1 First?

2 Monday Night Football Topic
Reebok's uniform contract with the NFL runs out in 2012 and these images are purported to be possible ideas being pushed by Nike. What do you think?

--I thought Peyton Manning was white.

3 Thrice blessed .

4 Yay! Evening all!

5

With the exception of the Steelers, Browns and Bengals, I think those uniforms are awesome.

6 Uh , oh .

7 Is that Paul Newman?

8 Effen on a plane is pretty damn good.  It's pretty damn good down on the ground too, where mankind was meant to fucking stay.  Yep, I always use Effen in my mint juleps.

Effen in space will fucking kill you.  Unless you're Captain Wanderdick in which case it's liable to just kill everybody else.

9 Looks like the socialist-in-chief has finally dropped below the 40% mark ... and there is more room to fall.... http://tinyurl.com/24erzcx

10

re the NFL uniforms -

no. do not like. too futuristic looking. I like throwbacks.

11 Not for the faint of heart, seriously. I present to you, the 5,826 calorie, 747 gram corn dog. It contains 3 XL hotdogs wrapped in cheese, 18 slices of bacon wrapped in ground beef, lathered in corn meal, deep fried and served in bacon-flavored mayo. At least it's got bacon right?

I can hear my arteries constrict after just reading that description.  Well done.

12

no. do not like. too futuristic looking. I like throwbacks.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 22, 2010 09:26 PM (WKDat)

Yeah.  Give me my Seahawks Blue & Green.  Not this steel blue & lime green, shit. 

(I already know what my wife's getting me for Christmas - an old school authentic Seahawks #80 Largent jersey.  She loves me.)

13 Hey, tbm, did you get my email?  9/11 came in.  THANK YOU!

14 11 The people who fear death and eat like rabbits have lousy lives no matter how long they live.

15 I like throwbacks.

Hordes of Democrats lining up outside Lacey's door in 5...4...3...2...

16 Picture of Paris painting in pumps is peculiar.

17 Sorry. Don't see no celebrity pic....

18 12 - yay me!

19 Building falls over like a lego in China?  The first time ever?

Tom Friedman and George Soros must be proud. 

20

Monday Night Football Topic
Reebok's uniform contract with the NFL runs out in 2012 and these images are purported to be possible ideas being pushed by Nike. What do you think? I wonder what they'll do with the cheerleader outfits then.

Hate to burst the bubble of joy/hate depending on how you feel of the concepts but Nike has already come out and said that these are nothing more than fan art designed by someone based off the way Nike has done some College uniforms.

And the celebrity pic is busted for me.

21

speaking of doors, I'm locking mine as we speak. okay well it's been locked since I came in the house but I see the Nati made the top 25 most dangerous city list right below Newark. high five CIN!

actually Ohio is the worst state in the list w/three cities in the top 25.

22 14 - Finally, I'm glad. And you're welcome. How's prego?

23 James Tiberius Kirk, I'm calling you out!

Mano a mano, girdle boy!

24 Certain anonymous ONT posters say Oh My! while others curse WTF. Thankfully, there is no Jar-Jar Kitty (yet I'm sure).

No Wicket Hello Kitty SW Figure?  Ace must be pissed. 

25 Damnit, the celebrity pic keeps disappearing. Comments are kinda intermittent , as well . Meh . Until one of you sub-morons quadruple posts something , I will remain unimpressed .

26 Anyone remember the doubleknit softball type uniforms of the 70s in Major League Baseball?

27 Not good on the uniform designs.  Some teams could use an update, but they tried to futurize the bronco one by bringing back the horse inside the D.  Stupid.

28

what pic? havent seen it yet.

29 Certain anonymous ONT posters chemjeff says Oh My! while others everyone else curse WTF. Thankfully, there is no Jar-Jar Kitty (yet I'm sure).

FIFY.

30 I don;t want to see Hello Kitty the Hutt.

31 hi all
oh man that corn dog video made me hungry for a double cheeseburger

must...resist...the urge...

32 Some open blogger ought to rip off the snark-free guys stuxnet post.

33 Those uniforms designs are awful.  The Saints looked less ghey than this when they were decked out in pink last month.

34 Evenin'!

Caught Brewmasters...the guys who make Dogfish head...I'll never understand how complete dorks can make such great beer.

35 yep, the celeb pic was pretty easy.

36 hey now, I'm not saying "Oh My" at the Hello Kitty images - none of them had vibrators

37 actually I kinda liked the new uniform pics

38 23

speaking of doors, I'm locking mine as we speak. okay well it's been locked since I came in the house but I see the Nati made the top 25 most dangerous city list right below Newark. high five CIN!

actually Ohio is the worst state in the list w/three cities in the top 25.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 22, 2010 09:32 PM (WKDat)

The city went to shit after the riots it seems.  Let me guess, the other 2 cities, I would got with 2 of the following: Columbus, Cleveland, Youngstown.

39 Editor, you made it home in one piece!

40 Is this the Mirror Universe ONT, where Genghis has a beard and Maetenloch wears a bare midriff with a knife sheath?

41 Hey, alright - St. Louis is #1 in crime!

42 oh if you have turkey-day recipes you'd like to share, break them out now. there will be a food thread tomorrow!

43 wow, St. Louis beat out some tough competition in Detroit, Compton and DC

44 44 Is this the Mirror Universe ONT, where Genghis has a beard and Maetenloch wears a bare midriff with a knife sheath?

Nope.  If this was the Mirror Universe ONT we'd all be using both hands to type.

45 lacey, are you a cob logger too now?
wow, did everyone get a key to the place?

46 45 Hey, alright - St. Louis is #1 in crime!
Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 09:39 PM

We'll retake the Lombardi Trophy, and we'll be number one in murder again!

47 #48  Nope.  If this was the Mirror Universe ONT we'd all be using both hands to type.

Speak for thyself.  If this was the Mirror Universe ONT, I'd be using one hand to type. 

Thankfully, I haven't been consumed by decadence, .

48 46 - we fry our turkey. And I make a butterscotch pie.

49 wow, did everyone get a key to the place?

Ace was all hopped up on ether, like Monty Burns when Homer hit him up for some bowling team dough.

50 buzzion, the list had Clevand in at #7, Dayton at #20, and CIN at #24.

51 We'll retake the Lombardi Trophy, and we'll be number one in murder again!
Posted by: New Orleans at November 22, 2010 09:42 PM

Wait till we show up to do the murders Americans won't do

52

are you a cob logger too now?

no, no, no. ben's putting up the thread!

 

And I make a butterscotch pie.

oooooh, two of my favorite things! I'd love to see that recipe.

53 Editor, you made it home in one piece!

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 22, 2010 09:38 PM (YxBuk)

Barely.  It was most brutal the closer I got to home.  We're just one street below the top of our hill (which has a grade of 17%), so I took the long, gradual drive to the top street.  It was a single sheet of ice.  So, I had to park on that street and walk about 3 blocks in what can only be described as a blizzard.  Sucks.

54 Damn, Dayton would have been next if I had written in 4.

55 Paul Newman was super cute even as a youngun!

56 frying your turkey is the Moron way togo. it has danger, fire, and good meat.............

57 yeah, "butter" and "scotch" are two of my favorite things too

58 Who's gonna make me a gluten-free lemon meringue pie?

59 53 wow, did everyone get a key to the place?

Ace was all hopped up on ether, like Monty Burns when Homer hit him up for some bowling team dough.
Posted by: Waterhouse at November 22, 2010 09:42 PM

Who are all these reprobates typing with one hand, Smithers?

60 Baton Rouge 16th most dangerous.  Thanks, Katricians.  Used to be such a great city.  Still is, really, but there're fewer places in it still safe to go.  Few cities in America are going down as quickly as BR.

New Orleans 13th, but New Orleans ought to be nuked right off the map along with everybody in it.  Nobody would miss it but fucking tourists who believe that "friendliest city evar" horseshit.

61 holy crap, how much snow did you get, Ed? was there an icy mix in that?

62 wow Editor glad you're back home safe

63 Ok everyone,  I can't decide if this is spam or someone very clevely impersonating spam.

64 Fuck Star Trek.

65 56 - you got it I'll post it on the foodie thread mañana.

66 Editor, here you go

67 62 Who's gonna make me a gluten-free lemon meringue pie? BITCH
Posted by: Editor at November 22, 2010 09:46 PM

FIFY...  and now you will blow me

68 Geez, even from a glance at Breaking News Twitter, it's evident that Seattle's getting hit hard by snow.  Hope y'all are okay.

/Blame global warming, climate change, climate disruption, BUSH!!!

69 I'll take two seconds to gloat about the lack of winter here in So Cal.

70 I made snickerdoodles last night and they came out AWESOME. I think I might make sugar cookies for dessert for Thanksgiving.

71 Thanks, all.  I'm coo', now.  Wifey had dinner waiting for me and both she and child were happy to see me. 

We didn't get much.  Maybe 3" on top of the hill.  Problem is the same thing happens every time.  Snow starts early in the morning.  Everyone drives on it all day long.  Then they stop driving on it.  Sun goes down, temperature drops and it's an ice rink on all streets.

Took almost 2.5-hours for a normally 15-20 minutes commute.

72 73 I'll take two seconds to gloat about the lack of winter here in So Cal.

Same here in Georgia--- it was 80 today.

73 I'll take two seconds to gloat about the lack of winter here in So Cal.

Time's up. Let's have your wallet now.

74

umm, pie!

*drools*

I'm sort of fasting, well not really, just cutting back, in prep for Thursdays continual foodgasms. I hope to be passed out in a food coma by 3pm.

 

75 73 I'll take two seconds to gloat about the lack of winter here in So Cal.

See ya in a few!

76 Posted by: buzzion at November 22, 2010 09:47 PM (oVQFe)

Your link was bad, so here it is, in all its brilliance!

187 Ugg Napolitano Grope and Grab Swiss Watches the US cave before Terrorism Ugg Napolitano Boots up your backside We have the latest styles of latex gloves Latex Examination Gear Ugg Napolitano Viagra OK Viagra and Cialis together and maybe some wanking and major beer goggles Ugg Napolitano strip searches and cavity searches Obama popularity lower than dirt

;" class="posted"> Posted by: Ugg Napolitano at November 22, 2010 09:42 PM (aayss)

77 This is such a tough game to choose who to root for.  I can't stand that little douchebag prick Phillip Rivers.  He just seems like a Ryan Leaf with more talent to keep him from melting down.  And then on the other side you have McDaniels who is a Bill Bellichek wannabe with a fully developed ego of his old boss.

78 I'm gonna give you the recipe to the best pumpkin pie of all time. 

Use condensed milk.
Make your crust out of snicker doodle cookie dough (even gf dough).

You're welcome.  Trust me, you'll thank me.

79 oops, forgot about the extra http.

80 74 What other threads do we need tomorrow?

We need a thread of nothing but cheerleader pics.  If y'all can find more like the one in tonight's MNF thread, so much the better.

81 76 - glad you're back to your "hearts" and hearth.

82 What other threads do we need tomorrow? Make Vic do a financial doom thread . Start with this .

83 What do I think? I think that guy's girly ankles are gonna snap like twigs.

84 Ugh, no Castle tonight because of Skating With The non-Stars.

85 Editor, did they salt the roads this time in advance of the storm?  I remember reading something here about how the mayor of Seattle didn't salt the roads during one storm because they didn't want the runoff going into the bay and killing fish?

/Stupid eco-fucks and their retarded regulations.

86 73 I'll take two seconds to gloat about the lack of winter here in So Cal.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 22, 2010 09:48 PM

74 degrees right now in SW Florida.

After 15 years in SoCal and 4 months here, I'd shatter like the T-1000 in the liquid nitrogen if I ever got into a NJ winter again

87

making tiramisu [correctly] is a surefire way to get into a girl's panties.

88 Same here in Georgia--- it was 80 today.

Posted by: EZB at November 22, 2010 09:50 PM (fa9yq)

you got that right.........  i wore a t-shirt outside all day today.

89 94 making tiramisu [correctly] is a surefire way to get into a girl's panties.

*note to self - never learn how to make tiramisu*. 

90 Yes, Kratos.  They started last night.  Snow actually started yesterday morning.  They fired the director the SDOT, hired the guy from Denver and changed the policy.

OMG - salt will go into salt water ELEVENTY!!!11!!!!1!!!

91

making tiramisu [correctly] is a surefire way to get into a girl's panties.

Ooh, thanks for the heads-up.

92 91 Ugh, no Castle tonight because of Skating With The non-Stars.

NOOoooooooo!!!

93 dang Lacey, what is tiramisu?

94 Can we just go buy tiramisu from Buca di Beppo (only redeeming value of that joint)?

95 87 74 What other threads do we need tomorrow?

I'd love an all sockpuppet thread

96

 94

making tiramisu [correctly] is a surefire way to get into a girl's panties.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 22, 2010 09:55 PM (WKDat)

So is working for the TSA

97 Building topples
I just saw Earl and friends to that to Joy's trailer (My Name is Earl) during a party  running from one side to the other, wonder if they hit the sake a little to hard there..

Meat log.
Yum Yum, If your sick of being tired after turkey you'll not have to worry with "the log" as the heart burn will keep you wide awake.

Top Gear.
It's winter fun on top gear (BBC) 4x4 auto racing a bobsled, ice hockey in cars, and ski jumps with a car. These guys are nut's but I'd love to be with them.

98 This is the l____est ONT evah.  Evah.

99 There's a porn star called Tyra Misoux.

So I hear ...

100 Oh, thanks chemjeff.  Nice find.  We can actually buy frozen gf crusts from Whole Foods, but i'm telling you, snickerdoodle cookie dough makes the best pie crust.

101 108 There's a porn star called Tyra Misoux.

So I hear ...
Posted by: Waterhouse at November 22, 2010 10:00 PM

Saw on the news that porn star Capri Anderson is suing Charlie Sheen

AoSHQ decency standards prevent me from showing Capri at work

102 102 dang Lacey, what is tiramisu?

If orgasm was a dessert, it'd be tiramisu.

103

I think that the new football uniforms should look like this:

http://tinyurl.com/25xo3r6

Give them some appropriate tools and football would get a lot more interesting.

104

are you a cob logger too now?

no, no, no. ben's putting up the thread!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 22, 2010 09:44 PM (WKDat)

Ben... Quayle?

^{(hmm, curiouser and curiouser)}

105 From Michael Yon on Facebook.

"Taliban Leader in Peace Talks Was An Imposter"

106

Wow I just flipped to make sure I saw right that there was no Castle, and they were doing the judges critique of the skaters. I think one might have set my tv on fire.  I swear the guy was wearing eyeliner and lipstick

107 Greetings, fellow 'roon!

I don't have much time tonight. Down here in the southern compound, we have much work to do in preparation for the coming economic collapse.

The Commander's poster of the British Airways uhh, "Effen" attendant made me think of this great tune for coding, writing, and paperwork of all kinds.

Bond themes rule.

I'd also like to thank all the great Open Bloggers who stepped up and saved me the trouble of feeling guilty for not doing so. Also, made it so I can sit back and slam lots of cheap drinks and level unfair criticism at their totally pathetic attempts to blog. Looosers! Shzt, I spilled my drink.

108 I swear the guy was wearing eyeliner and lipstick

Can he play bass?

109 TSA = Ta-tas Squeezed  Agressively

110 116 -Muah, thanks for noticing cupcake!

111 is that teri garr?

112 and paul newman?

113 Apparently " 'roons " is now singular.

Fzck it.  I'm listnin' to that Propellerheads track.

114

i love the hello kitty too cute

 

115 OK, Hawaii 5-0 is on....I'll get my hunk quotient for the night.

116 Nike uniforms look like shit to put it mildly.

117 Our "east coast office" - which consists of one person - is in Georgia. She said it was warm there today. It was warmer there than it was here by 20 degrees.

118 I can't decide if I love the Nike Chiefs' Unis or HATE them.  I have strong emotions, but don't know which way.

Re: Shanghai building toppling
That is what happens when you build a high-rise apartment next to a river without sufficient footings.  Not even close to code (just like the building fire that killed 58 last week here).

119 127 Nike uniforms look like shit to put it mildly.

Posted by: Ronster at November 22, 2010 10:10 PM (9q4PA)

They're fake.  Link at Comment 22

120

Posted by: Robert at November 22, 2010 10:05 PM (fG88N)

Here's another link for that story:

Taliban leader in secret Afghan peace talks was an imposter - New York Times http://nyti.ms/gRdhYV

121 #39 I don't live too far from the Dog Fish Head brewery.took a tour about a year ago.I'ts a small brewery but they make some good beer.The triple barley malt is pretty stoudt.

122 No probs, CDR!

Dayam. Now I wanna listen to Shirley Bassey.  I recommend the History Repeating track.

So how come only the Brits (okay, Albert Broccoli's family) put out movies with real men in them anymore?

Shirley Bassey. If you're gonna "hit that" please be gentle. She's still singing! Over 70 and still releasing tunes. I hope I can still fap after 70.

123 Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 22, 2010 10:11 PM (YxBuk)

Wife just said it's raining in her AK home town.

124 btw, I'm all for the Afghan government having secret peace talks with the Taliban...if they were just a ruse to get all the Talibananna head honchos in one area so we can blow them all to Kingdom Come with a MOAB barrage. 

125 129 Ha code! China is filled with disasters waiting to happen.Grease the right palms or have the right connection(to the Commie party) and you can do anything you like.

126 A Random Act of Culture at Macy's in City Center Philadelphia. Kinda neat.

127 Wife just said it's raining in her AK home town.

It poured here on Sat and early Sun morning. Bright and sunny today. More rain expected tomorrow. Temps have been holding in the 50s and 60s, dipping into the 40s at night.

Where's Chris in VA???

128 Community Service-Paris Hilton Edition!

As I looked at the picture, I could hear the voice of the Engineering Superintendent at the plant site to which I was first assigned:

You don't paint brick!

129 132 #39 I don't live too far from the Dog Fish Head brewery.took a tour about a year ago.I'ts a small brewery but they make some good beer.The triple barley malt is pretty stoudt.

Posted by: ziptie at November 22, 2010 10:13 PM (ljAGw)

They have a 9% IPA that really clobbers you.

130 136 129 Ha code! China is filled with disasters waiting to happen.Grease the right palms or have the right connection(to the Commie party) and you can do anything you like.

Posted by: steevy at November 22, 2010 10:16 PM (HFNeB)

Makes you wonder how long that Three Gorges Dam is going to last doesn't it?

131 There are only two links in this ONT.  That's even lamer than Ghengis' ONTs.  Bring back Maetenlock!

132 Not sure but the Navy photo looks a helluva lot like young Lenny Schneider. He was mean to his Aunt Mema, but a good boy with a real potty-mouth.

133 142 The dam is probably alright.It was a government national prestige project after all.

134 #142 Makes you wonder how long that Three Gorges Dam is going to last doesn't it?

I'm surprised it hasn't burst already.  Tom Friedman must be so proud of his model country... *rolls eyes*.

135 Rum, you gonna see the new Rock movie?

It looks like a decent revenge flick.

136 Hey!  You aren't supposed to know that already!  Be sure to act "surprised" on Christmas Day.

Hahah... that's pretty funny, actually.  Irony, really. 

137

They're fake.  Link at Comment 22

Posted by: buzzion at November 22, 2010 10:13 PM (oVQFe

Thanks. That's what I get for not reading the thread before commenting. I feel like a dumbshit. More than usual.

138

Makes you wonder how long that Three Gorges Dam is going to last doesn't it?

Posted by: buzzion at November 22, 2010 10:18 PM (oVQFe)

Ziiiiinnnnnggggg.

139 I would motuhbwoat Kwisteena Hendwicks six waythe to Sunday.

140 OK short timing it here tonight. Got woik to do.

Boil that water before before making that Valu Rite, and be sure to soak up lots of moonlight tonight. The crazy will carry you through the "itis" come Thursday.

Later, 'oons

(if I gotta leave off a letter, I like that one)

141 In re: uniforms - I'm not seeing enough pink there, people!
  -- Roger Goodell

142

Community Service-Paris Hilton Edition!

As I looked at the picture, I could hear the voice of the Engineering Superintendent at the plant site to which I was first assigned:

You don't paint brick!

 

good advice. I never understoof why people with brick homes painted them white. I guess they never realized you can't power wash brick. It breaks the bricks down.

so once you paint them, they're stuck that way

143 Did someone say meat log?

144 you gonna see the new Rock movie?

Hell yeah! Just need to find the time to see it. Maybe I'll go on Black Friday. I also want to see HP and Tangled.

145 What is it with rich libs always telling us that we need higher taxes on the "rich", yet they utilize every tax shelter and loophole they can find to spare their own wealth from taxation?

Buffett Tells ABC Rich Americans Should Be Paying `A Lot' More in Taxes

/Buffet, you do know the IRS accepts "donations", right?

146

nice! zogby's new poll has obama  @ 39%

bush called to say 'how's my ass taste, bitch'. well actually he's too polite and has too much class to say that.

I on the other hand.....

147

IÂ’m trying to vote early and vote often for Bristol, even though I donÂ’t care a whit about DWTS, however IÂ’m having trouble logging in to the ABC site. I thought I had a login, it wonÂ’t log me in with that, and then when I go to register it says what IÂ’m registering is already taken. WTF? I suspect shenanigans!

148 hmm lacey, so you're saying it is worth it for me to learn how to make tiramisu?

149 Buffett Tells ABC Rich Americans Should Be Paying `A Lot' More in Taxes

Buffet needs to seriously kiss my ass.

150 142
Makes you wonder how long that Three Gorges Dam is going to last doesn't it?
Posted by: buzzion at November 22, 2010 10:18 PM (oVQFe)

Not to worry ... the dam is designed to fall, in one piece, in the direction of the reservoir.

151

Not this steel blue & lime green, shit. 

 

What?? They changed the uniform color again? I thought the lime green was tossed unceremoniously out the window.

152

I wouldn't steer you wrong, chemjeff.

trust me on this.  don't screw it up thought. I'm not saying there's an 'a-for-effort' type of curve involved in this.

153 Um, lime green has always been part of the new uniforms.  It's an accent color. 

154 Wait, one more music linky for the 'roon assemblage (that's a little Frank-o-fone lingo for ya).

This song kicks ass every way a song can possibly kick ass, except in jazz improv, and country & western ("We have both kinds."):

Kenji Kawai Concert - Reincarnation

Now I really gotta go.

155 It is a trap, chemjeff!  Don't fall for it!

156 'Lo 'rons -- how's it hangin'?

157

good advice. I never understoof why people with brick homes painted them white. I guess they never realized you can't power wash brick. It breaks the bricks down.

so once you paint them, they're stuck that way

My house was built sometime around 1860.  People have painted the bricks several times since then (all before we bought it).  Now the wife can't decide if she'd rather paint it her own color or stucco it.  I don't like the stucco idea.

158 It's an accent color.

Man check.

159

making tiramisu [correctly] is a surefire way to get into a girl's panties.

I donÂ’t like tiramisu. Just saying that wonÂ’t get you into my panties.

 

And yes, IÂ’m reading the thread and commenting as I go, bite me.

160 trust me on this.  don't screw it up thought. I'm not saying there's an 'a-for-effort' type of curve involved in this.

So what about tiramisu + roofies?

161 Man check.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 22, 2010 10:34 PM (YxBuk)

I knew I should deleted that word.  Damn.

162 I couldn't help but be reminded of this when I see that "Stay at Home Dad" vid.

163

Isn't your CT Scan tomorrow?

 

I re-scheduled first thing this morning when I looked at the weather. IÂ’m doing it at the end of next week. Tomorrow morning is going to be hell out there, nothing but sheets of ice.

164 I don't know why I bother. That real spam is fucking genius.

165 Zero is giving Buffett the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with Maya Angelou and GHW Bush among others.I'm a better poet than Maya Angelou.

166 making tiramisu [correctly] is a surefire way to get into a girl's panties.

Oh, you know my weakness, stud.

167 Ha, just got an email that said we should install machines at the airport that detonate any explosives when a person goes through it.
End of problem.

168

i just posted this on the other DWTS thread... i'm shooting for 500 votes

------------------------------------

just so everyone knows, you can vote as many times online as you want.  the only limit is 5 per email address.  this is why so many asshats who care about this shit are losing their minds... kids are on facebook bragging about voting 300 times with 60 email addresses.  ABC doesn't want to limit different family members from voting, so they won't restrict by IP address.  so don't be bashful... you still have over 12 to vote online and ensure heads will explode tomorrow night!  we might even get another police standoff...

169 Paris is painting brick to cover grafitti.

170 #181 Sadly, the dude who lived in our house before we did never got that advice (or if he did he ignored it).  I have a white painted brick fireplace.  I'm thinking of having it tiled over.  I do not like it.  It's bugged me for years.

The fires of Centraila didn't bother you, yet you are vexed by a simple white brick fireplace?

171

good advice. I never understoof why people with brick homes painted them white. I guess they never realized you can't power wash brick. It breaks the bricks down.

so once you paint them, they're stuck that way

Really?  Can't you just dissolve the paint?

172

Seriously, why wonÂ’t ABC let me vote? Is it because I picked Bristol? Dammit, they wonÂ’t keep me from phoning my vote in. Rat bastards for making me care about the outcome of  a stupid reality television show anyway.

173

good advice. I never understoof why people with brick homes painted them white. I guess they never realized you can't power wash brick. It breaks the bricks down.

so once you paint them, they're stuck that way

My house was built sometime around 1860.  People have painted the bricks several times since then (all before we bought it).  Now the wife can't decide if she'd rather paint it her own color or stucco it.  I don't like the stucco idea.

Yeah, I don't like Stucco either. I guess if you have to have painted brick, then white is the way to go. Actually it depends on where you live. In the northeast white is the way to go, I'm not sure how it is in the rest of the country.

I just don't like painted brick and you can't undo it. There is a home near me that was painted white and they powerwashed it down. First off, it didn't get rid of all the white paint, so it looks sloppy. Second, most of the bricks are damaged. Not cracked and broken, but some aren't perfect rectangles anymore, they have rounded edges, etc. it's a mess

174 Lately I've started pressure-washing the kids once a week. Easier than getting them to take baths.

175

Oops, the wonderful boys just called me down to dinner. They are going to be Marines—and they cook! It doesn’t get better than that.

176 Evenin,' all.  Good thing I stopped by the HQ.  I want to paint my '70s-looking fireplace like you wouldn't believe.  The house was built in '98, but the builder was living in a time warp and did the old red brick number.   Makes me crazy.  So what can I do besides paint it that won't cost a million bucks?

177

good advice. I never understoof why people with brick homes painted them white. I guess they never realized you can't power wash brick. It breaks the bricks down.

so once you paint them, they're stuck that way

Really?  Can't you just dissolve the paint?

what chemical would you use that wouldn't damage the brick? how would you apply it? and how much does it cost in comparison with powerwashing(which is inexpensive once you own the machine)

178 Zero is giving Buffett the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with Maya Angelou and GHW Bush among others.I'm a better poet than Maya Angelou.

Posted by: steevy at November 22, 2010 10:41 PM (HFNeB)

Um...why? 

It gets worse though... John  Sweeney? You can get a medal for heading the largest organized crime unit in America?

179

Evenin,' all.  Good thing I stopped by the HQ.  I want to paint my '70s-looking fireplace like you wouldn't believe.  The house was built in '98, but the builder was living in a time warp and did the old red brick number.   Makes me crazy.  So what can I do besides paint it that won't cost a million bucks?

I have a grey slate type fire place. I love old fashioned red brick fire places. Why would you change it? Do you have a dark wood mantle? what color is the room?

depending on the size, you can be a large cover made out of wood. it will probably have to be a custom job, that'll set you back a few thousand.

180 #199  You might have to experiment.  Find a small section of the brick wall you don't care that much about and try some of the suggestions listed here. 

181 OK cadets, tonight's Starfleet history lesson is "How Kirk Got Owned By Hamsters"

We were on our way to drydock and extended leave from Kirk's various clusterfucks and abuse of machinery when some hack who was the Assistant Deputy of the Department of Wheat Storage calls Kirk with a Code One This Is No Shit Emergency Summons. So we warp over to another giant leggo set and the fuckin' Assistant Deputy Cereal Czar and his Deputy Assistant Deputy Wheaties Czar demand that we assign every last Red Shirt because Uberweener was upset that the Klingons were nearby and were after his Lucky Charms

Well, as much as the Federation Hacks fuck up a train wreck, they do accidentally do something right, and on this big corn silo they put in a lounge with a full time bartender. The fucking Klingons happened to be around and were demanding that we call open bar and let them hang out there. Kirk probably figured if he let half of our crew go for Happy Hour, he could call his lawyer girlfriend from his court-martial to do some "discovery". Didn't have to tell me twice, I wanted to go down and drink everything that crawled under the table after 6 months of keeping the warp drive from going supernova after Capt Leadfoot had us half wrecked by the badass satellite and the planet eating turd.

While we're there, I saw some fucking fatass con artist selling Rigelian Glow Water, Charles Johnson Calendars, and a bunch of oversexed hamsters. Well, Uhura just had to have one because chicks are suckers for kittehs and puppies and rabbits and hamsters. She buys one of them without asking if the frigging thing was spayed, and before you know it the little shit has a litter and 5 minutes later the offspring has a litter. McCoy decides to take a look at one of them and finds out they're "practically born pregnant", just like Yeoman Rand

While the hamsters are multiplying like Britney Spears on fertility drugs, we're on the station bar getting on a good buzz when a Klingon dickhead walks up and starts shooting his mouth off. Crikey, those Klingons are big enough assholes when they're sober, and this one is Kennedy level schnockered. Starts saying what a blowhard egotistical fuckup Kirk is. Since I can't say "you don't know the half of it", I have to say "everyone is entitled to his opinion". Then he starts calling the Enterprise a total piece of shit that must have been built by British Leyland. I figured that insulting my ride was reason enough to hit this Klingon asshole so hard he'd have to unbutton his collar to shit.

By the time the starbase bouncers threw us all out and I sobered up, Kirk has us all lined up to chew our asses out about the phone calls he was getting from the Deputy Assistant Cereal Czar. Turns out Kirk wasn't pissed about us getting in a fight, he was pissed that we didn't get in a fight because the Klingons were calling him an idiot and a pussy. He confines me to quarters to figure out how to get the hamsters out of the food processors, the navigation equipment, the phaser banks and the toilet in his quarters.

Meanwhile the Wheaties Hack calls Kirk down to bitch about all the hamsters clogging up his Sainted Storage Lockers. Kirk goes to open one and Spock told me he almost pissed himself trying to keep a straight face while Kirk opens the overhead bin and the next thing you know, it looks like the bottom of his toupee locker gave out and Kirk is up to his ass in toupees ... I mean hamsters. Kirk looks at them and notices they look like the ones on the ship that they had found in Sulu's shower, ie "dead". Kirk doesn't want PETA crawling up his ass to go along with this useless hack too, so he asks Spock and McCoy to find out how they could be dead with a couple days supply of hamster kibbles to nosh on.

Turns out someone fucked around with the grain so it became more useless than Sulu on Argellus II. Cereal Czar is accusing us of fucking with his cereal when a few live hamsters start going apeshit when walking by his butt boy deputy. Turns out that like every other thing that eats, shits, and fucks it can detect that Klingons are assholes. Well, sure did wipe that look off Deputy Hack's face when we arrested his cabana boy.

182 #203 Because it's white!111111!  Now if it was my favorite color, black, the color of my heart, it would be perfect!

You have a heart?    Maybe if you meant black, the color of your soul...lol.

_{/I kid, I kid!} 

183 what chemical would you use that wouldn't damage the brick? how would you apply it? and how much does it cost in comparison with powerwashing(which is inexpensive once you own the machine)

Ben, well why not just ordinary paint thinner?  All you'd need is something that is capable of dissolving paint.  Hell, gasoline would probably work.  (Not recommended though.)

184

#199  You might have to experiment.  Find a small section of the brick wall you don't care that much about and try some of the suggestions listed here. 

yeah, that might work for a fireplace or something small. I was refering to people who painted the exterior of their home white, over bricks.

185

what chemical would you use that wouldn't damage the brick? how would you apply it? and how much does it cost in comparison with powerwashing(which is inexpensive once you own the machine)

Ben, well why not just ordinary paint thinner?  All you'd need is something that is capable of dissolving paint.  Hell, gasoline would probably work.  (Not recommended though.)

but, if i'm not mistaken, over time, the brick absorbs the paint.

186 #208  Ben, well why not just ordinary paint thinner?  All you'd need is something that is capable of dissolving paint.  Hell, gasoline would probably work.  (Not recommended though.)

From the link I read, it seems that if you don't use a stringent enough paint stripper, you get a white film that remains on the brick. 

187 making tiramisu [correctly] is a surefire way to get into a girl's panties...........................pie, cupcakes, pudding, mini-anything (eclairs, cream puffs, even cookies!) also works wonders. Go ahead and make 2-3 different varieties. The ladies like lots of choices.

188 So how come only the Brits (okay, Albert Broccoli's family) put out movies with real men in them anymore?

Posted by: K~Bob at November 22, 2010 10:14 PM (aayss)

Completely going stream-of-consciousness here, but it's always amazed me that cauliflower was known from the 1500's, but broccoli was developed by the uncle of the guy that produced the original Bond films. Everyone assumes it was the other way 'round, 'cause cauliflower looks like such a mutant.

189 That isn't brick the bitch famous for being famous is painting. It's just a concrete block wall. You can't destroy the beauty of a concrete brick wall because it never had any to begin with.

190 So, chemjeff, how 'bout we pick-up our conversation in a little over an hour?  I need to get buzzed, first.

191 OMG that list of suggestions at #199, one of them was to use muriatic acid - DON'T USE THAT!  That stuff will dissolve the mortar and everything, and your fireplace will fall apart

192 I have a white painted brick fireplace.

My cousin has one of those, too. They mounted a TV above the mantel.

193

OMG that list of suggestions at #199, one of them was to use muriatic acid - DON'T USE THAT!  That stuff will dissolve the mortar and everything, and your fireplace will fall apart

god i love the internet. You know someone tried that.

194 It ain't just tiramisu, guys. Learn to cook. And not just that stupid "cooking even men can do" shit. Real cooking, the way real men like Escoffier and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Fucking-Savarin did it.

195

Posted by: Ben at November 22, 2010 10:46 PM (DKV43)

I think that red brick looks dated.  There are built-in book shelves on either side stained a honey color, with matching hardwood floors.  The room is painted "filtered sunlight," which looks like bright sun hitting a cream-colored wall.  I was thinking of painting the fireplace that same color.  The builder was old school in the choice of brick, but the massive oak crown moulding he put in makes up for it.  I can't imagine what that would cost to do now.

by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 22, 2010 10:47 PM (c0A3e)

Yikes.  Good thing I haven't pestered the mister to start on this painting project yet, we could live to regret it judging from all the paint removal horror stories at that link!

196 #208  Ben, well why not just ordinary paint thinner?  All you'd need is something that is capable of dissolving paint.  Hell, gasoline would probably work.  (Not recommended though.)

Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 10:49 PM (PaSAU)

yeah, that might work for a fireplace or something small. I was refering to people who painted the exterior of their home white, over bricks.

Posted by: Ben at November 22, 2010 10:50 PM (DKV43)

Use the gasoline, spark a match......problem solved.

197 196
Oops, the wonderful boys just called me down to dinner. They are going to be Marines—and they cook! It doesn’t get better than that.
Posted by: ParanoidAndAnnoyedInSeattle at November 22, 2010 10:44 PM (RZ8pf)

'Fess up - you're taping a pilot for some sort of female fantasy series, aren't you?

198 CDR - how about an ONT of nothing but sea stories?

199 220 OMG that list of suggestions at #199, one of them was to use muriatic acid - DON'T USE THAT!  That stuff will dissolve the mortar and everything, and your fireplace will fall apart

Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 10:53 PM (PaSAU

Wrong. Muriatic acid is what one uses to clean errant mortar off the brick when the brick laying is finished.

200 Posted by: Jon Carey at November 22, 2010 10:57 PM (qY2Vc)

My cousin has a sunken living room, which had a rail separating it from the dining "room." It wasn't a room so much as where the dining table went. They took out the rail to make it look even more spacious. It looks really good. And after being so used to my aunt cramming 30 years of crap into it, the house almost looks empty.

201

WASHINGTON – The woman who told President Barack Obama that she was "exhausted" from defending him and his economic policies and waiting for the change she expected after voting for him has another reason to be put out: She's lost her job.

Velma Hart, the chief financial officer for Am Vets, a veteran services organization based in Maryland, said Monday in an interview with CNBC that she was laid off as part of the nonprofit's effort to cut expenses.

I'll bet she's really damn tired of him now

202 Completely going stream-of-consciousness here, but it's always amazed me that cauliflower was known from the 1500's, but broccoli was developed by the uncle of the guy that produced the original Bond films. Everyone assumes it was the other way 'round, 'cause cauliflower looks like such a mutant.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2010 10:51 PM (kaalw)

Somehow, I expected cthulhu would know this.

203 I just realized I left a sock on in my response to Rum!

Lol, I knew it was you!

204 Wrong. Muriatic acid is what one uses to clean errant mortar off the brick when the brick laying is finished.

Because it dissolves the mortar.  You don't lather it all over the fireplace, do you?

205 i'll talk to my brother about this painted brick thing and get back to you tomorrow night on it........  hes one of the best painters and paint strippers there is around........

206

Wrong. Muriatic acid is what one uses to clean errant mortar off the brick when the brick laying is finished.

Because it dissolves the mortar.  You don't lather it all over the fireplace, do you?

it makes a great lubricant or at least i think it does. I don't know, I was kinda drunk when perusing the MSDS

207 Might not meet the AoSHQ Rules of Decorum.

Well, not the current ones, where we can't use the c-word or quote the crazy lady from WV.  But you could try a throwback ONT.

208 208
Ben, well why not just ordinary paint thinner?  All you'd need is something that is capable of dissolving paint.  Hell, gasoline would probably work.  (Not recommended though.)
Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 10:49 PM (PaSAU)

Headlines from tomorrow:

Moron Burns Home Down

"I just wanted a fire in the fireplace tonight"

Confesses to having drenched fireplace's brick in paint thinner several hours beforehand

Several firefighters treated at local hospital for having painful stitches in their sides from laughing

209 Muriatic acid is just hydrochloric acid.

210 #227  Use the gasoline, spark a match......problem solved.

Are we reading the same book?  This was the exact same thing I suggested to my teachers when they asked for suggestions on improving my high school.

211 WTH are we going to do next week when all this "net neutrality" horse manure starts?  We need to exchange phone numbers and fast.  Don't forget your Moron Safehouse stickers to identify Val-U-Rite sanctuaries during the zombie Obama Civilian Corpse apocalypse.

212 i'll talk to my brother about this painted brick thing and get back to you tomorrow night on it........  hes one of the best painters and paint strippers there is around........

So, your brother is a stripper?

213 Thanks for the tips about the brick.  I bookmarked the link.  I'm thinking about having a tile guy put some tile over it.  The hearth is slate, so I'm not sure what.  I did go to a tile store, but couldn't make a decision.  There was so much different tile, I got overwhelmed.

Don't go with the tile. Some day, despite the best intentions, you'll light the goddamn thing with the damper closed and get smoke up the front -- which is a serious pain in the ass to get out of grout.

We faced our fireplace with granite, and did the hearth as well. It can be far less expensive than you think, provided you're willing to do some of the legwork.

There are stone places, and there are fabricators, and there are counter/kitchen places. A slab of granite roughly 5'x9' can be had for $500 (hints -- avoid the color blue, as that's where you get $2000 slabs). Depending on how fancy you get, fabrication/installation can run you $500-1200. Getting it from a counter/kitchen place will get you another layer of markup from 50-100%. Identify the fabricator, find the stone and buy it, and tell the fabricator where it is (he'll handle all the hauling).

Best part -- when you get smoke up the front of the thing, it'll come off with windex.

214 #141 Thats the name of it.Your right i'ts pretty strong.

215 Muriatic acid........ is used for cleaning concert........ works great on driveways. but is Acid, i wouldnt us it in the house.

216 Hate to burst the bubble of joy/hate depending on how you feel of the concepts but Nike has already come out and said that these are nothing more than fan art designed by someone based off the way Nike has done some College uniforms. Posted by: buzzion at November 22, 2010 09:31 PM Yep, the local sports talk radio show was talking about this last Friday (that they were fake but some of the uniform ideas looked kind of cool). Some of them do look pretty cool. For the Bears uniform, I like the uniform, but I would have went with a different helmet style with the Chicago "C" on one side and the Bear head on the other. I actually like the Bears throwbacks they are wearing this year, except for the plain blue helmet. If I were making new uniforms for the Bears, I would go with the throwback uniforms and then add my idea for the helmet. As far as the others, I like the Arizona Cardinals design the best. They really need to get rid of those uniforms they have now that are mostly white. The all-white helmet with the dumb bird head they have now just is not that great. The fan art design though looks pretty darn cool.

217

 we can't use the c-word or quote the crazy lady from WV. 

Who's that?  The one who demanded "satisfaction" or she was going to shoot?

218 If you dab on a dilute solution of muriatic acid in order to clean up some mortar from a finished masonry project, that's one thing - it's quite another to take a bucketful of muriatic acid and drench the fireplace in it

219
Are we reading the same book?  This was the exact same thing I suggested to my teachers when they asked for suggestions on improving my high school.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 22, 2010 11:06 PM (c0A3e)

Well, that gives me an excuse to post this, again.  (it gets funnier every time.)

220 219
Does that taste anything like fishsticks?
Posted by: andycanuck at November 22, 2010 10:53 PM (ocvEI)

Fishsticks are neither fish nor sticks

(They are collected tongue scrapings, packed in rectangular molds and dried in the hot desert sun.)

221 239 231 CDR - how about an ONT of nothing but sea stories?
Posted by: Bomber at November 22, 2010 10:59 PM

i love stories about sea men

222 Aw man I missed the zombie thread.

223 Because it dissolves the mortar.  You don't lather it all over the fireplace, do you?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 11:02 PM (PaSAU)

I'm sure that you know muriatic acid is a weak solution of HCL acid. Not real potent. Just use a sponge to apply to the area you want to clean, steel brush it and wash it off.  Only works on new mortar. Too weak to do much good on old mortar.

224 257
Posted by: 'Roonettes, green with envy at November 22, 2010 11:08 PM (yRrAd)

Apologies, 'roonettes, should have been sockpuppeted as

225 So, your brother is a stripper?

Posted by: Bomber at November 22, 2010 11:06 PM (d88g9)

paint stripper.........  as in stripping paint off shit to repaint it.......

226 My husband wants to knock out an exterior wall and enlarge our one butt kitchen and dining room.  He did make all the cabinets for our kitchen which he would never have done if it was any bigger.  I guess if we knock out the wall, he'll make some more.

We changed out a window and put in a bay window in our dining room for a similar reason. If it were still a flat window, you'd feel like you were backed up against the wall when you ate.

227 Ronster, well, muriatic acid is not necessarily dilute

But why would it not be effective on old mortar?

228 Shoot me an email with what you are thinkin' and we'll see.  I've got Wed and Fri and then I get fired.

Not thinking too much right now.  And will be out in the woods in South Arkansas those nights.  But I do have one email worth posting, if you can do pics.  Might have to wait till I get back to work tomorrow to find it though.

229

Ooh, I didn't even think of a slab granite.  Hmmm...That might actually be the way to go.  I wonder if I could get marble?  It's actually a fireplace that was converted to gas, but we never use it.  Although I am seriously thinking of having it upgraded so we will.  We also have a fireplace downstairs that is woodburning that we never use. 

Posted by: runningrn at November 22, 2010 11:10 PM

You can also buy remnants of granite or marble, depending on how big the area you are covering is.

230 #263  Ooh, I didn't even think of a slab granite.  Hmmm...That might actually be the way to go.  I wonder if I could get marble?

Marble tiles?  I'm sure you can procure some.

231 paint stripper.........  as in stripping paint off shit to repaint it.......

My next to last real (pre-military) job was laying sod.  That was 15 years ago, and my brother still likes to talk about back when I used to work as a sodomite.

232 216
That isn't brick the bitch famous for being famous is painting. It's just a concrete block wall. You can't destroy the beauty of a concrete brick wall because it never had any to begin with.
Posted by: Ronster at November 22, 2010 10:52 PM (9q4PA)

You don't paint that, either!

Jeebus, you take a surface with zero maintenance costs and, in one fell swoop, buy yourself future maintenance costs and effort for years to come!

233 oh, also, something I found out the hard way: muriatic acid also dissolves stainless steel, so beware

234 well, not "dissolves" stainless steel, but reacts with it/etches it

235

Six a.m. will be here too soon, so I'll toddle off, but before I do, good job to all the sub Morons who have so enthusiastically taken over posting duties.  I expected to come in Sunday and see the place all TP'd with exploded toilets and crime-scene tape all over.  No such luck.

My suggestion for a thread post -- the Moron version of an Edward Bulwer-Lytton contest.  We could even do it with an overeating flair in honor of Turkey Day.  "It was a dark and stormy night, and the moronette was so full of turkey and all the trimmings that the floor creaked beneath her, like the trunk of a '79 Chevy opening to reveal two voting machines from upstate NY."

Speaking of, did y'all see that Solomon Ortiz conceded to the Repub, Farenholdt?  We got another one!

236 Oooh, home remodeling and cooking!

My house in El Paso has a set of windows in the living room that face the back yard, and only a small door from the dining room out to the back.  My goal is to pull up the cement tile out back, replace it with a brick patio to match the house, add a pergola overhead, and then replace the windows in the living room with a set of french doors.  When it's done, I'll be able to walk in the front door, turn right, and look out through a set of french doors to a covered patio in the back yard.

Good tip about the granite fireplace.  My fireplace is a god awful tan tile, so I'll have to look into granite as an alternative.

I second the mention of guys learning to cook.  It isn't that hard to cook well, and pays dividends down the road.  Personally, I love making risotto.  It's easier than most people think, and is a great date dish.

237 Dang, outta ice.  So this screwdriver is only half cold... wait...

238 Heh!  I laid sod for the first time in my life about a week and an half ago.  It's  not as easy as it looks!

Goddamn south Alabama fire ants were the worst.  I still have a scar on one finger.

239 Did Jaws just say "we all love Rivers"?  When is Chucky going to take his ass out?!

240 marble? granite?
why  not just hang a painting of Elvis on black velvet over the fireplace and call it good?

total cost: $39

241 hmm, from Instapundit: debt crisis causes Irish government to collapse, new elections to be held early next year

242 Get a fireplace insert -- a firebox that sits inside your fireplace. It keeps all your warm air from shooting up the chimney, plus you don't get smoke in the face if the damper's shut because you don't have to shut the damned damper. I got one and I figure it'll pay for itself in another year from reduced heating costs.

243 This is officially the worst year ever.

Evening, all.

244 286 hmm, from Instapundit: debt crisis causes Irish government to collapse, new elections to be held early next year

PIGS - Portugal,  Ireland (or was it Italy, both?),  Greece, Spain.

Who is the next domino to fall?

245
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT THE REAL ONT

!

246 Well, I wouldn't try to do it professionally, but when you're at home, with less stress and more time, it's pretty easy, IMHO.  I don't even use the fancy risotto rice, just medium grain rice from the supermarket.

247 Personally, I love making risotto.  It's easier than most people think, and is a great date dish.

Posted by: Alex at November 22, 2010 11:19 PM (yY28H)

Pretty funny watching every contestant on Hell's Kitchen fuck that dish up!

Posted by: CDR M at November 22, 2010 11:22 PM (5I8G0)

I don't think they realize how time consuming it is. I've made cheesy risotto but it takes a couple of hours.

248 evening soulpile
what happened?

249 'night, all.

250  sodomite.

Posted by: Bomber at November 22, 2010 11:16 PM (d88g9) .

cant say i have ever been called that. but my brother can paint sheetrock and make it look like marble...  hes one of the top painters and furniture refinishers in At......  hell of a folk art painter also....

251 224
Hmmm.  Sounds like I need to add home improvement tips on my next ONT.  And cooking recipes that turn on women.
Posted by: CDR M at November 22, 2010 10:56 PM (5I8G0)

How about "really stupid things we've done and survived"? The damn thing would write itself and have its "666" cherry popped before 11:15 EST

252 This is officially the worst year ever.

What happened?

I don't even use the fancy risotto rice, just medium grain rice from the supermarket.

HERETIC! It's not risotto if it's not arborio rice!

253 I'll guarantee, identifying the Celebrity would've been a lot harder, if his name wasn't in the file title.

254 I don't think they realize how time consuming it is. I've made cheesy risotto but it takes a couple of hours.

I've never had to cook for more than an hour, tops.  The problem is that you do have to give it a lot of attention.

255 Soulpile, what's wrong?  Are you alright?

256 Alternatively, if you're facing a fireplace, you could do what we did for the backsplash of our kitchen cooktop -- get a stainless steel plate.

Mind you, it'd be larger than what I was doing, but the same principles would apply.

I got an oversized plate from a local metalworks (note -- they said "how thick?" and I said, "about like this [holding my fingers apart]" -- and I ended up with a plate you could put in the road and drive trucks over). You can then use a standard quarter-sheet hand sander to give it a foggy/misty look (and get rid of flaws/prices/maker's marks). We then drew a pattern on with sharpie and used a steel wire brush driven by electric drill to etch on the pattern (note, sharpie marks were visible in the brushed areas afterward, but we decided to leave them on).

Finally, you wipe off the remaining sharpie marks (it's stainless, use whatever solvent you feel like), and (important and non-obvious) give it a coat of Naval Jelly and buff off ("passivates" the surface). Then you take measurements and have it cut to the exact size desired.

Looks great, indestructible, low-maintenance....what's not to love? And we did most of the "artistic" stuff out on our driveway.

257 now I'm dating myself!

Me too!!

258 265 Ronster, well, muriatic acid is not necessarily dilute

But why would it not be effective on old mortar?

I don't know what definition of muriatic acid you are referring to. I'm talking about the stuff you can buy at Lowes, etc. I've used it to clean brick and galvenized metal to prep for painting and solder application.. Got it on my hands and didn't suffer any damage if I washed it off . Not near the damage I would expect from HCL used in a chemical lab. My guess on why muriatic acid works better on new mortar is that it hasn't totally set up. My brick layer told me to use it the next day or it would lose its effectivness.

 

259 HERETIC! It's not risotto if it's not arborio rice!

Heh.  It tastes just fine to me.  The only reason for using arborio rice is because it releases moer starch, but medium grain rice works just as well for that.

260 241
Wrong. Muriatic acid ... makes a great lubricant or at least i think it does. I don't know, I was kinda drunk when perusing the MSDS
Posted by: Ben at November 22, 2010 11:04 PM (DKV43)

Shouldn't that be "Ben, he of the scarred, stunted penis that sends women screaming from the room in sheer horror"?

261 73 I'll take two seconds to gloat about the lack of winter here in So Cal. ------------ Whatchu talkin' 'bout Rum? I had to turn my furnace on yesterday!

262 Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2010 11:27 PM (kaalw)

That's really neat. 

263 HERETIC! It's not risotto if it's not arborio rice!

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 22, 2010 11:25 PM (YxBuk)

Wikipedia: "A high-starch (amylopectin) low-amylose round medium- or short- grain rice is usually used to make risotto. Such rices have the ability to absorb liquids and to release starch and so they are stickier than the long grain varieties. The principal varieties used in Italy are Arborio, Baldo, Carnaroli, Padano, Roma, and Vialone Nano. Carnaroli and Vialone Nano are considered to be the best (and most expensive) varieties, with different users preferring one over the other. They have slightly different properties: for example Carnaroli is less likely to get overcooked than Vialone Nano, but the latter being smaller cooks faster and absorbs condiments better. Other varieties like Roma, Baldo, Ribe and Originario may be used but will not have the creaminess of the traditional dish."

264 You don't paint that, either!

Jeebus, you take a surface with zero maintenance costs and, in one fell swoop, buy yourself future maintenance costs and effort for years to come!

Posted by: Lou DeFanti, Engineering Superintendent at November 22, 2010 11:16 PM (yRrAd)

Well she was painting over graffiti. And I'll add that concrete block holds paint pretty well if you use the correct paint and the concrete block isn't subjected to moisture from the inside of the paint.

265 Posted by: Alex at November 22, 2010 11:28 PM (yY28H)

I was just teasing. I think I've only used arborio, though. I use long grain rice to make into porridge.

266

Aww, I have a soft spot for Ron! 

Posted by: runningrn at November 22, 2010 11:26 PM (qY2Vc)

You really do have a small, black heart, don't you?

267 Whatchu talkin' 'bout Rum? I had to turn my furnace on yesterday!

But it doesn't snow here! At least, not in my part of Cali.

268 #309 My guess on why muriatic acid works better on new mortar is that it hasn't totally set up.

Decreased permeability.  Makes sense. 

269 Posted by: Ronster at November 22, 2010 11:28 PM (9q4PA)

Ronster, okay - well I just checked the Lowe's website and they do sell muriatic acid that is as concentrated as what you'd find in a chemistry lab, 31% - glad you weren't using that stuff on your hands.  Hmm.  I wonder what happens to the mortar as it ages so it doesn't react with the muriatic acid as well anymore?

270 Ronster, are you a mason?

271 Hmmm. Anyone seen Will Folks lately?

272
I was just teasing. I think I've only used arborio, though. I use long grain rice to make into porridge.

I know.  Arborio is the standard, but it's too expensive for my tastes.  $7 for a two pound tub, IIRC.  Rice pudding is also fun to make.  Especially when it gets cold out.

My top five "know how to make" dishes

Bread pudding
Risotto
Beef Stew
Proper scrambled eggs
Pie from scratch

273 316 Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2010 11:27 PM (kaalw)

That's really neat. 

Posted by: Alex at November 22, 2010 11:33 PM (yY28H)

Actually, it's one of those "too easy to steal" ideas....2003/2004, we were wandering around Disneyland looking at all the different stainless steel etch patterns.....

274 "Proper scrambled eggs"?  What is that?

275 wait a minute....he can't tell you if he's a mason.....they swear an oath or something

you have to know the secret handshake

276 301
I'll guarantee, identifying the Celebrity would've been a lot harder, if his name wasn't in the file title.
Posted by: franksalterego at November 22, 2010 11:26 PM (+6fgE)

Hey, no using your mad intertubes' skillz to cheat!

277 Via Instapundit:  Taliban Leader in PeaceTalks was Imposter

278 Okay so moronettes, what are the dishes that you would expect any guy worthy of your time to be able to make for you?

279 "Proper scrambled eggs"?  What is that?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 11:38 PM (PaSAU)

Well, in my book, you need to add a dab of roasted sesame seed oil before whipping them & used butter as the pan lube.

280 AltonJackson  @ 329, not THAT kind of mason lol

281 "Proper scrambled eggs"?  What is that?

I've eaten far too many dishes of scrambled eggs that turned out... wrong.  Usually they were overcooked.  Scrambled eggs are simple, but they require enough comfort and finesse to do correctly.

282 wait a minute....he can't tell you if he's a mason.....they swear an oath or something

you have to know the secret handshake

No, I've seen bumperstickers with the mason symbol, and "To be one, ask one."  Apparently they're recruiting.

283 right

284 so I've been doing scrambled eggs wrong?? sigh
all I do is, take 2-3 eggs, beat them in the pan, cook them, then when they are almost done, add some cheese, cook a little longer, and serve

285

You can probably scrape some off the side of your house or the driveway or something!

I was going to post the same thing!

 

School is canceled tomorrow. Of course the boy isnÂ’t here right now, so it doesnÂ’t really effect me, but he was pretty excited when I called to tell him.

286 is that wrong?

287 302
Aww, I have a soft spot for Ron!  I got his autograph and a bunch of other Eagles when I was in college (now I'm dating myself!) 
Posted by: runningrn at November 22, 2010 11:26 PM (qY2Vc)

And there's inspiration for a winning entry for "Create an apt slogan for the M&Ms"

M&Ms: we date ourselves - a lot!

288 what are the dishes that you would expect any guy worthy of your time to be able to make for you?

I don't actually have an answer for that. I haven't the faintest idea. As long as it's something that can't just be microwaved (e.g. pasta sauce from a jar), then it doesn't really matter...Just stay out of the kitchen while I'm cooking.

289 Jeebus, chemjeff - you don't even pre-whip the eggs?  *face palm*

290 343 Jeebus, chemjeff - you don't even pre-whip the eggs?  *face palm*

that just wastes a bowl - what's wrong with whisking the eggs in the pan?

291 343 Jeebus, chemjeff - you don't even pre-whip the eggs?  *face palm*

Ruh Roh!

/At least he doesn't add milk to the eggs, as I did for a long time. 

292 Don't scrambled eggs need milk?

293

The stuff I cook has to follow two rules - be able to survive a distraction while I read something interesting and be able to have 70 percent of it frozen afterward.

294 you're supposed to pre-whip the eggs?

295 that just wastes a bowl - what's wrong with whisking the eggs in the pan?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 11:44 PM (PaSAU)

I don't have time for theology AND cooking...

296 milk? no

heavy cream

297 346 Don't scrambled eggs need milk?

Nope.  Some people add milk to give the eggs more density, but that is a mistake IMHO. 

298

what are the dishes that you would expect any guy worthy of your time to be able to make for you?

 

Why do you tempt me so? I had to break 8 of my fingers so I wouldnÂ’t post something I shouldnÂ’t.

299

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 22, 2010 11:45 PM (bi3em)

No.

300 You guys are all going about this scrambled egg thing wrong.  Here's how I do it - I just tell Mrs Bomber to get in that kitchen and scramble me some eggs.  And now that she's pregnant, I tell her to make sure she's gets her shoes off before she gets in there.

301 No, I've seen bumperstickers with the mason symbol, and "To be one, ask one."  Apparently they're recruiting.

Posted by: Bomber at November 22, 2010 11:41 PM (d88g9) .

see Ohio Dan about that.

302 As long as it's something that can't just be microwaved (e.g. pasta sauce from a jar)

Pasta sauce would be number six on my list.  It's too freaking easy to make a large batch that is ten times better than the store stuff, and then you preserve it in a couple of mason jars for use later.

303

Why do you tempt me so? I had to break 8 of my fingers so I wouldnÂ’t post something I shouldnÂ’t.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAnnoyedInSeattle at November 22, 2010 11:46 PM (RZ8pf)

I think the twenty five marines could feed you a crust of bread and water and you wouldn't notice.

Not that they would, of course.

304 I had to break 8 of my fingers so I wouldnÂ’t post something I shouldnÂ’t.

Give into temptation.

305 ...You all know I love women. No one outside of Casanova or the Federation Union of Fashion Designers takes a more sincere interest in the fairer sex. So you can imagine how freaking pissed off I was when I had to give up not only three stunning pieces of interstellar strange, but the beautiful dream of a pill that could make all women as painfully hot as I am. That stung more than losing those games of Capellan fifteen-card stud to Scotty. I keep forgetting that while engineers can barely speak English, they can count cards. Fucking double-dealing jock in a sporran and a fucking red shirt. Yay, Captain Kirk is gonna be a hero and save the puny stolen spaceship heading dick first into a bugnutting monster asteroid field. Because I have nothing better to do than pretend I'm flying the the USS Highway Fucking Patrol and I'm on a five-year mission to explore strange new cargo holds for undeclared magnetic ore and unlocked bootleg communicators from New China. We pick up four things in our tractor beam: Three white hot superbabes so smoking they burn the deck where they walk, and a balding fat dude with either a mustache or two Arcturan tree chipmunks living up his nose, waving their tails down his nostrils. Oh, and a frelking earring so hopelessly gay it must have come out of Hasbro's "My First Homosexual Encounter Playset." But guess what? Gay Mustache Dude is actually some crank on the lam with a rap sheet as long as my dick, and it ain't just parking tickets. This is hard to believe since he looks less like a dangerous interstellar criminal than Captain Kangaroo's secret gay lover. But rules is rules, so His Baldness goes in the brig and now Scotty tells me that my errand of mercy has cost the ship its entire supply of dilithium. Personally, I think Scotty couldn't tune a carburetor much less a warp drive and he probably just shoveled all the crystals into the hopper while in a panicked hangover. Meanwhile, I have to keep Bones from mauling the babes in sick bay, because he says something is "wrong" when he scans them. R-i-g-h-t. That guy couldn't come up with a decent excuse to corner a woman if his supply of cornpone depended on it. It's too late to cry over spilled Scotch but lucky me, nearby is this miserable dilithium mining planet, Rigel XII, otherwise known as Abandon Poon All Ye Who Enter Here. These miners act like they haven't seen a chick for a century, and while I don't blame them given how atom-smashingly hot Swishy Earring Criminal's babes are, I say only priests or pillow biters would make mining a second career. If you get my drift. Anyway I gotta buy fuel, when these miners see Tubby the Bald's women and decide they would prefer them instead of cold hard Federation cash. Well, Captain Kirk doesn't go around giving women away to anyone, especially ones that give you an erection if you see as little as their shadows. But I am faced with a horrific, soul-wrenching moral choice. Either give up these innocent young women to burly rough forty-niners or take a swan dive at Mach 20 into the atmosphere and make like toilet paper in a plasma torch. I agonize about this for at least a millisecond, and then give the rock haulers the chicks so I can put some fuel back in the fucking tanks. How sharper than a serpent's tooth is an ungrateful grizzled miner who smells like "bath" is a word missing in their vocabulary. First these rock-sucking miners "forget" to beam up the fuel we need, so we're still swirling around the atmospheric toilet bowl like a spaceman's steamer about to meet the fecal disintegrator. And then we get a fucking warranty complaint. That's right, the miners call up whining about how their new wives aren't as supernova sexy as they used to be. I tell them "Hey, caveman, welcome to marriage. I don't recall you filling out a product registration card. Why do you think God invented one-night stands?" So while my entire ship is just about ready to get a massive re-entry rug burn, this freaking miner makes Help Desk Enterprise use our sensors to find his runaway wife, because she took off for a good cry or something, probably because her husband leaves the cap off the ultrasonic toothpaste. We find the lousy woman and I have to admit, she looks rode hard and put up in a pickle jar. Here's the kicker: These chicks take this really cool drug that turns a 2 into an 11, but just like vitamins or Cialis you have to keep taking them. It makes chicks so hot it even sets off Bones's medical scanners. Of course, such a drug is a miraculous boon to mankind, therefore the fucking Federation made it illegal. Your government at work. Well, I gotta make this miner happy and get my fuel or I'm going to have a hell of a time explaining how I lost my ship. I mean, I can pad expense reports but even I couldn't pull off that one. But I have an idea. I just sneak one of these illegal beauty pills out of lockup. I make a big show of letting the woman take the pill and presto, she's beautiful again. I tell everyone that it wasn't really the Venus Drug, but freaking apple jelly. I half-expect these hayseed miners to demand a decade's supply of apple jelly, having seen its miraculous effects, but my Kirk bullshit about "believing you are beautiful makes it so" works just fine. The miners swallow my line like Nurse Chapel swallows post-op estrogen pills, we get our fuel and I take us out of orbit pronto before these shit-kicking ore gobblers find out I pulled a fast one. Even Bones and Spock believed I gave the woman a placebo. Now, Bones is such a bleeding heart I expect him to buy this "you're as beautiful as you feel" bullshit, but I expected more from Spock. On the other hand, maybe Spock really is smarter than he looks. When your boss is fleecing the sheep, you shut up, stand back and admire the haircut. I wonder if I can swap Chapel's estrogen pills with the Venus Drug. I too believe in charity.

306

I like my scrambled eggs whipped with a touch of milk. Not a little, just a bit.

 

I canÂ’t actually think of food right now though because I just had the most fabulous smothered burritos ever.

307 It's too freaking easy to make a large batch that is ten times better than the store stuff, and then you preserve it in a couple of mason jars for use later.

Posted by: Alex at November 22, 2010 11:47 PM (yY28H)

Again with the masons! Its a conspiracy!

308 Bristol Palin doesn't deserve to win that show. This is a FUCKING TRAVESTY!!!

309 then you preserve it in a couple of mason jars for use later.

What is it with the damn masons tonight?

310 and then you preserve it in a couple of mason jars for use later.

So, first step is to get to know a mason?

311 You guys are all going about this scrambled egg thing wrong.  Here's how I do it - I just tell Mrs Bomber to get in that kitchen and scramble me some eggs.  And now that she's pregnant, I tell her to make sure she's gets her shoes off before she gets in there.

Posted by: Bomber at November 22, 2010 11:47 PM (d88g9)

Heh.  My wife can't handle scrambled eggs, right now.  She can't even be in the kitchen when I'm making them.  It's the only thing that's off putting to her, right now.  Even tried to stuff it down her throat, yesterday (baby need protein!!).  No go.

312 #356 Pasta sauce would be number six on my list.  It's too freaking easy to make a large batch that is ten times better than the store stuff, and then you preserve it in a couple of mason jars for use later.

My mom makes a kick-ass pasta sauce and freezes a prodigious amount of it for future use. 

313

I canÂ’t actually think of food right now though because I just had the most fabulous smothered burritos ever.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAnnoyedInSeattle at November 22, 2010 11:48 PM (RZ8pf)

They are marines. Those  burritos weren't smothered, they were garroted.

314 something tells me that the rumored "foodie thread" is going to be EPIC

as in, "soon to be a major motion picture" kind of epic

315 Posted by: Oldcat at November 22, 2010 11:48 PM (CN+Qv)

Heh.

316 Yeah, PGiS, what were you going to say? 

317 I like my scrambled eggs whipped with a touch of milk. Not a little, just a bit.

I can help you with that.

318 wtf...     milk in scrambled egg ?

319

twenty five marines

 

Well IÂ’d notice if they were Marines. If they were Navy I might not.

320 We lost my old man cat early this morning.  Really awful - we came back from a day trip to find him on the floor, not moving.  He lasted a little bit after that with seizures and such.  He was my baby.  That makes three pets and my dad this year.  Some related concerns on the financial side due to my dad...

On top of that, business is not going well in our sector.  Some good days, some bad.  Don't know how this will all turn out.  Hoping next year is better.

321

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 22, 2010 11:44 PM (c0A3e)

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 22, 2010 11:45 PM (bi3em)

Add water (or oil) to obtain fluffy eggs, not milk, which tends to make the final product "tougher", in my experience

322 baby need protein!!

Wait, you were trying to use that line with eggs?

323 324 Ronster, are you a mason?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 11:36 PM (PaSAU)

I wish. I would be a lot richer. I'm a Mineral Engineer-Chemist. That's what my degree says. For what it's worth HCL doesn't scare me. I will say that H2SO4 does. Iv'e had my shirt melted off me and a fire started from rapid oxidation on a lab rag. Let's just say it was caused by a lab assignment gone wrong.

324

Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 22, 2010 11:50 PM (afWhQ)

I'm very sorry for your loss soulpile.

325 They are marines. Those  burritos weren't smothered, they were garroted.

The burrito had a rag shoved in it's mouth. *ducks*

326 I like scrambled eggs cooked in bacon grease.

327 Even tried to stuff it down her throat, yesterday (baby need protein!!).  No go.

Well, if scrambled eggs are the only thing you can't stuff down her throat, then you're doing pretty good.

328 Wait, you were trying to use that line with eggs?

lulz

329 Alex, can you recommend a good pasta sauce recipe?

_{(yes, I get it from a jar)}

330

Even tried to stuff it down her throat, yesterday (baby need protein!!).  No go.

 

And then I hope she beat you with the frying pan.

331 I dunno. Alton Brown tells me to use milk, I'll use milk.

332 Wait, you were trying to use that line with eggs?

Posted by: Alex at November 22, 2010 11:51 PM (yY28H)

Good gawd, man.  That is sick shit, right there.

333 soulpile, oh wow, that's awful
my condolences

334 Actually, scrambled eggs is one of those "De gustibus non disputandum est" things.

Personally, I like: crack two eggs in a smallish teflon pan; add dill, savory, granulated garlic, parsley, and ground pepper; scramble with wooden stick; apply very low heat until almost everything starts to gel; add cheese and scrape eggs into mound with cheese in middle; add dab of butter and crank heat up; get a bit of brown outside and melt cheese. My other half, by contrast, likes fluffy moist plain scrambled eggs, with added milk.

335

Soulpile, IÂ’m so sorry to hear about your cat and all the loss youÂ’ve faced this year. I am sending you a huge hug over the Internet.

336 I like scrambled eggs cooked in bacon grease.

Posted by: Holger/Pelayo at November 22, 2010 11:52 PM (V9Q+f)

Yeah, that's the best way, for sure.

337 Sorry to hear about your loss, soulpile.  Hope things look up for you soon.

338 My mom makes the best scrambled eggs with a touch of non-fat milk.  I've tried water in them and without anything added.  Milk's the best.

332 Okay so moronettes, what are the dishes that you would expect any guy worthy of your time to be able to make for you?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 22, 2010 11:40 PM (PaSAU)

Starches.  Mashed potatoes, pasta, pancakes, proper rice... anything that I consider comfort food.  Gravy.

339
You know what goes real nice with scrambled eggs and bacon...?



Maple syrup. And I'm not talking about that hokey real Vermont stuff. I mean that good old fashioned processed Log Cabin maple syrup. Right on your eggs and bacon. I discovered this by accident.

340 ok how many of you Morons put ketchup on scrambled eggs?      hemmmmmm, good..

341 Since painted brick and rice have figured prominently in tonight's discussion, why not sandblast the paint off using rice hulls? (Hey, I'm winging it here.)

342 Another thing that goes well with scrambled eggs is salsa.

343 Maple syrup.

Cruzan Black Strap Rum - very dark, tastes like syrup.  I keep meaning to try it on pancakes, but I haven't yet.

344 Another thing that goes well with scrambled eggs is salsa.

Any kind of hot sauce.  Or chili powder.  Or both.

345 395 ok how many of you Morons put ketchup on scrambled eggs?      hemmmmmm, good..

My stepfather puts ketchup and tobacco sauce on his scrambled eggs. 

346 tobacco sauce

Copenhagen?  Skoal?

347 It's Cholula sauce, for me.  Actually, if I could get my hands on some Hula Girl Sauce, I'd use that.  Best damn hot sauce I've had.

348 403 tobacco sauce

Copenhagen?  Skoal?

lol, he used to chew tobacco back in the day too.  I remember thinking it was bubble gum at one point..

/I meant to write "tabasco" sauce. 

349 Nothing with my scrambled eggs. Now, with Fried breaded Okra I like marinara sauce.

350 Thanks guys.  It's appreciated.  A hell of a year, literally.  At least I have my mom, my job's still intact and my retail store temp job's holding steady... much to my chagrin at working 8hrs on black friday. 
Not everyone is so lucky.

351 Sorry for your loss, soulpile. That haz the sukkage.

352  It's Cholula sauce, for me.  Actually, if I could get my hands on some Hula Girl Sauce, I'd use that.  Best damn hot sauce I've had.

Posted by: Editor at November 23, 2010 12:00 AM (YX6i/)

You can get that from hotsauceworld.com.

353 who recommended Alton Brown?
he seems to have some easy recipes on there, maybe I'll try some of those

354 Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 22, 2010 11:50 PM (afWhQ)

*big hugs* I'm sorry it's been such a rough year for you.

355 My stepfather puts ketchup and tobacco sauce on his scrambled eggs. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 22, 2010 11:59 PM (c0A3e) .

see, thats because hes been in the Trucking biz.......... my Dad taught me that.

356 Mega, just go one step further and do what I do - put your bacon in your Belgian waffles... then add the maple syrup.  You're welcome.

(pre-cook the bacon, of course)

357 its a Truck Stop thing.

358

Via Instapundit:  Taliban Leader in PeaceTalks was Imposter

it's ok, so is our president.

359 can you recommend a good pasta sauce recipe?

I know you weren't asking me, but here's one of my favorites. I make it all the time.

360

PGIS, what did the boys make you for dinner?

 

They killed some burritos for me.

361 405
French Toast has to be on the list.  My dad used to make us epic French Toast.  You have to use Challah Bread!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:00 AM (qY2Vc)

This.  Ultimate french toast is made with challah.  Mmmmm.

-Nothing should be on scrambled eggs.  No sauce, no cheese (that's for omlettes, unless dairy free types).  Only salt and pepper.

362 Alex, can you recommend a good pasta sauce recipe?

<sub>(yes, I get it from a jar)

I generally go for simple.  This one works for me.  The measurements are a rough guess, because I have a bad tendency to eyeball stuff when I'm in the kitchen.

1 can of crushed tomatoes
1 can of tomato puree
1 can tomato paste
2-3 cloves of garlic (roasted is great)
2 tablespoons minced onion
dried basil
salt and pepper
1/4 cup vodka
generous pinch of sugar

cook onion and garlic in a pot with some olive oil, add the rest of the ingredients, cover, and bake at 250 degrees for at least 3 hours.  You could simmer it on the stove, but I preferred to use the oven, and let it slowly cook overnight.</sub> 

363

My stepfather puts ketchup and tobacco sauce on his scrambled eggs. 

Tabacco sauce? Wow he's a hardass.

364 oldcat, you're my hero.

365 how many of you Morons put ketchup on scrambled eggs?

Tabasco sauce. My mom puts ketchup on hers.

366

Oh runningrn, get this they’ve been to Bellevue Square twice now and both times they’ve been followed through the mall and into stores by the security there—both the uniform guys and the plainclothes guys.

367 Just as a point of comparison, I made tagliolini alla zafferano con pesto di pistacchi on Saturday. Came out pretty good, although the picture in La Cucina Italiana looked more grey than yellow. I suspect it got the green dancing girl treatment (had to sneak a ST reference in).

368 374 We lost my old man cat early this morning.  Really awful - we came back from a day trip to find him on the floor, not moving.  He lasted a little bit after that with seizures and such.  He was my baby.  That makes three pets and my dad this year.  Some related concerns on the financial side due to my dad...

On top of that, business is not going well in our sector.  Some good days, some bad.  Don't know how this will all turn out.  Hoping next year is better.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 22, 2010 11:50 PM

Sorry to hear of the loss of your kitteh, soulpile. It's been a bitch of a year for all of us, in fact a bitch of 4 years when you get down to it

369

This.  Ultimate french toast is made with challah.  Mmmmm.

Seems kind of redundant to put eggs on the outside when challah bread has all those eggs on the inside.

Been a long time since I had french toast. As a kid I used to be repulsed by eggs except for extrememly runny soft boiled eggs. And my mom was repulsed by making them.

 

370

You all remember  what happened in Enumclaw, right? 

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:05 AM (qY2Vc)

Could you refresh my memory?

371

You all remember  what happened in Enumclaw, right? 

Did you have to go there? Neigh.

372 You have to use Challah Bread!

I love challah bread! And it does make the best French toast. Dammit, now I want to order breakfast from my favorite deli...

I made crispy yogurt chicken tonight and I'm stuffed.

373 CDR, emailed you a half-assed ONT item.  Which means it should fit right in around here.

374 Maple syrup is the best stuff on earth.  Do not use the fake stuff like Aunt Jemima or Mrs Butterworths.  We used to use those until my mom introduced the pure crack... I won't go back.  It's more expensive, but you can use less and it's worth it.

Turkey sausage + maple syrup = awesomeness.

375 377
I wish. I would be a lot richer. I'm a Mineral Engineer-Chemist. That's what my degree says. For what it's worth HCL doesn't scare me. I will say that H2SO4 does. I've had my shirt melted off me and a fire started from rapid oxidation on a lab rag. Let's just say it was caused by a lab assignment gone wrong.
Posted by: Ronster at November 22, 2010 11:51 PM (9q4PA)

Ditto the melted shirt from H₂SO₄. I thought, "Damn, look at that stuff drip!", then I hauled ass for the safety shower.
Once I became gainfully employed, I did some work years ago with fuming sulfuric acid and with SO₃: nasty, evil stuff.

376 #425 Tabacco sauce? Wow he's a hardass.

lol.  Despite not using tabacco sauce, he still is a hardass, although his thyroid meds have mellowed him out over time.

377 habenero sauce if there's no salsa.

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:03 AM (qY2Vc) .

i can no habo the habenero................. it burns later on the way out.............

378 Seems kind of redundant to put eggs on the outside when challah bread has all those eggs on the inside.

Challah bread can actually stand up to being dipped into custard and cooked without falling apart.  Also, it has enough body to not be completely overwhelmed.

379 As a kid I used to be repulsed by eggs except for extrememly runny soft boiled eggs. And my mom was repulsed by making them.

Oooh.  I liked those as a kid, too.  Nowadays, boiled eggs have to be hardboiled so's they can go into egg salad. 

380 Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 23, 2010 12:08 AM (afWhQ)

My mom's uncle used to send it to us from Canada. That stuff was sooooo good.

I'm going to try to make pomegranate molasses. I wounder if I should try it while my mom's not home...

381 Challah bread can actually stand up to being dipped into custard and cooked without falling apart.  Also, it has enough body to not be completely overwhelmed.

Posted by: Alex at November 23, 2010 12:09 AM (yY28H)

Thats true - they used to say use stale bread to help with that, and preferably something better than wonder bread.

382

heh!  They must not look like they belong in Swellvue!  One of the anesthesiologists I work with has a beater truck.  We got called in for an emergency (he was out hauling crap in his truck when he got the call).  We had to work til 2 a.m.  He was driving back home to Medina (Bill Gates's hood) and was stopped by the Medina police because his vehicle looked suspicious--ie. didn't look like it belonged in the neighborhood.  The cops were not very nice to him.

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:09 AM (qY2Vc)

When I was a teenager, living in Mill Creek, my first car was a '66 Beattle.  Used to get pulled over by the MC Police all the time, without ever getting a ticket.  The worst was the dyke.  MC police were the joke of all police departments in the State.

383 fuming sulfuric acid?  ugh wow, nasty stuff

384 Alex thanks for the recipe!

385
Sorry to hear of the loss of your kitteh, soulpile. It's been a bitch of a year for all of us, in fact a bitch of 4 years when you get down to it

Posted by: kbdabear at November 23, 2010 12:07 AM (vdfwz)

Yeah.  I feel kind of silly complaining about my issues... it just sucks big hairy ones all around.

386 Oooh.  I liked those as a kid, too.  Nowadays, boiled eggs have to be hardboiled so's they can go into egg salad. 

Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 23, 2010 12:10 AM (afWhQ)

Kind of spoiled Easter some that  I couldnt eat the eggs. As I grew up my tastebuds died some so its not as bad as it was.

387

Runningrn, today I think it was because one of them was in camo pants. But seriously they look like all the other kids I see there. So now IÂ’m wondering if all teenagers get followed around. Well, teenage boys. IÂ’ve never noticed the twig thin Paris Hilton wannabes with security following them.

388 Alex, you use vodka in your pasta sauce???

389

It's good on bacon too!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:10 AM (qY2Vc)

Everything is good on bacon or added to bacon or with bacon added.

390 Alex, you use vodka in your pasta sauce???

Posted by: chemjeff at November 23, 2010 12:13 AM (PaSAU)

You drink the vodka while you stir the sauce.

391 A friend of mine once had to use fuming nitric acid for a project - now there was some nasty stuff

392 Posted by: chemjeff at November 23, 2010 12:13 AM (PaSAU)

The alcohol boils off.

393 that sounds delish!  Can you email me the recipe some time?

I'll just post it here

And for fun, my favorite deli was on a Food Network show! (First video)

394 the adults all went on vacation???? does this mean we get to talk about asparagus and circumcision?????? (just kidding. don't have a heart attack cdrm)

395 you use vodka in your pasta sauce?

You've never heard of vodka sauce for pasta? They sell it as one of the jar flavors in the supermarket...

396 Everyone remember Justin Wilson and his cookin' with wine?  Ooooooowwweeeee!

397 I'm going to try to make pomegranate molasses. I wounder if I should try it while my mom's not home...

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:10 AM (YxBuk)

Ooh.. what does that entail?

Oh, and yes - maple syrup and bacon is good.

In regards to challah bread and eggs - another great bakery item that is hard to find out here: egg bagels.  Have to go to small shops for those.

398

Kratos, your Stepdad and my Dad would have got along good......... hell they might even have known each other......

399 You've never heard of vodka sauce for pasta? They sell it as one of the jar flavors in the supermarket...

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:15 AM (YxBuk)

Hard to see the point, is all. Vodka has no taste to speak of.

400 Rum, no, guess I never really considered it

401 Posted by: chemjeff at November 23, 2010 12:12 AM (PaSAU)

You're welcome.  I tend to make a lot when I cook, unfortunately.  I can't cook for one person.

Vodka is used in some tomato sauce recipes because the alcohol supposedly draws out flavors from the tomatoes that would normally be missed.  It then cooks off.

402 hi bebe's boobs

403 tagliolini alla zafferano con pesto di pistacchi on Saturday. Came out pretty good, although the picture in La Cucina Italiana looked more grey than yellow. I suspect it got the green dancing girl treatment (had to sneak a ST reference in).

Posted by: cthulhu at November 23, 2010 12:06 AM (kaalw)

< Does it taste like the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious I made last Tuesday?

404 Vodka is used in some tomato sauce recipes because the alcohol supposedly draws out flavors from the tomatoes that would normally be missed.  It then cooks off.

Oh, true enough - heh clever idea

405

Yeah.  I feel kind of silly complaining about my issues... it just sucks big hairy ones all around.

Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 23, 2010 12:12 AM

Don't feel silly, hurt is hurt. It helps to know you're not alone

406

you use vodka in your pasta sauce?

You've never heard of vodka sauce for pasta? They sell it as one of the jar flavors in the supermarket...

Classico makes a great vodka sauce.

407 Everything is good on bacon or added to bacon or with bacon added.

A couple of weeks ago, Bomber Jr (he's 5) mentioned something about wanting some bacon.  I said, "nothing is better than bacon."  He said, "oh yeah, well, how about bacon on bacon?"  I love that kid.

408 Oh, true enough - heh clever idea

God bless solvents.

409 CDR M, great ONT.  

410

They were probably swaggering around with too much manly confidence.  You know that's illegal in Metrosexual Mallville.

This is probably true. They are very manly. I suspect they probably intimidated some of the hipsters in skinny jeans.

411 soulpile. I'm sorry to hear about your loses. I hope this next year is better.

412 Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 23, 2010 12:16 AM (afWhQ)

Bobby Flay had it as part of his recipe for brussel sprouts, but he didn't have how to make the molasses. Luckily, Alton Brown did. It doesn't look hard, but I wonder about burning it.

413 Hi chemjeff. how's the ticker. the doctor tell you its okay to fap yet?

414

ItÂ’s supposed to warm up on Wednesday. After tomorrowÂ’s death freeze from hell.

415 bebe's boobs the ticker is fine, thanx

416 321 But it doesn't snow here! At least, not in my part of Cali. ---------- We occasionally get snow. Like a light dusting once every other year or so.

417 490 Thanks journolist.  I have a whole new respect for what Maet has to do on these things.

Posted by: CDR M at November 23, 2010 12:20 AM (5I8G0)

< Well, you have spoken to Yoda and it shows. 

418

Hi chemjeff. how's the ticker. the doctor tell you its okay to fap yet?

 

I didnÂ’t know he was fap restricted until the stress test. It seems like fapping would be relaxing, wouldnÂ’t it?

419 471

Kratos, your Stepdad and my Dad would have got along good......... hell they might even have known each other......

With all the places my stepfather has been throughout his life, its quite possible they ran into each other. It is a small world after all...

420

Kind of spoiled Easter some that  I couldnt eat the eggs. As I grew up my tastebuds died some so its not as bad as it was.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 23, 2010 12:12 AM (CN+Qv)

Aw.  I was almost ruined on eggs when I cracked one open to find a formed chick.  Also that one time there was a not formed chick and some blood.  Urg.

I am not a balut eater.

The worst Easter eggs?  The ones that go bad.

421

I still gotta figure out how Genghis did the secret, alternate universe ONT.

 

HeÂ’s satan.

422 Ditto the melted shirt from H₂SO₄. I thought, "Damn, look at that stuff drip!", then I hauled ass for the safety shower.
Once I became gainfully employed, I did some work years ago with fuming sulfuric acid and with SO₃: nasty, evil stuff.

Posted by: ya2daup at November 23, 2010 12:08 AM (yRrAd)

I chuckle. We have something in common. No shower for me though, just wipe down with a lab rag. Had many burn scabs for a few weeks

423 It seems like fapping would be relaxing, wouldnÂ’t it?

Depends on what you fap to.  And on who might walk in on you in the middle of fapping.

424 Bobby Flay had it as part of his recipe for brussel sprouts, but he didn't have how to make the molasses. Luckily, Alton Brown did. It doesn't look hard, but I wonder about burning it.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:20 AM (YxBuk)

On another Alton show he was burning roux for making gumbo and he solved it by cooking the pot in the oven instead of the stovetop. That might work for this if you need to cook low and slow and are afraid of scorching it.

425

Aw.  I was almost ruined on eggs when I cracked one open to find a formed chick.  Also that one time there was a not formed chick and some blood.  Urg.

Damn, the one time I did that I almost barfed right there in the kitchen.

426 hey CDR M.........  what did you tell your boss for this week ?  look guys put the war on hold, i have some Moron shit to take care of for the next few days?

427 *Sigh*

PT in the morning.  Good night, everyone.

428

I hate how the ads here target me. ItÂ’s kind of scary actually.

429

HeÂ’s satan.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAnnoyedInSeattle at November 23, 2010 12:23 AM (RZ8pf)

Well, subtlety is not exactly what I'd call that.

430 I still gotta figure out how Genghis did the secret, alternate universe ONT.

Especially if it's the secret, alternate universe where all the 'Ettes wear short skirts and stompy boots and then post pics of the same.

431

Rum - you should have a food blog... hell, we should have a Moron food blog to exchange recipes. 

432

Well, subtlety is not exactly what I'd call that.

I meant it as a joke, you know, with all the 666 and soul stealing etc. Honest.

433

So exited was I this afternoon.  Called one of the best restraunts in Laguna Beach and made the rese for 7 sharp.  Proceeded to bring the fetching doctora, journolist, my father in law and 3 kids and voila, we get seated half a yard stick from a table of 37 in a room that holds about 35.  

The vodka went down swell and then I shifted into high gear and ordered one of the best glasses of wine ever, and then we got outa Dodge.

But damn, sometimes a little ambience wouldn't hurt.  Got that Mozambique????

 

434

Oh great, thanks a lot.  Now I have that brainworm in my head.  You are pure evil, my Footloose Friend!

Yeah, what do you do if you get that stuck in your head because then you can’t use it as the universal “get a song out of my head” song.

435 479 I've tried cooking with vodka but I always seem to run out of vodka when it's time to start the sauce.

Posted by: CDR M at November 23, 2010 12:18 AM (5I8G0)

Reason #483 to use jug wine as cooking wine.

436 I wonder if the quality of the Vodka is important in cooking...

437 I didnÂ’t know he was fap restricted until the stress test. It seems like fapping would be relaxing, wouldnÂ’t it? I don't think he was. I warned him to wait, cause you never know. I doubt he wanted to found with the skinemax on, junk in hand.

438 'night Alex.

#510 Oh great, thanks a lot.  Now I have that brainworm in my head.  You are pure evil, my Footloose Friend!

Actually, thank my lab-mate.  She learned that diddy at Disneyland, and now she'll start singing that damn song occasionally just to vex me at times. 

439

I'm always afraid that's going to happen to me.  A fear I've had since childhood.  It  never has (knock on wood!)

I still don’t understand how it happens with grocery store bought eggs. Another thing about eggs, it always cracked me up on Martha Stewart’s show when she went to the hen house and got the eggs—they were the cleanest darn eggs I’d ever seen from a hen house. My sister-in-law had chickens and when we get the eggs they were filthy with feathers and crap.

440

With all the places my stepfather has been throughout his life, its quite possible they ran into each other. It is a small world after all...

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 12:23 AM (c0A3e)

i hope they did, he sounds like a good man my dad would have liked.... didnt give any crap and took very little.

441 I'll be researching various turkey making procedures tomorrow for a turkey post.

Turducken.  And other related monstrosities.

442

I don't think he was. I warned him to wait, cause you never know. I doubt he wanted to found with the skinemax on, junk in hand.

 

Would that be better or worse than dying on the toilet?

443 Hey, CDR M,  I cook our turkey and everything the whole nine yards but still haven't perfected the stuffing / dressing dish.  Do you have a good recipe?

444 Have a good night, Alex.

445

Oh great, thanks a lot.  Now I have that brainworm in my head.  You are pure evil, my Footloose Friend!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:27 AM (qY2Vc)

Here's the trick to not getting it stuck your head:  When you're on the ride, just talk the whole time.

446

Is it me or did the songs for movies in the 80's age better than the more modern ones. 

 

Just watched the first Beverly Hills Cop, damn that was good music. Or maybe it wasnÂ’t but it just reminds me of happier more innocent times.

447

I still don’t understand how it happens with grocery store bought eggs. Another thing about eggs, it always cracked me up on Martha Stewart’s show when she went to the hen house and got the eggs—they were the cleanest darn eggs I’d ever seen from a hen house. My sister-in-law had chickens and when we get the eggs they were filthy with feathers and crap.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAnnoyedInSeattle at November 23, 2010 12:32 AM (RZ8pf)

There was a Dirty Jobs at an egg place and they wash and candle them looking for that stuff. I guess some still may get through. That was such a big place there wasnt likely a rooster in 20 miles, though. Maybe you have a higher risk in a free range egg company.

448 okay I'm going to get up early tomorrow too & workout

g'night

449 Chemjeff. Fuming sulfuric is probably the nastiest. The most concentrated form of sulfuric acid. Where does Aqua Rigia fall into the nasty rating?

450 528 Is it me or did the songs for movies in the 80's age better than the more modern ones.  I heard that Celine Dion Titanic song in the store the other day and had to max out the TV there to drown it out.

Posted by: CDR M at November 23, 2010 12:33 AM (5I8G0)

Absolutely not just you.

451

Here's the trick to not getting it stuck your head:  When you're on the ride, just talk the whole time.

I have the best picture from this trip to Disneyland of my son at the end of that ride, heÂ’s got his tongue stuck out and he looks like he is about ready to barf. I guess heÂ’s getting too old to appreciate the wonder that is Small World.

452 Would that be better or worse than dying on the toilet? I dunno. Morons?

453 it always cracked me up on Martha Stewart’s show when she went to the hen house and got the eggs—they were the cleanest darn eggs I’d ever seen from a hen house. My sister-in-law had chickens and when we get the eggs they were filthy with feathers and crap.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAnnoyedInSeattle

Must have been them free range chics, their so left of martha whos sheet don't stink that you can't even see the chics..more expensive but eating shit you can't see should be.

454 I guess heÂ’s getting too old to appreciate the wonder that is Small World.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAnnoyedInSeattle at November 23, 2010 12:37 AM (RZ8pf)

Part of that wonder is being able to sit down in air conditioning on a hot day

455

Plus Martha has "people" to do that kind of stuff for her.

 

Have you seen the December issue where apparently she forced her staff to attend a holiday party at her house for one of the articles in the magazine? The expressions of forced gaiety on a few of the staff memberÂ’s faces are kind of priceless.

456

I just realized IÂ’m still annoyed. Guess I should change that.

457 Just saw a commercial for the Chevy Volt that included the line "spontaneous acts of freedom."  Then it went downhill from there.

Tag line was "Chevy runs deep."  Well, Chevy, so does shit.

458 517
I'll be researching various turkey making procedures tomorrow for a turkey post.
Posted by: CDR M at November 23, 2010 12:30 AM (5I8G0)

Will this include constructing a turkey from Spam?

459

When I was a new nurse (graduate nurse) my first patient who coded did so on the toilet.  It was absolutely devastating.  She was supposed to be discharged that day.  Her son came to pick her up and we were all pounding on her chest, defibrillating her, etc.  She didn't make it.

 

That is a sad story.  Sorry I was flippant.

460 Posted by: Oldcat at November 23, 2010 12:25 AM (CN+Qv)

I've got it on the stove now. Thank God for gas stoves. I don't know how people deal with electric ones. I had that in NY and I HATED it. (Well, not just the stove...)

461

Posted by: Bomber at November 23, 2010 12:40 AM (d88g9)d

To hell with Chevy and their Volt scam.

My current car is a Chevy - my next car will not be. 

462

Hi runningrn. How's the training going?

463 you should have a food blog... hell, we should have a Moron food blog to exchange recipes.

lol! I just steal recipes on the 'net where I see them. I'm no good at making stuff up as I go along when it comes to cooking. I think there's a recipe section of the Yahoo group, though. I feel like I've posted something there before.

464

When I was a new nurse (graduate nurse) my first patient who coded did so on the toilet.  It was absolutely devastating.  She was supposed to be discharged that day.  Her son came to pick her up and we were all pounding on her chest, defibrillating her, etc.  She didn't make it.

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:38 AM (qY2Vc)

That happened to my cycling coach.  Except, he wasn't dying.  He just had a heart rate of under 40 (from the years of cycling).  They busted into the toilet and started pounding on him.  They totally freaked out when he started yelling at them to stop.

465

Oprah's like that too.  Has there ever been an issue of her magazine where she wasn't on the cover?

 

DidnÂ’t she feature Michelle Obama on a cover? Or am I thinking of something else.

466 I'll be researching various turkey making procedures tomorrow for a turkey post.
Posted by: CDR M at November 23, 2010 12:30 AM (5I8G0)

Just don't mention Tofurkey.  Ew.

night, chemjeff.

467 I've got it on the stove now. Thank God for gas stoves. I don't know how people deal with electric ones. I had that in NY and I HATED it. (Well, not just the stove...)

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:43 AM (YxBuk)

I'm not a fan of my current stove's gas. It tends to go from lo to inferno when I quit looking at it.

468 Part of that wonder is being able to sit down in air conditioning on a hot day

10 minutes of A/C bliss. And in the winter, heated bliss. I actually think Jingle Bells is more annoying than Small World.

469 is it sad to say that I actually like the Patriots design (even if the team sucks major ass)?

470 565

Oprah's like that too.  Has there ever been an issue of her magazine where she wasn't on the cover?

 

DidnÂ’t she feature Michelle Obama on a cover? Or am I thinking of something else.

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 12:45 AM (RZ8pf)

Yes, she did.  An no, Oprah has not had an issue without her face on the cover.  She shared with MO.

471 My current car is a Chevy - my next car will not be. I bought my Saturn before the federal takeover. Was hoping that Penske would by them, but no go. Have you driven a Ford lately?

472

I find Jingle Bell Rock to be more annoying than straight up Jingle Bells.

473

With all the great work done by the fill in bloggers maybe they should start a blog called "The Fill Ins" for the times when the regulars have gone to sleep or got too pissed off at the commenters to post, just to teach the bastard commenters a lesson.

474 Shouldn't Oprah show Dr. Phil more love by giving him his own cover?

475 lol! I just steal recipes on the 'net where I see them. I'm no good at making stuff up as I go along when it comes to cooking. I think there's a recipe section of the Yahoo group, though. I feel like I've posted something there before.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:44 AM (YxBuk)

I do that with stews or chilis a lot. Start throwing in spices at random to see what turns out. The problem is that if you like it, you can't make it again.

476 Michelle Obama on a cover? Or am I thinking of something else.

King Magazine?

477 is it sad to say that I actually like the Patriots design (even if the team sucks major ass)? Is your team 8-2?

478 Oprah's like that too.  Has there ever been an issue of her magazine where she wasn't on the cover?  She and Martha are narcissistic shameless self promoters.

Rachael Ray too! My mom subscribes to her magazine. She's on every. freaking. cover.

479 10 minutes of A/C bliss. And in the winter, heated bliss. I actually think Jingle Bells is more annoying than Small World.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:46 AM (YxBuk)

I'm going to tell you one more time. Sing anything you want. White Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. But no more Jingle Bells!

480 is it just me, or is there a reload problem?

481 574

I find Jingle Bell Rock to be more annoying than straight up Jingle Bells.

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 12:47 AM (RZ8pf)

Don't knock Bobby Helms.

His "Fraulein" is the greatest song to be totally drunk to in history.

482 shameless self promoters.

Hey nothing wrong with a go-getter. Most of time they just beg people for rides home.

483 I really want a gas stove with an induction or electric quick boil burner for pasta making.  Stuck with electric for now.

484

I used to buy the Oprah magazine. I used to like the December issue, but I refuse to buy her magazine ever since she worked so hard to get Obama elected. Eff her and her “favorite things.” Though I see from the December cover on the newsstand that she’s either lost the weight again or they took an industrial strength airbrush to her photo.

485 I find Jingle Bell Rock to be more annoying than straight up Jingle Bells.

But that's in the opening scene from the greatest Christmas movie ever- Lethal Weapon!

486 #573  Have you driven a Ford lately?

No, but my closest childhood friend is a Ford fanatic.  He was a bit disappointed in me when I bought my Chevy Cavalier, um 9 years ago.  He enjoys talking up how much his wife loves her new Ford Focus and has been steadily nudging me towards thinking about purchasing one of those. 

487 Is it too early for a favorite Thanksgiving Day Songs thread. Mine is "Over the River and Through the Woods".

488

Rachael Ray too! My mom subscribes to her magazine. She's on every. freaking. cover.

 

OK, I bought her December issue because several people said they really like her ideas and I was on a December magazine buying binge—and I found her magazine to be fairly unreadable and self satisfied.

489 #589  But that's in the opening scene from the greatest Christmas movie ever- Lethal Weapon!

You Heretic!  Die Hard is the greatest Christmas movie ever!   

490 Is your team 8-2?

Posted by: Bill Belichek at November 23, 2010 12:49 AM (SwkdU)

how about 7-3 and we didn't get smoked by the Browns

491 Have you driven a Ford lately?

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2010 12:47 AM (SwkdU) .

July the 14th will make 25 years i have been driving my ford truck.........still runs great and i still drive it alot......... more than i drive my car.......

492 I found her magazine to be fairly unreadable and self satisfied.

I liked her waaaaaay back when she only had one or two shows on Food Network. Now I think she's the new Martha Stewart and I can't stand her. I think most of her recipes suck, too.

493

Don't knock Bobby Helms.

I am not knocking him, per se. IÂ’m knocking the 999,999 re-makes of that song that went from bad to worse. Santa Baby suffers from that problem as well.

494 Have you driven a Ford lately? Posted by: fluffy

Their having a end of year sale now 0 down and 3 mos free...

495 Have you driven a Ford lately?

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2010 12:47 AM (SwkdU)

I've already expressed my complete love for Ford, right now.  I am so gonna look at the Fusion & Taurus when it's time to buy, again. 

496

Gotta go with Die Hard as the best.

497 as for the truthers

http://tinyurl.com/22tpbq4

498 I liked her waaaaaay back when she only had one or two shows on Food Network. Now I think she's the new Martha Stewart and I can't stand her. I think most of her recipes suck, too.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:53 AM (YxBuk)

Yeah, I liked the older 30 minute meals because they seemed pretty practical meals. The last few years haven't been as good.

499 590 #573  Have you driven a Ford lately?

No, but my closest childhood friend is a Ford fanatic.  He was a bit disappointed in me when I bought my Chevy Cavalier, um 9 years ago.  He enjoys talking up how much his wife loves her new Ford Focus and has been steadily nudging me towards thinking about purchasing one of those.

I have a '99 Escort, which runs well enough, and has been reliable, although it's beginning to rust due to lavish road salt.  It has had the usual minor problems, but nothing too serious, and most of the parts are on the cheap side.  Maybe some day I'll be able to afford something newer ...

500 600 I'd have to agree with Kratos, Die Hard is the much better Christmas movie.

What other movie, especially an action movie, has "Let It Snow" as the credits music?

501

Oh crap, now I canÂ’t remember the plot of the first Lethal Weapon. Heeeeeeelp me, IÂ’m too lazy to open a new tab and look.

502 I'd have to agree with Kratos, Die Hard is the much better Christmas movie.

Yeah me too, but the comment was about Jingle Bell Rock, not Ode to Joy. 

503  I am so gonna look at the Fusion & Taurus when it's time to buy, again. 

Posted by: Editor at November 23, 2010 12:55 AM (YX6i/)

I hated the Ford Taurus because its lights were pitched up and blinded me when coming up to me on two lane roads. No fun.

504 Okay, there was Die Hard 2 that had the same credits music, but it was very inferior to the 1st movie. 

505 how about 7-3 and we didn't get smoked by the Browns Any given Sunday, Lebowski. Maybe we will meet in the Super Bowl, or maybe sooner?

506

Is your daughter running indoor track?

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 12:53 AM (qY2Vc)

Thanks! 4 miles a short race? Wow...

We still have gorgeous weather here in West Texas and she was starting high jump training today. She's doing the indoor 55 meter sprint, long and high jump up in the big regional indoor meet in Arizona in January.

507 Have you driven a Ford lately?

My daily driver (when it's too cold for the motorcycle) is a '97 T-bird I bought new the day after I got out of OCS.  Love that car.

508 lol! I just steal recipes on the 'net where I see them. I'm no good at making stuff up as I go along when it comes to cooking. I think there's a recipe section of the Yahoo group, though. I feel like I've posted something there before.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 12:44 AM (YxBuk)

I suppose.  Was just thinking of a foodie blog to archive and relate experiences with recipes.  Maybe something to do in the group...

509

I hated the Ford Taurus because its lights were pitched up and blinded me when coming up to me on two lane roads. No fun.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 23, 2010 12:57 AM (CN+Qv)

The new one or an older model?  The older models I wouldn't touch... it's the 2010/11... they're pretty slick.

510 Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 12:57 AM (RZ8pf)

Wasn't it about Drug Dealers and the guy leading the drug dealers was one of Riggs old war buddies?

511

Okay, there was Die Hard 2

Die Hard batteries are the best.

512 Posted by: Bill Belichek is studying film of YOUR games at November 23, 2010 12:58 AM (SwkdU)

i bet you are.....cheater

513 Oh yay!  It's 10-o'clock news with all the spin-outs!!!! 

514

The new one or an older model?  The older models I wouldn't touch... it's the 2010/11... they're pretty slick.

Posted by: Editor at November 23, 2010 01:00 AM (YX6i/)

This was in the 80s and early 90s. I don't do as much country night driving to notice if they are better now. When they were about 50 percent of all sedans on the road it drove me nuts.

My friend just bought their little hybrid. He seems to like it.

515 598

Don't knock Bobby Helms.

I am not knocking him, per se. IÂ’m knocking the 999,999 re-makes of that song that went from bad to worse. Santa Baby suffers from that problem as well.

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 12:53 AM (RZ8pf)

Nothing will ever beat the barking dogs "Jingle Bells". I first heard that over 30 years ago and it has tormented me ever since..

516 Lil' Kim is feeling ronry.  Or maybe his Heir Apparent needs some foreign moola.

N. Korea fires artillery into sea near border with South - Yonhap News http://bit.ly/gFK2Y5

517 CDR M. For some reason. I think you follow NASCAR. Am I wrong?

518 i bet you are.....cheater Feh. Are you still on that excuse? "Why did you lose?" "Because the Patriots filmed the Jets for 15 minutes"

519 IÂ’m knocking the 999,999 re-makes of that song that went from bad to worse. Santa Baby suffers from that problem as well.

Eartha Kitt or bust!

520 Maybe we can have a thread about Christmas songs we hate. Like "The Christmas Shoes" or the one with the androgynous sounding child wanting a hippo. I reeeeeaaallly hate both of those.

521 N. Korea fires artillery into sea near border with South - Yonhap News http://bit.ly/gFK2Y5

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:04 AM (c0A3e)

Send Jimmy again just to make Hillary feel even more useless than ever.

522

Yup.  The daughter of said buddy was the one partially nekkid that jumped off the balcony onto the car roof  at the beginning I believe.

Thank you, got it now. When IÂ’m thinking Lethal Weapon movies the 2^nd one is the plot I can recall the best.

523 Die Hard is the best Christmas movie ever.

Have you driven a Ford lately? Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2010 12:47 AM (SwkdU)

I love the current Ford Escape.  Rumor has it that they're turning it into a euroweenie Kuga next year.  Before they give it the new sync technology.

Looks like I'll be looking at MINIs once it's ok to purchase a car (#2 choice).

524

Very cool!  And lucky you to have nice weather still!  We are not so lucky here in teh icy PNW!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:05 AM (qY2Vc)

Yeah, I can see from PGiS's new handle. Al Gore must be staying at a Holiday Inn up there...

525 Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 01:05 AM (RZ8pf)

Lethal Weapon 3, like Die Hard 3, was the worse of the series.

526

Love that car.
Posted by: Bomber at November 23, 2010 12:59 AM (d88g9)

i've thought many times about getting a new truck. but then think, why?  i dont need one, my old one still runs good, looks good, 4 wheel drive still works, no payments.......... its  my goal now........... make it to July 14th. i dont think that i can buy a new one and make 25 years with it.

527 #636 Send Jimmy again just to make Hillary feel even more useless than ever.

As a bonus, maybe Jimmy can facilitate a new deal where the Norks get more aid and more material to build more nuclear facilities for the mere promise that they won't enrich more uranium or build more nukes.  

528

I miss the Ford Valdez - aka the Excursion.

What a wonderfully hideous beast.

529 MINIs are very quick off the line. Must be a lot of fun to drive. Plus, you can always use it to rob a bank in Italy.

530

Chris in Va

 

Do ours, I dare ya.

531

Posted by: Bill Belichek has 3 rings, punk at November 23, 2010 01:04 AM (SwkdU)

even though the Packers also caught you filming them. Also, Packers sitting on 12 titles compared to your measly 3 titles (you fuckers couldn't even win in the AFL)

532 Lethal Weapon 3, like Die Hard 3, was the worse of the series.

I liked Die Hard 3 better than Die Hard 2. 

533 MINIs are very quick off the line. Must be a lot of fun to drive. Plus, you can always use it to rob a bank in Italy.

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2010 01:08 AM (SwkdU)

if you can fit into one, rather drive a bug

534

As a bonus, maybe Jimmy can facilitate a new deal where the Norks get more aid and more material to build more nuclear facilities for the mere promise that they won't enrich more uranium or build more nukes.  

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:08 AM (c0A3e)

Obama's in charge. Do they even have to promise anymore?

535

even though the Packers also caught you filming them. Also, Packers sitting on 12 titles compared to your measly 3 titles (you fuckers couldn't even win in the AFL)

Posted by: The Dude at November 23, 2010 01:08 AM (Ig1Wo)

Note that since they stopped cheating, they have zero titles.

536

I liked Die Hard 3 better than Die Hard 2. 

 

I agree. I like the beginning of Die Hard 3, seeing it in the theater the first time it was startling when the store blows up.

537 MINIs are very quick off the line. Must be a lot of fun to drive.

I test drove one. Those things are FUN! Scared the crap out of the salesman. He was white knuckling the door handle the whole ride. He didn't like the Suburban I swung in front of.

538 #652 Obama's in charge. Do they even have to promise anymore?

Good point. 

The Norks can test another one of their crappy nukes and Obama will be more than eager to give away everything at the negotiation table.  

/In the end, there will be only chaos.

539 Maybe we can have a thread about Christmas songs we hate.

How about any Christmas song before Thanksgiving?

540 He didn't like the Suburban I swung in front of.

Let me rephrase: He didn't like when I swung in front of a Suburban and hit the gas.

541 #654 

I agree. I like the beginning of Die Hard 3, seeing it in the theater the first time it was startling when the store blows up.

And the Samuel Jackson/Bruce Willis paring worked in this movie. 

542
I liked Die Hard 3 better than Die Hard 2.

Me too. 

543 How about any Christmas song before Thanksgiving?

Our local love song station started last week. And they play the same 100 Christmas songs. It's not like there aren't a billion covers they could play.

544

Note that since they stopped cheating, they have zero titles.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 23, 2010 01:11 AM (CN+Qv)

eh, I would chalk that up to more because their players are in retirement homes

545

546 636 N. Korea fires artillery into sea near border with South - Yonhap News http://bit.ly/gFK2Y5

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:04 AM (c0A3e)

Send Jimmy again just to make Hillary feel even more useless than ever.

Posted by: Oldcat


Dam now she'll have to give up another one of her balls..poor hill only left with one for hubby.

547 #658  How about any Christmas song before Thanksgiving?

Don't you just love how Christmas decorations go up after Halloween these days?

548 I test drove one. Those things are FUN! Scared the crap out of the salesman. He was white knuckling the door handle the whole ride. He didn't like the Suburban I swung in front of.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 01:11 AM (YxBuk)

"The Quick and the Dead" is a good summary of rice rocket driving strategies.

549

550 "The Quick and the Dead" is a good summary of rice rocket driving strategies.

You seemed okay with me driving.

551 YOU CAN"T FUCK WITH JEREMY IRONS....except for maybe D&D

552 Good Job CDR M............... A tip of the Moron hat to you.

553 You must look good to feel good. I wouldn't look good in a MINI.

554 You seemed okay with me driving.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 01:14 AM (YxBuk)

You are a good driver. And as I said, having let my little sister drive a couple times, there is little fear left anyway.

555

OK, the person from WSDOT just called the east highrise of 520 the “toll plaza” WTF? Are they under orders to start calling it that now? And I can’t believe that people have been stuck on I-5 for 5 hours now. That would suck big time.

556 so 3 tornadoes hit today

557

"The Quick and the Dead" is a good summary of rice rocket driving strategies.

Posted by: Oldcat

We've had 3 ricers flip on the intrastate in the last 2 weeks... they seem to have the going fast down but need to work on keeping the wheels on the pavement.

558 I don't drive anything smaller than my Hummer.

559 677 so 3 tornadoes hit today

Where?

560

Our local love song station started last week. And they play the same 100 Christmas songs. It's not like there aren't a billion covers they could play

 

Two of our stations have been playing Christmas music for 2 weeks now.  And I agree why do they have to play the exact same versions of the same 100 songs over and over again—there are BILLIONS of Christmas songs, seriously, rotate the stock please.

561 PGiS, do you remember '96 when the freeways were littered with abandoned vehicles for days?

562

They fired the director the SDOT, hired the guy from Denver and changed the policy.

I read that he quit and went back to Denver because he and his wife got too homesick to stay.  There's no telling how bad they'll mess it up without him.

563 even though the Packers also caught you filming them. Did they? Got that on film? heheheh Also, Packers sitting on 12 titles compared to your measly 3 titles (you fuckers couldn't even win in the AFL) Yes, I'm really impressed by what you guys did in the 60s.

564 You must look good to feel good.

Posted by: Ronster at November 23, 2010 01:15 AM (9q4PA)

http://htinyurl.com/3a3xby7

565 Where?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:17 AM (c0A3e)

south east Wisconsin and North East Illinois, they were weak ones

566 679 I don't drive anything smaller than my Hummer. Posted by: TexasJew


What ta heck you get to drive thats bigger??

567 We've had 3 ricers flip on the intrastate in the last 2 weeks... they seem to have the going fast down but need to work on keeping the wheels on the pavement.

Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 01:17 AM (e0Sq

 I was thinking more of agility to avoid the bigger cars that don't see you than raw speed. But it is an issue that if you lose traction, you are so light you just have to enjoy the ride.

568 #686 Are you kidding me?  Costco had Christmas stuff out in July, and other stores had stuff before Halloween out here.  Yeah, it amazes me how Christmas creeps up earlier and earlier every year.  Heck, why not just start in February?

Geez.  Well, here in hickville PA, we at least wait until after Halloween to put up Christmas decorations. 

569 You are a good driver.

Take that, all of you cracking Asian woman driver jokes! HA!

570

I read that he quit and went back to Denver because he and his wife got too homesick to stay.  There's no telling how bad they'll mess it up without him.

Posted by: Annabelle at November 23, 2010 01:18 AM (Zeljq)

I read it as, "Wondered what the eff they got themselves into working in the Seattle government."

571

south east Wisconsin and North East Illinois, they were weak ones

Posted by: The Dude at November 23, 2010 01:19 AM (Ig1Wo)

I heard that Chicago got pelted..

572 Costco had Christmas stuff out in July

As long as I can remember Costco's had their Xmas stuff out midsummer.

573 651 MINIs are very quick off the line. Must be a lot of fun to drive. Plus, you can always use it to rob a bank in Italy.

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2010 01:08 AM (SwkdU)

if you can fit into one, rather drive a bug

Posted by: The Dude at November 23, 2010 01:10 AM (Ig1Wo)

I'm small, so I'd fit.  My dog's small, so she'd fit too.  Plus, I like the clubman, not the regular one.  A little longer.

Just wondering if the automatic is a good choice or if I'd have to learn manual to get the most out of it.

(Heck, my bucket list includes getting to ride a Spyder can-am at least once.)

574 What ta heck you get to drive thats bigger??

Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 01:19 AM (e0Sq

One of my sisters used to work in a shop that added the armor to the hummers. So there's that.

575 #691  Take that, all of you cracking Asian woman driver jokes! HA!

I've driven with a "real" Asian woman, .  Trust me, my life flashed before my eyes on several occasions.  

576

PGiS, do you remember '96 when the freeways were littered with abandoned vehicles for days?

 

Yes. That was the year that it rained after it snowed and all those roofs collapsed. Did you just see the King 5 news segment where they showed that truck flipped over and also the semi that was torn apart? Also, Tacoma power outages, that must really suck.

577 659 He didn't like the Suburban I swung in front of.

Let me rephrase: He didn't like when I swung in front of a Suburban and hit the gas.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 01:12 AM (YxBuk)

It's better than swinging in front of some gas and hitting a Suburban.

578

I heard that Chicago got pelted..

Posted by: TexasJew at November 23, 2010 01:20 AM (gRluJ)

the whole area got fucked up today by the wind...par for the course around here. Hope we get to see tornadoes in January again, its a great way to ring in the new year

579 I will drive my Chevy pickup 'til I die. Which could be any day now.

580 679 I don't drive anything smaller than my Hummer.

Posted by: TexasJew at November 23, 2010 01:17 AM (gRluJ)

So, your other car is a tank?

581 688 679 I don't drive anything smaller than my Hummer. Posted by: TexasJew


What ta heck you get to drive thats bigger??

Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 01:19 AM (e0Sq

Diesel Ramchargers, 350's, etc. And an Excursion.

582

Just wondering if the automatic is a good choice or if I'd have to learn manual to get the most out of it.

Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at November 23, 2010 01:21 AM (afWhQ)

doesn't matter what car it is, you will always get the most out of a manual rather than a automatic

583

106.9 keeps playing that mother over and over and over again.

95.7 doesn’t play that one. They seem stuck on “I’ll be Home for Christmas” in all its iterations.

584 #705 Diesel Ramchargers, 350's, etc. And an Excursion.

Nice. 

585 No, I had Q13 on after Lie To Me.  Where was the semi?  I was Soooooooooooooooo close to getting screwed on the viaduct.  I made a last second turn onto Alaskan Way, instead.  Had I stayed on the viaduct I still would not be home.  I was parked in the same spot before the West Seattle Bridge for 10-minutes.  It was a parking lot at 4:00, already.

586 709 #705 Diesel Ramchargers, 350's, etc. And an Excursion.

Nice. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:24 AM (c0A3e)

Yes.

If someone has to die in a carwreck, let it be the other motherfucker.

587 Tit for tat

Update: S. Korea reports it has returned fire after shelling from North - Reuters http://reut.rs/hGnsdU

588

 I was thinking more of agility to avoid the bigger cars that don't see you than raw speed. But it is an issue that if you lose traction, you are so light you just have to enjoy the ride.

Posted by: Oldcat

Ricers seem to break traction too easy which is kool for drifting but not so cool at hi speed maneuvers. I prefer the heaver torquee german machines which also don't have the lack of crush factor of the ricers. 

589 *waits for Rum to dismantle Kratos*

He's talking about his lab mate. She's from China. Hence "real." I'm a fake Asian.

590

I read it as, "Wondered what the eff they got themselves into working in the Seattle government."

Yep, I thought that too.  Can't say I blame him.

591 I prefer the heaver torquee german machines which also don't have the lack of crush factor of the ricers.

Newsletter? I wish I'd been able to open up the Cayman I test drove. That would have been beautiful on the highway.

592 #711 If someone has to die in a carwreck, let it be the other motherfucker.

Empire of Jeff said something similar this morning.  Some Smart-Car driving hippie git tried to get into his wife's face because she was driving an SUV.  Amazing that liberals can't keep their noses out of other people's business.

593 wish I could find a Toyota that could roll like a Festiva, I could probably get more than one try out of it then

594 Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 01:26 AM (e0Sq

It probably isn't the weight so much as the weight distribution. Front engined front wheel drive cars have very light rear ends. Get the car sideways and it'll roll.

595

I think the semi was on I-5 north. They were just doing a video montage. Yeah, you made a good choice, they also showed the folks still sitting on the Alaskan Way Viaduct waiting to get home.

 

Seriously, though, I don’t know why they bother doing new reporting, they can just recycle all the reporting from every other snowstorm we’ve ever had, the pictures are always the same. But it is fun to see all the crazy King 5 people in their yellow jackets standing out in the elements in various places with their “yep, it’s cold here” reports.

596 Empire of Jeff said something similar this morning.  Some Smart-Car driving hippie git tried to get into his wife's face because she was driving an SUV.  Amazing that liberals can't keep their noses out of other people's business.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:27 AM (c0A3e)

That would be a fatal error with me.

597 Okay, the wifey's demanding I not go into work, tomorrow.  Can't say I'm too disappointed with this demand.

598 Ricers seem to break traction too easy which is kool for drifting but not so cool at hi speed maneuvers. I prefer the heaver torquee german machines which also don't have the lack of crush factor of the ricers. 

Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 01:26 AM (e0Sq

Yeah, the idea is not to get hit or hit anything in a ricer.

599 718 #711 If someone has to die in a carwreck, let it be the other motherfucker.

Empire of Jeff said something similar this morning.  Some Smart-Car driving hippie git tried to get into his wife's face because she was driving an SUV.  Amazing that liberals can't keep their noses out of other people's business.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:27 AM (c0A3e)

I would only drive a Smart Car if I was travelling cross country a lot, in an RV, and needed a quickie car.  Other than that... it's cute, but not practical.

600 Speaking of accidents, there was a big rig accident Saturday because of the rain. Shutdown the NB 101 in Calabasas/Westlake.

601 #717 lol. I've never thought of the difference between a "fake" and "genuine" Asian.

Oh boy, you don't know the half of it.  I've heard my lab-mate talk about other Asians, and let's just say the Chinese are very culturally confident. 

602 But it is fun to see all the crazy King 5 people in their yellow jackets....

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 01:28 AM (RZ8pf)

Heh.  And Heh, again.

603 Empire of Jeff said something similar this morning.  Some Smart-Car driving hippie git tried to get into his wife's face because she was driving an SUV.  Amazing that liberals can't keep their noses out of other people's business.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:27 AM (c0A3e)

Isn't that what pepper spray was invented for? And its organic, too!

604 Shorpy> Adios, Vizcaya: 1900

Circa 1900. "U.S.S. Texas, tampion of 12-inch gun made of metal from the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, recording engagements of Texas in the Spanish War." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

605 Other than that... it's cute, but not practical.

I wonder at the sanity of the drivers when they're on the freeway and everyone else flying by at 80 mph.

606  Shutdown the NB 101 in Calabasas/Westlake.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 01:30 AM (YxBuk)

Must have missed it. I drove out to ikea that day

607 good luck driving a smart car in the snow...but its fucking hilarious to watch someone try

608 Shutdown the NB 101 in Calabasas/Westlake.

I used to take that daily driving home to Newbury Park from Encino.

609 Rum, whatever happened to the L.A. moron meet up, do you know?

610 whatever happened to the L.A. moron meet up, do you know?

No idea. h2u said he would be willing to pull another one together but I haven't heard anything. I think he's been kinda busy. I've been meeting a lot of morons one on one lately...anyone want to go to Disneyland?

611 #737 One of my coworkers (a P.A.) is from Taiwan.  He calls me a "banana"--yellow on the outside, white on the inside.  What can I say?  I yam what I yam.

You Twinkie, you.   

612 He calls me a "banana"--yellow on the outside, white on the inside.

lol, my mom does that too! A college friend of mine called me Twinkie for the same reason.

613

WOW!   That's a lot of HP's, TJ!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:31 AM (qY2Vc)

Out where I work, you better be able to get yourself out of sandpits and mudholes.

I've literally sank small SUVs out there. My crappy old 1985 Bronco II is still buried somewhere in the subsurface of Kay County, Oklahoma.

614 I'll go Rum. You can be the guide

615   Ha! Ha!  My  husband just said "If they're smart, they'll stay home."  Heh!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:34 AM (qY2Vc)

I love that guy.

616 711 709 #705 Diesel Ramchargers, 350's, etc. And an Excursion.

Nice. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 23, 2010 01:24 AM (c0A3e)

Yes.

If someone has to die in a carwreck, let it be the other motherfucker.

Posted by: TexasJew


Words to live by, literally.. lots of heavy iron in the garage eh..

617 Time cadets once again for the next history lesson called "How Capt Kirk Got Owned By Pole Dancers"

Kirk loves him some womens when they're winning fights for him with a secret bug zapper or throwing a court-martial to keep him from picking up the soap in a Starfleet brig. Watch one get the better of him, and he fishes the gold velvet wife beater out of the laundry chute. Take the time he got knocked on his ass by a fuckin' fashion accessory.

We're cruising around on the usual highway patrol looking for the latest shipjacker when we spot this really hot piece of machinery. I mean this was a work of art with ion drive, something the Starfleet clusterfuck by committee hasn't tested without turning the test pilots into jello. I'm asking Kirk for me to get a closer work at this fine piece of engineering when whoever is lucky enough to get behind the control stick on this beauty ejects onto the bridge without as much as an excuse me. Now, after how many times we get all sorts of beasties inviting themselves onto our ship, for the first time a completely hot chick in thigh boots and just enough tinfoil to cover her cooter materializes. Kirk and the rest of us figure that Harry Mudd has opened an escort service, but instead of making a beeline for Kirk's raging boner, she presses a button on her Barbie Belt and knocks us out like we've all done shots of Romulan Schnapps.

About an hour later we wake up and pull Sulu's head out of Chekov's crotch and Kirk as usual ask Spock what the fuck just happened, except that Spock is missing like he had to run to the head to take a big green shit. Then McCoy pages Kirk to head for sick bay. We get down there and Spock is wearing some sort of Shriners hat so I figure Bones has lost it and thought now was the time to swear him in as a member. Bones then tells us that Spock's brain wasn't parked in the pan. Shit, I told him that when he dumped our fuel just as we were at escape velocity in the shuttle over Taurus II. Bones says no, his board really is missing the CPU, and he doesn't know for the life of him where the fuck it is.

Now I figure that Bones was drunk and somehow cut Spock open and tossed his noodles in with the appendixes and afterbirth waste and Kirk would have to write him off. But no, Kirk decides that the Playmate of the Month had something to do with it and we're going to hunt her down and find out Spock's grey matter. You ask me, Bones should have laid Kirk down on that table to see if Kirk still had his marbles in the can too.

By chance we trace the exhaust of the ship she rode here on, and Kirk throws a dart to see which planet she could have been on. Kirk's luck again we find the right place but it's a frozen wasteland inhabited by the fuckin' Flintstones. They toss a few rocks at us and a quick flick of the phaser and he's laid out like he just took a helmet to helmet hit. Kirk doesn't see any women around and like he does on every other landing he asks Oog where we can score some strange. Oog first doesn't know what the hell a woman is, and we figure we've landed on a planet of prehistoric Stratego players. But then he gets all freaked out and whines that the women all live down under and are givers of pain.

Well, the next thing we do is find a fucking elevator right there behind Stonehenge, and take the wild ride down to who the hell knows where. When the door opens, another bimbo in thigh highs is waiting to drop us but Kirk for once got the drop on her. After Kirk feels around for her weapon and her brastrap, we go along until we find a big underground Hooters full of chicks dressed in tinfoil pole dancer outfits. After we order some Buffalo Wings and beer, Kirk meets up with Miss February and asks her what the fuck she did with Spock's brain. Well, the chick is dumber than a box of rocks and says "brain and brain, what is brain!" .. shit, turns out these chicks are all Democrats. Well, after we got good and drunk one of the chicks was smart enough to fit us with these WWF souvenir belts and any time we make a move the head Barbie hits a button on her wristwatch that throws a shitload of voltage to our balls.

Well, we figured if we found Spock's brain that we'd have to bring his body along since we didn't have any spare brain containers around the infirmary on the Enterprise. I rigged up some Walkman that McCoy screwed into his noggin so he could move around like Frankenstein. While our balls are being fried into Chicken McNuggets, Kirk manages to work Spock's remote. Took him a few tries because the first time he tried, Spock hopped on one leg and jerked himself off. Finally Spock grabs the Barbie Bracelet and manages to shut off the juice that was nuking us in the balls.

During this time, Spock's voice is talking to us over the PA, and he tells us that these ditzes took his brain to run the complex down here, since they're Democrats and can't change a tampon without a central authority telling them which end to stick it in. He gives us directions to the glass dish holding his marbles, and when we find it Kirk tells the bimbo she'd better shove the brain back between Spock's ears or he was going to beam down every red shirt on the ship to fuck her in the squeakhole in turn.  She says she doesn't know how and by the sound of her, I can't say she knows how to comb her hair without poking herself in the eye. Spock tells us that the hairdryer over in the corner has something to do with giving them some temporary smarts, so Kirk shoves her under the hair dryer and says she's going blonde whether she likes it or not. Well turns out the thing does jack up your IQ about a quintillion times, and it gave her enough smarts to figure out how to use the phaser she had stuffed into her g-string. Kirk figures he's fucked up again when the voice of Spock yells out. "Look honey, Nordstrom's got a sale today!". When she looks, I grab the phaser away from her.

She's gotten smart enough to be a total bitch, so to put Spock's noodles back in the strainer, McCoy sits under it for a minute. He comes out, says any retard could do this operation and he also knew who killed JFK. McCoy hooks Spock back up like he's doing a manicure, when all of a sudden he gets the brain farts and can't even figure out how to tie his shoes. As usual, Spock tells him how to do his own job and without even spending a few days in ICU, Spock hops up and gives us the entire history of the planet like he was playing Jeopardy or something

For all of Kirk's bragging, he was on a planet full of hot chicks who wouldn't know their cooter from their toenails, and he didn't score with any of them
 

618

Ha Ha, Bellevue School District the kids have to go tomorrow. Idiots.

619 Front wheel drive sucks in the snow or on ice. You would think that if you have front wheel drive and steer to the right or left you would go where the power is focused. Not true. You just go where the car is pointed at the time. I would much rather have a rear drive in slick situations.

620

Ha Ha, Bellevue School District the kids have to go tomorrow. Idiots.

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 01:37 AM (RZ8pf)

What the fuuuu.....???

621 Words to live by, literally.. lots of heavy iron in the garage eh..

Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 01:36 AM (e0Sq

The real life savings in a large car is one car accidents. A large proportion of serious accidents are solo ones, and SUVs are a lot more survivalble than a little car. Even minivans, althought they tend to be eggshells.

622

What the fuuuu.....???

Bellevue is hard ass because they got burned a few years ago when they closed for days even though everyone else was going to school. And then the kids had to go to school until July because it was the year the teachers had their strike too. After that year Bellevue always seemed to be open even if the other schools are closed. Though I think by tomorrow morning theyÂ’ll wise up and close too.

623 I was shootin' the shit with my insurance agent the other day -- she's been here for years, but grew up in Taiwan.

I had been telling her about how impressed we were that the Taiwanese exchange students we hosted could go through 40 centuries of emperors and dynasties.

She came back with experience from her school days -- in order to prepare Taiwanese youth for the eventual reconquest of mainland China, they were expected to memorize rail lines. They'd have tests where you had to get from A to B efficiently by rail -- in mainland China, where they couldn't set foot. This would be like going "NY to Camden, change for the Baltimore line. Take this past Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, and change to the line for Atlanta....."

She says that modern kids in Taiwan don't have to learn this any more.

624

Ha Ha, Bellevue School District the kids have to go tomorrow. Idiots.

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 01:37 AM (RZ8pf)

Our school growing up had a big hardon about cancelling school. Even the year they mandated off time they cancelled spring break. There were ice storms that froze the coal stacks the power company needed to heat stuff. So that summer the school built their own oil fired generator to power the school, in case it happened again.

625 731 Shorpy> Adios, Vizcaya: 1900

M80s, you should see the Texas if you've never been; she's berthed in La Porte.  Absolutely gorgeous ship and (I believe) the only surviving battleship to have seen action in both World Wars.

626 What a dickhead that Bill Belichek is. Picking on helpless Packer fans. There oughta be a law.

627 Whoa, M80's snuck in under the radar.

628 power is focused. Not true. You just go where the car is pointed at the time. I would much rather have a rear drive in slick situations. Posted by: Ronster



Not a problem with fwd  if you run 4 good snows or snow with studs. Front drive with the weight over the drive wheels is the tits in snow.

629 740

 good luck driving a smart car in the snow...but its fucking hilarious to watch someone try

Ha! Ha!  My  husband just said "If they're smart, they'll stay home."  Heh!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:34 AM (qY2Vc)

We call them Dumb Cars or dum dums.

630

He's a keeper!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:45 AM (qY2Vc)

Wifey said he came upstairs to make some coffee and then never came back to get some. 

Can't blame him with all that estrogen and scrapping in the same spot.  Whoa!

631

I love that TJ has a Texas sized carbon footprint!  Good on you, TJ!  You are my hero!  Do you ever go out and just run all the engines at the same time for no particular reason?

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:39 AM (qY2Vc)

If G-d didn't want us to pointlessly burn up oil, he wouldn't have made so darn much of it!

632 M80s, you should see the Texas if you've never been; she's berthed in La Porte.  Absolutely gorgeous ship and (I believe) the only surviving battleship to have seen action in both World Wars.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 23, 2010 01:43 AM (HNAAi)

There's a pretty funny SF book called the Ayes of Texas where the Soviet Union is taking over the world, and some disabled vets aided by a zillionaire secretly refurbish the Texas, and when the state secedes, use it to ambush the Russian fleet.

633

Where is most of the weight on a front wheel drive? In the front. So how do you get more weight over the drive axle? Put sand bags on the hood? I agree snows and studs are a help, but studs are outlawed in many states.

634 Oh, and editor, I love your wife, btw!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:51 AM (qY2Vc)

Me too.  We have a lot in common, huh?

635

The real life savings in a large car is one car accidents. A large proportion of serious accidents are solo ones, and SUVs are a lot more survivalble than a little car. Even minivans, althought they tend to be eggshells.

Posted by: Oldcat


For the most part yes but if it's not designed with crumple zones, break away mtr mounts and all that stuff the shock is just being transfered instead of absorbed. That's been the hallmark of sweedish/german design for decades now.

636 662 How about any Christmas song before Thanksgiving?

Our local love song station started last week. And they play the same 100 Christmas songs. It's not like there aren't a billion covers they could play.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 01:13 AM

Ah, KOST 103.5 ..  I usually enjoy the Christmas music, but their playlist has kind of sucked the last few years. About 10 times an hour they play Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas is You.

637

They're a pain in the butt, but chains are helpful.

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:53 AM (qY2Vc

Very true. But I've only seen them used in extreme situations. And most compact cars will not accept the chains. Not enough clearance.

Most males and a few females would not know how to put on chains.

638

Where is most of the weight on a front wheel drive? In the front. So how do you get more weight over the drive axle? Put sand bags on the hood? I agree snows and studs are a help, but studs are outlawed in many states.

Posted by: Ronster


I just keep my tank 1/2 full and fill up before storms. (if you mean more weight over non drive wheels. I forgot that most states don't like studs as they tear up them pretty hiways but here it can be a necessity for getting to work.

639 As a non-Christian, Christmas is a very interesting and rather stress-free time, since we don't have to go out shopping for everybody.

640

Yup.  She is a sweetie!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 01:55 AM (qY2Vc)

You should see her with kids.  It's just not fair.  They're fighting each other just to get to her. 

641 Hey, kbdabear, how do I get in touch with you? I'm setting up a blog with the Memoirs of a Starship Captain, and perhaps Mr. Scott would care to guest blog.

642 oldcat, if you're still out there, seriously, thank you for letting me know I could find Hula Girl @ Hot Sauce World.

643

Most males and a few females would not know how to put on chains.

Posted by: Ronster at November 23, 2010 01:57 AM (9q4PA)

be it in the garage or bedroom, it still takes me forever to get them on

644 777 As a non-Christian, Christmas is a very interesting and rather stress-free time, since we don't have to go out shopping for everybody.

Posted by: TexasJew at November 23, 2010 01:58 AM (gRluJ)

And yet, you get # 777.  Hmmm..... 

645

I just keep my tank 1/2 full and fill up before storms. (if you mean more weight over non drive wheels.

I'm not clear on what we are disagreeing about here. I thought you said front wheel drive was good because it had more weight over the front axle.

Not a problem with fwd  if you run 4 good snows or snow with studs. Front drive with the weight over the drive wheels is the tits in snow.

So I said how do you get more weight over the drive wheels? Sand bags on the hood? Doesn't matter. A high clearance vehicle with mucho weight will get you through most situations if you have some experience.

646 779 Hey, kbdabear, how do I get in touch with you? I'm setting up a blog with the Memoirs of a Starship Captain, and perhaps Mr. Scott would care to guest blog. Posted by: George Orwell, Ltd. at November 23, 2010 02:00 AM

kbdabear@aol.com

I'm looking forward to it, I bust a nut laughing at this. War Between the Undead States knows his Trek, and he's doing a great Leonard McCoy

647 About 10 times an hour they play Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas is You.

I almost never hear that song. I hear every other song I don't like, but never the ones I actually *do* like,

648

be it in the garage or bedroom, it still takes me forever to get them on

Posted by: The Dude at November 23, 2010 02:03 AM (Ig1Wo)

Very good.

649 We girls had a great time!

Man, all the cool people live in Seattle!

650 781

Most males and a few females would not know how to put on chains.

Posted by: Ronster at November 23, 2010 01:57 AM (9q4PA)

be it in the garage or bedroom, it still takes me forever to get them on

Posted by: The Dude


yeseree whether it's knees in the snow with frozen fingers or wanting horny female with little patience..

Back to tire chains I also keep a pair of the made for smaller cars wire roller chains. they are fairly simple to install even with frozen hands and freezing knees. They are cable with like roller spings over the cable for the tread area. The rollers roll on the cable and work very well ceptin you can't go much over 35 or you'll shake the car apart.

651 787 We girls had a great time!

Man, all the cool people live in Seattle!

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 02:14 AM (YxBuk)

Man.  Or in Cali.  Or everywhere but here. 

652 D'oh!  Get thee behind me, Al!

Posted by: runningrn at November 23, 2010 02:17 AM (qY2Vc)

Maybe, you want to rephrase that.  Jus'sayin'.  It's the ONT.

653 It's been quite a day. Forecast is frost, so I had to get all the more tender plants under cover. Quite a scramble.

654 Oh, I know exactly what you meant.  Unfortunately, I've spent a couple days around here, before.

655

 A high clearance vehicle with mucho weight will get you through most situations if you have some experience.

Posted by: Ronster

Was just trying to point out FWD isn't squirly in snow if set up right. I agree big and heavy works but it's just not something I can afford to drive every day.

656 It's probably about time for the clock to strike and have me turn into a pumpkin.

657 G'night all.

658 You must visit this summer Rum!

It's on my must do list for next year! Although I might end up driving if this TSA madness doesn't stop or gets worse.

659 Night, rn.  If we don't see you around here, tomorrow, safe travels on Wednesday.

660 Was just trying to point out FWD isn't squirly in snow if set up right. I agree big and heavy works but it's just not something I can afford to drive every day.

Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 02:22 AM (UTqGw)

I don't know where you live, but my wife drives a low clearance vehicle and when we get any snow over 5 inches she leaves it in the garage and takes my pickup to work. I cringe 'til she gets to work and gives me the all clear.

661 Forecast is frost, so I had to get all the more tender plants under cover. Quite a scramble. Where do you live that you bother to protect plants this late in the year?

662 I'm going to try to make it to 3 MST. Whoa. Who am I kidding. I'm going to bed now.

663

I don't know where you live, but my wife drives a low clearance vehicle and when we get any snow over 5 inches she leaves it in the garage and takes my pickup to work. I cringe 'til she gets to work and gives me the all clear.

Posted by: Ronster


Vermont. mostly have driven VW's in my 50 years of winters

664 50 years of winters..

should be 45 don't want to be any older then I am.....

665 I'm looking forward to it, I bust a nut laughing at this. War Between the Undead States knows his Trek, and he's doing a great Leonard McCoy

War Between the Undead States is that non-com fuck-up who cleans up the bowling alley on Deck 21 every other Thursday and the only times he's ever come up to see me was when he's gotten his dick stuck in his blow-up doll.  Guy has a masochist complex and is carrying one seriously fucked-up torch because he's dressed the thing in a red tunic and scribbled "JANICE" all over its inflatable tits, and we all know what happened with HER.

God damn it, I have enough to deal with on this ship without these weird fetishistic psychopaths.  Jim wants to fuck androids; Scotty wants to fuck the ship's engines; Spock doesn't fuck anything at all for seven solid years but when THAT switch is flipped you better watch your ass or he'll break it into fifty pieces.  Fucking madhouse, I tell you.  But it was this or the ex-wife.

666 Vermont. mostly have driven VW's in my 50 years of winters

Posted by: beanervt at November 23, 2010 02:34 AM (UTqGw)

The old Bugs were pretty good in snow. My first experience with a front wheel drive in the snow was a diesel Rabbit. I was not impressed.

667
Black Friday 2010 , Black Friday. info , The Black Friday.  They post Black Friday circulars. You can get a sneak peek at the upcoming deals. That helps you plan the most efficient shopping route.

Keep in mind that these circulars were leaked by company insiders. That means they are subject to change. Posted by: sickinmass


I was reading some dumbass's were camping out in front of WalMart starting last week for the stampeed of the year sale. I much prefer shopping from my couch via the intratubes... + no sales tax for the lefitards ruining the state.

668 Where do you live that you bother to protect plants this late in the year?

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2010 02:31 AM (SwkdU)

Silicon Valley. There's a reason that all those MIT and UofM grads end up here.....and it ain't the quality of governme -- hold on....Massachusetts and Detroit.....maybe it is the quality of government!

669 I first learned my snow driving chops in a Bug. There are plenty of Massholes that should have saved the money they spent on 4WD and got some driving lessons instead.

670 Me too, fluffy.

671 Frost in Silicon Valley?! Where's Al Gore when you need him?

672 War Between the Undead States is that non-com fuck-up who cleans up the bowling alley on Deck 21 every other Thursday and the only times he's ever come up to see me was when he's gotten his dick stuck in his blow-up doll.  Guy has a masochist complex and is carrying one seriously fucked-up torch because he's dressed the thing in a red tunic and scribbled "JANICE" all over its inflatable tits, and we all know what happened with HER.

Don't ... fight ... me .... Janice !

673 Me too, fluffy. You too, what? You're a Masshole, you need driving lessons, or you learned snow-driving in a VW? ;--)

674 Snow driving in a VW.  My first car was a '66 1300 with lowbacks.

675 Don't ... fight ... me .... Janice !

WBTUS may be identified by scratches on his face.

676

Posted by: sickinmass at November 23, 2010 02:34 AM (1rflU)

Fear has been stricken.  I hope it's not crazy this year.

677 Posted by: Dr. Leonard McCoy at November 23, 2010 02:37 AM (HNAAi) Just let me know where I can e-mail you. You goat-gargling log-smoking fag-cabin. You might a chance to have your say.

678 @822 Uh, you might "want" a chance to have your say. I guess I can't type with my dick after all.

679 Most people don't understand that a narrow tire will get more traction in a slick situation than a big wide tire, hence the VW Beatle ability in the snow. I learned this as a youngster watching a dual tired truck vs a single tired truck.

680

The old Bugs were pretty good in snow. My first experience with a front wheel drive in the snow was a diesel Rabbit. I was not impressed.

Posted by: Ronster


The bug did have a clearance issue and when the snow was on the wet side it would pile up under the pan. Twice I had problems one was trying to jump a pile of snow the plow left at the end of the road, the road goes on they jutst don't plow from there on. Anyway didn't make it over and was teetering on the top till someone came to help push me over. second one i bottomed out from wet snow and blew the engine trying to get off.  Your bigrig clearance would'a come in handy there...

Diesel had no balls great for mileage sucked everywhere else.

681 Snow driving in a VW. I knew that. Even I'm not that thick. Anytime I tell my wife, "Hey, I saw a deer/cardinal/kangaroo driving home from work", she asks me what it was driving.

682 817
>>I much prefer shopping from my couch via the intratubes...

Check the links. TONS of  deals online!! I just ordered my own Janice Suzy
Posted by: sickinmass


Thanks Sick, my very own Suz for christmas and here I was going to waste money on a big screen...dam intratubes just never stops surprising me..

683 Anytime I tell my wife, "Hey, I saw a deer/cardinal/kangaroo driving home from work", she asks me what it was driving.

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2010 02:51 AM (SwkdU)

Heh.  When I first moved to Oz and still not acclimated to the wheel on the other opposite side, I looked over at the pick-up next to us and saw a German Shepard in the "drivers seat".  I was really spooked... and then burst out laughing. 

684 820 Don't ... fight ... me .... Janice !

WBTUS may be identified by scratches on his face.
Posted by: Shipwide Announcement at November 23, 2010 02:47 AM

Here, Capt Imposter, try this base makeup that covers up scratches and Katy Perry's zits

685 826 Snow driving in a VW.

I knew that. Even I'm not that thick.

Anytime I tell my wife, "Hey, I saw a deer/cardinal/kangaroo driving home from work", she asks me what it was driving. Posted by: fluffy


I think that's called snow drifting fluff...

686 I grew up in the country and would go out in the snow just to see how far I could go without getting stuck. It was fun 'til I got stuck. Hell, I would dig myself out and go for more. I may be a sick bastard.

687 I guess I can't type with my dick after all.

I'm amazed you can do anything at all with it anymore after all the yeomen you've broken it inside.

Last I heard, War could be reached at undeadstates (at) yahoo (dot) com.  Tell him to come up and see me before he contracts an STD from that fucking blow-up doll.  If anyone can pull that off, it's him, and if anything like that could possibly happen it would be on this fucked-over horror-show ship.

688 After the tears have dried and you are feeling somewhat normal again, consider getting another pet. Nothing can ever replace the precious little life you've lost, but another pet can become a dear friend to share your love and your life. Our cherished ones give so much love and happiness to us in their lifetimes that I feel we are obligated to pass that love on to other animals who desperately need homes. Who knows? One of those furry little babies might just fill a small part of the huge hole in your heart.

SiM
Posted by: sickinmass at November 23, 2010 02:55 AM

As much as I hurt when my kittehs were put to sleep, I adopted others within 2 weeks. It broke my heart to have them euthanized because they were too sick to go on, and it broke my heart to know other kittehs would get euthanized even when young and healthy because they didn't have a home. It made me feel better to know that as two left, two were saved to share my home

689 832 I grew up in the country and would go out in the snow just to see how far I could go without getting stuck. It was fun 'til I got stuck. Hell, I would dig myself out and go for more. I may be a sick bastard. Posted by: Ronster


Me too, I lived for it in the ol days..  now too many flatlanders out there, you can get hurt.. Most often it was me the plow trucks and a few farmers on tractors checking the cows...and yelling at me to slow the fuck down.

690 I grew up in the country and would go out in the snow just to see how far I could go without getting stuck. It was fun 'til I got stuck. Hell, I would dig myself out and go for more. I may be a sick bastard. If I ever get 4WD with a winch on the front bumper I'll end up stuck somewhere that a helicopter couldn't extract it.

691 Soulpile, just catching up and want to offer condolences on your cat.  It always hurts to lose a pet, especially when it's the icing on an already bad cake.

Sorry about your bad year.... seems like everything has just been awful all around.  You're not alone.

692 sim - thank you.  I have my little dog to help.  She's sometimes the one thing, outside my mom, keeping me sane, I think.

Our house will always have animals as part of the family.  We currently have several cats and dogs.  I cannot imagine not having pets, even with the grief we go through when we experience their loss.

693 Our pets are a gift from heaven, but we don't get to keep them nearly long enough!
My Heartfelt Condolences. Here's to a Wonderful New Year for You too!

SiM

If there is a heaven, it is filled with our pets waiting for us to arrive.  Otherwise, what worth would there be in a heaven?

694 Hey soul sorry bout the kittens, I've lost quite a few animals over the years and it's never easy.. I think it's that they depend on and devote themselves to you which makes the loss even harder. my sympathy's

695 If I ever get 4WD with a winch on the front bumper I'll end up stuck somewhere that a helicopter couldn't extract it. Posted by: fluffy


That's almost a guarantee. The tree you need will be out of reach or the winch won't work. Been there done that. (buds jeep) we use to go woodsen on the logging roads I wouldn't take a vdubb.. 

696 Your other pet, She is most likely grieving also. My wife had a cat that was not happy to start getting feline room-mates in her old age, but a few days after the annoying little bastard died, she gave me a big yowl to ask "Where did he go?"

697 6 War Between the Undead States is that non-com fuck-up who cleans up the bowling alley on Deck 21 every other Thursday and the only times he's ever come up to see me was when he's gotten his dick stuck in his blow-up doll. Guy has a masochist complex and is carrying one seriously fucked-up torch because he's dressed the thing in a red tunic and scribbled "JANICE" all over its inflatable tits, and we all know what happened with HER. Not War then. His dick wouldn't get "stuck" in anything. It's quite tiny.

698 Night, all.  May the next day bring happiness, no matter what amount, big or small.

699 Not War then. His dick wouldn't get "stuck" in anything. It's quite tiny.

Oh shut up Janice.  If it was at least smaller than the hole he cut for my mouth, I might be able to sympathize.

700 Nite soul, pleasent dreams.

701 Oh shut up Janice.


Now now girls no fighting... a little mud wrassel tassel would be ok just no sharp objects as it's unfair to suz

702 TV Show Idea: Sarah Palin's 'The Walking Dead.' Sarah wanders through Washington plugging Zombie Democrats with her crossbow.

703 The ONT, straight outta Chesapeake!

704 Last year, there were more than 2,640 murders in Juárez, compared with 13 homicides in El Paso. This year, there have been more than 2,700 killings in Juárez and four homicides in El Paso.--CQ Press names El Paso "safest" US City. CQ Press incidentally claims that El Paso has a low incidence of car theft.

For murderers, just how difficult is it in EL PASO to kidnap a victim and murder them across the border? Or kill the victim, and drop their body across the border. 

Are the El Paso crime prevention neighborhood watches and Police so effective, or are city records kept creatively?

705 Illegal alien murdered Chandra Levi, and her politician employer's career is ruined not for the affair they had, but the media blaming him with the murder all these years.

706 Tom DeLay's jury contemplates what to do now since he wasn't guilty of breaking any law. They're as confused as Ronnie Earle's last grand jury that needed Earle's coaching in order to indict DeLay, the previous grand juries having dismissed Earle's same charges all together.

Local Fox News sums it up saying that DeLay can be sent to prison for life. That's "fair and balanced" as Michelle Obama's gut.

The one on trial should be former Travis County TX District Attorney Ronnie Earle.

707 Regarding the proposed NFL look by Nike:
I did not see a single tampon-holder. We all know the direction of today's NFL. What are the player/gurls going to do when Nature calls, head for the locker room?

708 It is understood that the United States since October 15 brought 301 survey, pv solar china new energy enterprises, especially the stock market in the U.S. PV companies stock began to fall, as of the end of October, US-listed Chinese PV companies in the market value of several major lost nearly 10% of the total market value has fallen below 10 billion U.S. dollars mark, which is representative of the former pv solares china domestic photovoltaic industry, its shares fell to a November 3 $ 8.64, the market value of $ 1,550,000,000, fell nearly 10% less than two weeks. It is reported, the beginning of Suntech in the U.S. had called Shizhitupo 10 billion U.S. dollars, after 2008 the rapid development of photovoltaic industry, its market value or even up to 120 billion dollars. In the past one year, Suntech had reached $ 18.78 the highest price / share, the pv solaire china price has dropped to $ 7.53 / share, according to the highest ibility to continue to decline.

Although the 301 areas surveyed, including wind, solar, Paineis Solares china and fuel-efficient vehicles, involving a total of 154 clean energy enterprises in China, but the biggest impact on the photovoltaic industry. As these enterprises in the U.S. market share is relatively small, so the short term for ChinaÂ’s new energy industry, the actual impact is very limited. If the investigation 301 is passed, will the new energy industry in China adversely affect long-term development, according to China Customs export data show that 1 in August this year, ChinaÂ’s total global exports of solar panels up to 100 billion U.S. dollars, of which more than 80% of exports to the European market, exports to the U.S. market only solar panels in China 4.57% of global exports. About 75% of which belong to processing trade.

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