January 23, 2010
— Open Blog It's been a damn good week so let's cap it off with a little mayhem and debauchery. So everyone gather around the trash can fire and let's clean our crossbows, do some shots, engage in the ritual bluster, and make the hobos and pre-hobos fear the night again.
The .577 T-Rex Is Not for Girly Men
The .577 Tyrannosaur is a custom rifle round developed by A-Square that's meant to be used as a last resort shot for charging elephants/rhinos/hippos/triceratops. It has a whopping 11,000 foot pounds of energy which makes it almost 5 times more powerful than 7.62 NATO rounds and double that of the .458 Winchester.
Now I've shot a .458 before and it definitely had a thump and needed a tight grip to keep the rifle from flying away. And note that the .577 is not the most powerful big game round by far - some of the 19th century elephant guns were so powerful that they were known to cause nose bleeds every time they were fired.
A Good Man is Hard to FindÂ…Or is He?
Okay a NYT article by a 35yo woman who couldn't find Mr. Right and now is going to a sperm bank in order to have a baby is making the rounds of the blogosphere.
“I’ve found a lot of Mr. Almosts, but I can’t find Mr. Right,” Ms. Downtain says. “I’ve been dating forever. Where is he?” When she brings men back to her very nice, four-bedroom home, they often comment about her success. A few flat-out say they’re uncomfortable with her salary advantage, education advantage (master’s degree), or both. The final blow comes when she tells them about all her prominent volunteer work in the Kansas City area. “I’m being honest and telling them about my life, but I feel like I’m coming across as too good for them. That is never my intention.”
Well here is a rebuttal/advice by Meep of POWIP who make some good points. Without knowing anything more I'm guessing that Ms. Downtain's situation is mostly a result of a) being way too picky and b) thinking she's all that when she ain't.
Is Kim Jong Il Preparing a Bugout Bunker?
Given that it's built into a mountain and adjacent to the China border it sure seems that way.
Brangelina Splitting up?
Sure looks like it. Of course the tabloids have been predicting this for years so statistically they were bound to get it right eventually.
The rush dress code for the Cornell chapter of Pi Beta Phi revealed
Okay I don't even know what half of these things are and was blissfully unaware of jeggings until I read the article.
State Officials Block Sgt. Crowley From Speaking to Police Cadet Graduates
With rumors that Gov. Deval Patrick vetoed the appearance himself.
Burger king to Start Selling Beer With Their Whoppers
Starting in Florida a Whopper combo with a beer will cost $7.99 and they may expand to other markets. Of course McDonald's has been serving beer and wine for decades in Europe, but will the weak Americans be able to handle their Demon Fast Food with Demon Rum?
And don't forget about the Yahoo AoSHQ group. Instructions on how to join are here.
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I'm sure she's a little nutty (who isn't?) but she's a whole lot smarter than Brad and the rest of the Hollywoodtards.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:37 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 05:38 PM (QECjC)
I would very much have liked to have stroked her pussy. It looks very warm and plush.
Once again, why are you guys looking at me like that?
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:39 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 05:40 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:40 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 05:41 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: John Galt at January 23, 2010 05:41 PM (Ylv1H)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 05:42 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 23, 2010 05:43 PM (CCcDq)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:43 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: ThomasD at January 23, 2010 05:43 PM (21H5U)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 05:43 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 05:43 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 05:44 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 05:44 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 05:44 PM (QECjC)
Line up, guys. British women are seeking sperm donors!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 23, 2010 09:43 PM (CCcDq)
Thats all good and fine, but I prefer giving mine strait from the tap. I just have this little problem of having a ring on my finger and being a dedicated and faithful husband to get over.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:45 PM (t72+4)
Thank you. Thank you.
I'll be here all week. Please tip your waitress.
Posted by: Ima Nassol at January 23, 2010 05:46 PM (YlI+Q)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 05:46 PM (UqJ8A)
Ya know, at the risk of sounding boastful...the 577 T-rex has nothin on me, just ask Mrs. Dananjcon.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 23, 2010 05:46 PM (S2ixv)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 05:46 PM (QECjC)
I'm also partial to the Sig P226.
One day I would like to get a Sig P232.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:46 PM (gofDd)
Who is that with the kitteh? Sorry if this is a stupid question
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:44 PM (Gk/wA)
Are you f'cking serious? Natalie Wood, now, go choke yourself.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:47 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Berserker at January 23, 2010 05:47 PM (gWHrG)
I'm not ready to bring on Armageddon just yet. At least not until the Apple tablet comes out.
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 05:48 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 05:48 PM (Gk/wA)
Just reregister as a Dem and you're safe.
Natalie Wood was married to Robert Wagner? I didn't know that. Huh. Learn something new every day.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 05:48 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Z Ryan at January 23, 2010 05:48 PM (cMo6P)
Posted by: Z Ryan at January 23, 2010 05:49 PM (cMo6P)
I'm not ready to bring on Armageddon just yet. At least not until the Apple tablet comes out.
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 09:48 PM (UqJ8A)
I'd donate my sperm too, but I'm sure Britainniastan doesnt have a shortage of drunks and soccer hooligans running around.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:50 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: John Galt at January 23, 2010 05:50 PM (Ylv1H)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 23, 2010 05:51 PM (554T5)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 23, 2010 05:52 PM (tGYpf)
Bloke???
really????
Alrighty then.
Posted by: BigWyo at January 23, 2010 05:52 PM (SafY+)
>>So everyone gather around the trash can fire and let's...
Please pass the butterscotch pudding.
Thanks.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 23, 2010 05:53 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 05:53 PM (zmiSr)
As much as I like to rag on the Brits they did give us Kate Beckinsale, so I can't complain too much. MMm mmmm MMMM
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 05:53 PM (UqJ8A)
She died before I was born!
Heh
Plus I'm terrible at recognizing actors in movies. Now that I read a little bit about her work, I've seen several movies that she was in but I had no idea that was her.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 05:53 PM (Gk/wA)
Yes, Blazer, I didn't know who that was, she died when I was still a kid.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:48 PM (Gk/wA)
She died when I was a kid too. The last movie I remember seeing her in was Brainstorm where Chris Walken played her husband when I was about 11. The only reason why I remember her is because my mom looks almost just like her.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:54 PM (t72+4)
If the Democrats are looking for a wake-up call from Massachusetts, the big rooster in the room is the plethora of underwhelming candidates they are fielding.
Excuse me? The big cock in the room? What happened to the elephant?
(I can never figure out how to embed URLs in this stupid site.)
Posted by: Astroturd Rejectus at January 23, 2010 05:54 PM (LmoJ0)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 05:56 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 05:56 PM (UqJ8A)
I just saw that George P. Bush is endorsing Marco Rubio.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:53 PM (zmiSr)
Sweet.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 05:56 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 05:57 PM (9Lm5R)
Ok, that article about Hoover and Paul Harvey is pretty weird. Put the link in my siggie.
Ok, maybe I didn't because msnbc has been banned on this site. How fucking sweet is THAT?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 05:57 PM (ZwCmm)
Visiting my sister and her kids while her husband was deployed disabused me of any sperm bank notions right quick, though. And she didn't even have to go out to work every day.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 05:57 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Good Witch Palin at January 23, 2010 05:58 PM (tGYpf)
I wonder if I could shoot that while running as fast as I can, and screaming like a little girl at the same time.
Posted by: kam582 at January 23, 2010 05:59 PM (nCouV)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 05:59 PM (UqJ8A)
Better make the first one count. No follow-up shot with that puppy. Heh.
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 23, 2010 06:01 PM (554T5)
Sigh. I wish when I was 20-22 someone would have told me to date 30-35 yo men instead of guys my age.
Posted by: HeatherRadish
When I was 21 I married my 18 yr. old wife, my highschool sweety. We're still together almost 20 yrs later and have raised three boys together.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:01 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2010 06:02 PM (mLwRC)
Yes! Now if you will talk some sense into those 40 year old cougars about the wisdom of older men.
Posted by: John Galt at January 23, 2010 06:02 PM (Ylv1H)
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2010 06:02 PM (CPefM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:02 PM (UOM48)
Interestingly, one of the two lesbians decided to date men. She goes on a lunch date with a guy who is way too pretty to be straight. She comes back from the lunch date depressed and upset because she found out...he's a pro-life Republican!
Oh, the irony! I nearly died laughing.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:02 PM (gofDd)
blazer, watch out for natalie's pussy, it tore me up a while back what?
evening m&m's
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 10:01 PM (oApR7)
Damn dude, where have you been ? I was starting to worry about you.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:03 PM (t72+4)
I'm also looking into a manufacturer here in Ohio, just to support the local boys.
I ain't gonna knock the Brits - I used to live there, they have their good and bad like everyone else.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 06:03 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Good Witch Palin at January 23, 2010 06:03 PM (tGYpf)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 06:03 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:04 PM (UqJ8A)
How YOU doin'?
(I'm 25.)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:04 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 06:04 PM (9Lm5R)
tpd, check out the springfield arms XDM
excellent weapon, very smooth and accurate
my master (some call her my wife) is tiny yet she handles it easily
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 06:04 PM (oApR7)
God, Natalie was beautiful.
Yeah, she was supa-hot babe-ilicious. But I prefer my pussies without so much hair.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 06:05 PM (ZwCmm)
tpd, check out the springfield arms XDM
excellent weapon, very smooth and accurate
my master (some call her my wife) is tiny yet she handles it easily
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 10:04 PM (oApR7)
Will do! I'm just excited to get out there and start shooting things. 
Me and my mom are doing it together
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 06:06 PM (Ei3oZ)
That was her last film. IIRC, Walken was aboard the boat when Wood went overboard off of Catalina Island. There was some weird stuff going on there, I seem to recall that Walken was involved in a really bad argument with either Wood or Wagner that night.
Take that with a grain of salt, my memory of the press coverage is a bit spotty.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 10:04 PM (9Lm5R)
Yea, a lot of suspicious shit concerning that excursion. however, barainstorm was a pretty damn good movie by the way.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:07 PM (t72+4)
69 i had a busy night driving and then guitar lessons with the girl
earlier i went to the range with HER and to tell the truth she made me look bad (them hillbilly chick can shoot)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 06:07 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 23, 2010 06:08 PM (CCcDq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:08 PM (UOM48)
barainstorm was a pretty damn good movie by the way.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 10:07 PM (t72+4)
Crap, looks like someone is getting brain damaged as the night wears on.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:08 PM (t72+4)
I'm sure she's a little nutty (who isn't?) but she's a whole lot smarter than Brad and the rest of the Hollywoodtards.
She got dropped as a model for some company a few weeks back too.
IIRC, she's a gun fan too... could have a huge potential countermoonbat if she gets blacklisted.
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at January 23, 2010 06:08 PM (qyKoF)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 06:08 PM (9Lm5R)
Good news!
She's dead!
The Witch of the [east] is dead!
The wickedest witch there ever was, the enemy of all of us here in Oz is dead!
Good news!
Good news!
Look, it's Sarah!
Let us be glad
Let us be grateful
Let us rejoycify that goodness could subdue
The wicked workings of You Know Who!
Isn't it nice to know that Good will conquer Evil
(apologies to the songwriters of Wicked)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:08 PM (gofDd)
(I'm 25.)
----------------------------------------------
Do you have long hair and very low standards? Say yes to both and we might have something here. :-D
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:09 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 06:09 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Tipsy McStagger, somewhere down in Texas at January 23, 2010 06:10 PM (N54zd)
88 Do you have long hair and very low standards?
cough cough she's asian cough cough
kidding, just kidding (hmmmmm)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 06:11 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 06:11 PM (QECjC)
The irony was that Wood was terrified of deep water her whole life.
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 10:09 PM (QECjC)
I believe it was she was terrified of water period and couldnt swim, however its been awhile since this particular subject has come up and the facts may be lacking.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:11 PM (t72+4)
She said in the Vanity Fair interview she would use lethal force to protect her kids. It's actually a really interesting interview with her. If you can find it on the Interwebs I recommend reading it. She's always been more down to earth and real that anyone else in Hollywood and I admire her for it.
She's also one of the few actresses who looks like she knows how to really handle a weapon...probably because she really does!
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:11 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:12 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 10:08 PM (9Lm5R)
Yeah, my mom's a tough old bird - she's about to turn 61 but she looks about 50. Hope I follow suit on that score.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 06:13 PM (Ei3oZ)
Crap, looks like someone is getting bArain damaged as the night wears on.
ftfy
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 10:10 PM (ZwCmm)
I dont get it, but then again it could be barain dramage.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:13 PM (t72+4)
Lincoln Adams, I do indeed have long hair.
Define "low" standards. I require a man who is employed in a (relatively) secure job, has manners and is adventurous in all things, especially food and travel.Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:13 PM (gofDd)
Yup. Pass the rum.
My dad was 19 when my parents got married, but that was long time ago, before the feminist movement made it easy for men to get laid every weekend by a different a woman without having to spend a lot of money. :-P
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:15 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:13 PM (gofDd)
Like willing to scarf down the occasional balut? ;-)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 06:15 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 06:16 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:16 PM (UOM48)
Heehee. If I can try to eat it, no reason my bf shouldn't be able to. Just to prove manliness if anything.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:16 PM (gofDd)
>>secure job, has manners and is adventurous in all things, especially food and travel.
Dayum. Too bad your too young !!
Posted by: sickinmass at January 23, 2010 06:16 PM (Dxfei)
FIFY.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:16 PM (otlXg)
Lincoln Adams, I do indeed have long hair. Define "low" standards. I require a man who is employed in a (relatively) secure job, has manners and is adventurous in all things, especially food and travel.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:13 PM (gofDd)
He was on about 'Blokes' and 'Man Juice' awhile ago...
How's that for adventurous????Posted by: BigWyo at January 23, 2010 06:16 PM (SafY+)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:13 PM (gofDd)
Thats all good and well rum, lemme guess, you don't hold yourself to those same high standards?
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:17 PM (t72+4)
What's up with all those hadji's throwing big lead downrange? Every one of those ragheads got knocked on their asses. The guy at the end of that clip calmly fired it and then proceeded to clear his weapon. Smooth, James Bondish, even.
I agree, Blazer, it (Brainstorm) was good, even groundbreaking in concept.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 06:17 PM (rQTdM)
And before Skinemax pron was easily downloaded off teh nets.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:17 PM (otlXg)
97 i met my m-i-l when she was 55, i thought holy shit she's hot, i hope her kid looks like that
lo and behold, my wife looks amazingly great for her age, good genes in tennessee
99 is that a threat? i'm so scared intrigued
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 06:17 PM (oApR7)
I remember reading years ago that people didn't like working with Pitt because he didn't bathe often and smelled like shit.
Posted by: koopy at January 23, 2010 06:18 PM (XllG0)
Gia. Didn't she die of AIDS? Back before the cocktails that would keep you alive for decades, spewing amateur gynecology on left-of-center magazine blogs?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:18 PM (OkT2m)
As for manners? ......... .............. .................... um... ............. .............
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:18 PM (UqJ8A)
Well, being the 46 year old geezer rummy called me, I'm going to call it a night. Later, guys.
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 10:16 PM (QECjC)
Really? For fuxsakes grampa put a shawl on before you catch cold !
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:19 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 06:19 PM (DzIiI)
Hey, I have manners. Sometimes. When it counts...::makes unladylike gesture to Blazer::
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:20 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:20 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Not Quite at January 23, 2010 06:21 PM (Bs8Te)
Posted by: wherestherum
Rum has spunk...I hate spunk.
Posted by: Lou Grant at January 23, 2010 06:21 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:21 PM (UOM48)
Okay, rant off. Back to your regularly scheduled Brangelina fawning.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 06:22 PM (Gk/wA)
Are you trying to say your cooking is near-lethal on occasion ;->
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 06:22 PM (DzIiI)
Thats all good and well rum, lemme guess, you don't hold yourself to those same high standards?
Hey, I have manners. Sometimes. When it counts...::makes unladylike gesture to Blazer::
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:20 PM (gofDd)
Wasnt trying to be a dick there rum, but it seemed you were being the stereo-type of the L.A. woman there. Alright maybe I was being a dick.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:22 PM (t72+4)
Well, since LauraW and her hump never followed through with the limerick thread after last Saturday's haiku, I'll offer you this (since GWP and WTR are going rhymy):
There once was a blogger named Ace
Who gave internet morons a space
They talked boobies and booze, kittehs and shoes
And kept up a smart, witty pace!
Posted by: RushBabe at January 23, 2010 06:22 PM (LKkE8)
Hey, I have manners. Sometimes. When it counts...::makes unladylike gesture to Blazer:: bears fangs at Blazer. "Your blood will soon be mine, mortal!"::
FIFY, Rum.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:22 PM (otlXg)
Jihad Kitty and Granny Jan present: http://tinyurl.com/yfojtgm
Barack Obama Comes Out of Michelle's Closet-
Special guest appearances by Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Jim McGreevey, Meghan McCain etc. Diana Ross sings I'm Coming Out.
Posted by: Granny Jan at January 23, 2010 06:22 PM (T+Dj9)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:23 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 23, 2010 06:24 PM (QECjC)
Yorick? No, wait, that was King Hamlet.
Lear's fool was kinda important...
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:24 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 06:25 PM (rQTdM)
I'm not a mornette but my carry gun varies by situation and/or mood: http://tinypic.com/r/nyd4ax/6
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:25 PM (MU2+T)
nah, too easy, i'll let blazer take this one
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 10:23 PM (oApR7)
rum has more spunk than Barry Manilow has bad suits in his wardrobe closet.
Posted by: Lou Grant (not Blazer) at January 23, 2010 06:26 PM (t72+4)
134 i have to disagree
when people hear my wife's age they almost always bring up for her age
that and 'those are real?'
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 06:26 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 06:27 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:27 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 06:27 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 06:27 PM (rQTdM)
Shhh! You'll scare them away!
Aww, you know I loves ya, CC! 'Sides, my parents are old and they stay up til midnight or 1 am some nights. So I get my night owlishness from them.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:27 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 06:29 PM (Gk/wA)
NOOOO! I'm a right winger! I hate Jon Stewart. (No, really. I've never actually watched the Daily Show.)
Wait, New York? I already moved out to Upstate. I ain't moving back to that horrible desolate wasteland. (No offense, Heather.)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:30 PM (gofDd)
Does history remember who was King Henry VIII's court jester?
Joseph of County Biden?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 10:27 PM (ZwCmm)
Thread Winner!!!
Posted by: Tipsy McStagger, somewhere down in Texas at January 23, 2010 06:30 PM (N54zd)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:30 PM (UqJ8A)
145, I've been watching Iron Man. Enjoying it too much to remember the ONT.
Cool moment: my 4 year old walked in and watched the battle scene with the first suit and asked questions that led me to explain what flamethrowers were.
He then asked "can we get one" and my wife had one of those rare moments where she puts her foot down.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:31 PM (MU2+T)
Posted by: Sotark (not on Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:31 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:43 PM (Ei3oZ)
You can never, ever go wrong with a Colt.
I loved my .380 but my all time favorite was the Colt 1911 Government Model .45 ACP. Firing it was like having an orgasm.
Posted by: mpur at January 23, 2010 06:31 PM (946fl)
Entertainment is a great form of distraction, as well as fun; it can also be encouraging. E.g, it was essential during the Great Depression & WWII....
So, while I think other people in other vocations should be making the big bucks, I don't think entertainers are useless.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 06:32 PM (zmiSr)
aww, she doesn't let you have any fun
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 06:32 PM (Gk/wA)
So, let me get this straight: She can't find a husband, and her solution is to have a sperm bank baby? Great idea; that'll have 'em lining up...
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 06:33 PM (+EvNy)
What was douched up about this girl was that she swore up and down that she was right wing conservative but watches Jon Stewart because omigosh he's so funnies but he's also fair in his interviews and soo shmarrrtttttsss!!111
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:33 PM (UqJ8A)
I'm not a mornette but my carry gun varies by situation and/or mood: http://tinypic.com/r/nyd4ax/6
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 10:25 PM (MU2+T)
Nice. However, I see you have not one single Glock, the most epic handgun ever created by mankind in your possession which renders that collection totally useless.
I bid you adeiu.
Posted by: The Charles Johnson of Guns at January 23, 2010 06:33 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: joe (not the navycop) at January 23, 2010 06:33 PM (oApR7)
That clip of Arabs shooting rifles towards the end you can hear one Muslim calling the guy who set him up: "Assasin, Assasin, ... you are and Assasin," as he rubs his quaking arm.
The .577 is like the single shot pistol Thompson Contender in .308!
Posted by: 7HEAVENS at January 23, 2010 06:33 PM (kwJMF)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:27 PM (Gk/wA)
Nah, the rules are different for guys thank God.
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 23, 2010 06:34 PM (DyEUW)
I also find my 9mm has more of a kick than my .45. More of a sharp slap than the 'push' of the 1911.
Ms. Downtain, a hep urban chick, is paying the price she accepted when she chose to believe all that feminist crap about men. There are plenty of good men out there, but, unfortunately for her, the good ones have chosen to remain men...we are what we are.
Mr. Downtain wants a man, but I expect she only dates metrosexuals. A metro plays the game by female rules, but in doing so he gives a lie to 400,000 years of evolution.
Natalie Wood was indeed lovely, and I'm old enough to remember her as a teen star. Note that she was not known to be particularly prudish as a teenager. Something of a hollywood casting couch habitue from her mid-teens on. She was never a role model for young women.
Posted by: trainer at January 23, 2010 06:34 PM (yCWYQ)
mpur, I agree about the Colt 1911. I have one and it's a sweet as gun.
Posted by: Tipsy McStagger, somewhere down in Texas at January 23, 2010 06:34 PM (N54zd)
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:34 PM (MU2+T)
Coming back after going home at Christmas was a huge mistake.
There is much here that is very beautiful, a short drive out of town. But it rains all the fucking time, and the city is sucking the life outta me.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:35 PM (OkT2m)
Hard to believe that Natalie Wood was the little girl in "Miracle on 34th Street"; Maria in "West Side Story"; and then was able to have a fairly decent career after that - most actors don't transition well. And yes, she was always stunning.
Yes, she was terrified of water - it never made sense that she would even want to be on a boat. As I recall, Robert Wagner was distraught after she died - they had reconciled after a long split, if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 23, 2010 06:35 PM (FmMa/)
Lots of things occur only in Kratos' head.
Does history remember who was King Henry VIII's court jester?
Yes, it does--his name was Will Sommers. Seems the little rogue was a spy for the king.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 06:36 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 06:36 PM (+EvNy)
Jane D'oh: (Did Barry ever have any other girlfriends?)
None, unless you count the fictional girl Bill Ayers concocted for Barack. Maybe that's the reason he's so secretive about his past.
Posted by: Granny Jan at January 23, 2010 06:36 PM (T+Dj9)
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:37 PM (MU2+T)
The defeat of your consort, Lord Hades, won't occur just in my head.
Posted by: Sotark (not on Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:38 PM (otlXg)
they had reconciled after a long split, if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 23, 2010 10:35 PM (FmMa/)
Evidently not.
Just a theory though.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:38 PM (t72+4)
I hear ya. I prolly enjoy shooting my S&W 686 more than just about anything I own.
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 23, 2010 06:38 PM (554T5)
My first handgun was a S&W .38 revolver. It was sweet and dependable. But, man, oh man, that bad boy .45 really did it for me. I was more accurate with it, too. Sweet groupings.
Posted by: mpur at January 23, 2010 06:38 PM (946fl)
Scott J. at January 23, 2010 10:25 ..oh that nice quite neighbor who kept to himself?
Wheelguns rule. NCJoe and I both have XDM .40's. My only semi.
Posted by: hutch1200 at January 23, 2010 06:38 PM (xeF6e)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:38 PM (UOM48)
164, guess it would give you the vapors to know I replaced the Glock 19 I had with a S&W Sigma SW9VE, a Taurus Millenium Pro .45 and budgeted $200 for a later purchase.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 10:37 PM (MU2+T)
Your loss. Obviously you have no problem sparing reliability and dependability.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:40 PM (t72+4)
I believe there was a rich white girlfriend when he lived in NYC, until he realized black people won't accept you if you have a rich white wife. She's in one of the books Ayers ghostwrote.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:40 PM (OkT2m)
I do love Saratoga Springs, but Syracuse is a dumpy hellhole. (Also doesn't help when the person you're living with is anti-social.) Albany is a craphole too.
Yeah, I'm definitely a right winger. I mean, I'm here, aren't I? And heh, I went through LAUSD and UCLA and still managed to end up a right winger. How's that for bonafides?
Only idiots watch Jon Stewart to learn anything. I listen to Rush.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:40 PM (gofDd)
What do the morons think of the Tuarus PT1911? $550 used.
It sucks. Get the Cestus instead. You'll just need to defeat Hercules (I think) to get it.
Posted by: Sotark (not on Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:40 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:41 PM (OkT2m)
Well, there was the chick that suddenly relocated to the Bahamas during the campaign.
Posted by: mpur at January 23, 2010 06:41 PM (946fl)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 06:42 PM (Ei3oZ)
Of all my handguns, I enjoy my .357 Colt Trooper the most. Here is a picture of some of them at a recent range day at Fort Dix.
http://tinyurl.com/ye6mqqv
Posted by: trainer at January 23, 2010 06:42 PM (yCWYQ)
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:42 PM (MU2+T)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:42 PM (OkT2m)
Yeah, downtown Syracuse...so not a happy place. Have you guys gotten snow dumped a lot yet?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:43 PM (gofDd)
Investors needed:
E-Sperm-in-me!
I'm gonna post pics of every top actor/radical/conservative and Nascar drivers. On a sliding huge $$ scale.
Of course it will be all mine. I waste so much of it wiping it off my moniter.
Posted by: hutch1200 at January 23, 2010 06:43 PM (xeF6e)
Yes, but with how many tries? Besides, I have some job interviews lined up with the Ogdoad, particularly Osiris.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 06:43 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:44 PM (UOM48)
Governing is easy as shit when you have the ZOG conspiracy on your side.
People need to give Obama more time to get the Juice on his side.
Posted by: Nellie Dark at January 23, 2010 06:44 PM (muhdt)
Run-away!..junk
Posted by: hutch1200 at January 23, 2010 06:45 PM (xeF6e)
Anyone heard of or used Hi-Point Firearms brand?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:42 PM (Ei3oZ)
The Bazooka Bubblegum of hand-guns. However,they may be cheap, but I have no knowledge of how they actually perform or stand up, but you can purchase most models for under $200, and I believe you get what you pay for in most instances.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:45 PM (t72+4)
The Taurus is a great value 1911 but Academy Sports has one on clearance here for $538 new in the box.
That's what I'm talking about. I'll offer him $475, at that price it's worth it.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 06:45 PM (ZwCmm)
>>174 Oh, look, Henry VIII's jester has his own wiki pg:
'Will' Sommers looks more like Paul Lynn than Joseph of County Biden.
Posted by: Joan Rivers at January 23, 2010 06:45 PM (Dxfei)
And you're a Rush fangirl? I think I could love you forever. :-D
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 06:45 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:46 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: newser at January 23, 2010 06:46 PM (OBUuM)
I'll probably only take me one try in the second-hardest mode.
Better hurry up, March is rapidly approaching.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:46 PM (otlXg)
Yeah, and she'd probably go after the girlfriend, too.
Posted by: mpur at January 23, 2010 06:46 PM (946fl)
My first gun was an old S&W Model 10 that looked almost exactly like this one: http://tinyurl.com/ygrtypr
Traded it to buy a 686 which I then traded to buy the 629 pictured above.
Two trades I wish I'd never done. I should have just saved up and added each as I went along.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:46 PM (MU2+T)
I prefer it to my Kimber that cost $900.00
For tack driving accuracy, and Sig of any caliber will do.
Posted by: Beto at January 23, 2010 06:47 PM (+CLh/)
Left to right on the table...about half my pistols and rifles.
Kimber .45, Colt Trooper, Mossey Alley Sweeper, Ruger SAA .30 cal, Off brand .45LC Saa, 1022 with international stock, .357 1894cs lever gun, 30-30 lever gun, SKS, and a couple more Ruger SAA in .357 and .22. My custom AR is on the seat.
Sorry, no Glocks...altho one of my boys has a .40.
Posted by: trainer at January 23, 2010 06:48 PM (yCWYQ)
Buffalo's got a great art museum, I really enjoyed visiting there. But I was spending time with a guy who grew up there, so he knew where to go.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:48 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 10:16 PM (UOM4
Any Moronette who does not understand that every Moron already knows every valuable detail of "Gia" has a lot to learn about the Morons.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 06:48 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 06:49 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: 7HEAVENS at January 23, 2010 06:49 PM (kwJMF)
My brother has two Hi-Points. A .45 and .380. He uses them for handload development.
He figures it's no big loss if he messes one up.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:50 PM (MU2+T)
If you look around, you can get a SA 1911A1 mil spec for around $750. A little more cash than maybe you want to spend, but you wouldn't be sorry at that price point.
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 23, 2010 06:50 PM (554T5)
Knew I could change your mind.
I wanted to go to the Finger Lakes and just never made it out there. Maybe one day. I also wanted to go back to Saratoga Springs. It's such a pretty little town.
Are you located in NYC? Because I love NYC. It's one of my favorite cities ever.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:50 PM (gofDd)
All this gun talk is revenge for all of the shoe and kitteh talk we've had to put up with for the last several months moronettes.
Muuuuuuhahahahahahahahahahaha !!
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:50 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, travel guide at January 23, 2010 06:51 PM (UOM48)
lol. Fences and hot chicks go together like bread and butter.
Gia was one of those flicks I first surveyed on *cough, cough* Lifetime.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:51 PM (otlXg)
I'm on Day 1 of a brand-new cold. I loaded up on Nyquil a couple hours ago, so I'm going to pass out now.
Before I do, wanted to share something from the last thread about B to the O's SOTU speech. By the time I got to that thread, it was nearly dead.
I tracked down Joe Wilson's card (from one of the health care protests) and thought it would be a scream if we all started writing him to give him suggestions for Princess's address. (He's a good time, BTW and would be fun to drink with.)
Personally, I think when Zero starts slamming Booosh, the Repubs should go Animal House on him, specifically, the "court scene" in the classroom where the Delta Tau's coughed "bullsh#%" into their hands at the mention of the word.
Posted by: RushBabe at January 23, 2010 06:51 PM (LKkE8)
That's cool, but just be sure to wear some neck armor around Rum. And make sure you don't get cut in her presence.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:52 PM (otlXg)
Really? I was led to believe it snowed every damn day, either by storm or lake effect. It snowed once back in...late Oct/early November but it was gone two hours later.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:53 PM (gofDd)
Is that b/c you're tethered to your Xbox?
I also take it Egyptian mythology is not your thing. Such a shame.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 06:53 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 06:53 PM (9Lm5R)
I will send money to the re-election fund of anyone who does this. Even if I'm funemployed after July. Fucking awesome.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:54 PM (OkT2m)
Hardest kicker I ever fired was this single-shot .50 BMG and it was a pussycat: http://tinyurl.com/yekukmj
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:54 PM (MU2+T)
So was I, and I have come to understand I was scammed. Been able to see the grass outside my apartment for a week.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 06:55 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 06:55 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Gay Census at January 23, 2010 06:55 PM (4G8P5)
dang, trust me, try out the xd, i rank it above the 1911 easily
Nobody says you can't have both, right?
Soap, I'm purchasing shootin irons entirely privately these days. You can guess why, I'm sure.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 06:55 PM (ZwCmm)
She looked pretty good when I shot her.
Posted by: Frank Marshall Davis, zombie/amateur smut peddler at January 23, 2010 06:56 PM (qyKoF)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 06:56 PM (RZ8pf)
Global warming?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:56 PM (gofDd)
Not a bad policy to follow, for a variety of reasons.
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 23, 2010 06:57 PM (554T5)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 06:57 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Huge Gun Small Dick at January 23, 2010 06:57 PM (muhdt)
Is that b/c you're tethered to your Xbox?
Wrong! God of War is a Sony exclusive, so you can only play it on Playstation.
I also take it Egyptian mythology is not your thing. Such a shame.
It hasn't been ever since I saw the Mummy movies and thought that if Imhotep could be defeated by merely the likes of Brandon Fraiser and Rachael Weize (?), then the Egyptian Gods were petty and pathetic and their rule was weak.
/sounds familiar?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 06:57 PM (otlXg)
And hey, aren't we all Rush fangirls? Or maybe I don't want to know who here doesn't like him.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 06:57 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 10:56 PM (RZ8pf)
Brangelina. Preferably, the Angelina part.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 06:57 PM (YX6i/)
Is that b/c you're tethered to your Xbox?
I also take it Egyptian mythology is not your thing. Such a shame.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 10:53 PM (zmiSr)
To Greek Gods up on high such as Kratos it is referred to as The Box of X , IIILX or The Station Of Play Thrice With.
Just so you know.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 06:58 PM (t72+4)
241, I still feel the allure of the private sale but figure "what's the point".
So long as you've filled out one 4473 some time in your life I figure they'll just assume you have more.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 06:58 PM (MU2+T)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 06:58 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 06:59 PM (gofDd)
And I was talking about “jeggings” on the ONT last month, I was ahead of the snark curve on those.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 06:59 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 06:59 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: Crusty at January 23, 2010 07:00 PM (qzgbP)
Evening all. Scanning the thread it appars we are talking about guns and Rum's spunk, did I miss anything?
And Gia, which I actually had to rent to see what all the boobies hub-bub was about.
Angie has some skeelz.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 07:00 PM (ZwCmm)
Thanks sickinmass, so far so good!
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:00 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:00 PM (gofDd)
Actual30-yr averageLast year 59.1 " 60.3 " 108.6 "
No, seems within normal parameters...
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 07:01 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: TOTUS Operator at January 23, 2010 07:01 PM (muhdt)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 07:01 PM (OkT2m)
They are now wondering if there is going to be snow for the Winter Olympics. Whistler is not having a good year, no snow, possibility of being auctioned off,
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:02 PM (RZ8pf)
235
Whenever I have to qualify, I use a P226 with Heinie Straight8 sights.
Last time I laced the shots edge to edge until I cut the 10 ring out in a circle.
Posted by: Beto at January 23, 2010 07:02 PM (+CLh/)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:03 PM (rQTdM)
If Kim Jong Il holes up in his bunker we have got to get video of him in freaking out in it. Countless obligatory YouTubes depend on it!
Posted by: Crusty at January 23, 2010 11:00 PM (qzgbP)
Why would anyone freak out in a plush bunker full of caviar, fine Scotch, Cuban Cigars and American porn ? Hell, I wish I could be there with him, if only to choke the ever loving shit out of him and take it all for myself .
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:03 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 07:04 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Orphaned Haitian Baby at January 23, 2010 07:04 PM (muhdt)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 07:04 PM (OkT2m)
Fine, PlayStation. I bet you take your console wherever you go. Come March, you'll most likely be using an IV drip, etc., so that you don't have to move until you beat the game.
The Mummy? Hollywood? Since when were they listed as the bane of accuracy?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 07:05 PM (zmiSr)
Damn, you're right! I should have recognized her again when I saw her on LOST, but I wasn't looking primarily at her face in Gia,
. Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:05 PM (otlXg)
267, so you like those?
The PT745 I picked up recently came with them. They show potential but I'm still getting used to them.
My eyes have finally gotten old enough that I need a bit more than black blade/black notch.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 07:05 PM (MU2+T)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:06 PM (gofDd)
beto, if you ever come to hawaii you have to go shooting with us, i'm tired of her (she who must be obeyed) outshooting everyone i know
i mean EVERYONE, even my USMC warrant officer friend who teaches marines how to shoot. she's scary evil with her gun
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 07:06 PM (oApR7)
Yeah but history remembered him because he was a SPY, not because he was some sort of f'in brilliant actor.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:06 PM (Gk/wA)
Those are stompy boots? Those look like hiking boots. That's a fashion statement?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:07 PM (Gk/wA)
And, Blazer, since you seem to worship at the church of Gaston I'll probably own another someday but selling it made more sense for rounding out my collection right now.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 07:08 PM (MU2+T)
Maybe, but wouldn't he get ronery after awhile?
Posted by: Crusty at January 23, 2010 11:06 PM (qzgbP)
Probarry. Most rikery.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:08 PM (t72+4)
I wish I could do such a thing. The game designers said that it'll probably take even a hardcore player about 10 hours to beat GoW3.
The Mummy? Hollywood? Since when were they listed as the bane of accuracy?
They aren't? *scratches head*. Well then, the Egyptian gods still suck.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:08 PM (otlXg)
SiM, my son is with me this week, IÂ’m one of those old fashioned gals that doesnÂ’t believe in introducing a man to my son early in a relationship.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:08 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:09 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 11:06 PM (gofDd)
So do we.
Posted by: Canada at January 23, 2010 07:09 PM (YX6i/)
So did you hear, I'm fuckin rich now, I can build my own jooooo-ray and earthquake machine. You Americans are screwed.
Posted by: Hugo Chavez at January 23, 2010 07:10 PM (muhdt)
Guys, I need help with the SOTU. What's a synonym for "Everything is Bush's fault, you morons"?
"The failed policies of the previous administration"
"This mess we inherited"
"The damage done during the last eight years"
"I honestly don't have a clue how to govern"
"I couldn't run a hot dog stand"
"Please, Dear Jesus, miracle me out of this hole I've dug myself into"
Of course, those last three are only implied...
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 07:10 PM (+EvNy)
HeatherRadish: Granny Jan--so Ayers made her up? Interesting...
The white girlfriend was based on Bill Ayers' girlfriend Diane Oughton who blew herself up in Greenwich Village. Ayers' decription of the girl in Dreams matched up perfectly to Oughton from the greens eyes to the description of her palacial estate. The ghostwriter gave Obama a ghost girlfriend!
Posted by: Granny Jan at January 23, 2010 07:10 PM (T+Dj9)
Their definition of stompy boot and the moronetteÂ’s definition of stompy boot arenÂ’t quite the same thing.
Editor, are you saying the Chinese are manipulating our weather? Hmmm, I like that theory, it makes my tinfoil hat light up.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:11 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:11 PM (rQTdM)
I'm so lonely nowadays. I miss my Chuckles!!!
Posted by: sharmuta at January 23, 2010 07:12 PM (muhdt)
Chemjeff, I mustÂ’ve missed the announcement on an ONT earlier this week. Congratulations!!! I am doing a happy dance for you!!!! Big virtual hugs and high fives!
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:12 PM (RZ8pf)
"Failed policies of the past". Although it's a tad overused.
Posted by: mpur at January 23, 2010 07:12 PM (946fl)
I've heard it on good authority that they make the fake snow like this:
They find several young, virile males and allow them to watch Skinemax constantly for several days. The resulting..um...excretions are then flash frozen in liquid N2 and homogenized by a giant blender.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:13 PM (otlXg)
Yeah I'm getting psyched up over the move. It won't be until July but I'm already checking out places to live
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:13 PM (Gk/wA)
I'm going to hunt you down and suck out your blood just for putting that image in my head.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:14 PM (gofDd)
So did you hear, I'm fuckin rich now, I can build my own jooooo-ray and earthquake machine. You Americans are screwed.
Posted by: Hugo Chavez at January 23, 2010 11:10 PM (muhdt)
Oh yea, maybe we'll just do our best to get Sean Penn's and Danny Glover's Visa's revoked so they cant jet on down there and polish lil' Hugo up nice and shiny in the bathtub every time the whim hits them.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:14 PM (t72+4)
Editor, are you saying the Chinese are manipulating our weather? Hmmm, I like that theory, it makes my tinfoil hat light up.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 11:11 PM (RZ8pf)
Oh, I'm jus' havin' fun.
Posted by: Canada at January 23, 2010 07:14 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 07:15 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: alaska trash at January 23, 2010 07:16 PM (V0kzE)
Andy Dick: POS arrested for felony sexual abuse.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 23, 2010 11:14 PM (2qU2d)
The real surprise is that it took this long.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 07:16 PM (YX6i/)
"Please, Dear Jesus, miracle me out of this hole I've dug myself into"
Of course, those last three are only implied...
I must insist you change that one to "Please, Great Allah and his Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), jihad me out of this hole the jews dug for me."
Allahu Akubar! Admiral Akbar! I need the snackbar!!!
Posted by: Grand Imam Obama of the Righteous American Caliphate XIII Ibn Asaud Al Azer at January 23, 2010 07:16 PM (muhdt)
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 07:17 PM (YX6i/)
@306
Is Alaska trash like a Southern Cracker, cause I can identify and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:18 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 07:18 PM (MU2+T)
My son has forsaken his piles and piles of real toys for cardboard boxes that he is turning into various things. I wish someone had told me sooner that I didnÂ’t need to buy him real toys, I couldÂ’ve used the money I spent on them for shoesÂ…
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:18 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: newser at January 23, 2010 07:18 PM (OBUuM)
I have more than adequate defenses against your vampire kind.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:18 PM (otlXg)
The real surprise is that it took this long.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:16 PM (YX6i/)
Editor, I've been meaning to ask you, whatever happened with that horrible situation that happened to the guy who went out on the boat and his family getting killed?
I know its morbid, but I can't help but to inquire.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:19 PM (t72+4)
PGiS.. Your smart..I didn't think of your son. My BAD!
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Two men that became "Icons" of America culture.. One of very high accomplishments and one just a pretender. I guess they are just bad dreams. America should be waking up soon!!! I truly feel sorry for Tiger he was so accomplished in his field...Obama was, is and always will be just a snake-oil salesman from Chicago with minimum real accomplishments. He is in way over his head. Now, we the voters, must finds ways to minimize the damage that this grossly incompetent President is reeking on the country.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 23, 2010 07:19 PM (Dxfei)
Strange thing: Apparently, a lord once dared him to call Princess Elizabeth "a bastard", & he almost did it. Henry VIII was not amused.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 07:19 PM (zmiSr)
Garlic and crosses don't work on me. Nor does holy water.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:19 PM (gofDd)
Mebbe that explains this. Although I'm leaning toward JFK, getting really pissed that Barry keeps claiming to be him.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 07:20 PM (OkT2m)
306, amen.
Whatever you do (moronettes especially) don't let the gunshop guy talk you into a snubnose .38 as your first. They must get some special bonus every time they talk a new shooter into one.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 07:21 PM (MU2+T)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:22 PM (rQTdM)
This unmarried woman decides to inseminate herself and purposefully bring a child into the world without a father to fulfill her vain, selfish wishes?
Uh, yeah, it's a stumper as to why you can't find a decent man.
Regarding Natalie Wood: she was almost as beautiful as her husband. Perfect faces, both of them. On a similar note, I watched part of "The Blue Max" today and was reminded of George Peppard's hotness back in the day.
Posted by: barbelle at January 23, 2010 07:22 PM (qF8q3)
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 07:22 PM (MaqIC)
And now I'm slightly creeped because I'm still creeped out from reading about the Villisica, IA massacre. (I probably didn't spell the town right.)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:23 PM (gofDd)
The Head of Helios will be enough.
I dunno what artifact I'm getting from Miss'80sbaby's consort, but I'm sure it'll help me against vampires too.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:23 PM (otlXg)
I know its morbid, but I can't help but to inquire.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:19 PM (t72+4)
I don't know how well things are going at home, but I know it's not something you bring up with him.
We just sent the vessel out of shipyard 12-days ago and he worked most of the shipyard period. One afternoon, a welder (who had no idea of what the guy was going through) was giving him shit and things didn't turn out so hawt for the welder. A broken nose, two broken fingers and a seriously bruised ego. The guy is about 5'4", but took this 6' welder down in 2-seconds flat.
I haven't spoken to him about the situation, but I know it's not going well.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 07:23 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (Ei3oZ)
306, amen.
Whatever you do (moronettes especially) don't let the gunshop guy talk you into a snubnose .38 as your first. They must get some special bonus every time they talk a new shooter into one.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 11:21 PM (MU2+T)
My wife owns the Glock 17, oh yea, and she can totally wield it too.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (MaqIC)
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (+EvNy)
I used to own a Glock 17, but I sold it in a misplaced fit of motherly worry when my son was a baby. I miss it.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (RZ8pf)
No way! Wouldn't you start seizing after that 10hrs?
Well then, the Egyptian gods still suck.
Why? Just because you can't kill them?
Oh, fun fact: In reg. Greek mythology, the River Styx is named after...your mother.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 07:24 PM (zmiSr)
editor, excellent, i'll be here waiting
i'll put my number up in the yahoo group later
bbl, the girl is busting out the amps, gotta rip some licks
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 07:25 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 11:19 PM (zmiSr)
Wow.
I'm going to slink away now.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:25 PM (Gk/wA)
Andy Dick: POS arrested for felony sexual abuse.
Everyone not a single person on the planet shocked.
The accuser must be some sort of right wing bushitler halliburton pickup truck owning gun toting bible clutching bitter clinging racist sexist islamophobic homophobic teabagging redneck seccessionist lunatic, though.
Posted by: Grand Imam Obama of the Righteous American Caliphate XIII Ibn Asaud Al Azer at January 23, 2010 07:26 PM (muhdt)
323, lots of muzzle flip and damn hard to shoot accurately because the sight radius is so short (but they can be quite accurate).
Just not easy for the begginer to master.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 07:27 PM (MU2+T)
I know its morbid, but I can't help but to inquire.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:19 PM (t72+4)
I don't know how well things are going at home, but I know it's not something you bring up with him.
We just sent the vessel out of shipyard 12-days ago and he worked most of the shipyard period. One afternoon, a welder (who had no idea of what the guy was going through) was giving him shit and things didn't turn out so hawt for the welder. A broken nose, two broken fingers and a seriously bruised ego. The guy is about 5'4", but took this 6' welder down in 2-seconds flat.
I haven't spoken to him about the situation, but I know it's not going well.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:23 PM (YX6i/)
I was inquiring about the pos brother who killed his family when he was out to sea. I was hoping he was well on his way to getting gassed or fried. At any rate, good for him.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:27 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: sybilll at January 23, 2010 07:27 PM (hVC0t)
Posted by: alaska trash at January 23, 2010 07:27 PM (V0kzE)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 07:27 PM (9Lm5R)
OT: did anyone watch Hannity 2 nights ago?
One of the commenters during the Great American Panel used the term "Reverse Jesus." Did that guy steal from Ace or did Ace it from somewhere himself?
Posted by: barbelle at January 23, 2010 07:29 PM (qF8q3)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2010 07:29 PM (UOM48)
Oh, but I didn't mean it that way, chemjeff. It's just me getting all nerdy-geeky excited over something that doesn't really matter. I just really think it's cool.
Sorry.
ops:Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 07:29 PM (zmiSr)
I think you'll find that the light emitted from the Head of Helios is a lot stronger than even SoCal sunlight.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:30 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Mad Saint Jack at January 23, 2010 07:30 PM (zVgnK)
273 Fuck, so who is going to adopt me now if Brangelina break up? Posted by: Orphaned Haitian Baby at January 23, 2010 11:04 PM (muhdt)
Just wait until Angelina finds another guy...
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 07:30 PM (afWhQ)
No, he's in the US, so it'll be Christian.
Aww, it's so cute that you still think the US will be a Christian nation by the time I'm done with it. My November 2012 "election" as Caliph for life where I get 101% of the vote should quash any notions of that, however.
Posted by: Grand Imam Obama of the Righteous American Caliphate XIII Ibn Asaud Al Azer Bin Mohammad al-Durka, P at January 23, 2010 07:30 PM (muhdt)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:31 PM (rQTdM)
Moronettes, immediate sympathy needed, I was pulling something open and snapped my fingernail back about halfway down the nail. Bleeding and pain followed.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:31 PM (RZ8pf)
The city does have its appeal. The women, not so much.
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 07:31 PM (UqJ8A)
That just tells me you've never stayed in Albany's sister city: Troy.
Troy was once a real city - the end of the Erie Canal. But now it is rows of twenty story buildings with 19 floors marked "For Lease", and the ground level struggling along. So - big city problems, small village revenue. The industry is: mugging the students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in any way possible. (Crazy parking rules, towing cars on "snow routes" on days with no snow, etc.)
In short, Albany was the shining city on the hill in comparison.
Posted by: Al at January 23, 2010 07:32 PM (0lyUI)
http://tinyurl.com/yfwfodq
http://tinyurl.com/yd58ooj
Your friend is doing what most lefties do - attempting to twist a conservative argument (e.g. states' rights) into supporting a liberal position. Ask your friend that if he/she really supported states' rights, then would your friend be comfortable with overturning Roe v. Wade and letting the states decide on abortion law. I'm willing to bet your friend's desire for federalism ends at that moment.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:32 PM (Gk/wA)
For a self defense gun I would start with a 9mm, again because ammo is cheaper and you would be able to practice more. 9mm ammo cost about half the price of other calibers. Always use hollow points for defense. Full metal jacketed ammo is fine for practice.
Which model of gun to buy depends more on how well it fits your hand. Any self defense gun should be tested with at least 200 rounds to make sure it is reliable before you bet your life on it.
Posted by: Mad Saint Jack at January 23, 2010 11:30 PM (zVgnK)
For a self defense gun I would start with a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range, but thats just me.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:32 PM (t72+4)
Just leave my dog alone!
http://tinyurl.com/tymt3
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 07:32 PM (zmiSr)
I have some practice with watching Skinemax pron for several hours, so I don't think I'll seize.
Why? Just because you can't kill them?
If they (Egyptian gods) can be thwarted by some dude and his brother with a stick and some prayers to an upstart I AM, then they're pretty worthless. As weak as he is, Zeus would have just struck him down, unlike the Egyptians just lying there and taking it.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:33 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 11:29 PM (zmiSr)
No it's allright, I was the one who overplayed my hand.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:33 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Thor at January 23, 2010 07:33 PM (muhdt)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2010 07:34 PM (UOM48)
I was pulling something open and snapped my fingernail back about halfway down the nail.
Ouch. Next time use a knife on the hermetic seal the vibrator comes in.
Posted by: barbelle at January 23, 2010 07:34 PM (qF8q3)
snapped my fingernail back about halfway down the nail. Bleeding and pain followed.
I cringed just reading that. Ouch.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (ZwCmm)
A column of beauty from Mark Steyn. [Via Kathy Shaidle five feet of fury]
Posted by: andycanuck at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (2qU2d)
I was inquiring about the pos brother who killed his family when he was out to sea. I was hoping he was well on his way to getting gassed or fried. At any rate, good for him.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:27 PM (t72+4)
Oh, I haven't kept up on the case, itself. I'm sure he's probably getting some real loving and having tasty salads in whatever state pen he's in awaiting trial. If there's one thing non-violent criminals have understanding about it's not fucking with your own family. Hell, I put a family of criminals behind bars, yesterday.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (Gk/wA)
Moronettes, immediate sympathy needed, I was pulling something open and snapped my fingernail back about halfway down the nail. Bleeding and pain followed.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 11:31 PM (RZ8pf)
So what you're saying is you need your sweater-puppies rubbed? I totally understand and get it.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (t72+4)
Moronettes, immediate sympathy needed, I was pulling something open and snapped my fingernail back about halfway down the nail. Bleeding and pain followed.
Are you turning into a "prawn"? (District 9 reference).
/That movie sucked, but the only reason I got it was to get the GoW3 Demo.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (otlXg)
355, yeah. When I could be consistient on soda cans with the .44 at 100 yards offhand I started calling myself a good shot.
That was 17 years ago. I don't get to practice that often any more even if I can just walk out my back door to do so.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (MU2+T)
I'd be happy to help out the poor 35 year old who can't find a man, and I'm cheap: I'm always glad to masturbate into a dixie cup just for a free cheeseburger.
I'm a cheap date.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 07:35 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Islamic Women Worldwide at January 23, 2010 07:36 PM (muhdt)
Jeebus, PGiS. Wrap a bandaid around it or something. *shudder*
I just did. I hope Scooby Doo band-aids are the in fashion for winterÂ…
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:36 PM (RZ8pf)
I'm a terrible pistol shot, but gimme a rifle and I will drop anything you need.
Pistols are still fun, though.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 07:37 PM (ZwCmm)
...and you never mentioned the part about mom. {In reg. Greek mythology, the River Styx is named after...your mother.}
She's closer to Hades & the Titans than you think.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 07:37 PM (zmiSr)
Hell, I'll do it just for the cheese.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:38 PM (Gk/wA)
Editor, congrats on getting the meth-head punks yesterday.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:38 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:39 PM (rQTdM)
OK, so apparently if you ever need to torture information out of me, pulling out my fingernails is the way to go.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:39 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Mad Saint Jack at January 23, 2010 07:39 PM (zVgnK)
Corporations are evil!!
CC to: GE, Viacom, NBC, Google, Disney, GM, George Soros' Giant Money Laundering Networks
Posted by: Typical Lefty at January 23, 2010 07:39 PM (muhdt)
Hell, I'll do it just for the cheese.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:38 PM (Gk/wA)
He'll do it because she's 35 45 55 and can't escape quickly.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:39 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 07:40 PM (Ei3oZ)
When it gets sore in the next few days, try soaking your finger in Betadine. Prevents infection, etc.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby overplays her hand at January 23, 2010 07:40 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: alaska trash at January 23, 2010 07:41 PM (V0kzE)
Posted by: Allahpundit's Cats at January 23, 2010 07:41 PM (muhdt)
I bought Chinese carry out last night. Chicken fried rice.
The third bite included a finger nail clipping.. It looked like a normal average size index finger the whole length of the nail.
It tasted like chicken.
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 07:42 PM (MaqIC)
Don't worry little Haiti orphan.
Angelina has the crazy, and collects babies like purses. And I hear she needs another dark one to make the set match.
/yes, yes, I know I'm being racist!
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 07:42 PM (OKZrE)
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:54 PM (t72+4)
IIRC, Chris Walken was on the boat with Robert Wagner when she drowned. The two of them were supposedly arguing about something and I think there was a rumor about him having an affair with her.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 23, 2010 07:43 PM (EhlQq)
Editor, congrats on getting the meth-head punks yesterday.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 11:38 PM (RZ8pf)
Thank you. I'm pounding my chest about it. I accomplished what the PI & Detectives couldn't. though, I will say both put valiant efforts into it. The Detective was very interested in catching these guys.
It was pretty funny. When I finally hunted down the tip that lead me to them, I forwarded the info to the Detective. I went for a drive to where the punks where and started taking pictures and about 2 minutes later the detective called my cell and said, "Was that you out there taking photos?"
"Uh, yes, sir."
"Leave the police work to us."
I almost busted out laughing because it was just like the movies. Heh. He's a really nice guy and did some good work on it. Just wasn't able to get the same people to cooperate with him that I was.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 07:43 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 07:44 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:44 PM (gofDd)
For a self defense gun I would start with a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range,the power of a a fully operational Death Star, but thats just me.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:32 PM (t72+4)
FIF-Me
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:45 PM (t72+4)
She's closer to Hades & the Titans than you think.
Wrong Cratos. I'm not Zeus's enforcer. My mom was just one of Zeus's many flings with humans.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:46 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Angelina at January 23, 2010 07:47 PM (muhdt)
Okay that is a stupid argument. By your friend's logic, political rallies don't have First Amendment protection because they are a "collective". It sounds like your friend is just trying to find any reason whatsoever to justify her contempt for corporations.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:47 PM (Gk/wA)
A twist on the "Dennis Hopper estate changes to cut out almost-ex-wife" story that I hadn't read before tonight.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 23, 2010 07:47 PM (2qU2d)
Thanks for the sympathy all, I feel better now. Scooby Doo and Sailor Jerry seem to be doing the trick. And a kiss on the boo-boo from my son, works like magic!
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:47 PM (RZ8pf)
For a self defense gun I would start with a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range, the INCOM T-65 X-wing, the fighter that killed the Death Star, but thats just me.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:32 PM (t72+4)
Once again, FIFme.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:48 PM (t72+4)
Morons, I am actually watching Blacula on some random station. I was expecting awful but it's actually not that bad. Ok, it's bad, but not as bad as I always expected.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 07:48 PM (ZwCmm)
The makers of this documentary brought it to a theater in Cedar Falls; less paranormal and more detective work.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 07:48 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:48 PM (Gk/wA)
Awesome! Can I play too?
I stayed with a friend who lived in the financial district last time I was in the city. His apt building is the tallest building I've ever been on the roof of. I haven't been to the top of the Empire State building yet, but I have been inside.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:48 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 11:42 PM (OKZrE)
Ain't that the truth! That IS some grade-A lunacy right there. I can't imagine why Brad thought it was a good idea to get linked up with that. Not that I feel any particular sympathy for either of them, of course. I'm just thinking that if I had Brad Pitt's chick-getting ability, I could probably find Angelina-level hotness mixed with less coo coo baggage.
What's it going to be like for those kids growing up in that house?? It's a managerie...
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 07:48 PM (4nbyM)
1) watching an airliner go face down while the passengers are screaming?
B) A bus full of leftwing nutjobs crashing through a guard rail, falling all the way down a cliff, screaming their heads off?
3) a bunch of drunks arguing who can drive the bus while fighting for the drivers seat, as the bus is traveling at high speed while approaching stopped DC interstate traffic?
#%&$) drunk retards thinking they can get out of a party held at an old farm by negotiating with the serial killer that are having it?
or
watching Daily Kos, Huffington Post, LGF, and Olderdouche, arguing which one is the most dumb dick head?
Hmmm...
Posted by: hous bin pharteen at January 23, 2010 07:49 PM (pU4D7)
Thanks for the sympathy all, I feel better now. Scooby Doo and Sailor Jerry seem to be doing the trick. And a kiss on the boo-boo from my son, works like magic!
Don't go to the doctor if your arm turns alien or if you start losing your teeth. They'll call MNU and they'll have you vivisected for alien:human tissue.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:49 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 07:49 PM (UqJ8A)
the INCOM T-65 X-wing, the fighter that killed the Death Star, but thats just me.
See, that's why Stormjanitor is going to get his ass out there and nail some plywood over that port-thingie. Can't believe this shit, chinese-made deathstar crap.
Posted by: Darth Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 07:50 PM (ZwCmm)
I'd want the TIE Defender, Blazer, but that's just me.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:50 PM (otlXg)
Kratos, PGiS lives in Seattle. They won't do that. They'll just send her to counseling so that she can cope with her differences in this cruel, alien-ist society we live in.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 07:51 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:51 PM (gofDd)
True that, chemjeff. I can probably sue myself for pain and suffering.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:53 PM (RZ8pf)
Fuck.. had to switch to IE.. FF screwing with the comments. Again.
I've no problem with blogs hosting ads.
But some of those ads make me sad.
Would-be Net slayers
Are rather good payers.
But helping their cause is quite mad.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 23, 2010 07:53 PM (Dxfei)
See, that's why Stormjanitor is going to get his ass out there and nail some plywood over that port-thingie. Can't believe this shit, chinese-made deathstar crap.
Posted by: Darth Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 11:50 PM (ZwCmm)
I doubt it, he's bringing me a cup of coffee. Gran Moff Tarkin after all says we have noting to fret about. That Veers guy is full of crap.
Posted by: Imperial Leftenant Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:54 PM (t72+4)
Empire State Building is worth the trip up. You basically take an elevator, wait in line, then take another elevator, wait in line, then another, wait in line, repeat ad nauseaum, but once you're up there it's amazing.
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 07:54 PM (UqJ8A)
So the game ruined that part, too. Is there anything mythologically correct about this game, other than the names?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 07:54 PM (zmiSr)
I think that was just Vader's modified TIE Interceptor. This is a TIE Defender.
/Featured in the game TIE Fighter.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:54 PM (otlXg)
I'm not real familiar with SW Iowa; never a reason to go there.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 07:54 PM (OkT2m)
You guys are geeks. Of course I was playing the Imperial March on the piano today so IÂ’m one to talkÂ…
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 07:55 PM (RZ8pf)
My ex went to RPI. He had horror stories about Troy, too. Why is a college town such a shithole? Not that Syracuse U is located in a much better town, but I don't think the crime is as bad as Troy.
UCLA students get mugged in Westwood on a regular basis, sometimes at gunpoint, but that's about as far as the crime goes. Maybe the occasional burglary as well.
WTF is up with college towns?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:55 PM (gofDd)
Will Angelina still need slave kitchen help? Of course! And all you need to adopt these kids is lots of money, baggies of coke and a suitcase of kickback dollars.
Best of all, those little hands are great in getting stuff out of the Disposall.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 07:55 PM (dcKUM)
The game is the correct version,
. Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 07:55 PM (otlXg)
A twist on the "Dennis Hopper estate changes to cut out almost-ex-wife" story that I hadn't read before tonight.
I guess they didn't realize that Hopper seemed to have a change of heart over the past few years, he was a big Obama supporter.
Posted by: koopy at January 23, 2010 07:56 PM (XllG0)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 07:57 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 11:54 PM (UqJ8A)
The best part for me was smelling Fay Wray's pussy. The rest of it - meh.
Posted by: King Kong at January 23, 2010 07:57 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 11:55 PM (RZ8pf)
Wow... Any woman who plays the Imperial march (and even admits it!) is a keeper...
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 07:57 PM (4nbyM)
I'd want the TIE Defender, Blazer, but that's just me.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 11:50 PM (otlXg)
You would be a fool Krat, the superior X-Wing sent Darth packing in his during the trench run on the first Death Star as you should well know.
Posted by: Imperial Leftenant Blazer at January 23, 2010 07:58 PM (t72+4)
I think he came from money, but he's wicked smart and has a good job at a consulting firm. Right now he's at Wharton getting his degree so he doesn't have that apt anymore.
I wanted to go up to the top of the Empire State Building but the line was over two hours long and the day wasn't a good one. It was overcast and the clouds were low so we wouldn't have been able to see much anyway. The one time I go to NYC in August it's 50 degrees and raining.
Of course I was playing the Imperial March on the piano today so IÂ’m one to talkÂ…
Ok, now that's pretty cool. I love when people play modern songs on the piano. My (former) best friend used to learn Disney songs and play them to practice her piano skills.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 07:59 PM (gofDd)
Rural towns with colleges are still pretty safe...the problem with schools in cities (like Syracuse or Marquette) that were built in the 19th century is the neighborhoods around the schools have changed significantly since the 19th century.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 23, 2010 08:00 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 08:00 PM (rQTdM)
Even if she could be a vampire, or an agent or consort of Hades?
Men are stupid.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:01 PM (otlXg)
They're full of college students?
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 11:57 PM (+EvNy)
Well played, sir, well played.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:01 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 08:01 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 08:01 PM (4nbyM)
You would be a fool Krat, the superior X-Wing sent Darth packing in his during the trench run on the first Death Star as you should well know.
Eeeeexcept that was done by Han Solo in a piece of crap smuggling freighter. TIE series FTW!
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 08:01 PM (+EvNy)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:02 PM (VXu1B)
The www.corneredcat.com page is GREAT advice.
You are going with your mom that is TOO cool.
What part of Ohio are you in ?
Posted by: Steck at January 23, 2010 08:02 PM (mdpsT)
Mine was bad, too (still is). Drug deals down the street from campus, lots of shootings & muggings, burglaries. The street across from campus isn't safe, & the cross country runners are banned from practicing there. Purse theft is also on the rise all across town; but the worst one on campus was electronic equipment. The city ended up turning the campus security into part of the town's police force, just to increase safety.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 08:02 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Ellie Light at January 23, 2010 08:03 PM (gJL6J)
Wrong-O, it was the Millennium Falcon.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:03 PM (otlXg)
Eeeeexcept that was done by Han Solo in a piece of crap smuggling freighter. TIE series FTW!
Posted by: Secundus at January 24, 2010 12:01 AM (+EvNy)
Rewind that, go way past it, in fact never play it again.
Posted by: Imperial Leftenant Blazer at January 23, 2010 08:04 PM (t72+4)
I hunt deer with a big CZ 500 in .458 Win Mag
Um, why?
I damage more meat than I like with .308 or .30-06
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 08:04 PM (MU2+T)
Marquette is in the very neighborhood that Jeffrey Dahmer lived.
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 08:05 PM (MaqIC)
Racist!
A friend of mine was going to UCSB when his apt was robbed. He thinks he may know who did it, but the were never caught.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:05 PM (gofDd)
Men are stupid.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 24, 2010 12:01 AM (otlXg)
No vampire/consort of Hades would play the Imperial March. It's too pure, too noble for such succubi. Your point, sir, is moot.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 08:05 PM (4nbyM)
Don't downgrade me to agent.
Men are stupid.*
As House once said, "I'm with you so far".
*But so are women
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 08:05 PM (zmiSr)
Agreed, avoid the small teeny lightweight gun for a first gun (and for this class also). I was at our local shop's open house and someone convinced this 80-year-old gal, who wanted a gun ONLY for home protection (not for carry) to try this featherweight short-barrelled monstrosity.
Did I mention she'd NEVER shot a gun before?
So, she steps into the range, one shot, damn thing almost takes her hand off, and she's totally convinced now that there's no way she should have a gun, or could fire a gun, or anything. (I tried this gun also - why let good ammo go to waste? - and it damn near takes my hand off also.
Cripes. People!
Posted by: Steck at January 23, 2010 08:06 PM (mdpsT)
Posted by: Steck at January 24, 2010 12:02 AM (mdpsT)
Central - I'm in the capital city.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:06 PM (Ei3oZ)
#434 Wow... Any woman who plays the Imperial march (and even admits it!) is a keeper...
Even if she could be a vampire, or an agent or consort of Hades?
Men are stupid.
Boobies, boobies, butt... I'm sorry, were you saying something?
Posted by: Men at January 23, 2010 08:06 PM (+EvNy)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:07 PM (gofDd)
451 said.
It's time for Americans to realize that governing is hard work, and that a president can't just wave a magic wand and fix everything.
He shits SKITTLES. He told us he'd make the SEAS RECEDE.
Captain Craptastica is the definition of FUCK-UP.
I'd put my money on a REAL PRESIDENT with or without a MAGIC WAND.
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 08:07 PM (MaqIC)
I was always a bit more partial to the A-Wings, maybe because dogfighters/interceptors tend to be a bit more exciting than multi-role, jack-of-all-trades fighters, or, for that matter, glorified Q-ships like the Millennium Falcon. That, and the lockable missiles made for much easier kills in X-Wing back in the day.
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 23, 2010 08:08 PM (HRW6k)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:08 PM (gofDd)
Agreed, avoid the small teeny lightweight gun for a first gun (and for this class also).
Well, I don't want a lightweight gun anyway...I want a glorious, magnificent piece of cold steel that I can lift without straining.
And then you have my mom who was eyeballing this ad in one of my NRA magazines for a little pink pocket pistol until I snatched the magazine away and gave her a disgusted tsk. PINK!
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:09 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 12:08 AM (gofDd)
Woa, not sure what that even means, but I'm taking it to the bunk with me.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 08:10 PM (t72+4)
According to the article, the answer is:
20
HOUR
SEX
But I guess that goes away when you have a zoo of kids in your house.
/she is industrial strength crazy, at one point, I read she would leave the house, and check into a hotel to bathe her son. Don't even want to think about what's going on there.
Posted by: shibumi at January 23, 2010 08:10 PM (OKZrE)
465, you remind me.
Someone way early in the thread asked what Obama had accomplished in his first year.
How about coming closer to ripping apart the fabric of this nation than any of the prior 43 Presidents?
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 08:10 PM (MU2+T)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:10 PM (icR/t)
Water's wet, sugary drinks mean massive hangovers, and the French are almost always boned whenever the go up against Germans (unless led by a Corsican), Rum. What else is new?
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 23, 2010 08:11 PM (HRW6k)
'Sup, y'all!
Just got back buzzed from a faculty shindig. May not be on long since I need this to be a productive weekend.
Anyone care to recap the long thread for me?
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:11 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 12:07 AM (gofDd)
We don't do that at OSU - we just set shit on fire when we lose to Michigan. Or win, we're not picky. Bunch of firebugs on campus. Firebugs and fukn terrorist sympathizers.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:11 PM (Ei3oZ)
Great, Rum's lusting after the blood of Blazer, Hatchet, and Lacey.
Posted by: George Lucas at January 23, 2010 08:11 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 12:09 AM (gofDd)
Damn right he did. Han understood the importance of a preemptive strike in the face of imminent attack.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 08:12 PM (4nbyM)
I happen to know that in the nineties RPI was putting webcams inside some of the freaking lab computers. Apparently when you're maxing out the RAM on RS/6000's, you end up some very expensive, very portable crap.
Posted by: Al at January 23, 2010 08:12 PM (0lyUI)
Posted by: George Lucas at January 24, 2010 12:10 AM (otlXg)
Original VHS copy of the movie? Oh, wait, no, that just proves the new special effects fucked up the quality of the old movies.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:12 PM (gofDd)
Lots of what folks will tell you (and your mom) could very well apply to what makes for a good "carry" piece (and I'm already jealous thinking about it, here in NO-CARRY Illinois) -- but what you want for this class is something good to learn on. I learned on a big heavy 38-caliber revolver, just enough kick that you realize that you're shooting, but not scary.
When you're choosing guns for class, try both revolvers and pistols, make sure whatever you pick up feels good in your hand no matter what - in the same way you wouldn't wear jeans that feel goofy, why use a gun that feels goofy?
Posted by: Steck at January 23, 2010 08:12 PM (mdpsT)
Well don't look at me. :-P I'm pretty sure I have an alibi for whenever that happened. O:-)
Aight Im outta here. Night morons, and it was great talking to you Rum. :-)
Posted by: Lincoln Adams at January 23, 2010 08:13 PM (UqJ8A)
Posted by: Nemo from Erewhon at January 23, 2010 08:14 PM (vgjDD)
HAN SHOT FIRST!
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 12:09 AM (gofDd)
He was just exercising the shoot first ask questions later policy most Correlians practice by virtue, that we should also be.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 08:14 PM (t72+4)
As a lifelong Republican, I hope that when he is reelected, John McCain will continue to reach across the aisle and meet the Democrats halfway in trying to destroy free speech rights, tank our economy with Cap n' Trade, sto[ ANWR drilling and also get 14 million illegal aliens to be able to vote for the Democrats.
I know, as a lifelong Republican that Senator McCain will still work with the Democrats. In return, the Democrats have generously agreed to cut out $11.37 of earmarks by 2019. Senator McCain has said that was a fair deal when he was out on the Sunday morning talk shows sucking CBS's dick.
As a lifelong Republican, this would make me proud of my party.
Posted by: Howard Dean, Lifelong Republican at January 23, 2010 08:14 PM (dcKUM)
That's all I've seen anyway, but I was skimming to catch up after reading some legal shit.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:15 PM (Ei3oZ)
Here's my partial contribution.
Rum's seeking the blood of more morons, PGIS is turning into a "prawn", Miss'80sbaby is getting Greek Mythology wrong again, Blazer's messing up Star Wars trivia, there's some gun pron above by Scott and others, Editor is catching criminals, ect, ect.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:15 PM (otlXg)
Also at USC there's a student who likes to get knocked up, not tell anyone she's pregnant, then dump the baby in the dumpster. Yeah, great, isn't it?
At UCLA we just commit suicide every couple of years.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:15 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 08:15 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 08:16 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 08:17 PM (v/I02)
HOUR
SEX
Posted by: shibumi at January 24, 2010 12:10 AM (OKZrE)
Yeah, OK, that sounds good, but I just can't get motivated by that. I can see going at it for a few hours once in a while, but 20!? At some point I just wanna roll over and sleep. Sheesh.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 08:17 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Steck at January 24, 2010 12:12 AM (mdpsT)
No worries - I plan on caressing them all lovingly and tenderly, and waiting for that special feeling deep inside to say this is the one...
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:17 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 12:09 AM (gofDd)
Damn right he did. Han understood the importance of a preemptive strike in the face of imminent attack.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 24, 2010 12:12 AM (4nbyM)
So did the Israelis in 1967. They didn't in 1973, and look what happened.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:17 PM (dcKUM)
How dare you claim that digitally inserting Jabba into that scene in A New Hope and adding pointless crap like the bigger robot hitting the top of the smaller robot is fucking up the quality?!?!
Next thing you'll do is bitch about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, right?
Posted by: George Lucas at January 23, 2010 08:17 PM (otlXg)
485, add to your advice: make sure you can reach the trigger comfortably in a good firing grip.
My wife has small hands and on several of my guns she can only touch the side of the trigger with her fingernail when holding it properly.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 08:17 PM (MU2+T)
The kind that's tasty with garlic and drawn butter or the kind that was packed into a ghetto located under spaceship suspended over Johannesburg, South Africa?
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 23, 2010 08:17 PM (HRW6k)
What "no politics" rule? As far as I knew, libs were up for scrn 24/7/365. Why else would I sockpuppet Ellie Light?
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:18 PM (gJL6J)
Think they will revive the tradition with Iran?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:18 PM (otlXg)
Think they will revive the tradition with Iran?
Didn't they already? When did they blow up Saddam's breeder reactor?
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 08:20 PM (+EvNy)
Posted by: Al at January 23, 2010 08:20 PM (0lyUI)
Oh, and the class includes what I need for my conceal-carry. I'm pretty excited.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:20 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:20 PM (VXu1B)
Check out one of those little tip-up barrel Beretta .22LR's. .22 hollow points can be pretty nasty.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 08:21 PM (v/I02)
The latter. You know, the ones with: advanced weapon tech, superior strength and dexterity, along with a massive spaceship that stays airborne unattended for 20 YEARS, but yet are bullied around by the hateful and prejudiced humans?
/I know, they're supposed to be just mindless workers, but still.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:21 PM (otlXg)
Rum has spunk.
You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to quit thinking.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 23, 2010 08:21 PM (Dxfei)
John McCain withstood 5 and a half years of kicks to the groin, dislocated shoulders, punched out teeth. All this after crashing his jet breaking bones and being bayonetted.
He feels nothing anymore. He is RODNEY KING. "Can't we just get along"
He LOVES being important. He is basically good, but he has STOCKTARD SYNDROME.. He knows LIBTARDS are stupid dishonest, wrong, destructive, hateful and bigotted.
But they are better than the N.V. Communist who beat him week after week month after month, year after year.
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 08:21 PM (MaqIC)
Even though I have several guns, the one that feels "right" is that 1911. It's like part of my arm and makes me look more skilled than I really am.
A friend was looking at both my 1911 and XD (trying to decide on a gun for himself) and watched me take both apart to clean 'em. The 49,231 parts of the 1911 - compared with the 4? parts of the XD - kinda prejudiced him against the 1911.
Posted by: Steck at January 23, 2010 08:21 PM (mdpsT)
So did the Israelis in 1967. They didn't in 1973, and look what happened.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 24, 2010 12:17 AM (dcKUM)
Yep. Star Wars is full of life lessons. For example, when you're about to blow up the rebel base, but are temporarily delayed by the presence of an intervening planetary body, at LEAST take the sensible precaution of warming up the superlaser so you can fire the instant you're clear.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 08:22 PM (4nbyM)
I hope so. They have to know they're not going to get help from us because of our ball-less, spineless CiC. *spit*
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:22 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: logprof at January 24, 2010 12:18 AM (gJL6J)
Eh, I hardly ever see it discussed in the ONT - at least for the times I've been around to watch it. I kinda figured it was an unspoken thing, but I haven't been here that long so what do I know? ;-)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:22 PM (Ei3oZ)
I carry an H&K USP .40 cal. It's just right for me because:
1) I've been shooting ... well ... since I could walk
2) Good tradeoff between mag capacity and knockdown power.
We will argue forever about picky details regarding #2 above, but it's not important.
#1 is what's important. Carry what you know. If you're new to guns, I strongly encourage starting with a revolver. They're just simple.
No matter what you choose, shoot it a lot. If you're going to depend on it for your life, potentially, you need to have more than a passing familiarity with it.
As Jeff Cooper said, "owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician."
Posted by: Andy at January 23, 2010 08:22 PM (f1o8E)
You're just upset that you'll be forced to hook up with the vastly inferior Egyptian pantheon after March. Just watch out for guys named Moses and Aaron, alright?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:22 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 24, 2010 12:15 AM (otlXg)
--I'm on like a prawn that yawns at dawn.
Posted by: Andrew Bernard at January 23, 2010 08:23 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 08:23 PM (MU2+T)
That said, please don't tell the New York Times lady any of this. Nobody wants a whiny bitch.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at January 23, 2010 08:23 PM (xqhoO)
Thank you! OMG, that's one of my biggest pet peeves.
The word is et cetera. The short form is e-t-c.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:24 PM (gofDd)
I think that the term "breeder reactor" sounds very anti-heterosexual.
I used to have one in my pants when I was a teenager.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:24 PM (dcKUM)
The latter. You know, the ones with: advanced weapon tech, superior strength and dexterity, along with a massive spaceship that stays airborne unattended for 20 YEARS, but yet are bullied around by the hateful and prejudiced humans?
/I know, they're supposed to be just mindless workers, but still.
All I know is that after seeing District 9, I want one of those electromagnetic liquification/explodey guns that got whipped out every now and then towards then end. Or, failing that, the mech suit. The liquification/explodey gun would probably be more fun, though.
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 23, 2010 08:24 PM (HRW6k)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:24 PM (icR/t)
I was pulling something open and snapped my fingernail back about halfway down the nail. Bleeding and pain followed.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 11:31 PM (RZ8pf)
Oh, ouch. I can sympathize with that... did almost the same thing to a big toe last year. Agree with the Betadine reccomendation. Also, hydrogen peroxide.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 08:24 PM (afWhQ)
1. Big gun. Why do they always record pussies shooting big guns instead of trained weapons people? Second thought..What's with all the muslims shooting the weapon?
2. Good man hard to find for elitist self-serving proto-bitch from hell. DUH.
3. Bug-out bunker for communist leader. As if every leader doesn't have one? Hell even Biden does.
4. Brangelina. Who gives a F? Dumbass should have stayed with Jen.
5. Jeggins. What no fat chicks at Cornell? God I hate fat chicks in spandex.
6. Massachusetts. Election cycles must run the course.
7. BK beer. MMMMBEER. Don't really care for beer with food, if America weren't so backward it wouldn't have been an issue for the last 60 years, or so when Ray Crock opened the first McD.
8. Natalie Wood. Possibly the finest example of female completeness ever to appear on the silver screen(with reverence to the aforementioned Jen).
That cover it? I don't think I've ever seen more than 3 topics ever carried into the discussion, so I'll answer all now. The # was 465 when I started typing this.
Posted by: Eric at January 23, 2010 08:25 PM (Qc/s6)
The word is et cetera. The short form is e-t-c.
Yeah, but sucking the blood out of live humans isn't a pet peeve? Geez.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:26 PM (otlXg)
Don't forget the cute little Prawn Spawn. Cute.as Hell.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 23, 2010 08:26 PM (Dxfei)
Also, what Scott J says about reaching the trigger ... guns that look like they might be a good fit, sometimes aren't.
I'm a moronette who's only 5'4" but I have HUGE hands. If you play the piano you already have a good idea of how far you can reach.
And of course HAVE FUN! You are going to have a blast.
Posted by: Steck at January 23, 2010 08:26 PM (mdpsT)
P. Avenger,
If I run across one of those little tip-barrel .22s from either Baretta or Taurus at the right price I'll probably snap it up for her to try.
If she doesn't like it then it'll still make a nice addition to the collection.
And with that I need to turn in.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 23, 2010 08:27 PM (MU2+T)
Um, why?
I damage more meat than I like with .308 or .30-06
Because I can. 
This weekend the deer gun of choice is a nice little 45/70 Marlin. Because I can.
Rum: myself AND Lacey in a dream? I'm not quite sure how to take that... 
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:28 PM (VXu1B)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:28 PM (icR/t)
Heading out Rt 66 towards Sand Lake, Nassau (or Rt43 from Rensselaer gets you to the same place). Used to be all rural and farms, but now its all yuppies and assholes. It still get a little redneck like it used to be when you take Taborton Rd up the mountain. The slime kinda dissipates once you get past Big/Little Bowman lakes and its almost gone by the time you reach the Taborton VFD building. Past that is still pretty much the same as it was 40 years ago.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 08:30 PM (v/I02)
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:30 PM (gJL6J)
With fear. Your blood is coveted.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:30 PM (otlXg)
Yep. Star Wars is full of life lessons. For example, when you're about to blow up the rebel base, but are temporarily delayed by the presence of an intervening planetary body, at LEAST take the sensible precaution of warming up the superlaser so you can fire the instant you're clear.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 24, 2010 12:22 AM (4nbyM)
Han thinks he's about to partake in an epic feast at Cloud City with his friend Lando and culminate the evening by bedding Leia and slipping it up her squeekhole much to her chagrin, which turns him on even more by the way, but what happens? He walks into the room and sees it full of Stormtroopers with Darth Vader at the head of the table. What does he do?
Does he fall down on his knees and beg for his life and promise to polish Vader's knob?
Does he lose all bowel control and start stuttering and acting all retarded?
No.
He whips out his fucking Blaster and tries to take the motherfucker out where he sits with a chicken wing in his mouth.
God love him.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 08:30 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 08:31 PM (HqFA1)
But that ladybug gun is just wrong.Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 08:31 PM (9Lm5R)
Okay a NYT article by a 35yo woman who couldn't find Mr. Right and now is going to a sperm bank in order to have a baby is making the rounds of the blogosphere.
--Tell me about it!
Posted by: Jan Levinson at January 23, 2010 08:31 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:32 PM (icR/t)
I've got 2 law enforcement brothers. One Sheriff deputy. One federal, very high level.
Both told me that I should have a 38 or bigger for personal protection at home.
Revolver. Do not leave cartidges behind. 38 or bigger because you want to PUT DOWN the intended TARGET permanently.
Wisconsin is one of 2 states that has ZERO concealed carry permits at all.
The LIBTARDS who INFECT our State Assembly and Senate and Governor, believe allowing concealed carry to be legal would increase the RISKS of ILLEGAL GUN VIOLENCE.
Being LIBTARDS they illogically didn't REASON that CRIMINALS ALREADY CARRY and WOULD NOT apply for a PERMIT.
Thereby leaving anyone who OBEYS THE LAW. Unarmed and the CRIMINALS KNOWS THIS.
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 08:32 PM (MaqIC)
It was like watching the Three Stooges handling deadly weapons in that gun video. Looks about as much fun as getting kicked in the nuts.
Beyond my capacity to understand...
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:33 PM (dcKUM)
--You're welcome! Is there good talk on Fox Sports Radio now? Got a link I may be able to use from Canuckistan?
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:33 PM (gJL6J)
No no no. And I don't plan to, either
On the issue of guns: I find it best to learn fundamentals on a .22, THEN graduate to bigger stuff. That is how I taught Mrs. Five handgun shooting - on our third date. She knew the relationship was getting really serious when I bought her a handgun of her very own - a nice Smith and Wesson Model 15 .38 Special - all steel, 4" barrel, and grips that fit her hand OK. It is her nightstand piece today.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:33 PM (VXu1B)
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 08:34 PM (HqFA1)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman was a nice reintroduction to a wider world of mythological pantheons far more f*cked up than than the standard ones (Greek, Norse, Egyptian), particularly the Slavic and Meso-American ones. Most of your Aztec gods come across as something straight out of Hell, and as for the Slavs, Czernobog ("The Black God") just sounds f*cking ominous (or like some kind of pron star).
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 23, 2010 08:35 PM (HRW6k)
It's official. The lovely THURSDAY does NOT have man hands.
Posted by: gus at January 23, 2010 08:35 PM (MaqIC)
The decadence of humans is reaching full circle.
At least in the end, there will be only chaos.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:35 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Andy at January 23, 2010 08:36 PM (f1o8E)
http://msn.foxsports.com/radio
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 08:36 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: Adrian at January 24, 2010 12:34 AM (HqFA1)
--Damn, I wish I'd heard of that shit when I was single.
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:36 PM (gJL6J)
Heading out route 7 it turns into 'occasional roadside crap, but 99% wilderness + farms' pretty damn fast.
Posted by: Al at January 23, 2010 08:36 PM (0lyUI)
If it helps, we were kicking butt in my dream. I always have weird action flick kinds of dreams.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:36 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:37 PM (VXu1B)
I can believe it, especially as I remember hearing about the scale of human sacrifice the Aztecs did for their deities.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:37 PM (otlXg)
Well, there are always the Celts, Norse, Babylonians--or the gods of Tolkien's Legendarium. Oh, Mandos....
FTR, I don't actually practice paganism.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 08:37 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Scott J. at January 24, 2010 12:23 AM (MU2+T)
That? Is an abomination.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:37 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:38 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:38 PM (icR/t)
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 24, 2010 12:35 AM (HRW6k)
--Yeah that Hummingbird Wizard god (forgot the Aztec name) was a bloodthirsty SOB. He was the one for whom almost all those human sacrifices were offered.
Fuck it if it's politically incorrect, but Cortes did the world a favor by obliterating that ghoulish religion.
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:39 PM (gJL6J)
Han thinks he's about to partake in an epic feast at Cloud City with his friend Lando and culminate the evening by bedding Leia and slipping it up her squeekhole much to her chagrin, which turns him on even more by the way, but what happens? He walks into the room and sees it full of Stormtroopers with Darth Vader at the head of the table....
He whips out his fucking Blaster and tries to take the motherfucker out where he sits with a chicken wing in his mouth.
God love him.
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 12:30 AM (t72+4)
Good observations Blazer. First off, I'd think you're right about Han's plans for Leah's evening entertainment. Given what a bitch she was being through most of Ep V I'd say she had it coming. Second, the undoubted fact is that any normal man would piss his pants upon seeing Darth Vader, and would NOT have the testicular fortitude to whip out a blaster and go out with a final great act of defiance.
Truly a man's man.
That said, I'd still have to say that his awesomeness does not quite equal that of Vader himself.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 08:39 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:39 PM (VXu1B)
http://jimrome.stucknut.com/affiliates.php
i like listening to the tampa stream, because i am down with clearwater like that. but i don't know if that one, or one of the others, has jacobs at night. fool around with it if you're bored. definitely works in canada.
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 08:39 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2010 08:39 PM (9Lm5R)
Nothing like ripping the still-beating heart out of a man's chest and then consuming it, eh?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 08:39 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:39 PM (Ei3oZ)
Run to whomever you wish, Miss'80sbaby. You cannot run the inevitable.
In the end, there will be only chaos.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:40 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Steck at January 23, 2010 08:40 PM (mdpsT)
Posted by: Adrian at January 24, 2010 12:34 AM (HqFA1)
Andrea Mitchell's getting a little .... anxious.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:40 PM (dcKUM)
556
For more than you'll ever want to know about the Aztec gods, read Bernal Diaz' The Conquest of New Spain. Diaz was one of Cortez' soldiers, and his account of their temples and sacrificial rites will give you the heebie-jeebies something fierce.
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 08:40 PM (+EvNy)
Yea, I don't know what caused that. The comment was pretty innocuous...well not really, but it didn't use any of the usual spamtrap words.
I gotta redo all my bookmarks. I added H2, but the shit is crawling all over the screen and needs to be triaged in a bad way. Actually...so do Ace's links.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 08:41 PM (v/I02)
I bet. I lean towards "kill them and let God sort them out" - well, except for women and children.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:41 PM (VXu1B)
Takes you back, doesn't it Rum?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:41 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 12:38 AM (gofDd)
I've never been to a real haunted house that I know of, but my gramps the prison guard did have some stories about the Ohio State Pen when he was there that pertained to a fire long before his time that killed a bunch of inmates. He might have just been fukn with me, though.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:41 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 08:41 PM (X34Qf)
http://msn.foxsports.com/radio
Posted by: Adrian at January 24, 2010 12:36 AM (HqFA1)
--Holy shit, I can get it!
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:42 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 12:39 AM (gofDd)
Michael DeBakey used to do that whenever the hospital cafeteria closed early.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:42 PM (dcKUM)
Lose-lose.
My character probably dies in GoW3, so it'll be just chaos.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:43 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 08:43 PM (zmiSr)
I hate lefty journalists and illegal aliens that make unreasonable demands on the American taxpayer, part 100982 of a 1000000000000 part series.
In Mexico, Aguado-Ornelas explains, Eduardo's care would be covered by government insurance. But there's no guarantee that he could even get on the list. "There is a reduced number [of organs], and they have to choose the best patient," he says. "If they cannot prove that he will survive, perhaps the heart won't go to him. At this moment, we're waiting for Mexico to tell us."
Right now, returning to Mexico is a gamble that Loredo isn't willing to take.
"They spend all these millions on war — why can't they just save one life?" she asks of the U.S. government. "Yes, we're here. But it was out of necessity. If I had what I have here in my country, I never would have come."
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 23, 2010 08:44 PM (F09Uo)
cannibalism. It's one of the most disgusting things ever...
Also causes degenerative brain diseases like CJS/mad cow. We really aren't supposed to eat long pig. Especially the BRAINZZZZ!!!!
Posted by: Han Solo at January 23, 2010 08:45 PM (ZwCmm)
579 Run to whomever you wish, Miss'80sbaby Kratos. You cannot escape the inevitable.
In the end, there will be only chaos.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 08:45 PM (zmiSr)
So, consuming flesh = bad. Consuming souls = good.
Got it.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:45 PM (otlXg)
Fuck it if it's politically incorrect, but Cortes did the world a favor by obliterating that ghoulish religion.
Posted by: logprof at January 24, 2010 12:39 AM (gJL6J)
Nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks so. They were bloodthirsty savages. I was reading an excellent book about art history, and the section covinging their "art" indicated that all of their sculpture was created for the purpose of holding blood. Good riddance to them.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 23, 2010 08:46 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:47 PM (icR/t)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 08:47 PM (X34Qf)
In the end, there will be only chaos.
Using my own phrase against me isn't fair. I'll make sure Hades suffers much more for that.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:47 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:47 PM (icR/t)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 12:43 AM (zmiSr)
The Aztecs were relative newbies to Mexico.
Nahuatl is an Athabascan language. Damn Canadians...
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:47 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: alaska trash at January 23, 2010 08:48 PM (V0kzE)
I mean, judging by the articles I read. I don't actually watch figure skating!
(sigh)
handing in the man card...
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 08:48 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 08:48 PM (X34Qf)
My character probably dies in GoW3, so it'll be just chaos.
579 Run to whomever you wish, Miss'80sbaby Kratos. You cannot escape the inevitable.
In the end, there will be only chaos Kaopectate
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 12:45 AM (zmiSr)
FIFY
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 08:48 PM (t72+4)
I think that the term "breeder reactor" sounds very anti-heterosexual.
I used to have one in my pants when I was a teenager.
And you don't now? What, did you get castrated?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 08:48 PM (Gk/wA)
that's like incredibly hot dude
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 08:49 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 08:49 PM (v/I02)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 08:49 PM (X34Qf)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:49 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 08:50 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:50 PM (icR/t)
Steel isn't strong, boy. Flesh is stronger.
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at January 23, 2010 08:50 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 23, 2010 08:51 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 12:48 AM (Gk/wA)
Worse - I got married.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 08:51 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: todler at January 24, 2010 12:47 AM (X34Qf)
--I'm buzzin' too. I thought I'd be writing tonight, but that went out the window. I'll work with football on tomorrow . . . somehow.
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:51 PM (gJL6J)
Ra's rule is weak. Ja rule, on the other hand...
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:51 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 24, 2010 12:49 AM (v/I02)
--Many of them were slaves from conquered nations.
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 08:52 PM (gJL6J)
Don't forget to take one of these
http://tinyurl.com/y9f3d4h
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 08:53 PM (Gk/wA)
So, how did they choose these human sacrifice victims? I'm thinking willing volunteers were kinda scarce.
POW's, criminals, kidnapped/ taken/whatever from conquered tribes...the usual. And Spaniards, when they could get their hands on them. In light of things like that, it's easy to see how the Spaniards got so many native allies and why they fought so hard--losing meant either death or death+getting eaten.
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 08:54 PM (+EvNy)
And yeah, in case you were wondering, I am a little bit excited about Canasia 2010.
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 08:54 PM (HqFA1)
Some of the people were enticed by the chance to restore balance with the gods within the community & a top spot in the afterlife. Other than that, it was mostly young virgins & children. The cult of [the god Moloch] (mentioned in the Bible) was known for its abominable sacrifice of live children.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 08:54 PM (zmiSr)
Ra's rule is weak. Ja rule, on the other hand...
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 24, 2010 12:51 AM (otlXg)
You pussies!
Posted by: Lord Ganesh at January 23, 2010 08:54 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 08:55 PM (VXu1B)
Yea, that slavery thing seems to be a common theme running through most of recorded human history. These days we just substituted politicians for the old murderous high priests.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 08:56 PM (v/I02)
Wasn't that the cult that sacrificed the children by putting them into the arms of heated up metal statues, scalding them to death?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 08:57 PM (otlXg)
Oh, and somebody above was talking about "adequate firepower" for self-defense. If it's my hide, adequate firepower is a squad of trained riflemen with a couple of proper machine guns, a pair of Apache gunships orbiting overhead and a flight of F16s on standby. Anything less is just something you'll have to make do with.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 24, 2010 12:55 AM (VXu1B)
Not everyone can have their own personal Sulaco above ready to rain hell and destruction down with a push of the button, but I see your point.
Posted by: Bishop at January 23, 2010 08:57 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 08:58 PM (icR/t)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 24, 2010 12:50 AM (icR/t)
Thanks GT. Much appreciated. confidence is a bit low for me. but that's a whole other issue.
Logprof, -- yeah, i'm thinking about drinking during the games tomorrow, but i'm also having to find a new place to live. Lots of apartments to find, and i swear they are all starting to run together in my head.
Hatchet - something you want to share with the group? rofl
by the way - (incase you missed it) http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2wlreiv&s=6
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 08:58 PM (X34Qf)
Here's Mine
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 12:53 AM (t72+4)
I jammed to this on the bus trip to DC for the march last September.
Am also a total child of the 80's, so I gotta give a shout out.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 08:59 PM (Ei3oZ)
Lindsey Kildow is an absolute skiing goddess.
You are a wise man. She has given me a reason to watch the winter olympics. She's hot and she goes fast- that is all win.
Posted by: Han Solo at January 23, 2010 08:59 PM (ZwCmm)
Posted by: NARAL spokesperson at January 23, 2010 08:59 PM (HqFA1)
Having had Air Apache orbiting overhead in hostile territory, I will tell you that it is very comforting. That, and when the Bradleys/tanks show up...
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 09:00 PM (VXu1B)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 12:54 AM (zmiSr)
The Carthaginians were supposed to have done that, too; I read somewhere that they dug up an old temple to Baal, and the space under the altar was full of child skeletons.
In other news, we've kinda taken a turn for the macabre here, haven't we?
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 09:00 PM (+EvNy)
I jammed to this on the bus trip to DC for the march last September.
Am also a total child of the 80's, so I gotta give a shout out.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 12:59 AM (Ei3oZ)
Excellent! Encore has The Breakfast Club on all this month so this is quite fitting.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:01 PM (t72+4)
I mean, what sort of social evolution takes you from hunter/gatherer to demonic crazed loony without a little external nudge?
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 09:02 PM (v/I02)
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:02 PM (HqFA1)
Hatchet - something you want to share with the group? rofl
Well, since I am GT's "marketing consultant" I'm trying to be helpful.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 09:02 PM (VXu1B)
Really, Joe Scarborough? Really?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:02 PM (Ei3oZ)
No, no, no. It was all noble savages, don't you know? Howard Zinn said Columbus is a homicidal maniac so it must be true! All the Injuns sat together and sang songs of harmony and "colors of the wind." Or "Steady as a Beating Drum." Then the evil white man came and wiped everyone out. Yeah. That's it.
Seriously, though, my high school did an entire unit on the Aztec. No one denounced the human sacrifice thing. Moral/cultural relativism, you know.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:03 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 01:01 AM (t72+4)
I had such a girlcrush on Molly Ringwald for like a decade, while at the same time pining hardcore for Jake Ryan.
Actually I still pine for Jake Ryan.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:03 PM (Ei3oZ)
Tens of Thousands of Venezuelans Protest Hugo Chavez
It's hard out there for Communist pimps. Hey, does anyone else smell sulphur..?
Posted by: The Precedent at January 23, 2010 09:04 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:04 PM (X34Qf)
You look like a tutu wearing elephant.
637 Wasn't that the cult that sacrificed the children by putting them into the arms of heated up metal statues, scalding them to death?
Yes. Leviticus 20:2-5 says a worshiper of Moloch must be stoned to death. Also Gehenna or the Valley of Hinnom is believed to be the place where the sacrifices took place. It became a place outside the gates, where dead criminals (& the like) were buried.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:04 PM (zmiSr)
I had such a girlcrush on Molly Ringwald for like a decade, while at the same time pining hardcore for Jake Ryan.
Actually I still pine for Jake Ryan.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 01:03 AM (Ei3oZ)
Ya' know I could never really get into it because she looks just like my kid sister.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:05 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 01:03 AM (gofDd)
-------------------------------------------------
WTR, I think I love you. Now if only you were five years younger...
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:05 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: Santy Claus at January 23, 2010 09:06 PM (d7Px0)
Always with the virgins. I'd ask why, but I already know.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:06 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:07 PM (gJL6J)
The Mrs ain't wearing nothing except the popcorn strings we just took off the plastic Christmas tree. I'm harder than calculus right now.
Posted by: Santy Claus at January 24, 2010 01:06 AM (d7Px0)
I'll send her right over.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:07 PM (t72+4)
Ya' know I could never really get into it because she looks just like my kid sister.
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 01:05 AM (t72+4)
LOL awkward.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:07 PM (Ei3oZ)
If I were 5 years younger I couldn't legally buy alcohol.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:08 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:08 PM (X34Qf)
637 Wasn't that the cult that sacrificed the children by putting them into the arms of heated up metal statues, scalding them to death?
Yes. Leviticus 20:2-5 says a worshiper of Moloch must be stoned to death.
And yet Jews still vote for the pro-abortion party...
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:08 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:08 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:08 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Donte' Stallworth at January 23, 2010 09:09 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:10 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: newser at January 23, 2010 09:10 PM (OBUuM)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:10 PM (gofDd)
My plan worked perfectly. The defenses of Hades are now weakened. The master of Miss'80sbaby and Rum is now more vulnerable.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:11 PM (otlXg)
--Go Kasich!
I hope the time in the deep wilderness has mostly corrected the GOP.
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:12 PM (gJL6J)
Blazer, what did you think of Molly's nude bits? Can't remember the movie, but I do remember those. Sort of like when we finally got to see Jamie Lee Curtis nude. it was a seminal moment.
Posted by: todler at January 24, 2010 01:08 AM (X34Qf)
I always viewed her movies with disdain, unfairly because I always pictured her as my spoiled rotten kid sister. Nude parts be damned, I never followed her work past Sixteen Candles and TBC anyway.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:12 PM (t72+4)
it was a seminal moment.
I see what you did there.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 24, 2010 01:10 AM (ZwCmm)
I claim innocence. or something. rofl.
And it's ok WTR, everyone needs a day off once in a while. I just wonder if it's a Micky hangover.
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:12 PM (X34Qf)
Ian is hosting C2C tonight, if you want to get your conspiracy on. About to do the cryptozoology report.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 09:13 PM (ZwCmm)
#667
Wasn't Rousseau the one who fathered five children with his mistress, dumped them all into orphanages, and then wrote a book on child rearing?
My real question is, how could ANYONE with double-x chromosomes not hate that guy's guts after that?
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 09:13 PM (+EvNy)
I hope the time in the deep wilderness has mostly corrected the GOP.
Posted by: logprof at January 24, 2010 01:12 AM (gJL6J)
BUCKEYE SHOUT OUT! He's very popular here in Columbus because he's a local boy, even with the moderate dems. Strickland hasn't been the worst governor ever, but I dislike him on principle.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:13 PM (Ei3oZ)
Wait, so you and Miss'80sbaby trade off the title?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:13 PM (otlXg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dp2uXE47XQ
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:14 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: newser at January 24, 2010 01:10 AM (OBUuM) '
Great. Kasich has always been super-strong on small government, unlike most of the pubbies who followed him.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 09:14 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 24, 2010 01:13 AM (ZwCmm)
--What is his shtick? I groan that that show is one of the few big American talk shows that is fed here. I loved Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, BTW. . . .
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:15 PM (gJL6J)
My Theme song #1
Theme #2
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 24, 2010 01:12 AM (v/I02)
Nice ! The Kinks rock!
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:15 PM (t72+4)
"... read Bernal Diaz' The Conquest of New Spain."
Just checked and it's available at my local library, think I'll pick it up tomorrow.
Posted by: Don Carne at January 23, 2010 09:15 PM (wSNS7)
Wow, I never heard that. If that's true, what a douchebag. I just thought his whole notion of the noble savage was bunk. His social contract was the stuff of fantasy and unreality.
Kinda like libs today.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:16 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 01:12 AM (t72+4)
Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink are the only things worth watching - and Pretty in Pink only because Spader looked so delicious.
But surely you liked Kelly LeBrock in Weird Science, yes?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:16 PM (Ei3oZ)
691 Wait, so you and Miss'80sbaby trade off the title?
Right-on-schedule. Set your watch by it.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:16 PM (zmiSr)
Got a question for you Kratos; is Rum a vampire or a succubus? You never seem to make up your mind on that one...
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 09:17 PM (VXu1B)
But surely you liked Kelly LeBrock in Weird Science, yes?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 01:16 AM (Ei3oZ)
I didn't, but my teen aged cock did.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:18 PM (t72+4)
But surely you liked Kelly LeBrock in Weird Science, yes?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 01:16 AM (Ei3oZ)
Yes, yes I did.
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:18 PM (X34Qf)
Wasn't she Steven Seagal's better half at one point?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:18 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:18 PM (Ei3oZ)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, BTW. . . .
Loved that show. C2C has taken a horrible turn, but what can you do. Every once in a while they'll actually have someone interesting on, but mostly it's clueless George and this jackass ruining the brand.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 09:18 PM (ZwCmm)
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 01:18 AM (t72+4)
Would've taken away your man card if you had said no.
Just like I did to my co-worker Bob when I found out he watched Gossip Girl.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:19 PM (Ei3oZ)
Yes, though he did later try to find his son. But that's about the only good thing he ever did.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:19 PM (zmiSr)
The prof also, on a random tangent, really had a hate-on for Murphy Brown and the whole glamorizing single motherhood thing, and was adamant that Quayle was right in picking on the show.
This was a woman college professor, by the way, in a super liberal campus. I guess they're not all bad!
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:19 PM (HqFA1)
I'm thinking vampire now. Now which moronettes are succubi...hmm..*whom haven't I insulted yet?*...how about GT?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:20 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 24, 2010 01:18 AM (otlXg)
Yep, and did not age well AT ALL.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:20 PM (Ei3oZ)
Art's gotten real moonbatty the last few years. I think it's from living in the Philippines. I'm also still disturbed by the fact that he married his current wife before his first wife's body was cold in the ground.
I don't like Ian, George Noory I like and George Napp I have no opinion.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:20 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at January 23, 2010 09:22 PM (icR/t)
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:22 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Secundus at January 23, 2010 09:22 PM (+EvNy)
Yep, and did not age well AT ALL.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 01:20 AM (Ei3oZ)
it was always kathy ireland for me. Never forget her after that sports illistrated cover.
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:23 PM (X34Qf)
That's okay, I'll just use them to cross chasms, ripping off their wings when I'm done.
At the moment though, I'm mostly concerned with the minions of Lord Hades.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:23 PM (otlXg)
GT would seem to be a very monogomous succubus. Or she's only interested in luring Gus to his doom. Hard to tell.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 09:24 PM (VXu1B)
I remember seeing her in an episode of Tales from the Crypt. Her and Mimi Rogers.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:25 PM (otlXg)
my theme song
heh
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 24, 2010 01:19 AM (oApR7)
You cant go wrong with Dokken.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:25 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:25 PM (gofDd)
http://tinyurl.com/3cl42l
http://tinyurl.com/mkvkse
http://tinyurl.com/yd5c4fc
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:26 PM (Gk/wA)
FIFY.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 09:27 PM (VXu1B)
Me too. But after Rum's revelation, I dunno. Do you guys share Queen of the Underworld duties? Is Rum just a pretender with you being Hades' preferred or vice versa?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:27 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 01:23 AM (gofDd)
--Actually I am surprised. I thought you would have a song involving rum.
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:27 PM (gJL6J)
724 absolute truth
unless your 8yo kid wants a george lynch signature esp guitar, then it sucks (her damn aunt got her one too)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 09:27 PM (oApR7)
Is there a theme to these theme songs?
Posted by: soulpile at January 24, 2010 01:23 AM (afWhQ)
Yes, The '80's and the cheesier the better.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:27 PM (t72+4)
But I will concede that if an elephant is charging bullet weight is important.
Posted by: pat at January 23, 2010 09:28 PM (TCZ5c)
Or her appearance in 'necessary roughness".
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 09:28 PM (VXu1B)
But then, I was once a Siren, too.
The consorts of Hades are many? {Rum, work with me here.}
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:29 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 01:23 AM (gofDd)
Yeah I'm surprised too, I thought it would be the Disney theme song.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:30 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Malicious at January 23, 2010 09:30 PM (d7Px0)
Anyway, whether you're 20 or 25, you can always have my rum, I don't drink.
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:30 PM (HqFA1)
Beyond piratical ditties, I don't know any rum themed songs, lol. I thought about linking a more obviously Disney song, but that one has been my favorite song since the movie came out and it still calls to me.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:30 PM (gofDd)
--Actually I am surprised. I thought you would have a song involving rum.
Posted by: logprof at January 24, 2010 01:27 AM (gJL6J)
Sort of like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU
?
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:31 PM (X34Qf)
--Uh, I think that's the theme song for about 75% of us!
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:31 PM (gJL6J)
But I will concede that if an elephant is charging bullet weight is important.
The Ma Deuce isn't what you would call "man portable.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 23, 2010 09:31 PM (VXu1B)
Here's a secret: I don't either.
Well, not often anyway. I can probably count the number of beers I've finished on one hand.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:31 PM (gofDd)
There's a Breakaway movie?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:32 PM (Gk/wA)
Well, I'm Queen of the Underworld but 80sBaby gets Tartarus and the Elysian Fields.
(I'll let you two sort it out.)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:33 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:34 PM (X34Qf)
I don't drink.
Posted by: Adrian at January 24, 2010 01:30 AM (HqFA1)
Weren't you talking about ice skating earlier, too?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 09:35 PM (ZwCmm)
Well, not often anyway. I can probably count the number of beers I've finished on one hand.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 01:31 AM (gofDd)
Same here, except I'm totally dry. Can't stand the taste of alcohol, even when it's cooked in stuff. Red wine in marinara sauce? Not eating it. Blech.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:35 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 09:36 PM (v/I02)
Same here, except I'm totally dry. Can't stand the taste of alcohol, even when it's cooked in stuff. Red wine in marinara sauce? Not eating it. Blech.
Okay that's strange. About 90% of the alcohol is cooked out of any food that is prepared with wine.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:37 PM (Gk/wA)
Hmm, if they fight for ownership of the Underworld, this just allows me easier access to Hades' soul chamber, where's he's undoubtedly hiding.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:37 PM (otlXg)
WTR - You're welcome. I do too. and it's becoming a theme song for me. Buffett is always a feel better set for me.
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:38 PM (X34Qf)
The most epic song ever, in the history of mankind, ladies and gentleman I present you......
Gloria
Yea, I would have done Laura Brannigan up her squeekhole and made her take the rubber off too afterwards, but thats beside the point.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:38 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:38 PM (gJL6J)
The worst part is my family was in the wine business for like a hundred years. What can I say, I'm a rebel. I will cut you.
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:38 PM (HqFA1)
I like alcoholic drinks where I can't taste the alcohol. I like ciders, too, but I rarely drink them. I occasionally have a beer if I'm in the mood, which is usually used as a prop more than consumed. If a recipe calls for wine, I substitute it with chicken broth.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:39 PM (gofDd)
I don't drink either, except for Wallaby Darneds & daiquiris; but I'll eat food that contains wine & rum. Oh, & a shot of Irish whiskey for colds.
Wine and beer just taste so bitter to me. Though, I have to say, even Southern Comfort is too bitter for me.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:40 PM (zmiSr)
Your knowledge of Greek mythology surpasses mine and mine's rusty to boot. How about you take the Greek/Roman Underworlds and I'll take other cultures'?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:40 PM (gofDd)
If we're going 80s, then... I can never choose from these (yes, some are 70s):
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Theme 4
Yes, all the same band.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 09:41 PM (afWhQ)
you're not good @ playing poker, are you?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:42 PM (zmiSr)
And most food for me is better with a bit of alcohol in it. red sauce NEEDS wine for me, other wise it is missing something.
OK, off to hunt for an 80's theme song now.
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 09:42 PM (X34Qf)
Agree on the wine. I don't know how people can get past the bitterness of the alcohol and taste whatever other flavors in wine. I'd rather drink red than white, but all red and white wines taste the same to me. Except that cheap wines taste more sour.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:42 PM (gofDd)
Really? White wine is definitely sweeter. I don't like it so much. If I'm going to drink wine then I definitely want a Merlot or a Cabernet.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:43 PM (Gk/wA)
Okay that's strange. About 90% of the alcohol is cooked out of any food that is prepared with wine.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 01:37 AM (Gk/wA)
I know, but I can still taste that 10%. There's a popular italian place here that, the first few times I went, I couldn't figure out what tasted so weird about their lasagna...then I found out they used red wine in the sauce as opposed to what they use on the manicotti, etc.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:44 PM (Ei3oZ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGwcg4g-1Ik
ring-a-ding-ding!
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:44 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: Al at January 23, 2010 09:44 PM (0lyUI)
Posted by: todler at January 24, 2010 01:42 AM (X34Qf)
Can't believe none of the manly men have dragged out Snake Plissken yet.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:45 PM (Ei3oZ)
As long as I get Duat (Egyptian Underworld)*. I will sadly grant Avalon to you.
*http://tinyurl.com/y9xo8qe
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:45 PM (zmiSr)
Alas, no. You could say that I don't have a good poker face.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 23, 2010 09:45 PM (otlXg)
I know, but I can still taste that 10%. There's a popular italian place here that, the first few times I went, I couldn't figure out what tasted so weird about their lasagna...then I found out they used red wine in the sauce as opposed to what they use on the manicotti, etc.
Are you sure it's not the salt? Cooking wine has a lot of salt in it.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:45 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: pat at January 23, 2010 09:46 PM (TCZ5c)
i always had a boner for joan jett
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 24, 2010 01:42 AM (oApR7)
Oh hellz yea, I loves me some bad girls. Just like this one
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:46 PM (t72+4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAAvdOOK1xM
Goodnight, GT and Hatchet!
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:47 PM (HqFA1)
oh shit, speaking of 80's, my wife is doing the solo to ratt's round and round
damn
she was a joan jett fan too
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 09:47 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: pat at January 23, 2010 09:48 PM (TCZ5c)
Heh - maybe it's my above-average level of inebriation, but I'm really liking that song now.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:48 PM (Gk/wA)
Deal! I like Avalon. Fits in with my Scots/Celt self.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:49 PM (gofDd)
Wine is a must for some sauces and very good for gravies.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 09:50 PM (afWhQ)
Goodnight, GT and Hatchet!
Posted by: Adrian at January 24, 2010 01:47 AM (HqFA1)
Haha the vid...you know Harry and Draco totally had hatesex before graduating.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:51 PM (Ei3oZ)
I know, but I can still taste that 10%. There's a popular italian place here that, the first few times I went, I couldn't figure out what tasted so weird about their lasagna...then I found out they used red wine in the sauce as opposed to what they use on the manicotti, etc.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 01:44 AM (Ei3oZ)
--Funny, I'm the same way about onions.
Talk about a noxious weed and useless ingredient! Blecccch!
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:52 PM (gJL6J)
Oh, please, don't let that be what I think it is. I can't stand her.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:52 PM (zmiSr)
Are you sure it's not the salt? Cooking wine has a lot of salt in it.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 01:45 AM (Gk/wA)
No, it's the wine. It's this odd bitterness that I always taste in sauces made with alcohol.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:53 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:53 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 09:54 PM (v/I02)
FIFY
Yeah, I realized that when I hit post. Preview button, I need a preview button.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:55 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:55 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:55 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:56 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 09:56 PM (gJL6J)
799 for some reason i always hated that one, don't know why
wtr, my wife said that when we go boozing when you visit, more for her
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 09:56 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 24, 2010 01:45 AM (otlXg)
Oh screw you K-K-K-K-K-Kkratos-face. Jeeez I love that f'cking song. Thanks for making that the goddamed Love Boat theme I can't get outta my head for the rest of the night.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 09:57 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 24, 2010 01:54 AM (v/I02)
I think you meant ethanol. Or else you're dead.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 09:57 PM (dcKUM)
Do you believe in rock 'n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 09:57 PM (zmiSr)
here's a good one for the moronettes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VJY97l0jVA
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 09:57 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: Adrian at January 24, 2010 01:55 AM (HqFA1)
I know a fair few who write it, and are quite popular in that fandom. Epic stuff, some of it. There are two published authors who got their start writing Harry/Draco slash. Not naming names, though, but one of them is really well known and just got a movie deal.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 09:58 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 09:58 PM (afWhQ)
I think you meant ethanol. Or else you're dead.
Naww you can get away with drinking a little bit of methanol, but there's no good reason to, unless you are really really hard up for a fix and you don't mind going blind
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 09:59 PM (Gk/wA)
lol, she can have it!
Do I have to be DD?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 09:59 PM (gofDd)
I think you meant ethanol. Or else you're dead.
Yeah, pretty sure methanol will kill you pretty quick.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 09:59 PM (ZwCmm)
810 buy song? ever her of P2P
disclaimer: p2p is bad, possibly illegal, not nice, and chance of a virus
(want me to download it for you?)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 09:59 PM (oApR7)
Not 80's, but I always loved this opening. It was also a kickass show for the first five years.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:00 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: sickinmass at January 24, 2010 01:54 AM (Dxfei)
--Ha, I thought that she was covering the song, not just serving as wallpaper!
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 10:00 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:00 PM (afWhQ)
lol, sure. How do you know the song quality is good and it's the whole song?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:00 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 10:01 PM (oApR7)
Wasn't Richard Belzer on this show as Munch, too?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:01 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:02 PM (Ei3oZ)
its usually a mp3 but with i-tunes you can change the bitrate and quality
for the whole song i play it
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 10:03 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 02:01 AM (gofDd)
Yep, and I think he still holds the record for most shows featuring one single character.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:03 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 02:00 AM (Ei3oZ)
--My all-time favorite network show. The dog always gave me chills.
Posted by: logprof at January 23, 2010 10:03 PM (gJL6J)
1. Humans - Ingestion of 80 to 150 mL of methanol is usually fatal
to humans (HSDB 1994). One worker died from exposure to vapor
ranging from 4000 to 13,000 ppm over 12 hours (ACGIH 1991).
The concentration of 4000 ppm is roughly equivalent to a total of
1140 mg/kg over the 12 hour period (see end note 2). Poisoning
by nonlethal doses can be described in three stages: (1) narcotic
stage similar to ethanol; (2) latent period of 10-15 hours; (3)
visual disturbances and central nervous system lesions (Rowe
and McCollister 1981). Visual disturbances can lead to blindness
due to edema of the retina and atrophy of the optic nerve head
(HSDB 1994). Third-stage CNS lesions include headache,
dizziness, abdominal, back, and leg pain, delirium that can lead
to coma, and nausea (HSDB 1994). Formic acid production causes
severe metabolic acidosis (Rowe and McCollister 1981).
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:03 PM (Gk/wA)
I rented the one X-Files disc with the episode featuring him. I know he's a moonbat, but I like that he's essentially played the same character on like 5 different TV shows. I also think it's funny the characters rib him for being kinda moonbatty on SVU.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:05 PM (gofDd)
and once again for all, p2p is bad, i don't recommend it although i use it
you can get viruses and trojans and it is kind of sort of illegal
don't use it!!! seriously, this isn't sarcasm, it can screw up your computer
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 10:05 PM (oApR7)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 02:03 AM (zmiSr)
I love the Psych Theme. Did you know it's performed by the series creator's band?
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:05 PM (afWhQ)
http://bit.ly/4LCP23
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:06 PM (Ei3oZ)
HIllbuzz has another story in the works about the website Stupidpumas possibly being Axelrod astroturf paid for by the federal government and engaging in intimidation, slander and issuing death-threats.
Posted by: Holger at January 23, 2010 10:06 PM (8NGHm)
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 10:06 PM (HqFA1)
I've been using it as a solvent that aluminum is soluble in (to a very modest degree) for laser doping experiments.
I also use it for mixing up my own model airplane fuel. Got a couple of fresh 5gal drums in my front hall right now. Curiously, Nitromethane has a very distinct odor and taste. Completely different from Methanol. I don't recommend it as a mouthwash either.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:06 PM (v/I02)
--My all-time favorite network show. The dog always gave me chills.
Posted by: logprof at January 24, 2010 02:03 AM (gJL6J)
That show was the best thing ever. Even when it sucked it was better than 99% of everything else. It went downhill after Pembleton left, though. Andre Braugher was brilliant in that role.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:08 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: newser at January 23, 2010 10:08 PM (OBUuM)
I have tasted 100% ethanol (current price - $130/ 2 liters).
We used it in serially sectioning slides for biology.
The slides were run through a series of higher and higher ethanol concentration, up to 95% (ie, Everclear) and then the 200 proof Ethanol (100%).
Whereas it is easy to get to 95%, it is more difficult ot lose the last 5% of water.
I got some of it (after assurances that it contained only ethanol and no trace anything), placed it in a clean coke bottle, got it back to my dorm and made a little cocktail. No taste difference from Everclear, as far as I could tell..
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:09 PM (dcKUM)
HIllbuzz has another story in the works about the website Stupidpumas
Love it. Let the rats chew on eachother, see what being a conservative has been like since November of 2000.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 23, 2010 10:09 PM (ZwCmm)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:09 PM (Gk/wA)
here's a good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQgdfJoxX1s
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 10:10 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:10 PM (Ei3oZ)
And keep it out. Meth/Eth both suck water out of the atmosphere like crazy when uncapped.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:11 PM (v/I02)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_McLkAue6Q
what can i say, i like my early bird specials.
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 10:12 PM (HqFA1)
for some reason i always liked this video, i maybe insane http://tinyurl.com/22jz4u
gnight all, got early runs in the morning
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 23, 2010 10:12 PM (oApR7)
for some reason i always liked this video, i maybe insane http://tinyurl.com/22jz4u
gnight all, got early runs in the morning
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 24, 2010 02:12 AM (oApR7)
Heh, I remember that - the kid freaked me out.
Night!
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:14 PM (Ei3oZ)
The Firefly intro is good, but THIS is the definitive TV show intro music.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 24, 2010 02:07 AM (ZwCmm)
Damn straight. I loved that show when I was a kid. Danno was the man.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:14 PM (afWhQ)
I think he [Steve Franks] is the lead vocalist for this song, but I would have to look that up.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 10:15 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 10:15 PM (HqFA1)
Whereas it is easy to get to 95%, it is more difficult ot lose the last 5% of water.
I got some of it (after assurances that it contained only ethanol and no trace anything), placed it in a clean coke bottle, got it back to my dorm and made a little cocktail. No taste difference from Everclear, as far as I could tell..
as PA said - you prob. sampled 95% ethanol again b/c ethanol sucks water from the air
plus, whoever "assured" you that there wasn't any "trace anything" was an idiot - the only way to get rid of the last 5% water is to distill it against something like benzene - and you can't get rid of the last trace of benzene
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:16 PM (Gk/wA)
i think the angel and buffy themes are both better than firefly's.
I liked Angel's theme better than Buffy's. Buffy's always reminded me of the Offspring song.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:16 PM (gofDd)
Hey, I was in my front hall and in a hurry ;-> When you need 3 quarts of the stuff, it would take forever with a pipette
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:17 PM (v/I02)
hey, chemjeff, i'm having some awful azeotrope flashbacks, quit it!
Posted by: Adrian at January 23, 2010 10:19 PM (HqFA1)
You'd better get your liver tested. I'm not kidding.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:19 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:20 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:20 PM (v/I02)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 24, 2010 02:11 AM (v/I02)
Yes, I pipetted it out quick, then sealed the cap. Austin in the summer can be pretty humid and this was in the summer up in the old (now deceased) Experimental Science Building.
This was around the time of the Nixon-to-China/Ping Pong craze (see "Forrest Gump") and a couple of us became hellacious ping pong players. We also discovered that this stuff was great in cleaning ping pong paddles. After an application of this to the paddle, you could spin the ball all over the place..
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:20 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Adrian at January 24, 2010 02:15 AM (HqFA1)
I remember. They even had F-troop and Sgt. Bilko.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:20 PM (afWhQ)
Ummm. yea,.... try staring one of Jabba's notorious Bounty Hunters down in a Mos Eisley Bar like Gweedo and shooting his nuts off and then get back to me on that whole Poker Face thing beyotch.
I'm talkin' at you Ga-Ga
Posted by: Han Solo at January 23, 2010 10:21 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:21 PM (Gk/wA)
I remember Jem. I was more into TMNT and He-Man. She-Ra was ok, but it wasn't as good.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:23 PM (afWhQ)
Ever get a little sodium/potassium cyanide in a cut? That's great fun too. Stings like hell. Electroplating shops are a regular candy store of stuff that can kill you ;->
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:25 PM (v/I02)
"I had the unfortunate experience of inhaling more than my fair share of chloroform."
Hey, that's my line for meeting women: "Does this rag smell like chloroform to you?"
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at January 23, 2010 10:26 PM (8MuSQ)
I loved TMNT! My cousin and his friends always played that and I had to be April. (Gee, I wonder why.) I also loved He-Man and She-Ra. I had the pink translucent horse (with unicorn headgear). I also watched Ghostbusters to a degree and the Legend of Zelda.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:26 PM (gofDd)
plus, whoever "assured" you that there wasn't any "trace anything" was an idiot - the only way to get rid of the last 5% water is to distill it against something like benzene - and you can't get rid of the last trace of benzene
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 02:16 AM (Gk/wA)
Well, we're all still here, over 38 years later, so I guess there's no long-term effects, except to our brains. A geologist, a lawyer, an accountant and a high school principal - no, we didn't need that lost 2% of our brain cells.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:26 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:27 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: todler at January 23, 2010 10:27 PM (X34Qf)
Hey, that's my line for meeting women: "Does this rag smell like chloroform to you?"
LOL let me give that a shot, be right back I'll just zip down to the lab
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:28 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 02:27 AM (Gk/wA)
Did it end up looking like just a chunk was sliced out of your skin or what? I mean...dissolved? Jesus...
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:28 PM (Ei3oZ)
Just curious. Is it still commonly used in anything? My only knowledge of it was that it was used to knock people out before anesthesia was invented.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:28 PM (gofDd)
No, it looked like a bad burn.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:29 PM (Gk/wA)
Anyone think this Ellie Light story has legs?
The Memeorandum links are good reads, the lot of 'em.
Posted by: Christopher Calandro at January 23, 2010 10:29 PM (JdbYk)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at January 23, 2010 10:29 PM (8MuSQ)
Considering it's 11:30 on the west coast, I'd say they stayed up pretty late.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:30 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 10:31 PM (zmiSr)
I gotta pick up a couple of gallons of high grade ether for mixing model diesel fuel (no glow plugs, they're really compression ignition). The mix for that stuff is Castor/Kerosene/Ether in a roughly 1/1/1 ratio plus a ounces amyl nitrate per gallon.
They'll probably think I'm operating a crank lab.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:31 PM (v/I02)
Well in my neck of the woods, it's used as an organic solvent for reactions - don't know what it's used for commercially nowadays. Yes it was used as an anesthetic. But, strangely enough, it's a bad idea to use an anesthetic that is also highly flammable. It sucks to wake up in the middle of surgery because you're also on fire.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:31 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 02:21 AM (Gk/wA)
I've been exposed to all sorts of nasty shit. I've worked in nasty refineries and out in the oil field for over three decades.
The worst was the months where I was practically swimming in Xylene to clean out oil-saturated samples on the deepest well ever drilled in Texas - the Hunt Moises Cerf #1, which TD'ed at 29,780'. What a beast. And dry as a popcorn fart.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:32 PM (dcKUM)
I loved TMNT! My cousin and his friends always played that and I had to be April. (Gee, I wonder why.) I also loved He-Man and She-Ra. I had the pink translucent horse (with unicorn headgear). I also watched Ghostbusters to a degree and the Legend of Zelda.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 02:26 AM (gofDd)
I'm actually jealous that you had the horse. I didn't get a lot of action figures as a kid. Mostly My Little Ponies, Care Bears, and Barbie (I really hated my aunts... I had to scour stores just to find a Ken - as Prince Charming. ugh.). We might have had a She-ra, but that could be a book and not a toy. My memory of toys isn't very solid.
Ghostbusters was my favorite after TMNT. Though I saw an episode recently and wondered why. I never saw Legend of Zelda until a couple months ago. Shame I missed that one.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:32 PM (afWhQ)
The Memeorandum links are good reads, the lot of 'em.
Posted by: Christopher Calandro at January 24, 2010 02:29 AM (JdbYk)
I think it might, yeah.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:33 PM (Ei3oZ)
"I've been exposed to all sorts of nasty shit"
When I worked for Hoechst AG in Germany, I got acetone sprayed in my eyes. Wouldn't recommend it, although it is a good way to get someone to tell you pretty much anything....it stings a little.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at January 23, 2010 10:34 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:36 PM (Gk/wA)
Apparently I had some electrolyte from some big industrial NiCd batteries spatter on my pants once. Apparently these used KOH or NaOH as the electrolyte since it smelled "lyish". People pay big bucks for jeans that look like those did a few days later when the holes started appearing ;->
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:36 PM (v/I02)
I still have my My Little Ponies. I never had a Care Bear, but I did have tons of Barbies. My mom would also sew Barbie clothes for me, which were always made of the same material so it was all kinda ugly. I kept the Disney Barbies I have. They've been played with, but when I was putting them away I made sure they all had the right costumes on.
I only vaguely remember Poppels, but my childhood best friend had a Poppel. I also loved Rainbow Brite. I had the doll but I don't know what happened to it. Probably given away.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:36 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:36 PM (Gk/wA)
I'm a bad person--I laughed. But, yeah, a recent British TV show covered the history of anesthetics. Also read a medical novel which discussed the problems with ether.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 10:37 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 02:31 AM (zmiSr)
HF is deadly as shit. The small fluorine ion can get right into your blood stream through your skin. It requires a hood setup and protective clothes.
I've used it a lot in palynology - studying pollen to determine the age of well data samples.
I've also used it to stimulate the sandstone in oil wells. But your dad knows all about that!
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:37 PM (dcKUM)
Oh, when I was an undergraduate, I was doing this experiment with what I thought was 0.1 molar HCl, and I spilled a little on my jeans and I thought "no big deal, it's not that concentrated" - but it turned out to be 10 molar HCl, or 100 times as concentrated. Well, that turned out to be the end of lab for the day as I went home and took a shower. The jeans were ruined. Oh did I mention that I spilled it on my crotch? That was the worst part.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:38 PM (Gk/wA)
and once again for all, p2p is bad, i don't recommend it although i use it
you can get viruses and trojans and it is kind of sort of illegal
don't use it!!! seriously, this isn't sarcasm, it can screw up your computer
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 24, 2010 02:05 AM (oApR7)
Without getting into a discussion about the goodness or badness of P2P and file sharing, have you used the latest VMware Workstation?
DAMN! Has that thing gotten better.
I was just thinking in the strictly hypothetical here, but if someone were to run their file P2P/torrents immorality client through that thing you could be pretty safe, even if you just followed minimal precautions. Any damage should be limited to your specific virtual session, especially if you never save any changes to the guest OS and quarantine everything coming out.
I'm just thinking out loud here.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 23, 2010 10:39 PM (F09Uo)
I had a guy back in high school tell me that my theme song should be Prince’s “Darling Nikki.” I’m still not quite sure what he meant to imply by that, but I imagine nothing good.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 10:39 PM (RZ8pf)
I refuse to use hydrofluoric acid, and I'm a chemist. It's just too dangerous.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:39 PM (Gk/wA)
I still have mine, don't ask me why. It's actually rather ugly.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 10:39 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:39 PM (v/I02)
Really now. From inside the White House. Huh.
That doesn't seem very transparent.
Not to mention totally unfucking hopey and changey.
Posted by: Christopher Calandro at January 23, 2010 10:40 PM (JdbYk)
Posted by: fartbubble at January 23, 2010 10:40 PM (cBeTr)
I had a guy back in high school tell me that my theme song should be Prince’s “Darling Nikki.” I’m still not quite sure what he meant to imply by that, but I imagine nothing good.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 24, 2010 02:39 AM (RZ8pf)
Diiiiiiiiiiiiirty.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:41 PM (Ei3oZ)
Chemical companies are fun to work for - they have all sorts of cool ways to die. Dimethyl Sulfate was always fun to work with.
Still kind of amazed that I lived through that job - although everyone was very careful.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at January 23, 2010 10:41 PM (8MuSQ)
Really now. From inside the White House. Huh.
That doesn't seem very transparent.
Not to mention totally unfucking hopey and changey.
No, it's not. But the Bush people did do the same thing. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that is how the game is played.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:42 PM (Gk/wA)
"Sunstein advocates that the Government’s stealth infiltration should be accomplished by sending covert agents into “chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups.” He also proposes that the Government make secret payments to so-called “independent” credible voices to bolster the Government’s messaging (on the ground that those who don’t believe government sources will be more inclined to listen to those who appear independent while secretly acting on behalf of the Government)."
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:42 PM (Ei3oZ)
I had a guy back in high school tell me that my theme song should be Prince’s “Darling Nikki.” I’m still not quite sure what he meant to imply by that, but I imagine nothing good.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 24, 2010 02:39 AM (RZ8pf)
He was f'cking wrong., it should have been I'm gonna party like the chic is 1999 lbs.
Posted by: Han Solo at January 23, 2010 10:43 PM (t72+4)
Oh, and Pound Puppies were awesome. I don't know if I still have mine anymore since my dad threw out a lot of my toys one day. Wasn't decent enough to call.. just gave them away.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:43 PM (afWhQ)
Well done.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 10:44 PM (YX6i/)
I passed and went with a diamond hone and acetone instead.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:44 PM (v/I02)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 24, 2010 02:39 AM (v/I02)
For years, to "cut" drill samples to look for oil, we used chloroethene. Incredible solvent - had to be in glass containers, but it did a fantastic job. It's banned now for the oil field. The stuff we used now - acetone, lighter fluid just sucks compared to chloroethene. Damn liver cancer!
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:44 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:46 PM (gofDd)
He was f'cking wrong., it should have been I'm gonna party like the chic is 1999 lbs.
What are you implying Han aka Blazer? Do I need to kick your ass?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 10:46 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:47 PM (Ei3oZ)
I had those, too. And Pound Kitties. I think I still have mine...somewhere. I kept a lot of my stuffed animals from when I was a kid. And all the Disney ones of course.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:48 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 10:49 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:50 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 10:50 PM (YX6i/)
OMFG this whole discussion is making me tear my hair out - that's like your dad putting "oily rags" in your garage - it's a huge fire hazard. Yeah it's great for removing nail polish but for GOD SAKE, get rid of the excess!
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:51 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 02:47 AM (Ei3oZ)
Well that's what nail remover is - acetone. My dad was an optician and he used it to clean glasses. Can't live without chemistry as our new Asst. Professor chemjeff would tell us!
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:51 PM (dcKUM)
I heart Mike Rowe. Dirty Jobs is awesome!
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 10:53 PM (zmiSr)
So is Andrew Zimmern.
Word.
Speaking of Littlest Pet Shop - The original Polly Pocket was awesome. They've ruined her now.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 10:53 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Editor at January 24, 2010 02:50 AM (YX6i/)
wish he would do another goat episode
Posted by: fartbubble at January 23, 2010 10:53 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 02:51 AM (Gk/wA)
Pretty soon you'll need a black beret to wear.
Posted by: Jamie Hyneman at January 23, 2010 10:53 PM (YX6i/)
Motto: Better Living Through Chemistry
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:54 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 02:51 AM (Gk/wA)
Aren't most things in a garage a fire hazard? The half-full gas can for the lawn mower, jars of acetone, quarts of motor oil...
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:55 PM (Ei3oZ)
wish he would do another goat episode
Posted by: fartbubble at January 24, 2010 02:53 AM (cBeTr)
Didn't see that one, but does it beat him jerking off those chickens?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:55 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 10:56 PM (v/I02)
Didn't see that one, but does it beat him jerking off those chickens?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 02:55 AM (Ei3oZ)
he castrates goats by biting the testicles off
Posted by: fartbubble at January 23, 2010 10:56 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: Fire Marshal Bill at January 23, 2010 10:56 PM (YX6i/)
The window in the cowÂ’s stomach episode made me want to hurl.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 10:57 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at January 23, 2010 10:57 PM (NYoCw)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 10:57 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:57 PM (Gk/wA)
I keep my oily rags in a pile next to my gas furnace, is there a problem with that?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 10:58 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 10:58 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 10:58 PM (Gk/wA)
he castrates goats by biting the testicles off
Posted by: fartbubble at January 24, 2010 02:56 AM (cBeTr)
Tasty.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 10:59 PM (Ei3oZ)
What are you implying Han aka Blazer? Do I need to kick your ass?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 24, 2010 02:46 AM (RZ8pf)
Wait, how'd you know it was me PGIS? Uh, everything's under control. Situation normal. Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you PGIS?
Posted by: Han Solo (not Blazer) at January 23, 2010 10:59 PM (t72+4)
Oh, yeah! I had those, too. The new ones are downright creepy.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 10:59 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 02:51 AM (Gk/wA)
Not to mention the fear of acetone these days as a feeder stock with the production of acetone peroxide - aka London bombing, Richard Reid, etc.
The Islamists call acetone peroxide the "Mother of Satan".
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 10:59 PM (dcKUM)
I keep my oily rags in a pile next to my gas furnace, is there a problem with that?
Naww - actually, when you don't feel like paying your gas bill, just put your oily rags in your gas furnace - you'll be real toasty!
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:00 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Editor at January 24, 2010 02:58 AM (YX6i/)
that was a good episode. Him getting into the tub and cleaning the chod off the belt was pretty funny
Posted by: fartbubble at January 23, 2010 11:00 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 02:58 AM (Gk/wA)
So, okay, where should it be stored then? Seriously, just asking, because if it can be left out in the open at nail salons worldwide around a bunch of people with barely a high school education, surely my dad the metallurgist can keep it in his garage?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 11:00 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 11:01 PM (v/I02)
Not to mention the fear of acetone these days as a feeder stock with the production of acetone peroxide - aka London bombing, Richard Reid, etc.
Tell me about it. If you all knew how easy it was to bring explosives onto airplanes, you'd never fly again.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:01 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Editor at January 24, 2010 02:58 AM (YX6i/)
I always thought that flounders were gay, but not cod. I stand corrected.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 11:02 PM (dcKUM)
that was a good episode. Him getting into the tub and cleaning the chod off the belt was pretty funny
Posted by: fartbubble at January 24, 2010 03:00 AM (cBeTr)
Yeah, that was cleaning the sump pump under the flatwire belt. Ugly place to be, especially while the vessel's @ sea.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:03 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:03 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 11:04 PM (gofDd)
IÂ’m teasing by the way, my gas furnace isnÂ’t in the garage and I donÂ’t keep oily rags around. Fire = scares me shitless. So I do everything in my power to avoid it.
I used to hate having to fill up the gas cans for the boat and the jet ski (when I owned a boat and a jet ski) I was always afraid I was going to die in one of those freak static electiricity/gas can accidents.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 11:05 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 03:03 AM (Gk/wA)
Maybe he waters it down, I don't know, but he's nearing retirement age and the garage hasn't exploded yet.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 11:05 PM (Ei3oZ)
I always thought that flounders were gay, but not cod. I stand corrected.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 24, 2010 03:02 AM (dcKUM)
Did you see the episode? There was a classic shot of a cod who had tried to swallow another cod... that was bigger than he was.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:05 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Smokey the Bad Ass Bear at January 23, 2010 11:05 PM (dcKUM)
There were advertising the tankless ones out here for a long time. I don't hear the commercials anymore. Are they really better? I'd also like to be able to shower and not have the water turn freezing because someone else wants to shower at the same time or has flushed the toilet.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 11:05 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 11:06 PM (afWhQ)
Or a few ounces of HF. I bet a few ounces of HF strategically dumped in the right spot on a plane could generate a main spar failure on a long flight.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 11:06 PM (v/I02)
Blazer, I always know when it is you, the force it is strong with this one.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 23, 2010 11:06 PM (RZ8pf)
Yes - the gas versions. They're the shit.
The electric versions? Not so much.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:07 PM (YX6i/)
Was that also the one where he was sexing chickens?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 23, 2010 11:07 PM (zmiSr)
Blazer, I always know when it is you, the force it is strong with this one.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at January 24, 2010 03:06 AM (RZ8pf)
Bunk !
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:07 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:08 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 11:08 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 11:08 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 11:08 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 11:09 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 03:08 AM (gofDd)
Dear gawd, I really hope the majority of tankless water heaters being installed are gas. The electric ones really do suck donkey balls compared to the gas version. Rinnai is the big name.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:09 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 11:10 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 24, 2010 03:06 AM (v/I02)
It's like the "Organic Acid" in Alien.
chemjeff, is HClO4 the baddest acid, pH-wise? I forgot...
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 11:11 PM (dcKUM)
Oh, sure - the TSA idiots don't even know how to check for HF. They are looking for TNT and the obvious stuff - as if even some towelhead is dumb enough to try to bring some amazingly obvious explosive onto an airplane. TSA is completely reactionary. The terrorists really are on offense when it comes to airline security. It's freakin' scary. We live on borrowed time that is for sure.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:11 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: fartbubble at January 23, 2010 11:11 PM (cBeTr)
chemjeff, is HClO4 the baddest acid, pH-wise? I forgot...
It is the baddest single-component acid. You can form acidic mixtures that are even badder ("superacids"). But HClO4 is bad enough for anyone.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:13 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 03:10 AM (gofDd)
You want a Rinnai, baby. Those Japanese have been living in cramp quarters where space is at a premium their entire lives. They've master the technology.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:13 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 11:13 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: soulpile at January 24, 2010 03:13 AM (afWhQ)
They are, but both are called "tankless". The inlines are okay, for under the sink, or something. They still go out quite a bit more often, on average.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:15 PM (YX6i/)
Tankless or point-of-use can cure that. There are smaller point of use tankless electric units.
I found a Bosch factory refurb online for under $300 delivered. The bigger ones that do a whole house will need to be fed by two or three 2-pole 40A breakers. Because I'm in FL and the incoming water supply isn't going really ever be frigid I got away with the smaller unit that only needed 2 2-pole 40A breakers.
I went a little overboard and mounted a little panel for it, and fed that panel with 90A, hung a light and receptacle from it too, put some spare conduits in and generally turned a 1-day job into a months worth of piddling and overbuilding the shit out of everything ;->
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 11:15 PM (v/I02)
I'm bringing pork products with me on every flight and making a big deal about it. Or I'll make sure there's a dog somewhere on the plane.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 23, 2010 11:16 PM (gofDd)
1018 Pure and Simple
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 03:17 AM (t72+4)
...seriously?
Posted by: tdpwells at January 24, 2010 03:18 AM (Ei3oZ)
No, just kidding.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:21 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 03:11 AM (Gk/wA)
I just noticed that all of the websites that had posted recipes for making acetone peroxide have been taken down.
Last month, when I was visiting New Mexico Tech in Socorro, I was about to buy several of their explosives textbooks (NMT is the leading explosives dept. in the country - Mythbusters does their larges explosions up there) but then thought about having those books in my carry-on luggage - not too cool, and I didn't buy them.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 23, 2010 11:22 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 11:24 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 11:24 PM (v/I02)
GOOD.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:26 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: fartbubble at January 23, 2010 11:27 PM (cBeTr)
No, just kidding fucking up links.
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 03:21 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: Editor at January 24, 2010 03:23 AM (YX6i/)
Editor, go to sleep, The Republic doesnt hinge on me posting links that arent broken. Although I'll try to post as many broken links as possible , but thats besides the point.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:27 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 11:28 PM (v/I02)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 23, 2010 11:30 PM (v/I02)
Posted by: Blazer at January 24, 2010 03:27 AM (t72+4)
Like hell it doesn't!!!! We pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred faggy music links.
Posted by: Editor at January 23, 2010 11:31 PM (YX6i/)
Well, not counting wiki, the first three results for "acetone peroxide" on bing all have recipes for making it.
Posted by: XBradTC at January 23, 2010 11:32 PM (cB95w)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 24, 2010 03:30 AM (v/I02
Wtf, are you talking about, what does that even mean ?
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:32 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:32 PM (Gk/wA)
That is the best song ever. I mean the original, but the variations on it can be awesome, such as that one and the elements one upthread.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 11:32 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 24, 2010 01:46 AM (gofDd)
Funny, the actress Michelle is prettier than the real one.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 23, 2010 11:34 PM (EhlQq)
Like hell it doesn't!!!! We pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred faggy music links.
Posted by: Editor at January 24, 2010 03:31 AM (YX6i/)
Faggy music 'eh? Shhhhhh,....no need to let the rest of the world in on our secret.
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:35 PM (t72+4)
Well, they care enough so that they don't blow themselves up before they get to the airport.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:36 PM (Gk/wA)
Thank you for the safety tip nonetheless. ;-)
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 11:37 PM (Ei3oZ)
Wtf, are you talking about, what does that even mean ?
Picric acid is a type of explosive.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 24, 2010 03:38 AM (Gk/wA)
Yea, I get it already Chemical Ali
Posted by: Blazer at January 23, 2010 11:40 PM (t72+4)
Yes, actually; it's a great solvent. It's used all the time to clean glassware. It just needs to be stored properly.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:40 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 23, 2010 11:46 PM (Gk/wA)
G'night, all.
Thanks for the edumacation on kemikals, chemjeff.
Posted by: tdpwells at January 23, 2010 11:46 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Victoria at January 23, 2010 11:46 PM (3sdjL)
Posted by: Victoria at January 23, 2010 11:48 PM (3sdjL)
No, please continue to do so... even if I don't understand all of it, it's very interesting.
Unfortunately, once again, it is way too late to be awake at such an ungodly hour. Goodnight, morons.
Posted by: soulpile at January 23, 2010 11:52 PM (afWhQ)
"The voters of Massachusetts, for electing Republican Scott Brown to fill the Senate seat formerly occupied by the late Ted Kennedy. How’s that? Yes, I am the same unabashed lefty I’ve always been, and no, I have no love for Brown’s political views. But here’s the deal: After watching a year’s worth of wimpy governance, I’m hopeful that this will be the impetus for President Obama to offer the type of bold, decisive leadership of which I know he’s capable. For example, instead of trying to cultivate a 60-40 majority in the Senate for his health-care proposal, I’d like to see Obama settle for 51-49 or better and dare the Republicans to filibuster, as if reading the phone book on the Senate floor would somehow resonate with the American public. I don’t recall Obama’s predecessor concerning himself with gaining filibuster-proof majorities, and I don’t see why it should be a priority for him. Yo, Mr. President – tell the people and their elected representatives what initiatives you want to pass, start flexing those majorities you have in both legislative branches and put the onus on the Republicans not to stand in the way of popular change. Or, you know, get even more careful, and alienate the progressive left even further."
Posted by: fartbubble at January 23, 2010 11:55 PM (cBeTr)
That's what I get for going, going, going all day yesterday. At least the kratos isn't here, goading me on.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 12:00 AM (zmiSr)
Should I blame Bush?
Posted by: kbdabear at January 24, 2010 12:02 AM (sYxEE)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 24, 2010 12:05 AM (sYxEE)
Why not? Everyone else does. /
Have you ever wondered what he thinks when he hears Barry spouting all this stuff about him?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 12:10 AM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 24, 2010 04:10 AM (zmiSr)
I'm going to say saddened but takes it in stride
Posted by: fartbubble at January 24, 2010 12:11 AM (cBeTr)
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Posted by: jcjimi at January 24, 2010 01:15 AM (XSikc)
http://tinyurl.com/yjp3wzs
Posted by: jcjimi at January 24, 2010 01:22 AM (XSikc)
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Posted by: Vic at January 24, 2010 02:38 AM (QrA9E)
When I saw "jeggings" I was sure porn was involved somehow and was looking forward to it.
What a disappointment dudes!
Posted by: memomachine at January 24, 2010 02:54 AM (/+tPT)
533 Lots of topics.
1. Big gun. Why do they always record pussies shooting big guns instead of trained weapons people? Second thought..What's with all the muslims shooting the weapon?
2. Good man hard to find for elitist self-serving proto-bitch from hell. DUH.
3. Bug-out bunker for communist leader. As if every leader doesn't have one? Hell even Biden does.
4. Brangelina. Who gives a F? Dumbass should have stayed with Jen.
5. Jeggins. What no fat chicks at Cornell? God I hate fat chicks in spandex.
6. Massachusetts. Election cycles must run the course.
7. BK beer. MMMMBEER. Don't really care for beer with food, if America weren't so backward it wouldn't have been an issue for the last 60 years, or so when Ray Crock opened the first McD.
8. Natalie Wood. Possibly the finest example of female completeness ever to appear on the silver screen(with reverence to the aforementioned Jen).
That cover it? I don't think I've ever seen more than 3 topics ever carried into the discussion, so I'll answer all now. The # was 465 when I started typing this.
Posted by: Eric at January 24, 2010 12:25 AM (Qc/s6)
Posted by: Eric at January 24, 2010 03:04 AM (Qc/s6)
Tom Sharpe is one of the few writers who could do slapstick in prose and make it work.
Posted by: epobirs at January 24, 2010 03:05 AM (8U7P4)
How can people keep up in this comment section like it is a chat room?
Posted by: Eric at January 24, 2010 03:07 AM (Qc/s6)
Normal people don't hang out at AOSHQ, only Morons.
And the ONT has long been nothing BUT a chatroom. Other threads become one if the topic is popular.
Posted by: Vic at January 24, 2010 03:39 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Jones at January 24, 2010 04:25 AM (JL3qV)
Is an Electoral Bloodbath Coming?
Mark Joseph over at Fox Opinion is predicting a blowout in Nov. I thought I was being optimistic in predicting > 50 in the House and 5 or 6 in the Senate.
He is predicting 75 – 100 in the House and a blowout such as never before seen; ever.
Posted by: Vic at January 24, 2010 04:31 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Future Internet Footnote Charlie Johnson at January 24, 2010 04:33 AM (8WOM0)
Posted by: NotAMolly at January 24, 2010 04:49 AM (ADJFU)
Jordan Miles, age 18 classical violin student, gets a severe beating from the Pittsburg police for having a heavy object hiding in his coat. Not his violin, a bottle of Mountain Dew. Takes that Yahoooooo! to a whole new level in the hospital. Miles says the three plainclothes policemen didn't identify themselves, and thought he was being abducted by them. Is that for real, or a cover story after mouthing off when told to open his coat? Were the police there responding to a bomb scare?
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper said three plainclothes officers have been reassigned during an internal investigation into the beating of an 18-year-old student violinist from the city's Creative and Performing Arts High School.
Posted by: Beto at January 24, 2010 05:04 AM (+CLh/)
Posted by: steevy at January 24, 2010 05:10 AM (SfI6Q)
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper said three plainclothes officers have been reassigned during an internal investigation into the beating of an 18-year-old student violinist from the city's Creative and Performing Arts High School.
Posted by: Beto at January 24, 2010 09:04 AM (+CLh/)
It turns out the student is black. That means the police screwed up, I think.Posted by: Tinian at January 24, 2010 05:11 AM (7+pP9)
I read that story on the student. He may have given some provacation but that doesn't give them the right to beat him sensless with a tree limb.
I suspect that Pittsburg will settle out of court. Once again the taxpayer will be held accountable.
Posted by: Vic at January 24, 2010 05:18 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: unknown jane at January 24, 2010 05:19 AM (5/yRG)
I think a lot of people only see the power and the fact that he is clean and articulate. Other people see him as a god that is gracing them with his words. These people see him as likable.
I see him as arrogant , stupid, and devious.
Posted by: nine coconuts at January 24, 2010 05:20 AM (DHNp4)
Currently with all of the press in his back pocket the first amendment is not overrated; it is immaterial.
Posted by: Vic at January 24, 2010 05:21 AM (QrA9E)
Rob Emanuel - first amendment is overrated.
Posted by: Vic at January 24, 2010 09:16 AM (QrA9E)
I think you mean Rahm? Rahm is overrated....so's his boss.
Posted by: Tami at January 24, 2010 05:21 AM (VuLos)
Posted by: House of Saud at January 24, 2010 06:16 AM (oxMVR)
Posted by: jeff at January 24, 2010 06:32 AM (i0/N7)
Football Thread????
Posted by: Kemp at January 24, 2010 06:43 AM (2+9Yx)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu965sVymMs&feature=related
I got a shotgun!
Posted by: Chris Redfield at January 24, 2010 06:43 AM (otlXg)
Song of the Siren
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 24, 2010 06:46 AM (otlXg)
Song of the Siren (correct)
/Transformers sucked (so I thought), but the music score was real good with pieces like "Arrival to Earth".
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 24, 2010 06:48 AM (otlXg)
Now we have a AoSHQ yahoo club? Like I don't piss anuff time off on the blog, now I have to read hobo cooking recipes at the Yahoo site.
I need a life. It is cold and raining like hell in CLT, when are the games and where is the football thread?
Posted by: Kemp at January 24, 2010 06:54 AM (2+9Yx)
Am I the last person to hear about this "Ellie Light" story?
http://tinyurl.com/yjpfsas
http://tinyurl.com/y8jb2f6
Posted by: Tami at January 24, 2010 06:58 AM (VuLos)
Axlerod is clueless. TOTUS is going to Fight for you!
As for everyone else, they realize the game has changed.
Stay tuned for the State of the Union.
Posted by: Mjim at January 24, 2010 06:59 AM (mMdWG)
Pocono, you can have the one on the left, I take the blond.
Oh, and fuck, the Jets! Sorry to be so harsh, we don't need another NY team in ANYTHING.
Posted by: Kemp at January 24, 2010 07:01 AM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Pelayo at January 24, 2010 07:12 AM (8NGHm)
Kemp, I like the frilly panties, they're cute and cuddly aren't they? The Jets are one of my three teams, Philly and Pittsburgh the others. The Jets aren't so bad. They're treated like a red-headed stepchild by the NY press. Everything is the Yankees and the Giants. And I root real hard against the Giants and that bum Eli. And here comes the abuse for being an Eagles fan.
Posted by: Pocono Joe at January 24, 2010 07:14 AM (B6yrY)
Posted by: BrianA at January 24, 2010 07:15 AM (Ku5eO)
Posted by: Eric at January 24, 2010 07:31 AM (Qc/s6)
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Posted by: nine coconuts at January 24, 2010 04:42 AM (DHNp4)
Well, you put me some effing knowledge. Duly noted. My bad.
Posted by: Editor at January 24, 2010 08:39 AM (YX6i/)
Ya want beer with those fries?
Beer at Burger King:
Burger King plans beer-selling Whopper Bar
http:// www.app.com/article/20100124/NEWS06/100124017
Hell, Germany has been selling beer at McDonalds for years.
Posted by: SFC MAC at January 24, 2010 08:57 AM (/9h7Q)
Okay a NYT article by a 35yo woman who couldn't find Mr. Right..... My response: A hard man is good to find. Mr Right=Mr. Just for the Night.
Posted by: SFC MAC at January 24, 2010 09:08 AM (/9h7Q)
"The .577 Tyrannosaur is a custom rifle round developed by A-Square that's meant to be used as a last resort shot for charging elephants/rhinos/hippos/triceratops. "
There's no better way to start a fight around a campfire than to argue over calibers.
But seriously, you don't need 11,000 foot pounds to kill anything on this planet. And to make the rifle less-than-lethal on the butt end, you'd have to make it so heavy that you couldn't actually carry it and expect to shoot it fast and accurately when you do catch up to whatever heavy you've been tracking all day. Even back in the day when you could hunt elephant for a living, the .577 or .600 were relatively rare (I'm talking after smokeless powder was developed; in the blackpowder era bigger shotgun-bore rifles like the 4 guage were needed) because they were heavy and not too versatile.
My preference is for a .416. Specifically the Rigby. You can use a .375 on elephant; I did and it sat him right down. I didn't put it in quite the right place so a couple of follow-up shots were required. What can I say; buck fever maybe? It wasn't the best example of shooting I've done in my hunting career, but I don't think I disgraced myself. Neither one of us moved from the first spot we saw each other.
A .375 will kill anything. The thing is, it's not a reliable stopper. Stoppers start at .40 caliber and 400 grains. The .416 therefore qualifies. Plus, a .416 is still light enough to provide a decent trajectory on relatively long shots. Move up to a .458 and you start to lose it. Unless you develop loads with lighter bullets, like 350 grain. But then, you have to worry about what load you have in the rifle, as you never know. Will your next shot be on a kudu at 200 yards, or a pissed off lion who's afternoon screw you interrupted at 10. With a .416 You can use the 400 grain bullets on everything. One soft, one solid, will cover the entire spectrum.
Why the Rigby? You can build a lighter rifle around the Remington or Taylor. Well, the Rigby's light enough for me. And when I'm under stress, with the adrenaline really pumping, those fat Rigby cases are far easier to handle as I'm fat fingering them from my belt to the rifle.
Everything works at the range. Piss off a critter that outweighs you 10 to 100 times, that has now identified you as the source of its irritation, and you will discover new, competing priorties.
The ability to stuff your magazine without having to take your eyes off your rapidly approaching target may become one.
Bottom line: the .416 is all you'll need in West Africa where you can hunt unguided, as the forest animals such as elephant and buffalo are much smaller than elsewhere in Africa. And perfect in the rest of Africa where all you need is a rifle capable of backing up your PH.
Posted by: Matt at January 24, 2010 09:38 AM (V+nNN)
Posted by: cheshirecat at January 24, 2010 11:49 AM (hmb/r)
@195
tpdwells:
Don't buy the High Point!!! They are junk!!
I didn't see in the thread that you have mentioned the intended purpose of your intended firearm purchase. As you may have noticed, most of the m&m's are talking about handguns for self-defense. Since you asked about the merits of the High Point, I assume that you are also looking for a handgun for self-defense.
Since it seems that you have very limited experience with firearms, I would suggest that you start our practicing with a .22. There is virtually no recoil and you won't pick up any bad habit like anticipating the recoil and flinching.
For a basic self-defense handgun, you really can't go wrong with a .38 Special snubnose (2inch barrel) revolver. It packs a moderate punch in a pretty concealable package. It is nice for the novice since there are no safety switches or magazines to operate. I carried Colt Cobra (not made anymore) as a back-up/off-duty piece for most of my career. If you're not on a stringent budget, I'd suggest either a Smith & Wesson or Ruger snubnose. The Taurus revolvers aren't too bad, but not as good as the Smith or Ruger.
When you get more proficient, I'd suggest the Glock model 36 in .45ACP. It has a great balance and its almost as small as a.38 snubnose. It does have a pretty smart recoil but is much more powerful than a .38. That's what I carried in the Detective Section. There are also bigger .45's out there.
If you can handle the .45ACP, that's what I would ultimately recommend. During one of the gunfights in my department, the bad guy was repeatedly hit by 9mm and .40cal (about 12 - 14 times, as I recall) but wouldn't go down. One of my partners was involved and he carried a .45. He got around the bad guy and shot him twice in the right side of the rib cage. A dash cam video showed that, when he got hit by the .45's, he litterally went up on his toes and then dropped to the ground. That was the end of that gunfight.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at January 24, 2010 05:45 PM (bCQG3)
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