July 30, 2013
— Maetenloch
Fun Fact of the Day: Shark Bites Are the Leading Cause of Death in Peruvia
So how is that even possible given its land-locked location and the relative lack of tornadoes?
Well it turns out that Peruvia is infested with one of the deadliest species of land-sharks known to science, Apristurus krampus. The Peruvian land-shark is a cunning and deadly beast that is fully mobile on land and water, and can flawlessly speak all 34 Peruvian dialects as well as the forbidden language of love and affection. With no natural enemies it freely roams the Peruvian countryside via the network of cess pools and figures large in the national imagination.
Many an unwary Peruvnik has ended up in a shark's belly and nearly every family can tell you a sad tale of a gullible daughter who fell for the charms of the sunyigazemberputz as it's known in the local tongue. Which is why at every meal you'll still hear the familiar Peruvian homily, 'Let eternal suspicion and the body of a Bulgarian keep the shark away."
Well Roman Polanski does. This is why.
The Daily Show and Lack of Fucking Integrity
They lie through editing. Reason #45 why you always bring your own camera like Matt Slick did.
What they edited and put on TV was this:Now notice what happened on the show. They had me saying, "The reverse happens as well [camera angle change] where homosexuals go out and find straights to beat up." That is not what I said. I said "I don't know about bullying where homosexuals go out and find straights to beat up".
- Matt: "The reverse happens as well [camera angle change] where homosexuals go out and find straights to beat up."
Whenever I'm in these places, I feel as if I'm where I belong. I love the look of the places, the sound (I really like Celtic music), the art, the history, the accents, and the ordinary people I meet on the street. I even like the way these places smell. Whether I'm in Scotland or a Wales or the English countryside, there's this indefinable green, flowery, fresh smell that I've never experienced anywhere else.Having said that, I hate the fact that the UK has flooded itself with Muslims, raising the strong possibility of a majority population that has values antithetical to everything that is British; I hate the way the welfare state has leached away British values and backbone; and I hate the ascendency of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic feelings throughout the whole of the UK (and Ireland too).
The UK, from Scotland on down, fundamentally lacks vitality. All of this means that, when I'm walking around glorying in a place that feels like my spiritual and aesthetic home, I can't decide whether I'm the equivalent of someone foolishly in love with a dying consumptive (very Bronte-ish) or if I'm the equivalent of someone even more foolishly in love with a wife-beater - and I'm the wife.
Can a Slingshot Hit Harder Than a Pistol?
Yes. If it's firing a 100 caliber ball. Next step: Drive-by slingshotting and slingshot control. For the children.
1. Helen's bibliography contains 27 web sites, two-thirds of which Microsoft Word annoyingly converts into hyperlinks. If selecting "remove hyper link" requires two clicks of the mouse, how many clicks will Helen expend in this awful, time-consuming task?
4. Miguel is pulling an all-nighter at the library to finish a history paper. If Miguel's computer is operating on Microsoft Word 2003, how many useful suggestions does Clippy have between the hours of 8 pm and 3 am?
Internet Troll Apologizes After Threat to tell his Mother
Indian Army Tracks Chinese Drones For Months; Discovers They're Actually Jupiter and Venus
Sometimes astronomy is hard.
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 04:58 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 04:59 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 04:59 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 04:59 PM (HVff2)
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But a good one. No?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 05:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: CarolT at July 30, 2013 05:01 PM (s0f54)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 05:02 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 05:02 PM (77l1L)
I am not a Copenhagen pusher but this is kinda a cool free prize if anyone want's one.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 05:02 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Jmel at July 30, 2013 05:05 PM (cfFqn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:05 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 30, 2013 05:05 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 05:05 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: CarolT at July 30, 2013 05:06 PM (s0f54)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 30, 2013 05:06 PM (0iJzo)
Show this weekend. Are you going? Posted by: EC
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Nay, sir. Inventory is balanced. Scopes are zeroed. New mags came in the mail today.
I'm ready for the lights to go out.
Not really. I require A/C.
And ice... for the ONT.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 05:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Do tell!
Lots of Weiner talk, mocking Billy Jeff (we have one lib friend who claims "Bill is doing great things for the country" and we changed the subject).
Anyhow, we laughed and laughed (I had tears at one point, and I don't find too many things funny in these times).
Great evening, and now I've been put in charge of arranging regular meet-ups.
It's been so long since any of us have gotten together. It's always the husbands. That shit is about to change.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 05:07 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 30, 2013 05:08 PM (4+FWp)
Peruvia is a vacation paradise, but at all costs try and avoid hooking up with young Peruvian girls who try to steal your soul.
It's a lot safer to find companionship in Aruba.
Posted by: Joran Van Der Sloot at July 30, 2013 05:08 PM (pJF+c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 05:08 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 30, 2013 05:08 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 30, 2013 05:08 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 30, 2013 05:08 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: PNN - Peruvia News Network at July 30, 2013 05:09 PM (+Ps3k)
and a rather chivalrous closing tag there Maet nice ONT
Posted by: sven10077 at July 30, 2013 05:09 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Roman Polanski at July 30, 2013 05:10 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 30, 2013 05:10 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:11 PM (cX4wp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:11 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 30, 2013 05:11 PM (d7tB2)
Rum and Coca Cola.
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Andrews+Sisters/+videos/+1-zGxL2uNr7bk
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 05:12 PM (qo244)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 30, 2013 05:12 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at July 30, 2013 05:13 PM (Lqb+9)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 30, 2013 05:13 PM (0iJzo)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 30, 2013 05:13 PM (xvolr)
It's been so long since any of us have gotten together. It's always the husbands. That shit is about to change.
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We live in my wife's hometown. She is the designated organizer for their semi annual meet ups. Usually lunch, but they seem to get more participation that way.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 05:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jwb7605 [i](L.I.B.)[/i][/u][/b] at July 30, 2013 05:15 PM (Qxe/p)
http://tiny.cc/z1a20w
Posted by: john smallberry at July 30, 2013 05:15 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2013 05:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 30, 2013 05:15 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 30, 2013 05:15 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: RS at July 30, 2013 05:16 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:16 PM (cX4wp)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 30, 2013 05:18 PM (0iJzo)
That Filner could get away with out getting pounded is eclipsed by how this guy is still alive. I'd hunt that fucker to the ends of the earth if he did that to one of my girls. And it would be a death sentence so if necessary distance would be an option.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 05:18 PM (qo244)
Now Peruvia has a show called The Daily Feed.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 30, 2013 05:18 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 30, 2013 05:18 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:19 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 05:19 PM (77l1L)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 30, 2013 05:20 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:20 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:20 PM (cX4wp)
Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2013 05:20 PM (sdi6R)
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You just gotta call em like you see 'em, right?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 05:21 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Stellar cartography staff of the USS Reliant at July 30, 2013 05:22 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 30, 2013 05:22 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 30, 2013 05:22 PM (0iJzo)
Watch. Discuss. Worth the time.
http://tinyurl.com/loxz5x4
Posted by: jwb7605 (L.I.B.) at July 30, 2013 09:15 PM (Qxe/p)
Monkey on the left was one sheet of plastic away from ripping the lab tech's face off.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 05:22 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Harkamar Singh at July 30, 2013 05:22 PM (Aif/5)
Did you get carrot cake? You need to get the carrot cake. Plus All The Other Things.
So if you wanna go, I got ONT quality Awesomest lined up.
(I, of course, mean pics of naked women) Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 09:20 PM (GEICT)
You go right ahead. I'm off to bed in a wee bit. Because fucking grown up.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at July 30, 2013 05:23 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 05:23 PM (0HooB)
well the Peruvian reset was beautiful to me...
I'm gonna go volunteer coma early tonight...house gets picked up tomorrow and then I am a merry nomad for a month and change...
Posted by: sven10077 at July 30, 2013 05:23 PM (LRFds)
Surprised it wasn't for his 'personal massager' launcher.Posted by: RWC at July 30, 2013 05:24 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:24 PM (cX4wp)
rest her soul I would...look mom was cuckoo for KoKo Puffs....
sometimes only thing that snapped her back to lucidity was how outta control my taste in dames was...
Posted by: sven10077 at July 30, 2013 05:24 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 05:25 PM (77l1L)
Because nothing says "classy" quite like the pierced belly button.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 09:16 PM (cX4wp)
--Should have panned down to see their asses.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 05:25 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: BornLib at July 30, 2013 05:25 PM (zpNwC)
She told a group of us that when they were dating, she ordered a rum and Coke. He informed her, "Only whores drink rum and Coke." And she never drank it again.
I wonder if she's buried in a basement somewhere.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 05:25 PM (lVPtV)
It is what I'm drinking but I also love the non PC lyrics the Andrew Sisters used in that song. Sorry all for the length but I couldn't chose where to cut it.
If you ever go down Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Oh, beat it man, beat it
Since the Yankee come to Trinidad
They got the young girls all goin' mad
Young girls say they treat 'em nice
Make Trinidad like paradise
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Oh, you vex me, you vex me
From Chicachicaree to Mona's Isle
Native girls all dance and smile
Help soldier celebrate his leave
Make every day like New Year's Eve
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
It's a fact, man, it's a fact
In old Trinidad, I also fear
The situation is mighty queer
Like the Yankee girl, the native swoon
When she hear der Bingo croon
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Out on Manzanella Beach
G.I. romance with native peach
All night long, make tropic love
Next day, sit in hot sun and cool off
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
It's a fact, man, it's a fact
Rum and Coca-Cola
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 05:26 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:26 PM (cX4wp)
Posted by: RS at July 30, 2013 05:26 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 30, 2013 05:27 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
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....or if he is.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 05:27 PM (4Mv1T)
But when I walked in one of my first thoughts was that I could have used a Wegmans pro like AtC to guide me through the chaos. Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 09:25 PM (77l1L)
I would be best pleased to be your Wegmans sherpa.
The nice thing about the wee bakery cakes is that you can get four slices out of them. Or, you know, one, depending on mood.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at July 30, 2013 05:27 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 30, 2013 05:28 PM (qyfb5)
BEHOLD! http://www.cafepress.com/teabillypride
Now make me rich, suckas!
Posted by: Country Singer at July 30, 2013 05:28 PM (U22Yw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:29 PM (GEICT)
The Interwar years were odd ones in the development cycles of Kit...
and King was at the end of the day Machine Man...
he was gonna defend their version of Ordnance branch to the death.
He was a cunning, ruthless force in the Navy...when I first started researching War Plan Orange I was struck by how cunning he really was in the Fleet Problems he took part in.
Posted by: sven10077 at July 30, 2013 05:29 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: steveegg at July 30, 2013 05:29 PM (o44nj)
USS Indianapolis was a happy and lucky ship that Admiral Spruance used as his flagship. She had been earlier damaged by a kamikaze hit. Once repairs were done at Mare Island and since she was available, she was selected to carry the nuclear materials. She stopped at Tinian to offload her mystery cargo.
The cruiser's next movement was to leave the Central Pacific and Nimitz's zone of control and travel to the Philippines and MacArthur. Leyete was notified of this movement. McVay received his briefing where no mention of a possible submarine threat was brought up. Tinian was behind the front lines and with no obvious threat, no escort was provided and McVay eschewed taking a zig-zag course.
As the I-boat captain would testify at McVay's court martial, even if he had zig-zagged it would not have mattered. Indy was alone on a clear bright Moon lit night. Thus the ship was hit swiftly by Long Lance torpedoes after the I-boat skipper told the Kaiten suicide pilots they would not be needed. IIRC the cruiser never even got an SOS off.
The delay of rescue effort happened because of a glitch. Procedures in Leyete were in place to announce arrivals of ships. But there was no procedure for an overdue ship. Thus it struck like a lightning bolt the discovery of those men in the water. Where did they come from? Only then did people realize it was Indy.
The court martial was a kangaroo court for hazarding his ship. Some said the whole trial was payback by Admiral King upon McVay for something McVay's father had done to a young King.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 05:30 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:30 PM (GEICT)
http://bit.ly/1cm4p6A Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
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That's a good find, Mero.
I bet they never have to say, "Hey! My eyes are up here!"
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 05:30 PM (4Mv1T)
Can't we do maneuver warfare and defeat the Commie-fag-junkie Complex?
Posted by: Thorvald at July 30, 2013 05:31 PM (jYZuY)
Posted by: BornLib at July 30, 2013 05:31 PM (zpNwC)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 30, 2013 05:31 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: angel with a sword at July 30, 2013 05:31 PM (EO34X)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 05:31 PM (77l1L)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 05:32 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2013 05:32 PM (sdi6R)
Oldness.
Paying the rentness.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at July 30, 2013 05:32 PM (Gk3SS)
My, this glass of Pinot is going down nicely.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 05:33 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Steve at July 30, 2013 05:33 PM (alDW0)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 30, 2013 05:33 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 05:33 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 05:34 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:34 PM (cX4wp)
Posted by: RS at July 30, 2013 05:34 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 05:35 PM (77l1L)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 30, 2013 05:35 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: The Muldoon formerly known as Seamus at July 30, 2013 05:35 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:36 PM (cX4wp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:36 PM (GEICT)
Up close maybe but at distance with a 100cal ball no. But it can fuck them up enough to give you the advantage with your knife.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 05:36 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 05:38 PM (cX4wp)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 30, 2013 05:38 PM (5YUSx)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Low Information Voter at July 30, 2013 05:38 PM (uLzrM)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 05:38 PM (77l1L)
Another gallery. This one tends toward younger ladies, so feel free to feel slightly guilty as you stare.
Cute, yes. But my truck is older than they are.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 05:39 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: R. Polanski at July 30, 2013 05:39 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: fluffy at July 30, 2013 05:39 PM (czQU/)
There's a mix where at least one will be enough to grab my interest. Usualy that is if they have a good personality. Oh and say yes.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 05:40 PM (qo244)
Up close maybe but at distance with a 100cal ball no. But it can fuck them up enough to give you the advantage with your knife.
Another advantage: they'll never hear it coming.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 05:40 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: RS at July 30, 2013 05:41 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Adam at July 30, 2013 05:42 PM (Aif/5)
Up close maybe but at distance with a 100cal ball no. But it can fuck them up enough to give you the advantage with your knife.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 09:36 PM (qo244)
True, but unless you burn a lot of time to find and pick up the ball, that fingerprint-laden lump of metal is going to be there for the cops to pick up and dust.
Unless silence is necessary, I'll go with the .44 Magnum.
Posted by: steveegg at July 30, 2013 05:42 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 05:42 PM (lVPtV)
Next subject: ballistics through a suppressor.
Posted by: Thorvald at July 30, 2013 05:42 PM (jYZuY)
Jayco, short of Airstream, is the best thing going. Or at least it was when I was in the business a few years back.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 30, 2013 05:42 PM (U22Yw)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at July 30, 2013 05:43 PM (sbSjq)
Posted by: BornLib at July 30, 2013 05:43 PM (zpNwC)
Posted by: angel with a sword at July 30, 2013 05:43 PM (EO34X)
Posted by: rickl at July 30, 2013 05:43 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: BornLib at July 30, 2013 05:44 PM (zpNwC)
Boo.
Posted by: Inspector Asshole
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Get a second opinion. On price at least. My guy, who is good, but reasonable, charges about $800 each.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 05:44 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 05:44 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 05:45 PM (klTyW)
I did not plan on cops being involved after the burning. But if I'm out doing wet work gloves are cheap.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 05:45 PM (qo244)
"Only whores drink rum and Coke."
This motto is printed on every Bill in the Peruvian Treasury. By hand.
Posted by: garrett at July 30, 2013 05:46 PM (6WbNd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 05:46 PM (klTyW)
Those for whom the lesson in H.S. physics was a surprise should revisit the math. (Or, knockdown vs. lethality: discuss.)
Posted by: Thorvald at July 30, 2013 09:42 PM (jYZuY)
A slingshot ball to the x-ring on the chest definitely will fuck you up. A bullet to the same x-ring will almost certainly kill you.
Of course, either to the temple will kill you. Just ask Goliath.
Posted by: steveegg at July 30, 2013 05:47 PM (o44nj)
Oh happy day....
Oh happy day..... Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 09:34 PM (cX4wp)
I am totes happy for you and not at all full of jealousy and bitterness and plotting my revenge.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at July 30, 2013 05:48 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2013 05:49 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 05:49 PM (77l1L)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 05:50 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at July 30, 2013 05:51 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 05:52 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 05:54 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Romen Polanski at July 30, 2013 05:57 PM (3VBXw)
Here, AtC, have a nice rum and coke. Bannion sent it.
*runs, sneers at Bannion*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 05:57 PM (lVPtV)
Or more importantly, the difference between kinetic energy and momentum.
The slingshot delivered high momentum (mass x velocity), but far lower energy (mass x velocity^2).
The relative power of firearms are nearly always expressed by muzzle energy, not momentum. The guy in the video was describing momentum.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 30, 2013 05:58 PM (X9Mnx)
The Detroit City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a federal investigation to see whether civil rights charges are warranted against George Zimmerman, who was acquitted July 13 of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
Posted by: Robert Caulfield at July 30, 2013 06:00 PM (e8kgV)
Hi lo trailers were a good mix. All hard shell but you could tow them easier since you could drop the top down over the bottom for less wind resistance. Took to much time searching and it looks like that company might be out of business. But if you search you can see what I'm talking about and likely find somebody else that makes something comparable.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:02 PM (qo244)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:02 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 06:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Hands Off My Weiner! at July 30, 2013 06:04 PM (tCBZk)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 30, 2013 09:58 PM (X9Mnx)
I can impart more momentum into your body than a .45ACP 230 grain hollow point, by knocking you down with a running start (or even a hard shove), but I doubt very much that it would kill you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 30, 2013 06:04 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:05 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 06:06 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 06:06 PM (HVff2)
*and hiding from Atc*
AtC, was just kidding about the rum and coke. Totes.
*steps away quietly from the blog*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2013 06:07 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 06:07 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:07 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 06:08 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 06:08 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:08 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:09 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 06:10 PM (GEICT)
Exactly. Speed kills.
The debate over bigger / heavier / slower bullet vs smaller / lighter / faster bullet may never end, but claiming that his slingshot was more powerful than a .45 (because of the momentum) was a bit dishonest.
That said, I'm sure getting hit by his slingshot ball would be less than pleasant.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 30, 2013 06:12 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 06:12 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: alamogordo at July 30, 2013 06:14 PM (HUTO5)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 10:14 PM (doBIb)
You are reading my mind, EC. Although, not just kinda. Dammit, horde, lift a glass and get your freak on, eh?
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:16 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 06:16 PM (GEICT)
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I like them earlier, but it does screw up the usual evening inertia going into the ONT.
We're talking about crappy 3gun SGs over on the local gun forum. I alternate between the two when it's slow here.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 06:17 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 06:17 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 30, 2013 06:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 06:17 PM (77l1L)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 06:18 PM (tjc2Q)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 06:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:21 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 06:21 PM (GEICT)
I'm going to stop looking up slingshot stuff, lest I come across the on-line slingshot communities' version of the Inter-web Net-tubes Rule # 34
Rule #34: Upheld
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7znG7tRWC08 (SFW)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 30, 2013 06:22 PM (X9Mnx)
*boing! BOING!*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 30, 2013 10:21 PM (CA2NO)
Not without protective gear and EMTs on standby. Really. Be very careful.
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:22 PM (8lmkt)
That said, I'm sure getting hit by his slingshot ball would be less than pleasant.>>
I commented only on the will a 100 cal ball rip vital organs. I did not realize I could pick a gun as an option.
I have 1000+ in 7.62, 9mm, .357, 22cal and smaller amounts of other bang bang stuff. But I also have Black powder, Bow and sling shots.
My assumption was the question was when you run out of bang whats effective.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:23 PM (qo244)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:23 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 30, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC
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Mossberg 930 debate getting a little heated regarding reliability. Yea, boring I know. It's what I look at when we get down to a post an hour here.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 06:24 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 30, 2013 06:25 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Huma Abedin at July 30, 2013 10:24 PM (NEIxp)
You mean there's someone out there who hasn't? Cloistered nuns and Tibetan monks aside, of course. And they would say no. Stupid bint.
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:26 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 06:26 PM (JMmQ9)
I'm guessing there are a lot of willing spotters that will bring their own spotting straps. so yes once you pick a spotter.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:26 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2013 06:27 PM (s4qeg)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 06:27 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: tmitsss at July 30, 2013 06:27 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 10:05 PM (8lmkt)
Yes, they did.
Posted by: Roman P. at July 30, 2013 06:27 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 06:27 PM (JMmQ9)
http://i44.tinypic.com/2lub6tu.jpg
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 10:06 PM (doBIb)
--Thank you.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 06:30 PM (3VBXw)
Meh- it's just two fully clothed girls supposedly having an orgasm while on a slingshot ride.
Best I could do on short notice. I'm sure there's far worse (or better) involving slingshots somewhere out there.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 30, 2013 06:30 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:31 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 10:14 PM (doBIb)
You are reading my mind, EC. Although, not just kinda. Dammit, horde, lift a glass and get your freak on, eh?
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 10:16 PM (8lmkt)
--No complaints here. I may be able to read every comment.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 06:31 PM (3VBXw)
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I have a 500 and looked at the 870.
See if you can find an older one in either. An older 870 Wingmaster would be what to look for, in my book.
I found a recent model Moss 500 birch stock for $275 like new, and bought a 20" vent rib barrel for it. I can hunt, or defend Casa Road.
I'd still like to find a nice auto load.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 06:31 PM (4Mv1T)
A Traditions 50cal Yukon and a Ruger Old Army 44 cal pistol.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:32 PM (qo244)
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 10:31 PM (3VBXw)
fuckin' canadians . . . 
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:32 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 06:32 PM (JMmQ9)
The obsession over race is a hallmark of the Progressive left. Yet, they are willing, neigh, enthusiastic about, condemning non-white individuals who dare to believe what the self-declared intelligentsia declare that they ought not to think. Of course, they are also willing to declare a pasty white guy to be the “first Black President” back in the Â’90′s. How does one square away the leftÂ’s obsession over race with the leftÂ’s enthusiasm for attacking “oppressed minorities”? To put it simply, “race” is not about race to them; rather, it is a moral concept of purity.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=2834
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 30, 2013 10:17 PM (Vk2pI)
--TPH, change "neigh" to "nay." If you have a blog --you have one, right?-- you want to be punctilious about spelling. 
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 06:33 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Vendette at July 30, 2013 06:33 PM (77l1L)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 06:33 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 06:35 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 06:35 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:36 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:36 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 06:37 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:37 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Mr. Ed at July 30, 2013 06:38 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:38 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 30, 2013 06:41 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 06:41 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 10:36 PM (8lmkt)
--It has been a mite chilly in Winnipeg an d the borderlands here as well, especially at night.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 06:41 PM (3VBXw)
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I'm sure I'll get flamed, but I looked at a new 870 Express at Gander Mtn in Morrisville a few months ago before I bought the used Moss 500. My 1966 Daisy BB gun with plastic stock appears to be better made than the new 870 Express.
However, older 870 fans seem to outweigh the Moss 500 fans. And yet, the location of the safety on the Moss is what gets the rave reviews.
Liek I said, look on armslist, or Carolina Shooters Club and find an older one used.
I'd look for a Wingmaster 870 with walnut stock, just because it's pretty.
You can barrels and parts for either.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 06:43 PM (4Mv1T)
Oh wait to keep my Teabilly status all my guns are laid out on the floor loaded for my grand kids to play with,
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:44 PM (qo244)
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 10:33 PM (3VBXw)
Looks OK to me!
Posted by: Mr. Ed at July 30, 2013 10:38 PM (Vk2pI)
[[i]Stamps foot in agreement]
Posted by: John Elway at July 30, 2013 06:44 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 10:33 PM (3VBXw)
Looks OK to me!
Posted by: Mr. Ed at July 30, 2013 10:38 PM (Vk2pI)
[[i]Whinnies]
Posted by: Shannon Sharpe at July 30, 2013 06:45 PM (3VBXw)
Aha! Another Ithaca shooter. IMHO, the best pump gun going. If you use the slug barrel, it is superb for grouse or woodcock in heavy alder brush. Very quick swing, and you don't tangle with brush.
I have a New Model Army in a replica AND an original. Black powder is such a hoot to use.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2013 06:47 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: EC at July 30, 2013 06:51 PM (doBIb)
The humanity.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 10:47 PM (4Mv1T)
Whatever. Got a carrot?
Posted by: WNBA at July 30, 2013 06:51 PM (3VBXw)
Just like ribs it's all about being patient and the smoke. Fun as hell and it was my dads. He used it as a tool to slow us down and aim.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:52 PM (qo244)
Posted by: EC
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ONT Post stompening.
It's highly unnatural, I tell you.
There back to bitching about Weiner, his campaign, and his interns.
I realize we have NY Morons here, but I just have a hard time getting worked up about it.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 06:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 30, 2013 10:37 PM (CA2NO)
It's like the fuckin' arctic tundra here. Srsly, the only bright spot is giggling about the suckah tourists freezing their 'nads off in their shorts and super unfashionable sandals.
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:54 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2013 10:47 PM (SAMxH)
Me too.
Posted by: Oliver Cromwell at July 30, 2013 06:54 PM (3VBXw)
Are you saying you are not attracted to Wiener?
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 06:56 PM (qo244)
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That word is simply spelled too many ways.
SCOTCH!
There's a word rarely misspelled.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 06:57 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 06:57 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 06:57 PM (JMmQ9)
How YOU doin', eh?
Posted by: andycanuck at July 30, 2013 10:58 PM (BQ10H)
--Take off!
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 06:59 PM (3VBXw)
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We got flanked by a late breaking post. Two, actually.
Never underestimate the power of "Divide and Conquer".
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 06:59 PM (4Mv1T)
shweet!!!! glad I stuck around . . . Taylor Swift, lol!
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 07:00 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 07:00 PM (T1005)
Recently I picked up another bp gun,a Rogers and Spencer .44. They were made late in the War, and there is some dispute as to whether any ever saw action.
I like the thing, the grips are big enough to fit my hand, something the Remington doesn't have, plus it's a top strap revolver. Good strong design.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2013 07:01 PM (SAMxH)
*jogs over from Nuzzi thread*
'Sup?
Not digging the Nuzzi. To paraphrase Sheldon Cooper, "Jeepers she's yucky!"
Of course the whole Weiner thing is just so fucking stupid that I just want to unplug from everything.
*wanders off to another thread*
Posted by: Pug, Drinking fermented yak spittle in Peruvia at July 30, 2013 07:01 PM (6rcHp)
I'll assume you meant Thor
http://tinyurl.com/mz4va2h
You can thank me later.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 07:02 PM (qo244)
Holy crap, the top spot has boobehs!!! Good ones, too. C'mon, y'all, let's go talk some boobehs.
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)
Not digging the Nuzzi. To paraphrase Sheldon Cooper, "Jeepers she's yucky!"
Of course the whole Weiner thing is just so fucking stupid that I just want to unplug from everything.
*wanders off to another thread*
Posted by: Pug, Drinking fermented yak spittle in Peruvia at July 30, 2013 11:01 PM (6rcHp)
--Whatever you think of the chick, the reactions by the Democratic Plantation to her are telling. The War on Women seems to be a domestic affair.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 07:03 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at July 30, 2013 07:03 PM (5Edon)
I'm thinking about a bolt action rifle. I don't really hunt, so it's for pure hobby and affection for mechanical things that go bang. Only available range for distance is a mere 200 yards, for now.
.308?
30.06?
I want something with routinely available ammo, whatever that is these day.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 07:04 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 30, 2013 07:05 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2013 07:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 07:07 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 07:08 PM (CA2NO)
Remington 700 in either caliber. But I like mine in .308. I have one of these that I'm eventually going to change the stock on:
https://tinyurl.com/6cl975w
Posted by: Country Singer at July 30, 2013 07:09 PM (U22Yw)
Posted by: logprof
Hoser!
Posted by: andycanuck at July 30, 2013 11:07 PM (BQ10H)
Fuck off I got work to do. . . .
Posted by: Cyrus at July 30, 2013 07:09 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 07:10 PM (T1005)
TR, I'd recommend a Remington 700 bdl. Tremendous bolt action, available in 12 (IIRC) calibers.
30.06 would be my personal pick here.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2013 07:11 PM (SAMxH)
Fairly inexpensive I'd go Remington 700. You can pick 30.06 or .308.
http://tinyurl.com/y9xkax2
They are the pick for the military. And lots of aftermarket toys/accessories.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 07:14 PM (qo244)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the teabilly webworkers at July 30, 2013 07:15 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Bubbles at July 30, 2013 11:14 PM (BQ10H)
Winds of shit, Bubs.
Posted by: Jim Lahey at July 30, 2013 07:15 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at July 30, 2013 07:17 PM (Hsgnv)
Once.
My shoulder hurt for three days.
Must have been operator error.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 07:18 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 30, 2013 07:18 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at July 30, 2013 07:19 PM (Vk2pI)
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In 3rd period History 101. And where are you pants??
At least that's MY recurring dream.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 07:19 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 07:21 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 07:23 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: The Dude
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Flag on the play. I'm callin' BS.
Any Moron here would hit that like a screen door in a New Orleans hurricane.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 07:23 PM (4Mv1T)
I couldn't believe it either: A British show set in about 1965 where the murder was the missile defence factory's commie Labour union steward! I was cheering that result I can tell you.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 30, 2013 07:24 PM (BQ10H)
didn't say I wouldn't bend her over (face down ass up, that's the way I like to fuck) but I dunno getting a blowjob from her
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 07:24 PM (vJdyz)
You DO NOT want to know what the locals do with the pink dolphins.. then again, maybe you really do want to KNOW what they do with the pink dolphins... 'know' as in GROK.
Posted by: Obamao at July 30, 2013 07:25 PM (e+pdj)
I assumed you wanted new with choice of ammo. But if I was recomending for a teenager a Mosin isn't always bad (painful maybe but they hit shit.)
http://tinyurl.com/k45xyy9
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 07:26 PM (qo244)
Posted by: stevea28 at July 30, 2013 07:26 PM (EyWmu)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 07:28 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 07:28 PM (8lmkt)
Worst thing I ever shot was a .600 Nitro Express--a double gun used by big game hunters in Africa.
Like getting punched with a sledgehammer.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2013 07:28 PM (SAMxH)
http://www.humblebundle.com/
second week unlocks are Metro 2033, Risen 1 and Sacred Citadel
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 07:29 PM (vJdyz)
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Since it sounds like a recreational thing, why not go with something that would do for hunting, but is more enjoyable to shoot. Maybe .243? Perfectly fine for whitetails and below. I can guarantee that you will find shooting a .243 more pleasant than a .308 or .30-06. Just my thought. Heck, why not a .223 ?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 30, 2013 07:29 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 11:24 PM (vJdyz)
I'm pretty sure I speak for the 'ettes when I say that we will treasure that comment always.
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 07:32 PM (8lmkt)
But, I've got the safety off on YouTube and ... nothing in my sidebar is SFW. Like, "My girlfriend's Vagina up close! by teenagecrazy"??? No, I didn't click! And no, I won't leave a link. You go look for it yourself, perv. I already landed on some Japanese child-rape comics site this week (ye gods!), and I don't need more of that on my NSA logs!Posted by: mindful webworker, really I only went there for the articles at July 30, 2013 07:32 PM (U13jb)
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We've got a pretty good gun community on-line here so I could go either way, new or used. I think the weight of a Mosin full sized rifle might make it more bearable to shoulder than the carbine. The carbine kicked me like a mule.
I would really love to find a place to shoot distance, but as yet I haven't found it close by.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 07:33 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2013 07:33 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 30, 2013 07:33 PM (CA2NO)
The next one I want is a .17HMR which if i understand why they exist is they are a flatter/hotter .22.
I own the other cals mentioned already.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 07:34 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Buzzion at July 30, 2013 07:34 PM (fOENO)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 30, 2013 07:35 PM (BQ10H)
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 11:32 PM (8lmkt)
http://youtu.be/_wHFZv2T_YQ
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 07:36 PM (vJdyz)
My next door neighbor bought his son a .17HMR for his birthday (or Christmas, I forget which) and now they argue over who gets to use it for squirrel hunting.
Posted by: Country Singer at July 30, 2013 07:37 PM (U22Yw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I used to shoot groundhogs with my old boss when I was in my early 20's with his 22/250. It was fun, and accurate.
I think my interest in a somewhat larger caliber has more to do with an irrational interest in disproportionate calibers (and cubic inch displacement internal combustion).
How does Tim Allen say it?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 07:37 PM (4Mv1T)
It hasn't been that cold. But then, I consider anything down to 50F suitable shorts weather.
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2013 07:39 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: andycanuck
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I think Alton Jackson says it best.
"Never, Ever, fuck with Peaches."
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 07:40 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Buzzion at July 30, 2013 07:41 PM (fOENO)
I have an old WWI Mauser that has been sporterized and changed to 30.06 I like that was really cheap in 1983. If you are willing to search and want to save money. Chase a Mauser.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 07:43 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at July 30, 2013 07:47 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 07:48 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2013 07:48 PM (sQ0LB)
I see 'burning the house down' parties.
Definite investment opportunity.
Good luck getting an open burn permit in Detroit though.
Posted by: Obamao at July 30, 2013 07:48 PM (e+pdj)
Posted by: EROWMER at July 30, 2013 07:50 PM (OONaw)
Was a pretty good $10 alternative to Doom in '94 - if you have a DOS machine it is worth every penny.
Posted by: Obamao at July 30, 2013 07:51 PM (e+pdj)
I see 'burning the house down' parties.>>
For $50 I'll get it going for you at a predetermined time so you can't be charged with arson.
Posted by: Crack addict that stole all the copper at July 30, 2013 07:52 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Obamao at July 30, 2013 11:51 PM (e+pdj)
talking about the new one by the Hard Reset guys that comes out tomorrow
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 07:53 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 11:48 PM (aH+zP)
I have to call threadwinner on that!!!
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 07:53 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 07:54 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 07:55 PM (T1005)
Wait until it is on the $10 rack.
Posted by: Obamao at July 30, 2013 07:55 PM (e+pdj)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 30, 2013 07:55 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at July 30, 2013 07:56 PM (Vk2pI)
I had slutbag, sub and ONT
but now its sub, ONT, slutbag
so first slutbag was on top of the sub, but now slutbag is under the sub
very very naughty
Posted by: thunderb at July 30, 2013 07:57 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Obamao at July 30, 2013 11:55 PM (e+pdj)
GMG already has it at $13 ($15 is the normal price)
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 07:59 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:00 PM (aH+zP)
http://tinyurl.com/l7ubjyf
I have a 40 minute commute so it can't hurt.
Posted by: Crack addict that stole all the copper at July 30, 2013 08:02 PM (qo244)
Ohhhh maybe I should get my degree in dead languages! English in Urban America, maybe?
Posted by: Gingy at July 31, 2013 12:00 AM (aH+zP)
Does that make her eine Eiscanuck?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:03 PM (T1005)
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Latin.
Road boy #2 is in his third year in HS. I have no idea why college profs like it, but apparently they do. Or so i hope.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 08:04 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 30, 2013 08:05 PM (aDwsi)
http://tinyurl.com/l7ubjyf
I have a 40 minute commute so it can't hurt.
Posted by: Crack addict that stole all the copper at July 31, 2013 12:02 AM (qo244)
--Never tried it. My Spanish is good enough. But the car is a good place to learn for sure.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 08:06 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:06 PM (aH+zP)
Road boy #2 is in his third year in HS. I have no idea why college profs like it, but apparently they do. Or so i hope.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 31, 2013 12:04 AM (4Mv1T)
makes it easier to learn other Western languages
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 08:09 PM (vJdyz)
1) i might accidentally stop drinking
2) i might finally succeed at drinking myself to death (apparently not nearly as easy as it sounds)
3) that i might win one of those fuckin' lotteries tonight
And, yet, I would throw it all away if Crank's Maddie could have the miracle I keep praying for and go home and have all the joy a 4-year-old should.
sigh
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 08:09 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 30, 2013 08:09 PM (sQ0LB)
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This is an added reason I am glad he is taking it. Hoping he will pursue medicine.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 08:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 31, 2013 12:05 AM (aDwsi)
it's a desert topping AND a floor-wax
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 08:10 PM (8lmkt)
http://tinyurl.com/l7ubjyf
I have a 40 minute commute so it can't hurt.
Posted by: Crack addict that stole all the copper at July 31, 2013 12:02 AM (qo244)
Depending on the age of the kid, you might request that he knock that off. IIRC, humans have the ability to "lock-in" languages in an age range somewhere about three to eight -- and they can absorb an amazing number. If you're on-staff in a foreign embassy, and your family speaks Spanish at home, English at work, the cleaners speak Swahili, you use French when visiting other embassies, and he's at a school with full-immersion Mandarin, he can become comfortably conversational in all those languages simultaneously during that three-to-eight-year-old period.....provided that each person consistently speaks one language. Otherwise, he'll start getting bleedover and end up with Spanglish.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 30, 2013 08:10 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2013 08:12 PM (iQit/)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 08:13 PM (0HooB)
Well, Hat, Mom's Icelandic. Thorn is still used in Icelandic (though now
usually replaced by eth) a language still used. Old English, not as
much.
Ohhhh maybe I should get my degree in dead languages! English in Urban America, maybe?
Posted by: Gingy at July 31, 2013 12:00 AM (aH+zP)
Does that make her eine Eiscanuck?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 31, 2013 12:03 AM (T1005)
--Did you know that the largest Icelandic community in the world outside Scandinavia is in Manitoba?
This weekend is the Icelandic Festival in Gimli, Manitoba:
https://www.facebook.com/IcelandicFestival
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 08:13 PM (3VBXw)
He is legal his Dad was American and mom was Mexican. He grew up in Texas in a place where switching languages was normal.
My fear is the grandson will speak to me in Spanish and wont get why I go what?
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 08:13 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:14 PM (aH+zP)
Fun Fact of the Day: Shark Bites Are the Leading Cause of Death in Peruvia
Hey, moron. Put on this shark-proof suit and tell me if it hurts when they bite!
Posted by: Cicero Kid says, 'here's ur sign' at July 30, 2013 08:15 PM (San0v)
read the Polanski court documents
what a pig
what a filthy bastard
Posted by: thunderb at July 31, 2013 12:04 AM (zOTsN)
Hey, lots of space in my Swiss villa!
Posted by: Roman Poulanski at July 30, 2013 08:15 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 08:16 PM (klTyW)
1) i might accidentally stop drinking
2) i might finally succeed at drinking myself to death (apparently not nearly as easy as it sounds)
3) that i might win one of those fuckin' lotteries tonight
And, yet, I would throw it all away if Crank's Maddie could have the miracle I keep praying for and go home and have all the joy a 4-year-old should.
sigh
Posted by: Peaches at July 31, 2013 12:09 AM (8lmkt)
--Don't remind me about #2. 
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 08:17 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:17 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: The Dude
--------------------------
True, and if he was pursuing other languages that would be worthwhile, but the really good school like to see 3-4 years of the one language.
I high level school admin. who I know personally in the county school system told me once that some schools even accept Latin in lieu of certain math courses.
Huh.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 08:18 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Gingy at July 31, 2013 12:17 AM (aH+zP)
--Sweet action! Have you ever been to Gimli?
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 08:19 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 12:16 AM (klTyW)
we can only hope
wish this statue was cheaper
http://tinyurl.com/mph93ry
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 08:20 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at July 31, 2013 12:15 AM (sQ0LB)
good to know, crank, but lately i have been praying for a big fat miracle for that child . . . starting to get a little cranky with the Big Guy on this particular issue. xoxo
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 08:21 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:22 PM (aH+zP)
I'm hearing through a friend that Leno's worth watching tonight if you want to see Weiner get roundly mocked.
Posted by: junior at July 30, 2013 08:22 PM (Quo7C)
---------------------------
True, I want that for him, but it has to be up to him. I've been in the employment business for 25 years and I know more than most today that you have to have a purpose in college beyond just getting a degree today, unlike 20 years ago.
He's good in math, but not a math "mind", so he won't be an engineer. There are no sure jobs that I know of, other than health care now, even if that means working for the government in 10 years.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 08:22 PM (4Mv1T)
------------------------------------------------
This is an added reason I am glad he is taking it. Hoping he will pursue medicine.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 31, 2013 12:09 AM (4Mv1T)
Actually, I was probably one of the last people to get some exposure to Latin and Greek in California public schools. From Greek, you get things like the relationship between potable water, mesopotamia, and hippopotamus; hippopotamus and hippodrome; cephalopods, tetrapods, bipeds, and pedicures....Latin gives you inside clues as to what Neolamprologus caudopunctatus might look like if you know the name but don't have a picture ("caudopunctatus" means "spotty tail").
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: and irresolute at July 30, 2013 08:23 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura highway at July 30, 2013 08:24 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 08:24 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 08:25 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at July 30, 2013 08:26 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: and irresolute at July 30, 2013 08:26 PM (DBH1h)
Sounds like yours didn't suffer. Only the ones left behind.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 08:26 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 08:26 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:27 PM (aH+zP)
He is legal his Dad was American and mom was Mexican. He grew up in Texas in a place where switching languages was normal.
My fear is the grandson will speak to me in Spanish and wont get why I go what?
Posted by: McGregor at July 31, 2013 12:13 AM (qo244)
Also note -- I was subtly pitching that the Son-in-law *always* talk to the lad in Spanish. Then the grandson will be able to effortlessly hold conversations with him in Spanish and you in English in the same room and not get them scrambled. After the kid gets to be about nine or 10, you can start switching around -- the S-i-l can use English or Spanish, and so can you.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:27 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 08:28 PM (klTyW)
Oh, God, Jackhole, I am so sorry . . . prayers up for you and your poor Mom.
Posted by: Peaches at July 30, 2013 08:28 PM (8lmkt)
Not as early but my Mom died this spring at 80. Dad who is 83 and just wants to die. We are trying ur best to give him a reason to keep going.
Most importanytly Jackhole condolences for your loss it fing sucks.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 08:29 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 12:28 AM (klTyW)
probably because that is what it's of
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 08:30 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Þe Politial Hat at July 30, 2013 08:30 PM (Vk2pI)
--Sweet action! Have you ever been to Gimli?
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 12:19 AM (3VBXw)
Nope. My only experience with Manitoba is driving through it a few times in the early 2000s on a move to Ontario and then back West.
Posted by: Gingy at July 31, 2013 12:22 AM (aH+zP)
--Gimli is very beautiful. It has the feel of a seaside town, but it's on a big inland lake instead. There's a boardwalk, fish joints, sandy beach, and even a sand castle competition. The Icelandic Festival is fun, with lots of re-enactors staging a mock battle with explanations of the fighting tactics and keeping a mock Viking camp by the lakeside. I have only taken in the daytime fun, but there is also fireworks and a free concert in the evening.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 08:30 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura highway at July 31, 2013 12:24 AM (/7Xis)
Sorry to hear. Praying for peace and comfort for your mom.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 30, 2013 08:33 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:34 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura highway at July 30, 2013 08:34 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: McGregor at July 31, 2013 12:25 AM (qo244)
I'd have to consult a chemistry text (or chemjeff), but -- in general -- when you have two closely related words like that, they vary in the nature of the bond with whatever other thingy they're stuck on.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:34 PM (T1005)
My daughter speaks less Spanish than me so the grand son will be a English speaker. But I being the paranoid fuck I am don't want him to be able to speak to dad in secret. He's 3 now
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 08:34 PM (qo244)
“She sucked. She like wasn’t good at setting up events. She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen. Like it was, like, terrible and I had to like – she would like, she would just not show up for work,” said Morgan. “For the four weeks she worked there — she didn’t work weekends, so twenty days total. Of those twenty days, she missed probably five because she would just like not show up and not tell me she wasn’t going to be there. So, yeah, so there’s that.”
I thought there were child labor laws in New York State. This alleged "Communications Director" can't be more than 14 years old. Can she?
Posted by: dissent555 at July 30, 2013 08:35 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 08:36 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: Gingy at July 30, 2013 08:36 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at July 30, 2013 08:37 PM (Q3WfW)
God bless you folks.
Tip your waitress, and empty your ashtrays.
Out.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 30, 2013 08:38 PM (4Mv1T)
Typical office scene in Peruvia: http://cheezburger.com/6236920832
Posted by: Anachronda at July 30, 2013 08:38 PM (U82Km)
Yes it is just the number of Oxygen atoms that attach to the Sulfur atom Sulfate is 4 and Sulfide is 2. The bigger problem with their question was the tool the were using can not discriminate between the two so why ask.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 08:41 PM (qo244)
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 08:47 PM (qo244)
But the president shouldnÂ’t pick and choose how he cites job-creation numbers. Perhaps he is tipping his hand on what he secretly thinks of the Keystone XL by citing a low-ball figure, generated by the pipelineÂ’s opponents, but he should stick to using the official government estimate. (His 2,000-job figure is actually slightly lower than the Cornell estimate.)
Otherwise, the president ironically seems to be signaling that even his own government does not produce the “most realistic” estimate that should be used by reporters.
Two Pinocchios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX06YmtUaoU
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at July 30, 2013 08:48 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Gingy at July 31, 2013 12:34 AM (aH+zP)
--Yeah, even with the long "Civic Holiday" weekend you would need to fly to YWG and then drive to Gimli. But Gimli is a sweet little town for a vacation.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 08:48 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 08:54 PM (klTyW)
A specific job on a pipeline is a AWS certified welding inspector. Of which I am one. I don't need a job but if I left mine someone would have to be hired to replace me.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 08:55 PM (qo244)
On the other hand, sulfur can also use up some of those bonds by touching itself, but it will still end up with a net of two bonds. Since the bonds are on the same atom, they can both latch onto the same other part in a double-bond -- like CdS (Cadmium sulfide -- used in photocells) or PbS, which distributes Dem propaganda (just kidding -- it's Lead sulfide, used in infrared sensors). OTOH, it can use the bonds individually as well -- as in H2-S, hydrogen sulfide, a nasty toxic and corrosive gas that smells like rotten eggs before it melts your face and kills you.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 08:56 PM (T1005)
I've heard Peruvia is nice this time of year.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 30, 2013 08:56 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 08:57 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 12:54 AM (klTyW)
--Not sure about the make of the plane, but it did have to land at the old air base while an event was going on. It was the "Gimli Glider" and ran out of fuel because of the then-recent conversion from Imperial to Metric.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 09:00 PM (3VBXw)
guesstimates and fuzzy math, so they often should be taken with a grain
of salt.>>
A specific job on a pipeline is a AWS certified welding inspector. Of which I am one. I don't need a job but if I left mine someone would have to be hired to replace me.
Posted by: McGregor at July 31, 2013 12:55 AM (qo244)
What do you have to do to get certified in that?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 09:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:03 PM (klTyW)
And the Sulfide one of those bonds is what makes the gas for your car cost more. They have to buy 316 Stainless to resist the corrosion from the H2SO2 which is a common byproduct from drilling for oil.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 09:06 PM (qo244)
http://tinyurl.com/lehp8tm
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 01:03 AM (klTyW)
--Way to make me feel old. 
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 09:07 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:08 PM (klTyW)
Pass the test.
http://www.aws.org/certification/CWI/
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 09:10 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 01:08 AM (klTyW)
there is also a neodroid version of Amy with her glider
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 09:10 PM (vJdyz)
It also left me ruminating over the rift between stick pilots and push button pilots. Stuff to think on.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:12 PM (klTyW)
http://tinyurl.com/m7bzq4g
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 09:13 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:13 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:15 PM (klTyW)
That was a flippant answer If you have a real interest I'll give you my email and we can discuss it off the spades. Look on the AWS site at how short the list is that have it and how much that is a necessary job in No Dak.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 09:16 PM (qo244)
It also left me ruminating over the rift between stick pilots and push button pilots. Stuff to think on.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 01:12 AM (klTyW)
--There was some sort of event going on on the runway since it was not an active CAF site. The pilot had to dodge stuff sitting there while landing. I'm not sure of the details, but that is what I have heard.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 09:16 PM (3VBXw)
No, you just aren't getting that I didn't find any humor in it. I've had to spend too much time listening to people bitch about software when it was really their own unwillingness to make any effort to learn.
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2013 09:16 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Politial Hat ~ Up The Irons! at July 30, 2013 09:18 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 01:15 AM (klTyW)
a hentai artist biting on other's work, why I never
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 09:24 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:29 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 01:29 AM (klTyW)
at least Amy looks legal (though she is supposed to be 15). Bellows was better looking anyways
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 09:31 PM (vJdyz)
I have the same problem with all the crap employees they give me too. Great people if you want a friend but they are really disinterested in learning. The joke in the lab is I keep secrets so they can't fire me. The truth is I work with intellectually lazy people. They work on the same equipment with the same training and it is my responsibility to solve problems. I like it cause it feeds my ego but lazy people comprise more than %52 so I shouldn't be surprised.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 09:32 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 30, 2013 09:33 PM (28TG+)
Posted by: Gingy at July 31, 2013 12:27 AM (aH+zP)
Is that the chick in the tight shirt from the last thread" Nomenclature? I want to marry her... Nomenclature, baby, I love you!
Posted by: and irresolute at July 30, 2013 09:33 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Stan at July 30, 2013 09:34 PM (5J3Mj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:35 PM (klTyW)
At least there's some excuse with software. Learning curve and all that.
Try dealing patiently with someone on how to operate their microwave or oven or washing machine or dryer. ( and yes, even the twisty timer and mode selection types)
I once thought I would go into computer tech but then said; no, I'll spend too much time and money on new keyboards OR I'll get arrested for verbal abuse.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 30, 2013 09:38 PM (28TG+)
Posted by: Pisco Kid at July 30, 2013 09:38 PM (KnNLO)
Posted by: DAve at July 30, 2013 09:39 PM (OksBo)
Tom Maguire demolishes claim that McDonalds would only have to raise prices by 17% to cover paying workers double the federal minimum wage.
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2013 09:39 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:40 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 01:35 AM (klTyW)
they could have said she's a 1015 year old witch trapped in 15 year old body
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 09:41 PM (vJdyz)
Pass the test.
http://www.aws.org/certification/CWI/
Posted by: McGregor at July 31, 2013 01:10 AM (qo244)
I was thinking more generically. For instance, I'm a CPA. To get that and keep it, I had to have a fairly diverse knowledge of accounting which took me 3-1/2 years of school and 1 year on-the-job to get -- which was tested in a 19-hour 4-part test that I probably couldn't pass today. I also needed to have two years of documented experience in financial auditing -- which, due to a run of bureaucratic foul-ups, took me six years to ram through.....and, accordingly, I may have the CA record for most documented audit hours on a CPA application. And I had to genuflect to the gods of ethics with a take-home exam, backed by serious policies (one of the instructors at my school had a partner that actually went home sick in the middle of the day during tax season....to find some other guy in bed with his wife. Mind you, he was sick enough to leave the office during tax season, but he still managed to growl something along the lines of "Get Out. Now. Don't fuck around to put your clothes on. Out. Now. If you're here in 20 seconds or if I ever see you again, you're a dead man." Soooo.....next thing he knows, the partner is in court -- the adulterer filed a police report and the partner's being prosecuted for "assault". Turns out that "assault" isn't "assault" as civilians generally understand it -- in a legal sense, it merely involves the purposeful installation in someone else's mind of a reasonable expectation of imminent serious harm ["battery" is when you commence to actually do so]. Judge hears the suit, agrees that Mr. JunkInOtherGuysWife had reasonable belief that he might not survive his 21st second, finds partner guilty, sentences partner to 100 seconds of probation, assesses court costs against Mr. JIOGW, tells him he has 87 seconds left, and suggests he might consider high-tailing it off the courthouse grounds. Anyway, six weeks after that, the partner gets a letter from the State Board of Accountancy telling him that his CPA certification is revoked due to "acts discreditable to the profession" -- which, in part, includes being a felon.).
So, essentially, there are four E's to a CPA -- Education, Exam, Experience, and Ethics. And I get to do 80 hours of Continuing Education every two years to maintain it.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 09:45 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:45 PM (klTyW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 30, 2013 09:48 PM (yPX0e)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 01:45 AM (klTyW)
well, you could have Amy or any of the girls from Vividred Operation with the leering shots of extreme closeups of their crotches, which do you choose?
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 09:49 PM (vJdyz)
ADD? Oooh, I should look that up on Wikipedia! brb
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 09:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 30, 2013 09:55 PM (klTyW)
If what you wrote makes sense to you, you are golden in this field. Same crap as a CPA (this is good this is bad) Black and white. All you need to learn is what is black or white in welding. Undercut, underfill, lack of penetration,
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 09:56 PM (qo244)
If what you wrote makes sense to you, you are golden in this field. Same crap as a CPA (this is good this is bad) Black and white. All you need to learn is what is black or white in welding. Undercut, underfill, lack of penetration,
Posted by: McGregor at July 31, 2013 01:56 AM (qo244)
Do you actually have to weld? Do you have to live an improbably blameless lifestyle?
I'm just wondering, 'cause it might be a good thing for a "send a godkid to college" deal -- pay for the cert, get paid back at 10% of earnings thereafter, collect 10% of earnings after repayment for college fund, when college fund hits $X, pays for college.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 10:00 PM (T1005)
Can't say anything about Ultimate Girls since I've never watched it though it does sound like something up my alley
Posted by: The Dude at July 30, 2013 10:01 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 10:04 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 10:06 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 10:08 PM (+cx5n)
No I do not weld (have sparked an Arc but poorly). But you do have to be tough enough for this question because the welders will ask when you fail them.
What I do is reading specifications and deciding if our welds meet them.
So To be me learn the welding language and know basic math.
Posted by: McGregor at July 30, 2013 10:11 PM (qo244)
Peruvia II: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/342034.php#342034
ONT with map of Peruvia: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/342068.php#342068
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 10:13 PM (T1005)
Use square brackets. [ ]
Posted by: Methos at July 30, 2013 10:13 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 02:08 AM (+cx5n)
Mostly the same codes as usual, but use square brackets instead of angle brackets. For example (spaces inserted liberally)
< i > Doesn't work < / i >
[ i ] Works [ / i ]
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 10:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 02:04 AM (+cx5n)
Welcome, zombie!
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 10:18 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 10:22 PM (+cx5n)
Which is way, way, way past my point of competency in "speaking jive". Great to have you here, Zombie -- did you see where college Republicans are banned from events as "security risks", and teaparty-types were shunted 6 miles away from Obozo's Chattanooga event? Take care each and every day, lest you find yourself branded "an enemy of the people".....but please keep doin' what you do, 'cause real people need to know.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 10:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: and irresolute at July 30, 2013 10:29 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: and irresolute at July 31, 2013 02:29 AM (DBH1h)
....since you have Anthony Weiner, would you like a few more? We haz suggestions.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 10:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 31, 2013 02:18 AM (klTyW)
....since you have Anthony Weiner, would you like a few more? We haz suggestions.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 31, 2013 02:31 AM (T1005)
Sorry... I was off reading about all of the ways to say "goodnight" in Japanese. Oyasumi, back at you all and God bless all here.
Posted by: and irresolute at July 30, 2013 10:36 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 10:38 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 02:38 AM (+cx5n)
--And kudos to you for using Upper case for the noun.
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 10:40 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Jk Dentist at July 30, 2013 10:47 PM (CIANF)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 10:53 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 02:54 AM (+cx5n)
--Thank Dog for that!
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 10:56 PM (3VBXw)
To start with, I want to reiterate a concern for your safety and access.
You have done an amazing job in chronicling the excesses of the deranged progressive left. To do so, you've attended many of their rallies, ceremonies, memorials, street faires, protests, and whatever other mass gatherings where they've congregated.....and it is abundantly clear that you have not done so with a twirling neon sign on your head spelling out "press", "normal", or "conservative." And it is right and fit that you have done and continue to do so, because it so well illustrates the nature of our opponents.
But you should give some thought to empowering and inspiring the next generation of such reporters. What goes through your mind? How do you pull it off? What do you need to appear "in"? How can you become a footsoldier today in a group that you utterly loathe?
So I'd like to charge you, Zombie, with this geis - you have done so well, teach the world to do likewise.....but with the caveat that you not inform the adversaries of things they'd use for harm.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 10:57 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 30, 2013 11:03 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 11:04 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 30, 2013 11:11 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 30, 2013 11:19 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Joe biden at July 30, 2013 11:21 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Rules to Live Be, or Not ... at July 30, 2013 11:30 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 11:40 PM (+cx5n)
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Was just wiking the old CoC rpg and came across the above.
Damn, showing my age again!
Posted by: Forty Baht Barry at July 30, 2013 11:44 PM (QLTBm)
Agreed, agreed, agreed. The Narrative is an awful, horrid, overwhelming construct. It's got a large and expanding body-count, and its constant "shut up, that's why!" is pure poison. And all that is why I encourage you to show your work -- or as much of it that is safe to pass on, and train the Zombies to come.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 11:48 PM (T1005)
Political realignments do happen. I think this is time for another one. That's my goal at the moment.
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 03:40 AM (+cx5n)
--Even the camera-in-a-chip-bag tactic is becoming more and more cumbersome. Still, I love the work anyway!
Posted by: logprof at July 30, 2013 11:53 PM (3VBXw)
The problem for me is that I can't really go beyond those limits without risking exposure. Thus, for example, I can't really "interview" anyone, because if that person later saw my report, they'd remember who I was. Nor can I declare my true political opinions, lest I get burned at the stake by my fellow protesters. And so on. Thus I am restricted to my usual modus operandi (to answer your first questions) of blending in with the crowd so convincingly that I am perceived by all and sundry as "one of them."
This is not difficult for me because up until 9/11 I was one of them, so looking and acting like one of them comes naturally to me. I've been at protests with as few as eight or ten participants, and later made reports about them, with photos, and the people who were there could not figure out who I was.
Anyway, I must pivot with the times, and these days I'm working on a different kind of project, designed to get at the very foundations of the enemy's battlements; hurling stones at their walls, no matter how well-aimed, doesn't work as well as we all want it to.
Political realignments do happen. I think this is time for another one. That's my goal at the moment.
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 03:40 AM (+cx5n)
....and I see that we are, once again, thinking of the same thing.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2013 11:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DAve at July 30, 2013 11:55 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: zombie at July 30, 2013 11:57 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: DAve at July 31, 2013 12:00 AM (OksBo)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 12:05 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
Yeah, hmmm, well, sorry about that, but if I reveal who my dentist is, that's kind of giving a huge clue about who I am. So I get to keep him all to myself -- mine all mine! Actually, he has a pretty full schedule and likely couldn't take on too many more patients anyway.
Many years ago in the SF Bay Area there was a elderly guy who was essentially like a Dentist God (actually he was an endodontic surgeon by profession) who had the highest imaginable reputation not just as a tooth-doctor himself but as a trainer of elite tooth-doctors. He's now dead, but my current dentist was one of his trainees, which is the equivalent to being one of the Apostles, if Christianity had been a bit more focused on gingivitis and less on saving souls.
All I can recommend is to go on Yelp for you area are really read all the dentist reviews from actual patients. Find one with a solid five-star rating (as mine does). But do read the reviews carefully to make sure they're not fake. (Some businesses do that.)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 03:57 AM (+cx5n)
Your dentist's name is Krentist?
Posted by: Michael Scott at July 31, 2013 12:06 AM (3VBXw)
Actually, that wasn't a chip bag, but an energy bar:
http://www.zombietime.com/equipment/sipix_in_wrapper.jpg
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 04:05 AM (+cx5n)
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Damn, I am getting old.
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 12:09 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 12:12 AM (yoh1c)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 12:14 AM (+cx5n)
Ultimate Girls is a pretty funny pervy satire of shows like Ultraman. It's worth a single viewing but would have been funnier if they could have escalated more. The problem is, once you cross the line, you go from being outrageous to terribly mild in terms of audience expectations. There is so little good humorous hentai, largely I think, because the emphasis shifts from succeeding as comedy to instead succeeding as porn.
But it's like that everywhere. 'The First Nudie Musical' was back in the 70s. It wasn't great but actually had song good gags and some listenable songs. Oddly, I can still remember a lot of them. Several are only heard in fragments, making me wonder if they had complete versions written or even recorded but not used in the movie.
You'd think more would be done in animation, especially since there isn't the problem of finding actors who look good naked and can do comedy or act at all. But if there has, I haven't heard about it. There isn't that much funny porn at all, really. One of the best would be Phil (Girl Genius) Foglio's Xxxenophile, a comic series he did in the early 90s. Another item that is notable for strong plotting, if not comedy, is Bill Willingham's Ironwood, also from the same time period, long before his Fables series started.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 12:19 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 12:21 AM (+cx5n)
I don't watch TV, so the reference went right over my head!
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 04:14 AM (+cx5n)
Nailed it!
Posted by: Andrew Bernard at July 31, 2013 12:24 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 12:25 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: DAve at July 31, 2013 12:28 AM (OksBo)
Then one day about five years ago, the second from the rear on the upper right side just collapsed. It wasn't painful but something had to be done immediately. So I went to the guy who my brother had been seeing and taking his kids to, who was also just a couple miles from my house. He got a crown going and quickly determined two more were on the verge of failure as well. So I've had three crowns for a few years now and he says now a fourth is needed. I also have some cracks in the front that he wants to put veneers on but the cost is simply beyond my means unless I get a steady job for a decent wage. (He also wants me to get a night guard and that would be a mere six hundred bucks.)
So I try to keep my teeth intact for as long as I can, knowing I'm paying the price for past neglect. I avidly follow the research on regenerative medicine, where they've had some notable results in growing new teeth in animals but that isn't likely to be in use on humans for quite a few years and will likely be quite expensive for a while if it should ever come to pass. And there is no telling how much damage Obamacare might do to research.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 12:33 AM (kcfmt)
First, we love your work -- stay safe, stay safe, stay safe.
Second, we understand the pressure to change formats -- but the photojournalism you've been doing is still effective, still powerful.
Third (arising somewhat from the previous), please help ensure that the progs can't hide behind secrecy, that they must take ownership of things that they say and do.
Fourth, keep in mind the next generation of real press. Not the lip-synching sycophants in the MSM, but people like yourself, Breitbart, and O'Keefe. They fill a basic human need -- help train them up right, even if they'll be doing things you'd no longer do yourself.
Fifth, remember that you're not just a columnist on PJmedia, you're not just a blogger, you're not just whatever you are in real life with a cool dentist -- you're an inspiration. People say "Be Breitbart!" because it extolls them to better fulfill their aspirations.....but you have been doing yeoman's work in actually doing so. Pick up the torch and pass it on, so that people say "Be Zombie!" as well. Or "Be O'Keefe!"
Posted by: cthulhu at July 31, 2013 12:35 AM (T1005)
Hey, if Google Glass is a real product, you've got to figure there is a lot of older stuff that isn't as tiny but can still fit in unexpected places.
Search for 'pen cam' for instance, and a LOT of stuff comes up.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 12:38 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 12:39 AM (yoh1c)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 12:39 AM (+cx5n)
I didn't get that, and had to look it up, and now I see it is a reference to the American version of The Office (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-office/the-coup-874771/):
--I gotta say, damn, wow, how humorless the commenters there are . . . that is one of the funniest episodes of the USA Office of all time. Come on!
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 12:39 AM (3VBXw)
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1288761/
Unfortunately, it's stuff for Nasty Gals, not a big discount on obtaining a Nasty Gal herself.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 12:41 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 12:43 AM (yoh1c)
Everything is online, eventually.
I saw the original "The Office" (with Ricky Gervais) on DVD, but have never seen one second (until now) of the new version. I kind of have a built-in resistance to cover versions of anything, so even if I did watch TV, I still probably wouldn't watch this.
(And yes, that means Kirk > Picard. In fact Picard doesn't even exist.)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 04:39 AM (+cx5n)
--I agree. I wasted a whole day a few years ago watching the original Office on DVD --and need to call on my brother to watch it again and again. I'll add, though, that NBC jealously guards its shit on Youtube, whether U.S. Office, SNL, or other.
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 12:46 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 12:53 AM (yoh1c)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 12:53 AM (+cx5n)
A big problem of UK vs. US is the shorter runs in the UK make for a different focus than in the US. In the UK you can plan to tell a six part story that has a finish but leaves things open for another run. But in the US you need at least 13 episodes just to get on as a mid-season replacement but the plug may be pulled after only a few are broadcast. (Coupling US was pulled after only three episodes were shown.) This makes it hard for the creators to commit themselves to telling a good story. It's remarkable that a show like Buffy The Vampire Slayer ever got a chance.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 12:54 AM (kcfmt)
Last thought: I'm not special, really. I don't want to be famous or an icon -- in fact the "zombie" username was originally just an attempt to downplay my significance as an auteur...a "zombie" just being a sort of faceless anonymous automaton, of no individual importance. I always wanted the audience to get the message, and not even notice the messenger. I still feel that way.
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 04:53 AM (+cx5n)
--Keep on keeping on, zombie!
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 12:58 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 04:54 AM (kcfmt)
--The USA version of The Office was a bust for two seasons.
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 01:02 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 01:04 AM (+cx5n)
S. Mutans, Adenovirus 36 (and others), I wonder how many other frailties will turn out to be ailments?
We really are kind of working with stone knives and bear skins when it comes to medicine, as much time as we've spent on it.
They think it was a virus that got my heart, no idea which one.
Regarding the FDA, it's funny, every new therapy for my conditions always seem to be "five years away from human trials" for at least the last five years.
I guess that's the new "five year plan."Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 01:08 AM (yoh1c)
I think it's mainly a side effect of how rapidly humans have changed the way they live compared to the normal pace of evolution. The type of diet that sends tooth decay into overdrive has only been widely available for a period of time that is a blink of an eye on the evolutionary scale.
Another factor is that no amount of evolution may help because it isn't selected for or against. Under natural conditions, malnutrition was a far bigger threat to retaining teeth. The amount of caries activity that might take wasn't going to add up to much problem until an age when most humans were long dead.
This is why we cannot expect evolution to ever make us less vulnerable to the problems of old age. The odds are against a pre-technological human surviving long enough to make longevity an issue in natural selection. You can have genes that make you highly probable to experience heart failure by the age of sixty but as long as you were good at making offspring in your youth who made it to reproductive age, it just doesn't matter.
Heinlein understood this when he wrote Methusalah's Children and admitted it in Time Enough For Love but stuck with the idea that the Howard Families breeding program succeeded anyway for reasons unknown. My take is that rather than breeding for longevity, they unknowingly were really breeding for high resistance to diseases of cellular growth, such as cancer. A lower rate of cellular reproduction errors would also delay a lot of complaints of aging. So longevity is side effect rather than a primary effect.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 01:14 AM (kcfmt)
A lot of shows that might have been good once they got their sea legs got killed early. Another notable slow starter is, of course, Seinfeld, which hung around for four years before catching on big. The circumstances that allowed that must be remarkably rare.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 01:18 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 05:18 AM (kcfmt)
--Itunes and other Internet traffic have helped. Cheers floundered for a while, and so did Parks and Rec. For my part, I could live off The Office, Homicide, and The Wire DVDs forever.
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 01:23 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 01:26 AM (+cx5n)
No kidding
Posted by: RobM1981 at July 31, 2013 01:26 AM (zurJC)
Posted by: zombie at July 31, 2013 05:26 AM (+cx5n)
--Aloha lui or whatever that greeting is!
Posted by: logprof at July 31, 2013 01:29 AM (3VBXw)
It was a virus that got my father's heart: the common cold.
He had a gene, known since the 50s but specifically identified about 13 years ago. If you have the gene, you can be any age and have it triggered by a cold. When it kicks in, the immune system goes stupid and begins attacking the pericardium.
My father made it five years from the time he was diagnosed, which was remarkable considering his other health issues. He was a premie back in 1928 and had problem keeping food down until he was twelve. His doctor said he'd seen athletic men half his age die of this condition in only two to three years, so he was really amazed at my father's endurance.
I and my siblings have a probability of also carrying the gene. There is no inexpensive test available and not much value in the information if there was, as they have no treatment to offer as yet. But it is at least a possibility given that they now know what to target if genetic therapy becomes better implemented.
Posted by: epobirs at July 31, 2013 01:32 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 01:54 AM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 01:57 AM (yoh1c)
It's a pretty well known problem. I'd be really shocked if you had the problem and they hadn't diagnosed it. My father's case was back in the 70s. In fact, it was early July of '77 when he died.
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