents in FL.
My wife's cousin's husband did that also. We call it pulling a " insert name ". I use that one alot also.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:29:51pm |
re: #318 turn
oh no hoops, Oprah is anti vax. Shit this must be the trendy thing to do in Hollywood these days.
They never really care about the issue they are protesting, just want to know if it is chic or not.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:30:29pm |
re: #319 quickjustice
"Hints?" The Israelis had better begin looking for other global friends after the U.S. disengages globally, abandoning Israel together with everyone else.
I agree but like WHO? I think G-D is the only one besides the USA that matters.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:30:35pm |
re: #317 CapeCoddah
Sounds like IDOT amd MASS HIGHWAY run by the same puppeteer.
Yipes, I should have been drunk with those typos!
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:30:41pm |
re: #317 CapeCoddah
Sounds like IDOT amd MASS HIGHWAY run by the same puppeteer.
There is a reason we say that IDOT cannot spell idiot correctly.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:02pm |
re: #305 LGoPs
A little off topic but here in California people refer to freeways very formally. They call it The 405....or The 91. I still think that's a little strange and think that the freeways have done nothing to earn that kind of respect.
The other thing I dislike here is how they refer to streets as surface streets. I always ask myself...are there any other kind. Are there like.....subsurface streets?
Weirod place.
Know why the voted for the one. ;)
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nikis-knight Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:07pm |
re: #305 LGoPs
A little off topic but here in California people refer to freeways very formally. They call it The 405....or The 91. I still think that's a little strange and think that the freeways have done nothing to earn that kind of respect.
The other thing I dislike here is how they refer to streets as surface streets. I always ask myself...are there any other kind. Are there like.....subsurface streets?
Weirod place.
Our freeways are frequently elevated above those streets, especially at interchanges.
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freetoken Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:07pm |
re: #305 LGoPs
Since the automobile is our god, driving on the highway is like... singing hymns.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:08pm |
re: #319 quickjustice
"Hints?" The Israelis had better begin looking for other global friends after the U.S. disengages globally, abandoning Israel together with everyone else.
Israel and India are already co-operating on some defense aspects.
One place is that Hindustan helicopters are using Israeli electronics.
Watch out, US software companies, if Israeli entrepreneurs and Indian software developers get together.
The US liberal arts majors will have to learn a new phrase:
"Do you want naan with that?"
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turn Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:10pm |
re: #323 FurryOldGuyJeans
They never really care about the issue they are protesting, just want to know if it is chic or not.
exactly, ya got to go with the crowd to be in the clique
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midwestgak Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:13pm |
re: #178 Honorary Yooper
Nope, and I don't intend to. Unlike some of the folks around here, I learned to drive from folks not from Chicago. Thus, I stop for a red light.
Good. Just wait. I didn't learn to drive in Chicago, but I live and drive here. Big Brother is everywhere here.
My older brother decided to back into a parking stall, rather than pulling up front.
He got a $20 ticket. Yes, the sign said that was not allowed. Neither of us noticed it. Why? Such restrictions were not put upon us in suburbia.
His decision was simple. Just thinking forward and wanted to drive away head first. WAIT UNTIL EVERYTHING YOU KNOW TO DO IS NO LONGER ALLOWED.
oh wait, you still can, but there is a price.
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:20pm |
re: #323 FurryOldGuyJeans
They never really care about the issue they are protesting, just want to know if it is chic or not.
Care? That takes too much time!
/
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A Kiwi Infidel Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:23pm |
re: #310 Nevergiveup
Well they'll do for starters. I wonder if the Israelis have contingency plans to steal those nukes?
/ I wish I was
It has to be a worry. Iran has blustered and threatened Israels very right to exist, in short, declared war and, thereby, made itself a legitimate target if it goes nuclear. By Pakistan? If the Taliban get to take over what are the options open to Israel then? It is not rocket science to assume that there would quickly follow some sort of pact between Iran and a Taliban-controlled Pakistan with a free exchange of "ideas" (ie read "hardware")
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Sharmuta Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:26pm |
re: #273 funky chicken
So supporting civil unions makes one eligible to become RINO in chief?
In the eyes of some- of course it does.
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Digital Display Tue, May 5, 2009 2:31:32pm |
re: #318 turn
oh no hoops, Oprah is anti vax. Shit this must be the trendy thing to do in Hollywood these days.
She has millions of viewers she can influence with her anti-science crap..
It is upsetting to me she gets away with this
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Ward Cleaver Tue, May 5, 2009 2:32:10pm |
re: #19 HoosierHoops
It Figures..Oprah drinks the Antivaxx Kood-aid.
[Link: blogs.discovermagazine.com...]
That bitch is evil.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:32:22pm |
re: #327 DEZes
Know why the voted for the one. ;)
Now we know why they voted for the one.
Someone spike my beer?
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dingleB Tue, May 5, 2009 2:33:11pm |
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turn Tue, May 5, 2009 2:33:12pm |
re: #336 HoosierHoops
beoootch
just a drive by, take care all and have a Dos XX on turn.
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J.D. Tue, May 5, 2009 2:33:14pm |
re: #309 quickjustice
They should be very, very afraid, not contemptuous.
Oh, I'd imagine they are that, too.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:33:34pm |
re: #338 DEZes
Now we know why they voted for the one.
Someone spike my beer?
Are you sure that is beer you're drinking?
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LGoPs Tue, May 5, 2009 2:34:06pm |
re: #338 DEZes
Now we know why they voted for the one.
Someone spike my beer?
I knew what you meant.
:)
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:34:08pm |
re: #342 FurryOldGuyJeans
Are you sure that is beer you're drinking?
Yeah. Beer doesn't usually smoke like that.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:34:16pm |
re: #342 FurryOldGuyJeans
Are you sure that is beer you're drinking?
I looking over the label now. ;)
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A Kiwi Infidel Tue, May 5, 2009 2:34:30pm |
re: #336 HoosierHoops
She has millions of viewers she can influence with her anti-science crap..
It is upsetting to me she gets away with this
But, but, but she gives away cars! Surely cars are better than vaccines?
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:35:22pm |
re: #344 OldLineTexan
Yeah. Beer doesn't usually smoke like that.
I had one hell of a time getting it lit.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:35:27pm |
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MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:35:44pm |
re: #19 HoosierHoops
It Figures..Oprah drinks the Antivaxx Kood-aid.
[Link: blogs.discovermagazine.com...]
Is there anyone to take her on?
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eschew_obfuscation Tue, May 5, 2009 2:36:11pm |
re: #347 DEZes
I had one hell of a time getting it lit.
Pssst! DEZ ..... It's supposed to get YOU lit. ;~)
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:36:17pm |
re: #305 LGoPs
The National Defense Highway system has specs that require all interstate highways to be constructed above anticipated flood levels and other hazards to keep them open in an emergency. As the name suggests, they were knock-offs of the German autobahns that Eisenhower saw after Germany surrendered, and are federally funded to enable rapid troop movements within the continental U.S. in an invasion or other emergency.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:36:27pm |
re: #345 DEZes
I looking over the label now. ;)
Somebody previously could have just rented the contents, and the container was handy.
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nikis-knight Tue, May 5, 2009 2:36:27pm |
re: #346 A Kiwi Infidel
But, but, but she gives away cars! Surely cars are better than vaccines?
I'm surprised the environmentalists let her get away with wantonly increasing the carbon footprints of poor authentic people.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:36:29pm |
re: #346 A Kiwi Infidel
But, but, but she gives away cars! Surely cars are better than vaccines?
Cars kill a lot more people than vaccines.
Even more considering that despite some reactions to vaccines, the net effect is a negative number of people killed - they save millions or billions of lives.
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opnion Tue, May 5, 2009 2:36:29pm |
re: #256 Honorary Yooper
Joy. Makes me glad they just use the single finger gesture here in Chicagoland.
Those are 1908 Cub fans saying "We're number one!"
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:37:07pm |
re: #346 A Kiwi Infidel
But, but, but she gives away cars! Surely cars are better than vaccines?
The people who "won" those cars had to get rid of them PDQ because no tax had yet been paid on them. They were assessed gift taxes.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:37:18pm |
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Russkilitlover Tue, May 5, 2009 2:37:40pm |
re: #305 LGoPs
A little off topic but here in California people refer to freeways very formally. They call it The 405....or The 91. I still think that's a little strange and think that the freeways have done nothing to earn that kind of respect.
The other thing I dislike here is how they refer to streets as surface streets. I always ask myself...are there any other kind. Are there like.....subsurface streets?
Weirod place.
Or, conversely, we refer to them by name - The Golden State Freeway, The Pasadena Freeway, The Harbor Freeway, the Long Beach Freeway....etc. REALLY messes with the tourists!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, May 5, 2009 2:37:54pm |
re: #349 MandyManners
Is there anyone to take her on?
We might just have to name the first real outbreak after her.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:37:56pm |
re: #350 eschew_obfuscation
Pssst! DEZ ..... It's supposed to get YOU lit. ;~)
I knew I was doing something wrong. ;)
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:38:07pm |
re: #355 opnion
Those are 1908 Cub fans saying "We're number one!"
Yeah, right at the Sox fans I see.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:38:35pm |
re: #342 FurryOldGuyJeans
Are you sure that is beer you're drinking?
Speaking of beer, I have a chamber of commerce meeting at the Sam Adams brewery in Boston Thursday night. If I drank alcohol, and was not driving, I would probably have fun!
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OldLineTexan Tue, May 5, 2009 2:38:39pm |
re: #359 EmmmieG
We might just have to name the first real outbreak after her.
Just wash your hands with Oprah Soaprah on a Roprah and properly inflate your tires.
/
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aggieann Tue, May 5, 2009 2:38:41pm |
re: #302 Russkilitlover
I was driving home Friday after work, North on the 15 freeway, right by Miramar. Traffic is alway clogged right there. The car next to me was an older kinda dented little white car with a......very large......woman in it. She was smoking what looked like a cigarette, but not really. I cracked my window down on the passenger side and, sho 'nuff, she was toking on the biggest joint I've ever seen. As soon as I could I maneuvered as far away from her as I could.
I was driving from Texarkana to Little Rock a few years ago and passed a woman who was driving with a paperback book propped against the steering wheel.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:38:46pm |
re: #352 FurryOldGuyJeans
Somebody previously could have just rented the contents, and the container was handy.
Well they were kind enough to put the cap back on.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:39:31pm |
re: #358 Russkilitlover
Or, conversely, we refer to them by name - The Golden State Freeway, The Pasadena Freeway, The Harbor Freeway, the Long Beach Freeway....etc. REALLY messes with the tourists!
Well, in Mass, we refer to the inner ring road around Boston as Rt. 128, but all the road signs say US Rt. 95.
Thereby confusing anyone we give directions to.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:39:41pm |
re: #358 Russkilitlover
Or, conversely, we refer to them by name - The Golden State Freeway, The Pasadena Freeway, The Harbor Freeway, the Long Beach Freeway....etc. REALLY messes with the tourists!
We use the names a lot here. Even the traffic reports use the names instead of the numbers (with the exceptions of I-80 and I-57 which lack names).
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dingleB Tue, May 5, 2009 2:39:41pm |
re: #321 jcm
Actually, it's not that heavy apprx. 8lbs w/o mag or do-dads attached.
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:39:56pm |
re: #356 Honorary Yooper
Is it gift tax or income tax? Isn't winning a lottery, for example, taxed as income?
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bosforus Tue, May 5, 2009 2:39:58pm |
Few things are as satisfying as having your immediate boss chew you out for something only to have his immediate boss say how pleased he is with my work in front of us both and watching my boss have to agree.
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:40:14pm |
re: #315 dingleB
well I hope it is all you hoped it would be...
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:40:34pm |
re: #366 Kosh's Shadow
Well, in Mass, we refer to the inner ring road around Boston as Rt. 128, but all the road signs say
US Rt.I 95.
Thereby confusing anyone we give directions to.
US 95 is out west.
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Soona' Tue, May 5, 2009 2:40:39pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:40:56pm |
re: #369 quickjustice
Is it gift tax or income tax? Isn't winning a lottery, for example, taxed as income?
Lotto is income, but these were assessed gift taxes.
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opnion Tue, May 5, 2009 2:41:02pm |
re: #336 HoosierHoops
She has millions of viewers she can influence with her anti-science crap..
It is upsetting to me she gets away with this
Doctor Phil has judged Oprah to be every bit as sane as he is.
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quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:41:31pm |
re: #372 Honorary Yooper
No disrespect, but I-95 runs north to south along the East Coast.
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CapeCoddah Tue, May 5, 2009 2:42:04pm |
re: #366 Kosh's Shadow
Well, in Mass, we refer to the inner ring road around Boston as Rt. 128, but all the road signs say US Rt. 95.
Thereby confusing anyone we give directions to.
Fun, huh? They are just starting to put up street signs on the Cape. Our directions used to be... go down 32 telephone poles, and turn left at the boulder.. go down to the green house, and take a left right after the fire hydrant kitty-corner from the house ......
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opnion Tue, May 5, 2009 2:42:12pm |
re: #356 Honorary Yooper
The people who "won" those cars had to get rid of them PDQ because no tax had yet been paid on them. They were assessed gift taxes.
And they reallty were'nt from Oprah, they were from GM.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:42:13pm |
re: #375 opnion
Doctor Phil has judged Oprah to be every bit as sane as he is.
And the fat bastard writes diet books.
Strange times we live in. ;D
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:42:15pm |
re: #376 quickjustice
No disrespect, but I-95 runs north to south along the East Coast.
That's what I just corrected in Kosh's #366. He said it was US-95.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:42:23pm |
Brett Farv is going to meet with Minn. Viking officials this week. Some guys just don't know when to give up?
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:43:06pm |
re: #376 quickjustice
No disrespect, but I-95 runs north to south along the East Coast.
Well not sure if I would use the word "run". It crawls north-south sometimes.
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Digital Display Tue, May 5, 2009 2:43:16pm |
re: #367 Honorary Yooper
We use the names a lot here. Even the traffic reports use the names instead of the numbers (with the exceptions of I-80 and I-57 which lack names).
I got passed by a lady on I-80 on the way to the City who had a newspaper on the Steering wheel..A cup of coffee in one hand while she was looking in the mirror putting on eyeliner...
Wonder if she is still alive
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:43:24pm |
re: #376 quickjustice
No disrespect, but I-95 runs north to south along the East Coast.
US 95 is not I-95. Different funding, different times built.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, May 5, 2009 2:43:46pm |
re: #376 quickjustice
No disrespect, but I-95 runs north to south along the East Coast.
I should have called it I 95, not US. The US routes are the old ones, like Rt. 66.
I was trying to differentiate it from the state route 128.
Fortunately, I only go one exit on 128, unless Rt. 3 is backed up and I have to take Rt. 2 instead.
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MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:44:03pm |
re: #359 EmmmieG
We might just have to name the first real outbreak after her.
I'll refrain from making any references to her weight 'cause I'm a nice gal. Today.
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Nevergiveup Tue, May 5, 2009 2:44:45pm |
re: #386 MandyManners
I'll refrain from making any references to her weight 'cause I'm a nice gal. Today.
Will you please let the real Mandy back on?
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:44:45pm |
re: #383 HoosierHoops
I got passed by a lady on I-80 on the way to the City who had a newspaper on the Steering wheel..A cup of coffee in one hand while she was looking in the mirror putting on eyeliner...
Wonder if she is still alive
She made it to Scottsburg.
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MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:44:47pm |
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opnion Tue, May 5, 2009 2:44:50pm |
re: #379 DEZes
And the fat bastard writes diet books.
Strange times we live in. ;D
"Now did you hear what you just said?" (Doctor Phil)
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Soona' Tue, May 5, 2009 2:44:59pm |
re: #375 opnion
Doctor Phil has judged Oprah to be every bit as sane as he is.
Well. That settles that.
/
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brookly red Tue, May 5, 2009 2:45:12pm |
re: #375 opnion
Doctor Phil has judged Oprah to be every bit as sane as he is.
/Well that clinches it! She is destine for the SCOTUS.
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neocon hippie Tue, May 5, 2009 2:45:20pm |
The freeways have names up here in Norcal -- Nimitz (I-880), MacArthur (I-580), Bayshore (US 101), etc -- but no one ever uses them.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:45:48pm |
re: #385 Kosh's Shadow
I should have called it I 95, not US. The US routes are the old ones, like Rt. 66.
I was trying to differentiate it from the state route 128.Fortunately, I only go one exit on 128, unless Rt. 3 is backed up and I have to take Rt. 2 instead.
They were signed and funded differently. The US routes date from 1926, and the Interstates from 1956. This is an excellent site about the US routes.
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Desert Dog Tue, May 5, 2009 2:45:49pm |
re: #358 Russkilitlover
Or, conversely, we refer to them by name - The Golden State
FreewayPARKING LOT, The PasadenaFreewayPARKING LOT, The HarborFreewayPARKING LOT, the Long BeachFreewayPARKING LOT....etc. REALLY messes with the tourists!
I've been on those freewaysPARKING LOTS and they are not so confusing, once you realize what the corresponding number is.
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Russkilitlover Tue, May 5, 2009 2:45:59pm |
re: #314 Nevergiveup
Why didn't you drive up real close, roll down your window, and inhale? Just saying.
If I didn't have an hour's drive ahead of me I would have, but I would have seemed like 3 hours!
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MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:46:08pm |
re: #383 HoosierHoops
I got passed by a lady on I-80 on the way to the City who had a newspaper on the Steering wheel..A cup of coffee in one hand while she was looking in the mirror putting on eyeliner...
Wonder if she is still alive
I useta' paint my fingernails on the way to school when I was a teen.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, May 5, 2009 2:46:09pm |
re: #386 MandyManners
I'll refrain from making any references to her weight 'cause I'm a nice gal. Today.
Ok, who are you and what have you done with the real Mandy?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, May 5, 2009 2:46:14pm |
re: #392 brookly red
/Well that clinches it! She is destine for the SCOTUS.
I'm not ready for a Supreme Court in which decisions are based on how the defendants will feel if they lose.
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dingleB Tue, May 5, 2009 2:46:42pm |
re: #371 brookly red
Interesting comment. It's actually my hope that never have the displeasure of finding out if it is all I hoped it would be...
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MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:46:46pm |
re: #387 Nevergiveup
Will you please let the real Mandy back on?
I tied her up and shoved her into a filing cabinet.
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DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:47:13pm |
re: #390 opnion
"Now did you hear what you just said?" (Doctor Phil)
I must be missing something here.
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eon Tue, May 5, 2009 2:47:35pm |
re: #336 HoosierHoops
She has millions of viewers she can influence with her anti-science crap..
It is upsetting to me she gets away with this
I've come to the conclusion that we're stuck with fighting the Persian wars all over again.
The "progressives" are mystics, who want everything to be decided on "feelings". They are anti-science, anti-technology, and the only difference between them and the IDiots is that they prefer to worship Gaia. Which is another way of saying "earth and water". They are determined to rule, and don't really care who gets hurt in the process, because they think there are too d***ed many people "oppressing" their "goddess" already.
And they will support any loony belief, as long as it is opposed to Western, linear, rational thought. Which probably explains their infatuation with people who hate us, like the Islamists. It's nothing personal, they're just operating on the principle of "we hate the same things". Like actually thinking, instead of "emoting". They have their dogmas, so they don't need to reason- in fact, they resent the implication that reason is superior to just "doing what feels good".
The battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Plataea in the 5th century B.C. were fought over these exact issues. Mysticism vs. rationalism. Democracy vs. "Do as your betters tell you, or else".
I find myself wondering how Leonidas, Miltiades, Pausanias, or Aristides would react to learning that the civilization they fought (and in Leonidas' case, died) to protect had produced a crop of "intellectuals" and "celebrities" who basically sympathized with the likes of Darius and Xerxes.
/Just IMHO- rant mode off.
cheers
eon
| 404 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, May 5, 2009 2:47:44pm |
re: #401 MandyManners
I tied her up and shoved her into a filing cabinet.
I hope you had the decency to give her some gamey troll to snack on while she's in there.
| 405 |
MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:47:50pm |
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callahan23 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:47:58pm |
re: #379 DEZes
"re: #375 opnion
Doctor Phil has judged Oprah to be every bit as sane as he is."
And the fat bastard writes diet books.
Strange times we live in. ;D
And the worlds dictatorships define what racism means.
Indeed strange times we live in.
Hi DEZes. How are you today.
| 407 |
Honorary Yooper Tue, May 5, 2009 2:48:04pm |
re: #397 MandyManners
I useta' paint my fingernails on the way to school when I was a teen.
Not a good idea. We had a lady up north in Lake County just plow into a motorcylist stopped for a red light, killing her. The motorcylist even had her helmet on. The car driver was busy painting her nails when the plowed into the motorcylist. She has been arrested and is now facing charges.
| 408 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:48:05pm |
re: #401 MandyManners
I tied her up and shoved her into a filing cabinet.
You have a thing for rope dont ya.
| 409 |
Soona' Tue, May 5, 2009 2:48:27pm |
re: #392 brookly red
/Well that clinches it! She is destine for the SCOTUS.
That's too close to reality to even laugh at. :p
| 410 |
Spare O'Lake Tue, May 5, 2009 2:48:28pm |
| 411 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:49:17pm |
re: #406 callahan23
And the worlds dictatorships define what racism means.
Indeed strange times we live in.
Hi DEZes. How are you today.
Doing well, was wondering where you have been hiding.
| 412 |
MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:49:19pm |
re: #404 EmmmieG
I hope you had the decency to give her some gamey troll to snack on while she's in there.
Oreos and milk.
| 413 |
opnion Tue, May 5, 2009 2:49:22pm |
re: #402 DEZes
I must be missing something here.
He says that all of the time. He'll have some couple on with marital problems, then bait the poor shmo of a guy to say something stupid.
He then jumps down the guys throat, 'Did you hear what you just said?"
| 414 |
jcm Tue, May 5, 2009 2:49:39pm |
re: #408 DEZes
You have a thing for rope dont ya.
Have lots of hidden razor blades when planning a date with Mandy....
*dive out window*
| 415 |
MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:49:50pm |
re: #407 Honorary Yooper
Not a good idea. We had a lady up north in Lake County just plow into a motorcylist stopped for a red light, killing her. The motorcylist even had her helmet on. The car driver was busy painting her nails when the plowed into the motorcylist. She has been arrested and is now facing charges.
Wow.
| 416 |
MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:50:28pm |
| 417 |
MandyManners Tue, May 5, 2009 2:51:29pm |
Ooh. Let's go kick some GOP butt back into shape!
| 418 |
A Kiwi Infidel Tue, May 5, 2009 2:52:02pm |
re: #416 MandyManners
I've never had a boyfriend complain.
Get back here, this is rapidly turning into an interesting thread.....
| 419 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:52:19pm |
re: #413 opnion
He says that all of the time. He'll have some couple on with marital problems, then bait the poor shmo of a guy to say something stupid.
He then jumps down the guys throat, 'Did you hear what you just said?"
Ah, I never have watched the man.
I was just amazed to see a fat man giving dieting advice in a book.
He should do hair styling books next.
| 420 |
callahan23 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:52:29pm |
re: #411 DEZes
Doing well, was wondering where you have been hiding.
Couldn't comment yesterday as my old pub-quiz-team needed my backing. We won, yeah.
| 421 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:53:19pm |
| 422 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:53:56pm |
re: #420 callahan23
Couldn't comment yesterday as my old pub-quiz-team needed my backing. We won, yeah.
Good man.
| 423 |
jcm Tue, May 5, 2009 2:54:05pm |
re: #419 DEZes
Ah, I never have watched the man.
I was just amazed to see a fat man giving dieting advice in a book.
He should do hair styling books next.
I caught a bit his program once while flipping through channels.
Struck me as Jerry Springer with out the chair throwing.
| 424 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:55:33pm |
re: #414 jcm
Have lots of hidden razor blades when planning a date with Mandy....
*dive out window*
*whistling innocently*
| 425 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 2:57:12pm |
re: #423 jcm
I caught a bit his program once while flipping through channels.
Struck me as Jerry Springer with out the chair throwing.
The women seem to love it, I just dont get it.
| 426 |
quickjustice Tue, May 5, 2009 2:57:16pm |
Wasn't it Ann Althouse who married one of the commenters on her blog?
| 427 |
debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 2:58:28pm |
re: #348 Nevergiveup
Or like from "A League of Their Own"---"Doing a Nelson"
"Or you could stay on the farm and keep plucking cows."
| 428 |
callahan23 Tue, May 5, 2009 2:59:28pm |
re: #422 DEZes
Good man.
We won but not because of me. But it was a riot anyhow. Always a lot to laugh. Never too much ambition on our part. We really posses that Olympic spirit coupled with a variety of different talent and know hows and we are often quite high in the ranking.
| 429 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 3:01:43pm |
re: #428 callahan23
We won but not because of me. But it was a riot anyhow. Always a lot to laugh. Never too much ambition on our part. We really posses that Olympic spirit coupled with a variety of different talent and know hows and we are often quite high in the ranking.
Your team won is all that matters, that and you had fun. ;)
| 430 |
Fluffy Bunny Tue, May 5, 2009 3:01:59pm |
Sorry folks...Florida wins the prize for having the worst drivers on the road, remember 80% of them range in age from 75 to 105 years old. They drive Buicks and are identified by the white, puffy hair that is visible just above the steering wheel but far below the headrest. The women drive 25 mph, the men are aggressive as hell and put Nascar drivers to shame.
Snowbird season is September through April... those are the months that we buckle up, say three Hail Mary's and pray like hell we make it to our destination.
| 431 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 3:02:37pm |
| 432 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 3:05:10pm |
re: #430 Fluffy Bunny
Sorry folks...Florida wins the prize for having the worst drivers on the road, remember 80% of them range in age from 75 to 105 years old. They drive Buicks and are identified by the white, puffy hair that is visible just above the steering wheel but far below the headrest. The women drive 25 mph, the men are aggressive as hell and put Nascar drivers to shame.
Snowbird season is September through April... those are the months that we buckle up, say three Hail Mary's and pray like hell we make it to our destination.
Is that like an old Willi Nelson song.
"Blue hairs driving in two lanes."
| 433 |
debutaunt Tue, May 5, 2009 3:05:14pm |
re: #431 DEZes
Heavy eyelashes?
Jon Lovitz said that in A League of Their Own - referring to milking cows.
| 434 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 3:06:28pm |
re: #433 debutaunt
Jon Lovitz said that in A League of Their Own - referring to milking cows.
Ah, never saw that flick.
But I did see cars, Tractor tipping is fun. ;)
| 435 |
callahan23 Tue, May 5, 2009 3:08:19pm |
re: #431 DEZes
Heavy eyelashes?
In the ancient Greek culture the eyes of a cow were considered to be the most beautiful.
| 436 |
DEZes Tue, May 5, 2009 3:09:36pm |
re: #435 callahan23
In the ancient Greek culture the eyes of a cow were considered to be the most beautiful.
Women must have been scarce.
| 437 |
callahan23 Tue, May 5, 2009 3:14:35pm |
re: #436 DEZes
Women must have been scarce.
Well, have a look at the more explicit paintings on vases an it is clear that they had very 'open' and 'out' sexual preferences.
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Steve Tue, May 5, 2009 4:15:11pm |
Tuesday Afternoon Open, sounds like a golf tournament to me.
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