May 21, 2013
— Maetenloch
Oh and here are some breaking updates:
- Jon Lovitz: Obama Is Peddling A Victim Mentality
- Thomas Friedman is Retardated on Jeopardy
- End of Justice4Trayvon: Witness Says Trayvon Attacked Him "MMA Style"
Tonight the WayBack machine is taking us back to the 1970's - the evening of November 10, 1975 to be exact. And you'll get to (re)experience almost a half hour of solid 70's commercial goodness.
Now step inside and away we go....
WRM may be a conservative-ish Democrat but even he can see the failure in socialism:
Funny, all these years the Castro brothers blamed Cuba's grinding poverty and economic failure on two big problems: the US embargo and a lack of energy reserves. Now here comes Venezuela, no embargo and some of the largest oil reserves in the world, and Castro policies are producing Castro results. It's almost as if socialism tends to produce oppression and poverty in any country it controls- along with bureaucratic thuggishness, cronyism, and corruption.
Meanwhile, the WaPo story reports that, according to central bank data, one out of every five basic products isn't available. The government is responding to this by attacking the media for causing a toilet paper shortage. But don't worry, the shortage should go away soon; the last independent TV station in the country has recently been taken over by a group friendlier to the powers that be.
15 Crazy Ideas That Are Borderline Genius
Hell I'd say 9 of these are just plain genius.
The Benefit of Less Popular Rounds
Not crazy-popular but popular enough to be in every gun store.
One lesson I think we've all learned in the Great Ammo Rush is that "common calibers" are both a blessing and a curse. Before the rush, common calibers such as .22LR, 9mm, 40 S&W, 45 ACP, .223 Remington, 7.62×39, and .308 Winchester could be found just about anywhere, and in generous quantities.Once the rush started, however, everyone began stockpiling these common calibers, buying as much as they could afford. The shelves got bare, fast, and prices skyrocketed when scarce ammo could be found.
But the shelves never were completely bare, were they? I'm sure it depends upon your region, but I noticed locally that there was always .243 Winchester on the shelves in various loadings, along with .270 Winchester, .30-06, 7mm Winchester Magnum, and 300 Winchester Magnum. All of these are viable mid-to-long range rifles, and I don't need to tell any of you about the history of the .30-06 and .300 Winchester Magnum as military sniping cartridges. I also never saw local shops run out of 12 gauge buckshot and slugs, except on rare occasions.
...The key takeaway from this experience is the realization that "common" cartridges are great 90% of the time, but that having a backup plan and firearm chambered in backup calibers for ammunition that seems to be more readily available in your location is a wise precaution to make.
Melancholy Milestone for the MiG
Last month the Indian Air Force celebrated the 50th anniversary of receiving its first MiG-21 jet fighter. The celebration was upbeat, masking the fact that India is rapidly getting rid of its MiG-21s and not just because they are old. On the bright side, obtaining manufacturing rights to the MiG-21 enabled India to build a domestic aircraft manufacturing industry that now produces military and commercial aircraft. The same thing happened in China, which began manufacturing the MiG-21 at about the same time. That's the good news.
The bad news is that India has lost so many MiG-21 fighters to accidents that it is trying to retire this type of aircraft as quickly as possible. Over the last half century, India has bought 976 MiG-21s and over half are gone, mostly because of accidents. While India was something of an extreme case in this area (other users don't fly their MiG-21s as much), it's been typical of MiG aircraft. All this is part of the decline of the once feared, and admired, MiG reputation.
These days all the cool commie kids are going with the Sukhoi.
Electronics-Loving 'Crazy Ants' Invading Southern US
"According to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, invasive 'crazy ants' are slowly displacing fire ants in the southeastern United States. These 'Tawny Crazy Ants' have a peculiar predilection toward electronics as well. 'They nest in electronics and create short circuits, as they create a contact bridge between two points when they get electrocuted they release an alarm pheromone,' says UT research assistant Edward LeBrun. 'The other ants are attracted to the chemicals that other ants give off,' he adds. At this point, more ants arrive and create a larger nest."
The L.A. Times also has a report, which says "Thus far, the crazy ants are not falling for the traditional poisons used to eliminate fire ant mounds. And when local mounds are destroyed manually, they are quickly regenerated. 'They don't sting like fire ants do, but aside from that they are much bigger pests,' LeBrun said. 'There are videos on YouTube of people sweeping out dustpans full of these ants from their bathroom. You have to call pest control operators every three or four months just to keep the infestation under control. It's very expensive.
Next on their list: man caves, Radio Shack, and Oklahoma.
So there are now 'Muslim Patrols' in London where Muslim immigrants intimidate ordinary British for what they see as violations of Sharia. But quote the Bible against homosexuality in public and you'll be arrested.
When The HOA Says You Can't Fly an American Flag
LA Banks Refusing Accounts, Loans to Porn Stars on 'Moral Issues'
I guess they really are trying to drive the industry out of state. You know because the CA economy is booming just a little too much.
Adult film actress Chanel Preston has starred in close to 150 porn flicks and is well compensated for her time, but now it appears she is having trouble keeping a bank account.Preston recently opened a business account with City National Bank in Los Angeles, the so-called 'bank to the stars', but when she went to deposit checks into the account days later, she was told it had been shut down, due to 'compliance issues'.
Upon asking the manager who originally helped to open the account she asked what had happened.
He told her that the bank was worried about the raunchy and explicit webcam shows that appeared on her site and had closed the business account.
The actress says she has previously been turned down for loans because of her profession, which may be controversial, but is certainly legal.
Although the bank did not specifically state it was because of Preston's association with pornography it appears she is not the only porn star who is facing difficulties with the banking industry.
And it makes him sad.
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Posted by: The Political Hat at May 21, 2013 05:42 PM (Vk2pI)
Oh, and my bus (BV, Denver->Boulder, maybe 7 pm ish) got t-boned by a car, about one seat back from where I was sitting, on my side. The guy who boned us told our driver that his brakes had failed.
We all had to write statements on what happened. Then got the next bus.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 05:45 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 21, 2013 05:45 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 05:45 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jewells45 at May 21, 2013 05:46 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 05:46 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: fluffy at May 21, 2013 05:46 PM (5XiGv)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 05:46 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 21, 2013 05:47 PM (4Mv1T)
That Zenish TV commercial? Where they're promoting "American Workers" - quaint, ain't it? Isn't this shit now made elsewhere? Oh, and is Zenith still in business?
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 05:47 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 05:47 PM (GEICT)
Walking by Bury Park (Luton) while Christian - that's a stonin'
Skullcap in London - that's a stonin'
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 05:47 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 05:47 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 05:48 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 05:48 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 21, 2013 05:48 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 05:48 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 21, 2013 09:47 PM (f1agA)
Ah yes, I see you understand what "To each according to his needs!" really means in practice, comrade!
Posted by: Weimar Republican at May 21, 2013 05:49 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 05:49 PM (0PiQ4)
Adult film actress Chanel Preston has starred in close to 150 porn flicks and is well compensated for her time, but now it appears she is having trouble keeping a bank account.
Chanel Preston.
brb Youporn awaits.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 21, 2013 05:50 PM (MBqvE)
in WaPo tonight. Prolly why the JEF had three WaPo writers with him this afternoon
The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isnÂ’t enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.
so we. have. done. nothing.
they kill an ambassador and three heroes
and we. have. done. nothing.
Rashid Khaledi is directing our foreign policy now
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 05:50 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Lanny the poker man at May 21, 2013 05:51 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at May 21, 2013 05:51 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 21, 2013 05:51 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 21, 2013 05:51 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 05:52 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 21, 2013 05:52 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 21, 2013 05:53 PM (Vk2pI)
70's = Watergate. Preezy scandals. Is that why we are doing this? Huh? (I lived through the 70's, it was awful--the fashions, the music, the entire zeitgeist.) Don't make me relive it.
Oh, and streaking. And CBs.
Okay, I need a drink.
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 05:53 PM (qKpun)
Ray Manzarek played on his Doors parody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5x88C0yQY
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 21, 2013 05:53 PM (hO8IJ)
Okay Morons. Since it's 1970's flashback, how were you wearing your hair in the 1970's?
Mine was high and tight for two years at USMA. Then I finished out the decade with an white boy's 'afro'- naturally curly mop.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 05:53 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 21, 2013 05:54 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Buzzion at May 21, 2013 05:54 PM (gRhVs)
Posted by: EC at May 21, 2013 05:54 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 05:54 PM (nH8jP)
Okay, I need a drink.
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 09:53 PM (qKpun
My husband participated in the Great Streak in Atlanta way back, to his horror now. No, he'll never be able to run for office. CBS News got a vid of him "posing" for them.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 05:54 PM (lVPtV)
Yeah pretty much Evangelical ATheists are in for a pretty big shock...
the "imports" don't give a shit about what they sell.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 21, 2013 05:54 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 21, 2013 05:54 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 05:55 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Saigon at May 21, 2013 05:55 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton at May 21, 2013 05:55 PM (cvk3j)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 21, 2013 05:55 PM (jucos)
long, straight, sunbleached blonde . . . i was a fuckin' goddess back then. and the 70s were not nearly as bad as people would have you believe. for instance, they were a fuckload better than now.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 05:55 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 09:55 PM (9XBK2)
***
The guy in the back looks more like Rod Long.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 05:55 PM (pxDth)
My mother made me sleep in sponge rollers.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 21, 2013 05:56 PM (hO8IJ)
Verrrrrrrrrrrrry carefully.
Thanks, I'll be here all week.
Posted by: cool arrow at May 21, 2013 05:56 PM (WMsq+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 05:56 PM (GEICT)
so we want the Libyans to prosecute jihadi Libyans, Egyptians to prosecute jihadi Egyptians, Afghanis to prosecute Afghanis.
What could go wrong?
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 05:56 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 05:56 PM (9XBK2)
It was the age of the leisure suit with the miracle of polyester. they stretched.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 05:57 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 21, 2013 05:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jmel at May 21, 2013 05:57 PM (9tSXa)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 21, 2013 05:57 PM (JqnAE)
So I noticed the ballistic charts for 7mm magnum/.300 Winchester magnum were flatter, farther than .308/7.62 .
If I had the money, and could find something chambered in that round, I wouldn't have any trouble getting ammunition for it before TSHTF, what about after?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 21, 2013 05:58 PM (f1agA)
Posted by: Carter Administration at May 21, 2013 05:58 PM (GEICT)
It's leftover from the thuggery in WI. You know the "if you can read this, thank a teacher" bumpersticker? "If you can't read this, thank a teachers' union." Because the unions don't give a shit about the students, they're just there to extort more money and keep the teachers who suck from having to find other work.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 21, 2013 05:58 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Jmel at May 21, 2013 09:57 PM (9tSXa)
****
Nice!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 05:58 PM (pxDth)
I'll take Giorgio Moroder over Justin Bieber any time. And at least leisure suit pants didn't sag.
Posted by: cool arrow at May 21, 2013 05:58 PM (WMsq+)
not in my world, grasshopper . . . it was all sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. like the 60s never stopped, which they kinda didn't if you did it correctly.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 05:59 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 09:55 PM (8lmkt
I'm with ya. I had the long, waist-length "blonde" hair. Hip-huggers, tank top, skinny bod and nice boobehs.
Age Before Obama.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 05:59 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Ragamuffin at May 21, 2013 05:59 PM (fzFF6)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 05:59 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Carter Administration at May 21, 2013 05:59 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at May 21, 2013 05:59 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 21, 2013 09:59 PM (jucos)
***
ISWYDT
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:00 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 21, 2013 06:00 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 06:00 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: CDR M at May 21, 2013 06:01 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 21, 2013 09:57 PM (JqnAE
And now we have Jay-Z in the WH, thugs with their undies showing under their sagging pants, and a thug in the WH.
And get off my lawn!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:01 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: EC at May 21, 2013 06:01 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: grease monkey at May 21, 2013 06:01 PM (qQk+U)
Posted by: toby928© at May 21, 2013 06:02 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 06:02 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Rick Tempest, the Guy Who Wants To Know If You're Gonna Do Him Like That at May 21, 2013 06:02 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at May 21, 2013 06:02 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 21, 2013 06:02 PM (uL0u2)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 21, 2013 06:02 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: toby928© muses on the 70s at May 21, 2013 06:03 PM (QupBk)
70's?? I was just a wee lad. I remember hand me down corduroys and bell bottoms.
I was rocking the Toughskin jeans in the 70's...Oh, and those polyester pants sets from Sears in the early 70's...
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:03 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:03 PM (GEICT)
The 'amusing' footnote to this mess for India to buy 126 planes is the Rafale is actually an older design than either the F-18E Super Hornet or the JAS Gripen that it beat.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:04 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 21, 2013 06:04 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Tuna at May 21, 2013 06:04 PM (M/TDA)
I do remember Mom forcing me to wear a three-piece polyester suit to church (ugh)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 21, 2013 06:04 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 06:04 PM (0PiQ4)
Gas lines. Thermostats (turn them down.)
Best thing about the 70s? The movies. It really was a second golden age for the movies.
Hair? I had it long and permed a la Carole King. And I was braless.
Actually, I wish that "natural" look for women would have a revival. Braless, no makeup, uncoiffed hair. It was cheap and easy.
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 06:04 PM (qKpun)
70's boobehs!!!
Not a good look! (Those were the bra burning years!) Think National Geographic Albino edition...
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:05 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: toby928© muses on the 70s at May 21, 2013 06:05 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:05 PM (8lmkt)
Loved the 80s, however. Had a blast. Moved to the ATL, went to work in a hot ad agency, met an actor who became my boyfriend, who got me into professional theatre for eight years, and then met and married my husband.
The 80s were the best.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:05 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 21, 2013 06:05 PM (jucos)
don't remember
oh, it was long, still is (in back)
hafta shave the beard in the spring or it gets caught in machinery
ya I look like a meth addict, so? It's part of the job description.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 21, 2013 06:05 PM (f1agA)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 06:05 PM (9XBK2)
I do remember Mom forcing me to wear a three-piece polyester suit to church (ugh)
LOL! I'm sure you looked adorable. Were you sporting a clip on tie and cockroach stomper shoes?
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:06 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: The Political Wristwatch at May 21, 2013 06:06 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 21, 2013 06:06 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 21, 2013 10:04 PM (BBWjt)
****
For some strange reason that image brings a smile to my face!
Four-year-old chemjeff in polyester!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:06 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Tuna at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (GEICT)
well, if the Obama economy continues much longer, it will return out of necessity
Posted by: chemjeff at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (Lqb+9)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (JMmQ9)
well, if the Obama economy continues much longer, it will return out of necessity
Posted by: chemjeff at May 21, 2013 10:07 PM (BBWjt
Hairy armpits, hairy legs. {{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:07 PM (lVPtV)
well, if the Obama economy continues much longer, it will return out of necessity
Yeah, cause soap, shampoo and razors will become luxury items!
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:08 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 06:08 PM (Gk3SS)
70s.......zits, glasses, bad hair, fat
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 21, 2013 06:08 PM (hC80d)
Posted by: toby928© muses on the 70s at May 21, 2013 06:08 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:08 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 10:06 PM (PLOz
oh yeah I had the clip-on tie.
I had Buster Browns, don't know if they were "cockroach stomper shoes"
Posted by: chemjeff at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (BBWjt)
@118 Short shorts were 50's lingo. The 70's called them hot pants.
I have no idea what they call them now.
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Madtom at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (IyxzF)
Posted by: The Political Merkin at May 21, 2013 06:09 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Tuna at May 21, 2013 06:10 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 21, 2013 06:10 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Rick Tempest, the Guy Who Wants To Know If You're Gonna Do Him Like That at May 21, 2013 10:02 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 10:07 PM (GEICT)
he's a crafty little bugger, isn't he? nice catch, Cochran. this is why I always consider you one of my betters.
okay, i owe myself a new keyboard now 
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:11 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 21, 2013 06:11 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:11 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 06:11 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:12 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 10:08 PM (Mo34f)
You figured me out, Anna
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:12 PM (BBWjt)
In the 15 ideas link.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 06:12 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 21, 2013 06:12 PM (uL0u2)
Posted by: Rick Tempest, the Guy Who Wants To Know If You're Gonna Do Him Like That at May 21, 2013 10:02 PM (LCRYB)
After an intensive investigation we've found that the doing him like that was conducted by a few rogue employees in the Cincinnati ONT office.
And I for one am outraged by their inappropriate actions.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 21, 2013 06:12 PM (pAlYe)
I still keep it close to shoulder-length. Just don't understand women who cut theirs off like a guys (I'm looking at you, Jamie Lee Curtis--put some damned makeup on and try a little, okay? Dammit.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:12 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 06:13 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: was there at May 21, 2013 06:13 PM (cvk3j)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 21, 2013 06:13 PM (YAdsi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:13 PM (GEICT)
43 Okay Morons. Since it's 1970's flashback, how were you wearing your hair in the 1970's?
Early 70's really crooked bangs (my mom use to cut my hair). Spent most of those years in pigtails/ponytail until 7th grade when I got "wings" cut. By 9th grade, I went full Farrah Fawcett do (which is not the best style for an Asian girl with stick straight hair). We are talking quality time with a curling iron!
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:13 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at May 21, 2013 06:13 PM (Lqb+9)
Posted by: steevy
_______________________________________________________
You are correct, Sir.
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 21, 2013 06:14 PM (7gwGw)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 06:14 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 06:15 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 06:15 PM (8sCoq)
Hang in there, honey. Seriously, things somehow manage to get better. You've got this place to come vent.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:15 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 10:09 PM (lVPtV)
I really don't think you'd want to, just check out my photo below
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:15 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:16 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 21, 2013 06:16 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:16 PM (GEICT)
So, what Peaches said
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 06:16 PM (QTHTd)
I really don't think you'd want to, just check out my photo below
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 10:15 PM (BBWjt
Heh
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:16 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Tuna at May 21, 2013 06:17 PM (M/TDA)
Oh yeah, the '70's. I had hair down to my shoulders, was in HS, in a band, taking theater arts classes, wearing bell bottoms, smoking weed during lunch break and getting laid regularly.
ELP, Yes, Badger, Stones, Doobie Brothers, Who, Steve Miller, Beatles, The Stories, Three Dog Night, Chicago, MS Funk, Dixie Dregs were all on the underground FM station out of Birmingham.
Damn, thanks for the trip in the Wayback Machine Mr. Peabody.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 21, 2013 06:17 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 06:17 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 06:17 PM (5J54Q)
I'm terribly sorry, what was I thinking?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 06:17 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 10:14 PM (nH8jP)
Oh, now you've gone and done it, thunderb, you've jacked the thread.
kudos, girl!
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:17 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Boomer at May 21, 2013 06:17 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:18 PM (BBWjt)
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191 Ugh. Mustang II.
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See?
Posted by: Boomer at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 10:17 PM (5J54Q
Hon, where are you? Is there a church or somewhere you can turn to?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (8sCoq)
That crying indian in the famous pollution ad was Iron Eyes Cody.
Except he wasn't an indian, and his name wasn't Iron Eyes Cody.
His real name was Espera Oscar de Corti and he was Italian, from Louisiana.
Posted by: ExSnipe at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (PBm/l)
...let's just say it's a good thing I don't own a gun.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 10:14 PM (5J54Q)
Buddy, do you have a paypal or something. Because, I'm in for a few sheckels and it wouldn't surprise me if I wasn't the only one. I can certainly go 50 bucks.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:19 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 10:14 PM (5J54Q)
Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Prayers for you, I hope you can scratch up the much needed money. I of course blame Obama. Darn.
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:20 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 06:20 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:20 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 06:20 PM (UB6eP)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 21, 2013 06:21 PM (qPCAa)
Oh man; the mid 70s..... Toughskin jeans with flannel shirts and flip flops....and hair down to my shoulder with a diamond in one ear.
There, I said it. Now I'm gonna go have big ole scotch and try to forget that shit. And if any of you repeat it........
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 21, 2013 06:21 PM (k/Mc/)
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at May 21, 2013 06:21 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 06:21 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mindy at May 21, 2013 06:22 PM (xIq7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:22 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 21, 2013 06:22 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Top ONT Official at May 21, 2013 06:22 PM (Lqb+9)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 21, 2013 06:22 PM (4Mv1T)
Ladies' pant suits. Hillary and people's grandmothers still wear them. Very 70's.
Feminism and NOW. Very 70's. (Shh, don't tell them that they're retro.) Hey, remember consciousness raising groups? Huccome they no longer do that?
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 06:23 PM (qKpun)
(I'm looking at you, Jamie Lee Curtis--put some damned makeup on and try a little, okay? Dammit.)
Well, crap! I very rarely put on makeup. It's not conducive to running or working (I have to wear a mask all day). We went out to dinner on Sunday at a really nice restaurant for our anniversary, and I didn't even bother to put any on then (except lipgloss).
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:23 PM (PLOz8)
____________________________________________
Tony Perez or Perdo Bourbon?
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 21, 2013 06:23 PM (7gwGw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 21, 2013 06:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Zombie Warren G. Harding at May 21, 2013 06:23 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:23 PM (BBWjt)
And, a sad sign of the times, the spell-checker does not recognize "afro"
I still carry a "fro-pick" with me to this day
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 10:21 PM (JMmQ9)
***
Yeah, sad to say, my white-boy fro is now a no-go. I have what they euphemistically refer to as a high forehead. Don't need a pick, just comb it with a washcloth.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:24 PM (pxDth)
Good evening y'all.
Posted by: NC Ref at May 21, 2013 06:24 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2013 06:24 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 06:24 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 06:24 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 21, 2013 06:24 PM (YAdsi)
IIRC, Ryan White didn't end up in my Weekly Reader because of buttsecks.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 21, 2013 06:25 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:25 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 06:25 PM (UB6eP)
Sorry to hear of the car issues Capt. Whitebread. $500? Let me guess, electricals.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:25 PM (Mo34f)
Sen Whitehouse and Lizz Winstead are the first two to enact the "sorry, I didn't know" spin
So, if they crack jokes or politicize about an earthquake, should we excuse them for not knowing that a freeway overpass collapsed at rush hour would kill dozens?
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:25 PM (mCvL4)
Oh yes, no more hunting down terrorists by this administration.... now we are trying them in the courts!.... except for the fact that we aren't trying them in the courts..... as that c*cksucker from Fort Hood still hasn't been tried and f*cking gassed or shot by firing squad.
The fact that the lefty democrats and the media don't push for that son of a bitch to be hung proves the left are f*cking traitors to this once great country.
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at May 21, 2013 06:26 PM (LMtDw)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:26 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2013 06:26 PM (BAS5M)
dude, you don't have any shade-tree mechanics where you are? no habla espanol? cripes, never ever ever take it to the dealer
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:26 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 10:24 PM (pxDth)
A Half-Fro.
Posted by: barber tom at May 21, 2013 06:26 PM (cvk3j)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 10:24 PM (5J54Q
The churches won't care whether you've attended or not. Go to them. And God bless you and I'll pray you'll get help.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:26 PM (lVPtV)
Midi skirts (they were past the knee and few except Rhoda from MTM wore them.) We're talking early seventies. By the late seventies the longer skirt length had caught on.
Head scarves. (Think Rhoda again.) I wore them when I was feeling too lazy to wash my hair. They were tied somewhat like turbans rather than like babushkas.
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 06:27 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 06:27 PM (zzeVM)
*arches brow* I see no mention of "we" thinking.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 06:27 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 06:27 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:27 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 21, 2013 10:24 PM (YAdsi)
well, they *are* ants
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:27 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:28 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:28 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 21, 2013 06:28 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:28 PM (XvrTA)
Sorry I'd like to help but I'm too bust almost pissing my pants laughing at the vision of 1/2 the mules blaming the Earthquakes on Global Warming and the the other 1/2 saying if the sequester hadn't happened they'd have stopped it with their magic EarthQuake ray.....
SCIENCE!
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 21, 2013 06:28 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Captain's daughter at May 21, 2013 06:28 PM (6GRI7)
Posted by: toby928 at May 21, 2013 06:29 PM (QupBk)
Funny seeing Ken Griffey Sr. in that pic. We had the honor of having both him and his son play together here in Seattle. That was pretty cool. One of the most aweome things was their back to back homeruns in one game against the Angels. Here's the clip:
http://tinyurl.com/l7yu38q
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:29 PM (PLOz8)
It's the fuel pump, and it's inside the tank.
*****
My old Dodge Ram P/U had that kind of set-up. A mechanic showed me how to reach underneath and thump the gas tank with a rubber mallet whenever it acted up. That always worked somehow. Then one day it just started working again. I don't know if the Ford set-up is similar.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:29 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Cato at May 21, 2013 06:29 PM (NqyjP)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 21, 2013 06:29 PM (+z4pE)
A child with HIV pulls at heart strings better than someone in SF who caught the disease because he chose to receive unprotected. So while the media was worrying about the blood supply and something must be done to research a cure for HIV for the children, the far larger population of at risk people kept doing the unsafe actions because warning those people would ruin the narrative.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:29 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 06:30 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Qzsusy at May 21, 2013 06:30 PM (vEJuY)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (GEICT)
Wranglers over here, the ones with the real thick "Wrangler" plastileather patch on the back pocket. Then, "Dickies" pants became the rage. The "khaki" type pants in all the bright and pastel colors. Mom and Dad have a pic of me in white pants/blue shirt, sis in pink pants/white shirt.
Capn Studley rocked the hell out of it.
Those corduroys did die out pretty fast after the 70's early 80's though. My girlfriend at the time loved to wear them and I remember how much I liked to...... BRB.Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 21, 2013 06:31 PM (HVff2)
What? You think I would suggest something crazypants like that? Pffft.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 06:32 PM (Gk3SS)
I hope things get better for you soon.
See also if the landlord is pulling something illegal on you in regards to the lease.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:32 PM (mCvL4)
Was her name Donna? Because you're only authorized to drive one of those as woman if your name is Donna.
Barbara. Charlie's Angels was a favorite show. I drove the car while in HS.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2013 06:32 PM (BAS5M)
sorry, thunderb, meant no disrespect. I thought kdabear was a chick for a long time. I don't read enough here. I don't know who's a he or a her still with a lot of people here
Just for the record, I am a chick!
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:32 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 10:25 PM (UB6eP)
One of the many good things about this place.
For instance, until BCochran posted a picture of herself, I had no idea she was a chick!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2013 06:33 PM (O6Tmi)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:33 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 06:34 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 10:24 PM (8sCoq)
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Hey that's how I spent the end of the 70s! Except we mixed it with 7Up.
SoCo an 7s, all night, and AC/DC Back in Black.
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 21, 2013 06:34 PM (hC80d)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:34 PM (Mo34f)
Those corduroys did die out pretty fast after the 70's early 80's though. My girlfriend at the time loved to wear them and I remember how much I liked to...... BRB.
I had cordory levis in every color in high school. Loved cordoroy. I still do. Thankfully, because I live in Seattle, I can live in cordoroy and U*g*g*s til August (or if it's chilly, the month of Uggest).
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:35 PM (PLOz8)
Borbon's son said that the biggest thrill in his life was having his name mentioned in that classic "Airplane" line
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:35 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (7gwGw)
Posted by: USA at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (VIaw0)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (jSOFt)
As opposed to Mike who's keyboard gets seized by his cat.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Amy Shulkusky at May 21, 2013 06:36 PM (bdged)
mofo, this is like saying "could you show me your boobehs again, cause I wasn't paying attention the first time"
carolinvenice at teh hooya. put on your thinking cap, my friend, and decode that.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:37 PM (8lmkt)
For instance, until BCochran posted a picture of herself, I had no idea she was a chick!
Yes, those ones of her and her daughters were so cute. Funny because she sounds like she could pop open the hood of a car and fix anything, and it seems like she knows her way around a toolshop. Perfect Moronette, that one!
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:37 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:38 PM (Mo34f)
runningrn, it's good to see you on the ONT again. How have you been?
Hi Alton! Thank you, I'm fine how about yourself? What's new with you?
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:38 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: teej at May 21, 2013 06:38 PM (K4AdI)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:39 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 21, 2013 10:17 PM
Damn, dude, same exact shit here, with the exception of the bell bottoms and theater arts. I was more of a metal head, so while half my friends were listening to "classic" rock I was swept up by the "new wave of british heavy metal" and became a reckless long hair asshole metal head in the 80's.
The 70's was great training. lol
Oh yeah, chicks wearing tube tops in school was theee shit. I still remember every rack of epic proportions.
Posted by: Berserker at May 21, 2013 06:39 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 10:36 PM (9XBK2)
***
I don't usually do this...
...but I think we have a thread winner!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:39 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 10:37 PM (GEICT)
they are in my family, that's for sure. although I got my excellent legs from the french quarter (praise be!)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:39 PM (8lmkt)
The inside-the-tank fuel pump on my 2001 F-150 shit the bed earlier this year. Now my dash gas gauge don't work too well either.
It was only $40 to replace the manifold-mounted fuel pump on my '82 Toyota Celica. 18X that for the F-150.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2013 06:39 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:40 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 21, 2013 06:40 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:40 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Brito Bandito at May 21, 2013 06:40 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:40 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: toby928 at May 21, 2013 06:41 PM (QupBk)
Seattle? Is it worth going up to Marblemount and checking out N. Cascades?
Funny you should ask! I was just in Winthrop 2 weekends ago. Yes, the North Cascades are spectacular! There is less snow this year than last, but it's still amazing! I took a bunch of pics as we drove over, but haven't posted them on FB yet. Marblemount is nice, the Ross Lake Dam is beautiful, and there are some great hikes you can do around the area. When are you thinking of coming out? Right now, it's raining here, but we had a couple of weeks of full sun (very unusual this time of year), and it was warm til just a few days ago.
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:41 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:41 PM (GEICT)
"*sigh*
No, the idiots have been drinking."
OK, sorry, dude! What I should have said, you guys, is that BC use to be a chick...
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:42 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:42 PM (pxDth)
"I suppose that when a presidential candidate urges his supporters to get in someone’s face, and to take a gun to a knife fight, from now on you better believe him. And, finally, the strangest thing about nearing the threshold of 1984? It comes with a whimper, not a bang, with a charismatic smile and mellifluous nonsense—with politically correct, egalitarian-minded bureaucrats with glasses and iPhones instead of fist-shaking jack-booted thugs."
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/it-can-happen-here/2/
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2013 06:42 PM (0qqnb)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:42 PM (jSOFt)
Danegeld wasn't just cash.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2013 06:42 PM (O6Tmi)
ah, jeez, I should have guessed . . . you can always tell a Norwegian, you just can't tell him much.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:42 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: RWC at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (Wl/Ht)
_____________________________________________
I was born in '71, so I barely remember them except for when I'm looking up historical stats to prove someone wrong in fantasy baseball.
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (7gwGw)
Posted by: Gender Studies Post-Doc at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (Vk2pI)
Hey, I have a hospital question for you. Do you know what the "Mosaic clinic" idea is all about?
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Cato at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (NqyjP)
*channeling inner Chris Rock*
I would NEVER hit a woman...but I'd shake the shit outa her!Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 06:43 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:44 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: SarahW at May 21, 2013 06:44 PM (LYwCh)
nom nom I love imposing
Posted by: Meggy McCheese at May 21, 2013 06:44 PM (BBWjt)
http://www.posters.ws/images/389863/george_foster_photofile.jpg Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 10:40 PM
In the 80s, us Mets fans would have used that as a dart board
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:45 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 06:45 PM (JMmQ9)
You hang in there. I'll hang with ya. Got kicked of the job today by the union because I wouldn't join the apprenticeship program.
Oh no! So sorry to hear that Teej! Shoot! I hate what's going on these days. So much true suffering and people really hurting. Ugh! Hugs to you!
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:45 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 21, 2013 06:46 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 10:43 PM (Gk3SS)
We don't read the posts, our host doesn't read his own blog, and you are surprised that some people don't read your entire nic?
If this upsets you, you're going to run out of emus.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2013 06:46 PM (O6Tmi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:46 PM (Mo34f)
And today is different because.....?
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT US!!!!
Posted by: Moron spokeshole at May 21, 2013 06:46 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 06:46 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: kbdabear
________________________________________________
Front row seats for coke-fueled tirades?
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 21, 2013 06:47 PM (7gwGw)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:47 PM (XvrTA)
***
Well, considering I was a West Point plebe in '77, that decision was made FOR me.
Posted by: Wodeshed at May 21, 2013 06:48 PM (a9L+B)
Hey, I have a hospital question for you. Do you know what the "Mosaic clinic" idea is all about?
I have no idea what a Mosaic clinic is. Should I google it? I've heard of Magnet Hospitals.
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:48 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:48 PM (Mo34f)
I got my nic in the AF. Commanders used to call me TB or Tango Bravo, for thunderbitch. They meant it as a compliment.
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 06:48 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 21, 2013 06:48 PM (7gwGw)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 21, 2013 06:49 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 21, 2013 06:49 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:49 PM (pxDth)
If this upsets you, you're going to run out of emus.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2013 10:46 PM (O6Tmi)
It's not upsetting, it's amusing.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 06:49 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 21, 2013 06:49 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at May 21, 2013 06:49 PM (N8yYb)
Well, considering I was a West Point plebe in '77, that decision was made FOR me.
Well, just as well. We all are too stupid to know what's best for us anyways. Pretty soon, Oblahblah will be telling us how to wear our hair. I can already see aerosol hair sprays being outlawed, and water and electricity being rationed in our upcoming glorious socialist Utopia.
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (PLOz8)
I know what you mean.
Posted by: Barney Frank at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (WLywR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: RWC at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at May 21, 2013 10:49 PM (Gk3SS)
The point was the emus, not the upset. I was trying to be witty.
And failing....apparently quite badly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (O6Tmi)
Posted by: Captain's daughter at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (6GRI7)
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 06:50 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 21, 2013 06:51 PM (HVff2)
All hail our conquering champions!
http://tinyurl.com/nxm4qba
That sound you hear is our troll Hector blowing a load over his keyboard.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 06:51 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 06:51 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Wodeshed at May 21, 2013 10:48 PM (a9L+B)
***
Heh- I spent two years (74-75 and 75-76) at Woops. Just missed you. Ended up back in the Army via a different route.
Okay- now I'm out.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 21, 2013 06:51 PM (pxDth)
Anyway sorry about the rant.
No apologies needed. Please try and refrain from sparking up a ciggy! You are here, with friends, all is well (or at least better!)
We have been ganging up on BC, and it's been a lot of fun for us. Heh!
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:51 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 06:51 PM (zzeVM)
Characters in sitcoms didn't bed hop in the 70's. Even the single ones, like Mary Tyler Moore.
Seinfeld and Two and a Half Men would have been considered too (what's the word? ) amoral? Promiscuous? Not for "family viewing hours?" There weren't any outwardly gay characters either. Only shades of gay, like Paul Lind on Bewitched.
The promiscuity shown on network TV (starting with Cheers from the 80s) is now de rigeur.
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 06:51 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: Cato at May 21, 2013 06:52 PM (NqyjP)
http://tinyurl.com/my7oe4o
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2013 10:49 PM (O6Tmi)
No no no.
THIS is a pic of alexthechick.
http://tinyurl.com/m8fxv7d
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:52 PM (BBWjt)
Weeeeee...Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: holygoat at May 21, 2013 06:52 PM (IGIFh)
Bankers screw total strangers for money every day. They have a lot in common with the Porn Industry. If they are going to "get religion" about doing business with Candy Cumtwat, then they need to practice what they preach and clean up their own business practices.
The first thing that needs to go is variable rate loans. You can add in whatever you want from there.
Posted by: HypocriteBankers at May 21, 2013 06:52 PM (NP8ek)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 06:52 PM (WBJeV)
When are you thinking of coming out? Right now, it's raining here, but we had a couple of weeks of full sun (very unusual this time of year), and it was warm til just a few days ago.
Late June, probably, thanks for the info rn!
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 21, 2013 06:53 PM (hC80d)
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 10:48 PM (nH8jP)
You are nothing short of AWESOME!!! I'm proud to know you and I hope you still have great hair. {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:53 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:53 PM (Mo34f)
Walking Tall, Walking Proud
Walking Softly But Carrying It Big
You'll Be The Cock of the Walk With The New Fall Collection From
Eldridge de Paris
http://preview.tinyurl.com/k5fxs8k
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2013 06:53 PM (BAS5M)
OK Shermans, it's time to help B'Gal watch Dancing wif de Stars. It's only fair, since she's helping me watch basketball.
Oh, and Karina Smirnoff = screen door in a hurricane.
Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 21, 2013 06:53 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:53 PM (BBWjt)
***
That means you missed the incoming Swedish Bikini team contestants in 76-77.
Posted by: Wodeshed at May 21, 2013 06:53 PM (a9L+B)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 06:54 PM (9XBK2)
wait, you're coming out? does Gabe know, because that is so postworthy . . . and, we will always love you, it doesn't matter.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 06:54 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 10:52 PM (WBJeV)
Yes, he can...and often does.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 21, 2013 06:54 PM (O6Tmi)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 21, 2013 06:55 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 06:55 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 06:55 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 21, 2013 06:55 PM (hC80d)
1. the CEO of the hospital kept referring to ObamaCare as "the Accountable Care Act" - sheesh, it is the *Affordable* Care Act, and sure I'd expect some schlub off the street to get it wrong, but not the CEO of a hospital, duh
2. also, guess what - because of ObamaCare, and because of cuts to Medicare, and because of the sequester, our hospital is losing money. so what are they going to do? Stop ambulance service! Thanks a lot, TFG!!!!
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 06:56 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 10:45 PM (mCvL4)
Mets fans HATED Rose too, for the brutal slide and subsequent fight with Bud Harrelson (Rose got the better of him). Mets fans booed Pete for 10 years after that, I bet. Pete was always one of those players that you just knew if he wasn't on your team, you would hate with heat of a thousand suns
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 10:50 PM
Buddy weighed 160 lbs soaking wet so it was no surprise he got handled by Charlie Hustle.
Foster earned the hate of Mets fans by signing a huge contract with them and proceeding to suck and play in a nonchalant manner. Flaunting his Bentley in the Shea parking lot didn't help
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:56 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 21, 2013 06:56 PM (jSOFt)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 21, 2013 06:56 PM (zrlmb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 06:57 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 06:57 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 21, 2013 06:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 06:57 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 06:57 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 10:52 PM (GEICT)
Thanks for being such a great sport!
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 06:57 PM (PLOz8)
407 That was a joke in a Seinfeld episode.
Posted by: steevy at May 21, 2013 10:56 PM (9XBK2)
I cited, kind of.
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 21, 2013 06:57 PM (hC80d)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 06:58 PM (WBJeV)
These people get right to work rescuing people and working on the cleanup
I've yet to hear one plead for FEMA to come with the money
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 06:58 PM (mCvL4)
But could you please tell me what country those commercials were filmed in? I want to move there.
Posted by: creeper at May 21, 2013 06:58 PM (cDytO)
Posted by: Baldy at May 21, 2013 06:58 PM (tyDFN)
Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 21, 2013 06:58 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 06:58 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 06:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:00 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 21, 2013 07:00 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 07:00 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Admiral Marcus at May 21, 2013 07:01 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 07:01 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 21, 2013 07:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BubbaLou at May 21, 2013 07:01 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 07:01 PM (8sCoq)
IO9: Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ
http://tinyurl.com/pzyw4wg
Probably posted here sometime over the last day, but:
1. Pretty darn funny take-down of nu-Trek.
2. AoS: Breaking 2012 news updates.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 21, 2013 07:01 PM (kdS6q)
1. the CEO of the hospital kept referring to ObamaCare as "the Accountable Care Act" - sheesh, it is the *Affordable* Care Act, and sure I'd expect some schlub off the street to get it wrong, but not the CEO of a hospital, duh
2. also, guess what - because of ObamaCare, and because of cuts to Medicare, and because of the sequester, our hospital is losing money. so what are they going to do? Stop ambulance service! Thanks a lot, TFG!!!!
I am not surprised. Get ready for a lot more nastiness to come at you. Hospitals are already getting dinged for patients that get discharged and readmitted with the same diagnosis within 30 days of discharge. We had a cardiac surgery patient with bad diabetes not comply with his post-op instructions and get readmitted 2 weeks later. And yes, we are the ones to get penalized. Patients are completely not accountable to do what they are told. It's disgusting. Certain hospitals in my area get the sicker, more difficult cases. These people are always the ones who are readmitted for complications later. Hospitals are going to start turning those people away. They won't be able to take care of them because it will be too expensive.
Maybe mosaic hospital is one that's been smashed apart by Obamacare, and they tried to patch it together.
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 07:02 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 21, 2013 10:58 PM (9+ccr)
I am super-tempted to quit my job just to watch that scrunt say it over and over and over and over and over again. They need to put her skanky feet to the fire on this.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 07:02 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:02 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 07:02 PM (zzeVM)
It's time to turn the screws on these people.
Ms. Lerner doesn't want to talk...
Haul her secretary, assistant, etc...
I want the entire hierarchical chart of IRS hauled before the committee.
Let them all plead the fifth...
Bastards!!
Posted by: Kreplach at May 21, 2013 07:02 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 07:02 PM (WBJeV)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 21, 2013 07:03 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: Cato at May 21, 2013 07:03 PM (NqyjP)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 07:03 PM (8sCoq)
dood, I have put it up there twice. you can go find it or you can not. ball's in your court now. again.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 07:04 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: runningrn at May 21, 2013 07:04 PM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at May 21, 2013 07:04 PM (81ahw)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 21, 2013 07:04 PM (zrlmb)
Yeah its hard to believe when you violate the 'we can't beam it down because of magnetic fields' excuse so rapidly.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:04 PM (Mo34f)
Yeah, compare and contrast blue states v. red states undergoing natural disaster aftermath. Hands out v. hands up. Prayers for them.
I saw multiple video clips of TFG jauntily jogging up airplane steps today, like a sexually confused adolescent, so I can rest assured he is on top of it.
Posted by: kalneva at May 21, 2013 07:04 PM (XyrkB)
le sigh
and our town isn't exactly a rich town, there's plenty of poor sick people wandering around
actually, when I was walking out of the hospital, I walked by a woman sitting down, with an IV drip, smoking a cigarette
I'm thinking that lady might get re-admitted
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:04 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at May 21, 2013 07:05 PM (N8yYb)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 21, 2013 07:05 PM (wvTtP)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 07:05 PM (5J54Q)
dood, I have put it up there twice. you can go find it or you can not. ball's in your court now. again.
buddy, you know what? don't even bother, you are pissing me off.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 07:05 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 07:06 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 07:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 11:02 PM (WBJeV)
You barium!
(I tell that joke in the first week of classes
)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:06 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:07 PM (Mo34f)
First, WaPo puts a story online tonight about how they aren't going to do anything to the Benghazi terrorsts cause they can't try them.
They just put up a second one crapping all over Petraeus and his role in the talking points and briefing Congress.
You know who had a meeting with the JEF tonight? Three WaPo writers.
Sounds like the White House thinks Benghazi is about to be revived again. and preemptively crapping all over Petraeus tells me they think he is gonna be the next whistle blower
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 07:07 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 07:07 PM (WBJeV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 07:08 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 07:08 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 21, 2013 07:08 PM (cnmE6)
just sayin'
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 11:08 PM (JMmQ9)
yeah no kidding
I pissed her off in August of last year and she hasn't spoken to me since
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:09 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 07:09 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 10:55 PM (JMmQ9) great idea....wait, what are we talking about again?
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 10:57 PM (XvrTA)
A balut?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 21, 2013 07:09 PM (WLywR)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 21, 2013 07:11 PM (jucos)
No offense, no worries. It just speaks to your lack of seriousness. Best of luck to you.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 07:11 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 07:12 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: navybrat at May 21, 2013 07:12 PM (+7PFh)
No fans of Eldridge de Paris fashion then?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2013 07:12 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Cato at May 21, 2013 07:12 PM (NqyjP)
Posted by: L, elle at May 21, 2013 07:13 PM (WBJeV)
So... Cato the Younger, then
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 07:13 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 07:13 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:13 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 21, 2013 07:13 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: teej at May 21, 2013 07:13 PM (K4AdI)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at May 21, 2013 07:14 PM (81ahw)
Posted by: derit at May 21, 2013 07:14 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:14 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 07:15 PM (5J54Q)
You gotta love that they are seriously trying to say Patraeus is the dude who said "#derp video #derp!" if anything he gave the most cogent answer as to what was likely going on...so of course they fired him
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 21, 2013 07:16 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 21, 2013 07:16 PM (jucos)
The only government entity that did not object to the detailed talking points produced with PetraeusÂ’s input was the White House, which played the role of mediator in the bureaucratic fight that at various points included the CIAÂ’s top lawyer and the agencyÂ’s deputy director expressing opposition to what the director wanted.
you see, according to the WaPo, the JEF was victimized by CIA and State!
Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 07:16 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 07:16 PM (8sCoq)
Looks like the Cincy Fox affiliate has been doing some digging on the IRS office there.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 21, 2013 07:17 PM (cnmE6)
Zeppelin and Aerosmith were big in the 70s, but in my neck of the woods it was Jethro Tull and various iterations of Eric Clapton.
Of course, Mom's Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser had Burt Bachrach on endless loop via 8-track.
Posted by: Wodeshed at May 21, 2013 07:17 PM (a9L+B)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:17 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:17 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 21, 2013 07:18 PM (cnmE6)
I think our local hospital group has gone to this. It is the "Mayo Clinic" model where you go to the clinic, are assigned a "Hospitalist", and that person makes sure that you get passed around until they figure out what is wrong with you and treat it. You never leave the clinic campus, and you are taken right to the specialist instead of getting an appointment.Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 07:19 PM (BXLPR)
Actually, I wish that "natural" look for women would have a revival. Braless, no makeup, uncoiffed hair. It was cheap and easy.
well, if the Obama economy continues much longer, it will return out of necessity
Posted by: chemjeff at May 21, 2013 10:07 PM (BBWjt
Hairy armpits, hairy legs. {{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 21, 2013 10:07 PM (lVPtV)
You guys talking about that new head of the IRS female -- Ingram?
Posted by: gracepmc at May 21, 2013 07:19 PM (rznx3)
------------
At the Hollywood studios, they throw them out in the lot road, spray 'em from time-to-time with water, and let the traffic drive back and forth over them. Presumably seamstresses repaired or reattached, buttons.
Posted by: Boomer at May 21, 2013 07:19 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jean at May 21, 2013 07:19 PM (CMlD4)
Hedley Lamarr at May 21, 2013 11:05 PM
Find something to do with your hands that will make them dirty. NO NOT THAT! OR THAT. OR THAT EITHER.
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 21, 2013 07:20 PM (yfeAd)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 07:22 PM (5J54Q)
runningrn, is anything like this taking place? Here is a story from my hometown (not my preferred hospital, but still).
I'm so happy our benevolent leader has seen fit to give us the "affordable" "care" act! H/T Mark Steyn
Posted by: kalneva at May 21, 2013 07:23 PM (XyrkB)
Looks like the Cincy Fox affiliate has been doing some digging on the IRS office there.
I'll say.
Geez, national media, your lunch got ate.
Posted by: zsasz at May 21, 2013 07:23 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 07:25 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter, doesn't ask for much at May 21, 2013 07:25 PM (5J54Q)
So, around the age of - I dunno - maybe ten or so, I realised, oh yeah, Carter was President then. He got attacked by... a bunny rabbit? What a sissy. Glad we were rid of *him*
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 07:25 PM (QTHTd)
http://tinyurl.com/mhbdgwh
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:25 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 11:19 PM (BXLPR)
well then that actually sounds like a good idea
how it was mentioned to me sounded creepier and more Big Brotherish
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:25 PM (BBWjt)
Peach is right...the seventies were just an extension of the sixties. Better even, I think, since nobody handed me a doobie until '75.
Posted by: creeper at May 21, 2013 07:25 PM (cDytO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 07:26 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 07:26 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2013 07:27 PM (JMmQ9)
Watching Fox News at the moment...Charles Krauthammer is on...and damn, the man does not look well.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 21, 2013 07:27 PM (qoQi/)
The end product of which will then go on to represent us in the Senate!
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 07:28 PM (QTHTd)
http://tinyurl.com/mhbdgwh
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 11:25 PM (Mo34f)
that is cool and all, but... ummm... well, this is how it is supposed to make a pizza:
it will print "a layer of dough, which is baked at the same time itÂ’s printed, by a heated plate at the bottom of the printer. Then it lays down a tomato base, 'which is also stored in a powdered form, and then mixed with water and oil.'" Lastly comes the "protein layer."
not very tempting
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:28 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: EROWMER at May 21, 2013 07:29 PM (kxlCQ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 07:30 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 11:26 PM (ptcFO)
Mine, too, my friend, that is really exciting!!! And prayers up for your son, God bless.
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 07:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Cato at May 21, 2013 07:32 PM (NqyjP)
that sounds awesome
actually aren't there more than a few Indiana morons around? maybe that could be cause for a meetup.
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:32 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: dwagyak at May 21, 2013 07:35 PM (R/7Zf)
What a fucking day. Day one of not smoking has been hell. All day I've been fighting the craving for a smoke. It just one unrelenting wave after another.
Its taking all my strength not to run down to the convenience store and buy a pack. The mind is a strange and evil creature. I know its just fucking with me. But damn it can be so very persuasive. Its been 35 years of smoking. Enough!
Anyway sorry about the rant.
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at May 21, 2013 10:49 PM (N8yYb)
2 words... Electronic cigarette. They really work, and take the edge off.
Posted by: Berserker at May 21, 2013 07:35 PM (FMbng)
About 90% of the people diagnosed with AIDS in Africa have never been tested for the presence of HIV antibodies, which would be required for such a diagnosis in any developed nation. In all likelihood, very few of those assumed to have AIDS in Africa actually do and are instead suffering from any of over a dozen known wasting diseases that are pretty much non-existent elsewhere.
It's a lot harder to drum up interest in those diseases when they represent no threat to the rest of the world, so massive widespread heterosexual AIDS in one isolated continent and no where else. How mysterious.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 07:36 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Tuna at May 21, 2013 07:36 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 07:37 PM (ptcFO)
but I really won't complain seeing what happened in Ok.Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 07:37 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at May 21, 2013 07:39 PM (Vk2pI)
Truthfully I think they have written themselves into a corner. Moffat has gone one too many times to the Dalek threat trope but Time War why not? Billions of more Daleks. The only good news, these won't be the Rainbow Coalition Daleks.
Moffat and his writers have written these grand arcs that are solely centered on the Doctor. The brief romps are even focused upon how they relate to the Doctor. Gone are the arcs like with Nyssa and Adric.
Or John Pertwee thwarting alien invasions of Earth with modified human tech. The Moffat Doctor's sonic screwdriver has become the Maguffin of deus ex machina. It seems the Doctor can't do anything unless he waves the screwdriver around.
These coalitions are forming against the Doctor because they see him as the sole remaining super power that can thwart them. And there is no truly respectable villain for him to face off against. The Master seems well and truly gone this time with no body to hi-jack.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:39 PM (Mo34f)
If you were eight pounds at five months gestation, it may have been just as well you staged a jailbreak.
Are you absolutely sure your folks didn't have reason to fudge the date of conception a bit?
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 07:39 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:41 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 07:41 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at May 21, 2013 11:39 PM (Vk2pI)
so, you're tweeting with Al Gore?
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:42 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:42 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 21, 2013 07:43 PM (zzeVM)
. Hell, I just signed up for Facebook a couple months ago.Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 07:43 PM (vgd4f)
nothing mysterious at all...
I live between exits 90 and 95 on I-65 bud....
"cryptic"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 21, 2013 07:43 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:44 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 07:45 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at May 21, 2013 07:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 21, 2013 07:47 PM (mCvL4)
or that the simple production of the greeniw wienie energy eats a lot of dirty processes and energy?
Nah let' 'em dream...we'll use the bastard for fuel one day
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 21, 2013 07:47 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 07:47 PM (ptcFO)
Haven't watched it in a while. My favorite adversaries were Davros and Roger Delgado's Master.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 21, 2013 07:47 PM (WLywR)
by way of Ft Jackson SC....
I am at the mercy of the DoD "gods" for about 5 more years maybe...
need a house?(barely joking)
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 21, 2013 07:48 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:49 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at May 21, 2013 07:50 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:50 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: [/i]An Observation at May 21, 2013 07:51 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: puddleglum at May 21, 2013 07:51 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:52 PM (Mo34f)
just tell him to google "arsenic and semiconductor industry"
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:52 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 07:52 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:52 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 07:53 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:53 PM (Mo34f)
https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org/uss/eds/aok
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 07:53 PM (8lmkt)
Delgado was during the Pertwee years but the rest of what you said is right on.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 21, 2013 07:53 PM (WLywR)
so, we will see. if I survive the next visit to the hospital, then it is a success
Posted by: chemjeff aka Herb at May 21, 2013 07:53 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 07:55 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 21, 2013 07:55 PM (Vk2pI)
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I'm sure it's better in the original Klingon.
Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Citizen Anachronda at May 21, 2013 07:55 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 07:56 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: A Beatnik at May 21, 2013 07:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 07:56 PM (BXLPR)
So how about the rest of my babble? Am I right about the overuse of the Daleks and the screwdriver? And that Moffat is such a fan-boy he can only approve stories about the Doctor. I really miss the feline sister on that future Earth. That was a story not about this great coalition against the Doctor.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 07:58 PM (Mo34f)
http://youtu.be/GQq4__8jBrk
If Sam Lake aka Constipated Max Payne says this is going to be great, you just have to believe the man
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 07:58 PM (vJdyz)
Evening Morons... I am going to Nor Cal to go abalone diving this weekend with my hunting buddies. Should be a good time.
Shot a .338 Lapua the other day. Pretty nifty
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura highway at May 21, 2013 07:58 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 07:58 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 07:59 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Peaches at May 21, 2013 09:55 PM
You bet your sweet bippy. Hated the 70's at the time, but, it was pretty good compared to today. We were funky gods that walked the earth in bitchin' threads, man.
Posted by: otho at May 21, 2013 08:00 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:01 PM (Mo34f)
printed, by a heated plate at the bottom of the printer. Then it lays
down a tomato base, 'which is also stored in a powdered form, and then
mixed with water and oil.'" Lastly comes the "protein layer."
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I'm sure it sounds tastier in the original Klingon.
Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Citizen Anachronda at May 21, 2013 08:01 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:02 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:05 PM (TvO05)
http://youtu.be/-kxDRpZLk-s
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:06 PM (Mo34f)
Because according to our betters, that is what art in flyover is.
Congrats!
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 11:56 PM (BXLPR)
Thanks. The series is entitled 'Painted Women: An Exploration Of The Female Form', essentially classically posed female nudes painted using a quasi-abstract, modernistic style, some in acrylic, some in gauche. I have a few examples of my fine art work on my portfolio at http://tinyurl.com/op37fyl.
I must admit to liking the Dogs Playing Poker velvet paintings. My uncle had one in his fishing cabin on Sugar Creek when I was a kid. I thought the idea of dogs playing poker was novel and cool. I like Elvis on black velvet, too. Some days the trailer court kid in me is just bursting to get out.
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 08:06 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 08:07 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 08:07 PM (vgd4f)
I haven't watched The Doctor for a couple of seasons. I have all the episodes on hard drives (via torrent) but keep putting off watching them. I never really warmed up to the new incarnation of the series but I think that's related to my aversion to most things "modernized". I prefer watching old TV shows and old movies. It may be because I'm old too.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 21, 2013 08:08 PM (WLywR)
This is the opening music - http://youtu.be/D9KbZ9ZLSes
You have been warned.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:08 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 08:09 PM (kcfmt)
Things B bitchin' these days too ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Thyeeo-m4
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 22, 2013 12:02 AM
Hahaha! How's it hanging, Ad? Hope you're doing "The Hustle" in honour of the 1970's?
Posted by: otho at May 21, 2013 08:09 PM (9gNQd)
My first thought was "That girl has a hell of a GPU for her age."
Does that make me a perv?
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 12:04 AM (kcfmt)
heh
Remedy (and maybe Twisted Pixel) would be the only one able to pull off FMV and regular gaming in one go. Makes sense too with the meta-tv in all of their games
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 08:09 PM (vJdyz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P60zM2sQ_4o
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 22, 2013 12:05 AM (TvO05)
Nothing wrong with that version!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 21, 2013 08:10 PM (WLywR)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:10 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 11:59 PM (TvO05)
Thank you, Adriane. You're very kind.
It's late. I'm headed to bed, where I'll probably dream of senior cheerleader girls in 1975 who were way, way out of my league.
Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 08:10 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:12 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 21, 2013 08:13 PM (BVkEs)
Bad idea. They'd team up and put a dent in the hobo population, then then where would the Horde be.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 21, 2013 08:13 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 08:13 PM (BXLPR)
Imphasis mine, that last bit seems like a moron meme to me.
Posted by: Bourbon Chicken at May 21, 2013 08:13 PM (NoePp)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 08:14 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: mindful webworker passing through the ont at May 21, 2013 08:14 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: mindful webworker passing through the ether at May 21, 2013 08:16 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:16 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 08:17 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 21, 2013 08:17 PM (cnmE6)
New Man of Steel trailer:
http://tinyurl.com/nmnpapx
Warners continues to hate-sex DC comics. Mindless violations of Superman canon and yet more grimdark Nolanverse 2edgy4u adolescent posturing.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 21, 2013 08:18 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:18 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:19 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 21, 2013 08:21 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:21 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2013 12:21 AM (Mo34f)
Aussie made good products in the 80's
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 08:23 PM (vJdyz)
if your computer becomes self aware and starts spinning a disco mirror ball, it is not my fault!
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 22, 2013 12:16 AM
Fantastic. Here's my fave version of Hustle video... Caution! Retro funkiness may induce grooviness!
Posted by: otho at May 21, 2013 08:24 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2013 12:21 AM (Mo34f)
Love The Hub, only place I can watch Batman the animated series, Superman, Animaniacs.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 21, 2013 08:26 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Marge at May 21, 2013 08:27 PM (fq5Xp)
Posted by: The Dude at May 22, 2013 12:17 AM (vJdyz)
Because people still like to own physical copies of stuff they are buying.
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 08:28 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: snootfull at May 21, 2013 08:32 PM (jDAuY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:34 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 08:36 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:37 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 08:38 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:39 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:39 PM (Mo34f)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL3obwVYdTg
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 21, 2013 08:39 PM (A4irB)
Wahoo McDaniel was legit, though.
Posted by: cool arrow at May 22, 2013 12:33 AM (WMsq+)
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And Superstar Billy Graham could preach a good body slam.
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 21, 2013 08:39 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2013 12:28 AM (LI48c)
I guess it just doesn't bother me as PC has been this way for about 10 years now and if it lets me get to my content faster, I'm for it.
Now the 500 gig HDD is shit though and I hope their not going proprietary with the external HDDs you can plug into it's side
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 08:40 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 22, 2013 12:36 AM (BXLPR)
And even if you can put a larger hard drive into it, you are potentially eliminating a portion of your customer base by not offering physical discs as an option for purchase.
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 08:40 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2013 12:28 AM (LI48c)
I guess it just doesn't bother me as PC has been this way for about 10 years now and if it lets me get to my content faster, I'm for it.
Now the 500 gig HDD is shit though and I hope their not going proprietary with the external HDDs you can plug into it's side
Posted by: The Dude at May 22, 2013 12:40 AM (vJdyz)
And yet almost all PC games still offer physical discs for purchase.
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 08:42 PM (LI48c)
The wrestling was even better back in the 70's.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 22, 2013 12:38 AM (BXLPR)
I remember being younger and at the bar during the day with my dad for lunch and the guys there were all talking about Bobo Brazil.
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 08:44 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at May 21, 2013 08:44 PM (gJeT3)
Posted by: snootfull at May 21, 2013 08:44 PM (jDAuY)
Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2013 12:40 AM (LI48c)
but it's mandatory installs and you need to be online to go through a checksum to attach it to your profile and cloud. Only reason a disc would be useful would to get around data caps and not forcing people to download 50+ gigs later in the console's life
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 08:45 PM (vJdyz)
I want to dedicate this one to those wacky kids at the White House: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE
Posted by: fluffy at May 21, 2013 08:47 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: buzzion at May 22, 2013 12:42 AM (LI48c)
which are useless with the only thing that you need out of it is the cd key (outside of collector's editions of course). Manuals for PC games don't really exist anymore
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 08:47 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: snootfull at May 22, 2013 12:44 AM (jDAuY)
Team Tomahawk with an unexpected yet inevitable ambush!
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 21, 2013 08:49 PM (A4irB)
Because people still like to own physical copies of stuff they are buying.
Posted by: buzzion
From what I've seen, the itunes generation sees buying physical media as quaint as having a landline phone.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 21, 2013 08:50 PM (kdS6q)
It's a gradual transition. With the original Xbox there was just a small handful of items you could buy as they developed the infrastructure. This was interrupted by the need to get a more economically viable platform in place. In the early days of the 360, the upper limit on an XBLA download was a mere 56 MB. The base Arcade model of the console had no internal storage and relied on flash modules for all save capability. The modules initially were only 64 MB and overpriced at that. Thus the limit on the downloadable game sizes since that same module also had to provide save game support for the system.
Over time the price of flash memory came down, along with the price of the Xbox itself. The base model was given a 4 GB flash module internally, though nearly a third of it was consumed by demos and intro videos. The external modules grew to 512 MB for about the same price and were discontinued entirely in favor of allowing users to have a custom formatted 16 GB flash drive partition for their downloads and saves if they didn't have a hard drive.
All the while, the upper size allowed for XBLA titles grew by many multiples, and entire games previously released on disc were also available from the Games On demand section.
Consumers became accustomed to expecting certain games to be offered solely as downloads and not on retail disc unless part of a compilation. Similar things were happening on the PS3 and PC. On smartphones and tablets it was always a given.
Nowadays, very items get a disc release on their own if they'd fit on a single layer DVD. The last major game that required substantially less than the full 4.7 GB was Skyrim, which was remarkably small for the amount of content.
On the PS4 and X1 anything that would fit on a single DVD-9 will only be offered via download. But it will be a different process than this generation. The machines will be capable of keeping a download going in the background while playing a current game. That will help make download purchases more accepted. Another aspect is the shift from monolithic disc images. Instead, downloads will work like Office 2013, which is usuable in mere minute while the rest of it continues downloading, prioritising on the fly those areas the user wants to access.
So even a quite large game will be playable within a short time as portions of it would take hours of play to access continue downloading.
As consumers get used to this the games sold on disc will narrow down to the largest epics and more and more new titles are downloads only. An abrupt cutoff would meet a lot of objections and many refusing to participate in the platform at all.
That is not the way to boil a frog.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 08:51 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 08:52 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Goatweed at May 21, 2013 08:53 PM (8HrdX)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 22, 2013 12:50 AM (kdS6q)
But there are people in their 40's and 50's that are still buying games. Even if all you need a disc for is the key, you don't kill off a source of revenue because its "pointless." You know especially when it completely isn't. Because if selling the physical discs wasn't cost effective they wouldn't be doing it.
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 08:55 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 22, 2013 12:52 AM (BXLPR)
with unified accounts, don't mean anything if a HDD fails other than re-downloading it onto your new HDD.
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 08:55 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 08:55 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 21, 2013 08:57 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 08:57 PM (TvO05)
When this all started with the Santelli rant, we filled the plaza. I guess that at least about a hundred of us showed up is something as opposed to nothing but, sheesh. The MSM media and the administration sure got their way, didn't they.
Posted by: viking at May 21, 2013 08:59 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 09:00 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 09:00 PM (LI48c)
I like having a physical disk because, hard drives fail.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper
To protect against HD failure, data and progam isos are safer on the cloud. The real gates become bandwidth limits and ISP quotas of uploading/downloading.
Also, mirror and/or backup drives, which are prudent to have anyway.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 21, 2013 09:01 PM (kdS6q)
1. Disks are cheap.
2. If you have a less than speedy connection, downloading that 6 GB game (and probably larger for next gen) is a PITA. I want NOW.
3. Even if you have a speedy connection, most major ISPs these days have download caps in the 150 GB - 300 GB range. Most of which you've already burned through watching Netflix on HD and pr0n.
I agree that physical media is approaching obsolescence, but we're not there yet.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 09:02 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 09:02 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 09:02 PM (BXLPR)
Not really. There are some very successful titles on Steam that have never been sold on a retail disc. A lot of the same games that have made their whole fortune as downloads for consoles are also found there for PC users.
The difference in capital costs for a small developer and/or publisher is a huge advantage in favor of going digital only. The console market is even worse in that you have to buy your media from the console maker and pay a per unit royalty. Make a million units and then have the game turn out to not be very popular, the console company still reaps those millions in royalties you had to pay up front for getting the discs or carts made. (This business model, and some practices that were later shot down in court, allowed Nintendo to revive the business in the mid-80s and rule supreme for almost a decade before Sega wised up and sued.)
With downloads, Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo only get their cut when the sale is made. Small devs that could never play in the retail channel have done very well going download only.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 09:02 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: That guy at May 21, 2013 09:04 PM (krveP)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 21, 2013 09:06 PM (DoZD+)
Considering the relatively poor performance of Sony stock lately, I suspect that investors were just glad that MS didn't reveal a complete PS4 killer.
Nintendo is going the way of Mitsubishi. They should've named the Wii U the Betamax U.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 09:06 PM (X9Mnx)
But there are people in their 40's and 50's that are still buying games.
Posted by: buzzion
For folks in the AARP on-deck circle, download is the standard and if grampy wants a disk, it's $10 extra plus postage.
That's how Microsoft handles the issue on their Office Suite.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 21, 2013 09:07 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 01:02 AM (kcfmt)
let alone all three have a minimum order for publishers when it comes to physical copies which hampers the niche market
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 09:08 PM (vJdyz)
And it is. My collection of Amiga stuff probably filled about a thousand 3.5" floppies around 1991. Nowadays I have flash drive that were given to me as trade show press kits that can hold all of that with room to spare.
It's the future but it's a more linear progression than SF movies taught us to expect, where guys invent time travel on a C-64.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddHfau_ONSw
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 09:09 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Optimizer at May 21, 2013 09:09 PM (Mxt9o)
676 #647
Not really. There are some very successful titles on Steam that have never been sold on a retail disc. A lot of the same games that have made their whole fortune as downloads for consoles are also found there for PC users.
That's why I said "almost all." Of course there are successful titles that that have only available online. And for smaller developers that is definitely and advantage. But the bigger developers will still sell through discs. Bioshock Infinite sold on a disc. I expect Rome Total War 2 will also have the physical disc option available.
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 09:10 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 09:12 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 21, 2013 09:14 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 09:16 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Goldstein says, Yo, Jackie! at May 21, 2013 09:17 PM (eQnzo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0xVLGssnwU
if your computer becomes self aware and starts spinning a disco mirror ball, it is not my fault!
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 22, 2013 12:16 AM (TvO05)
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Yes, it is.
Posted by: jc at May 21, 2013 09:18 PM (PlzOe)
I read about that earlier tonight, too. We didn't have anything like that, just 4 CPD officers standing off to the side. They seemed nice enough to me but I generally feel good about LE and didn't begrudge their presence at all.
Posted by: viking at May 21, 2013 09:18 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 09:19 PM (vJdyz)
Like a fucking web server is the latest and greatest innovation since the bottle cap.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 09:20 PM (X9Mnx)
Give it time. Download sales were simply speculation but a few years ago. If you chart download revenues against the industry as whole it's pretty obvious where things are going.
Remember when the release of Half-Life 2 was considered a disaster because it required Steam, which came up short under the load? Now a new release of a AAA title to millions of downloaders is considered run of the mill.
First they ask, can it be done?
Then they ask, should it be done?
Then they ask, should we do it the new way or the old way?
Finally, should we support the old way anymore?
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 09:23 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: zombie Clara Petacci at May 21, 2013 09:24 PM (673KB)
How is that different than what we have now with the 360 and an optional headset?
It's annoying listening to people cough and sneeze because they're too fucking inconsiderate to hit the mute on their headset, but with a limited number of buttons on a controller I don't see a push to talk option being practical.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 09:24 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 09:25 PM (BXLPR)
Nice of Cryptic to give everyone a survivor pack that includes dyes, party favors, a new cloak, a health stone that instantly restores all HP 50 charges, and a new title - Caturday Survivor.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 09:25 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 21, 2013 09:25 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: viking at May 21, 2013 09:26 PM (AaIjD)
Give it time. Download sales were simply speculation but a few years ago. If you chart download revenues against the industry as whole it's pretty obvious where things are going.
Remember when the release of Half-Life 2 was considered a disaster because it required Steam, which came up short under the load? Now a new release of a AAA title to millions of downloaders is considered run of the mill.
First they ask, can it be done?
Then they ask, should it be done?
Then they ask, should we do it the new way or the old way?
Finally, should we support the old way anymore?
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 01:23 AM (kcfmt)
Oh sure. But to be baffled about why are they still offering the old way is to be confused by "Why doesn't this company cut off one of their profit streams?" "uh, duh"
Posted by: buzzion at May 21, 2013 09:26 PM (LI48c)
It's annoying listening to people cough and sneeze because they're too fucking inconsiderate to hit the mute on their headset, but with a limited number of buttons on a controller I don't see a push to talk option being practical.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 22, 2013 01:24 AM (X9Mnx)
because the Kinect will make it harder for the considerate to actually mute themselves when they cough or have someone come into the room to talk to them.
as for the limited amount of buttons, can always throw it onto the under-utilized dpad (which I really hope is good this time)
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 09:28 PM (vJdyz)
Three friends find out that their teacher is a zombie (spoiler alert!) and have to stop her. Of course their teacher is a her. Because, Patriarchy.
Rread the sample provided on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKJ70AW
It's quickly paced and doesn't take up a hundred pages to describe the damn drapes or how anyone is brooding. There's action and plenty of things to pick up on if you read between the lines and into what isn't said.
Posted by: Tom In Korea (author of My Teachers are Zombies, buy it on Amazon.com!) at May 21, 2013 09:32 PM (oJkTX)
I expect everyone will use the voice commands (or at least that is what they intend) but only a subset will care about in game radio channels between specific players rather than an open circuit. I never do any online multiplayer, so a headset would be of little value.
You can only include so much and keep the price within reason. And one size fits all often means that it fits badly. So long as it is a optional accessory with lots of third party choices across a range of prices, everybody should be satisfied.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 09:32 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 01:32 AM (kcfmt)
yeah but not having a dirt cheap headset (which was actually nicely made) included just seems odd think it might cause some disconnect even with a pack in mic array. Knee jerk reaction seems like it's a step away from what they've been doing since the OG Xbox. Maybe not on the Sony level of stupidity of never packing in a mic but still a miss.
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 09:35 PM (vJdyz)
So where do I drop off the Selectric typewriters?
The 70's video was terrific. Brought back some real memories, once O got the neurons to fire, that is. Haven't see that much polyester in many a day.
Posted by: dissent555 at May 21, 2013 09:38 PM (yR6A1)
Ft. Jackson CO Brigadier Gen Roberts has been relieved of command. Apparently he was having an affair and bit his mistress' lip when they tried to reconcile. Ugh.
http://tinyurl.com/ko9xmd8
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 09:38 PM (Mo34f)
I read about that earlier tonight, too. We didn't have anything like that, just 4 CPD officers standing off to the side. They seemed nice enough to me but I generally feel good about LE and didn't begrudge their presence at all." CPD seems fairly normal, anytime you have a crowd they would likely show up. DHS showing up does not seem normal at all.
Posted by: Optimizer at May 21, 2013 09:38 PM (Mxt9o)
It can be applied in a lot of other areas. A lot of the holdouts will simply doe and no longer be an issue. Many will adapt. I know plenty of people in their 60s and 70s who have gotten completely comfortable with acquiring new games and other stuff from Google Play for their tablets, and using Netflix to watch stuff on their TVs, even though they weren't kids when the very idea of home video with tapes and discs you could rent or buy was new.
When a revenue stream becomes so small as to be more trouble than it is worth, there comes a time to say screw it, we're not in that business anymore.
There are still people out there with floppy drives on their PCs. They aren't going to have any luck shopping for any games on that medium. The world has moved on.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 09:39 PM (kcfmt)
Oh, for cryin' out loud! Again...
"693 Optimizer,
I read about that earlier tonight, too. We didn't have anything like that, just 4 CPD officers standing off to the side. They seemed nice enough to me but I generally feel good about LE and didn't begrudge their presence at all."
CPD seems fairly normal, anytime you have a crowd they would likely show up. DHS showing up does not seem normal at all.
Posted by: Optimizer at May 21, 2013 09:39 PM (Mxt9o)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2013 09:40 PM (673KB)
Supposedly they improved the dpad, which was one of the few drawbacks to the otherwise excellent 360 controller. Now if they could just improve fine movements for sniping...
I'd guess that they'll still give the option of using a headset instead of Kinect for voice. You might have to buy the headset separately, but if they use a standard jack most will have one laying around anyways. And they're cheap if they don't.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 09:41 PM (X9Mnx)
So shutting the system down before the flickering lights become a blackout.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 21, 2013 09:41 PM (Mo34f)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 21, 2013 09:42 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 21, 2013 09:43 PM (qyfb5)
But this is supposed to be the future
Posted by: The Dude at May 22, 2013 12:53 AM (vJdyz)
That's the problem with the future. It never gets here.
Posted by: dissent555 at May 21, 2013 09:43 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 21, 2013 09:44 PM (qyfb5)
Oh, I agree with you completely. Didn't mean to imply it was similar at all.
Posted by: viking at May 21, 2013 09:44 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 21, 2013 09:45 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 22, 2013 01:41 AM (X9Mnx)
Damn Nintendo patents on the dpad. Only only I've ever liked made by someone else wasn't even a dpad but rather a mini arcade nub (NeoGeo Pocket).
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 09:45 PM (vJdyz)
It really a subset of the market. A niche, even. Being overly subjective in how you and your friends use your machines can lead to a faulty perception of the market. If I took myself for the average gamer, the existence of games like Madden would be utterly inexplicable. I'd never play it, so what is the point of it being produced?
I have two Xbox 360s, second and third generation. Neither had a headset bundled, which is just as well since I'd never use it.
It was even less of an issue for Sony due to the PS3 having Bluetooth. A pretty good chunk of the market was likely to already own a wireless headset for their phone that could also be used with the console. As such, it was better left as option or for bundles targeting specific consumers.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 09:46 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 01:46 AM (kcfmt)
o.O
never heard of an XBox not coming with a headset as that was a hook to get more people to play multiplayer
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 09:51 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2013 09:52 PM (673KB)
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 09:53 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: viking at May 21, 2013 09:57 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 01:53 AM (kcfmt)
Famicom/NES era for US because Sega ran into problems with the dpad on the Master System so 25 years or so give or take (I don't know a specific date on them).
Don't see why they would think it wasn't important to people considering how much shit manufacturers get for their dpad every gen and it's not like their patents add any cost to making a controller
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 10:00 PM (vJdyz)
Early on but it became less of an issue as XBL became well established and cost cutting became more of an issue. Also, the headset started being more of a bundle item, tied to specific games where they were heavily used. A lot of the bundles had custom versions with game logos and other cheap ploys to tart up the bundle.
I'd almost guarantee once the initial sales rush winds down they whip out bundles catering to more specific interests, including one geared toward those heavily invested in online multiplayer. I'd be surprised if 2014 passes without an official Halo 5 headset not being offered, unless Halo 5 is farther out than that, which would also be surprising. My impression was that 343 was already well into pre-production when Halo 4 shipped.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 10:03 PM (kcfmt)
The 360 4GB didn't include a headset. At least mine didn't, though I bought the Kinect bundle. The Kinect having been used a few times before dying of neglect.
And used only a few times because it sucked.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 10:04 PM (X9Mnx)
If pump up on the firewall has to suck all the way from the tank, and the tiniest air leak at a tubing connection defeats it and it just sucks air. If distances and height difference is big enough, the liquid being pumped will simply vaporize and the pump cavitates.
This is why well pumps get lowered down into the well rather than just shoving a pipe down and having the pump up top. A shallow well above ground pump probably can't draw from much deeper than 20-30 feet.
Posted by: @PurpAv[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 21, 2013 10:07 PM (QFWBu)
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 02:03 AM (kcfmt)
for the big release next year, I would actually expect the game that Black Tusk (rejigged Microsoft Vancouver) is working on to be their arrow. Of course this could change if the Halo TV show is farther along that they let on which would be stupid to not release a new Halo game to coincide with it
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 10:08 PM (vJdyz)
I think the console makers just treat the d-pad complainers as noise among the much larger audience, thus they just don't care. It's one of those tempest in a teapot things where a minority assumes their issue is much more significant to casual observers than it really is.
I never had much problem with the Xbox d-pad in either generation. I guess I'm kind of reverse-spoiled from having used the original 3DO and Jaguar controllers.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 10:10 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 22, 2013 02:04 AM (X9Mnx)
actually liked the Kinect quite a bit myself. Great when people are over getting drunk with Dance Central and Nike+ Fitness is one killer workout experience. And Child of Eden is still one of my most favorite gaming experiences ever (at least until the end where it becomes too hard to do good with using the Kinect)
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 10:12 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 21, 2013 10:20 PM (Vk2pI)
They also put fuel pumps in the tank to keep them cooler. My four wheeler had an aftermaket on on the outside of the tank but it didn't last long. I put the original type back in the tank with no problems after that.
Way back up thread... BCorcoran I have a friend in OK who is half Irish and half Apache. He lives the stereotype, fighting and drinking.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at May 21, 2013 10:21 PM (nB4IX)
Traditionally, if you didn't believably have something close to shipping at the Spring CES, none of the big retail buyers would place an order. The Winter show in January was always a lot more fun because you'd encounter wild claims for products that might disappear without ever seeing a retail shelf.
E3 has always been timed close to that 'put up or shut up' date. My Sega Saturn was purchased within an hour of leaving the LA Convention Center, after Sega made a surprise announcement of early availability. I had to coerce the guy at TRU to climb up to the top shelf to get one down and sell it to me. Not necessarily my wisest purchase ever, considering how much cheaper one could get it a year later. But it gave a thrill at the time.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 10:22 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 10:23 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2013 10:29 PM (673KB)
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 10:31 PM (vJdyz)
I can imagine finally reaching some of the speculative goals they've long talked about, like having an MMO you can access from every device you use, phone, PC, console, defibrillator, etc. Other entities have been moving towards this too but MS has a big advantage over most in that they own several of the major platforms in various device types. If they can leverage this the right way they hope to get the lagging platforms taken more seriously.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 10:32 PM (kcfmt)
They haven't really got that working well yet. Some of the incidents involving prototype testing were pretty nasty. But you can be sure there are guys in Japan beavering away at it!
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 10:33 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at May 22, 2013 02:32 AM (kcfmt)
hope they make cloud based computational AI retard proof for devs
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 10:35 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at May 21, 2013 10:36 PM (SzAZ7)
Posted by: Goldstein says, Yo, Jackie! at May 21, 2013 10:36 PM (eQnzo)
And with that driveby comment, I'm off...back to work...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 21, 2013 10:39 PM (xa1/W)
Having Spielberg involved gives me trepidation. The more big names dragged in the more assured of nothing ever appearing it seems. I'd have more confidence in some relative unknowns who shown they can get something down on a budget. For all the promises of blockbusters, the most effective use of Halo in anything like film or TV has been 'I Love Bees' and 'Forward Unto Dawn.'
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 10:45 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: MTF at May 21, 2013 11:34 PM (bDUMn)
Oh man, it's like a gun introduced in the first act. It must be fired by the third act. That pit demanded a sacrifice.
Posted by: epobirs at May 21, 2013 11:35 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Dude at May 21, 2013 11:38 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Model-1066 at May 22, 2013 12:52 AM (EBUNR)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at May 22, 2013 02:47 AM (wXcOC)
Posted by: Bear is keeping count at May 22, 2013 04:41 AM (9fc25)
The paint job was a protest, but the result of a dispute between the owner and the city.
'I am the owner of the home and would love to share my side of the story. I bought the black home after it caught fire -- the owner did not want to deal with the "historical preservation commission" so he decided to demo the building and donate the property to habitat (for humanity). Luckily I knew the demo co. so bought this home and rebuilt the entire inside of it. Yes, the black house is beautiful inside, with brand new everything. This whole battle was personal, with individuals abusing their power. The bottom line -- I'm a landlord they hate, also I own over ten properties in the historical area, and you should see them too, that would better show what my development company does.'
The house is in Cambridge, Maryland.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/27935
Posted by: Eric G at May 22, 2013 05:39 AM (U/YV1)
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