July 26, 2013
— CDR M
Municipal bankruptcy. It's what's for dinner so who is next? Maybe some on this list. 19 U.S. cities have proportionately bigger workforces than bankrupted Detroit. However, the data is missing some pretty important pieces of data.
Remarkably, the Census Bureau excluded from these figures all teachers and education professionals, which make up the largest group of local government employees.Dress Up DogThe figures also do not include separate government divisions that comprise significant portions of many urban public workforces, like the 1,200-employee Baltimore City Housing Authority, the 1,000-employee Philadelphia Housing Authority and the 2,300 employee Chicago Park District.
Transit systems, such as the 9,500-worker Chicago Transit Authority and New York's 7,000-person Port Authority, are also not counted.
Meet Trotter, the French bulldog that likes to dress up. That's a pretty good Elliot Spitzer look there.
Urban Legend?
Malawi: Trade in severed genitalia 'growing'. Man, I thought this stuff was an urban legend. $25K for a severed penis?
The Happy Seat
Alright 'ettes. What would you rather do? Go running or ride a bike with the 'Happy Seat'?
An Exhibit For Your Teenage Driver
This could be a valuable example for those of you with teenage drivers that drive recklessly. Bad behavior does have consequencs unless you work in the Obama Administration. Driver to stand trial for manslaughter in the deaths of two women who were electrocuted by downed power lines when they tried to come to his aid.
Cosplay
Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel prize winners are put to the task of drawing their discoveries. Now if they included peace prize winners, here's a depiction of what the President's drawing would look like.
Cars and Hackers
How safe is your car from hackers? Next time I get a speeding ticket, I'm going to use the hacker defense and say someone made me speed.
Dog Video
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 26, 2013 06:10 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 26, 2013 06:12 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:12 PM (GEICT)
And isn't it almost football season???
Posted by: NC Ref at July 26, 2013 06:12 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 06:13 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:14 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 26, 2013 06:14 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:14 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 26, 2013 06:15 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:15 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 06:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:16 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Filthy Bobby Filmer at July 26, 2013 06:16 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:16 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: fluffy at July 26, 2013 06:16 PM (8ZHc2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:16 PM (GEICT)
I'd like to propose that we are required to be more effusive in praise the greater the paucity in content.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:16 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 26, 2013 06:17 PM (KiyII)
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Posted by: Sen. Clay Davis (D) at July 26, 2013 06:17 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 06:17 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RushBabe at July 26, 2013 06:17 PM (qkZxk)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at July 26, 2013 06:18 PM (jSGog)
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at July 26, 2013 06:18 PM (RRbuy)
I should have waited a week for 7 instead. Posted by: CarolT
So when I looked at the HP site, they needed like 2-3 weeks to ship one with Win 7. WTH?
I could buy a Toshiba with pretty good internals for $350 right down the street. But with Win8.
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 06:18 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 06:18 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:18 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:18 PM (dKV5k)
woah...the colors...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:18 PM (yh0zB)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmR-A-yJknw
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 06:19 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:19 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:19 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Tommy Wiseau at July 26, 2013 06:19 PM (KiyII)
Hey 'rons and 'ettes.
Yes, STL City is likely going to go bankrupt. Once it discharges all the crap, I suspect we'll hear cries of "unification" again.
Which normally I'd go "OK, this could work, under the control of the county, the city could be reeled in."
But lately some places (like Wellston) that are technically in the county have been going bug fuck insane (Wellston couldn't afford it feed people in it's jail anymore, so it let them all go.)
So it may not go as well as I originally thought.
(Thankfully I live in an incorporated city in the county that, although carrying 18 million in bond debt, has fully funded pensions, is on pace to pay off that debt 5 years early in 2018, and somehow is still running as small surplus. Granted our sales tax is sky high, but there's no property tax, and the real estate tax, which is on top of the county's tax is currently 50% reduced.)
Posted by: tsrblke at July 26, 2013 06:19 PM (GaqMa)
Hold a few spares in reserve and we may be able to trap CAC in this dimension in a jam....
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:20 PM (LRFds)
That lady on the bike looks like she just douched.
Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2013 06:20 PM (eKXOL)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 26, 2013 06:20 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:20 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:20 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:21 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 06:21 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 26, 2013 10:12 PM (/izg2)
Ah yes. Still up for fantasy football?
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 10:18 PM (dKV5k)
--CDR M, lemme know when the league is back. I hope I can make the draft this year. And I will certainly change my keeper.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:21 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 06:21 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 10:19 PM (lVPtV)
....................................................
Put me down for running. Every time I've ridden a bike or done a spinning class my ass hurt for a week.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:21 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 06:21 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 26, 2013 06:21 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 10:20 PM (LRFds)
three of them...arranged just so...turn them on when he's in the middle...he'll just turn circles. I like this plan!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:22 PM (yh0zB)
Dunno I've been sparse. Bannion has furloughs IIRC and Radish may be traveling. I'll try to be more sparse, I'm out of nice things to say WRT the political class as a whole.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:22 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Journey at July 26, 2013 06:22 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:23 PM (GEICT)
It was called the LA Freeway when I took Drivers' Ed. Although the cell phones were the size of cinder blocks back then.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 26, 2013 06:23 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Gingy at July 26, 2013 06:23 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at July 26, 2013 06:23 PM (jSGog)
Posted by: Synova at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (7/PU+)
Ma'am I am to the point I have to argue with myself when I brush my teeth not to assume that 41-52% of the American public are either retards or grifters.
I'll stay in here and finish my packing and pray...a lot.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Filthy Filner at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (/PJ/D)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 06:24 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 06:25 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2013 10:21 PM (BQ10H)
Thanks for the tip...
(FTR, my total drug use experience is one hit off of one joint one time, I didn't like it so I passed from there on. If my bigmouth sister had been able to zip her fucking lip about it my recruiter would never have known...and then she couldn't figure out why I was so pissed off every time I had to go up for a security clearance review)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:25 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 26, 2013 06:25 PM (HVff2)
I prefer my ONT formulaic:
1. Picture of physically mockable or repulsive individual
2. Common beverage in a container of some sort
3. Solid organ
Otherwise, we are just going through the motions.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 06:26 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:28 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 10:24 PM (dKV5k)
--I'm indifferent to migrating, a bit selfishly since none of my potential keepers are all that anyway. Both sites at least allow for continuing game opportunities even for losers like me who miss the playoffs, so there's that.
And damn, I can;t wait for football season. How could a Chiefs fan *not*?
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:28 PM (3VBXw)
Basically either the moderates in the GOP are REALLY right and they're gonna do gangbusters FINALLY or I am right and I am about to surrender politics to the communists forever.
What Rove, Schmidt et al are NOT right about is that I will keep voting for them if they keep fucking me over.
The story at Drudge saying Ryan says amnesty is a done deal in October, and the deification of Krsipy Kreme has me just about done... last straw hell that's my last seed of grain..
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:28 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 06:28 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: lord marshall at July 26, 2013 06:28 PM (Jsiw/)
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I grew up driving on dirt roads..., they invite experimentation..., and provide a forgiving introduction to oversteer/understeer, inducing either, and arresting either.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 26, 2013 06:28 PM (aDwsi)
OTOH, the nerdy guys just look worse when they put on a superhero leotard.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at July 26, 2013 06:28 PM (celt+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:21 PM (4ygzS)
Oh come on....you're just gonna leave one out over the middle of the plate like that?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 10:24 PM (GEICT)
.........................................
Cut me some slack man, I'm jet lagged! On that note I have to tell you the best thing saying I learned in Ireland. "how was your craic last night" I guess that means "did you have fun last night"....but dang I still giggle at all the implications.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:29 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 06:29 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane ... at July 26, 2013 06:29 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:21 PM (4ygzS)
Years of ballet classes, riding/training horses, and running killed my knees. I'm looking at replacements in a few years. Ugh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:30 PM (lVPtV)
The DistrictÂ’s status as the national capital makes the burden on other cities all the more dramatic, cities like Baton Rouge, with one in 30 residents a city employee; Richmond, at one in 39; Denver, with one in 49; Cleveland and St. Louis, at one in 50; and Philadelphia and Atlanta with one in 51.
--I assume the article had something to say about the roles of these cities as state capitals, but as it stands it's just a run-on fragment.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:30 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at July 26, 2013 06:30 PM (p9CA2)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Louis Shoes at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 10:28 PM (3VBXw)
This. We're in summer camp now, just chompin' at the bit for opening day. Just gotta get through preseason without any major injuries.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 10:24 PM (RTYg0)
Here's a site: http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=441&viewfile=Door+Trim+Panel.pdf
I had to take the interior panels off of mine after the T bone repair was done to align the windows, it's not too hard to do. Sounds like the drain holes in the doors are clogged.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: art garfunkels ugly kid at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (MYTJs)
Posted by: georgeofthedesert at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (Eq2MX)
Posted by: jwb7605 [i](L.I.B.)[/i][/u][/b] at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:31 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2013 06:32 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: Colorful Guy That Shouts Alot at July 26, 2013 06:32 PM (TI6nB)
;-)
Posted by: Synova at July 26, 2013 10:24 PM (7/PU+)
--Does the article only highlight the 50 largest cities or something?
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:32 PM (3VBXw)
And fuck Obama and his evil minions.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:33 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Adriane ... at July 26, 2013 06:33 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 06:33 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2013 06:33 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 06:33 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Journey at July 26, 2013 06:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Sarah Palin tells Greta Van Susteren: 'I was banned from talking about Rev. Wright' [video] http://bit.ly/1494R7p
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 26, 2013 06:34 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Louis Shoes at July 26, 2013 06:34 PM (QupBk)
So with all the random name generator, Carlos Danger stuff, I wondered why not do the same thing with Sydney Leathers.
First name- A major world city
Last name- A fabric or material
I'm going with 'Shanghai Houndstooth'!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 06:34 PM (pxDth)
Probably are the drain holes since the electrics still work perfectly.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 06:35 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:35 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Adriane ... at July 26, 2013 06:35 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:35 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 10:29 PM (GEICT)
Just got done with the Evil Black Shotgun (EBS) Project. http://tinyurl.com/mcz6v5a
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:36 PM (yh0zB)
The story at Drudge saying Ryan says amnesty is a done deal in October, and the deification of Krsipy Kreme has me just about done... last straw hell that's my last seed of grain..
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 10:28 PM (LRFds)
Miguel-They are wrong. I stayed home instead of voting for a RINO in the special election to replace John Kerry. The man that ran as R wrote letter to Patrick asking to be appointed to seat and he gave $ and supported TFG and would not run for reelection. The people here voted for him in the primary. I wouldn't waste my time.
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 06:36 PM (z4WKX)
I prefer to view the dendeavor as a sort of Dante's Divine Comedy with a dash of Milton...
Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light.
Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
Such characters in colour dim I mark'd
Over a portal's lofty arch inscrib'd:
Whereat I thus: Master, these words import.
You put those together and you feel like you're on the revolving door of Keynesian economics...
Speaking of marvels, Cosplay, and "toil for virtue"...
Ms Marvel SFW
http://tinyurl.com/mmefmpg
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:36 PM (LRFds)
106 Just mentioned on the local news: Filner is 71. Eeek!
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 10:31 PM (K+I6z)
***
Oh thank goodness! Early intervention is always a good idea in these situations.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 06:37 PM (pxDth)
Somebody just ordered a Macallan 18 year old in a Rusty Nail.
Thankfully he refused, but alas....he didn't beat the customer to death, so his genes are still out there!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2013 06:37 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:37 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: willard gibbs at July 26, 2013 06:37 PM (klLGS)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 10:31 PM (dKV5k)
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Please not handsome Philip Rivers I hope. I'm a Bronco fan through and through but dang if there is a better specimen of a man out there I am yet to see. I'm sure he's douche in real life but he makes watching the Chargers bearable.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:38 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:38 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: laura w's hump at July 26, 2013 06:38 PM (BQ10H)
Probably are the drain holes since the electrics still work perfectly.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 10:35 PM (RTYg0)
Sho'nuff. http://tinyurl.com/kcm73mz
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:38 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 06:39 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:39 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 10:31 PM (K+I6z)
I've had it on good authority that they will, eventually, strong arm his ass outta there. I'm sure he's just holding out to see what kind of lovely parting gifts they are willing to bestow. Fuckin' icky piece of shit. You want to see a creepy-ass cracka? You need look no further than Filthy Filner.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:39 PM (8lmkt)
Husband drank the vodka and gin dry before he went camping.
There will be blood.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:39 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Bobby Feelin'er at July 26, 2013 06:39 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 10:36 PM (yh0zB)
Total cost?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2013 06:39 PM (gqgiP)
120 Paris Cashmire.
Posted by: Louis Shoes at July 26, 2013 10:35 PM (QupBk)
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126 Regina Charmeuse
Posted by: Gingy at July 26, 2013 10:36 PM (aH+zP)
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Burlap, Hoboken Burlap.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2013 10:36 PM (BQ10H)
******
Nice, all!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 06:39 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 10:39 PM (dKV5k)
pics or it didn't happen, Commander. 
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:40 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 06:40 PM (K+I6z)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:41 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 06:41 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 10:39 PM (dKV5k)
You don't know the trick?
three slices of crisp bacon left on a plate, with a 1.75 liter bottle of Valu-Rite on the table next to it.
They won't remember a thing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2013 06:41 PM (gqgiP)
I'm not even a pilot (unless flight simulator computer games count) and I know it takes balls of solid brass to fly a B-52 in that manner. Any Navy fighter jock would sport a round for the crew.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 26, 2013 06:41 PM (uxi9i)
Hilarious in the comments as a RINO tries to deny the story, and he has his ass handed to him
Posted by: kbdabear at July 26, 2013 06:41 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 26, 2013 06:42 PM (JMmQ9)
Here, honey, have a can o' cheap swill. I also have tequila and an unopened bottle of good gin. All yours, my friend.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)
the ending of animal farm comes to mind...
especially appropo when discussing Christie...
"Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:42 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 10:41 PM (NEIxp)
It's rockin!
http://tinyurl.com/krnq9wv
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2013 06:43 PM (gqgiP)
Please not handsome Philip Rivers I hope. I'm a Bronco fan through and through but dang if there is a better specimen of a man out thereI am yet to see. I'm sure he's douche in real life but he makes watching the Chargers bearable.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:38 PM (4ygzS)
--First Rivers fangurl I've encountered. Usually they're up for Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:43 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 10:37 PM (K+I6z)
No he won't. Tolerate is a long shot from like. Nobody...and I mean NOBODY...is good enough for Daddy's little girl. Ever.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:43 PM (yh0zB)
Then I think about how he'd react to Obama and this fucked up administration, and I'm glad he's in Heaven with my mom, his "beautiful girl."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:43 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:44 PM (dKV5k)
he makes watching the Chargers bearable.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:38 PM (4ygzS)
clearly you have not read the profootball mock dot com qb facebook chats. they eviscerate that moron, and rightfully so.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2013 06:44 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: EROWMER at July 26, 2013 06:44 PM (OONaw)
The Fat Fuck fapped over the Ground Zero Mosque and when 9-11 families objected, he basically told them "shut up, haters!"
Posted by: kbdabear at July 26, 2013 06:45 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:45 PM (8lmkt)
Here, honey, have a can o' cheap swill. I also have tequila and an unopened bottle of good gin. All yours, my friend.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 10:42 PM (8lmkt)
I love ya, girl! (Got any limes?)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:45 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 06:45 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 06:46 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at July 26, 2013 06:46 PM (p9CA2)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 06:47 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2013 10:39 PM (gqgiP)
Yeah...didn't keep track...I don't even remember what I paid for the shotgun, but it's a Maverick 88 made by Mossberg, that's a Blackhawk collapsible stock with two spacers to angle it down a bit (it's intended to be used with some sort of optics which I don't have). I put the tri-rail flashlight mount on it, I think it was less than 20 bucks from Amazon, along with a rail mounted sling swivel and a Winchester sling swivel on the back with a Blackhawk sling that has the loops for extra cartridges. I don't have a pic with the sling on it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:47 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2013 06:47 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 10:45 PM (lVPtV)
OMG, I misread that at first as "lines." Flashback!!! 
Um, no, no limes. I don't hold with keeping vegetable matter in the house unless it's in a box in the freezer with some kinda meat product and sauce and shit.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:47 PM (8lmkt)
Anna, sounds like you have a blocked door drain. Under the door should be some sort of opening to allow water to drain.
You may not even have to disassemble the upholstery on the door to fix this. Worth a look, imho.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 26, 2013 06:47 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 06:48 PM (pxDth)
Oh it gets better...basically Krispy Kreme has me ready to wear a dunce cap for the rest of eternity...
the fat fucker says "uh golly Obama has not changed anything from Bush's handling of the war on terror..."
and you know I was going to argue the point...and then I looked at it hard and I was forced to conclude...
"Fat Ass who has not seen his dick sans a mirror in decades has a point. The supplicant butt thrust to Radical Islam is just more overt now."
Not a happy afternoon.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:48 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 10:44 PM (8lmkt)
...............................
My taste in men is shaky at best. He's a whiner I know that but he is also a republican and a staunch supporter of traditional marriage. And did I mention handsome?
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:48 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 06:48 PM (BQ10H)
What's getting them all panicky is that their fundraising isn't looking so hot lately
Posted by: kbdabear at July 26, 2013 06:49 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 06:49 PM (z4WKX)
Anyhow, it's creepy and I'm reading it at night with husband out of town for a week.
First person to say, "It's IN THE ROOM" gets their nuts twisted off.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:49 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at July 26, 2013 06:49 PM (3X3ZR)
http://tinyurl.com/6wv2d7l
You saw it on the internets so don't be sure it's true. My bad if it's not but I'm Catholic too and don't always agree with what the Church says. Just sayin'.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 26, 2013 06:49 PM (/izg2)
The FreeShit Army doesn't get the gag yet...
in the end the deal is either the Superstate loves them some cowed Americvans who just want da money! or we are *all* the enemy....
Pigs, Humans...I can't tell the difference very often anymore.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:49 PM (LRFds)
20" barrel
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 06:50 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:48 PM (4ygzS)
Molly, no disrespect, my sistah, but are we talking about the same guy? Because I think he is borderline retarded. If not, he certainly has the look down. You might need to get out more.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 06:50 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at July 26, 2013 06:50 PM (p9CA2)
Posted by: Chris Christie at July 26, 2013 06:50 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 06:50 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: I'm Alec Baldwin and I don't need the competitionovered at July 26, 2013 06:50 PM (P8gdz)
Um, no, no limes. I don't hold with keeping vegetable matter in the house unless it's in a box in the freezer with some kinda meat product and sauce and shit.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 10:47 PM (8lmkt)
Lol. Heh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:51 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 10:50 PM (8lmkt)
................................
I didn't say I wanted to marry the guy............Just looking for a bright spot in having to watch the freaking Chargers!
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:52 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 06:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 26, 2013 10:41 PM (uxi9i)
Navy fighter jocks would have done that at Mach. Seen it done myself. Also, the A6 guys used to do it all the time just because. Coolest thing ever, an F-14B breaking the sound barrier at deck level off the port side, you could feel the sonic wave all the way through you. He was probably 50 feet off the deck maybe 300 yards off the port side.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:53 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Ghost of Micheal Crichton at July 26, 2013 10:51 PM (dKV5k)
Reaches for rusty, dull nut carving knife.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:53 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:48 PM (4ygzS)
--Most conservative QB of the past 2 decades may have been Kurt Warner. Good guy. Great QB.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:53 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2013 06:53 PM (FcR7P)
MC there's good news, and there's bad news...
the good news...we really did prove gorebul warmening was bad science disguising a Malthusian Death Cult like you thought would happen....
the bad news...turns out that the more disproven the models and dataset gets the more tempted western civ is to suck the dicks of the enablers of the fraud's political preferences....
sometimes you get the bull and sometimes you get forcefed the bullshit.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 06:54 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 06:54 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: J. Random Dude at July 26, 2013 06:54 PM (72afg)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 10:53 PM (3VBXw)
...............................
I agree 100 percent
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:55 PM (4ygzS)
Wish he were still around. Call me crazy but I've a hunch 9/11 would have inspired him to return to New York (he was from Brooklyn) and maybe even try to make a film there.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 06:55 PM (7B7jB)
Mark Levin talking about an Obamacare 'call center' in Contra Costa CA that will help callers navigate the labyrinthine national healthcare program- a little over 200 employees
EXCEPT MOST OF THE POSITIONS ARE PART TIME SO THEY CAN AVOID THE EMPLOYER MANDATE
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 26, 2013 06:55 PM (8sCoq)
Hopefully, any nightmares won't include Filthy Filmer or Weiner.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 26, 2013 06:55 PM (lVPtV)
/Not shocked at all
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 26, 2013 06:56 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 06:56 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 10:50 PM (RTYg0)
Damn, do you have a 10 and up? If so, here's the right link for that one (for some reason I thought your snake was an 07). -> http://tinyurl.com/pjhrygv
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 06:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:56 PM (3VBXw)
Do as we say, not as we do.
Posted by: The Left at July 26, 2013 06:57 PM (uLzrM)
The nice thing is that SB is already largely surrounded by desert, so a lot of the decay is automatically less noticeable. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 06:57 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 26, 2013 06:57 PM (tOkJB)
215 --Most conservative QB of the past 2 decades may have been Kurt Warner. Good guy. Great QB.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 10:53 PM (3VBXw)
..............................
On that note has anyone read Tony Dungys book? I bought it and read almost all of it. I knew the ending so didn't finish the part where his kid committed suicide. That there is a true NFL icon.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 06:57 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 10:53 PM (3VBXw)
...............................
I agree 100 percent
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:55 PM (4ygzS)
--And Rivers has yet to come close to touching Kurt's accomplishments. Still has the three highest passing yardage totals in Super Bowl history.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 06:58 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Red Shirt at July 26, 2013 06:58 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 26, 2013 06:58 PM (aDwsi)
/Ladies please don't stop running...
//Wait I didn't mean it like that
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 26, 2013 06:58 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 06:59 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 06:59 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 26, 2013 07:00 PM (C+qQ0)
..............................
On that note has anyone read Tony Dungys book? I bought it and read almost all of it. I knew the ending so didn't finish the part where his kid committed suicide. That there is a true NFL icon.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 10:57 PM (4ygzS)
--Good player, great coach. The University of Minnesota was desperate to land him as head coach a couple years ago.
I have not read the book, but read his forward to Warrick Dunn's book.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:00 PM (3VBXw)
mwah
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:01 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 07:01 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 10:53 PM (3VBXw)
another one the fuckin' asshole chargers fucked up and cut loose.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:01 PM (8lmkt)
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That is arguably the feature of CCW you will enjoy the most. You will be surprised and pleased how many folks swap firearms simply because they can. Not sure you like what you got? Trade it! Sell it! Get another. Easy Squeazy.
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 07:02 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 26, 2013 07:02 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2013 07:02 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:03 PM (doBIb)
Comrade the charges are about results in sentence not reflection of reality....
it is a brave new world comrade
//Andrei Vyshinsky
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 07:03 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 07:03 PM (Vk2pI)
/Ladies please don't stop running...
//Wait I didn't mean it like that
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 26, 2013 10:58 PM (b9K4P)
--No, take that back. Sorry ladies, but the female body is not as fit for extensive running as a man's The ligaments and tendons just do not wear as well.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:03 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 26, 2013 07:03 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:04 PM (doBIb)
Yup. Where we live in Commiefornia, there are a profusion of independent parastatal authorities that are not technically part of any municipal, county or state government, but they are just as expensive to run as any "government" agency.
Also every bit as featherbedded, nepotistic and corrupt. Perhaps even more so, since they are not as much in the public eye. I've heard amazing horror stories about the local sewer district. Commissioners basically ordering up costly heavy construction on their own private properties with the district footing the bill. The workers not blowing the whistle, because it's on overtime that pads their pensions.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 07:04 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Shouldn't. I've seen guys install extended mags 4" out past the muzzle for 3Gun with no issues. Jake in ID has done that.
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 07:04 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 07:05 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:05 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:06 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 26, 2013 10:58 PM (aDwsi)
So far so good.
Graphics looks like the Corsair II is assigned to the Blue Blasters VA-34.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 10:59 PM (RTYg0)
Blasters flew Skyhawks and Intruders. They fly Hornets now. They were in my airwing when they transitioned to Hornets.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:07 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 11:01 PM (8lmkt)
--Kurt Warner was a Charger? Are you confusing him with Drew Brees?
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:07 PM (3VBXw)
Has anyone here yet upgraded their cellphone to the new HTC One?
I like it and think I'll upgrade, but would love to get some personal feedback if there are any hidden bugs/problems...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 07:07 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:07 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)
Mine is in private, but we did public with older Road Boy.
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 07:08 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:08 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: Tobacco Road
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Hmm. OK..., but I still want an After Action report.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 26, 2013 07:08 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:09 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 10:58 PM (3VBXw)
...........................
Please people don't misunderstand. I'm not a big fan of PR..I just think he's a nice looking dude. I was in Denver on Oct 7th 2007 when he tore my Broncos apart. Like I said, my taste is shaky at best. Just went to the British Open and made my sister follow my favorite golfer for a few rounds and lets just say it was just the two of us watching him. Peaches is probably right, I need to get out more
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 07:09 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, here till last call at July 26, 2013 07:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:09 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 07:09 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:09 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 07:10 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 07:10 PM (ELdpj)
Has anyone here yet upgraded their cellphone to the new HTC One?
I like it and think I'll upgrade, but would love to get some personal feedback if there are any hidden bugs/problems...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 11:07 PM (7B7jB)
We like it.
Posted by: NSA at July 26, 2013 07:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Mis-Educational Hat at July 26, 2013 07:10 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 07:10 PM (7B7jB)
Also, note I didn't say nuttin' 'bout Verizon. Psych!
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 07:11 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 10:59 PM (RTYg0)
OK, only off by one year. My 11 has the big speaker in the corner, I didn't know if the 05-09 had them or not (didn't pay enough attention to Sister's car), and I've never seen the Shelbys so I have no idea there. Should be pretty close though.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:11 PM (yh0zB)
If the top rail, yeah, looking for a ghost ring this weekend. The light on the fore-grip I bought on a whim for the pistol. It serves it's purpose but will be replaced soon.Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:11 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:11 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:12 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 11:09 PM (4ygzS)
--What, you didn't think your boy Jay Cutler was hotter?
/sarc
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:12 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 11:07 PM (3VBXw)
eesh, I was wrong on that. the dadster likes him a lot and the dadster lives down there and I fucked up and thought he was a one-time charger. i stand corrected and i regret the error.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:12 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 07:12 PM (RTYg0)
Oh yeah, I'll get off your lawn now. Posted by: EC
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We use a clay tablet with a stick. It is called cuneiform
Posted by: The Sumerians at July 26, 2013 07:13 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 07:13 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:13 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 11:12 PM (8lmkt)
--So you meant Brees? Because by most accounts he is conservative as well.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:13 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:14 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2013 07:14 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 11:13 PM (ELdpj)
amazing anyone would admit to having that kind of knowledge here, but kudos, Lauren. way to be fearless!
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:14 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:14 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:14 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 07:15 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:15 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 11:10 PM (RTYg0)
..................................
Sure. Need to know your race before we can properly grade though.
Posted by: Winston_Salem University at July 26, 2013 07:15 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 07:15 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 07:15 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 26, 2013 07:15 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:15 PM (NEIxp)
Best part....I'll be done by 715.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 11:14 PM (GEICT)
wait, you have a 30 minute work day?
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:16 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:16 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 11:12 PM (RTYg0)
Got it! Not that I know a durn thing about the Left Coast tail flashes anyway, all my cruises were Med cruises.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:17 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:17 PM (doBIb)
it's easy to do Dick Vermeil, Mike Martz, and Ernie Zampese were basically running Air Coryell Offense from the Charger Bomb Squad glory days...
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 07:17 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 07:18 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:18 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2013 11:14 PM (fjHPw)
Had a pilot with the last name of Baller, but his callsign was Didja. Blue might have been funnier though...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:18 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:19 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 07:19 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 26, 2013 07:19 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:20 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 07:20 PM (RTYg0)
the dog crapped everywhere...you'd be able to seeit in the monument but "sand".....
so Vic got exiled and went to work for Augustus on viaducting...
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 07:21 PM (LRFds)
The Happy Seat one that was setting antivirus off for sdome folks.
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 11:15 PM (dKV5k)
--Ah, thanks!
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:21 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 07:21 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 07:21 PM (RTYg0)
--ha ha, just kidding, Empress Alex saw it and liked it. You can go about your business!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 26, 2013 07:21 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2013 11:19 PM (BQ10H)
Pappy usta tell me stories about driving the wagon hauling rocks when they were building Natural Bridge. http://www.naturalbridgeva.com/
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:22 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 11:17 PM (LRFds)
hell, those fuckers had glory days? musta been before they put the squeeze on the taxpayers to build 'em a new stadium.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 07:22 PM (Tz35j)
The Happy Seat one that was setting antivirus off for sodomy folks.
Yikes!
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 07:22 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:22 PM (NEIxp)
----------------------
FWIW..., my grandfather built the reactor at State..
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 26, 2013 07:23 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 11:20 PM (RTYg0)
Skipper's last name was Cuny, call sign Lingus. Yeah, he had to change it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Harry Reid at July 26, 2013 07:23 PM (8FeS+)
Take a look a Fannie Mae and what I have done for the economy! You will be surprised.
Btw, Cleveland is not the state capitol of Ohio - but it should be! ...Just like the shining example of Jihad city of Detroit! We need more government/union employees! May your gas prices go higher. Good day.
Posted by: Barney F. at July 26, 2013 07:23 PM (m5Tr1)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:23 PM (doBIb)
And on the 7th day.... Vic rested.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 07:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:24 PM (GEICT)
Not bad, though I've read there are some spots in Texas where you can buy a gun from a vending machine.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 07:24 PM (7B7jB)
Last name- A fabric or material
I'm going with 'Shanghai Houndstooth'!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 10:34 PM (pxDth)
I got Manolo Smash. It sounds like a drug dealer, donÂ’t you agree?
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 11:21 PM (z4WKX)
......................................
Paris Latex?
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 07:25 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Taco Shack at July 26, 2013 07:25 PM (C+qQ0)
Last name- A fabric or material
I'm going with 'Shanghai Houndstooth'!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 10:34 PM (pxDth)
I got Manolo Smash. It sounds like a drug dealer, donÂ’t you agree?
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 11:21 PM (z4WKX)
--What game is this?
Uh, Manila Tweed.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:26 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:26 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 11:23 PM (doBIb)
Nope. Should be, walk in, pick it out, pay for it, walk out. More people get killed every year in car wrecks than by gunshots but we don't require an ID to buy a car if you're paying cash.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:26 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Engine Room at July 26, 2013 07:27 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 07:27 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 07:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:27 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 11:27 PM (LRFds)
I saw that movie!
You buy long guns here from any state resident at will if your are not a dealer, but handguns are another matter.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 11:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Yep, tried to get that corrected but our elected spineless weasels are more afraid of 100 sheriffs than they are of 200K+ gun owners I guess.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:28 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE
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Not at a dealer. If you buy from an individual, yes, just like we can do with long guns here, at least.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 07:29 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:30 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 07:31 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 11:29 PM (RTYg0)
Hmm, can't imagine.
He went to BC (his initials), not original I guess but it survived the censors.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:31 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:32 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 07:33 PM (dKV5k)
The supersonic flybys are great, except for when they blow out the windows in the helos on the flight deck!
Posted by: exhelodrvr at July 26, 2013 07:34 PM (edmTQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Trevor (@TJexcite) at July 26, 2013 07:34 PM (c6tHt)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:34 PM (doBIb)
Growing up our neighbor had a wreck towing contract with the NYSP. Even in our small rural county, he was always full of gory stories and his yard was always full of evidence that he wasn't bullshitting.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 07:35 PM (7FYqv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 26, 2013 11:28 PM (aDwsi)
--No, it gave me Victor Calamity. Different game.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:35 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Vendette at July 26, 2013 10:31 PM (K+I6z)
So what? Filner's an amateur. Before I died at the age of 95, I used to not only grope women but also myself three times a day.
Posted by: Naked Ernest Borgnine at July 26, 2013 07:35 PM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 11:34 PM (4Mv1T)
Me, neither, TR, but what the hell, LA latex.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:35 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2013 07:35 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Gingy at July 26, 2013 07:36 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:36 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 26, 2013 07:36 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 07:37 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:37 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 07:37 PM (7FYqv)
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Sent mine to a school in a town where there's no place for cars. Seriously.
For that reason. A sheer idiot behind the wheel. Gave the car to charity the week he left.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 07:38 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:38 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 07:38 PM (jucos)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:39 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:39 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:39 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:40 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:40 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 07:42 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:42 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 07:43 PM (jucos)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:43 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 26, 2013 07:43 PM (NEIxp)
http://www.gonavy.jp/CVW-NF2.html
Corsair II is probably an A-7E. Either is 303 or 313. Post 1974 because of the black radome and dark color tail tip.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 07:43 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 11:42 PM (4ygzS)
Glad to be of service.
I have some pleasant memories of a nurse...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:44 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 11:42 PM (GEICT)
probably Milli Vanilli . . .
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 26, 2013 07:44 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 07:44 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:44 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 11:43 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 07:45 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:46 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CDR M at July 26, 2013 07:46 PM (dKV5k)
Being there for a while and observing how the place was run. I did a long term contract gig at BlueCross/BlueShield FL a while ago.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 07:46 PM (7FYqv)
Glad to be of service. I have some pleasant memories of a nurse...
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I would say you are welcome but I just can't. I was in the cold meat and cheese section today at the grocery store and when I saw the cheese curds my stomach flopped.
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 07:46 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 11:45 PM (jucos)
and neither one of them actually sang. that was kinda the punch line, Truck . . .
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:46 PM (8lmkt)
I meant say thank you. Gosh it's time for bed
Posted by: Molly k. at July 26, 2013 07:47 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 07:47 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:48 PM (GEICT)
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That made me LOL
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 07:48 PM (4Mv1T)
It tells you what a reasonable level of public employees is or isn't.
Taxpayers/employee tells you if you can afford it.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 07:49 PM (7FYqv)
Little known fact. Milli Vanilli actually cut an album after the scandal to show that they really COULD sing. Turns out that they weren't that good.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 07:49 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Purp at July 26, 2013 11:46 PM (7FYqv)
Don't question purp's knowledge, sometimes his responses are scary!
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 26, 2013 07:49 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 07:49 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 07:49 PM (GEICT)
The map is BS and totally overstates Virginia's rates, compared to North Carolina's. Even the largest NC cities are parts of counties, so NC taxpayers have to pay for city and county employees as well as state and federal. In Virginia, even very small cities are not part of any county, so Virginia taxpayers support either city, state, and federal employees, or county, state, and federal, but never all four levels. That totally skews the numbers. Theoretically, city employees of (e.g.) Richmond are doing, by themselves, the same work done by the city employees of (e.g.) Raleigh plus a bunch of Wake County employees who handle Raleigh as well as the rest of the county. Wake County includes Raleigh and its suburbs and miles and miles of farmland, but a large portion of Wake county expenditures are spent in Raleigh. In short, apples and oranges.
Posted by: Dr. Weevil at July 26, 2013 07:50 PM (PjEYC)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:50 PM (8FeS+)
What you're describing IS the "normal school experience" in 2013. To the letter.
"It's so depressing. It's depressing for my kids,,and it's depressing for all the other kids who are being brought up in this collective. They'll think nothing of giving their.possessions to the state. They're being conditioned."
Gosh, as though that were what had been meant to happen. Surely not.
Longtime moron PGiS commented how at her son's school in Seattle, a policy was instituted whereby all pencils are confiscated from individual students on day one, and henceforth collectively owned in a pencil pool. As a result, none of the students can be arsed to ever sharpen a pencil when it gets dull. They'll just flick it in the trash bin, with 90% of its life left, and pull another sharp one out of the collective supply.
Result? By a few weeks into the academic term, none of the students have a decent pencil available.
There actually is a lesson to be taught here, about how socialist/communist ideals horribly fail in practice, but these kids' teachers are absolutely not going to draw any such conclusions for those in their charge. No way, ever.
What's the Heinlein quote?
"Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as 'bad luck.'"
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 07:50 PM (gqT4g)
there's something witty that can be blended from: Bwoston, Bawney, Alimentary Canal, rectal orifices, and the toastmasters
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 07:50 PM (LRFds)
http://www.gonavy.jp/CVW-NF2.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 11:43 PM (RTYg0)
Wonder why they changed it. 1978, that was right around the time of the Iranian embassy thing wasn't it? or was that 79? I knew a guy that was with the Dragons just before they decom'ed Midway.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:50 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 11:50 PM (LRFds)
lotta wicked pissa massholes would call you a h8r for that, buddy.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 07:52 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 07:53 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:54 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Purp at July 26, 2013 11:49 PM
Dunno how usefully that is for DC since it's sucking tax dollars from, the whole nation.
St. Louis is making up the difference with the 1% income Tex on any city employee regardless of residence. It's sundowning, but they'll find a way to extend it. Hell my wife's job is trying to move and the rumor is no mater where it goes it'll be "city property"
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 26, 2013 07:55 PM (GaqMa)
Korean News Station Pokes Fun at KTVU with Fake American Pilot Names After Southwest Airlines Landing Gear Failure
http://tinyurl.com/mjrqhst
It looks like a Korean news agency is having some fun at KTVU’s expense. After the landing gear failure of the Southwest flight at LGA they showed this graphic with American pilot names “Captain Kent Parker Wright”, “Co-Captain Wyatt Wooden Workman”.
Posted by: kbdabear at July 26, 2013 07:55 PM (/9IC1)
Please.stop.now.
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 11:53 PM (8FeS+)
Both my sisters are nurses. One works for the prison, the other works for the VA nuthouse. I tell the one to hold a bed for me and the other one not to. Fortunately the nuthouse is closer to me...or is it me that's closer to the nuthouse...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:55 PM (yh0zB)
Wish me well.
Out.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 07:55 PM (4Mv1T)
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As part of an investigation of a motorcycle accident, myself and another guy went out to look at the car at the impound lot, an 80's Mercedes sedan. The car was t-boned by a Harley rider (no helmet). The guy went through the driver side rear window. The EMT's just hauled the body out and took it away. It was summertime. When we opened the rear door to look inside the odor was gagging..., literally. Apparently the top of the window opening took off most of the guy's skull, and when the EMTs pulled him out his brain just slid down onto the floorboard. Good times..., good times.
Posted by: Barney Fwank at July 26, 2013 07:55 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 07:55 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 07:56 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Big Bunny Brother ... at July 26, 2013 07:56 PM (Wk9TK)
What Rove, Schmidt et al are NOT right about is that I will keep voting for them if they keep fucking me over.
The story at Drudge saying Ryan says amnesty is a done deal in October, and the deification of Krsipy Kreme has me just about done... last straw hell that's my last seed of grain..
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 10:28 PM (LRFds)
Ryan...amnesty...October? damn it damn damn it.
deification of Krsipy Kreme...who's this?
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 26, 2013 07:56 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 07:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 07:58 PM (Tz35j)
http://rick-tharp.com/hsl51warlords4.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 07:58 PM (RTYg0)
Out.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 26, 2013 11:55 PM (4Mv1T)
Always, buddy. You are a prince among men. Proud to claim you as a fakey internet friend.
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 08:00 PM (8lmkt)
A friend opined about The Big Bang Theory that it's going downhill because it used to be a comedy about geeks and now it's a show about relationships probably to expand its appeal to women and there are already a ton of relationship comedies out there covering the same ground.
Most stories have a natural end to them. The problem is that too many shows push beyond that natural end. If BBT's characters never changed, then the show would be unwatchable because the main characters would be too depressing.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 26, 2013 08:01 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:01 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Omni Consumer Products at July 26, 2013 08:01 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 08:02 PM (doBIb)
sometimes you stare into Bawney Fwank and sometimes...well look Bawney probably has to get up of all fours and turn around to stare at you.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 08:02 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 26, 2013 08:03 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Milton Friedman at July 26, 2013 08:03 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 08:03 PM (doBIb)
Lost too much backbone to be a John Galt
Some people claim that it's Ted Cruz to blame
But we know it's all Rubio's fault ♫
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 08:04 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 08:04 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:05 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2013 08:07 PM (sdi6R)
http://rick-tharp.com/hsl51warlords4.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 11:58 PM (RTYg0)
Yep. VFA-195 had a pretty cool one as well.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 08:07 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 26, 2013 08:08 PM (7B7jB)
Look at J'ville investment income return on operating accounts. That'll tell you how clueful the people running the place are.
Then compare with Palm Beach county.
The difference is dramatic...and it pains me to have to say anything good about the Dems running PB county.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 08:08 PM (7FYqv)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 26, 2013 08:08 PM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:08 PM (8FeS+)
not telling you your business on writing b/c you're good at it but I'd work in the willful undermining of teaching the concepts of valuation to performance, opportunity cost, and scarcity....
in undermining these concepts in the career incubatory lab we mandate they spend 38-42 hours a week in we leave them putty for tyrants.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 08:09 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 08:09 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 26, 2013 10:34 PM (pxDth)
****
Miami Corduroy.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 26, 2013 08:10 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 27, 2013 12:08 AM (V1ZIU)
I'm gusting Omaha's changing demographics and stupid college age voters are slowly screwing it over.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 26, 2013 08:11 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Kent Code Worthadarn... at July 26, 2013 08:12 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at July 26, 2013 08:12 PM (X4HxX)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:13 PM (8FeS+)
xoxo
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 08:13 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 08:13 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:13 PM (Wk9TK)
but I'd work in the willful undermining of teaching the concepts of valuation to performance, opportunity cost, and scarcity....
in undermining these concepts in the career incubatory lab we mandate they spend 38-42 hours a week in we leave them putty for tyrants.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 27, 2013 12:09 AM (LRFds)
A relative teaches little kids in a private school. They innately get those concepts. But by the time they graduate from elementary school, that common sense it gone.
We don't have to teach the obvious, just prevent stupidity and idiocy from from being planted in their brains...Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 08:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Wish me luck!
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at July 27, 2013 12:12 AM (X4HxX)
heh, cool . . . rock on!!
Posted by: Peaches at July 26, 2013 08:14 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 08:14 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:14 PM (Wk9TK)
Not sure how it is done in your state, but out here, cities aren't responsible for paying wages/benefits for educational employees.
Posted by: doug at July 26, 2013 08:15 PM (uJ8q7)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 26, 2013 08:16 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 27, 2013 12:08 AM (V1ZIU)
Whoops, I was wrong, Omaha is listed as one of the leanest cities.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 26, 2013 08:16 PM (GaqMa)
Dr Jack Klugman of Enron had to go to a lot of scool to be that retarded...
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 08:16 PM (LRFds)
I have a good friend who grew up in Saudi Arabia near Dammam. His parents were both American living at the Aramco compound.
He tells stories about how the countryside in the 60's and 70's was littered with abandoned new Mercedes. The newly rich local Arabs would buy one and drive it out of the showroom and run it until it ran out of gas, then abandon it and buy another one. They didn't understand that refilling with gas was an option.
I presume they've smartened up by now...
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 08:16 PM (7FYqv)
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2013 08:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:18 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at July 26, 2013 08:19 PM (3X3ZR)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:21 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 11:59 PM (LRFds)
Thanks. Should have been able to guess that.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 26, 2013 08:21 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 08:21 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 26, 2013 08:22 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at July 26, 2013 08:23 PM (X4HxX)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 08:23 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 08:23 PM (Tz35j)
If you quote mine, do kindly correct my description of PGiS from "longtime moron" to "longtime moronette". I hit the intravenous Val-U-Rite drip early tonight after a long, tough day.
Also, tsrblke correctly invoked the Tragedy Of The Commons in response to the socialization of school pencils. I would have mentioned that as well, but the left seem to have appropriated Garrett Hardin recently. Not least because his and his wife's mutual voluntary suicide in their old age seems to square up well with their idea of getting rid of "useless eaters".
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 08:24 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:25 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Weirddave at July 26, 2013 08:25 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 08:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:26 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 26, 2013 08:27 PM (TKzjS)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:28 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:28 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 08:28 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Rabbit of Caerbannog at July 26, 2013 08:29 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:30 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 08:30 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:30 PM (8FeS+)
They poured oil on the sand to firm it up, and used orange colored golf balls.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 08:32 PM (7FYqv)
Posted by: EC at July 26, 2013 08:32 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:33 PM (8FeS+)
http://tinyurl.com/p48yrqd
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 08:33 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 08:34 PM (yoh1c)
Check the booze cabinet. They've been raiding it ;->
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 08:34 PM (7FYqv)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 26, 2013 08:36 PM (TKzjS)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:36 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 08:36 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 08:37 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at July 26, 2013 08:37 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 08:38 PM (7FYqv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 26, 2013 08:39 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 26, 2013 08:40 PM (RTYg0)
Posted by: The Insectocidal Hat at July 26, 2013 08:40 PM (Vk2pI)
The school thing is weird I just wind up buying the supplies thought the PTA and they are in the class the first day of school so it eliminates the buying of the supplies and the collection step. They are just there when the kids get there and they don't know that they are being redistributed. This ends when they hit middle school anyways. They still get to pick out their backpacks, lunch boxes, water bottles, clothes, shoes, backpack "charms", etc. The important thing is just being involved and aware of what they are being taught so you can intervene when needed. Be the room mom, volunteer, join the PTA, get on the school board. These are the things that will make a difference in a child's education whether you homeschool or send them to a public or private school, just be involved and aware.Posted by: lindafell at July 26, 2013 08:41 PM (PGO8C)
Is he doing okay now???
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 26, 2013 08:42 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 08:42 PM (K8169)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 08:42 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 26, 2013 08:43 PM (7FYqv)
Posted by: obese lady, bottle, and pancreas at July 26, 2013 08:45 PM (cK3Ih)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 08:46 PM (uERu4)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:46 PM (Wk9TK)
Wonder how that Sweet Tail is doing today?
Posted by: Maverick at July 26, 2013 08:47 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:48 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: CarolT at July 26, 2013 08:49 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 08:51 PM (uERu4)
569 We demand our turn!
Posted by: obese lady, bottle, and pancreas at July 27, 2013 12:45 AM (cK3Ih)
please. no.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 26, 2013 08:51 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:51 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: NO_LIMIT_BAMA at July 26, 2013 08:51 PM (+Ps3k)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 08:52 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2013 08:52 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 08:53 PM (uERu4)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 08:57 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 27, 2013 12:37 AM (RTYg0)
My Mom always told me we ended up on the wrong ship, we were supposed to go to the Planet of the Competent People.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2013 12:52 AM (yoh1c)
....but we had to get on right away, because otherwise we could have been eaten by a space goat, or something.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 08:57 PM (T1005)
Read Howie Carr's book about the brothers Bulger.
It's pretty clear that the reason Whitey was able to stay out of the slammer for so long was due to the enormous corruption in the People's Soviet Socialist Republic of Assholechusetts. Marxists and mobsters understand one another instinctively.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 08:58 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 08:58 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at July 26, 2013 08:58 PM (Hsgnv)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 08:58 PM (Wk9TK)
In 'Give War a Chance,' P.J. O'Rourke mentions a highway running from Kuwait to Iraq, perfectly straight for 400 miles. Wrecks of expensive cars are littered alongside the highway's length. Running parallel to the highway is a railroad, also perfectly straight for hundreds of miles, and sure enough, wrecks of locomotive and rail cars can be seen every few miles.
Posted by: epobirs at July 26, 2013 09:00 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 26, 2013 09:00 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: fluffy at July 26, 2013 09:00 PM (z9HTb)
583 Y'all make me feel slightly less pessimistic about the future, slightly.
Posted by: Lauren at July 27, 2013 12:57 AM (ELdpj)
****
Only slightly? It is Perv Pol Friday and Political Class is hot and bothered for Amnesty. and the middle class.
I'd rather be on my kitchen floor working on a fifth of Bean.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 26, 2013 09:01 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: lindafell at July 26, 2013 09:03 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at July 27, 2013 12:58 AM (Hsgnv)
******
Think I'll have a cup of coffee to that!
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 26, 2013 09:03 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:03 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 09:04 PM (Tz35j)
Sanitize your telephone, Guv'nor?
Posted by: fluffy at July 27, 2013 01:00 AM (z9HTb)
No, thanks -- it was just sanitized a few minutes ago. I say, you wouldn't happen to have any gin and tonic, would you?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 09:05 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:08 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: The Kulak Hat at July 26, 2013 09:11 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: buzzion at July 26, 2013 09:12 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: McGregor at July 26, 2013 09:12 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 09:12 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: lindafell at July 26, 2013 09:13 PM (PGO8C)
Public school is typically a lousy environment for an Asperger's kid anyway.
Either they will die of boredom or be bullied to within an inch of their life. Neither are a particularly good outcome.
I said that to a couple who had an Aspie kid who was not dealing well with public school. I recommended that they, well, get him OUT OF THERE. They said, "But if we take him out of the school with the other kids, he'll never learn *social skills*!"
Yeah, as though what he's learning there from the other kids are good, adaptive social skills that will be a benefit to him in later life. Ain't that a kick. Last I saw, the kid had shelled up defensively to where even his parents could barely reach him.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 09:14 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: McGregor at July 27, 2013 01:12 AM (qo244)
Get-out-of-here! Next you're going to tell me that the school district supported more active employees than retirees, and more teachers than administrators.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 09:15 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 09:16 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Midnight In Mid-America at July 26, 2013 09:17 PM (WgBz9)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 27, 2013 01:14 AM (gqT4g)
FIFY.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 09:17 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lindafell at July 26, 2013 09:18 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: David (NOT DAve!), infamous sockpuppet at July 26, 2013 09:19 PM (w6ylO)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 27, 2013 01:14 AM (gqT4g)
FIFY.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 01:17 AM (T1005)
But it can be a great environment for adults!
Posted by: Harry Reid at July 26, 2013 09:20 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 09:20 PM (Vk2pI)
And worse it has become a lousy environment for learning the 3 Rs.
Posted by: McGregor at July 26, 2013 09:20 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 09:21 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: RWC at July 26, 2013 09:22 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 09:22 PM (xrAgh)
Posted by: Flyonthewall at July 26, 2013 09:22 PM (mUydy)
Posted by: lindafell at July 26, 2013 09:22 PM (PGO8C)
Despite that, I am...well, not awesome, but kind of interesting. If you're not too picky. Man, wish the wading pool was drowning depth.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 26, 2013 09:23 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 09:24 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 27, 2013 01:22 AM (xrAgh)
Is the NSA port labeled clearly? I wouldn't want to hook it up wrong.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 09:24 PM (T1005)
really? My son has gone to school in 3 states everyone of them but one year in Louisiana has had this smiley face Barney the dinosaur as written by Kafka and Marx collectivist community chest supply bullshit.
I can tell you must not have kids to buy the NEA narrative....
try getting 5 minutes of a teacher's time a straight answer on your child's behavior, or an honest assessment of their priciencies and deficiencies....
We spend 5 times asjusted for inflation what we did when I went to school in '77 and the fuckers are worth every penny eh?
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 09:25 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: DAve at July 26, 2013 09:25 PM (albkL)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:25 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: McGregor at July 26, 2013 09:27 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 09:27 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Flyonthewall at July 26, 2013 09:29 PM (mUydy)
Posted by: UWP at July 26, 2013 09:29 PM (r98SZ)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:30 PM (ELdpj)
One day your son will thank *you*.
That's the only thing that matters.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 09:30 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 09:30 PM (Tz35j)
you wouldn't want some administrator to not get his district provided Mercedes now would you?
It's like running a Marathon the white hot fury I feel when some efette moonbat progtard starts going on about celebrity CEOs in a lounge.....
the Administrators play the same games...
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 09:30 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: UWP at July 26, 2013 09:31 PM (r98SZ)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:33 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:35 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: Flyonthewall at July 26, 2013 09:37 PM (mUydy)
probably a hermit....
you owe it to yourself to speak with them on the matter...some get embarassed and try to play it off as "district policy" others get the Gone With the Wind I'll never go hungry again righteous indignation routine...one admitted she was punishing the richer kids....
fun stuff...a lot like the J schoolers at Journolist..."Crusaders"
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence at July 26, 2013 09:37 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: UWP at July 26, 2013 09:38 PM (r98SZ)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at July 26, 2013 09:38 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: lindafell at July 26, 2013 09:38 PM (PGO8C)
This.
Kevin Williamson has a great line about how the contemporary college generation simultaneously demand the most absolutely up to the nanosecond updated, latest and hottest, most cutting edge, most customized and flexible personal digital electronics, while at the same time saying they want to preserve the 1930s-vintage Social Security and the 1960s-vintage Medicare systems.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 09:39 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2013 09:40 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:41 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: Flyonthewall at July 26, 2013 09:43 PM (mUydy)
Posted by: Lauren at July 26, 2013 09:44 PM (ELdpj)
Posted by: Flyonthewall at July 27, 2013 01:43 AM (mUydy)
I'm sorry to hear about the hole in your heart where your lost friend used to be. I hope you will find some peace from sharing his story.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 09:47 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 26, 2013 09:49 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 26, 2013 09:49 PM (yoh1c)
Despite that, I am...well, not awesome, but kind of interesting. If you're not too picky. Man, wish the wading pool was drowning depth.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 27, 2013 01:23 AM (xjpRj)
What the hell are you doing with a wading pool?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 09:49 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lindafell at July 26, 2013 09:50 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: DAve, (not David) at July 26, 2013 09:51 PM (albkL)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 09:53 PM (k1oMF)
I believe that, purely as a matter of style, all rockets should be raised vertically to the launch pad from a secret base inside a volcanic cone.
Except for the really BIG rockets, which should be built in shipyards and then towed out to sea before launch.
Thinking here of the Bob Truax "Sea Dragon" concept, a brutally simple and brutally big pressure-fed monster of a booster. Would have lifted the entire International Space Station, which required many Shuttle flights to assemble, in one shot. With margin to spare. Go big or stay home.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 26, 2013 09:54 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: DAve, (not David) at July 27, 2013 01:51 AM (albkL)
Yeah, well -- at least you might get some use out of that school....I'd be more pissed about this one http://tinyurl.com/p7w2vx7 .
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 09:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: fastfreefall at July 26, 2013 09:55 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 26, 2013 09:57 PM (5lVZz)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 09:57 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Bob Filner at July 26, 2013 09:58 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 09:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 09:58 PM (k1oMF)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 26, 2013 09:59 PM (yh0zB)
Yeah, that LAUSD.
Posted by: epobirs at July 26, 2013 10:00 PM (kcfmt)
Haha I used to work at Belmont Community Adult School. The architect of that fuckup was suspended for a year with pay and given a promotion upon his return
Posted by: DAve, (not David) at July 26, 2013 10:04 PM (albkL)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 26, 2013 10:08 PM (5lVZz)
Posted by: DAve, (not David) at July 26, 2013 10:09 PM (albkL)
$75 for the 3640 and the servers, plus shipping?
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 26, 2013 10:14 PM (5lVZz)
Mark o't' Beast post at the 'Q yet.Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2013 10:20 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 26, 2013 10:22 PM (5lVZz)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 10:23 PM (GVFlJ)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 26, 2013 10:25 PM (5lVZz)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 10:33 PM (GVFlJ)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at July 26, 2013 10:37 PM (0tx4o)
Picked up a bicycle today but it may be too small for me. It's been so long since I rode a bike I don't know what really need but it didn't feel right. It may be that it is intended for a different style use that what I'm looking for. I'll have to spend some more time with it in the morning and see. It was just getting dark when I got it home and I barely had time to do more than determine if I still had any ability to keep my balance.
Posted by: epobirs at July 26, 2013 10:57 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 26, 2013 10:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 26, 2013 11:12 PM (Whcm/)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2013 11:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 26, 2013 11:36 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2013 11:37 PM (fjHPw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 12:12 AM (T1005)
I thought these were one and the same.
If not, some dogs playing poker would tip us into the abyss.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 27, 2013 03:37 AM
The shit abyss.
Posted by: mr lahey at July 27, 2013 12:13 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 12:14 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 04:14 AM (kcfmt)
What overall type of bike is it? In general, the ideal frame size has your leg nearly fully extended (and ankle slightly pointed down) when your behind is on the seat and you're at the bottom of the stroke. The length of the frame should find you comfortably holding the handlebars when you're on the seat and your feet are at the top and bottom of the crank.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 12:20 AM (T1005)
Thing is, I had some credit for this store and some of it was going to expire at the end of the month. The only other thing I'd buy at that store is video games, which I really don't need any more of for a few years, so I was hoping to find something cheap to let me get back into bicycling and get a better quality ride later when I was more sure of my commitment. But TRU's idea of a model suitable for an adult may differ from mine.
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 01:29 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: backhoe at July 27, 2013 01:45 AM (ULH4o)
Thing is, I had some credit for this store and some of it was going to expire at the end of the month. The only other thing I'd buy at that store is video games, which I really don't need any more of for a few years, so I was hoping to find something cheap to let me get back into bicycling and get a better quality ride later when I was more sure of my commitment. But TRU's idea of a model suitable for an adult may differ from mine.
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 05:29 AM (kcfmt)
Schwinn Suburbans, IIRC, were heavier than hell. Does this thing have coaster brakes (pedaling backward), or hand brakes? A derailleur, or 3-speed, or single speed gearing? Readily adjustable seat height? Readily adjustable handlebar height? I'm assuming wider tires, more like a coaster than a touring bike -- hopefully with some tread if you're going offroad.
I'd have to say, as a general comment, that "advanced" bikes from the 70s are really terrible compared to "beater" bikes of today. You used to get a heavy-framed 10-speed with lever shifters and with iffy side-pull brakes at a premium price -- where now you'll get an 18-speed with quick-release hubs, quick release saddle, cantilever brakes, click-shifters, and a much lighter frame, for peanuts.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2013 01:48 AM (T1005)
The bike I got has hand brakes and is an 18-speed front and back setup, which is going to take me a while to use right, if ever. I've never used this style of shifter before either. The seat has a quick release lever, so I was already able to adjust that. I ran out of light so my examination didn't go further that in adjusting it to fit me.
Peanuts would be a high-end currency here. After using the $55 in TRU credit I had (kickback from my VISA card but If I can ever get it to zero balance I plan to shift over to my Amazon VISA instead. More versatile kickback.), and adding a 15-month end to end warranty, my cost was a little under $75. I used some rebate cards I had from Newegg, so about $30 went on the TRU VISA, which will kick back 4%.
I really prefer rebates to send checks or AMEX cards. The bank can pull the cash value off an AMEX card and deposit it to my account. VISA won't do that for some reason. I'd rather the money go in my account and be used to pay the card rather than make direct purchases, since the card has the kickback. For stuff outside TRU it's 1%.
This used to be great when I was buying new game systems at launch and had lots of opportunities to put big charges on the card for business expenses that would quickly be paid back. I used an earlier incarnation of the card (TRU has changed vendors three times since I first got a TRU credit card in 1998.) to pay for a bunch of rooms and a suite at the Las Vegas Hilton for the Byte Magazine contingent at Comdex. The second to last one, IIRC. Such expenditures going on the card created enough TRU store credit for me to cover the purchases of the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube. Those were the days.
I've since become less enthusiastic for new game machines at launch. My last such purchase I now consider a serious mistake. I should have waited at least a year, as I did on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Both of those were around three years old before I got them and I have an absurd number of cheap games still in the shrink wrap.
Posted by: epobirs at July 27, 2013 02:13 AM (kcfmt)
So 19 more Detroits eh? Sorry that doesn't look at but one factor in the Detroit failure. Detroit has had 6 decades of misrule by corrupt Democrats. It is not just the number of freeloading city workers, it is also how much the city government gave away to their pals through sweetheart deals with the unions.
It is also how much the corrupt city government played crony corruption with sweatheart deals and kickbacks to all kinds of businesses doing work for the city.
It is also how long the Democrats have had sole control of the city government with no opposition.
You see, there are a lot more factors than just the workers per capita.
As for the Buff's, what at awesome plane that has turned out to be. Still in service after all these years. My father worked on the electronics in those. And my older brother worked on the electronics in those. My father has gone to the great electronic thingy in the sky now and my brother is retired. But the Buff's are still flying.
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2013 02:53 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada (Totes Normal) at July 27, 2013 03:24 AM (jopHG)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2013 03:31 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2013 06:53 AM
Mornin', Vic. I can still remember the first time I saw a Buff in the air. Damn, that thing looked incredibly huge! In the photo, it looks like a Cessna 152 next to the carrier....
Wonder how much longer our "newer, smarter" military under CinC Choom will let them remain in our air fleet? Not long enough, probably.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 27, 2013 03:41 AM (/RIVS)
Jeez,
The next 3 years are taking on dimensions that fail the "High Information"
Voters..........
go figure.....
Posted by: Richard at July 27, 2013 08:10 AM (D1IQT)
Faulty dots. One pale green one is sitting either somewhere in the Yukon or in the Pacific Ocean.
Posted by: Levin at July 27, 2013 01:16 PM (0b17P)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 26, 2013 06:10 PM (HVff2)