October 15, 2013
— Maetenloch
H.L. Mencken on Husbands and Bachelors
The average woman is not strategically capable of bringing down the most tempting game within her purview, and must thus content herself with a second, third, or nth choice. The only women who get their first choices are those who run in almost miraculous luck and those too stupid to formulate an ideal - two very small classes, it must be obvious. A few women, true enough, are so pertinacious that they prefer defeat to compromise. That is to say, they prefer to put off marriage indefinitely rather than to marry beneath the highest leap of their fancy. But such women may be quickly dismissed as abnormal, and perhaps as downright diseased in mind; the average woman is well aware that marriage is far better for her than celibacy, even when it falls a good deal short of her primary hopes... Thus the average woman is under none of the common masculine illusions about elective affinities, soul mates, love at first sight, and such phantasms. She is quite ready to fall in love, as the phrase is, with any man who is plainly eligible, and she usually knows a good many more such men than one. Her primary demand in marriage is not for the agonies of romance, but for comfort and security... One frequently hears of remarried widowers who continue to moon about their dead first wives, but for a remarried widow to show any such sentimentality would be a nine days' wonder. Once replaced, a dead husband is expunged from the minutes. And so is a dead love.One of the results of all this is a subtle reinforcement of the contempt with which women normally regard their husbands - a contempt grounded, as I have shown, upon a sense of intellectual superiority. To this primary sense of superiority is now added the disparagement of a concrete comparison, and over all is an ineradicable resentment of the fact that such a comparison has been necessary. In other words, the typical husband is a second-rater, and no one is better aware of it than his wife. He is, taking averages, one who has been loved, as the saying goes, by but one woman, and then only as a second, third or nth choice. If any other woman had ever loved him, as the idiom has it, she would have married him, and so made him ineligible for his present happiness. But the average bachelor is a man who has been loved, so to speak, by many women, and is the lost first choice of at least some of them. He represents the unattainable, and hence the admirable; the husband is the attained and disdained.
Here we have a sufficient explanation of the general superiority of bachelors, so often noted by students of mankind - a superiority so marked that it is difficult, in all history, to find six first-rate philosophers who were married men. The bachelor's very capacity to avoid marriage is no more than a proof of his relative freedom from the ordinary sentimentalism of his sex - in other words, of his greater approximation to the clearheadedness of the enemy sex. He is able to defeat the enterprise of women because he brings to the business an equipment almost comparable to their own. Herbert Spencer, until he was fifty, was ferociously harassed by women of all sorts. Among others, George Eliot tried very desperately to marry him. But after he had made it plain, over a long series of years, that he was prepared to resist marriage to the full extent of his military and naval power, the girls dropped off one by one, and so his last decades were full of peace and he got a great deal of very important work done.
But no fortress can stand forever and just five years after writing this Mencken was smitten by a young Sara Haardt, the future Mrs. Mencken.
Here are some baby meerkats. Knock yourselves out.
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Just carrying over the theme from the previous thread.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 05:44 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 05:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 05:45 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 05:46 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 05:46 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 09:46 PM (KuZ6A)
"Just????" I hope you are wearing a cup . . . that was so uncalled for.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 05:47 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 15, 2013 05:47 PM (l0lja)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 05:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Canada at October 15, 2013 05:47 PM (1jQhu)
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 05:47 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 15, 2013 05:47 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 09:46 PM (KuZ6A)
None of the 'Rons have the experience to do so, but go ahead, you start. We'll jump in as we see fit. 
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 05:48 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Puttanesca, the sauce at October 15, 2013 05:48 PM (1ThpN)
He's walking wounded per yesterday's IIRC BC....
it'll do in a pinch
Posted by: sven10077 at October 15, 2013 05:48 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 15, 2013 05:48 PM (l0lja)
Son's Marine buddy has arrived at local pub. All the way from MO in one day. Can't wait to meet him, the former Obamabot nut.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: wooga at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (5SCjJ)
Posted by: Jeff B. at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (1RQeV)
and that wraps up the ONT mark the time at 21:49
Good night now
Posted by: sven10077 at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Canada at October 15, 2013 09:47 PM (1jQhu)
oh, swellsies, the nicest thing anyone ever said to me comes from fuckin' Canuckistan. I mean, thank you, that's very kind. smooshes.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 05:49 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Tuna at October 15, 2013 05:50 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 09:47 PM (FUbuZ)
I was thinking it was more of the "Please don't let the senators screw up my life" look.
Posted by: tangonine at October 15, 2013 05:50 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 15, 2013 05:50 PM (1RQeV)
"Just????" I hope you are wearing a cup . . . that was so uncalled for.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 09:47 PM (8lmkt)
That was awesome.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 05:50 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 05:51 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: toby928© at October 15, 2013 05:51 PM (QupBk)
Well good evening all you snarky folks on my crappy windows phone! What are we drinking?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhaed at October 15, 2013 05:51 PM (vzfrq)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 09:49 PM (KuZ6A)
Girl, come sit here by auntie peaches . . . you want a beer, a parlie? {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 05:51 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 05:51 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 05:51 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 15, 2013 05:52 PM (1jQhu)
http://tinyurl.com/kjgatlh
The 3D object scanner plus the mini-mill make quite a pair. For about $3k, you can duplicate almost any object with dimensions of 8x8x8 or less.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 15, 2013 05:52 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 05:52 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 15, 2013 05:52 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 15, 2013 05:52 PM (vEu4e)
the meerkats are an oddity in the animal kingdom because they have a chick as a leader.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 15, 2013 05:52 PM (N8z9m)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 15, 2013 05:53 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: toby928© at October 15, 2013 09:51 PM (QupBk)
killing myself laughing at that, toby . . . God love ya, I know I do.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 05:53 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 05:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 09:49 PM (8lmkt)
Oh well, darn. I'd say go bury yourself with your own shovel under eighty pounds of cow crap, but as compliments go, I think I have to work on it a bit.
/back to the drawing board
Jokes aside: yer good, kid.
Posted by: tangonine at October 15, 2013 05:53 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Fourth horseman of the Apocalypse at October 15, 2013 05:53 PM (KuZ6A)
You're not a married guy, are you?
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 05:53 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Puttanesca, the sauce at October 15, 2013 05:54 PM (1ThpN)
Posted by: toby928© at October 15, 2013 05:54 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 05:55 PM (9XBK2)
Jennifer Connelly ONT Compliance Pic
http://tinyurl.com/l2hvkjm[/i]
Now that I would consider marrying.
Posted by: garrett at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (gP4+L)
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (sOtz/)
I have a lot to say about husbands, but thankfully all of the darlings loved me dearly and tolerated my insufferable temperament. And my very creative blowjobs.
Posted by: Zombie Elizabeth Taylor at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (pJF+c)
Must be a Marine thang.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (aDwsi)
Ah, so you ARE well-versed in the concept then.
Carry on . . .
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 09:55 PM (9XBK2)
So is MSNBC
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: CarolT at October 15, 2013 05:56 PM (s0f54)
Comrade, we only want to protect the right kind of privacy!
Posted by: Caliph Barky Ochoomba I at October 15, 2013 05:57 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 15, 2013 09:55 PM (N8z9m)
Bless your heart, Guy. 
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 05:57 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: petunia at October 15, 2013 05:57 PM (DAcBA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 05:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 05:57 PM (aTXUx)
Little known fact: The females are known as "michelles" in their packs.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 05:57 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2013 09:56 PM
huhuh uh huh... you said "herpes"... huhuh
Posted by: butthead at October 15, 2013 05:58 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 15, 2013 09:55 PM (N8z9m)
Now that, that right there? Hold on.
(elevator music)
Back. Sorry I had to clean off not the keyboard but the entire desk.
Posted by: tangonine at October 15, 2013 05:58 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 15, 2013 05:58 PM (0FSuD)
Mencken?? I know he was a great writer, but from everything I've seen and read about him, he was pretty much sour, snide and sarcastic just for the sake of being sour, snide and sarcastic. Also, did he ever criticize *himself*?? This BTW is the same reason I stopped being much interested in Pink Floyd: under the leadership of Roger Waters, the entire message of the band is/was apparently "everything in the whole entire world sucks donkey balls, except us."
Also BTW, and I know I'll get pummeled here for saying it, but I kinda sorta feel the same way about Mark Steyn these days. From what I've heard, he's completely devoid of hope for Western Civilization, and I'm sorry but that's no fun for me to read.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 05:58 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Adult meerkat at October 15, 2013 05:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 15, 2013 05:58 PM (1jQhu)
Hyena's are also ruled by females,who for some reason have fake penises,
Little known fact: The females are known as "michelles" in their packs.
He said fake penises.
Posted by: garrett at October 15, 2013 05:58 PM (gP4+L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 05:59 PM (aDwsi)
Ted Cruz pushed Jennifer off that mechanical horse
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 05:59 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 15, 2013 06:00 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:00 PM (aDwsi)
worth a warm pile of shit.
What a douche that guy was.
Posted by: Dang at October 15, 2013 06:00 PM (Hx2XA)
http://taxprof.typepad.com /taxprof_blog/2013/10/coolidge-foundation.html
You have until October 20th. And dammit, I had to add a space after .com to defeat Pixy. So paste and remove the space.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 15, 2013 06:00 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at October 15, 2013 06:00 PM (u1TST)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: Tuna at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (N/Sup)
I enjoyed reading Steyn back when I had hope!
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (aDwsi)
What? Do you mean DOOM!?
Or Let It Burn?
Or perhaps a combination?
What'cha drinkin?
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (FUbuZ)
worth a warm pile of shit.
What a douche that guy was.
Posted by: Dang at October 15, 2013 10:00 PM (Hx2XA)
Plato was an idiot. Descartes wasn't far behind.
Posted by: tangonine at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Pug Mahon...Dammit! at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (6rcHp)
Must be a Marine thang.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Semper Fi!!
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:01 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:02 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: 1980's Saturday Morning Cartoon Characters at October 15, 2013 06:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: toby928© at October 15, 2013 06:02 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:02 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 06:02 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: rickl at October 15, 2013 06:02 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: EROWMER at October 15, 2013 06:02 PM (OONaw)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 06:03 PM (4Mv1T)
Yes. Gather 'round, kiddies, and let's watch the lost baby meerkat die...slowly.
Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 06:03 PM (lVPtV)
I personally believe that if all else fails, people will vote with their feet and move to states that respect freedom more than security. And of course they'll be others who will do the opposite.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:04 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 06:04 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: H.L. Mencken at October 15, 2013 06:04 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 15, 2013 06:04 PM (KPkDc)
Posted by: toby928© at October 15, 2013 06:04 PM (QupBk)
Hell, a meerkat would be smarter and more hard-working than the prissy douche taking up space in the Oval Office.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 06:05 PM (lVPtV)
So, do tell, where do you find hope in the current situation? If you're looking for fun, I heard today that you can pretty much live for 3 months if you embrace the Krokodil.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT FUN! THIS IS ABOUT FIX IT OR BURN IT.
sorry, yes, I was yelling. sue me.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:05 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 06:05 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:05 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Isador Akios at October 15, 2013 06:05 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:06 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:07 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:07 PM (T/XcG)
He just calls 'em like he sees 'em.
And he's teh funny.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 10:03 PM (4Mv1T)
Humorous hopelessness.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 15, 2013 06:07 PM (v1Ckr)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 15, 2013 06:07 PM (HVff2)
Must be a Marine thang.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Priorities ma'am.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhaed at October 15, 2013 06:07 PM (vAjpf)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:07 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Thrawn at October 15, 2013 06:07 PM (ZyqBH)
Jennifer seems to prefer dark red lipstick. How would Morons explain that to wife or GF?
http://tinyurl.com/ke9g9ww
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 06:08 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 06:08 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Nip Sip at October 15, 2013 06:08 PM (0FSuD)
Son: "WHY?"
Me: "Because I SAID SO."
Son: "Okay." (pissed off)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 06:09 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: AD at October 15, 2013 06:09 PM (NmpZu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 15, 2013 06:10 PM (8Fl6F)
I remember when they finally tore down the original Catholic Church in LA that was home to Roger Mahony. Supposedly it was so old, the mortar between the bricks had turned to silt, and the building could literally have been pushed down.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:10 PM (T/XcG)
Also BTW, and I know I'll get pummeled here for saying it, but I kinda sorta feel the same way about Mark Steyn these days. From what I've heard, he's completely devoid of hope for Western Civilization, and I'm sorry but that's no fun for me to read.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 09:58 PM (T/XcG)
his after america was so depressing I haven't finished it. what is the point of fighting if the battle and war are already doomed?
Posted by: rich@gmu at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (ga+7c)
Hopefully with, "Why don't you two ladies share it while I fire up the jacuzzi."
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 10:02 PM (DmNpO)
My political consulting firm disparages any Republican from taking a public stand on any topic, especially in the internet media. Experience has shown that having any kind of public record only makes backtracking and screwing the base more difficult in the future!
Posted by: Karl Rover at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (XdnQT)
That elusive big majority would just tap the brakes a little, and that's if they could withstand the MSM horror stories of children eating cat food
Steyn simply says the SMOD doesn't give a shit
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: fastfreefall at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (Tz35j)
Shut it down until we get the government down to 75% of what it was in 2007.
Posted by: Kreplach at October 15, 2013 06:11 PM (dwtaK)
Five years later when she's been off the radar, Rielle Hunter makes a public apology essay on HuffPoo.
They lap it up like free champagne at a wedding reception.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 15, 2013 06:12 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:12 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: The Umpire at October 15, 2013 06:13 PM (Kdzh4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 06:13 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 15, 2013 06:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:13 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: BornLib at October 15, 2013 06:13 PM (iUuDU)
He knows we're speeding to the same destination on the same road.
Scrooge kind of thought Jacob Marley was a killjoy too
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 06:14 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 15, 2013 06:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Gulliver at October 15, 2013 06:14 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 10:11 PM (4Mv1T)
Son's first tat was an Eagle Globe and Anchor while at MOS at Ft. Leonard Woods in MO. Hated it, but came to accept it. I've seen old Marines sporting the same at the beach.
Then, he had to go bat-shit crazy and get one on his right shoulder, one "dedicated" to Axel Rose. Wanted to kill him, and then myself. Husband and I hate that tat with a white-hot heat.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 06:14 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at October 15, 2013 06:14 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:15 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 15, 2013 06:15 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 06:16 PM (DmNpO)
Does anyone ever NOT? He's a racist fucktard, with kneepads.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:16 PM (8lmkt)
Watched one episode of SoA, decided that none of the characters had any redeeming features, reminded me too much of Obama and his friends, never watched again!
Posted by: Karl Rover at October 15, 2013 06:16 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:16 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:17 PM (9XBK2)
Her book came out today, this is kabuki theater right here. And she's still a worthless ho.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:17 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:17 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:17 PM (5J54Q)
Can't wrap my mind around that family dynamic. "Hey, dad. You are aware you're a fucking idiot, right?"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 06:18 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:18 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:18 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 10:17 PM (T/XcG)
In that respect he beat out many prominent politicians and writers of the day, even the ones that weren't on the Sov payroll.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 06:19 PM (un8zR)
The GOP Institutionals are Capt Smith speculating; "If we use the pumps, open the watertight doors"
Obama is Ismay; "But this ship CAN'T sink!"
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 06:19 PM (aTXUx)
That'll Change.
'It is impossible for an optimist to be pleasantly surprised.'
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:19 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:19 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at October 15, 2013 10:14 PM (0SmH0)
sorry to hear that. pours some wine.
Posted by: rich@gmu at October 15, 2013 06:19 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at October 15, 2013 06:20 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:20 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 15, 2013 06:20 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 15, 2013 06:20 PM (L4ZuH)
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:20 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:21 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 15, 2013 10:18 PM (qyfb5)
I assume you've seen pics of the new 'Vette...from the front or rear, it looks like the lines come from the Caddy coupe, but broadside that thing is all Italy. It screams Ferrari when viewed from the side.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 06:21 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: steevy at October 15, 2013 06:21 PM (9XBK2)
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He just calls 'em like he sees 'em. And he's teh funny.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 10:03 PM (4Mv1T)
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Humorous hopelessness.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 15, 2013 10:07 PM (v1Ckr)
World's absurd because it's funny. You know your duty - keep doing that.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 15, 2013 06:21 PM (0wHyk)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 15, 2013 06:21 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 15, 2013 06:21 PM (jucos)
"Very important work"? Herbert Spencer? *Really*?
Posted by: Brown Line at October 15, 2013 06:22 PM (a5bF3)
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 15, 2013 06:22 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: AltonJackson has had a couple of "Philosophy" classes in his past at October 15, 2013 06:23 PM (JMmQ9)
That is truly a prodigious bank-shot of malicious ignorance dressed up as high moral dudgeon.
We Are So Screwed.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:23 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:23 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:23 PM (XIxXP)
Also, the burning hatred for FDR was a major plus. IIRC, he had a major affection for Coolidge, which is also a plus; I imagine it was sort of like having Gary Cooper in High Noon for President.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 06:24 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: StPatrick
Anybody take it out on a track and run it against the '63 or we just talking about how good it looks meandering down the street here?
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:25 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 15, 2013 06:25 PM (L4ZuH)
Posted by: Theodore Dreiser at October 15, 2013 06:25 PM (gQKHE)
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (KPkDc)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (aDwsi)
Peaches: I no longer think hope exists on this planet. Maybe CAC could advise me on the proper magnification required to view it.
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 15, 2013 10:20 PM (2up3Q)
As many libs will tell you, there's a lot of red states taking in more fed money than goes out, so choose carefully. They make that point while trying to argue coastal / metro superiority and fail, but the warning is still true. Nobody is immune to the disease that is Uncle Sugar.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 06:26 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 06:27 PM (lq3Ak)
This is why I can't marry. If a woman told me that, we'd be done then and there. It's disrespect and arrogance, plain and simple.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 15, 2013 06:27 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:27 PM (aDwsi)
Filbert, getting more optimistic by the gallon, eh? ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:28 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2013 06:28 PM (g1DWB)
Should be an interesting several days (and when I say "several days" I mean hopefully long weekend. This kid has indicated he may want to semi-move in with us for a bit. Which won't be happening.).
Just called his mom in MO and told her he's okay and in a bar near us.
She sounds nice, for a woman who (along with her husband and son) voted for Obama in '08.
*jeebus*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 06:28 PM (lVPtV)
Always admired the look of Corvettes, except during the Dark Years. But:
(1) GM makes them
(2) Fiberglass, like a boat. Shake, rattle, and roar?
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 06:29 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 06:29 PM (4Mv1T)
It's official, you guys are right. The apocalypse is surely nigh. What's next, Bette Midler actually tweets something that makes sense??
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:29 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:30 PM (XIxXP)
I will admit I differ from many here on preferring new cars, but even given that, there's no comparison on the track.Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:30 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:31 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 15, 2013 06:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jmel at October 15, 2013 06:32 PM (cfFqn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 06:32 PM (aDwsi)
Here's the thing: new cars are supremely competent. But the best of them are too much for the street, by which I mean: they are boring on the street. They handle it all so competently that there's no excitement. Give me a car that puts some drama into your drive.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 06:33 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 15, 2013 10:26 PM (qyfb5)
OSP hates it, Peaches is ambivalent, but personally, I like the look of the newest 'Vette...from the side. The angular lines that only show up when the car is viewed from front or rear don't get me excited. That said, I dig it on the whole. It's fast as hell, huge displacement, manual transmission, and serves no practical purpose. Yes, it has EFI and cats, but it's as close as we're getting to a real muscle car anymore, if only because they don't offer a 6-cyl option.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 06:33 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at October 15, 2013 06:33 PM (0SmH0)
http://tinyurl.com/n7kreqf
To wit: "understanding the operational issues and constraints that States face, and in the interest of preserving maximum flexibility, we are directing States to hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to State electronic benefit transfer (EBT) vendors until further notice." In other words, ... "States across the country are being told to stop the supplemental nutrition assistance program for the month of November, pending further notice."
Posted by: Methos at October 15, 2013 06:33 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 06:34 PM (4Mv1T)
True but challenging. Their minds work so differently that a lifetime of study only gets you a little closer to comprehending it.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 06:34 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 15, 2013 06:34 PM (l5zzX)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 15, 2013 06:34 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Charlie at October 15, 2013 06:35 PM (TiOn5)
Nope, just how women fight.
Frustrates the hell out of my wife when, the handful of times we've had a 'fight,' that I simply don't play--I just shrug and walk away.
I grew up with four sisters. Trying to 'win an argument' with a woman (on anything that's obviously activated her emotional centers, anyway) is like spitting into a hurricane. Even if you 'win' you will have lost. Only rational strategy, a la the '80's movie 'War Games' is not to play.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:35 PM (FUbuZ)
Um, idgits, THEY Didn't start the fire!! (Horrible song too)
Posted by: Jay Leno at October 15, 2013 06:35 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 15, 2013 10:27 PM (lr3d7)
Sweetie, you can marry, and you should. I honestly think it is something you yearn for, deep down, and maybe some little Alexes to sweeten the pot. You'd be an awesome husband and an amazing dad and you're already a super-cool dude so, please, don't go putting limits on what your life can be. I love you!
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:35 PM (8lmkt)
Can one of them be America? I liked America.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 06:35 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at October 15, 2013 06:35 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 06:36 PM (DmNpO)
Women are not meant to be understood. They are meant to be loved.
stuff Oscar Wilde said. Go figure.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 15, 2013 06:36 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: AltonJackson is in The Stoopid Business™ at October 15, 2013 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Splunge
Drive some 90's Camaros. They're like driving a powerful shoe.
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 06:37 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 15, 2013 06:37 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: teej at October 15, 2013 06:37 PM (M3APu)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 15, 2013 06:37 PM (wPCF5)
They are so smokin' hot. And they will blow the doors off of anything on the road. Srsly, it is the one car I can never have but would really like to take for a test drive.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 06:37 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:37 PM (T/XcG)
Was thinking about the protest at the WW2 Memorial and concluded it was a perfect example of peaceful assembly to petition for redress of grievances--just like the Constitution lays out.
Imagine that.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 15, 2013 06:38 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:38 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 15, 2013 06:38 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 15, 2013 06:38 PM (L4ZuH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 06:38 PM (GEICT)
Sensible cat behavior. He (she?) didn't want any hostiles coming across his/her spoor, so he/she deposited it an a known safe area.
Good cat.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:39 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 10:35 PM (FUbuZ)
But its even easier to play that card if they don't have a Legal piece of paper to hold over your head...
There are a BUNCH of Women out there who think I'm an asshole... because I won't play their power games....
Me Man, you Woman... pretty much says it all....
And strangely... even after being divorced for over 20 years, I'm very seldom without a Lady at my side (key word being Lady... they are out there...).
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 15, 2013 06:39 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:39 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: zip zip at October 15, 2013 06:40 PM (sb9Hq)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 15, 2013 10:31 PM (Vk2pI)
The federal Damoclean Sword hangs over us all making us (states and citizens subjects) pretty much impotent.
Like the Alaskan crabber that couldn't go crabbing because the permit issuing feds were shutdown. It wasn't that he didn't know how to crab, didn't have a safe and proper vessel, didn't know where to crab, didn't know how to preserve his catch and deliver safe food to market, it was because some paper-pushing bureaucrat asshole was "unavailable" to push some kcufing paper his way, and because of that he was afraid to pursue his craft because of the future potential malevolent vindictive actions all too sure to come from a tyrannical government once it got back in business.
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 15, 2013 06:40 PM (XdnQT)
>>> They are so smokin' hot. And they will blow the doors off of anything on the road. <<<
For just over 200 miles. Then they are worthless.
Posted by: garrett at October 15, 2013 06:41 PM (gP4+L)
Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk said that the fire that broke out in the new electric car from a YouTube video that was posted last week spread because firfighters punctured a hole in a metal firewall.
A statement from Musk explained the following:
When the fire department arrived, they observed standard procedure, which was to gain access to the source of the fire by puncturing holes in the top of the batteryÂ’s protective metal plate and applying water. For the Model S lithium-ion battery, it was correct to apply water (vs. dry chemical extinguisher), but not to puncture the metal firewall, as the newly created holes allowed the flames to then vent upwards into the front trunk section of the Model S. Nonetheless, a combination of water followed by dry chemical extinguisher quickly brought the fire to an end.
-----
So, what they are saying is, carry a manual for EVERY "Green" car you find on fire. Take time to look up the model #, and by the time you review the proper way to extenguish the fire. Its burned down to the ground anyway..
Ok, Good to know!
Posted by: Jay Leno at October 15, 2013 06:41 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:41 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 10:21 PM (un8zR)
It's a Ferrari 550 with angles and the tail off a Camaro.
It is better than the last one but not that exciting. Mind you, ends are hard - in writing, films, and cars. So no shame in not thrilling.
Ultimately it will come down to build quality and handling. I doubt I will drive one for a while, so I'll have to see later. Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 15, 2013 10:26 PM
The front end of a Viper, the side profile of a Ferrari 550, the rear of a Camaro. Kind of like the designers rummaged through the parts bin and mocked up a body
The chassis and suspension are much improved though, and the interior finally looks better than something from a rental fleet
The 63 might keep up in a straight line drag race, but forget a road race. The old Sting Rays were notorious for oversteer
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 06:41 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Disillusioned at October 15, 2013 06:41 PM (rkewj)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:42 PM (qyfb5)
-You don't "understand" women. You get along with them.
...As Kenny Rogers once said: The Best That You Can Hope For is to Die in Your Sleep.
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 06:42 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 06:43 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Jmel at October 15, 2013 06:43 PM (cfFqn)
They are so smokin' hot. And they will blow the doors off of anything on the road. Srsly, it is the one car I can never have but would really like to take for a test drive.
Posted by: Peaches at October 15, 2013 10:37 PM (8lmkt)
I can understand their cool factor, at least. I live 3 miles from Nissan USA's new HQ just a piece down the interstate from Nashvegas, and there are a handful of Leafs (Leaves?) on the roads due to their VERY generous lease program on those cars. If any of you know about the topography of TN, you know how rotten that is. There's not a flat spot once you get 10 miles from Nashville, and following *those people* up an almost-mountain is infuriating. If I win the Powerball big-time, my daily driver will be an Apache. If not, I want a pair of 240Bs.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 06:43 PM (un8zR)
...As Kenny Rogers once said: The Best That You Can Hope For is to Die in Your Sleep.
. . . .
like my grandpa. Peaceful. Serene. Not at all like the passengers in his car.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 15, 2013 06:44 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:44 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 06:44 PM (DmNpO)
Aww, thank you
But the truth is, as much as I may want the wife and family, I know that deep down I'm not a good person. I fight against it, but I'm honest about who I am, and events in the last year reinforced it. Besides, as I've told Gushka on a couple of occasions, I believe that this country is headed for a war. I don't believe that I'll live through it.Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 15, 2013 06:44 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Old joke. Still works.
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 06:45 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:45 PM (5J54Q)
...I'm very seldom without a Lady at my side (key word being Lady... they are out there...).
These two things are, I suspect, highly correlated.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:45 PM (FUbuZ)
Cut loose Philadelphia and give it to NJ. Then PA would be fine.
Posted by: Purp at October 15, 2013 10:34 PM
"Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between" - James Carville
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 06:46 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:46 PM (qyfb5)
If you do then I think that maybe I'll just lay me down
and cry for a hundred years
Don't pull your love out on me honey
Take my heart, my soul, my money
but don't leave me drowning in my tears ♫
(if quoting some bad 1970s hit music doesn't get Jeff B. rushing back in here, nothing will)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 15, 2013 06:46 PM (T/XcG)
I was always a 'nice guy.' I spent a two-week period one summer when I was in my 20's, when I decided to be as jerkish as I could to women.
I was never in my life as popular with women as I was in those two weeks.
It scared the hell out of me, honestly.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:47 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:47 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:48 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 06:48 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:48 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith
Damn. I'll marry you, but it won't be "all cool". We can figure it out after I get the hookers.
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 06:49 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:49 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 06:49 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:49 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 15, 2013 06:49 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:50 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at October 15, 2013 06:50 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:51 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:51 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: AltonJackson is in The Stoopid Business™ at October 15, 2013 06:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith
...To The First Nice Lady That Comes Along, Son. ...the first nice lady.
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 06:51 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at October 15, 2013 06:52 PM (eJvk4)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:52 PM (5J54Q)
She said "I don't know"
Sigh... Tho, I guess thats an improvement.
She's got some X issues. I want to beat the shit outta him.
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 06:53 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:53 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:53 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 06:53 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:53 PM (5J54Q)
Second look at Arkansas?
/hey, I live in Missouri now. We have to look down on somebody.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:54 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at October 15, 2013 06:55 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Jean at October 15, 2013 06:55 PM (CMlD4)
This country has had several mass population migrations in the past.
After the revolution, loyalists were driven out over the span of about 10 years and moved to Canada, various Caribbean islands, etc.
After losing the civil war the south had a massive influx of carpet baggers looking to feast on reconstruction booty.
During the depression and WWII there was a massive migration from rural to urban areas.
And of course all the forced Indian relocation onto reservations and such.
Encouraged/forced relocation may seem unthinkable, but its happened in the past quite a bit as the aftermath of conflict.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 15, 2013 06:56 PM (l5zzX)
Posted by: Jack at October 15, 2013 06:56 PM (gWHwW)
Are you guys one of the OEMs making CF rifle handguards? I'm in the market at the moment. /not a gun thread
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 06:56 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:56 PM (qyfb5)
I think that translates into Male-ese as "No, silly, but I really don't want to open myself up like that right now."
I think.
Now, understand, I don't know either of you from Adam and Eve . . .
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 06:57 PM (FUbuZ)
All this women talk reminds me of a great joke. Why do Jewish men die before their wives?
........
Because they WANT to!
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 15, 2013 06:57 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 06:58 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 06:58 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 06:59 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 06:59 PM (XIxXP)
I don't want to date anyone else. (and told her many times) We have more in common than anyone else I ever met. So if she'd just realize I'm NOT HIM...
Eh.. lol.
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 06:59 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 06:59 PM (DmNpO)
The problem is when that answer arrives in the form of a steak knife in the chest some night, or your junk getting shoved down the disposal.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 15, 2013 06:59 PM (l5zzX)
It comes on every damn commercial break no matter what channel I have on
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 07:00 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 07:00 PM (GEICT)
I called his mom in MO to let her know he was fine. He's taking a shower now and about to go to bed.
Jeebus, drove all the way from MO to Savannah in a day.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 07:00 PM (lVPtV)
I'm just too selfish. Unless it is pocket change, no lady is worth it.
Posted by: Jack at October 15, 2013 10:56 PM (gWHwW)
I'm not quite there yet, but the women in my age group (late 20s to mid 30s) are pushing me that way.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 15, 2013 07:00 PM (un8zR)
I guess.. She really wont tell me what her hangup is.
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:00 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (lq3Ak)
McAuliffe got a late start.
Posted by: Jean at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Y-not at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: RWC at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Computer from the movie War Games at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (rkewj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: John at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (wFMAq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 10:58 PM (GEICT)
The Empire guy? Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 10:59 PM
No, JeffB
Empire of Jeff as a cob? I'd almost pay for his cob threads
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 07:01 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:02 PM (aDwsi)
For now. Hope you succeed -- it's really unpleasant in there. I think some rotting mackerel had a stay in there at some point.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 07:02 PM (bKA83)
If I ever buy another crib, I'm gonna make sure the closest neighbors are at least 1/2 mile away, with the place preferably surrounded on three sides by a swamp, thick forest, or desert.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 15, 2013 07:03 PM (l5zzX)
From speaking to his former Obamabot mom this evening, he needs all the help he can get.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 07:03 PM (lVPtV)
Missed out on the earlier topical threads, so just gonna dump some observations here.
Those of a certain vintage will recall how, in 1979 (1980? see, I've already stumbled - but it's one or the other) Jimmy Carter's last/penultimate budget was "rejected" by the bond market. Yes, folks, back then, we actually had a bond market. That was willing/able to act rationally, like a market, and reject crap when it saw it. And not just front-run or react to the Fed.
The Carter deficit projection - even if low-balled as you'd expect - was simply unacceptable. And we're talking, probably, when adjusted for inflation, probably one month's deficit here, at most, maybe less. And a much, much lower % of the GDP than today's deficit represents - and of course the national debt burden was a fraction of today's.
A few phone calls between the Treasury Sec., the Fed chairman, and the primary dealers (the firms that buy/re-sell govt. paper), and presto - budget withdrawn. I know - impossible to imagine a world in which there were real markets, acting as real constraints on govt. incompetence - hell, even a Dem party that was in some substantial way American.
Posted by: non-purist at October 15, 2013 07:03 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)
Tesla Motors shares have fallen 10 percent since the release of a YouTube video that showed the Model S on fire in a town near Seattle.
Multiple news outlets are reporting that the cause of the fire started in the battery pack. A statement from Tesla said that the $70,000 car collided with a large metallic object in the middle of the road, causing significant damage to the vehicle.
“Automatic alerts warned the driver to pull over,” the statement
said, “and the fire began only after the driver was out of the vehicle.
The fire eventually consumed much of the vehicle’s front end.”
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So, the driver is an idiot for hitting whatever is in the road. Or, the tesla is so fragile what he was used to hitting in his Civic and brushing off, now destroys $70k and change!!
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:04 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 10:49 PM (GEICT)
Its actually pretty simple... just weird...
If no other woman wants, or can have you.... then you are not worth having...
Its like most don't value something if they get it for free....
When they can suddenly LOOSE you? Then you are a hot commodity again...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 15, 2013 07:04 PM (lZBBB)
And by this get a vasectomy at 18? Their only power is the baby purse.
Posted by: The Hickster at October 15, 2013 07:04 PM (okL9f)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 15, 2013 07:05 PM (jucos)
I dunno why, but "Bad Shit" bells began ringing in my brain. As in X may have done bad shit unto the girl. If that's a possibility, and she's otherwise seemingly worth the effort, then patience is perhaps warranted and might be amply rewarded.
If she's just a head-case, however . . . well . . . it would depend on how good the sex is, and I really can't personally imagine the sex ever possibly being THAT good . . . IMHO of course . . .
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:05 PM (FUbuZ)
Uh Jane..., hes a freaking Marine. You called his mother?!
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 11:02 PM (aDwsi)
Yeah, he's a FORMER Marine. And his parents are FORMER Obamabots.
And I called his clueless mother because he didn't.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 07:05 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Gingy at October 15, 2013 07:05 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 15, 2013 10:52 PM (eJvk4)
I don't *care.* Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 15, 2013 10:56 PM
I Love It!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 07:06 PM (aTXUx)
Heh. My wife was offended by the mere title of a Mencken book I bought. It was "In Defense of Women."
I think you have the right view, though. It's man-venting. I figure if all you see is predatory, gold-digging women, you're hanging out in the wrong places. But I'm lucky -- I found the right one, years ago, and have been happy ever since.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 07:06 PM (bKA83)
Dump sites?
Posted by: The Hickster at October 15, 2013 07:06 PM (okL9f)
Took a ride in a '68 Miura a while back. All of those wet dreams of my youth were wasted. It's a crude, brutal ride. Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 11:05 PM
Try driving a 70s Buick or Chrysler
Like driving the Queen Mary through The Everglades
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 07:07 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 07:08 PM (GEICT)
What is this "budget" thing of which you speak, stranger from another time?
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:08 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2013 07:08 PM (lVPtV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 11:06 PM
Warning; Icona Pop is another attempt by Scandis to infiltrate the Surface People World
Posted by: kbdabear at October 15, 2013 07:08 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Jean at October 15, 2013 11:01 PM (CMlD4)
But he is as sleazy as the worst of the original Reconstruction carpetbaggers, you might say he is a Deconstruction carpetbagger.
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 15, 2013 07:08 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 07:08 PM (XIxXP)
But at least she knows she's not acting "normal". So, thats a start.
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:09 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 15, 2013 07:09 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Mama winger on that iPad thingies at October 15, 2013 07:09 PM (P6QsQ)
And thanks, Horde, for letting me vent. It's just been another round of battling the old black dog of depression...sometimes I wonder if that's also a complication of my diabetes...I'll get better again. For now, I just wonder how my unfaithful ex ends up in a happy marriage while I can't get out of the Friend Zone.
Ah, this too, shall pass.
Maybe I should go look at the Jennifer Connelly pictures again.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 07:09 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:09 PM (aDwsi)
If you want privacy, hills are your friend.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 07:09 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 07:09 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: rickl at October 15, 2013 07:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Hickster at October 15, 2013 07:10 PM (okL9f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 07:10 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 15, 2013 07:10 PM (l5zzX)
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 11:09 PM (bKA83)
And nonexistent in Florida.
Posted by: BCochran1981
Then go with sailboat.
Posted by: Jean at October 15, 2013 07:11 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 15, 2013 07:11 PM (XIxXP)
Especially if you want to be well-informed about every flaw in the road surface.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 07:11 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: tcn at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (fwcEs)
So in the car on the way to the gym, Hewitt is talking to Goldberg, and one of the most jaw-droppingly stupid exchanges (to include the limp guests Hugh had in the studio who were participating) so far, from "conservative" pundits, transpires.
Most idiotic part was the broad agreement that the difference between, say, Cruz and Cornyn (Corker?) was a disagreement on tactics. Not substance. Ya know, McCain, Graham, Collins, Murkowski, Chmn Rogers of House Approps - they're all on the same page as a Cruz/Lee/McClintock - just trivial tactical differences.
I was shocked, more than 20 years ago, when a US Senator asked me to comment on an op-ed column and send it to him. I couldn't believe a senator actually read that shit - which I hadn't read since college (in general - and this was before the advent of almost uniformly clueless lightweights on the "prestigious" op-ed pages, as we have today). One absolutely unfixable problem - to go along with the others that have brought us to this pathetic and disastrous state - is that we have a pretty mediocre "conservative" pundit class. Mediocre, or worse. As evidenced by the jaw-droppingly hallucinogenic friendly little agreement-fest between Hewitt, Goldberg, and the others. Very unimpressive.
Posted by: non-purist at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Y-not at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Swamp Guy at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (rkewj)
Mike Hammer, the Miura faithfully transmits the road conditions to your kidneys. Alas your kidneys are no longer as young as they used to be.
Tesla cars make news because they are expensive exotics. No one even blinks when an Impala catches fire. But Tesla did themselves no favours over the bricking issue instead of just sucking up the charge to avoid bad PR, they charged their monied idiot buyers full cost to replace the dead battery packs. And this battery pack and its bricking issue is in the more 'affordable' S like the one that caught fire. And what kind of protective engineering has Tesla done to protect the cables? Sounds like slim to none which is a shame considering the price tag.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (/7Xis)
Comes to mind...
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (Z9EHQ)
I think that translates into Male-ese as "No, silly, but I really don't want to open myself up like that right now."
I think.
Now, understand, I don't know either of you from Adam and Eve . . .
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 10:57 PM (FUbuZ)
===
May I venture an opinion, gents?
It means " I don't know". As in "I don't know if I can trust you the way you want me to and that's not your fault, I want to trust you but I've been jacked up in the past and I find it very difficult to believe you are not going to hurt me too. Please understand this is NOT your fault, but when you ask me this question I know it IS my problem and I don't really want to punish you and hurt you but I really like being with you and......... I just don't know."
Posted by: madamemayhem at October 15, 2013 07:12 PM (S2RnE)
Don't help me none.
And thanks, Horde, for letting me vent. It's just been another round of battling the old black dog of depression...sometimes I wonder if that's also a complication of my diabetes...
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 11:09 PM (5J54Q)
I ain't gonna criticize someone too much for venting.
My mini-rant on Diabeetus - it's often a symptom of something else no-one bothers diagnosing, and yes, that *could* also be a cause of clinical depression. It's not a precise science but it's worth checking out, even though it can legally fubar your life in subtle ways.
YAY.Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 07:13 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Theodore Dreiser at October 15, 2013 07:13 PM (gQKHE)
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 07:14 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: eman at October 15, 2013 07:14 PM (AO9UG)
Not all. Mustang, And the unsafe at any speed car were for there day good drivers.
Posted by: The Hickster at October 15, 2013 07:14 PM (okL9f)
Posted by: manometer
Gotta go with a woodie Morgan to really feel the road, or a skateboard with metal wheels
Posted by: Jean at October 15, 2013 07:15 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 07:15 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 11:11 PM (bKA83)
Guess you have never driven a Morgan.
Posted by: manometer at October 15, 2013 07:15 PM (vjrgd)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 07:15 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: no good deed at October 15, 2013 07:15 PM (k55Fc)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 07:16 PM (qyfb5)
The smart ones can screw themselves into the ground right nicely. I have a sister who did that.
Steady and calm is the prescription, I think. God be with you (and that's from someone who's not particularly religious, BTW).
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:16 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:16 PM (bfAee)
She wont give me the chance to help her out with much of anything, and thats what I like to do is tinker and fix things. (cars, some electronics, etc) So that frustrates me, and thus our impasse.
I'm giving it a lil time right now. And I'll try again in a few more days.
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:17 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:17 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Nothing at all wrong with driving a living room on wheels. Those cars weren't MADE to handle like sports cars.
You can roll 800 miles in a Lincoln and not feel like you've been beaten with a 2x4.
Much preferable to being bounced like a bb in a boxcar.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 15, 2013 07:18 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Y-not at October 15, 2013 07:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:19 PM (bfAee)
Wilde was married, but . . . he's much better known for doing time in prison for teh ghey. Anything he said about women should be taken with a heaping dose of salt. He reportedly told his boyfriends in later life that he was revolted by his wife after her second pregnancy.
Posted by: Basement Cat at October 15, 2013 07:19 PM (5G5KR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 07:19 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jean at October 15, 2013 11:15 PM (CMlD4)
Rebuilt a Morgan Drop Head Coupe from the frame up and that is a true statement.
Posted by: manometer at October 15, 2013 07:19 PM (vjrgd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 07:19 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 15, 2013 07:20 PM (zOTsN)
The real financial dropdead point is 1 Nov
Posted by: Jean at October 15, 2013 07:20 PM (CMlD4)
You look better w/o pants anyway, if I do say so myself.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:20 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:21 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:21 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:22 PM (bfAee)
The rest of the country calls them "overpasses."
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:22 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: manometer at October 15, 2013 07:22 PM (vjrgd)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 15, 2013 07:22 PM (lr3d7)
A VW Karmann Ghia one time made into the New York City Metropolitan as a piece of art, not as an auto per se.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:23 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:24 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
MST3K: Pants!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpWOvK-mz7U
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:24 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Y-not at October 15, 2013 07:25 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 07:25 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: zip zip at October 15, 2013 07:25 PM (sb9Hq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:26 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 15, 2013 07:27 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: zip zip at October 15, 2013 07:27 PM (sb9Hq)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 07:28 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:29 PM (bfAee)
Still burned out a motor trying to go from Nac-a-nowhere to Dallas with 4 passengers (one counted for 2)
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:30 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:30 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Purp at October 15, 2013 11:10 PM (l5zzX)
_________________
My Dad's 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood. The damn thing was more comfortable that the sofa's in the house. Tufted velvet seats. Plush Royal Maroon. Loved that car. Handled like a piece of butter in a hot pan though.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 15, 2013 07:30 PM (jucos)
Ka-Boom (to coin a phrase)
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:31 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 15, 2013 07:31 PM (zOTsN)
I like my Honda with 5 speeds and AIR CONDITIONING!!
I didn't care in my 20s.. in my 40s... in TEXAS... A MUST!!
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:32 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Y-not at October 15, 2013 07:32 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:33 PM (bfAee)
Another amazing Sowell quote I'd never heard. We need hundreds more of him.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 07:33 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 15, 2013 07:34 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 15, 2013 11:19 PM (GEICT)
______________________
Northwest of Orlando out towards Leesburg. They were little hills. I moved to Orlando from MD for a year and I hated every second of it. Came right back. I missed the change of seasons and the beautiful countryside.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 15, 2013 07:34 PM (jucos)
"It is difficult, in all history, to find six first-rate philosophers who were... "
worth a warm pile of shit.
What a douche that guy was.
Posted by: Dang at October 15, 2013 10:00 PM (Hx2XA)
"Plato was an idiot. Descartes wasn't far behind."
Actually most of these guys contributed 1-2 things of serious import out of all the BS they spouted during their days. Decartes was pretty much responsible for what became known as the scientific method...other than that "blah, blah, blah......"
Posted by: bill-o at October 15, 2013 07:34 PM (AWwDY)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=403985
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:35 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 15, 2013 07:35 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: zip zip at October 15, 2013 07:35 PM (sb9Hq)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 15, 2013 07:36 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 07:36 PM (aDwsi)
Mustangs were not good handlers, but once you put in the two under-hood braces and the subframe connectors that should have been stock, if you stayed with the six or the small block you'd have a pretty potent car. They weren't up to lugging the 390 around. It caved them in.
Apples to apples, a new 1960's five-passenger US car vs any new five-passenger Italian, German or British car made you wonder what all the snobbery was about. But of course there is the Citroen. May we.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 15, 2013 07:36 PM (JNUY4)
- Patton
Now, *that* is a quote.
Posted by: tangonine at October 15, 2013 07:36 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at October 15, 2013 07:38 PM (eJvk4)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 15, 2013 07:38 PM (l5zzX)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 15, 2013 07:39 PM (qyfb5)
I do the mechanicals, I've never done much body work. Tho my dad's car needs hail and dent repair and a paint job, so I'm gonna have to learn.
I'll have to read the rest of that later on.
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:39 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at October 15, 2013 07:41 PM (LpbKr)
The greatest Porsches ever built still lie buried up to their hulls in the mud of Kursk.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 15, 2013 07:43 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: zip zip at October 15, 2013 07:43 PM (sb9Hq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:44 PM (bfAee)
What an astounding, ridiculous asshole. I hope he eats his own shit and dies.
Posted by: jc at October 15, 2013 07:45 PM (PlzOe)
Warden is the guy that stabbed the ONT!
Pushed it down harder than a partisan poll pushes down a RINO!
Posted by: garrett at October 15, 2013 07:45 PM (OQrDC)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at October 15, 2013 07:45 PM (jUeGo)
Posted by: Purp
Well I got the swamp and thick forest on 3 sides because I thought the same way, it isn't fun. My next place is going to be in the mountains with a big fucking mead hall.
(unless I win the lottery and get my island and pirate ship)
Posted by: Berserker at October 15, 2013 07:46 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
You are the "Iraq War Was Wrong" of trolls. I wouldn't be too surprised if that legendary site was still going, even now.
Posted by: Splunge at October 15, 2013 07:47 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:48 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at October 15, 2013 11:45 PM (jUeGo)
Is it hard to sleep hanging upside down?
Posted by: Berserker at October 15, 2013 07:50 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 07:51 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: RWC at October 15, 2013 07:51 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 07:51 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: zip zip at October 15, 2013 07:51 PM (sb9Hq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:52 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at October 15, 2013 07:53 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 07:53 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 07:54 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Boko Haram at October 15, 2013 07:54 PM (jUeGo)
Shit, I need another glass of rum, now.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:54 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Boko Haram at October 15, 2013 07:56 PM (jUeGo)
Posted by: RWC
I have no idea, but I'll tell you what Jesus wouldn't do. He wouldn't Stomp an ONT without Rapture and shit.
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 07:56 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 07:57 PM (JawqV)
Howdy-do!
Gettin' to be nite-nite time for the filbert here. Small white nuts gotta get their beauty rest, after all.
Posted by: filbert at October 15, 2013 07:57 PM (FUbuZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 07:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Slapweasel (T) at October 15, 2013 07:57 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Jobu the Voodoo God at October 15, 2013 07:58 PM (jUeGo)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at October 15, 2013 07:58 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 07:58 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Boko Haram at October 15, 2013 08:00 PM (jUeGo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 08:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at October 15, 2013 08:01 PM (v6hyJ)
So my question is, are NTE parts regularly shit, or did I just have a run of bad luck?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:02 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 08:03 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: RWC at October 15, 2013 08:03 PM (LpbKr)
I usually just replace the whole part, or check solders etc.. (saved my sis' HDTV from the junk heap that way)Hopefully another, more knowledgeable moron will see it soon
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 08:05 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: RWC at October 15, 2013 08:06 PM (LpbKr)
Hopefully another, more knowledgeable moron will see it soon
Well, it never hurts to ask. The answer can be painful, though.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:06 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 08:09 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 15, 2013 08:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
Some say the tolerances are not great and they work fine if you design around measured specs. Kind of not the point however.
When it's listed as a drop in replacement I'm not expecting to design around the specs. When it's DOA, there's nothing to design around.
I'm not trying to bust your balls, Merovign, I'm grateful that anyone answered. Just frustrated that I had to burn through three new transistors to get one that worked.
Guess I'll try ECG parts next time, I had good luck with that stuff *mumble* years ago.
'Course, that was when I could head over to the local electronics store, because it existed.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:16 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 08:17 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 08:18 PM (bfAee)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 08:19 PM (qyfb5)
You're close. The former 11 meter band. Restoring a Cobra 139xlr that I "bought" for less than the shipping charges on ebay.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:21 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:23 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 11:04 PM (E7Iyp)
Alternative hypothesis: the driver was an idiot for driving a Tesla. Sometimes you can't avoid running over debris on the road; it may fall off the vehicle ahead of you, leaving you no time to evade, or you may be boxed in, and have no avenue to evade.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 15, 2013 08:23 PM (8Fl6F)
A *lot* of the component market has gone to crap, between the Capacitor Plague and general penny-pinching and the Death Of The Hobby, ish.
I mean, even if it's fun, why make something like a USB-TTL adapter when you can buy it on eBay for $15?
I'm sure there are still some high quality component makers out there.
Right next to the Unicorn grazing pasture.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:25 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:26 PM (aDwsi)
I'd be checking all over if I hit something large in the road.
Brake lines, (plus all the other fluids a REGULAR car has) can all go in an instant.
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 08:27 PM (E7Iyp)
Has the radio been tinkered with in any way?
The 2SC1419 went out of production a few years ago as best I can tell.
Someone "unlocked" the clarifier. I'm hoping the reason they didn't get to modifying the PLL inputs had something to do with a lead pipe.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:28 PM (JawqV)
Later!
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 08:28 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:28 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 08:29 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:30 PM (aDwsi)
Just need to put the wipers on high.
Posted by: navybrat at October 15, 2013 08:31 PM (RakrK)
Course, you'll have order some other stuff to make the shipping worthwhile http://www.mcmelectronics.com/
"This item is no longer available for purchase."
Worth a shot, anyways.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:31 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:32 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2013 11:23 PM (bfAee)
Speaking of which, what do you figure a '64 Ghia ragtop "barn car" would be worth? Supposedly complete, not a total heap of rust.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 15, 2013 08:33 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 08:34 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 16, 2013 12:34 AM (qyfb5)
transistors have already been done
Posted by: The Dude at October 15, 2013 08:36 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:37 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:38 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 15, 2013 08:39 PM (aDwsi)
Ouch, ouch...
Yeah, two of those and I'm almost up to the purchase price of the radio.
It's just a hobby, not an obsession.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 08:40 PM (JawqV)
There is probably some flaw in that plan..., just can't put my finger on it."
Everyone else is doing it. Come on in, the water's fine.
Posted by: navybrat at October 15, 2013 08:41 PM (RakrK)
And you are all infidel swine.
Posted by: Boko Haram at October 15, 2013 08:45 PM (jUeGo)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 08:50 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 16, 2013 12:50 AM (qyfb5)
just make a food replicator, it's easier
Posted by: The Dude at October 15, 2013 08:51 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 15, 2013 08:53 PM (qyfb5)
Hey, wait a minute... Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith
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Lol. there are Castles in game. And I am trying to bring balance to the force all by myself, so for every Jedi I have, I have a Sith. Etc..
This is Bounty week, so I'm picking up free, easy XP killing crime lords.
Back to the front!
Posted by: JarvisW at October 15, 2013 08:54 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 16, 2013 12:53 AM (JawqV)
hmm would have to ask NASA with their pizza printer or try it at SXSW
Posted by: The Dude at October 15, 2013 08:54 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 10:02 PM (DmNpO)
The reason they lose is they don't even bother showing up to the battlefield.
Evening roonz and roonettez! Another drive-by comment during lunch break (which I have frittered away reading comments).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 15, 2013 09:00 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 15, 2013 09:03 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 15, 2013 09:07 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 16, 2013 12:09 AM (qyfb5)
when the point is you design a circuit to be independent of variations in individual transistors...
As to manufacturers, sorry can't help you there. And now lunch break is over.
Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 15, 2013 09:10 PM (xa1/W)
"Hey honey, I just banged Jennifer Connelly! Wanna smell my junk?"
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 16, 2013 01:07 AM (BXLPR)
If you married the right gal, hopefully her response is, "And why wasn't I invited?"
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 15, 2013 09:33 PM (lr3d7)
Hello all. Listening to Brian Eno's instrumental/ambient work and reading caselaw. And commenting on the moronblog (mostly in the Warden thread above). Wish BCochran didn't have the hate-on for me that he apparently does, 'cuz I like his twitter feed. Oh well.
Still think he would extremely pleasantly surprised at what I would do as a guest-blogger, though. I suppose he think I'd be writing TruCon-bashing stuff or whatever. Not a chance. I'd either music-blog, or go to town on liberal idiocy in the finest tradition of the Moronblog. It would the douchiest thing in the world to take a privilege like that and use it to troll people.
Posted by: Jeff B. at October 15, 2013 09:42 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 09:47 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: fluffy at October 15, 2013 09:48 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: fluffy at October 15, 2013 09:49 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 15, 2013 09:50 PM (giV1l)
That's in the State of Jefferson, isn't it?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 09:51 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 15, 2013 09:53 PM (giV1l)
That's in the State of Jefferson, isn't it?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 16, 2013 01:51 AM (JawqV)
In a righteous and just world, it would be.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 15, 2013 09:54 PM (giV1l)
Filing that away for the next time I leech off the uncle outside of Eugene.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 15, 2013 09:55 PM (JawqV)
Weed.
Every time I stop at the Bakery there, I get a travel mug that is stolen shortly thereafter by the first burner who sees it.
Posted by: garrett at October 15, 2013 10:01 PM (MLbJL)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 15, 2013 10:05 PM (giV1l)
Weed.
Every time I stop at the Bakery there, I get a travel mug that is stolen shortly thereafter by the first burner who sees it.
Posted by: garrett at October 16, 2013 02:01 AM (MLbJL)
There is a certain fixation to the place....
Posted by: cthulhu at October 15, 2013 10:06 PM (giV1l)
Counterfeiting rare'ish pennies is safer and a lot less equipement intensive.
If you don't get greedy and do shit like 1909s pennies, and keep it to things in the kinda-rare $20 range you could get away with it forever.
Really all you need is a cheap hydraulic press from Harbor freight and a die.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 15, 2013 10:22 PM (l5zzX)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 15, 2013 10:31 PM (0wHyk)
"Money" has intrinsic value, unlike printed currency, which is nothing but a short term contract, on which you are on the losing end.
Posted by: navybrat at October 15, 2013 10:33 PM (RakrK)
That shriveling sound is my woody for Ms Connelly going south.......
Posted by: Any Moron at October 15, 2013 11:25 PM (AWwDY)
the meerkats are an oddity in the animal kingdom because they have a chick as a leader.
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Seems to me I recall reading that beavers mate for life, and (therefore?) the female is dominant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 16, 2013 05:17 AM (BDU/a)
Posted by: tired at October 16, 2013 06:59 AM (adOUE)
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