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The rhino is a homely beast,
For human eyes he’s not a feast.
Farwell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,
I’ll stare at something less prepoceros.
— Ogden Nash, The Rhinoceros
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darthstar Fri, Feb 26, 2010 10:55:22pm |
Traffic sucked, y'all. Left San Francisco at 2:15, and got to our ski house at 10:30. Multiple accidents had the highway closed for about four hours....got around some of the traffic using back roads...still, I'm glad to be off the road.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Feb 26, 2010 10:59:41pm |
This image demands that a bloody, action-packed, high fantasy/steampunk remake of the original be made, one that would be sure to aggravate the purists.
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idioma Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:03:15pm |
BREAKING: Jenny McCarthy 'Fixed' son's Autism.
She prayed for the strength to "fix" her own son Evan, who has suffered the symptoms of autism for years, and she tells Time that her prayers have come true.
And to think, all of those doctors with their "degrees" and "science" wasted valuable time, when all they needed to do was pray.
/
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Ziggy Standard Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:17:01pm |
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darthstar Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:18:39pm |
re: #4 idioma
BREAKING: Jenny McCarthy 'Fixed' son's Autism.
And to think, all of those doctors with their "degrees" and "science" wasted valuable time, when all they needed to do was pray.
/
I'll bet you twenty bucks that, if she were to break her leg, she'd say, "Screw the prayer, give me a fuckin' doctor!"
I had a freshman high school student, back when I taught, whose father was ill. They were Christian Scientists, so they had daily prayer vigils. She was an honors student (International Baccalaureate English was my class)...very bright. She knew her dad was dying and that the prayer wasn't worth shit to him...he needed medicine. It was depressing to watch, but she was a real trooper...probably my favorite student...ever. Seriously. Great kid.
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Ziggy Standard Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:19:00pm |
Religion linked to immorality:
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Ziggy Standard Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:28:26pm |
Night folks :)
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darthstar Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:33:22pm |
re: #10 Jimmah
Good night Jimmah.
Good night John-boy.
Good night Mary-Ellen.
Good night Bobby-Sue.
Good night Grandpa.
Good night, Lizards...I'm headed off to get some sleep myself now.
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Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:36:05pm |
Morning here already in Old Europe. It's springtime here in Germany, temps pushing 50°F and sun coming out.(But it's still winter for Holland and France)
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Obdicut Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:38:37pm |
Massive earthquake in Chile, no report on damage yet.
8.5 - Magnitude Quake Hits Chile
By REUTERS
Filed at 2:04 a.m. ET
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A massive magnitude-8.5 earthquake struck near Concepcion, Chile, early on Saturday, the USGS reported, shaking buildings and causing blackouts in parts of the capital of Santiago.
A Reuters witness reported shaking buildings and loss of electricity in Santiago, which is north of the epicenter.
The earthquake struck 56 miles northeast of Concepcion at a depth of 34 miles at 3:34 a.m./1:34 EST/0643 GMT. The quake was initially reported at a magnitude of 8.3.
The Reuters witness reported a very strong shaking lasted for 10 to 30 seconds.
(Reporting by Alonso Soto and Doina Chiacu)
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Locker Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:38:38pm |
re: #14 ralphieboy
Yea I was considering staying up for like another 4 hours and 30 minutes to catch the Chelsea v Manchester City game but I'm just going to TiVo it and get some winks.
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Bagua Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:39:19pm |
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freetoken Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:39:33pm |
re: #15 Obdicut
[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov...]
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:40:03pm |
re: #16 Locker
Yea I was considering staying up for like another 4 hours and 30 minutes to catch the Chelsea v Manchester City game but I'm just going to TiVo it and get some winks.
Oi, Locker, come down to the previous thread and help me convince rurality that LGF can be a cool place for libs to hang.
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Obdicut Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:41:54pm |
re: #18 freetoken
So it's been an hour, and no report of a tsunami actually hitting. I think they might be safe. I hope.
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freetoken Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:44:50pm |
re: #20 Obdicut
It appears to have been in a relatively sparsely populated area.
Chile is infamous for earthquakes, and big ones at that.
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Silvergirl Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:47:30pm |
re: #20 Obdicut
So it's been an hour, and no report of a tsunami actually hitting. I think they might be safe. I hope.
The tsunami warning is for Chile and Peru the watch is for Ecuador.
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Silvergirl Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:50:05pm |
re: #14 ralphieboy
Morning here already in Old Europe. It's springtime here in Germany, temps pushing 50°F and sun coming out.(But it's still winter for Holland and France)
What's in bloom? I have lots of daffodils opening in Oregon.
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A Man for all Seasons Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:52:19pm |
re: #24 Silvergirl
What's in bloom? I have lots of daffodils opening in Oregon.
It's snowing here tonight.. Again
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Silvergirl Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:57:36pm |
re: #25 HoosierHoops
It's snowing here tonight.. Again
I left a mushy gushy thank you for the recipe in whatever thread that was yesterday. Just so you know it was appreciated!
You and the Indiana snow are ready to part company.
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Silvergirl Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:59:11pm |
re: #21 freetoken
It appears to have been in a relatively sparsely populated area.
Chile is infamous for earthquakes, and big ones at that.
I guess so. I read just now in the NYT about the one in 1960.
In 1960, Chile was hit by the world's biggest earthquake since records dating back to 1900, USGS data shows. The 9.5 magnitude quake devastated the south-central city of Valdivia, killing 1,655 people and sending a tsunami which battered Easter Island 2,300 miles off Chile's Pacific seaboard and continued as far as Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines.
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Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Fri, Feb 26, 2010 11:59:20pm |
re: #23 Silvergirl
The tsunami warning is for Chile and Peru the watch is for Ecuador.
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND
COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS
CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE
EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:03:07am |
(May take a while to load, but it is one of Morricone's more beautiful pieces.)
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:03:27am |
re: #27 Silvergirl
I left a mushy gushy thank you for the recipe in whatever thread that was yesterday. Just so you know it was appreciated!
You and the Indiana snow are ready to part company.
hi you! It's almost springtime....Did you get the LGF cookbook? My mom was a golfer and stole somehow the recipe of the original Waldorf salad from NYC. I put it in the cookbook....
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:12:04am |
re: #30 freetoken
[Video](May take a while to load, but it is one of Morricone's more beautiful pieces.)
In that case, I need to go get the earbuds.
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:13:51am |
re: #31 HoosierHoops
hi you! It's almost springtime...Did you get the LGF cookbook? My mom was a golfer and stole somehow the recipe of the original Waldorf salad from NYC. I put it in the cookbook...
How do you get the cookbook? Reine?
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:14:50am |
re: #33 Silvergirl
How do you get the cookbook? Reine?
Yes click her nic ...
Lot's of good stuff in the cookbook
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Bagua Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:20:44am |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:23:46am |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:36:36am |
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:39:16am |
re: #38 HoosierHoops
Dang..That is old school..Daddy..Is that you?
I wouldn't be saying Daddy unless we had Mule Train or Cab Calloway.
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Bagua Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:42:29am |
re: #36 HoosierHoops
Nice! That even woke Winston up at full blast at 3:20am
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:43:08am |
re: #39 Silvergirl
I wouldn't be saying Daddy unless we had Mule Train or Cab Calloway.
My dad used to listen to Chet Atkins all the time..Drove me crazy....
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:43:34am |
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:44:38am |
re: #30 freetoken
[Video](May take a while to load, but it is one of Morricone's more beautiful pieces.)
I don't think iTunes has this version. I've listened to yours 3X and I don't hear one to match.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:48:23am |
Hooray Homeland Security!
How the FBI Saved the Mormon Olympics from Feminist Terrorists
We are just now learning how close the nation came to an abortion disaster in 2002, when Planned Parenthood terrorists plotted against the Salt Lake City Olympics. Thankfully, the Pentagon and FBI were collecting intelligence on the pro-choice threat.
According to newly released documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation under the Freedom of Information Act, the Pentagon's Joint Forces Command and the FBI collected intelligence on Planned Parenthood as part of their preparations for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. It's unclear from the records precisely what that entailed, but we can all sleep a little easier knowing that people who advocate for reproductive autonomy are never far from the watchful eye of our benevolent security state.
Also, what better way to protect abortion providers from the hundreds of people who are trying to murder them every day—and often succeeding—than to monitor their movements constantly? Everybody wins.
Yay.
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:51:35am |
re: #29 bloodstar
Yeah. Now it's being reported as 8.8
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:53:09am |
re: #37 freetoken
It's actually a Mancini tune, from the Peter Gunn series.
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Bagua Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:54:17am |
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:56:42am |
re: #43 Silvergirl
I don't think iTunes has this version. I've listened to yours 3X and I don't hear one to match.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:57:02am |
After this, I'd say he had it coming.
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 12:59:37am |
re: #43 Silvergirl
It may not be available on iTunes... but it is all over the net.
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:04:52am |
re: #43 Silvergirl
Well, it looks like iTunes has many versions of The Godfather Waltz, but not the arrangement/performance I've linked.
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:07:24am |
re: #51 freetoken
Well, it looks like iTunes has many versions of The Godfather Waltz, but not the arrangement/performance I've linked.
That's what I'm finding. Yours has the smoothest sound.
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Bagua Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:09:24am |
re: #49 Slumbering Behemoth
After this, I'd say he had it coming.
Cookie monster one bad dude, tough end though.
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:09:48am |
re: #52 Silvergirl
Well, far be it for me to suggest downloading it online... but it is available for those so inclined.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:13:51am |
Winter weather warning on TV..We just got like 3 inches of snow..
Are you frickking kidding me? 3 inches? Indiana is close to having more snow in Feb. than in all recorded history and the crawler on the TV is warning us over 3 inches of snow..
Thanks for that warning.. what a life saver!
*wink*
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:22:26am |
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freetoken Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:25:00am |
re: #58 Silvergirl
It's like retro cocktail hour.
It's a 1960's night...
Either that, or I'm working my way up the alphabet and am still in the M's (Morricone, now Mancini.)
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:28:24am |
re: #59 freetoken
It's a 1960's night...
Either that, or I'm working my way up the alphabet and am still in the M's (Morricone, now Mancini.)
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:33:10am |
re: #60 Silvergirl
4:30am on a snowy Saturday morning...Bud Light, A good movie and Little Winston zoned out on my lap...Indiana
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Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:42:40am |
re: #61 HoosierHoops
4:30am on a snowy Saturday morning...Bud Light, A good movie and Little Winston zoned out on my lap...Indiana
re: #61 HoosierHoops
4:30am on a snowy Saturday morning...Bud Light, A good movie and Little Winston zoned out on my lap...Indiana
You sigh and say, "Life is good."
I'm a Hoosier by birth. Don't know if I ever said so before.
Time to tuck the day away. Goodnight late nighters.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:45:44am |
re: #62 Silvergirl
You sigh and say, "Life is good."
I'm a Hoosier by birth. Don't know if I ever said so before.
Time to tuck the day away. Goodnight late nighters.
Good Night!
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idioma Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:50:28am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 1:56:15am |
I'm listening to Ted Nugent's Greatest hits. I don't know if I am waking up or going back to sleep. I have a pot of coffee and a big ass drink. Choices.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:01:52am |
re: #66 Cannadian Club Akbar
I'm listening to Ted Nugent's Greatest hits. I don't know if I am waking up or going back to sleep. I have a pot of coffee and a big ass drink. Choices.
5am It's a break and popcorn time from the movie the blind side...
As I said a few days ago.. This has become my favorite top ten all time true sports movie....Just amazing..
Sandra Bullock is said to win the Academy award for this movie...She will win it...She nails the part! Sandra? unreal!
/I like real butter on my popcorn..How 'bout you guys?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:10:46am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:13:17am |
re: #67 HoosierHoops
Extra butter, please. I can call the Oscars with an 80% ( best pic, actor/actress/, movie, supporting actress/actor, screenplay, adapted) Etc. I know how to write so I have lost interest in movies. They are all the same.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:19:22am |
re: #69 Cannadian Club Akbar
Extra butter, please. I can call the Oscars with an 80% ( best pic, actor/actress/, movie, supporting actress/actor, screenplay, adapted) Etc. I know how to write so I have lost interest in movies. They are all the same.
There are some movies that are just magic.. Most are shit.. I generally pick a movie every Saturday morning and review it here..Last summer the movies really sucked except for a few and the Dark Knight..
When I heard Sandra Bullock would win an Oscar for being in a sports movie I laughed my ass off.. No way!
She will win this year..Check out the movie....
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idioma Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:35:13am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:48:43am |
My brother brought me tacos the other day. They sucked. An English person made them. I don't hate the UK, but can we get a taco making mother fucker?
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Unions = Innovation slash slash Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:49:59am |
re: #72 Cannadian Club Akbar
My brother brought me tacos the other day. They sucked. An English person made them. I don't hate the UK, but can we get a taco making mother fucker?
But, aren't the Brits known for their great food?
//
Good Morning CCA!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:52:37am |
re: #73 rwdflynavy
But, aren't the Brits known for their great food?
//Good Morning CCA!
I want tacos and beer. Me make tacos. You beer. (Add man grunt here)
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Unions = Innovation slash slash Sat, Feb 27, 2010 2:53:56am |
re: #74 Cannadian Club Akbar
I want tacos and beer. Me make tacos. You beer. (Add man grunt here)
Sounds delicious!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 3:03:54am |
Ya know, some will tell you not to eat this or that for breakfast. What a person needs to eat is what they crave. Pizza? Mmmkay. Tacos? All righty. I love the food from my region. Cheese grits. Need I say more?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 3:12:28am |
re: #76 Cannadian Club Akbar
And, BTW. There was a Man vs. Food the other night. I accept responsibility for that show. What a fucking joke. ( Sarasota was the place-I don't live there-and they have a high tax rate-Wanna guess who is control?)
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Boondock St. Bender Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:13:52am |
re: #77 Cannadian Club Akbar
the bildebergers?...the masons(they run everything else....)
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:20:06am |
re: #78 Boondock St. Bender
the bildebergers?...the masons(they run everything else...)
Look, man. If you don't die the death of the buildaburgers and the CFR,you have been pwn3ed. Tomatos and onion please.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:21:02am |
Doo-it in doo doo, feeling groovy..
(copied that from a lyric site)
(sounds like a totally different kind of internets, don't it?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:22:41am |
re: #80 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
We don't need your happy times here, mister.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:24:11am |
re: #81 cannadian club akbar
But... but... I'm PERKY!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:30:53am |
re: #82 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
But... but... I'm PERKY!
I went to the CCA Ranch yesterday. Stuff was stolen. Bummer. Me no perky. But "me just moved here". Wanna guess my Craigslist add?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:32:35am |
re: #83 cannadian club akbar
Stealing is wrong. But the gubmint ain't been setting a very good example.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:34:58am |
re: #84 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Stealing is wrong. But the gubmint ain't been setting a very good example.
I put in the CL add that I just moved here. I hope to find my tractor. If not, I have insurance.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:37:06am |
re: #85 cannadian club akbar
Someone stole you TRACTOR!?!? I was thinking your pot? Your boom-box....
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:40:44am |
re: #86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Someone stole you TRACTOR!?!? I was thinking your pot? Your boom-box...
Lawn tractor- 106 piece tool set- jet ski (550 Kawasaki)- 350 engine- stereo- I haven't looked at everything yet, it got dark.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:41:24am |
re: #87 cannadian club akbar
Lawn tractor- 106 piece tool set- jet ski (550 Kawasaki)- 350 engine- stereo- I haven't looked at everything yet, it got dark.
When you fainted?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:47:47am |
re: #88 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
When you fainted?
I spend half my time in town, closer to jobs. I went to the Ranch on Monday and everything was fine. So it happened Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll tell you this. They were sure lucky I wasn't home.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:48:05am |
re: #87 cannadian club akbar
I've had very little stolen from me in my life...
A car stereo that was held in with twisty ties (the street outside my house...
A necklace (in Jr. High School)...
My innocence (summer camp)...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 4:50:38am |
re: #90 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I've had very little stolen from me in my life...
A car stereo that was held in with twisty ties (the street outside my house...
A necklace (in Jr. High School)...
My innocence (summer camp)...
I'm only getting 2 things here...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:03:43am |
I hope I find the person who stole my stuff. I just talked to my brother (6'2"-240) and together we can rectify the problem.
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:05:05am |
re: #89 cannadian club akbar
I spend half my time in town, closer to jobs. I went to the Ranch on Monday and everything was fine. So it happened Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll tell you this. They were sure lucky I wasn't home.
Fuckers.
Get a police report. The police won't do anything, but you'll need the report for any insurance claims.
Most likely, it's someone local, who's been watching your place and knows you're not there during the day.
The items mentioned, especially the jet ski and lawn tractor, are odd choices. Check dealers in the area, and just keep your eye out in the area for them. Might be worth checking the want ads, too. Or Craig's List.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:06:38am |
re: #90 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
EVERY SINGLE BIKE I have ever owned from age 6 onward has been stolen. ZERO EXCEPTIONS. I wish I were kidding or exaggerating.
It's probably been the same guy each and every time. Following me around from city to city, as the years stretch into decades, just to steal my bike. Friggin pervert.
I was just thinking about getting another bike the other day, but then I remembered that damned kleptomaniac is probably still watching me, just waiting for me to give in and present him with another target.
Maybe it's for the best. I'm not real sure what I would do with a bike these days; probably nothing good. Remember that kid you knew in your childhood who always found novel death-defying things to jump his bike off of, or 90-degree slopes to ride down so that he could achieve uncontrollable speeds that took him across a busy street during rush hour? I was that dumb-ass. I never sustained any injury more severe than the occasional bit
of road rash on the knee.
Of course, if I tried any of my former shenanigans today, I would instantly pulverize every bone I have; I would end up on a table with surgeons hovering over me, each of them thinking about the glowing write-up in the medical journals they'd get if they're able to save at least one of my limbs.
Still, I think I'd like to get a bike this summer. I'm much closer to 40 than to 14, and that would preclude a normal person from thinking about popping wheelies and seeing every incline as a potential ramp from which to get some gnarley air, but apparently I have the dumbass gene and it probably can't be suppressed forever.
Maybe that guy has been doing me a favor all these years - stealing my bike before I have the chance to do something that can't be undone...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:07:30am |
re: #93 SixDegrees
I have an add on CL. And a police report. And talked with the insurance peeps. I thank you.
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Taqyia2Me Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:08:10am |
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck south-central Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 78 people, knocking down buildings and triggering a tsunami...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:10:57am |
re: #89 cannadian club akbar
I spend half my time in town, closer to jobs. I went to the Ranch on Monday and everything was fine. So it happened Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll tell you this. They were sure lucky I wasn't home.
They left a $2000 air compressor, a $900 laptop.
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:15:07am |
Morning all. Besides Bunnythief being exposed as a sock/troll, an Earthquake in Chile and negativ admitting his suicidal tendencies with bicycles, have I missed anything interesting?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:16:47am |
re: #98 Bubblehead II
Morning all. Besides Bunnythief being exposed as a sock/troll, an Earthquake in Chile and negativ admitting his suicidal tendencies with bicycles, have I missed anything interesting?
I sometimes eat ice cream really fast. I getz the headache.:)
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Varek Raith Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:18:38am |
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:19:05am |
re: #99 cannadian club akbar
I get the same effect by chugging a really cold beer
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:20:00am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:22:24am |
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:24:47am |
re: #100 Varek Raith
Morning. Anymore now days I am shocked when someone isn't banned. Though we are starting to run out of class of 94 members.
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Varek Raith Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:26:51am |
re: #104 Bubblehead II
Morning. Anymore now days I am shocked when someone isn't banned. Though we are starting to run out of class of 94 members.
Do you know which thread he/she/it was exposed on?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:29:15am |
re: #104 Bubblehead II
Morning. Anymore now days I am shocked when someone isn't banned. Though we are starting to run out of class of 94 members.
I'm '95. Bunnydick tried to get the bottom 10 sweep. But:FAIL!!
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:31:50am |
re: #105 Varek Raith
No. Just saw Charles post about it in the Birther Queen thread as I was scrolling through it.
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sadhu Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:31:55am |
live stream from Chile: [Link: www.ustream.tv...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:32:00am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:32:14am |
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:35:33am |
re: #110 cannadian club akbar
Well I was thinking about doing Helen Thomas, but decided to be merciful.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:38:23am |
re: #87 cannadian club akbar
Someone stole an engine? Was there a car wrapped around it?
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:38:46am |
Just read about the Chilean earthquake. That was a big one. And now there is a tsunami watch for the coast.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:40:51am |
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:41:37am |
Tsunami warning for Hawaiin IslandsYour text to link...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:41:53am |
re: #113 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Someone stole an engine? Was there a car wrapped around it?
No. But they didn't leave tracks going out to the barn. But they left an engine hoist (cherry picker) I am confused as well.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:44:44am |
Fat after that earthquake I expect most of the Pacific would be on an alert
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:45:32am |
re: #119 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Are you one of the Lizards who live there? I know we have at least one.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:46:20am |
re: #121 Bubblehead II
I am in Virginia. In the mountains. Above the valley.
If I get a Tsunami? Most of y'all have bigger problems.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:46:24am |
re: #116 Bubblehead II
OMG That is what I expected but again that is not good.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:46:25am |
re: #121 Bubblehead II
Are you one of the Lizards who live there? I know we have at least one.
FBV is in Virginia.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:47:48am |
re: #122 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I am in Virginia. In the mountains. Above the valley.
If I get a Tsunami? Most of y'all have bigger problems.
I'm in Florida. We are 2 feet above sea level. I see no problems.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:48:16am |
re: #124 cannadian club akbar
Playing with my new jet ski, fiddling around with a 350 engine, using my 106 piece tool kit.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:49:43am |
re: #125 cannadian club akbar
I agree. It is Pacific coast warning.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:49:43am |
re: #126 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Playing with my new jet ski, fiddling around with a 350 engine, using my 106 piece tool kit.
snickering
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Cato the Elder Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:49:44am |
Mornin', lacerti and lacertae.
It's a snow-globe day in Baltimore. Imagine a dirty old city with flaky flakes swirling around as though God just gave it a shake.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:51:00am |
re: #129 Cato the Elder
I sometimes feel that way when there is no snow.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:52:48am |
re: #129 Cato the Elder
Mornin', lacerti and lacertae.
It's a snow-globe day in Baltimore. Imagine a dirty old city with flaky flakes swirling around as though God just gave it a shake.
God hates Baltimore. This message brought to you by the Westboro Baptist church.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:55:24am |
New sign of spring...
Just saw my first OTC allergy medication commercial.
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:57:13am |
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:58:27am |
re: #132 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
This is the first sign of spring in Philly.
[Link: www.theflowershow.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:59:22am |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:00:13am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:02:20am |
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:03:00am |
re: #136 negativ
I like the picture of the "exhausted" cow, sprawled out on the ground after her binge.
I bet they were in there looking for beer.
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:03:34am |
re: #136 negativ
"Her insurance adjuster told her that the mayhem caused by the cows wouldn't be covered. Seems her homeowner's policy doesn't account for intruding cows."
Figures. There's always someway for them (insurance companies) to avoid paying.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:05:11am |
re: #139 Bubblehead II
That is typical. Insurance companies do not want to pay for anything.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:05:56am |
re: #131 cannadian club akbar
God hates Baltimore. This message brought to you by the Westboro Baptist church.
He hates blogs, too.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:06:49am |
Have I ever said how much I hate dishwashers? I am biased because I'm single. And I get it for families.
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:07:55am |
re: #142 cannadian club akbar
Have I ever said how much I hate dishwashers? I am biased because I'm single. And I get it for families.
Wait - the machines, or the employees?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:09:27am |
re: #143 SixDegrees
Wait - the machines, or the employees?
If he hated people who wash dishes, that would make him a self-hating dishwasher.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:09:28am |
re: #143 SixDegrees
Wait - the machines, or the employees?
I have sent out resumes for dish washing jobs. Did I get a call back? Nope.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:10:17am |
Oh darn. It is snowing again in Philly. I got to find a way of getting some Flower Show tickets.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:12:11am |
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Cato the Elder Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:14:11am |
re: #146 PhillyPretzel
Bet he hates Microsoft Word even more.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:14:37am |
re: #148 cannadian club akbar
BOOGA!!! I fucking hate network news.
I did hear a story that was run on 60 Minutes and I posted it the other day. So, bad on me, I suppose?
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Varek Raith Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:14:46am |
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:14:58am |
re: #149 Cato the Elder
Bet he hates Microsoft Word even more.
There's nothing unique about that, though. It's a hatred shared by nearly everyone.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:19:04am |
It is gray and rainy here. A good day to drink, I guess.
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Varek Raith Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:19:06am |
Sigh, I feel a Comcast rant coming over me...
/Damn cable keeps cutting out. Internet is sluggish.
BBL.
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:19:57am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:21:53am |
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:22:19am |
re: #155 Bubblehead II
That is okay. You can have your concert and I will have the flower show.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:23:16am |
I expect to hear this played, without a hint of irony, as the official anthem of the GOP in 2012.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:29:13am |
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lawhawk Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:32:52am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. We're digging out from that massive Nor'easter from yesterday and I still have some shovelling to deal with, but it's not nearly the backbreaking stuff from two days ago when the concrete worthy slush/heavy wet snow came down. It's still pretty in these parts, which is a stark contrast to what's going on down in Chile, where that massive 8.8 quake struck outside Santiago. Tsunami warnings are out for much of the Pacific Rim, and one can only hope that those in the path get to higher ground when the warnings locally are sounded - or that if people notice the ocean receding abnormally that they get to higher ground as quickly as possible.
Some of the footage from Chile is reminiscent of the scenes from Kobe or San Francisco - collapsed elevated highways and cars tossed about like toys, buildings pancaked on garage areas, buildings aflame, and people worried about aftershocks (6.9 and 6.1 among the stronger ones).
Expect humanitarian relief to begin as quickly as possible.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:32:52am |
Wow... Lee Majors is on TV hawking a "bionic ear".
Gosh, he looks terrible.
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lawhawk Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:33:23am |
re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Well, it might take 6 million to get him looking tip-top...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:35:54am |
re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Wow... Lee Majors is on TV hawking a "bionic ear".
Gosh, he looks terrible.
Wasn't Linsey Wagner the 6 million dollar woman? She's still hot.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:36:36am |
re: #160 lawhawk
Pictures on the news... gosh.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:38:00am |
re: #163 cannadian club akbar
Wasn't Linsey Wagner the 6 million dollar woman? She's still hot.
Yeah... and she had the bionic ear!
Lee was thin, he was a pretty big guy back in the day. I figured he'd be fat... but it took me a few to even recognize him. Even after he used the word "bionic" ten times...
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lawhawk Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:40:36am |
re: #166 albusteve
And the inevitable claims that G-d made it happen because X was wicked; the global warming made it happen; asinine conspiracy theories that the US was again testing Grazer 1 will occur in 3...2...1...
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Cathypop Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:41:18am |
Morning Lizards,
The La Primavera bike race just started out by me with a warning to the riders to watch out for the deer because they cannot read the signs. Hope there are no bike/deer pile ups.
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lawhawk Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:43:28am |
Worst commute of the week - a group of passengers were stranded on a train on the line I used to take - first had delays departing by nearly 3 hours; then had another problem when their train got stranded after getting struck by a downed tree damaged air lines. We're talking nearly 7 hours of delays and being stranded. Hours more before they got rescued because they were a mile from the nearest road and rescue crews had to go on foot through two feet of snow to bring supplies and jury rig a fix to help the train make it to the nearest crossing.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:43:48am |
re: #168 lawhawk
Hmm. Let's give them a few more minutes to respond.
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:43:53am |
re: #153 cannadian club akbar
It is gray and rainy here. A good day to drink, I guess.
It's my birthday, I've already started:
The lead singer for weezer is one of the few guys whiter than me.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:45:38am |
re: #172 RogueOne
It's my birthday, I've already started:
[Video]The lead singer for weezer is one of the few guys whiter than me.
Me gonna have one for you!!!! And ding!!!
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Cathypop Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:47:07am |
re: #172 RogueOne
Happy Birthday!
Mine is next week.
Yeah Pisces!
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:53:11am |
re: #170 lawhawk
Back in my grandma's time, it often took ALL DAY for the train to get from Warsaw to Treblinka. Meal service was terrible, and the concierge was usually nowhere to be found. "On break", I suppose. (rolleyes)
They kept to the published schedule without fail, though. I suppose they earn some points for that.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:54:51am |
re: #172 RogueOne
It's my birthday, I've already started:
[Video]The lead singer for weezer is one of the few guys whiter than me.
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Bubblehead II Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:55:10am |
Well it's that time again. See ya tomorrow morning.
re: #172 RogueOne
Watch out for that Tie fighter on your 6!
and Happy Birthday
L8R
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theliel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 6:59:16am |
Just something that LIzards might be interested in (via balloon juice)
Comparison of Palin et. al. to george wallace
The quotes are about the only thing we didn't already know..
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:01:19am |
I Am Israel:
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:01:55am |
re: #172 RogueOne
Happy birthday!
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:02:39am |
I bought a droid on Wednesday night. I'm still working on setting different sound profiles to get it like my old blackberry. What came standard on the blackberry is taking me 3 different apps, one of which I had to buy. It took all of 5 mins on my BB to set up different profiles and I've been struggling with this since thursday morning. Starting to get on my last nerve here.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:11:18am |
re: #179 cannadian club akbar
That, but mostly Czech, so I'm told. I find it extremely easy to believe that these are My People:
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:12:36am |
re: #185 RogueOne
I bought a droid on Wednesday night. I'm still working on setting different sound profiles to get it like my old blackberry. What came standard on the blackberry is taking me 3 different apps, one of which I had to buy. It took all of 5 mins on my BB to set up different profiles and I've been struggling with this since thursday morning. Starting to get on my last nerve here.
You're not using the right language. That phone only responds well to Droidspeak.
/
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:12:45am |
re: #186 cannadian club akbar
Shoot it!!!
Tempting but I still have the option to trade it in for the storm2. The pretty screen, coming flash support, and all the apps suckered me. I've had to find a different email client since droid only seems to care about google mail, bought an app to be able to change my font sizes since my eyes are starting to go south on me, an app to be able to set ringtones to groups, and another app to be able to set individual sms tones for my contacts, all options I never thought to check before I bought because I assumed that kind of minor crap would be standard options. So far I'm very unimpressed.
And if Darthstar is here, I'm still blaming you!//
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:13:24am |
re: #188 Dark_Falcon
I saw your conversation last night, good luck. How long have you been in sales?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:15:56am |
re: #186 cannadian club akbar
Shoot it!!!
It's a DROID. Mere bullets won't do. The DROID will only absorb the bullet and assimilate it into itself!!!!
WE'RE DOOMED!!!!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:16:27am |
re: #190 RogueOne
I saw your conversation last night, good luck. How long have you been in sales?
I've been in sales since 2001.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:17:35am |
re: #185 RogueOne
I bought a droid on Wednesday night. I'm still working on setting different sound profiles to get it like my old blackberry. What came standard on the blackberry is taking me 3 different apps, one of which I had to buy. It took all of 5 mins on my BB to set up different profiles and I've been struggling with this since thursday morning. Starting to get on my last nerve here.
Uncle Owen, look! This R2 unit has a bad motivator!
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:18:42am |
Yesterday was 17 years since the first WTC bombing. The blast was set off in an underground parking garage, and was intended to topple one tower into the other.
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:19:57am |
re: #192 Dark_Falcon
The reason I ask is my spouse works for spotlight-comcast and I know they're always looking for sales and sales ops people. They're tough on their salespeople, if you don't hit your numbers you aren't going to last very long, but they also pay them a small fortune. It's an election year so they're looking at huge numbers already.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:21:22am |
re: #195 RogueOne
The reason I ask is my spouse works for spotlight-comcast and I know they're always looking for sales and sales ops people. They're tough on their salespeople, if you don't hit your numbers you aren't going to last very long, but they also pay them a small fortune. It's an election year so they're looking at huge numbers already.
I'll look into that. I'll see if they're hiring in the Chicago area.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:23:04am |
Morning, folks. Happy bday Rogue One!
This might have been posted yesterday-- exBush speech writer talks in the WaPo about the Teddy Roosevelt hate (and tangentially the Lincoln-hate) at CPAC. Thought it was worth a read, anyway:
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]
it was [Teddy] Roosevelt's political purpose to avoid a revolution. He sought to preserve the market system by regulating its health, safety and fairness. This is not laissez faire, but it is an authentic conservative tradition -- the use of incremental reform to diffuse radicalism. And few today would wish to return to 19th-century labor, health and antitrust standards.
All those few, however, seemed to be in attendance at CPAC, determined to sharpen an ideological debate. In the name of constitutional purity, they propose a great undoing. Not just the undoing of Obamaism. Undo Medicare and Social Security. Undo the expansive American global commitments that proceeded from World War II and the Cold War. Undo progressive-era economic regulations. Undo the executive power grab that preserved the union. Undo it all -- until America is left with a government appropriate to an isolated, 18th-century farming republic.
This is a proposal for time travel, not a policy agenda.
Later, lizardia!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:25:24am |
re: #197 iceweasel
Morning, folks. Happy bday Rogue One!
Later, lizardia!
Who was that masked woman!?!?!
/
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:27:11am |
Speaking of technology problems, I have a 60 inch hi def... there's no blue on the screen... what's wrong?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:27:24am |
re: #198 MandyManners
Just 82 dead reported so far.
I'm trying to find any TV stations from there that are still on the air. So far, the three that I know of are dark. I've got a couple from Argentina but so far no good video from Chili
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:27:54am |
re: #201 sattv4u2
I'm trying to find any TV stations from there that are still on the air. So far, the three that I know of are dark. I've got a couple from Argentina but so far no good video from Chili
Terremoto?
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:28:33am |
re: #196 Dark_Falcon
They have a lot of staff in chicago, that's where the national sales team is located. I don't know what kind of salary you're looking for but their sales support stuff, researchers, acct planners...etc, also make decent pay and the benefits are excellent. I've also met their sales manager, he seems like a good guy to work for.
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:29:27am |
re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Speaking of technology problems, I have a 60 inch hi def... there's no blue on the screen... what's wrong?
You've been poisoned. It's been nice fbv, see ya on the other side.
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:29:46am |
re: #196 Dark_Falcon
I'll look into that. I'll see if they're hiring in the Chicago area.
Good show. Best way to get ready is to stay ready.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:30:53am |
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:31:16am |
re: #201 sattv4u2
I'm trying to find any TV stations from there that are still on the air. So far, the three that I know of are dark. I've got a couple from Argentina but so far no good video from Chili
Try here: [Link: wwitv.com...]
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:31:32am |
re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Speaking of technology problems, I have a 60 inch hi def... there's no blue on the screen... what's wrong?
with you,,, or the TV!?!?
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:31:40am |
re: #206 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Well... what a way to go...
At least I won't have the blues...
Reds are next...
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:33:15am |
After repeatedly asking for an interview to address Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe's request for former Vice President Al Gore to testify on global warming, FoxNews.com finally heard from Gore's office.
Here's the response we received, verbatim:
"Thank you for your kind request. Unfortunately, Mr. Gore's schedule is extremely overbooked and we're unable to offer any availability. It's very difficult to decline invitations such as yours, but it's an unfortunate inevitability of the growing influence of the climate crisis message and the demand on Mr. Gore's time. We do apologize, but thanks for your interest."
nicely worded dodge....Al 'noBell' Gore must be crapping his britches these days
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:33:15am |
re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Speaking of technology problems, I have a 60 inch hi def... there's no blue on the screen... what's wrong?
You on satellite or cable?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:33:19am |
re: #197 iceweasel
Morning, folks. Happy bday Rogue One!
This might have been posted yesterday-- exBush speech writer talks in the WaPo about the Teddy Roosevelt hate (and tangentially the Lincoln-hate) at CPAC. Thought it was worth a read, anyway:
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]
This is a proposal for time travel, not a policy agenda.
It is my sincerest wish that I will some day be able to travel back to 1984, extend my filthy, gunpowder-blackened hand to Sarah Connor, and say, "Come with me if you want to live."
Failing that, I really really really REALLY want to see the machines take over.
All, or nothing.
So, where do I sign up for the time travel initiative?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:33:34am |
re: #206 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Gosh, I wish I could ding myself sometimes...
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:34:12am |
re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Speaking of technology problems, I have a 60 inch hi def... there's no blue on the screen... what's wrong?
punishment for buying such a ridiculously huge TV?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:34:14am |
re: #211 RogueOne
cable... i've checked all the settings... bulbs are fine...
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:34:56am |
re: #207 The Sanity Inspector
Try here: [Link: wwitv.com...]
Thanks ,, but what I can usually get here at work is live feeds that are being sent TO TV stations from the field before editing.
Still looking ,,,
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:35:57am |
re: #210 albusteve
After repeatedly asking for an interview to address Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe's request for former Vice President Al Gore to testify on global warming, FoxNews.com finally heard from Gore's office.
Here's the response we received, verbatim:
"Thank you for your kind request. Unfortunately, Mr. Gore's schedule is extremely overbooked and we're unable to offer any availability. It's very difficult to decline invitations such as yours, but it's an unfortunate inevitability of the growing influence of the climate crisis message and the demand on Mr. Gore's time. We do apologize, but thanks for your interest."
nicely worded dodge...Al 'noBell' Gore must be crapping his britches these days
Why? All he's had to face so far is attempts to slime him and he's used to that. No one has laid a glove on the science.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:36:09am |
A Presidential first:
THIS WEEK IN GOD.... First up from the God Machine this week was a rare White House meeting, between Obama administration officials and prominent atheists. (via Ron Chusid)
Coalition leaders are billing their visit as an important meeting between a presidential administration and the "nontheist" community.
The Secular Coalition for America called the meeting "the first time in history a presidential administration has met for a policy briefing with the American nontheist community."
The Catholic League, which is offended for a living, condemned the gathering. "People of faith, especially Christians, have good reason to wonder exactly where their interests lie with the Obama administration," professional complainer Bill Donohue said. "Now we have the definitive answer." Donohue described attendees as "anti-religious activists" who would like to "crush Christianity if they could."
- [Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com...]
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Henchman Ghazi-808 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:36:21am |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:37:04am |
re: #218 lawhawk
[Video]
thanks ,,, but see #217 for what I'm looking for (and usually can find) here at work
NOT the TV station broadcast itself ,, sorry I was unclear
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:37:13am |
re: #221 BigPapa
This is where I'm supposed to be working today:
[Link: 2.bp.blogspot.com...]
I hope I don't get too wet!
*whackwhackwhack*
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:37:24am |
re: #221 BigPapa
This is where I'm supposed to be working today:
[Link: 2.bp.blogspot.com...]
I hope I don't get too wet!
You're the one supposed to clean my pool?!?!
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Obdicut Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:37:31am |
re: #210 albusteve
Inhofe is a moron. A dishonest moron. Nothing is to be gained from meeting with a hardcore denier, just like meeting with creationists doesn't do crap for a biologist. It just gives them a tad of legitimacy that they don't deserve.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:37:44am |
re: #211 RogueOne
Happy B-Day. Any new cartoons in the offing?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:37:45am |
re: #223 MandyManners
Speaking of dinging myself...
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:38:00am |
re: #219 Dark_Falcon
Why? All he's had to face so far is attempts to slime him and he's used to that. No one has laid a glove on the science.
it's not about the truth, it's about the perception of the truth....people are gunning for him
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wrenchwench Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:38:18am |
re: #221 BigPapa
This is where I'm supposed to be working today:
[Link: 2.bp.blogspot.com...]
I hope I don't get too wet!
You're building a skatepark?
/
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:38:28am |
re: #215 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Then I guess the only thing that can be wrong is your signal to your dvr, your dvr, or the connection cables going to the tv. That should narrow it down//
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:39:08am |
re: #221 BigPapa
This is where I'm supposed to be working today:
[Link: 2.bp.blogspot.com...]
I hope I don't get too wet!
It's your job to take one small bucket of water at a time from the ocean to the pool?
Thats gonna take a LONG LONG time!!
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:41:22am |
re: #225 Obdicut
Inhofe is a moron. A dishonest moron. Nothing is to be gained from meeting with a hardcore denier, just like meeting with creationists doesn't do crap for a biologist. It just gives them a tad of legitimacy that they don't deserve.
then why don't Gore's people come out and say so?....dodging the issue cannot be a good strategy to promote AGW
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:41:37am |
Oh, my stars. Fox is showing a bridge that isn't any more.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:42:28am |
re: #233 MandyManners
Oh, my stars. Fox is showing a bridge that isn't any more.
is (was) it over the River Kwai!?!?!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:43:28am |
re: #233 MandyManners
Oh, my stars. Fox is showing a bridge that isn't any more.
Oh, that's terrible.
Hope it wasn't busy.
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:43:29am |
re: #220 Jeff In Ohio
Out of curiosity, I wonder what issues a theist lobby would have that aren't already covered by someone else like the ACLU? Are they against religion in schools based on anti-theology or the constitution.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:44:11am |
A trip down memory lane.
This isn't a music thread - but a friend of mine just posted this on FB.
How many here ever danced to this as a teen and fell into lust?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:44:24am |
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:45:13am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:45:18am |
re: #238 reine.de.tout
I didn't. But, I'm pretty young, you know...
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:45:29am |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:45:43am |
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:46:04am |
re: #239 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Last number I heard from Haiti was 300,000.
Gosh...
There are a lot of bodies still under debris.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:46:15am |
re: #213 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Gosh, I wish I could ding myself sometimes...
Just don't do it in public, or else you'll end up registered in a database somewhere.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:46:25am |
re: #238 reine.de.tout
yeah ,, because as a teen I needed inspiration to fall into lust
Here's what did it for me
breathing! (mine OR hers) !!!
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:46:27am |
re: #237 Obdicut
What issue is being dodged, exactly?
Why it seems like he's preparing for a global ice age by packing on the blubber. Plus, the obvious connection between his arrival anywhere on the planet and record cold/snowfall. It's all connected.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:46:57am |
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Bobcats majority owner Bob Johnson announced he's selling control of the team to Jordan, the Hall of Fame player who has overseen the Bobcats' basketball operation the past few years.
Jordan finally gets his own team, what he's always wanted....good for him and I hope he's a winner...as a player he was the best think to ever come along for the NBA....he's the last of the old school guys
[Link: www.charlotteobserver.com...]
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:47:04am |
re: #245 negativ
Just don't do it in public, or else you'll end up registered in a database somewhere.
HAHAHA! It's funny cuz it's true!
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:47:12am |
Lotsa' shaking near Chile.
[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:48:11am |
re: #246 sattv4u2
17 year old boys get horny when they see the crack of dawn.
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:48:24am |
Ever since my teen sis-n-law moved in it smells like a perfume bottle exploded in here.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:48:50am |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:48:55am |
re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Speaking of technology problems, I have a 60 inch hi def... there's no blue on the screen... what's wrong?
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:49:04am |
re: #252 RogueOne
Ever since my teen sis-n-law moved in it smells like a perfume bottle exploded in here.
(((RogueOne)))
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wrenchwench Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:49:06am |
re: #236 RogueOne
Out of curiosity, I wonder what issues a theist lobby would have that aren't already covered by someone else like the ACLU? Are they against religion in schools based on anti-theology or the constitution.
Protecting Children from Neglect and Abuse: Liz Heywood will describe her harrowing childhood struggle as she was refused medical attention when stricken with painful, debilitating illness. While there are federal standards to protect children from medical neglect, there continues to exist an exemption to these minimum standards when religion becomes the motivation behind the neglect. Parents whose children are physically endangered by so called “faith-healing” and “Faith-healing treatment providers” must be held responsible by law for participating in the denial of proper medical treatment. Similarly, religious child care centers, for the sake of the children for whom they are responsible, must be subject to the same health and safety laws as secular child care centers that receive federal funding.Ending Military Proselytizing: Ensuring that the rights for which our men and women in uniform fight—among them freedom of conscience—are respected at all levels of the U.S. military, so that no service-member is ever coerced into religious participation, subject to proselytizing, or discriminated against because of their beliefs or lack thereof. Kathleen Johnson, Vice President of American Atheists, and Jason Torpy, President of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers will recount their own experiences with religious discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Fixing Faith-Based Initiatives: Taking all necessary steps to make certain that religious organizations receiving federal funding for social welfare programs cannot discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion, that program beneficiaries are never subject to proselytizing, and that secular options are made equally available to those in need.
"There has been a movement toward theocracy in America that is too often overlooked," said Faircloth. "As a result, good Americans, including children, have been harmed, and men and women in uniform denied their rights. This strikes at the very core of American values. The Secular Coalition for America seeks justice for every citizen, regardless of creed."
Happy birthday, RogueOne!
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Obdicut Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:51:13am |
re: #253 albusteve
If you don't know it's being dodged, how do you know it's being dodged? It's not like Inhofe is going to come up with anything new-- he's a recycling kind of denier.
Do you think a biologist is dodging an issue when they refuse to meet with a creationist?
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:52:42am |
President Obama will receive his first routine physical since becoming president this Sunday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., the White House announced today.
there are some good jokes in there....but I'm too classy to make one
[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]
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Locker Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:52:57am |
re: #256 wrenchwench
Nice post man. I had just put up a link to the Raw Story article above. Another quote I found to be telling was this:
"It is one thing for Administration to meet with groups of varying viewpoints, but it is quite another for a senior official to sit down with activists representing some of the most hate-filled, anti-religious groups in the nation," said Council Nedd, chairman of the religious advocacy group In God We Trust.
Gotta love the whole "not believing" = "hate" equation. Completely unsurprising.
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:53:02am |
re: #236 RogueOne
Out of curiosity, I wonder what issues a theist lobby would have that aren't already covered by someone else like the ACLU? Are they against religion in schools based on anti-theology or the constitution.
Great point. The original McClatchy article states their agenda as 'child medical neglect, military proselytizing and faith-based initiatives.'
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:53:15am |
re: #251 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
17 year old boys get horny when they see the crack of dawn.
a stiff breeze
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RogueOne Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:53:21am |
re: #256 wrenchwench
Numbers 2 & 3 are already pretty well covered. They are covering something different with #1 though since it's "for the children" and all. Good point.
I have a hard time picking a side on the whole faith-healing.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:53:22am |
re: #257 Obdicut
If you don't know it's being dodged, how do you know it's being dodged? It's not like Inhofe is going to come up with anything new-- he's a recycling kind of denier.
Do you think a biologist is dodging an issue when they refuse to meet with a creationist?
I'm gonna dodge the issue myself
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:53:42am |
I was just reminded... we were talking about stolen stuff earler... this is one of the funniest long comments I've ever read... wanted to make sure y'all saw it when you got here.
re: #94 negativ
EVERY SINGLE BIKE I have ever owned from age 6 onward has been stolen. ZERO EXCEPTIONS. I wish I were kidding or exaggerating.
It's probably been the same guy each and every time. Following me around from city to city, as the years stretch into decades, just to steal my bike. Friggin pervert.
I was just thinking about getting another bike the other day, but then I remembered that damned kleptomaniac is probably still watching me, just waiting for me to give in and present him with another target.
Maybe it's for the best. I'm not real sure what I would do with a bike these days; probably nothing good. Remember that kid you knew in your childhood who always found novel death-defying things to jump his bike off of, or 90-degree slopes to ride down so that he could achieve uncontrollable speeds that took him across a busy street during rush hour? I was that dumb-ass. I never sustained any injury more severe than the occasional bit
of road rash on the knee.Of course, if I tried any of my former shenanigans today, I would instantly pulverize every bone I have; I would end up on a table with surgeons hovering over me, each of them thinking about the glowing write-up in the medical journals they'd get if they're able to save at least one of my limbs.
Still, I think I'd like to get a bike this summer. I'm much closer to 40 than to 14, and that would preclude a normal person from thinking about popping wheelies and seeing every incline as a potential ramp from which to get some gnarley air, but apparently I have the dumbass gene and it probably can't be suppressed forever.Maybe that guy has been doing me a favor all these years - stealing my bike before I have the chance to do something that can't be undone...
Maybe I'm easily entertained...
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Jeff In Ohio Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:54:41am |
re: #237 Obdicut
What issue is being dodged, exactly?
The issue of Gores people coming right out an saying engaging denialists is a supreme waste of time and resources
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:54:46am |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:55:02am |
Good Morning all --not here for long.
Earthqake in Chile?
What's up?
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:56:35am |
Shushan-gate - a special report -
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:57:00am |
re: #251 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
17 year old boys get horny when they see the crack of dawn.
I remember Dawn. 6th grade Texas History class. Built like Jessica Rabbit, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:57:13am |
re: #267 ggt
Good Morning all --not here for long.
Earthqake in Chile?
What's up?
The plates woke up angry
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:57:15am |
re: #267 ggt
Good Morning all --not here for long.
Earthqake in Chile?
What's up?
Many things that were up are now down.
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Jadespring Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:57:22am |
re: #237 Obdicut
What issue is being dodged, exactly?
What's being dodged? The issue of not playing into an idiot and useless partisan game instigated by a ignorant moron.
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Obdicut Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:57:45am |
re: #265 Jeff In Ohio
That's true. They could scoff a bit more, but then they'd be jumped on for being rude and crap. Kind of a no-win.
Okay. Wakeup music time:
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:57:47am |
re: #269 negativ
I remember Dawn. 6th grade Texas History class. Built like Jessica Rabbit, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
I remember dawn too, but tony orlando kept jumping out in front of them.
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wrenchwench Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:59:06am |
re: #264 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I was just reminded... we were talking about stolen stuff earler... this is one of the funniest long comments I've ever read... wanted to make sure y'all saw it when you got here....
Maybe I'm easily entertained...
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Even though I sell bikes for a living, I still hate bike thieves. In a case like negativ's, I would suggest another bike, and a big-ass lock. The only bike ever stolen from me was one that I paid $2.50 for. And they left behind the $5.00 basket. Hmmph.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 7:59:40am |
TALCA, Chile — A devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe.Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma said the most powerful quake to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 82 people, but the death toll was rising quickly.
. . .. . .
Powerful aftershocks rattled Chile's coast — 24 of them magnitude 5 or greater and one reaching magnitude 6.9 — the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:00:09am |
re: #275 wrenchwench
I thought it was just so well written and funny.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:00:27am |
gotta go,
Have a great day all!
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wrenchwench Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:00:51am |
re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I thought it was just so well written and funny.
It's always good to repeat posts like that!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:01:13am |
re: #269 negativ
Built like Jessica Rabbit, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
She wasn't bad. She was just drawn that way.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:01:58am |
re: #275 wrenchwench
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Even though I sell bikes for a living, I still hate bike thieves. In a case like negativ's, I would suggest another bike, and a big-ass lock. The only bike ever stolen from me was one that I paid $2.50 for. And they left behind the $5.00 basket. Hmmph.
I hate bike Thieves also..But more so car thieves...
I've one of each stolen from me..
Good Morning Lizards
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:03:31am |
re: #272 Jadespring
What's being dodged? The issue of not playing into an idiot and useless partisan game instigated by a ignorant moron.
why is that a given?...why isn't Inhofe playing into Gore's hands?
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Locker Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:04:34am |
re: #280 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
She wasn't bad. She was just drawn that way.
Laugh my wife uses that quote constantly and I love it every time. "I'm not a sexy milf I'm just drawn that way."
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:05:15am |
re: #283 MandyManners
Turn off the fucking sound, CNN.
Boy the waves at Turtle Bay, Hawaii are going to be huge in 6 hours..
Be safe Hawaii
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:05:31am |
Imagine how fast the water is moving...
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:06:36am |
Last week the prosecutors, who work in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago, overcame objections from Turner's lawyer, Michael Orozco, and won permission to have the three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago provide testimony, according to documents filed in the case. The targets of Turner's vitriol were Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook, Judge Richard Posner and Judge William Bauer, a former U.S. attorney in Chicago.
SNIP
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:07:04am |
re: #286 HoosierHoops
Boy the waves at Turtle Bay, Hawaii are going to be huge in 6 hours..
Be safe Hawaii
Plenty of warning.
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wrenchwench Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:07:14am |
OK, if y'all see me in here in the next four hours, tell me to GET BACK TO WORK! because I have a lot of it today. In four hours I'm allowed to take a break.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:07:53am |
You may have seen a warning this week from the American Academy of Pediatrics that hotdogs need to be “redesigned” by manufacturers because their current shape is a potentially lethal choking hazard for children.
As a result, U.S. pediatricians are calling on hotdog manufacturers to put a warning label on hotdogs to explain the choking risk, or better yet recall them as the highest risk food until they can be redesigned to reduce the choking hazard
fascists!
FREE THE WIENER!
[Link: www.calgarysun.com...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:08:03am |
re: #287 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Imagine how fast the water is moving...
6857 miles from Santiago to Honolulu...
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:09:39am |
re: #287 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Imagine how fast the water is moving...
600mph?...I think I heard that on TV
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:11:05am |
re: #289 MandyManners
Plenty of warning.
The biggest waves I've ever seen in my life was at Turtle Bay..
The crashing of the waves would shake the ground...It was the coolest thing I have ever seen...Just huge waves
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:11:14am |
ROPMA.
Also, a paramilitary commander said his forces had killed 25 militants in another area of the volatile frontier region.
The blast on the police station in Karak in North West Frontier Province also toppled a mosque next door, said Ajmal Khan, a government official. Two police and two civilians were killed, and both police and civilians were among the wounded.
SNIP
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Henchman Ghazi-808 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:11:40am |
It's 6:11 AM Hawaiian Time. There's a siren about 500 yards from my house... .grrrr..... already going off....
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Jadespring Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:11:46am |
re: #284 albusteve
why is that a given?...why isn't Inhofe playing into Gore's hands?
Oh come on. You know durn well what it's all about. It's just more partisan BS and and PR wangling.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:12:20am |
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Jadespring Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:12:37am |
It's going to hit Mexico in less then ten minutes. Hopefully it's not going to be very big.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:13:24am |
The economy is now likely expanding at just half the brisk 5.9% pace at which the government Friday estimated it grew last quarter. Business spending will make up for some of a slowdown in consumer spending - but not likely enough to reduce the unemployment rate much, experts said.
they get it wrong every single time..and they are always on the high side..is that intentional or are they just stupid?
Read more: [Link: www.nydailynews.com...]
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:13:26am |
re: #296 HoosierHoops
The biggest waves I've ever seen in my life was at Turtle Bay..
The crashing of the waves would shake the ground...It was the coolest thing I have ever seen...Just huge waves
Just gets sand in my shorts.
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Jadespring Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:13:26am |
Anyways bbl. Gotta go pick up some plant lights.
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:13:31am |
re: #287 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Imagine how fast the water is moving...
[pedant mode on]
The water itself is barely moving at all. It's transmitting the compression caused by the earthquake from on molecule to another, but each bit of water hardly moves at all, and doesn't move very fast. In fact, since the compression is followed by a corresponding extension, the net motion of any given bit of water is zero.
Until the water gets shallow. Then, all that energy being transfered has nowhere to go but up, and turbulence ensues.
[pedant mode off]
Sorry. My inner physicist gets touchy just before lunch.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:13:43am |
re: #298 BigPapa
It's 6:11 AM Hawaiian Time. There's a siren about 500 yards from my house... .grrr... already going off...
RUNNN!
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:14:29am |
re: #305 SixDegrees
[pedant mode on]
The water itself is barely moving at all. It's transmitting the compression caused by the earthquake from on molecule to another, but each bit of water hardly moves at all, and doesn't move very fast. In fact, since the compression is followed by a corresponding extension, the net motion of any given bit of water is zero.
Until the water gets shallow. Then, all that energy being transfered has nowhere to go but up, and turbulence ensues.
[pedant mode off]
Sorry. My inner physicist gets touchy just before lunch.
LOL!
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:15:19am |
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Henchman Ghazi-808 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:15:30am |
I was hoping to go work here today. For the record, I'm not a pool boy (I'm an AV electronics guy). But I will state that I do look good in a pink polo shirt and shorts. But not really tight shorts.
Image: P2050171.JPG
This project is 25 feet above sea level. They'll probably close the resort but I'm hoping to get there and clean up all the cable on the ground.
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Henchman Ghazi-808 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:16:43am |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:17:23am |
re: #310 BigPapa
Be safe! Always nice to see our Hawaiian bro here
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:17:45am |
re: #288 MandyManners
Fun Facts about Hal Turner, from the very NSFW ED article.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:18:09am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:18:34am |
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:19:30am |
DESPITE the pressing need to cut government spending, under President Obama’s spending proposal all the nation’s military services are set to see their budgets increase — all, that is, except the Coast Guard, the nation’s chronically overburdened maritime force, responsible for everything from global search and rescue to port security.
Under the president’s proposal, the Coast Guard’s budget will decline by 3 percent, to $10.1 billion, smaller than many medium-sized agencies under the other services. It’s a puzzling decision, considering the increasingly critical role the Coast Guard plays in protecting the national security interests of the United States — and considering that many much less vital military programs have been spared.
Coasties are getting stiffed....really under appreciated imo
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:20:04am |
re: #315 negativ
Fun Facts about Hal Turner, from the very NSFW ED article.
Oh, my goodness gracious that is funny. Kinda' nasty but, funny. I hope he's seen it.
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:20:04am |
re: #317 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Sorry, rephrase...
Imagine how fast that water is transferring energy...
"Imagine how fast the wave is moving" would also be acceptable.
I'm gonna go eat something now.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:20:18am |
re: #294 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
What time is it in Honolulu?
Out here on the streets and don't know what time it is.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:21:54am |
re: #318 albusteve
A kid who went to high school with my son joined the Coast Guard. Hard branch of service...
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:22:55am |
re: #320 SixDegrees
"Imagine how fast the wave is moving" would also be acceptable.
I'm gonna go eat something now.
Don't forget dessert.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:24:55am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:25:29am |
re: #312 BigPapa
Make sure you post after something happens, (If anything happens) we wanna know you're safe.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:28:12am |
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:34:21am |
re: #327 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Ready to rumble tomorrow?
Really didn't wanna play Canada again...
Should be a great game.
PAYBACK TIME!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:35:28am |
re: #318 albusteve
DESPITE the pressing need to cut government spending, under President Obama’s spending proposal all the nation’s military services are set to see their budgets increase — all, that is, except the Coast Guard, the nation’s chronically overburdened maritime force, responsible for everything from global search and rescue to port security.
Under the president’s proposal, the Coast Guard’s budget will decline by 3 percent, to $10.1 billion, smaller than many medium-sized agencies under the other services. It’s a puzzling decision, considering the increasingly critical role the Coast Guard plays in protecting the national security interests of the United States — and considering that many much less vital military programs have been spared.Coasties are getting stiffed...really under appreciated imo
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Quite Concur.
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avanti Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:37:12am |
re: #302 albusteve
The economy is now likely expanding at just half the brisk 5.9% pace at which the government Friday estimated it grew last quarter. Business spending will make up for some of a slowdown in consumer spending - but not likely enough to reduce the unemployment rate much, experts said.
they get it wrong every single time..and they are always on the high side..is that intentional or are they just stupid?
Read more: [Link: www.nydailynews.com...]
No, they were on the low side 5.7 revised up to 5.9 LAST quarter, it's this quarter that's probably lower, but no final figures yet.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:39:21am |
re: #329 Spare O'Lake
Should be a great game.
PAYBACK TIME!
What's to pay back? We're going to beat you again and that's all there is to it.
USA! USA! USA!
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:41:31am |
re: #322 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
A kid who went to high school with my son joined the Coast Guard. Hard branch of service...
I love those guys...used to go look at their cool boats at their station in Grand Haven MI back in the day, chat with whoever was around....Lake Michigan is no sissy little pond
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:43:51am |
NFL Combine is on. Offensive Line guys.
In spandex.
Spandex is not a right, it is a privilege.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:45:15am |
re: #324 sattv4u2
You just got FVB all hot and bothered
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PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE
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PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:46:12am |
re: #335 MandyManners
You still horny?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:46:18am |
Dirty Jobs is on, too. Just turned.
Mike's working in a leather tannery.
They've got a machine called a "de-flesher" at a tannery.
Something just don't sound right about that.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:47:27am |
Just gonna' slink off to hide in the corner.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:47:59am |
re: #338 MandyManners
Asymmetrical pie.
If the slice doesn't come out perfect? That's okay. I'll eat it anyway.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:48:42am |
re: #337 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Dirty Jobs is on, too. Just turned.
Mike's working in a leather tannery.
They've got a machine called a "de-flesher" at a tannery.
Something just don't sound right about that.
Why,,, you'd rather your leather jacket and boots be fleshy !?!?!?!
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Cato the Elder Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:48:44am |
re: #333 albusteve
I love those guys...used to go look at their cool boats at their station in Grand Haven MI back in the day, chat with whoever was around...Lake Michigan is no sissy little pond
It sure ain't.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:49:47am |
re: #337 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Dirty Jobs is on, too. Just turned.
Mike's working in a leather tannery.
They've got a machine called a "de-flesher" at a tannery.
Something just don't sound right about that.
Once during High School I took a job at a Tannery in Napa along the River..
I lasted less than 15 minutes...Once I did the walk through I went and clocked out and walked away..15 minutes was way to much time there
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:51:23am |
re: #343 HoosierHoops
This is the most disgusting "Dirty Jobs" ever....
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:51:54am |
re: #343 HoosierHoops
Did they ever send you a paycheck?
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:51:59am |
re: #333 albusteve
I love those guys...used to go look at their cool boats at their station in Grand Haven MI back in the day, chat with whoever was around...Lake Michigan is no sissy little pond
Ever been to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle? In addition to an actual pilot house and smoking lounge recovered from ships that used to ply the Great Lakes, they also have an extensive model collection of nearly every style of ship that's sailed on the Great Lakes, all built to the same scale. For some reason, I'm having trouble locating information on this collection, but it's pretty amazing if you're into that sort of thing.
Belle Isle is truly a pit, though. Don't even think about going down there after dark. A real pity; no other city in the country has an entire island set aside as a park, and it could be a true jewel if properly managed. Lots of history, slowly crumbling into dust down there.
The museum is still worth a visit if you're in the area, though.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:52:31am |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:55:53am |
re: #345 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Did they ever send you a paycheck?
No..I was fucking disgusted...I walked in, looked around and walked out..
It was the smell that got me...I could barely keep my lunch down...
If I recall they were paying 3 dollars an hour to work in the Tannery..
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:57:30am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:58:12am |
re: #348 HoosierHoops
The smell was the first thing that he talked about...
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 8:59:06am |
Great post at the Huff Po today. Hear hear.
Michael Smerconish: For Me, the Party Is Over
The national GOP is a party of exclusion and litmus tests, dominated on social issues by the religious right, with zero discernible outreach by the national party to anyone who doesn't fit neatly within its parameters...Where political parties once existed to create coalitions and win elections, now they seek to advance strict ideological agendas. In today's terms, it's hard to imagine the GOP tent once housing such disparate figures as conservative Barry Goldwater and liberal New Yorker Jacob Javits
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:00:04am |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:00:19am |
re: #351 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The smell was the first thing that he talked about...
we
Because Tanneries are along the Napa River....We had many issues with heavy metals dumped into the River..Very bad pollution
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Political Atheist Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:01:12am |
Does anyone logged in live on a south facing California beach? I guess in a few hours we may get swell from the earthquake. La Jolla then San Luis Obispo I guess.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:02:29am |
re: #352 Mich-again
Oy vey. I am try not to be nasty. This is very bad. Another "talking head" goes over to one end.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:02:40am |
CURLING'S ON!
SWEDEN VS SWITZERLAND!
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:03:52am |
re: #355 Rightwingconspirator
Does anyone logged in live on a south facing California beach? I guess in a few hours we may get swell from the earthquake. La Jolla then San Luis Obispo I guess.
Has Pat Robertson weight in on this yet.
//
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:04:27am |
re: #351 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The smell was the first thing that he talked about...
The smell of death...Not for me
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Political Atheist Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:05:23am |
re: #360 HoosierHoops
I do not understand how anyone takes that day in and day out.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:06:17am |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:06:50am |
I'm back,
Anything exciting happen?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:06:55am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:07:52am |
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:08:07am |
re: #346 SixDegrees
Ever been to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle? In addition to an actual pilot house and smoking lounge recovered from ships that used to ply the Great Lakes, they also have an extensive model collection of nearly every style of ship that's sailed on the Great Lakes, all built to the same scale. For some reason, I'm having trouble locating information on this collection, but it's pretty amazing if you're into that sort of thing.
Belle Isle is truly a pit, though. Don't even think about going down there after dark. A real pity; no other city in the country has an entire island set aside as a park, and it could be a true jewel if properly managed. Lots of history, slowly crumbling into dust down there.
The museum is still worth a visit if you're in the area, though.
saw the Grand Prix there one time...Belle Isle is pretty cool, but you're right, it became rundown etc...but that was nothing compared to the race when they ran it downtown....yowza!....that was quite the experience...and I have to give a shout for the boat races too...I have had some real good times in Detroit...Lions and Tigers, and the car show, Greektown etc...but I didn't even know of the Dossin Museum..time to go back up there
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:09:59am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:10:07am |
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:10:19am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:11:00am |
re: #367 Walter L. Newton
I'm sure she had no idea.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:11:13am |
re: #367 Walter L. Newton
I suspect she didn't know that anyone could see it.
Probably not. But when a star wears an outfit like that, photogs are relentless in trying to get a Boob Shot.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:11:14am |
re: #367 Walter L. Newton
I suspect she didn't know that anyone could see it.
I doubt that....we are seeing maximum vanity here
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Buck Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:11:31am |
re: #367 Walter L. Newton
I suspect she didn't know that anyone could see it.
and no one pointed it out to her.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:11:45am |
What was that happy song by the big Hawaiian dude? A version of a What a Wonderful World?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:11:58am |
re: #373 Buck
and no one pointed it out to her.
She wouldn't help but noticing that I was "pointing"...
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:12:04am |
re: #356 PhillyPretzel
Oy vey. I am try not to be nasty. This is very bad. Another "talking head" goes over to one end.
The new guardians of the GOP obviously don't want any centrists around. Thats perfectly clear at this point. I feel like I'm in the same boat as the writer when it comes to claiming political loyalty. I have only ever pulled a straight ticket GOP lever in every national election since I could first vote in '82 and now I look at the collection of kooks and religious fanatics taking over the party and don't feel welcome at all.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:12:25am |
re: #374 ggt
What was that happy song by the big Hawaiian dude? A version of a What a Wonderful World?
Bruddah Iz! I'll go find it!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:13:23am |
re: #367 Walter L. Newton
I suspect she didn't know that anyone could see it.
Yeah ,, because i'm sure she never once looked in a mirror after putting it on!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:13:41am |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:13:54am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:13:57am |
re: #368 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Yowie Zowie! They really went all out with the photos this time. Very large and hi-res too.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:15:04am |
So imagine the surprise of international inspectors almost two weeks ago when they watched as Iran moved nearly its entire stockpile of low-enriched nuclear fuel to an above-ground plant. It was as if, one official noted, a bull’s-eye had been painted on it.
Why take such a huge risk?
That mystery is the subject of fervent debate among many who are trying to decode Iran’s intentions. The theories run from the bizarre to the mundane: Under one, Iran is actually taunting the Israelis to strike first. Under another, it is simply escalating the confrontation with the West to win further concessions in negotiations. The simplest explanation, and the one that the Obama administration subscribes to, is that Iran has run short of suitable storage containers for radioactive fuel, so it had to move everything.
SNIP
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:16:46am |
re: #382 Dark_Falcon
Yowie Zowie! They really went all out with the photos this time. Very large and hi-res too.
Matches the size of the subject matter.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:16:53am |
re: #367 Walter L. Newton
I suspect she didn't know that anyone could see it.
As my nanny useta' say, "Doesn't she have mirrors in her house?"
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:17:47am |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:17:49am |
re: #378 sattv4u2
Yeah ,, because i'm sure she never once looked in a mirror after putting it on!
If guys had b00bs they would be showing them off to everybody.. There is a good chance bras would have never been invented..
I promise you...All beaches would be topless
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:17:54am |
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:17:57am |
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:19:04am |
re: #382 Dark_Falcon
Yowie Zowie! They really went all out with the photos this time. Very large and hi-res too.
nice tits....but her eye makeup is creepy...I don't find her particularly attractive
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:19:24am |
re: #391 MandyManners
Something's pointed.
Yes, in the pants of all the men who saw those photos.
/rimshot
BBT, gotta get my hair cut before work.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:19:42am |
re: #385 Killgore Trout
Hooray for boobies!
damn ,, can't we go one thread without talking about ploiticians
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:19:55am |
re: #392 albusteve
nice tits...but her eye makeup is creepy...I don't find her particularly attractive
she has a pointy chin.
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:20:00am |
re: #392 albusteve
nice tits...but her eye makeup is creepy...I don't find her particularly attractive
I thought the same thing. Is she trying to look like a 12 year old who's just learning to put on makeup?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:20:20am |
re: #392 albusteve
nice tits...but her eye makeup is creepy...I don't find her particularly attractive
wait ,, she has EYES !?!?!
/
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:20:44am |
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:20:53am |
re: #394 sattv4u2
I guess not since most of the posts are of a political nature.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:21:01am |
re: #392 albusteve
nice tits...but her eye makeup is creepy...I don't find her particularly attractive
If she said hi to you you'd melt like an ice cube in a microwave..
Who the hell are you kidding here?
*wink*
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:21:20am |
re: #346 SixDegrees
Ever been to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle?
Been there lots of times on school field trips and with the Scouts. It is a neat place. True that Belle Isle has become a run-down craphole, just like the rest of the city. They recently had to close the awesome aquarium that was just down the road from the Dossin Museum. That was a really cool place too.
But one museum I still really enjoy in Detroit is the Motown museum. Its not glitzy or showy, and the first impression might be that the legends of Motown deserve so more better. But, then you get into the actual recording rooms where the same piano and microphones that were used by all those great stars are still right there in place and there are pictures on the wall of superstars like Stevie and Smokey and Marvin standing there in the same spot you are, singing into that same microphone and its like woah. How cool is that. And they show you how they arranged speakers in the attic to make the unique reverb sound that made Motown so identifiable. Its a cool tour, better than a brand new sanitized museum would turn out.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:21:21am |
re: #393 Dark_Falcon
Yes, in the pants of all the men who saw those photos.
/rimshot
BBT, gotta get my hair cut before work.
Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:22:06am |
re: #399 PhillyPretzel
I guess not since most of the posts are of a political nature.
Here's a "/" just for you to put on my #394
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Henchman Ghazi-808 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:22:22am |
re: #352 Mich-again
Wow, Smerconish. Upding.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:22:29am |
gotta go again.
Have a good one!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:23:06am |
re: #374 ggt
What was that happy song by the big Hawaiian dude? A version of a What a Wonderful World?
This is what you were looking for...
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:23:57am |
re: #404 BigPapa
Wow, Smerconish. Upding.
First I've heard of him, but he sounds like he would fit in right here.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:24:25am |
re: #407 PhillyPretzel
Excuse me. What are you doing?
typing,, and sitting ,,, breathing occasionally ,,, ,,, you?!??!
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:24:28am |
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:26:18am |
re: #400 HoosierHoops
If she said hi to you you'd melt like an ice cube in a microwave..
Who the hell are you kidding here?
*wink*
I don't think so...all three of my wives were more attractive than this person is, especially my first
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:26:32am |
re: #408 Mich-again
First I've heard of him, but he sounds like he would fit in right here.
He has a syndicated radio show ,,, author ,,, newspaper columnist from Philly
Has sat in for O'Reilly, Matthews and Beck (when Beck was on CNN ) at times
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:28:00am |
re: #401 Mich-again
Been there lots of times on school field trips and with the Scouts. It is a neat place. True that Belle Isle has become a run-down craphole, just like the rest of the city. They recently had to close the awesome aquarium that was just down the road from the Dossin Museum. That was a really cool place too.
But one museum I still really enjoy in Detroit is the Motown museum. Its not glitzy or showy, and the first impression might be that the legends of Motown deserve so more better. But, then you get into the actual recording rooms where the same piano and microphones that were used by all those great stars are still right there in place and there are pictures on the wall of superstars like Stevie and Smokey and Marvin standing there in the same spot you are, singing into that same microphone and its like woah. How cool is that. And they show you how they arranged speakers in the attic to make the unique reverb sound that made Motown so identifiable. Its a cool tour, better than a brand new sanitized museum would turn out.
now that is what we're talkin about!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:28:15am |
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:28:19am |
Since the 2008 Colombian attack on a FARC base in Ecuador, Chávez has kept bilateral commercial ties in check. Politics aside, Venezuela and Colombia had been major partners in trade. Uribe had the temerity to compare Chávez's measures to the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Comandante Hugo shot back that Colombian paramilitaries had threatened his life and headed for the door in a tizzy. Uribe retorted: ``Be a man!'' Chávez snapped back: ``Go to hell!''
Hugo Chávez is not a normal president. While repeatedly winning elections, he has no intention of ever ceding the office. That's what we used to call a dictator. Only now gutting democracy from within and stacking the deck in favor of forever power is simply a matter of a country's internal affairs.
SNIP
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:28:36am |
It's gonna snow tonight, tomorrow and Monday. Sometimes being out of work has it's advantages, at least temporarily... when you're living at 8200 feet and you DON'T have to go out and drive in the snow... sort of nice feeling.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:28:49am |
[Link: www.thebigtalker1210.com...]
Here is the station he broadcasts on in Philly
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:29:05am |
re: #412 albusteve
I don't think so...all three of my wives were more attractive than this person is, especially my first
I beat you... I've had four wives... ha ha...
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:29:24am |
re: #417 Walter L. Newton
It's gonna snow tonight, tomorrow and Monday. Sometimes being out of work has it's advantages, at least temporarily... when you're living at 8200 feet and you DON'T have to go out and drive in the snow... sort of nice feeling.
Have a good stock of stove pellets and foodstuffs!?
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albusteve Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:29:52am |
re: #419 Walter L. Newton
I beat you... I've had four wives... ha ha...
no shit?....that's a lot to keep sorted out
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:29:53am |
re: #412 albusteve
I don't think so...all three of my wives were more attractive than this person is, especially my first
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:30:04am |
re: #419 Walter L. Newton
I beat you... I've had four wives... ha ha...
Me too ,, and boy were their husbands PISSED!!@
//
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SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:30:44am |
re: #401 Mich-again
Been there lots of times on school field trips and with the Scouts. It is a neat place. True that Belle Isle has become a run-down craphole, just like the rest of the city. They recently had to close the awesome aquarium that was just down the road from the Dossin Museum. That was a really cool place too.
But one museum I still really enjoy in Detroit is the Motown museum. Its not glitzy or showy, and the first impression might be that the legends of Motown deserve so more better. But, then you get into the actual recording rooms where the same piano and microphones that were used by all those great stars are still right there in place and there are pictures on the wall of superstars like Stevie and Smokey and Marvin standing there in the same spot you are, singing into that same microphone and its like woah. How cool is that. And they show you how they arranged speakers in the attic to make the unique reverb sound that made Motown so identifiable. Its a cool tour, better than a brand new sanitized museum would turn out.
Yeah, that is pretty sweet.
It reminds me of the original Detroit Science Center, which was run out of a storefront on Cass Avenue. The "exhibit area" was the front of the store, and it was divided from the "workshop area" where the exhibits were designed and built by a rope, so you could watch the stuff being built, usually by actual, real-life scientists. It had a crappy, run-down charm to it that was totally lost when they opened a gigantic, new facility a couple of blocks away. The old place was cool, and as a kid I actually learned shit there; the new place, sterile and boring, populated with "docents" who didn't know jack about science or much of anything beyond the scripts they were given.
The Belle Isle Aquarium was the oldest aquarium in the country until it's closure. The exhibit space is small and confined by modern standards, but the whole inside is lined with green and aquamarine tilework that makes you feel like you're underwater. It was closed due to pure politics, and could easily have remained open if not for pure idiocy and bigotry on the part of the city council. The adjoining Conservatory has been run by a private group for some time, with much success, after years of similar decline. So there's still some hope that a private benefactor will be able to prevail on behalf of the aquarium when the council's current phosphorescent stupidity dims somewhat.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:31:00am |
re: #420 sattv4u2
Have a good stock of stove pellets and foodstuffs!?
Yep... burn those little pine beetles. Most of the pellets they sell up here are from kill off trees that have been infected with the pine beetle, make a purse out of a sow's ear.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:31:30am |
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:31:35am |
Well, that’s free speech, isn’t it? Everybody gets to express his or her point of view, no matter how obnoxious, right?
No, not right. Not at York. At York, speech is free — better than free, subsidized– for anti-Israel haters. But for those who would defend Israel, York sets very different rules.
In advance of York’s annual hate-Israel week, the campus group Christians United for Israel applied to use university space to host a program of pro-Israel speakers.
The university replied that this program could only proceed on certain conditions.
It insisted on heavy security, including both campus and Toronto police — all of those costs to be paid by the program organizers. The organizers would also have to provide an advance list of all program attendees and advance summaries of all the speeches. No advertising for the program would be permitted — not on the York campus, not on any of the other campuses participating by remote video.
These are radically different and much harsher terms than anything required from the hate-Israel program. The hate-Israel program is not required to pay for its own security. It is free to advertise. Its speakers are not pre-screened by the university.
SNIP
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:32:43am |
re: #422 HoosierHoops
Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:33:33am |
Woo hoo! I've been watching the facebook scroll all morning. My cousin who lives in Chile is okay.
She can't get through but one of her friends was able to tell us they had seen her.
Now, if my sister would just cancel her plans to go to Hawaii...
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:34:11am |
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton of Missouri want to veto the EPA's finding in December that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.
SNIP
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:35:46am |
re: #429 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I blame having 5 beautiful children on my wife...
They got their looks from her
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:35:57am |
The Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys organization announced Friday that it will replace the 407 boxes of cookies, worth an estimated $1,400.
The cookies were stolen from an attached garage of a home in Lakeland township on Thursday afternoon. The garage, owned by a Girl Scout volunteer, had originally held 150 cases of Caramel deLites, Tagalongs, Trefoils and other cookie varieties, but all but 34 cases had been distributed.
SNIP
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:36:10am |
re: #430 EmmmieG
Woo hoo! I've been watching the facebook scroll all morning. My cousin who lives in Chile is okay.
She can't get through but one of her friends was able to tell us they had seen her.
Now, if my sister would just cancel her plans to go to Hawaii...
Great news
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:36:18am |
re: #427 MandyManners
Maybe you missed this Israeli Onion styled news broadcast... really funny... subtitled for those who don't understand Hebrew...
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:37:18am |
re: #433 MandyManners
That's despicable! What kind of a creep steals Trefoils? Oh, sure, the Thin Mints and the Samoas might just drive a person to larceny, but Trefoils?
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Political Atheist Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:37:52am |
re: #430 EmmmieG
Good for them! Wild ride I'll bet...
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:38:15am |
re: #435 Walter L. Newton
Maybe you missed this Israeli Onion styled news broadcast... really funny... subtitled for those who don't understand Hebrew...
[Video]
Bookmarked for later.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:38:40am |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:39:02am |
Chile also has had the highest recorded earthquake, at 9.6 back in the 60's.
The deadliest was in China in 1556.
Also, the Chileans undoubtedly build for earthquakes.
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MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:39:37am |
re: #437 EmmmieG
That's despicable! What kind of a creep steals Trefoils? Oh, sure, the Thin Mints and the Samoas might just drive a person to larceny, but Trefoils?
I bet the cops are looking for suddenly fat asses.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:40:10am |
re: #442 MandyManners
I bet the cops are looking for suddenly fat asses.
"You may have the right to remain silent, but let me smell your breath."
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:44:14am |
mmmkaaay ,,,,
Been up for over 4 hours now
just finished my 2nd pot ((yes ,, POT ,, not CUP)) of coffee here at work , that after the large one I drank on the drive in, and I'm still not 'awake"
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:44:45am |
re: #443 EmmmieG
"You may have the right to remain silent, but let me
smell your breathcheck you for crumbs."
sorry ,,, couldn't resist
| 447 |
Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:46:13am |
re: #430 EmmmieG
Woo hoo! I've been watching the facebook scroll all morning. My cousin who lives in Chile is okay.
She can't get through but one of her friends was able to tell us they had seen her.
Now, if my sister would just cancel her plans to go to Hawaii...
My sister lives in Hawaii on the Big Island. Nieces and nephews too. I have an email out to them. Phone call next.
| 448 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:46:22am |
re: #424 SixDegrees
Sounds like you know the city quite well. I agree with those assessments.
What cheeses me off is that I paid income tax to the city for about 20 years but never got the chance to vote in a single election there. And then residents get pissy that suburbanites shouldn't get involved with the politics in Detroit and its like, well hey, I'm paying more taxes to the city than lots of residents, why shouldn't I feel free to speak up.
Like everyone else, they get the government they deserve.
| 449 |
A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:46:56am |
re: #445 sattv4u2
mmmkaaay ,,,
Been up for over 4 hours now
just finished my 2nd pot ((yes ,, POT ,, not CUP)) of coffee here at work , that after the large one I drank on the drive in, and I'm still not 'awake"
I love coffee! I've probably have more posts here about different house blends than anything else...
| 450 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:47:59am |
re: #449 HoosierHoops
I love coffee! I've probably have more posts here about different house blends than anything else...
If you like coffee, you'll love those chocolate covered coffee beans. I'm a huge fan.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:48:15am |
re: #449 HoosierHoops
I love coffee! I've probably have more posts here about different house blends than anything else...
You really need a hobby ,,, (or a date!!)
| 452 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:49:13am |
re: #445 sattv4u2
mmmkaaay ,,,
Been up for over 4 hours now
just finished my 2nd pot ((yes ,, POT ,, not CUP)) of coffee here at work , that after the large one I drank on the drive in, and I'm still not 'awake"
re: #449 HoosierHoops
I love coffee! I've probably have more posts here about different house blends than anything else...
Drinking all that coffee does have a decent track record of results. Voltaire was notorious for his 50 cup a day addiction, yet it seems to have done him no harm:
Voltaire, who drank copious amounts of coffee throughout his life, was once warned that the beverage was a slow poison. "It must be slow," the philosopher replied, "for I have been drinking it for sixty-five years and I am not yet dead."
| 453 |
Political Atheist Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:49:14am |
CNN is doing a heck of a job in Chile
| 454 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:50:00am |
re: #437 EmmmieG
Samoas! that's what they're called. They changed the name, right. Coconut, chocolate? Samoas?
(at an entire box the last week on a three hour drive. The diet began when I realized what I had just done.)
| 455 |
MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:50:42am |
The Kid's off with his grandfather trying out for baseball this season and then to a gun show so I have nothing to do.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:50:51am |
re: #452 Surabaya Stew
I sent you a email..Thanks for offering tips about Singapore and Asia..
Be well Stew
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Political Atheist Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:51:07am |
re: #445 sattv4u2
Was that Twenty four hours maybe? Too tired to type 2, damn! Too bad you can not use the prescription they give long mission pilots in the Air Force.
| 458 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:51:18am |
re: #454 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Samoas! that's what they're called. They changed the name, right. Coconut, chocolate? Samoas?
(at an entire box the last week on a three hour drive. The diet began when I realized what I had just done.)
Were Gilligan and MaryAnne with you!?!?
| 459 |
SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:51:45am |
re: #448 Mich-again
Sounds like you know the city quite well. I agree with those assessments.
What cheeses me off is that I paid income tax to the city for about 20 years but never got the chance to vote in a single election there. And then residents get pissy that suburbanites shouldn't get involved with the politics in Detroit and its like, well hey, I'm paying more taxes to the city than lots of residents, why shouldn't I feel free to speak up.
Like everyone else, they get the government they deserve.
I grew up in Highland Park, a city completely surrounded by Detroit, at Six Mile and Woodward. It's where Henry Ford's first assembly line was located.
The non-resident income tax burned my ass, too. Taxation without representation, paid mostly by non-residents. Yeah, it's half the rate actual residents pay - give me half a fucking vote, then.
| 460 |
MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:52:01am |
| 461 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:52:06am |
| 462 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:52:15am |
re: #449 HoosierHoops
I love coffee! I've probably have more posts here about different house blends than anything else...
Have you tried Luwak Coffee yet? If not, put it on your list of things to do in Singapore or better yet, you can fly to the source and get it there for less. (Only $10 a cup instead of $20-$30)
| 463 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:52:17am |
re: #455 MandyManners
The Kid's off with his grandfather trying out for baseball this season and then to a gun show so I have nothing to do.
If you can get to Atlanta before 10 tonight, you can finish off my shift at work
| 464 |
Political Atheist Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:52:21am |
re: #455 MandyManners
Baseball then a gun show. Big day for a kid, I remember those awesome days. So big they felt like two days.
| 465 |
MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:53:17am |
re: #464 Rightwingconspirator
Baseball then a gun show. Big day for a kid, I remember those awesome days. So big they felt like two days.
I never got to go to one when I was a kid.
| 466 |
BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:53:57am |
Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ
Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds.
Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S. sample and found that, on average, people who identified as liberal and atheist had higher IQs. This applied also to sexual exclusivity in men, but not in women. The findings will be published in the March 2010 issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.
The IQ differences, while statistically significant, are not stunning -- on the order of 6 to 11 points -- and the data should not be used to stereotype or make assumptions about people, experts say. But they show how certain patterns of identifying with particular ideologies develop, and how some people's behaviors come to be.
Ahem. Permit me just this once:
| 467 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:54:48am |
re: #457 Rightwingconspirator
Was that Twenty four hours maybe? Too tired to type 2, damn! Too bad you can not use the prescription they give long mission pilots in the Air Force.
nope ,,, 8 this morning till noon-thirty(ish)
One large cup for the ride in to work. Overnight tech co-worker had a fresh pot brewed when I got here. polished that one off by 10, made another pot which is now down to the bottom
| 468 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:54:54am |
re: #459 SixDegrees
I used to stay in Roseville quite a bit, back in the day...
| 469 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:56:09am |
re: #456 HoosierHoops
I sent you a email..Thanks for offering tips about Singapore and Asia..
Be well Stew
I did get it HH, thanks for the well wishes; am certain you will have a fantastic time in Singapore and related places. I shall write you back after I get through my move this weekend; right now am enjoying my last hour on LGF until all the wife's stuff is put away....oy vey!
| 470 |
A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:56:24am |
re: #462 Surabaya Stew
Have you tried Luwak Coffee yet? If not, put it on your list of things to do in Singapore or better yet, you can fly to the source and get it there for less. (Only $10 a cup instead of $20-$30)
I spend a lot of money to buy Kona Coffee on-line every couple of months...
Last I checked it was 20 dollars/Lb. To ship it to Indiana...
I don't care..The best coffee in the world...Man only gets to spend a few seconds of time on this earth.. Drink Kona!
| 471 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:56:27am |
| 472 |
PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:57:28am |
re: #469 Surabaya Stew
I hope your move goes very smoothly.
| 474 |
MandyManners Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:57:57am |
| 475 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:57:59am |
| 476 |
SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 9:59:06am |
re: #468 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I used to stay in Roseville quite a bit, back in the day...
I think I dated a girl from there once. It's bringing back bad memories.
| 477 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:00:12am |
re: #476 SixDegrees
I think I dated a girl from there once. It's bringing back bad memories.
For you ,, or for her !?!?!
/
| 478 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:00:28am |
Gotta run. Going to put in new blueberry bushes this morning. Or afternoon.
Whatever.
| 479 |
SixDegrees Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:02:14am |
re: #477 sattv4u2
For you ,, or for her !?!?!
/
All women who've dated me are saddened by their loss, of course. This was one of the few instances where that worked the other way, too.
| 480 |
A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:02:28am |
re: #478 EmmmieG
Gotta run. Going to put in new blueberry bushes this morning. Or afternoon.
Whatever.
You know you could just fly to Indiana and shovel snow...
Screw blueberry bushes!
*wink*
| 481 |
suchislife Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:03:30am |
re: #466 iceweasel
I left you a comment about that in the spinoffs!
| 482 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:04:23am |
re: #470 HoosierHoops
I spend a lot of money to buy Kona Coffee on-line every couple of months...
Last I checked it was 20 dollars/Lb. To ship it to Indiana...
I don't care..The best coffee in the world...Man only gets to spend a few seconds of time on this earth.. Drink Kona!
Kona is great stuff, you have that right. (I'm a major fan of Sulawesi single-blend roasts myself, but that's due to my Indonesia bias!) The alleged "best coffee" is the world is Kopi Luwak, the beans are passed through a Civet cat before roasting, therefore a pound of that costs nearly $1000 over here! Haven't tried it myself though, so it may all be a bunch of hype....
| 483 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:05:27am |
Maxwell House works just fine for me...
| 484 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:06:39am |
re: #482 Surabaya Stew
Bet those cats are BUZZZING!
| 485 |
Buck Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:06:50am |
re: #412 albusteve
I don't think so...all three of my wives were more attractive than this person is, especially my first
that just seems wasteful.
| 486 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:06:55am |
re: #483 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Maxwell House works just fine for me...
I like the Dunkin Donuts blend. I grind some up every day for a pot.
| 487 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:07:07am |
re: #472 PhillyPretzel
I hope your move goes very smoothly.
Thanks for the well wishes, PP. Am spreading it out over several days, but with all kinds of things to fix up that are sprouting up, is not proving to be smooth so far! The silver lining is that our landlord (a good friend of mine) will reimburse me for any costs (though not time) for fixing up the place. At this rate, our first month's rent will be cut in half!
| 488 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:08:14am |
re: #486 Mich-again
I like the Dunkin Donuts blend. I grind some up every day for a pot.
"A" pot?
One pot of coffee does you for the day?
| 489 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:08:28am |
re: #483 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Maxwell House works just fine for me...
And when it's on the shelf at $9.99 a lb and Krogers brand is sitting next to it at $4.99 ,,,, well ,, when it's my (and most others) turn at work to bring in 5 lbs ,,,,,,
Mmmmm,,,,, that Krogers sure does taste good!!!
| 490 |
A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:09:22am |
re: #482 Surabaya Stew
Kona is great stuff, you have that right. (I'm a major fan of Sulawesi single-blend roasts myself, but that's due to my Indonesia bias!) The alleged "best coffee" is the world is Kopi Luwak, the beans are passed through a Civet cat before roasting, therefore a pound of that costs nearly $1000 over here! Haven't tried it myself though, so it may all be a bunch of hype...
2 years ago in an early morning thread we were talking coffee and somebody linked to the coffee that some kind of cat pooped out...
I will never drink that 'shit' Who was the first guy that boiled cat shit, drank it..Said it tastes great and sold the beans for a 1000 dollars?
Now THAT is marketing!
| 491 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:09:35am |
re: #488 reine.de.tout
"A" pot?
One pot of coffee does you for the day?
hehehe ,,, see my #445,, thats what started it ,,, just finished pot # 2 here at work
| 492 |
PhillyPretzel Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:09:35am |
re: #487 Surabaya Stew
I know the feeling. When I moved into my house there were so many things to get done. There still are 10 years later.
| 493 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:10:10am |
re: #484 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Bet those cats are BUZZZING!
Thats a good question, haven't heard anything about how digesting these beans effects the critters. They ingest them before roasting though, so perhaps they don't get as much of a caffeine high as they get Irritable Bowel Syndrome!
| 494 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:10:23am |
re: #488 reine.de.tout
"A" pot?
One pot of coffee does you for the day?
Well I'm usually at work for most the day drinking the coffee there. One pot is usually enough for the evening. Throw in a handful of chocolate covered coffee beans too.
| 495 |
subsailor68 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:13:19am |
re: #490 HoosierHoops
2 years ago in an early morning thread we were talking coffee and somebody linked to the coffee that some kind of cat pooped out...
I will never drink that 'shit' Who was the first guy that boiled cat shit, drank it..Said it tastes great and sold the beans for a 1000 dollars?
Now THAT is marketing!
Hey Hoops!
It's this stuff:
And check out the pic of the Civet. Hmmm....no thanks.
| 496 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:13:36am |
re: #490 HoosierHoops
2 years ago in an early morning thread we were talking coffee and somebody linked to the coffee that some kind of cat pooped out...
I will never drink that 'shit' Who was the first guy that boiled cat shit, drank it..Said it tastes great and sold the beans for a 1000 dollars?
Now THAT is marketing!
Probably the same sort of guy who would make a top lobbyist in Washington!
:-D
| 497 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:14:11am |
re: #490 HoosierHoops
2 years ago in an early morning thread we were talking coffee and somebody linked to the coffee that some kind of cat pooped out...
I will never drink that 'shit' Who was the first guy that boiled cat shit, drank it..Said it tastes great and sold the beans for a 1000 dollars?
Now THAT is marketing!
Hell ,,,,, at some point in time, two guys were sitting around looking at a chicken. One must have said to the other 'I'm going to eat the next thing that comes out of that"
Hence ,,, eggs for breakfast was born!
| 498 |
A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:17:02am |
Charles is awake...
Moving upstairs
| 499 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:17:40am |
re: #492 PhillyPretzel
I know the feeling. When I moved into my house there were so many things to get done. There still are 10 years later.
My folks still have a few items from their punchlist from their move....30 years ago! I did them a favor by moving to my new place 2 huge bookshelves that had been lying on their sides for 7 years. Doesn't matter if one moves across the planet or down the street, moving means a lot of stuff going wrong.
| 500 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:22:11am |
re: #344 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
This is the most disgusting "Dirty Jobs" ever...
Since I am a snooty elitist who doesn't have a TV, I haven't seen Dirty Jobs in half of forever. One episode that nearly made me lose several days' worth of lunch involved the host having to prepare sheep skins, and this apparently involves squeezing by hand dozens of gigantic pustules or cysts that contain absolutely prodigious amounts of STUFF. Think yellowish-white toothpaste that apparently smells like hell.
| 501 |
Surabaya Stew Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:22:26am |
re: #495 subsailor68
Hey Hoops!
It's this stuff:
And check out the pic of the Civet. Hmmm...no thanks.
Civets aren't eaten in Indonesia, but at least 2 major cultures there eat dog meat occasionally. I was given the chance to do so several years ago (before I met my wife), but my lady friend accompanying me to the restarant in Manado threatened to not kiss me ever again if I did! Just as well anyway, would have gotten a lot of flak for it back home....
| 502 |
Silvergirl Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:22:30am |
re: #466 iceweasel
Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ
Ahem. Permit me just this once:
[Video]
From your post
The IQ differences, while statistically significant, are not stunning -- on the order of 6 to 11 points -- and the data should not be used to stereotype or make assumptions about people, experts say.
| 503 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 27, 2010 10:26:15am |
| 504 |
Ziggy Standard Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:24:26pm |
re: #502 Silvergirl
Yes, one should avoid making judgements about individuals based on information about trends in the group to which they belong.
Nevertheless, it appears that reality's liberal bias is showing again...:D
| 505 |
BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Feb 27, 2010 5:27:54pm |
re: #502 Silvergirl
[Video]
Poor silvertroll. Here I thought people would notice that I used that actual quote myself....
Alas. Looks like stereotypes sometimes fit, huh?
I just thought this was funny because it would make Rush Limbaugh's head explode. The fact that it made you make such a silly comment is a delicious bonus.
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