July 01, 2011
— Maetenloch Got Fireworks?
Well if not, you better get yourself to the nearest fireworks stand just over the county line.
And the good thing is that even if you live in a anti-fun nanny state, you're still no more than a two hour drive away from fireworks freedom of choice. Well except for California - they're just screwed
And on an unrelated note here's the current spot price for coke around the world. Hmm you know we haven't had a Dutch moron meetup yet.
Well wonder no more...
Hey What Happened The Last Time We Reduced Our Carbon Emissions?
Well we got a damned Little Ice Age:
In Europe and Asia, forests were cut down with the ax. In the Americas before [Columbus], the primary tool was fire. For weeks on end, smoke from Indian bonfires shrouded Florida, California, and the Great Plains....Enter now the Columbian Exchange. Eurasian bacteria, viruses, and parasites sweep through the Americas, killing huge numbers of people -- and unraveling the millenia-old network of human intervention. Flames subside to embers across the Western Hemisphere as Indian torches are stilled. In the forests, fire-hating trees like oak and hickory muscle aside fire-loving species like loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine, which are so dependent on regular burning that their cones will only open and release seed when exposed to flame.
The Sun Is the Best Optometrist
Staying indoors all the time is making us into vitamin-D-deprived four-eyed weaklings:
WHY is nearsightedness so common in the modern world? In the early 1970s, 25 percent of Americans were nearsighted; three decades later, the rate had risen to 42 percent, and similar increases have occurred around the world.There is significant evidence that the trait is inherited, so you might wonder why our myopic ancestors werenÂ’t just removed from the gene pool long ago, when they blundered into a hungry lion or off a cliff. But although genes do influence our fates, they are not the only factors at play.
In this case, the rapid increase in nearsightedness appears to be due to a characteristic of modern life: more and more time spent indoors under artificial lights.
Victorian Ladies
For some reason women in Victorian era photos never seem to look as good as contemproary women. I suspect this is due to different/less use of makeup, bad hair styles and the utter lack of smiling. An exception though is the woman below, Lady Randolph Churchill, the mother of Winston Churchill.
You Know It's Surprisingly Easy to Accidentally Pick Up a Prostitute
Well I'm glad to see that I'm not the only guy who's run into this awkward situation.
...she pointed out the window of the still-parked car, indicated a nearby motel and let me know that she had a room there. Some people would right at that moment conclude, "Ah, motel, that settles it, she's a prostitute," but I'm not one of those people. I mean now, don't get me wrong, I think everyone is a prostitute, but at 19, I didn't even find anything curious about the fact that she was hitchhiking 10 yards away from her motel, because being a 19-year-old male is sort of the opposite of being Professor X.
Hitler Learns About Topology
Well to be fair I had similar feelings about open and clopen sets but I didn't really start ranting and swearing until Hausdorff spaces and homeomorphisms appeared.
Pancake Tosser DoesnÂ’t Give a Fuck
It'd be a shame to waste these talents in yet another outsourced call center.
Got Horse Semen?
Then with a little marketing you could have the next big bar thing:
Holhoi tattea shots are all the rage at the Green Man Pub in New Zealand. For a mere $25 per shot glass, ladies are coming in droves to throw them back like champs. So what is holhoi tattea you ask? Oh, it’s just apple-flavored horse semen which supposedly tastes a little bit “like custard.”
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla. And don't forget about the Job Bank.
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A: Cherry bombs, M-80s, M-100s, silver salutes and other illegal fireworks are all extremely dangerous. In addition, fireworks constructed from mail order kits are illegal and dangerous to assemble or use. Never attempt to make your own fireworks or tamper with fireworks.
No cherry bombs? Damn. My grandfather used to throw cherry bombs down the stairs back in the day to get my mom and my two uncle's attention from the boob tube.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 05:35 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 01, 2011 05:36 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 05:37 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 05:37 PM (FcR7P)
If the sun wasn't so damn brutal to us gingers, maybe we'd play outside more.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 05:37 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:37 PM (dbYHP)
I didn't think the map was that accurate either. My sister tried to get some fireworks from a large store here in PA near the MD border a few years ago and there was a cop at the door making sure all potential patrons had the necessary paperwork. I forget if she needed one or two permits; my sister couldn't even look at the store's stock without the proper paperwork.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 05:40 PM (c0A3e)
There's a statewide ban on all fireworks.. No one can buy fireworks at a stand..
City's can do shows but that's it.
In Michigan, it's anything that doesn't explode or flies into the air.. In other words, only the fireworks that sucks.
In Wyoming, it's down to county by county.. Natrona County had a ban on any fireworks but all the other counties had open season on the fireworks..
in Virginia, it's like Michigan.. Anything that sucks is allowed. Except in Richmond where sparklers are banned.
Here's your lighting punk, kid. Enjoy.
Posted by: Dave C at July 01, 2011 05:41 PM (p89/t)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:35 PM (c0A3e)
back in the day my friend was dropping a M-80 out the window of my 69 Cutless and it fell back inside,,,,,,,,, it way loud and bright.
Posted by: Racefan at July 01, 2011 05:41 PM (IABA1)
It was probably all the masturbating.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 05:42 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 01, 2011 05:42 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: GnuBreed
Or the farting! Take a stand against tyranny and pass gas in protest.
Posted by: Hubert, the farting dissident at July 01, 2011 05:43 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 01, 2011 05:44 PM (N/r4B)
Posted by: Dave C at July 01, 2011 05:44 PM (p89/t)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 05:44 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 05:45 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: fluffy at July 01, 2011 05:46 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 01, 2011 09:44 PM (N/r4B)
Hmmm... well... if we could talk women into drinkin Human Semen...
Then get the guys to pay to be donors...
Or would that be duo decophonic Prostitution?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2011 05:47 PM (NtXW4)
Posted by: Berserker at July 01, 2011 05:47 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2011 05:47 PM (Qbjwa)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:49 PM (dbYHP)
Heh, it's cool. It was a POS Tracfone which means I'm only out $20 bucks. I'm just wondering if I'll be able to keep my old number.
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 05:50 PM (4q6A5)
Want some fireworks? Technically, the US Treasury just defaulted. It defaulted on some coupon payments due to the SS and Medicare "trust funds" due on June 30th. Those payments are done in real money, mind you, just more IOUs -- uh special GAS series non-marketable Treasury bonds. That payment would've been $90B and Treasury couldn't make it with blowing the debt ceiling.
If the trust funds were real, this would be a default event. Shove this in the face of every lefty who claims the trust funds are real.
Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at July 01, 2011 05:51 PM (VVB18)
They may even have tactical nukes; some of those suckers are huge.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 05:51 PM (ENKCw)
This is what happens when you live among volcanoes 2500 miles away from everyone else on the planet.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 01, 2011 05:52 PM (7utQ2)
Posted by: ontherocks at July 01, 2011 05:52 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at July 01, 2011 05:52 PM (VVB18)
new law - there are tons of fireworks for sale there now in and outside of the supermarkets.
Doesn't make much sense, but there you go..
/shrug
Posted by: soulpile is.. an expendable sith padawan at July 01, 2011 05:52 PM (NSM+r)
Do you have a link to a web site that uses small words?
Posted by: fluffy at July 01, 2011 05:54 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at July 01, 2011 05:54 PM (26uEg)
Who was the first sick bastid to come up with this? Who first isolated horse seamen, put some apple-favoring in it, took a quaff and said to themselves "hey, I've got a hit drink here!"?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 05:55 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, not with a bang but a whimper at July 01, 2011 05:56 PM (UqKQV)
Sucks but I guess it's better than burning the place down.
Evening all.
Posted by: mpurinTexas supports Rick Perry, bitch at July 01, 2011 05:56 PM (J4Pnx)
I'm leaning Bill Maher, but could be persuaded in the Fred Barnes direction.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 01, 2011 05:57 PM (7utQ2)
new law - there are tons of fireworks for sale there now in and outside of the supermarkets.
Doesn't make much sense, but there you go..
Been almost 15 years since I've live there..
Going off of memory That's odd though. It's like selling bacon but telling them they can't eat bacon.
Posted by: Dave C at July 01, 2011 05:57 PM (p89/t)
Ohhhhh myyyyyyyy
Posted by: George Takei at July 01, 2011 05:58 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: jeannebodine at July 01, 2011 05:58 PM (nvlAW)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 01, 2011 05:59 PM (N/r4B)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 01, 2011 06:00 PM (7utQ2)
Hardy, har, har.
/Or somebody who really, really loved horses and only wanted to recycle their potential offspring.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 06:00 PM (c0A3e)
_____________
Hello? Valley of Fire? Giant fireworks store just outside of Vegas run by the Moapa indians? Yeah, it's more like three hours away from me, but still...
Posted by: Anachronda at July 01, 2011 06:00 PM (6fER6)
"Everything's legal in Jersey until you get caught" - Bob Dylan
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 06:00 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Armando at July 01, 2011 06:01 PM (RjIvD)
Posted by: Pretty Much Every Upper-Class Englishman Alive In 1890 at July 01, 2011 06:02 PM (Dq8iG)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 06:03 PM (ENKCw)
I am currently connected on a laptop, to MY wireless signal from MY router. I am also plugged into it via a ethernet. Ethernet doesn't work, wireless does on my laptop. I have two other desktops plugged into the router via Ethernet - and they can't connect either. Ok, problem with the router...right?
No, if I plug the cable modem directly into the laptop it doesn't work either.
So the cable modem seems to know if it is getting wireless vs wired traffic.
Can anyone explain that?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2011 06:03 PM (bgcml)
Last year I think I noticed less fireworks than previous years. In this recovery summer, I'll be interested to see how many dollars are burned up on the 4th.
Posted by: someone at July 01, 2011 06:03 PM (bqjJT)
Well, I look at it a different way. You think you've got a tough job? How'd you like to be the horse, uh, helper?
Posted by: Some Moron at July 01, 2011 06:04 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 01, 2011 06:05 PM (Dq8iG)
Posted by: Bill Shatner Living in His Car in Between Margarine Commercial Gigs at July 01, 2011 06:05 PM (RCaEN)
Re fluffy at comment 40.
We've been discussing it over at Denninger's Market Ticker forum. Here's a link to my original thread:
And Denninger himself blogged about it here:
Basicallly, if you want to believe the Trust Funds are real "money good", then the US just defaulted on its debt obligations. But it didn't because they aren't real, and by doing this (to keep from going over the debt limit), Treasury just admitted they aren't real, nothing by accounting gimmicks, which they are.
Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at July 01, 2011 06:05 PM (VVB18)
Man I just saw Battle LA--I know it's old, but that was a good old fashioned war movie.
My review: Thankfully missing were: the crybaby navel examining attempt to vilify without vilifying servicemen war criminal everybody's a killer and the aim is always oil or gold or imperialism wrong to kill even bad guys need more women heroes all soldiers are corrupt or covering something up or rapists or justice is a knee in the gut from the floor on the chin at night sneaky with a knife brought up down on the magazine of a battleship sandbagged underhanded in the dark without a word of warning. Garroting.
Damn I need another drink Ooorahh!
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 01, 2011 06:05 PM (Jyt+i)
Hello? Valley of Fire? Giant fireworks store just outside of Vegas run by the Moapa indians? Yeah, it's more like three hours away from me, but still...
I've learned to sell the good stuff.
Posted by: Kicking Wing at July 01, 2011 06:05 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 01, 2011 06:06 PM (zgZzy)
Next week on a new Dirty Jobs...
Posted by: Mike Rowe at July 01, 2011 06:07 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 06:08 PM (dbYHP)
Can anyone explain that?!?
Posted by: 18-1
Have you had a power surge lately? Maybe the ethernet ports were burned out somehow. That happened to me once when lightning struck a nearby house, and a bunch of things were shorted in my house, including the ethernet port on my computer and the DSL modem, which was shorted out.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 01, 2011 06:08 PM (sJTmU)
Him and Tiger Woods should get together and go bowling sometime to commiserate.
At least Tea didn't come after David with a 9-iron.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 06:09 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Dave
C at July 01, 2011 09:57 PM (p89/t)
Yeah. It is a weird law passed last year. I only know about it 'cause a friend was jumping for joy.
Posted by: soulpile is.. an expendable sith padawan at July 01, 2011 06:10 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: toby928™ at July 01, 2011 06:11 PM (GTbGH)
I'M CAPTAIN KIRRRRRRRK!!!
Posted by: Bill Shatner Living in His Car in Between Margarine Commercial Gigs at July 01, 2011 10:05 PM
It gets worse
Posted by: Rent-a-Shat at July 01, 2011 06:11 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 01, 2011 06:13 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: President Dick Obama at July 01, 2011 06:13 PM (8sCoq)
Are you getting a DHCP address assignment when you are on the ethernet?
Posted by: toby928™ at July 01, 2011 06:13 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 01, 2011 06:13 PM (N/r4B)
__________
Had a modem once that decided to become an AM radio after a thunderstorm. When you took it off-hook, instead of a dial tone you'd hear the local powerful country station.
Posted by: Anachronda at July 01, 2011 06:14 PM (6fER6)
I thought other things caused short-sightedness...
Or is *that* more for blindness? Too bad Ken isn't around to elaborate on his, as he is the master-(de)baiter on pron and sex.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 06:14 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Jones at July 01, 2011 06:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 06:14 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: De' Debil Hisself at July 01, 2011 06:15 PM (lpWVn)
Posted by: toby928™ at July 01, 2011 06:16 PM (GTbGH)
Thanks, nonBreitPublius
Posted by: fluffy at July 01, 2011 06:16 PM (SwkdU)
For real? I thought the waiter was joking, but we have been *ahem* aiming to please.
Posted by: Camp David chef at July 01, 2011 06:19 PM (SwkdU)
I'M CAPTAIN KIRRRRRRRK!!!
Posted by: Bill Shatner Living in His Car in Between Margarine Commercial Gigs at July 01, 2011 10:05 PM
It gets worse
Posted by: Rent-a-Shat at July 01, 2011 10:11 PM
And even inhuman!
Posted by: Rent-a-Shat at July 01, 2011 06:19 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: James T. Kirk, not knowing what to do next. at July 01, 2011 06:19 PM (gO39k)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 01, 2011 06:19 PM (0BtzK)
Posted by: CDR M at July 01, 2011 10:18 PM (5I8G0)
that's the spirit that kicked out the bloody redcoats
Posted by: Jones at July 01, 2011 06:20 PM (8sCoq)
Chile Today, Hot Tomale!
Only 250 miles to Pedro's South of the Border
Posted by: Billboards on I-95 at July 01, 2011 06:21 PM (so1xa)
Is that a White Russian?
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 01, 2011 06:21 PM (gO39k)
Posted by: Crimso at July 01, 2011 06:22 PM (2hmqj)
For example, if one were to purchase fireworks in NH, one might considering taking an alternate route home, if one wished to evade scrutiny by the Massachusetts state police, maybe.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating bringing fireworks into Mass.
Posted by: fluffy at July 01, 2011 06:22 PM (SwkdU)
"Sucks but I guess it's better than burning the place down."
We'll just have to agree to disagree.
Posted by: gebrauchshund at July 01, 2011 06:23 PM (iYwUw)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 06:23 PM (FcR7P)
Am I the only man I know who's bored as hell with fireworks? I just don't get the attraction.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 01, 2011 06:23 PM (Jyt+i)
Posted by: Anachronda at July 01, 2011 06:24 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: Douglas at July 01, 2011 06:24 PM (YKOnu)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 06:25 PM (ENKCw)
Lots of fireworks stores on the Florida border.
Alabama Motto: Fingers are like teeth, you don't really need the whole set.
Posted by: toby928™ at July 01, 2011 06:25 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at July 01, 2011 06:25 PM (X9lJI)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 01, 2011 06:25 PM (a2Jmu)
Isn't that a line from Space Quest 5?
I just wonder who are the intrepid idiots who... ah, *harvest* the main ingredient.
Try describing that on your resume.
"Experienced in isolating native genetic material from Equus caballus"
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 06:25 PM (c0A3e)
Am I the only man I know who's bored as hell with fireworks? I just don't get the attraction.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 01, 2011 10:23 PM (Jyt+i)
It's because all of the fun has been taken out of it. No longer can you blow up frogs, toads, turtles and your neighbors mailbox without the cops being called. And, they took away all of the cherry bombs and m-80's.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 01, 2011 06:26 PM (gO39k)
Have your Man Card ready to hand over to Rum as soon as she gets back.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 01, 2011 06:26 PM (RCaEN)
When the Army and I parted company I had the opportunity to slide out with a couple of grand A (artillery) simulators. I guess they could've been classified as M-8000s. Scared the shit outta the neighbors.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnarson at July 01, 2011 06:26 PM (ybA9f)
Are those places still there?
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 06:27 PM (so1xa)
You'll feel like a kid again, a drunken, slow kid with signed hair.
Posted by: toby928™ at July 01, 2011 06:27 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 06:28 PM (Kk0wN)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 06:29 PM (dbYHP)
Am I the only man I know who's bored as hell with fireworks? I just don't get the attraction.
My husband has never cared about them. Most years I could only get him to go with me and the kids to see fireworks by resorting to emotional blackmail (giving him dirty looks and the silent treatment).
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 01, 2011 06:29 PM (a2Jmu)
Really? I've read that a lot of fireworks techs get burned out (heh) because the desire to blow shit up works a lot like an addiction. You just gotta do more.
Does that fit your experience?
Posted by: fluffy at July 01, 2011 06:29 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 01, 2011 06:29 PM (0BtzK)
Am I the only man I know who's bored as hell with fireworks? I just don't get the attraction.
Wut? You're kidding, right?
/Unless you mean that you need to see the big Dakka of fireworks to get excited.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 06:29 PM (c0A3e)
Are those places still there?
You'll never get rid of us Custer! MUHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: Your friendly Navajo nation. at July 01, 2011 06:29 PM (gO39k)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 06:30 PM (FcR7P)
I am currently connected on a laptop, to MY wireless signal from MY router. I am also plugged into it via a ethernet. Ethernet doesn't work, wireless does on my laptop. I have two other desktops plugged into the router via Ethernet - and they can't connect either. Ok, problem with the router...right?
No, if I plug the cable modem directly into the laptop it doesn't work either.
So the cable modem seems to know if it is getting wireless vs wired traffic.
Can anyone explain that?!?
Do you get an IP address from the DHCP in the router? It's possible that the autonegotiation of network speed/duplex on the router is failing. That can be tricky to spot because everything looks like it should be working but it doesn't.
Posted by: Heorot at July 01, 2011 06:30 PM (Kdo3L)
Lots of fireworks stores on the Florida border.
Alabama Motto: Fingers are like teeth, you don't really need the whole set.
Posted by: toby928™ at July 01, 2011 10:25 PM
Hold my beer and watch this shit !!
Posted by: Drunk Alabaman's last words at July 01, 2011 06:30 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Alabama at July 01, 2011 06:31 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 01, 2011 10:25 PM (a2Jmu)
Because there's not a relation between myopia and staying inside. There is a relation between stupid studies and free publicity.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:31 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 01, 2011 06:31 PM (RCaEN)
It's because all of the fun has been taken out of it.
That's probably true. I remember my buddy pretending to jerk off with a Roman Candle the night before we shipped to boot camp. I wish we'd had instant video in 1981.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 01, 2011 06:31 PM (Jyt+i)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 01, 2011 06:31 PM (a2Jmu)
Posted by: Your friendly Navajo nation. at July 01, 2011 10:29 PM (gO39k)
Custer never fought the Navajo, code talker boy
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:32 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Drunk Alabaman's last words at July 01, 2011 10:30 PM (so1xa)
"Hey sis, I think my dick goes here."
Posted by: Drunk Arkansan FIRST words. at July 01, 2011 06:32 PM (gO39k)
Posted by: We like the dick! at July 01, 2011 06:33 PM (FcR7P)
"For some reason women in Victorian era photos never seem to look as good as contemproary women."
The ones that we think look hot now, looked hot back then.
The ones that we think do not look hot now, really looked hot back then ... because the men of the time could see their money ...
Posted by: Arbalest at July 01, 2011 06:33 PM (EQRUY)
Or by tossing dry chlorine tablets into a pan of gasoline.
Or if all else fails straighten out a coat hanger, hook a steel wool pad onto one end, light it (may take some effort, but it'll light) and then swing it in a big circle.
Note: Standard Disclaimer applies. Posted by: Nighthawk at July 01, 2011 10:29 PM
Acetylene and Oxygen in a garbage bag and a very long rag fuse make a nice big boom too
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 06:34 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: toby928™ at July 01, 2011 06:34 PM (GTbGH)
Custer never fought the Navajo, code talker boy
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 10:32 PM (CN+Qv)
Yeah I know that boy! We did. But it still was an ass kicking the Navajo might rejoice in 130 plus years later, who knows.
Posted by: The Sioux, Oldcat, better? at July 01, 2011 06:35 PM (gO39k)
That was a fun night, wasn't it, USS Diversity?
Posted by: lefty johnson at July 01, 2011 06:35 PM (vtqbC)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 01, 2011 06:35 PM (JMmQ9)
For some reason women in Victorian era photos never seem to look as good as contemproary women."
The fact you had to sit absolutely still for minutes to get an exposure might have a lot to do with it.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:35 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 01, 2011 06:36 PM (0BtzK)
And wear 600 pounds of clothing.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 01, 2011 06:36 PM (gO39k)
Next week on a new Dirty Jobs...
I hate to break it to you, but they already did that one.
And Tea Leoni is one of that select group of ladies who looks a lot better now than when she was younger.
Posted by: pep at July 01, 2011 06:37 PM (6TB1Z)
Yeah I know that boy! We did. But it still was an ass kicking the Navajo might rejoice in 130 plus years later, who knows.
Posted by: The Sioux, Oldcat, better? at July 01, 2011 10:35 PM (gO39k)
Little Turtle and the Miamis did a way better job against a force 5 times larger.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:37 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 06:38 PM (Kk0wN)
The fact you had to sit absolutely still for minutes to get an exposure might have a lot to do with it.
Daguerrotypes and contemprary methods, yes. Wet plates and later methods weren't as demanding. Mathew Brady made lots of pictures 1861-1865 ...
Posted by: Arbalest at July 01, 2011 06:40 PM (EQRUY)
Gotta warn ya right now. I'd be oneo f those fuddy-duddy party-poopers that would do my best to shove a cherry-bomb up your ass as part of a lesson in why you don't shove cherry-bombs up the ass of living creatures.
Hypocrisy? No. It's education.
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 06:41 PM (piMMO)
That was a fun night, wasn't it, USS Diversity?
Yeah except you nailed the girl I liked. Thanks pal.
Posted by: Arnold Horshack at July 01, 2011 06:41 PM (Jyt+i)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 06:43 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 01, 2011 10:40 PM (EQRUY)
Sure, but even those were pretty slow - I think it was common to have a neck brace to help out in those studios.
And most of those Brady pictures were made by his stringers. He did some VIP studio things in those years, but almost all the field work was by others, purchased and reprinted with Brady's name.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:43 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 01, 2011 06:43 PM (Jyt+i)
Posted by: Zombie General Edward Braddock. at July 01, 2011 06:43 PM (gO39k)
For some reason women in Victorian era photos never seem to look as good as contemproary women."
There's a reason why many women hold onto their makeup and hair dye with religious fervor.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 01, 2011 06:44 PM (a2Jmu)
So, I finally build up the nerve or stupidity to hold one. I was holding it loosely though as I knew about confined vs unconfined explosive force (recall that explanation by the NASA guy in Armageddon). Sure as shit, the sumbitch blew up in my hand. I rushed inside where there was some light so I could see how many fingers I just blew off. Fortunately it just singed my palm.
Don't hold the damn things; remember they are made by the Chinese and they don't like us very much.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 06:44 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: Achmed the Dead Terrorist at July 01, 2011 06:45 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Zombie General Edward Braddock. at July 01, 2011 10:43 PM (gO39k)
You got whupped by the French, you loser. Get back in the ground!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:45 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 06:46 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 06:47 PM (FQlFL)
It was hotter than three Shep Smiths in a wool lined cast iron casket today.
Definitely nekid weather.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 06:47 PM (gYuf3)
You guys quit picking on Matthew Brady. He is my inspiration for drinking urine and having a man's fist inserted into my rectum.
Posted by: Zombie Robert Maplethorpe at July 01, 2011 06:48 PM (gO39k)
The only thing I want the Dutch spamming us with is Rubber Porn
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 06:49 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Greg Brady at July 01, 2011 06:49 PM (Jyt+i)
The only thing I want the Dutch spamming us with is Rubber Porn
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 10:49 PM (so1xa)
And each of us has to pay to read it
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:50 PM (CN+Qv)
Hey there! At least you'll be wearing a hat, right?
Oh, and are you going to try to send me some of your delicious BBQ-fare via the Warp. I've collected a significant sacrifice of Hobos to dedicate to Khorne; the Warp now mingles freely with reality here and the barrier between the two is as thin as gossamer.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 06:50 PM (c0A3e)
Sure, but even those were pretty slow - I think it was common to have a neck brace to help out in those studios.
Certainly with the older methods. The newer ones are a tougher call, as indoor vs. outdoor (light level) played a factor.
And most of those Brady pictures were made by his stringers. He did some VIP studio things in those years, but almost all the field work was by others, purchased and reprinted with Brady's name.
True also, but the quantity points to second or sub-second exposures. Not too many photos of moving objects, and the many, posed, outdoor photos point this way.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 01, 2011 06:50 PM (EQRUY)
about the cable modem: if you can get wireless connection but not wired connection, I'd bet $10 that the problem is with your coax cable. did you try that?
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 06:51 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 01, 2011 06:51 PM (0BtzK)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 06:51 PM (QAJGa)
True also, but the quantity points to second or sub-second exposures. Not too many photos of moving objects, and the many, posed, outdoor photos point this way.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 01, 2011 10:50 PM (EQRUY)
And then to get a second picture, the guy had to disassemble the camera, remove the glass plate, get it into the chemicals, and put the new one in...
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 06:54 PM (CN+Qv)
My wife is on my case constantly about the baby getting into the daemon-summoning stuff and the sacrificial knife drawer and the nekid virgins are now wanting AFTRA scale and blah blah blah.
Simple shit like sending BBQ through the Warp is getting complicated.
I blame the President and Congress.
You will eventually receive your ribs. I just may need to fax them old school.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 06:55 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 06:55 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: Bobby Brady at July 01, 2011 06:55 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 06:56 PM (Kk0wN)
but don't worry, it's a long weekend and booze still fucks you up even over a holiday weekend
so drink up!
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 06:56 PM (QAJGa)
He kept me and Marcia for like 4 hours!
Posted by: Jan Brady at July 01, 2011 06:56 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 06:57 PM (afUO8)
Awww, thanks!
I blame Magnus the Red. If only he hadn't screwed up the Emperor's Webway project...
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 06:58 PM (c0A3e)
Those who are too stoopid and drug-addled to go straight for the 8-ball? if memory serves
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 06:59 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 10:51 PM
Hey Peaches, get out to Nordstroms and do your shopping while the sales tax is at 7.25, they'll meet soon to take it out of your hide in other ways
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 06:59 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 10:57 PM (afUO
thanks for the compliment
but just remember, tomorrow will be a better day, because it can't possibly be as bad as today's. Unless you get hit by an asteroid or something. But the odds of that are like really low.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:00 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 10:56 PM (piMMO)
She's not only right, she should have written the second three movies.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:02 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: soulpile is.. an expendable sith padawan at July 01, 2011 07:02 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 07:03 PM (FQlFL)
Sorry to beat this dead horse but this article needs to be read by people that aren't living in Moronistan.
Dammit, this guy. I just started my truck and am leaving it running solely because I can't punch this tool in the gunt personally. Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 10:56 PM
Their boyfriend Obama is burning thousands of pounds of jet fuel going to fundraisers and their shaman Algore uses so much juice when he's home that Oak Ridge puts every reactor on line
And this clown worries my hamburger flipping will melt the North Pole?
Fuckin' hipster tofu fetishists
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 07:03 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 10:56 PM (Kk0wN)
Its hardly ever worth it to read what an idiot says, because they are idiots.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:03 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:04 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:04 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 10:56 PM (Kk0wN)
Every day next week, as I exit my truck in the morning, I'm going to turn the a.c. dial to full-blast. Then, 5 minutes before I leave for the day, I'm going to auto-start it from 13 floors up and it let it run until it's nice and cool.
May the writer of that article drive through Florida, in August, in a car with vinyl seats and no a.c..
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 07:04 PM (piMMO)
The 2nd Annual Sifty Family Backyard American BBQ Freedom Beer Meat Liberty Honey Badger Sit Your Ass Down and Eat Festival is next Saturday.
Ribs and Tri-Tip off the smoker.
Other stuff to put on the plate with the meat.
Cold Beer and adult beverages*
If this sounds like something you're lonely, desperate, and bored enough to do for a free meal, let me know.
*No horse semen allowed. This is a family get together.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 07:04 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: soulpile is.. an expendable sith padawan at July 01, 2011 07:05 PM (NSM+r)
I went on a date!
Do tell.
Okay, Ima help you here:
1) Did you have a good time?
2) Did she?
3) Did you call her the next day?
4) Will you see her again?
5) (bonus question) Do you attribute your sudden datability to your new status as a homeowner?
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 07:05 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: Chemjeff's Date at July 01, 2011 07:05 PM (RCaEN)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:07 PM (dbYHP)
Damn the Scots!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:07 PM (c0A3e)
Dammit. Now I wish I was a CA moron again. Too bad instantaneous travel is a pipe dream and not a reality. 
Sounds like a good time, sifty.
Posted by: soulpile is.. an expendable sith padawan at July 01, 2011 07:07 PM (NSM+r)
May the writer of that article drive through Florida, in August, in a car with vinyl seats and no a.c..
Slimes writers summer in the Hamptons or Mah-thah's Vinn-yidd. That's another reason for them to absolutely love their Barry, especially after Bush stuck it to them by doing his vay-cay in Crawford TX
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 07:08 PM (so1xa)
Sifty, that sounds awesome. Where, in general terms of course, are you located? I am just south of Century City & Beverly Hills.
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 07:08 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 01, 2011 07:08 PM (Jyt+i)
/Although we'd have to figure out a way to shield everyone from the daemons and other denizens of the Warp during transit...
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:08 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: jcjimi...made with bits of real panther so you know it's good at July 01, 2011 07:09 PM (5eTws)
Its hardly ever worth it to read what an idiot says, because they are idiots.
I skimmed it. As stupid as you would expect.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 01, 2011 07:09 PM (a2Jmu)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 11:08 PM (so1xa)
Nah they summer in Manhattan, because they make 6 dollars an hour. They want you to think they are part of the elite.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:10 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Deety Blegs at July 01, 2011 07:10 PM (gvHNT)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:10 PM (dbYHP)
Ok. Who's been reading Stross lately? (other than me...)
I much prefer the Ringo method of gates to demon influenced warp travel.
Posted by: soulpile is.. an expendable sith padawan at July 01, 2011 07:10 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 07:10 PM (Kk0wN)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:10 PM (gYuf3)
Is that the week they unplug the highway?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:11 PM (CN+Qv)
Mmmmmm... Lisa Loeb. Man that song "Stay" is still a winner...
Secondly, the kids 'round here use apples as pipes all the time but it seems the horses are way ahead of them...
My dad was flying Naval Air Transport to Moffett Field in CA. out of Pawtuxtent NAS Maryland on July 4th 1946. As he flew west that night he watched fireworks diplays all across the country the first year after WW2 ended.
Posted by: DAve at July 01, 2011 07:11 PM (tG4br)
Posted by: Kid Who Stayed Awake for The Jaunt at July 01, 2011 07:13 PM (RCaEN)
Posted by: soulpile is.. an expendable sith padawan at July 01, 2011 07:13 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 07:13 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 10:56 PM (Kk0wN)
The entire time I was reading that I kept hearing Carson's (one of the Queer Eye for the Straight dudes) voice in my head as if it the guy reading the post to me.
Posted by: Dave C at July 01, 2011 07:13 PM (p89/t)
/Exterminatus..psst...
btw, did you find it weird that a Librarian (Kyras) would dedicate himself to Khorne? I thought Khorne hated psykers - the most logical choice would be to Tzeench.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:13 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:10 PM (gYuf3)
Is that the week they unplug the highway?
Oh, good gawd almighty, that's exactly when it is! Carmageddon weekend.Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 07:14 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: jcjimi...made with bits of real panther so you know it's good at July 01, 2011 07:14 PM (5eTws)
Meh, Direct TV gives you EVERYTHING but no workable sieve so far as I can see...
Look I hate everything but DTV has always been great on customer service, football, and I've never had a problem. Except storms.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 01, 2011 07:14 PM (Jyt+i)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 11:03 PM (so1xa)
Well,at least I'm not alone on this. Have a kick-ass 4th!
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 11:10 PM (Kk0wN)
I prefer "fucking patchouli wearing acorn eaters"
But yours is good as well
Posted by: Jackhole at July 01, 2011 07:15 PM (DU15A)
It was a lunch date. So that is why I am "home already". Actually I'm at Applebee's. (Duh!)
No "bouncy bouncy".
No I don't think it was about the house, at least not yet. I need furniture for my pad! I have three totally empty rooms and that's just on the ground floor. I'm getting stuff it is just taking time.
The date was okay. But honestly she seemed like she was bored. I tried very hard not to just talk about myself the whole time. And I didn't. I asked her questions about all sorts of things. But she kept looking away. I think it could have gone better, I don't know. I am unsure about how it went. I think it's worth at least a second date if she'll go on one.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:15 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: Deety Blegs at July 01, 2011 11:10 PM (gvHNT)
Don't they come with a DVR? That usually has a find by title, that you can use to see where the good stations are. I only vaguely know the numbers for the stations I watch on FIOS
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:15 PM (CN+Qv)
Well to be fair I had similar feelings about open and clopen sets but I didn't really start ranting and swearing until Hausdorff spaces and homeomorphisms appeared.
*squirt*
Posted by: Anthony Weiner. I'm smart, I deserve respect. at July 01, 2011 07:16 PM (C0Z3w)
Posted by: schizoid at July 01, 2011 07:16 PM (Do2jC)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:10 PM (gYuf3)
Is that the week they unplug the highway?
Oh, good gawd almighty, that's exactly when it is! Carmageddon weekend.Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 11:14 PM (afUO
No that's the weekend of the 16-17. I know because I re-booked my flight out of LAX to leave from Santa Barbara
Posted by: Jackhole at July 01, 2011 07:18 PM (DU15A)
Heh. The facial model for the first Librarian I saw in a DoW game, Isador Akios, looked like Jason Statham if he put on a bit of weight.
The closest you could get to a "hot Librarian" is maybe one of the female Inquisitors - maybe even one of the Sisters of Battle. But those chicks seem like they'd be 20 pounds of crazy in a 10-pound bag.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:18 PM (c0A3e)
I liked it. Reading The Jennifer Morgue right now. Not too bad. Kind of wacky in a lovecraftian way. But more understandable. (I've found Lovecraft to be a bit boring in the past.)
It's kind of scifi, kind of horror, techno-geeky, and, in the sequel, a bit kinky. Which isn't surprising, given Saturn's Children (daughters?).
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 07:19 PM (NSM+r)
A woman with kids in sole custody of their father may not be the lady you seek.
"Your last boyfriend died of an overdose? That's weird...*gulp* sure, I'd like to get together this weekend."
But damn, she had a profile straight outta an Italian master's fevered imagination.
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 07:19 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:19 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 07:19 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 10:30 PM (FcR7P)
Hmm, I've got 4 pcs and a phone, but I would have hoped the comcast guy would have mentioned that as a possibility when I talked with him...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2011 07:20 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 01, 2011 07:21 PM (Kk0wN)
Yep that started all the fun.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2011 11:19 PM (bgcml)
yeah then your wired sockets are prob. burnt out.
You are getting wireless signal, so that is good.
You can get wireless USB adapters for your other machines if you so desire while you are trying to figure out this problem.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:22 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 11:19 PM (FQlFL)
She doesn't have kids. Don't worry, that is one of the first things I checked.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:23 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:24 PM (QAJGa)
If she's someone who gets bored easily, take her for a ride in your car.
Stop at a liquor store.
Rob the store.
Let her join you on your tri-state crime wave.
Chicks dig being famous.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 07:25 PM (gYuf3)
Is there something Hollywood is trying to tell the populace?
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 07:25 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: Heorot at July 01, 2011 10:30 PM (Kdo3L)
None of the PCs can connect to the router. Well, accept the laptop via wireless. How would I fix a network speed/duplex issue?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2011 07:26 PM (bgcml)
There must be someone Hollywood hasn't convinced to cheat, steal, lie, screw and betray.
It bugs them at night that they haven't reached everyone.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 07:26 PM (gYuf3)
Rob the store.
Let her join you on your tri-state crime wave.
*scribbles madly*
So THAT's the key. I knew I'd find some good advice at this Smart Military Blog.
Posted by: jcjimi at July 01, 2011 07:27 PM (5eTws)
They're devoid of new ideas and have to fall back to the age-old formula of "sex sells"?
/Sadly, at least one of these movies will probably make a ton of money and thereby encourage more degeneration in movie making.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:27 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:25 PM (gYuf3)
umm if I'm going to break the law I think I'd prefer that it be done in the realm of recreational drugs instead of in the realm of armed robbery
but that's just me
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:28 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 11:25 PM (NSM+r)
Yeah, that they can't write scripts for crap anymore.
We know.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:28 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:28 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Jeff in PA at July 01, 2011 07:28 PM (45WVs)
We already know that Hollywood is pushing low morality... do they think over-saturation is going to make the last few accept it and perform to their standards?The con of hotels: inability to skip mindless commercials about mindless films.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 07:29 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:30 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 11:28 PM (dbYHP)
yeah that was my strategy as well. Plus there's all the drama associated with the baby daddy.
And, let's be honest, they're harder to seduce if you have to think about getting a sitter first
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:31 PM (QAJGa)
Besides, you can always get stoned before you rob the joint.
Posted by: H.I. McDonough, call me Hi. at July 01, 2011 07:31 PM (gYuf3)
She doesn't have kids. Don't worry, that is one of the first things I checked.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 11:23 PM (QAJGa)
Like, really checked? Or did you just ask her? I'm here to help, bro.
Posted by: Excitable Andi, amateur gynocologist at July 01, 2011 07:32 PM (afUO8)
The con of hotels: inability to skip mindless commercials about mindless films.
Well, the one film channel has commercials that aren't so mindless,
. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:32 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 07:32 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 11:28 PM (dbYHP)
Well, she shouldn't.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:33 PM (CN+Qv)
blank)Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 07:34 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 11:30 PM (dbYHP)
she probably did, but I was too busy staring at her boobies
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:34 PM (QAJGa)
hm. Disney? No. AMC? No. Why, whatever do you mean?
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 07:34 PM (NSM+r)
Yes, Linksys
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2011 11:27 PM (bgcml)
If its a linksys then I might have a guess at the problem. It might be your "internet connection type" in its internal setting. 192.168.1.1 is its address and you might want to go checking through all its internal settings. You might need to call your ISP's customer service to know the proper settings.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 07:35 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 11:34 PM (QAJGa)
*slap*. Focus, young grasshopper!
/Listen and then look.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:35 PM (c0A3e)
I'd go into the router's admin page and look at the ethernet settings or status. I think it's something like http://192.168.1.1. Default user:pass is adminblank)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 11:34 PM (FcR7P)
If you suspect its a router, you can always buy one and see if it fixes the issue. They aren't expensive, or try and get a service call.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:36 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 07:36 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:13 PM (gYuf3)
Oh, what a coincidence! I'll be in town for another fundraiser on Friday of that week. Don't worry though, I won't be coming through till about 4:30 p.m.
Posted by: Barry Obama at July 01, 2011 07:36 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: Woody Allen at July 01, 2011 07:37 PM (Dq8iG)
Posted by: Berserker at July 01, 2011 07:37 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Berserker at July 01, 2011 11:37 PM (FMbng)
They hunt for alternate nets to use if they can't find the default
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:39 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Berserker at July 01, 2011 11:37 PM (FMbng)
You weren't. Unless your router has an antenna the size of the Space Needle.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:39 PM (QAJGa)
They hunt for alternate nets to use if they can't find the default
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 11:39 PM (CN+Qv)
< They, being the Cuna Indians during whale season?
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 07:39 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 11:38 PM (QAJGa)
Only in this body
. My spirit has been on this Earth for thousands of years, mostly knowing only war. Which is why my prowess with the blue blade is awesome.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:40 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 07:40 PM (FQlFL)
Peaches, why such a bad day?
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 11:34 PM (Fb9Q0)
Just part of the last 3 weeks of hair-on-fire, full-bore, 10 hour days, crisis mode. On top of the fact that I gave 30 days notice today and, as of now, have no place to actually move to.
So, here's a question for teh morons. Keep bashing my head bloody against these walls that are closing in fast or pull the plug and bust a move for Montana and live on what I've got stashed until it's gone?
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 07:40 PM (afUO8)
Play it by ear, Jeff. If she wants you to kiss her, you'll know. If not, but you guys are still having a great time together, then you'll still have that kiss to look forward to on a future date.
If there's anything that pisses off the women I know, myself included, it's the bullshit around the "rules" for when it's appropriate to kiss, etc... It's appropriate when the two of you decide it is.
Just relax.
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 07:40 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Berserker at July 01, 2011 11:37 PM (FMbng)
Because you and someone else don't know how to change your routers default name.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 07:40 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:41 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 11:40 PM (afUO
You gave 30 days' notice without having a new place to move to? Sounds like you really want to leave. Why Montana?
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:41 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: That guy that brings nothing to the conversation but doesn't say anything bannable...yet at July 01, 2011 07:42 PM (5eTws)
I poke my head into the ONT just for you sweetie. Go with your gut instinct. If you feel the need pack it in and hit the road.
Posted by: mpfs at July 01, 2011 07:42 PM (3TjSM)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:43 PM (QAJGa)
Might you be paying for a wireless provider and have forgotten about it?
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 07:43 PM (piMMO)
The latter. It's time to leave the financial Titanic before it sinks or it's repossessed by the Chi-Coms.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:43 PM (c0A3e)
Kratos is a very old spirit, perhaps even from time immemorial. You, chemjeff, you are a very fresh, young spirit. I mean that in the nicest possible way (both statements).
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 07:43 PM (afUO8)
My guess is a large surcharge on rental moving trucks or disconnecting utilities or both.
By the time it's declared unConstitutional they will have made bank.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 07:44 PM (gYuf3)
She's not only right, she should have written the second three movies.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 11:02 PM (CN+Qv)
She sure seemed confident in her analysis.
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 07:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 11:40 PM (piMMO)
yeah this date was very light on the physical contact. It's not like I was expecting a full-on frenchie but I am still a little concerned. I just hope I get date #2. I think I would like to pursue the relationship.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:45 PM (QAJGa)
Sucks but I guess it's better than burning the place down.
So are they legal in Austin? Because, well, you know.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 01, 2011 07:45 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 07:46 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:46 PM (QAJGa)
Nothing's Unconstitutional anymore. The government does what it wants. Lie back and think of England, dears.
Posted by: TSA, groping and peeping at July 01, 2011 07:46 PM (NSM+r)
Big city turn me loose and set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montana. Give me all I've coming to me. Keep your retirement and your so called social security. Big city turn me loose and set me free.
- Merle Haggard
Posted by: Jackhole at July 01, 2011 07:46 PM (DU15A)
Big, big hug, mpfs. Thank you. Lately I am genuinely humbled by the kindness of the folks here. I don't like to whine. I'm a happy person. I never cry. I've been perilously close lately and I just don't know what to do with that shit.
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 07:46 PM (afUO8)
She sure seemed confident in her analysis.
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 11:45 PM (piMMO)
Giirls that age are 1000 percent confident or hiding behind mom.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 07:46 PM (CN+Qv)
Just part of the last 3 weeks of hair-on-fire, full-bore, 10 hour days, crisis mode. On top of the fact that I gave 30 days notice today and, as of now, have no place to actually move to.
So, here's a question for teh morons. Keep bashing my head bloody against these walls that are closing in fast or pull the plug and bust a move for Montana and live on what I've got stashed until it's gone?
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 11:40 PM (afUO
< Peaches, you gave 30 days notice? That means you have integrity and care about a seamless transition. But you must also be quite stressed with the current situation to have given notice without something in place. I have done the same thing, except mine was shall we say after a bit of the drink (bottle of smooth vodka, and a scorched earth e-mail tendering a resignation). That's not a route I recommend but I've always created my own path and that sounds like what you are doing and good for you.
In all seriousness, this is a time to make a move as the economy begins to crater. Convention is now reinvention under present circumstances and I say go for it in Montana.
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 07:48 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:48 PM (dbYHP)
Heavily armed Greek forces with their firearms drawn forced a Gaza-bound ship to turn around and return to Greece, where the vessel is now being held in a military base, activists on board the Audacity of Hope said Friday evening.
I may have falsely assumed the reaction of the morons present here.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 07:48 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 07:49 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 11:43 PM (afUO
Awww, thanks for that sentiment. I wish I was an old spirit, that way I'd have a lot more wisdom and experience than I do now.
Anyway, I'm sorry I can't help you more with your own dilemma. I wish you the best in whatever you decide to do.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:50 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 07:50 PM (Fb9Q0)
Is this simply a reaction to the recent workload or have you been thinking about it for a while? If the former, be careful that you don't run screaming with your hair on fire into an even worse situation. If the latter, then you have time to plan your escape. Planning it will be half the fun and will allow you to feel much more confident in your decision to leave as well as in the many more decisions that will be required to make it all happen.
Does your work/skills travel well? I there a big demand elsewhere?
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 07:51 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 01, 2011 07:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 07:51 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 01, 2011 07:52 PM (0BtzK)
I am too, actually. This place is a pretty amazing place. Most politics places are fully of angry shouty people who think that anyone who disagrees with them, no matter how slightly, are secretly in the employ of the enemy and are therefore worse than Hitler. Somehow we all are able to disagree amicably and still maintain this amazing place.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:52 PM (QAJGa)
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 07:53 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 01, 2011 07:54 PM (JMmQ9)
Do they get IP addresses? Do you the link lights come on? Usually there's a light on the router that indicates there's a live connection to a computer (when the computer is turned on). There may or may not be lights on the adapter in the laptop or desktop for link and activity. If those aren't coming on I'd say the wired networking side of the router is fried.
If there's a link but you're not getting an IP address DHCP might be disabled or broken in the router.
Network speed/duplex is usually set through the Advanced tab in the settings for the network adapter in the device manager. Had somebody with this problem when in a hotel a couple of weeks ago where the IP address, gateway, and dns server settings were all set correctly by DHCP but no traffic was getting through and he had to change the settings from auto to 10/half duplex for it to work.
Posted by: Heorot at July 01, 2011 07:55 PM (Kdo3L)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:55 PM (QAJGa)
Also, they checked my ponytail by hand. As if my little meager amount of hair is somehow a dangerous weapon.
Not sure what's worse - travel by plane or the bullshit we have to endure to get to the gate.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 07:56 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 07:56 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 07:57 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 01, 2011 11:51 PM (JMmQ9)
I will carry the black flag and their lands will tremble at my approach. Haha, that sounds like such fun! I wonder if the kittehs would be okay with it . . .
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 07:57 PM (afUO8)
I've been in FL for almost a year now, so it'll happen without me
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 07:58 PM (so1xa)
If she likes you, she will touch you. She will reach out and lightly slap your knee when she laughs "Oh! You are so silly/funny/such a dork!"
When she gets excited about a conversation, she might reach over and grab your arm or hand "No! I'm serious! I wanted to die!"
If she likes you she will not make a mad dash from your car at the end of the date.
If you ask her out again and she says "Yes" then she likes you.
Stop worrying about where it's going and enjoy each date for what it is: A chance to get to know someone well enough to decide whether you'd like to see them again. If the two of you have fun, then just go with it.
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 07:59 PM (piMMO)
. Nothing wrong with Applebees per se, but it's not a place I would often frequent if I got out of the basement *ahem* got out more.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 08:00 PM (c0A3e)
Now, however, we live on a heavily wooded lot, so nothing but sparklers for us now. Moreover, increasingly people hereabouts like to celebrate by shooting firearms into the air, so that's rather ruined the holiday anyway.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at July 01, 2011 08:00 PM (fjoLg)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 08:00 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 11:56 PM
If enough travelers said they're not going to fly as long as the Constitution is suspended in every airport, you'll be surprised at how quickly things get fixed.
Of course, we'd have to bail out the airlines once again
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:01 PM (so1xa)
Howie Carr can forget about pension plans woes now that Whitey's gonna have to rat out Billy.
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 08:01 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: ahem at July 01, 2011 08:01 PM (rF/ho)
FTFM
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:02 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 11:48 PM (dbYHP)
She has the kids to look after, its the law of nature that their interests move to top of the list. And of course she and they are tied to the father, loosely or not. The women who don't care a fig about their kids aren't worth bothering with.
As to her being right, well possibly, but like a baseball umpire, its her call to make.
So it should be in mind going in how it will be, and you accept it or move on.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:02 PM (CN+Qv)
It is. It was a ponytail that made Steven Seagal such a formidable Akido practitioner.
Too bad it did nothing for his acting abilities.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 08:02 PM (c0A3e)
Wish I could grab some pasta.... all this talk of restaurants is making me hungry.
And yes, italian is always a good bet. Who doesn't like italian?
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:03 PM (NSM+r)
Chemjeff, my advice was all kitchen centric.
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 08:03 PM (Fb9Q0)
To sum up a whole pile of vitriol: Linksys/Cisco wireless routers are crap. I have had at least five of them go Tango Uniform on me for no apparent reason. Their life expectancy (in my experience) is less than six months. The last one I had lasted two days- no kidding. Two. Friggin. Days.
The problems are manifold- primarily stemming from shitty hardware being driven by shitty firmware- I've had too much Valu-Rite to elaborate further and still be coherent.
Anyway, after the two-day fiasco I gave up on them and got a Belkin router. That was two years ago and it has been running flawlessly ever since.
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 01, 2011 11:52 PM (0BtzK)
I use Linksys routers. Currently using one that is at least 3 years old and working fine. The only reason I'm using this one and not the even older one is because someone else nearby got a router and I didn't want to hassle with changing its name when I could just switch it out with one already using a different name.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 08:04 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 08:04 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:04 PM (QAJGa)
I had some ideas from my 15 years of memories there. It was generally agreed that Tony's Darts Away on Magnolia Blvd would not be Moron-friendly for a meetup. I wish I could have made the LA meetup early in 2010, but at the time I barely could spare gas money to get to Santa Monica
Anyone for a Tampa or Orlando meetup? Maybe we could coordinate it with Rum's next trip to Disney World
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:04 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Richard at July 01, 2011 08:04 PM (qSBEX)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 11:56 PM (NSM+r)
Apparently they figured you could rip the secure door off the cockpit and take down the aircrew single handed.
On the other hand, the two lightsabres might have been an issue.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:04 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:06 PM (QAJGa)
chemjeff - I didn't catch the part about no furniture. OK let's go to plan B.
Stay tuned. Let me think of a Plan B.
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 08:06 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 08:06 PM (dbYHP)
I couldn't get near the mine though as it was all privately owned land.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 08:06 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 11:59 PM (piMMO)
If she doesn't like you, she will touch you. But there will be a tazer in her hand.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:06 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 08:07 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 02, 2011 12:03 AM
I don't
Posted by: Capt Spock at July 01, 2011 08:08 PM (so1xa)
If she doesn't like you, she will touch you. But there will be a tazer in her hand.
I guess dating for me is out of the question - anybody who touches me, woman or not, loses a limb for their offense.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 08:08 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Joffen at July 01, 2011 08:09 PM (EPcuy)
Of course, we'd have to bail out the airlines once again
Posted by: kbdabear at July 02, 2011 12:01 AM (so1xa)
/facepalm Maybe we should boycott air travel and NOT bailout the companies. Then they'll have to fight back too.
I've already told my mom that after this trip, we're driving everywhere. I do not want to be violated further.
I just wish more people would wake up.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:09 PM (NSM+r)
dude, remind me not to shake your hand then
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:09 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 08:09 PM (Fb9Q0)
You are welcome to come by next week and strategize and chew on some BBQ.
I'm leaning toward either Joe's American Bar and Grill or The Hollywood Way in Burbank. Solid places with good people and good food.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:10 PM (gYuf3)
I have this dread ... a movie review is coming ... the quiet is ominous ..
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:10 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 01, 2011 08:11 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Capt Spock at July 02, 2011 12:08 AM (so1xa)
Ha!
Well... you don't count, Vulcan.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:11 PM (NSM+r)
Of course, we'd have to bail out the airlines once again
Posted by: kbdabear at July 02, 2011 12:01 AM (so1xa)
/facepalm Maybe we should boycott air travel and NOT bailout the companies. Then they'll have to fight back too.
I've already told my mom that after this trip, we're driving everywhere. I do not want to be violated further.
I just wish more people would wake up.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 02, 2011 12:09 AM (NSM+r)
But Terrye just swears everything with airtravel is just awesome!
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 08:12 PM (oVQFe)
Thanks, y'all, you are the finest kind of people and your input means more than you know. Time to go pantsless and say my prayers and read myself to sleep.
A demain, mes amis.
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 08:12 PM (afUO8)
Reach out and touch someone!
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 08:12 PM (piMMO)
376
GOLD!! Just spanked out acouple of shifts + overtime at an E.R north of the homefront. The bank did love the cash flow...maybe now the daily phone in's will cease...how are U brother?
Posted by: Richard at July 01, 2011 08:12 PM (qSBEX)
that is the place where I skidded out on the ice and rear-ended an Allstate insurance agent
it was pretty damn miserable
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:13 PM (QAJGa)
Another good crank it up tune ---- Debra Laws, Very Special. Oh, and Bud Lights in perpetuity ---- Little Miss Spell Check, I'm warning you.
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 08:13 PM (Fb9Q0)
Don't hold Charlie Crist against us, he's now luring ambulance passengers with his orange powers!
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 08:13 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 08:13 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 01, 2011 08:13 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:14 PM (QAJGa)
Apparently they figured you could rip the secure door off the cockpit and take down the aircrew single handed.
On the other hand, the two lightsabres might have been an issue.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 02, 2011 12:04 AM (CN+Qv)
Who, me?
I did leave our weapons home this time. It was either shoes or lightsabers... 
Is the scanner really a test for mitochlorians (or whatever the heck the new force is)?
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:15 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 08:15 PM (FcR7P)
Don't hold Charlie Crist against us, he's now luring ambulance passengers with his orange powers!
Rubio, Scott, West....it's looking better all the time.
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 08:15 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 02, 2011 12:06 AM (dbYHP)
Sure - it's not always a fit. But it's human nature that in that situation, it would turn out that way..
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:15 PM (CN+Qv)
I've already told my mom that after this trip, we're driving everywhere. I do not want to be violated further.
I just wish more people would wake up.
I'm old enough to remember when families actually packed up the car and drove hundreds or thousands of miles on a vacation.
Airline fares were very expensive relative to income back then and gas was less than a dollar a gallon.
When I was a kid, I remember when the interstates weren't completed and you had long stretches on 2 lane US highways
I don't think the family car trip will make a comeback with Jugears war against any car with a range over 40 miles, and their fetish for choo-choos
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:16 PM (so1xa)
A doctor involved in horrific torture by Saddam HusseinÂ’s henchmen is working in British hospitals.
In an astonishing immigration scandal, border officials have allowed the suspected war criminal to treat thousands of British patients.
Dr Mohammed Kassim Al-Byati was given a permit to work as a doctor in the NHS by the Labour government in 2004.
I'm guessing he specializes in fingernail extractions for the NHS.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 08:16 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 01, 2011 08:16 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:16 PM (QAJGa)
Run for your lives!
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 02, 2011 12:14 AM (vbh31)
Better that than a flame trolling thread anyday
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:16 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 08:17 PM (Fb9Q0)
http://tinyurl.com/bj4n6t
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 12:07 AM (gYuf3)
Cryin' like a baby here, sifty. Thank you for this.
Posted by: Peaches at July 01, 2011 08:18 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:19 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 02, 2011 12:16 AM (so1xa)
True. When I was kid, we went on car trips a lot. Not for vacation, but we got to do some vacationy things on those trips.
Doesn't seem as though anything like that will be possible now. I want to RV across the country to visit places like Rushmore and some family scattered here and there - the price of gas is daunting.
Honestly, if trains were good, I'd be for them due to my hatred of flying machines. However, they are not viable - especially under government control.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:22 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:23 PM (QAJGa)
Good evening and good morning, friends.
I know only a few of you are interested in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case and its unraveling. I know even fewer of you cotton to Michael Savage.
But
You really ought to see what Savage is cooking re: DSK. There might be some "there" there with regards to the same people being behind setting up DSK and being bahind Obama.
And maybe not.
But you oughtta see for yourself. When you have the time and energy.
Posted by: Truman North at July 01, 2011 08:24 PM (K2wpv)
Honestly, if trains were good, I'd be for them due to my hatred of flying machines. However, they are not viable - especially under government control.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 02, 2011 12:22 AM (NSM+r)
Well maybe if you had yourself shipped in a cargo container.
For passengers, forget it.
In the 80s, I took a train from St Louis to Cincinnati. I had a choice of going via Chicago and spending a night there, or thru New Orleans.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:25 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:25 PM (NSM+r)
We'll be WINNING
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:25 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: Richard at July 01, 2011 08:25 PM (qSBEX)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 08:27 PM (dbYHP)
I know it sounds weird coming from a chemist, but I really don't know much about fireworks.
What would you recommend that I get? Something beyond mere sparklers that is.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:27 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2011 08:27 PM (FcR7P)
For passengers, forget it.
In the 80s, I took a train from St Louis to Cincinnati. I had a choice of going via Chicago and spending a night there, or thru New Orleans.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 02, 2011 12:25 AM (CN+Qv)
I just don't get the schedules. Here, they leave at 5am and take millions of detours to get to the destination. And from what I've read, they're never on time or even close to on time.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:27 PM (NSM+r)
AmishDude, is that you? Party like it's 2011........BC.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 01, 2011 08:29 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 12:25 AM (gYuf3)
In 1980 I had a college roomate who had been a Senate page, so he personally knew all the Dems that were going down like ninepins. Good times.
On the other hand, this blog took the least excitement over a historic victory last election I could imagine, so if SP dares to contribute to someone in New England we may never hear the end of it
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:29 PM (CN+Qv)
True. When I was kid, we went on car trips a lot. Not for vacation, but we got to do some vacationy things on those trips.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 02, 2011 12:22 AMRemember when dad would turn around and yell "If you kids don't stop it I'm turning this car around RIGHT NOW"
Yeh dad, we're 800 miles from home. You'll turn the car around ...
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:29 PM (so1xa)
Bottle rockets, Roman Candles...
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 08:30 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:30 PM (gYuf3)
I just don't get the schedules. Here, they leave at 5am and take millions of detours to get to the destination. And from what I've read, they're never on time or even close to on time.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 02, 2011 12:27 AM (NSM+r)
When you don't have to make money, why have things make sense?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:31 PM (CN+Qv)
Heh. A useless threat, indeed.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:31 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 11:45 PM (QAJGa)
So, a little story courtesy of a friend. She had moved to a new company and was looking for some companionship at a cafe, so she started having lunch with this guy. After a couple of weeks, she hinted that perhaps they should see each other socially outside of lunch, and he told his tale.
About a year previously, he was determined to get into the dating scene, so he chatted up a young lady and asked her out for dinner. At the end of the night, he leaned in and gave her a peck on the cheek at her door. When he called later for a possible return bout, she informed him that he was "fresh" and she wouldn't see him again.
Casting his line into the sea, again, he took another young lady out for dinner. He was more cautious this time, and constantly looked for some sort of signal that she might be receptive -- but never got one. Still, she was good company, so it was quite a surprise when she turned him down a week later for another date. "Are you a complete n00b?", she asked, "you didn't even kiss me goodnight."
Tenacity in the face of adversity is an absolute "must have", so he cast about for another young lady. After dinner, this one suggested that they head over to her place to decompress a bit. While sitting on her couch, he caught something out of the corner of his eye and turned around....to discover her coming at him armed with a kitchen knife. He hurriedly extracted himself from the situation (without injury).
"So," he told my friend, "I've been dumped for being too fast, dumped for being too slow, and attacked with a knife -- and I've decided that I'm done with dating in the 90's."
Hope your date #2 goes better.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 01, 2011 08:32 PM (kaalw)
That's just sad. There's empty subsidized trains in LA when there is NO DIRECT TRAIN SERVICE to two different cities that are just 1 hour (KC) and 2 hours (Lincoln, Omaha) away from me. And worth visiting too!
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:32 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: Richard at July 01, 2011 08:32 PM (qSBEX)
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 12:30 AM (gYuf3)
With luck you may see two collide again when the engineer is on his IPhone.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:32 PM (CN+Qv)
This clown has his way, we'll be groped before they'll allow us to get onto the freeway
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:33 PM (so1xa)
When you don't have to make money, why have things make sense?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 02, 2011 12:31 AM (CN+Qv)
True. They only run to keep that government check coming. Welfare on tracks.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:33 PM (NSM+r)
Might you be paying for a wireless provider and have forgotten about it?
Thats a good question. All I know is when I fired up the laptop it connected to a wireless signal, but a signal with my exact router name, the same one I use at home with my router. It was very weird.
Posted by: Berserker at July 01, 2011 08:34 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 08:34 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 02, 2011 12:32 AM (QAJGa)
Drive your car. The train would only be taking four people anyway.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:34 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 08:34 PM (NtTkA)
Might you be paying for a wireless provider and have forgotten about it?
Thats a good question. All I know is when I fired up the laptop it connected to a wireless signal, but a signal with my exact router name, the same one I use at home with my router. It was very weird.
Posted by: Berserker at July 02, 2011 12:34 AM (FMbng)
Secured or unsecured connection. And did you actually change your router's name or just use the default.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 08:36 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Richard at July 01, 2011 08:36 PM (qSBEX)
Later she's talking about administering last rights to dying aliens.
That's when I realize: the aliens are the only thing she's said all night that might not be bullshit.
Posted by: WeekendAtBernankes at July 01, 2011 08:36 PM (xLA6w)
Posted by: Unfrozen Caveman Date Advice at July 01, 2011 08:36 PM (GfhFm)
If you drag them by the feet they fill up with dirt.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:37 PM (gYuf3)
FNC had a report on people who rented cars and enjoyed the trip from NY to LA by car
Much of it is enjoyable, but when you're in the middle of nowhere on 1-10 or I-40 you see a plane overhead and know that flight will land at LAX before you get to Amarillo
Still, I love the drive from LA to SF either up the PCH or the 101
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:38 PM (so1xa)
Train crashes are bad juju.
I was working in Northridge at 2K when that went down. Awful.
But, again, city bus drivers union goons shouldn't be given the keys to a train.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:39 PM (gYuf3)
Even in Europe, trains aren't all that.
A few years back, I was in Paris on bizness and had to make a quick trip to Germany instead of going back to England as planned. Ok, change the ultra fast rail Paris->London to a nearly as fast train to the Rhineland near Cologne.
But to get back to England from Germany by train - non-possible. I ended up having to get a long drive to an airport in an old airbase and taking a midnight puddle jumper to some crazy airport near London and training in from there.
Go go with the flow, trains can work. You don't, and you are screwed.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:40 PM (CN+Qv)
A brief comeback you say???
G'evening y'all, from Des Moines, IA. 5491 miles so far and still counting.
And I'd like to thank God for the entertainment He provided this evening, a beautiful lightning show over western Iowa.
Although if I happen to find myself some more entertainment this evening, it'd probably be better if He were looking the other way
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 08:40 PM (4g8mr)
That's the Spartan way as well.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 02, 2011 12:38 AM (c0A3e)
Except the Spartan is hitting a boy on the head.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:41 PM (CN+Qv)
You know what Iowa stands for, right?
Idiots Out Walking Around
no wonder it's the first caucus of the presidential election season!
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 08:42 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: derit at July 02, 2011 12:34 AM
We love to share Cuatro de Julio with 4 million of our neighbors.
Posted by: Undocumented Pharmaceuticals Distributors in L.A. at July 01, 2011 08:42 PM (so1xa)
You know what Iowa stands for, right?
Idiots Out Walking Around
no wonder it's the first caucus of the presidential election season!
Posted by: chemjeff at July 02, 2011 12:42 AM (QAJGa)
Don't knock it, if NCRef plays his cards right he can pick the nominee tonite
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:43 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:43 PM (gYuf3)
Hi there, NC Ref. Hope you're enjoying your cross-country drive.
/And if you see my great-grandmother, please say hi. She lives by the Field of Dreams.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 08:43 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 08:44 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 02, 2011 12:42 AM (4g8mr)
Hi NC. Get a coney in Cincy as you pass thru.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:44 PM (CN+Qv)
You all rock and I will never wear the sock....
M&M'S forever!
Happy Independence Day
tighty-night
Posted by: Richard at July 01, 2011 08:44 PM (qSBEX)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 02, 2011 12:40 AM
That's one thing I like about this time of year down here. FL is the lightning capitol of the world and there's usually a good show almost every night
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:44 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 08:45 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: fluffy dawg at July 01, 2011 08:45 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 02, 2011 12:44 AM (so1xa)
Maybe someone is trying to smite you one?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:46 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:46 PM (NSM+r)
Hi there, NC Ref. Hope you're enjoying your cross-country drive.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 02, 2011 12:43 AM
If you've been snapping pics of your road trip, we'd all love to see them on Y-frog or Twitpic
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:46 PM (so1xa)
That's what she said...Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 08:47 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 08:47 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 08:48 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 08:48 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 02, 2011 12:45 AM (c0A3e)
Oh I thought you were talking about the Sparta in Greece, not the one in Georgia.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:49 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 08:49 PM (HjxoE)
Alone again. As usual.
Hey soulpile! Did someone forward you all the pics I sent? There are more coming.....
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 08:49 PM (4g8mr)
By the time he strokes out Chicklets will be the largest employer in California and the Chinese troops landing on the beaches will be carrying Chinese-Spanish translation books.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:50 PM (gYuf3)
You have no idea. Soon, my friend.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 08:50 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: derit at July 02, 2011 12:48 AM (FQlFL)
They can't get the valley out of LA, doubt they can get the south away from Sacramento
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:50 PM (CN+Qv)
Which is why Cali must be declared Exterminatus before it's too late.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 08:51 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 08:52 PM (NtTkA)
Temecula and Orange County can't do it alone.
Fontucky and Riverside ain't letting go of the sweet sweet gumint tittehs.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:52 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 12:50 AM (gYuf3)
Given the choice, I'll take the Reds.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:53 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 08:54 PM (oVQFe)
Day one
I-78 in Bethlehem PA .. nice warm day, construction mess not cleaned up. Truck wheel catches 2x4 and flings it into the fender of my car on the trailer ..
I-81 Winchester VA ... beautiful sunset and beautiful countryside, only disappointed it will be dark as I go through Shenandoah Valley
I-81 20 miles south ofBristol TN ... misjudged mileage on truck, testing the theory that if you suck in your ass cheeks tight enough, you can get an extra 25 miles on fumes. It worked
I-81 Bulls Gap TN ... most comfy bed I've ever slept in in my life at the Comfort Inn ... never wanted to get out of that bed
Cont'd ...
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 08:54 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 01, 2011 08:54 PM (Q7bfA)
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 12:52 AM (gYuf3)
Well the gubment might let them go - are they as high on the pecking order as unions and pensioners?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 08:55 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 08:57 PM (NtTkA)
We don't send checks to the IE to help them. We send checks so they'll stay home.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 08:57 PM (gYuf3)
Seems suspicious. Has he ever actually stated that he's, you know, single?
Posted by: Clueless at July 01, 2011 08:58 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 08:58 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 02, 2011 12:49 AM (4g8mr)
Nope, not yet.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 08:59 PM (NSM+r)
Just so I don't have to meet Sallie Mae again!!! I think I'm still tired from running away.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 09:00 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 09:00 PM (FQlFL)
Seems suspicious. Has he ever actually stated that he's, you know, single?
Posted by: Clueless at July 02, 2011 12:58 AM (piMMO)
Yes she said he's said he's "100% single"
And yeah my first thought was also married or girlfriend.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 09:01 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 02, 2011 12:57 AM (NtTkA)
Jeez you have to use force to keep youths of today off the damn phones.
I bet there's ten other indications you could find all pointing the same way.
For one thing, why not blow off going home to be with your honey? Even once?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:01 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 09:01 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: fluffy dawg at July 01, 2011 09:02 PM (4Kl5M)
Yes she said he's said he's "100% single"
And yeah my first thought was also married or girlfriend.
Posted by: buzzion at July 02, 2011 01:01 AM (oVQFe)
Bzzz - wrong answer.
There's another.
If he said 110 percent single, that means he has two wives.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:02 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 02, 2011 12:59 AM (NSM+r)
OK can I email them to you through your blog? Or ask someone to send me your address.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 09:02 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:03 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 09:03 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: fluffy dawg at July 01, 2011 09:03 PM (4Kl5M)
I-40 TN Sunny day in TN and the view is spectacular. Hate the governor on the truck that pushes the pedal back to keep speed at 65 mph. Within a few hours it feels like my right leg has been twisted completely around
I-40 Little Rock AR - tornado warnings, and the skies look very ominous but no telltale green yet. North of Little Rock the hail and wind starts, get to a rest stop and hope the storm doesn't blow away everything I own
I-40 Western AR .. you'd think the pavement in Clinton's home state would get the lions share of funding and be smooth as a baby's ass. It rattled my teeth all the way to Ft Smith and smoothed out beautifully in OK
Cont'd ...
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 09:03 PM (so1xa)
He is looking for someone to party with during the week and then go home to wifey on the weekends.
Most guys have dreams of having a woman in every port, but some act on the dreams and hurt lots of people.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:03 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 01, 2011 09:03 PM (kaalw)
late to the party but that firework chart is bull shit.
In PA most fireworks are illegal with some lame exceptions. I had to drive to ohio to get real fireworks
Posted by: Ben at July 01, 2011 09:03 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:04 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 01, 2011 09:05 PM (Dzj8C)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:05 PM (dbYHP)
In PA most fireworks are illegal with some lame exceptions. I had to drive to ohio to get real fireworks
I dunno if I ever told you this story, but my sister tried to go into some large firework store near the MD border and the cop at the door wouldn't even let her look at the firework stocks without the appropriate permit.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:05 PM (c0A3e)
He is looking for someone to party with during the week and then go home to wifey on the weekends.
Most guys have dreams of having a woman in every port, but some act on the dreams and hurt lots of people.
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 01:03 AM (gYuf3)
Oh I know. I told her that when she mentioned it to me. I said it would be really interesting if she ever mentions going home on the weekend with him and what his response to that would be.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 09:06 PM (oVQFe)
oh and happy canada day to the canuck morons. Congrats on becoming free of england and yet maintaining the queen as your head of state.
good work.
Posted by: Ben at July 01, 2011 09:07 PM (DKV43)
OK can I email them to you through
your blog? Or ask someone to send me your address.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 02, 2011 01:02 AM (4g8mr)
Sure. My address should be available on the Yahoo group.
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 09:07 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:07 PM (HjxoE)
Not all Spartans were put into a blind rage by the influence of Ares...
/btw, I did not like that turn at the end of GoW3 - all Kratos had to do was forgive himself to unlock the power of hope? Seemed very contrived...oh well, it was adequate enough to keep the plot moving.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:07 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 09:08 PM (NtTkA)
offer pancakes in cave
Woman laugh and sic sabertooth Honey Badger on you.
Posted by: another caveman heard from at July 01, 2011 09:08 PM (gYuf3)
Yeah, well, I didn't want the M'ettes to kick me repeatedly with their stompy boots.
Or do I? Hmmm.....
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 09:08 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 01, 2011 09:09 PM (Q7bfA)
A laser pointer?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:09 PM (c0A3e)
I dunno if I ever told you this story, but my sister tried to go into some large firework store near the MD border and the cop at the door wouldn't even let her look at the firework stocks without the appropriate permit.
funny you mention that, i drove to boardman ohio (about 1 hour away) and most of the cars in the parking lot had PA License plates. There were three Ohio State police officers right outside the store. As I was walking towards the store I was concerned they were going to keep PA residents out, but they were just checking for matches, lighters, etc.
However I did have to sign some form to buy the fireworks.
God Bless America.
Posted by: Ben at July 01, 2011 09:10 PM (DKV43)
Guilty.
Been a Keb Mo fan for years. That song is my anthem when I get concrete fever.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:10 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 09:10 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:11 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Ben at July 02, 2011 01:10 AM (DKV43)
Wait, someone goes TO Ohio for crackers?
Ohioans go to Tenn!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:11 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Unfrozen Caveman Date Advice at July 01, 2011 09:11 PM (GfhFm)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 09:11 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:12 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 09:12 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:13 PM (gYuf3)
It's on the ONT shirt threads, under my nom de plume. Easiest way to find it.Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 09:14 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:14 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: soulpile is.. expendable, s.a. at July 01, 2011 09:15 PM (NSM+r)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 02, 2011 01:14 AM (HjxoE)
Nah, but since you did it, its boring to see it again. Make up some new stunts dammit!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:16 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:17 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:17 PM (dbYHP)
Story-wise, the first GoW is the best. While Kratos of course is the main attraction, he was part of a bigger conflict amongst the gods themselves. At and ever since GoW2, Kratos is now everything, with the gods being a very distant second. Only Athena had anything approaching the prominence as Kratos (Zeus was absent for most of GoW3), and you know how that turned out.
But then again, who plays GoW for the plot?
In that type of game, the plot only needs to be enough to drive forward and justify the actions. However, had GoW3 included a better plot, it would have transcended into something past brutally awesome. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:18 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2011 09:18 PM (Qbjwa)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:18 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 09:18 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 01, 2011 09:19 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: garrett at July 02, 2011 01:18 AM (Qbjwa)
they don't chase you when they are 'it'
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:19 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:19 PM (dbYHP)
The makers of GoW are fools for not putting you on the payroll.
You do more for my chances of buying that expensive piece of addictive plastic than all their ads combined.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:19 PM (gYuf3)
Dammit man, forcing me to admit to my childish desires
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:21 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at July 02, 2011 01:19 AM (NtTkA)
Oddly, though, they are able to project that mowing the lawn or cleaning their room is no fun. No need to discover that on their own.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:21 PM (CN+Qv)
The bar is pretty low in my family.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:21 PM (gYuf3)
I-40 Oklahoma City has to be the most rural big city in the world. Welcome to OKC sign, but don't see anything but prairie for miles
I-40 Texas Panhandle one hour east of Amarillo. OJ verdict being read. Hope the SOB is found guilty, but worry over whether riots will ensue in L.A.
I-40 Palo Duro Canyon - amazing how fast the land changes just west of Amarillo. Looks like a moonscape
I-40 Tucumcari NM - high winds make driving a more physical chore along with the gas pedal pushing back. See a plane flying over and wish I was on it. At Tucumcari truck stop, the TV is covering the OJ verdict. Celebrations from black truckers disgust me
I-40 Albuquerque - the valley looks fantastic with the low sun hitting the mountains.
I-40 Grants NM - fantastic sunset almost makes me forget the winds and the evil torturing gas pedal
I-40 Eastern AZ - winds have subsided, dark and clear. You can see even the smallest town for miles in the desert at night
I-40 - Flagstaff AZ - much cooler up here, windy and chilly but it looks like a gorgeous town even in the dark
Cont'd
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 09:22 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 02, 2011 01:19 AM (dbYHP)
Hopefully its after they leave school, though.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:23 PM (CN+Qv)
Flagstaff AZ - much cooler up here, windy and chilly but it looks like a gorgeous town even in the dark
Stop for a scone!
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2011 09:24 PM (Qbjwa)
Posted by: W.C. Varones at July 01, 2011 09:24 PM (L7YoZ)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:25 PM (HjxoE)
Boomers would remember what bottlerockets shot along the ground were called in less sensitive times ..
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 09:25 PM (so1xa)
You could here it wiggle it's way up the pipe right to where it exploded underneath his washing machine. I think it was his washing machine. Whatever it was, it made a "gong" like a fucking steeple bell.
My goodness, I would so kick my younger ass today.
Posted by: That guy that brings nothing to the conversation but doesn't say anything bannable...yet at July 01, 2011 09:26 PM (5eTws)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:26 PM (gYuf3)
Boomers would remember what bottlerockets shot along the ground were called in less sensitive times ..
You are on my short list, buddy.
Posted by: Maureen Dowdd at July 01, 2011 09:27 PM (Qbjwa)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:29 PM (dbYHP)
Don't get me wrong, I'm not disapproving, I'm totally down with this. But I'm single so I lack a woman to test this theory with.
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 09:29 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 01, 2011 09:30 PM (HjxoE)
He's living with someone or married.
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 12:55 AM (gYuf3)
Yep. Buy her a copy of He's Just Not That Into You. Make sure she reads every page.
Posted by: Storm at July 01, 2011 09:30 PM (AZFgs)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:31 PM (dbYHP)
Keep the wife bowlegged and sitting on frozen peas Sunday morning and you'll never have to worry about what she's doing on Saturday night.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:31 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 02, 2011 01:17 AM (dbYHP)
It's called wisdom.
Posted by: Storm at July 01, 2011 09:31 PM (AZFgs)
Again, sifty, you're too kind.
I'm just a fan-boy; GoW is one of the few things I truly geek-out on. But had Stig Asmussen (the director for GoW3) taken my advice and made the plot better, the finished product would not have been as good as it came out, as the action would have undoubtedly suffered for it. For example, I would not have had the Blade of Olympus in that game. In GoW3, Kratos plows through several higher-tier Greek gods like they were nothing, even though it was established in the game series that the gods could grow to tremendous size for combat. (And Ares was a bitch to kill, requiring 3 different fight scenes).
In the beginning of GoW3, had I some creative control, I would have had Kratos destroy the Blade of Olympus (by melting it down or something), thereby weakening the rest of the gods, denying them truly god-lie powers, but yet still being formidable foes. So...yeah, better that I had nothing to do with the production formation. But I can make a hell of a mascot,
. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:32 PM (c0A3e)
Get the fuck off my lawn.
Posted by: jcjimi at July 01, 2011 09:33 PM (5eTws)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:33 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Robert at July 02, 2011 01:29 AM (4ixH5)
Experts say that you should never listen to experts.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:33 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 09:34 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: The Dude at July 01, 2011 09:34 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: buzzion at July 02, 2011 01:34 AM (oVQFe)
The Redneck Rocket Launcher.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:35 PM (c0A3e)
Yep. Buy her a copy of He's Just Not That Into You. Make sure she reads every page.
Posted by: Storm at July 02, 2011 01:30 AM (AZFgs)
Or the book "Get a clue you silly girl"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2011 09:35 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 02, 2011 01:31 AM (dbYHP)
I'm not religious but...I could convert...
Keep the wife bowlegged and sitting on frozen peas Sunday morning and you'll never have to worry about what she's doing on Saturday night.
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 01:31 AM (gYuf3)
That should be in Psalms.
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 09:35 PM (4ixH5)
Kingman AZ - Thankful that I-40 heads south for miles as a 60 mph wind from the north makes the truck and trailer rather squirrelly
I-40 Mojave Desert - don't drive this without a sizeable bottle of water with you. High dry winds actually chap your lips inside of a truck. Stop for gas in the middle of the desert, and the proprietor's prices tell you he knows you don't want to run out of gas out there
I-15 Cajon Pass - no winds here, only a little over an hour till I'm home. Quite an adventure towing a trailer with an actuator brake down that grade ... shift into lower gear and the trailer is pushing and braking on its own.
Finally home in L.A. - get things out of the truck and take the car off the trailer. Go inside for a minute and when I get back out, someone has stolen a leather bomber jacket I've had and loved for 15 years. Welcome to L.A.
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 09:36 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:36 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 09:36 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: Sistrum at July 01, 2011 09:37 PM (rltQl)
Experts say that you should never listen to experts.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 02, 2011 01:33 AM (CN+Qv)
I'm thinking they might be on to something here.
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 09:37 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:37 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: fluffy at July 01, 2011 09:38 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Sistrum at July 02, 2011 01:37 AM (rltQl)
if you want big, you need Gary, Indiana
Posted by: The Dude at July 01, 2011 09:38 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: Sistrum at July 02, 2011 01:37 AM (rltQl)
< Um, I'm thinking you are about 1 click away from Irvine Blvd and 17th street. Just down from Mi Casa.
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 09:39 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:40 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:40 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: buzzion at July 02, 2011 01:34 AM (oVQFe)
The Redneck Rocket Launcher.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 02, 2011 01:35 AM (c0A3e)
Well that's actually kind of cool. At least cooler than a single bottle rocket launched. The thing is that ours didn't go up. They went out at ground level.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 09:41 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 02, 2011 01:36 AM (HjxoE)
Actually, if I could get a DNA sample of you for my Clone-a-matic 9000, that would be great.
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 09:41 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:42 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 01, 2011 09:42 PM (so1xa)
The 6 Raunchiest, Most Depraved Sex Acts from the Bible
/It's from Cracked, just as a warning.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:43 PM (c0A3e)
I've got money, don't you want my money Gabe?
Posted by: The Dude at July 01, 2011 09:44 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:45 PM (HjxoE)
Again, thanks m'lady, but I have had over a year to think about it.
/Did you think GoW3 dragged during the 2/3rd mark, with the Labyrinth? It wasn't that bad, but the story kinda slowed down.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:45 PM (c0A3e)
sifty - what we could do is set up a "preliminary" L.A. Moron meetup next week somewhere around Burbank and figure we will be there and whoever wants to join can.
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 09:46 PM (Fb9Q0)
Or the book "Get a clue you silly girl"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 02, 2011 01:35 AM (CN+Qv)
Same book, different title. She needs to find one, poor dear.
Posted by: Storm at July 01, 2011 09:47 PM (AZFgs)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 09:50 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:50 PM (HjxoE)
Definitely.
I've already got a BBQ planned for next Saturday at my place in Burbank that I've been pimpin like Harvey Keitel.
I'm on the facebook thing. Just look for the guy there that looks dumb enough to be me and you can't miss.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:52 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:54 PM (HjxoE)
Some of their stuff is funny, no doubt.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 09:54 PM (gYuf3)
Why, may I ask?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 02, 2011 01:48 AM (c0A3e)
Probably with their stupid little digs and outright hostility towards conservatism.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 09:55 PM (oVQFe)
Yes, it was filler to a) justify getting Pandora and b) expanding the game for 2-3 hours.
For the story, God of War was a victim of it's own success. From the first game, it was quite clear that GoW was only meant to be comprised of one game. After GoW became wildly popular, the story was expanded upon to milk the Kratos-gravy train for Sony as much as possible.
Now, my namesake is over-exposed, being in an MK game of all things. Geez.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 09:56 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 09:56 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Berserker at July 01, 2011 09:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: journolist at July 01, 2011 09:58 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 09:59 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2011 01:38 AM (4Kl5M)
Maybe they called it something different like the Damascus Dip?
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 09:59 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:00 PM (HjxoE)
How do smarter people than me handle this stuff?
Some of you shut-ins must contact each other. Ideas?
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 10:00 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:01 PM (c0A3e)
How do smarter people than me handle this stuff?
Some of you shut-ins must contact each other. Ideas?
Posted by: sifty at July 02, 2011 02:00 AM (gYuf3)
Make a throw away e-mail address?
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 10:02 PM (oVQFe)
Wow, only South Carolina has a ban on fireworks smaller than 3 inches tall or half an inch wide; I believe the actual wording of the law is, "Section VII: Fireworks: Don't bring that weak-ass shit in here."
Posted by: LexisTexas at July 01, 2011 10:03 PM (Cn396)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 10:03 PM (dbYHP)
So noted.
Maybe they called it something different like the Damascus Dip?
No, that's Isaiah 17, a prophecy against Damascus, where it is foretold that Damascus shall "cease to be a city".
I wish I could quote that to Bashir Assad directly,
. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:04 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:04 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 02, 2011 02:01 AM (c0A3e)
Heh, DK is on the list at 10 and they're talking about his need for another good game. They just had one come out on the Wii last year that is much more in the veing of Donkey Kong Country.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 10:05 PM (oVQFe)
Was just there today. I was early, dammit! Had to see someone around the south side where Josephine and University meet. Nice neighborhood.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:05 PM (4g8mr)
Maybe not for this case, because GoW3 was so epic in scope and it's release for the PS3 was a big f'ing deal (to quote Slow Joe), but it's possible the first game could outlive the rest. Time will tell.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:06 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:07 PM (c0A3e)
that should do it.
Damned internet with the hula hoops and ice cream sodas and meddlin kids.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 10:07 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 02, 2011 02:01 AM (dbYHP)
The Tigris Tickle?
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 10:08 PM (4ixH5)
I did appreciate that GoW3 tried to flesh out Kratos' character more, and there were a few moments where he showed had some vestiges of humanity instead of being only a mere whirlwind of destruction.
But still, Kratos' is still a pretty 1D character.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:08 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:09 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: davidt at July 01, 2011 10:09 PM (GfhFm)
How do smarter people than me handle this stuff?
Caulk marks on a postal box, comrade. It works every time--Aldrich Ames told me so.
Shit, I can actually see a future where we'll have to engage in covert operations if commies at Newsweek have the gall to openly question the Constitution.
Posted by: derit at July 01, 2011 10:10 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: LexisTexas at July 02, 2011 02:03 AM (Cn396)
no, it's more like no quarter or half sticks of dynamite
Posted by: The Dude at July 01, 2011 10:10 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 10:10 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:10 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 10:12 PM (gYuf3)
So I'm reffin' this game, an easy one, 15 or 16 year old boys, and the coach starts jumping on me right from the kickoff!
Hey Ref! You gotta run if you want to stay in the game!
Ref! Do you have any idea what you're doing out there?
C'mon Ref! Awww Ref, you act like you don't even care what you're doing out there!
So after about 10 minutes of this, I go over and tell him that if he doesn't like what I'm doing out there, he's welcome to tell ME, but if he keeps telling EVERYBODY, he will not even get to see the end of the first half.
He looks at me with this dumbfounded look on his face, and then points over my shoulder. "Hey JEFF! Come here a sec."
Me: "Oops, my bad."
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:14 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: Jeff's Dad at July 01, 2011 10:17 PM (GfhFm)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 10:17 PM (dbYHP)
Zero points for originality. But I will laugh at good ones that I hear on the field.
Best one recently: "Hey, ref! I found your cell phone. I know its yours because its got a bunch of missed calls!"
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:19 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:23 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:26 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:28 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 10:28 PM (dbYHP)
Speaking of the end, I thought it was a good one, in the context of the whole "hope" thing. Thoughts?
/And I knew my mistrust of Athena was justified. The gods are indeed petty and pathetic - it just took Athena being "transformed" for it to show through.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:29 PM (c0A3e)
Don't recall seeing the Cleveland Steamer in the New Testament.
What he means, sir, is Old Testament situations. Real Wrath-of-God-type stuff! Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies... Rivers and seas boiling...
Posted by: Ray Stantz at July 01, 2011 10:30 PM (BSWJE)
The ref's know me, so I always try to take the piss out of them
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:30 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:32 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:34 PM (HjxoE)
that's funny, my hubby and I were just discussing the 3 p's. This particular ref is a horse's patoot, so getting him riled up was job one for me
It got the crowd going, which got the players going...you know the drill.Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:39 PM (HjxoE)
And Kratos, dude get some rest brother. Do you know what time it is???
Since I don't have kids, I don't have to worry about where they are. And it's only 11:36 pm. Oh wait, that's the time where you are.
.
I'll get to bed soon enough, but thanks for looking out for my welfare.
696
691 - I did, as well. Yeah Athena was, what, the flesh laid bare, as it
were. I admit, I did like the whole "hope" bit. I thought it tied the
series together nicely.
So while I'll complain half-heatedly about the GoW plot, it had some really unique plays on Greek mythology in general. And GoW really caught on to the Greek god's petulant and all-too human emotional characteristics.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:42 PM (c0A3e)
Yep. I go to baseball games and yell at the umps. You pays your money, you gets to voice your opinions! Just so you know when to stop so you get to see the end of the match.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:43 PM (4g8mr)
/One of many GoW3 plot holes.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 01, 2011 10:44 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:45 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 10:46 PM (dbYHP)
Speaking of which...I'm in IA, supposedly central time, but my hotel clock says its 245. My cpu and phone are on EST, my car clock is on PST, and I have no idea what time it really is. If I have enough valu-rite, does it even matter?
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:48 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:50 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 10:53 PM (HjxoE)
found this gem again while mining youtube.
Remember hearing this in my Dad's '76 F150 while learning to drive on the way back home from Charlie's Chuckhouse.
http://tinyurl.com/6axujvh
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 10:53 PM (gYuf3)
I did a state cup game last month where one of the parents was jumping on his kid telling him "if he didn't want to play hard, they'd find a nice challenge team for him next year." Although it was definitely abusive, he only said it twice. The second time he said it, I told myself if I hear it one more time, that parent is gone. Fortunately for everyone, the dumbass shut his mouth (encouraged by other parents) before we had to get involved.
But one of my secret pleasures as a ref is getting between an abusive parent and their child, and telling them "even though its YOUR kid, that kind of behavior will not continue or you will leave." Even more fun is when they try to test me on this.
After which, they lose, and all the other parents thank me for dealing with it. Out of earshot of the jackass, of course.Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 10:54 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at July 01, 2011 10:56 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 11:04 PM (HjxoE)
In 2011, Cracked is the unfunny compilation of "8 Most/Worst/Biggest _______" lists nobody asked for, that takes in fifth-rate blog writers who aren't good enough for EW.com's "Hits and Misses" column.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 01, 2011 11:05 PM (RCaEN)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 01, 2011 11:05 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:06 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 01, 2011 11:06 PM (4g8mr)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 01, 2011 11:08 PM (RCaEN)
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:10 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2011 11:15 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 01, 2011 11:15 PM (RCaEN)
Another suggestion for good clean fun: But a couple dozen 2 lb propane bottles and scatter them around. Add a burning flare. Back off about 60 yards and let rip with the AR, pistols, etc. Hollywood grade firebombs ensue.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at July 01, 2011 11:17 PM (Mp2zy)
In three years it will be twelve limp dicks, 20 million illegals and a vineyard.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:18 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 02, 2011 02:04 AM (c0A3e)
Wasn't "Damascus Dip" Bashar's nickname in High School?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 01, 2011 11:18 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Milo at July 01, 2011 11:19 PM (3GLzu)
Posted by: Truman North at July 01, 2011 11:22 PM (K2wpv)
Because you are an evil sinner who is going straight to Hell to roast for a trillion years.
Or could be anything, really.
Posted by: sifty at July 01, 2011 11:24 PM (gYuf3)
Posted by: nike free at July 02, 2011 03:25 AM (eIj/Z)
Take your commie shit elsewhere, buddy, this here's a FREE blog!
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2011 11:39 PM (4ixH5)
Liberals ought to be proud of themselves; it seems they really can do anything. They were able to take the best place on earth to live, and transform it into somewhere to get away from as quickly as possible.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 01, 2011 11:39 PM (RCaEN)
Posted by: Milo at July 02, 2011 12:01 AM (3GLzu)
Posted by: Milo at July 02, 2011 12:04 AM (3GLzu)
Posted by: Jackie at July 02, 2011 12:27 AM (3AtlR)
And y'all are some funny mofos. But now I must sleep pass out in a drunken stupor.
Don't forget to watch our wimmens win again tomorrow morning! G'night everybody!
Posted by: NC Ref at July 02, 2011 12:32 AM (4g8mr)
Yes we can get fireworks here. When I was a kid some of the teenagers with access to an auto make quite a living driving over the border to SC and buying fireworks to bootleg back to GA.
Columbus cause the ice age? Horseshit. That buys into the whole CO2 myth. Besides that, the current thought among many people is that the huge die-off of native-americans actually occurred before Columbus.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 12:58 AM (M9Ie6)
I read that Cracked version of meeting his first prostitute; he was 19, it didn't happen to me until my mid twenties. Talk about a sheltered life. I was Vegas my first night in the 80s when this woman jumped on the elevator with me.
At least she didn't beat around the bush (heh) but got right down to it. Kinda tall, decent build, but not a real attractive face. She asked if I wanted company for the evening. Being a curious sort, I asked what she charged. She wanted $100 for an hour. My total gambling budget was set at $100 per day in losses.
I said no thanks but thanks for the info. I never have directly paid for sex and doubt it will ever happen. Ultimately, if you are having sex with a woman you end up paying somehow. At least there is a human connection (good) vs a business deal (not so good).
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 02, 2011 12:58 AM (ENKCw)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 12:59 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: jcjimi at July 02, 2011 01:11 AM (5eTws)
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Posted by: NC Ref at July 02, 2011 01:21 AM (4g8mr)
Posted by: Uddercha0s at July 02, 2011 01:28 AM (sWBlL)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2011 02:17 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:11 AM (M9Ie6)
Obama's at Camp David. It's a shame Marine One isn't due for extensive repairs. He could stay there a while.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 02, 2011 03:14 AM (Fo83G)
I have a bunch of news to post. Wonder if we will get a new open thread or if we have this one until noon.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:17 AM (M9Ie6)
Around five years ago I was in Montreal for a week. One night I went down to the hotel bar and there was a half dozen other guys that seemed to be part of some group also at the bar. After a little while the house prostitute sits down next to me and starts chatting me up, she was no doubt super hot. She worked for almost an hour but the thing is, no way am I paying five hundred plus dollars for going through the motions sex. She finally leaves but those six morons thought she was actually hitting on me and I was the luckiest bastard around. I let them think it for a little while but they wouldn't let it go so I told them what she was. After I did I could see the gears working in some of them, deciding if they could afford it, actually go through with it, etc.
Fuck'n idiots.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 02, 2011 03:26 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:29 AM (M9Ie6)
Off to the Poconos today for some golf and gambling...I'm sure I'll get my money's worth of both.
Watch ya'll up to?
Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2011 03:31 AM (cU588)
Posted by: Pecos Bill at July 02, 2011 03:31 AM (j84s0)
Illegal Net Neutrality rules second iteration (otherwise known as lets take control of the internet) go to Obama for approval
This article doesnÂ’t give the clear picture on this totally illegal power grab. The Dems first tried to get this crap passed in Congress when they had a clear majority in both houses. They failed. Next Obama tried to push it through the FCC with one of his executive fiat methods. The FCC was sued and the federal court told the FCC that they did not have the authority to do this.
What has changed since then? In short nothing. They simply reissued the rules and are pushing them out again costing internet companies more money to sue them again. Obama and his goons show a clear disdain for the will of the American people, for the will of congress and the rule of law, and they have gone honey badger on court rulings they donÂ’t agree with.
The old rule for Dems was go for legislation. If that fails go to the court. If that fails pack the court with your own judges. The new rules under Obama which have been demonstrated over and over again. Go for legislation. If that doesnÂ’t work go for executive fiat. If the courts step in, ignore the court. King Obama, he rules by executive fiat, so let it be written so let it be done.
A Republican would never get away with this. He would long ago have been impeached with support from both sides of the aisle. But we know that a Democrat can be caught red-handed committing a felony and its OK.
So why is it bad?
First off it is federal control of the internet, just like the FCC was originally invented to take control of radio to shut down critics of FDR. It is done via George Soros who wants all the communists to control all news and communication in the U.S.
John Fund at the WSJ explains some of the illegal actions
And in the end, this is just one more government grab of private property. The internet infrastructure is private property. The so-called “excuse” for moving in for government control is to assure all parties “equal opportunity of access” to the internet. What that means is that a company like Net Flix will be allowed to push massive amounts of data through the internet for the same charges for access as Ace and his Morons. In short, it is more of the corrupt American System where people who have contributed money to Dems get favorable rulings. In short, it is a we win everything item.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:31 AM (M9Ie6)
Some fodder for those who like to post assassination fantasies
Not only will Ace ban your ass and turn you over to the FBI, but it is illegal and you could go to jail. Like this guy.
I sent a link for this to Ace
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:33 AM (M9Ie6)
Gabe said he didn't see where Kagan should recuse herself from ruling on the Healthscam law
Well it looks like 49 House Republicans disagree.
Forty-nine Republican members of Congress have asked the House Judiciary Committee to “promptly investigate” Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s role in preparing a legal defense for President Obama’s health care law when she served as solicitor general.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:33 AM (M9Ie6)
couldn't have happened to a nicer guy
A Milwaukee Police Department property inventory notes that a CD of “photos taken of Lockett’s injuries pursuant to warrant” had been logged.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2011 03:34 AM (lpWVn)
A lot of us don't think Obama should be in Libya but this is treason
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) recently sent a letter to the United Nations and the International Criminal Court enjoining them to initiate an investigation of NATO and its military commanders for potential war crimes related to civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Libya.
Notice he wants NATO and the military, not Obama “investigated”. FUCK.THIS.SLIMY.BASTARD with a porcupine. (Jane saying I stole)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:34 AM (M9Ie6)
Forget Globull Warming alarmists
Here we have REAL scientist predicting another mini-ice age. And folks, the consequences of that are MUCH worse than those predicted by the warmies. There was a massive die off during the last one.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:35 AM (M9Ie6)
Some fodder for those who like to post assassination fantasies
Not only will Ace ban your ass and turn you over to the FBI, but it is illegal and you could go to jail. Like this guy.
I sent a link for this to Ace
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 07:33 AM (M9Ie6)
This becomes the de-facto poster boy for the tea-party in 3..2...
Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2011 03:35 AM (cU588)
Ever been to Montreal? That's probably on the low side. These aren't your everyday standing at the corner or even Nevada hookers.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 02, 2011 03:36 AM (GZitp)
I had an earlier post concerning Obama and executive fiat
Here he is intending to
ignore the debt limit ceiling, or so says Chuckie Cheese. I got some news
folks, they are already ignoring it. They are simply hiding it under accounting
gimmicks, borrowing money from different accounts like federal employee
retirement.
And that's the way it is, July 2, 2011.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:36 AM (M9Ie6)
Yeah, but it has been a long time ago. I believe in 1971 when I was living in upstate NY went up there for a day-trip.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:37 AM (M9Ie6)
something borrowed, something new? no, stolen.
Cooked books, it's what's for dinner.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2011 03:39 AM (lpWVn)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 07:37 AM (M9Ie6)
"Day-trip"
Ah, so thats what they called it back in the day!
Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2011 03:40 AM (cU588)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 02, 2011 03:41 AM (GZitp)
LOL, yeah, but I could barely afford the gas money then, much less a $500 hooker. I was still in school then.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:41 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Pecos Bill at July 02, 2011 03:42 AM (j84s0)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 07:41 AM (M9Ie6)
Montreal in the early 70's, I'm sure there was lots of learnin goin on!
Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2011 03:44 AM (cU588)
“Don’t come to me if you (vote Republican). You’re on your own, Jack.”
Mornin' 'rons!
Posted by: Tami at July 02, 2011 03:47 AM (X6akg)
Yeah we had 3 of us living in an apartment in Saratoga Springs. Started with 4 but one flunked out so all of us had to kick in more rent money. I actually had to count pennies to buy cigarettes back then.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:48 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2011 07:43 AM (lpWVn)
"Silent, obedient consent"....prescient and chilling.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2011 03:48 AM (cU588)
"I won!"
The Constitution is for losers.
Besides Executive Orders are written into the Constitution, although they may be hard to see for the glare from the penumbra.
Posted by: Barky O at July 02, 2011 03:49 AM (yrGif)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:51 AM (M9Ie6)
Some fodder for those who like to post assassination fantasies
Not only will Ace ban your ass and turn you over to the FBI, but it is illegal and you could go to jail. Like this guy.
I sent a link for this to Ace
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 07:33 AM (M9Ie6)
What about posting three-way fantasies involving Hillary Clinton and Helen Thomas? Should I even bother asking?
Posted by: Robert at July 02, 2011 03:52 AM (4ixH5)
Only Erg would be interested in those.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 03:53 AM (M9Ie6)
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Posted by: download audiobooks online at July 02, 2011 04:40 AM (4x3i3)
Anyone check Hillary's closet next to where she "found" the Rose Law firm files?
Posted by: beedubya at July 02, 2011 04:49 AM (AnTyA)
Corn Pudding
Ingredients:
4 ears fresh corn, husked and cleaned
3/4 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
2 T. plus
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/2 green pepper, diced
1/2 sweet red pepper, diced
1/2 Anaheim pepper, diced
5 eggs
1/2 c. heavy whipping cream
6 T. butter, melted
1 (8 1/2-oz.) can cream-style corn sweet
red pepper rings (optional)
Cook corn in boiling water to cover for 5-7 minutes, or until tender.
Drain, and set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cayenne pepper, and set aside.
Cut cooled kernels off cobs.
Add diced peppers, and set aside.
Place eggs in another large bowl, and whisk lightly.
Whisk in cream, melted butter, and cream-style corn.
Slowly pour egg mixture into flour mixture, stirring constantly.
Stir in diced peppers and corn.
Pour pudding into a greased and floured 10-inch quiche pan or pie plate, and bake at 375º 40-45 minutes, or until pudding is golden brown and firm.
Allow to cool slightly before slicing.
Top with sweet red pepper rings, if desired, and serve warm.
Yield: 8-10 servings.
Posted by: De' Debil Hisself at July 02, 2011 04:51 AM (lpWVn)
As they waddled together on the bed, their support hose made a soft swishing sound. I moved my hands over the folds of her back and pressed my manhood against her ass which seemed to run from her shoulders to her cankles.
Posted by: De' Debil Hisself at July 02, 2011 04:57 AM (lpWVn)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 07:33 AM (M9Ie6)
I sort of got into it with Gabe on this...and he said that there was no way that Kagan would have been involved in the PeteyCare© legislation because "that wasn't her job".
As Solicitor General, that would have been exactly her job!
The SG represents the exec branch in SCOTUS cases, so it goes beyond common sense to think she wouldn't have been consulted as to how to possibly avoid constitutional challenges that were sure to arise in one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in American history.
Posted by: beedubya at July 02, 2011 05:01 AM (AnTyA)
In any case I am going to have to break for a while to get ready for tomorrow.
Back later.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2011 05:14 AM (M9Ie6)
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