February 21, 2013
— Pixy Misa Last night's ONT found me extolling the virtues of the internet as a tool for creative-types and lamenting the seemingly inverse relationship between the availability of rich, high quality content on the web and the average person's capacity to fully absorb it. Upon reflection, it occurs to me that I was essentially making a point, however scattered, about the double-edged-sword nature of the explosion in the availability of rich, high-quality content. Consuming media on the internet these days is a wharrgarblian task.
There's another aspect of the internet that carries a similar trade-off as it relates to person-to-person interaction. (I realize this is at least the fifth post ever written on the internet about its dehumanizing effects, but bear with me here.) It seems that for a lot of people, along with the ability to instantly communicate with people comes the irresistible compulsion to do it shabbily. Well, I'm here to help.
Call me a babe in the woods, but I happen to think there's still something to be said for basic common courtesy in person-to-person correspondence, no matter how informal. I've always found that in communicating with someone, whether through email or a blog comment, it's best to start off on a reasonably polite note. Greetings and salutations might be a bit much, but alternatively, if you jump right in with a simpering philippic most normal people will give it a cursory scan and conjure the mental image below:
Ironically enough, I think the tendency to behave that way on the internet has a great deal to do with the image a person is trying to put forth; they honestly believe they look better by coming off as an insufferable prig than they would if they were more mannerly and civil. They just don't understand how they really look to everyone else around them. I've been trying to come up with a good analogy to describe it, and I think it is pretty well summed up in this story.
"The water did have a funny taste," Sabrina Baugh told CNN on Wednesday. She and her husband used the water for eight days."We never thought anything of it," the British woman said. "We thought it was just the way it was here."
What she described was not normal.
If you imagine everyone else around you as the guests in that hotel, and you and your comment as the source of that funny-tasting water, you have a pretty good idea of just what kind of impression you're making on others.
Now, I'll admit to less than pristine hands on the matter. I've composed my share of dyspeptic screeds over the years. But, that's generally a consequence of having major disagreements on matters I feel passionately about -- particularly as it relates to politics. But, I'm talking about something else, here. What I'm talking about is the immediate and uncontrollable urge among some people to fling poo over the most minor point of contention. (Click image to view in full.)
The surprising thing about this phenomenon is how long people will persist in such behavior before it dawns on them that they're not really coming off as the too-hip-for-the-room, irreverent anti-hero they imagine themselves to be. Almost invariably, the person who delights in always being the loudest, most caustic voice in the room will end up in a flame war, suddenly look around at everyone else, note all the furrowed brows, and wonder why no one's there to back them up.
All of this would be fine if the consequences of that kind of behavior stopped with the person who engaged in it. Unfortunately, it doesn't. In fact, like the body in the water tank in the story linked above, that kind of attitude taints everything around it. And the ultimate result is that people of generally good will have less reason to assume that the other people they're dealing with share that good will, which in turn leads to communication breakdown. Suddenly, the idea of creating a new class of punctuation for the sake of clarity seems reasonable. (Click image to view in full.)
Thankfully, though, there are still people in the world who appreciate the importance of communicating with others in a forthright and reasonably humble manner. We all forget it sometimes, but on those occasions when we do, taking the time to rectify the situation in such a way is often all that's needed. I can't begin to count the number of times I've felt pangs of regret for something I've said or done and remedied the entire matter by simply acknowledging my culpability and doing my best to set things right.
Now, maybe you're one of those people, and maybe you're not. Deep-down, though, you know whether or not you are. And maybe you're just the kind of sociopath who actually enjoys being that way -- in which case, I pity you. You'll eventually get your comeuppance.
But, if you do a little self-reflection and determine that you don't really want people to have that kind of an impression of you, then you're well on your way to becoming a normal, functioning adult. The first, most important step in becoming a better person is admitting you have a problem.
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Posted by: Molly k. at February 21, 2013 06:02 PM (6Zg7K)
It seemed like a lot of words to say, "Shut up and go away."
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at February 21, 2013 06:06 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at February 21, 2013 06:06 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up...scroll down) at February 21, 2013 06:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 06:07 PM (nqBYe)
Made no sense at all. No. Sense.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 06:08 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:08 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 21, 2013 06:09 PM (Vk2pI)
6 time to go back and read the content I guess.
It seemed like a lot of words to say, "Shut up and go away."
...............................
Maybe but at the time there was nobody here to say that to!
Posted by: Molly k. at February 21, 2013 06:09 PM (6Zg7K)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 21, 2013 06:09 PM (QLJPW)
We've ran up a pretty good scoreboard in the past versus the other races...
I think we've allowed the kids to be programmed to self-destruct though....and I want to hit my head with a hammer for being forced to think that way....
I hate this weaponized race shit.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:09 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Willy in Williamsburg at February 21, 2013 06:09 PM (Dll6b)
That's like "Polite Intercourse", where you do it with a British accent.
(And bad teeth.)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 06:10 PM (4Mv1T)
"Tried reading the ONT post backwards, bottom to top. Not sure why.
Made no sense at all. No. Sense."
Most of the time it doesn't make sense the other way either.
Posted by: harleycowboy at February 21, 2013 06:10 PM (+9AX9)
You are on your way to the top!
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 21, 2013 06:11 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:11 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:12 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:12 PM (GEICT)
Rest of us thought it. I'll say it.
That's GOTTA hurt.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 06:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted this earlier at the dead Scott thread.
If Florida's Gov. Scott does lose reelection next year he can always go back to hollywood and revive his acting career. Using the name Michael Berryman, he starred in quite a few films including, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and The Hills Have Eyes.
Posted by: ExSnipe at February 21, 2013 06:13 PM (PBm/l)
Posted by: teej at February 21, 2013 06:13 PM (wIEXv)
I must be a lightweight and getting old...
not even a half inch almost totaled my rear end....
oh wait
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:14 PM (LRFds)
You are on your way to the top!
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 21, 2013 10:11 PM (mjR67)
My mother always said to watch who you let have the keys to the car!.
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 06:14 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 21, 2013 06:14 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 21, 2013 06:15 PM (FIDMq)
Oh, SHIT! That was the problem all along! They thought they were implementing "ORCA" and what they were actually doing was "OKRA"!!!
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:15 PM (NaNKB)
Or as folks who don't watch The Weather Channel call it ..
February
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:15 PM (mCvL4)
Or as folks who don't watch The Weather Channel call it ..
February
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 10:15 PM (mCvL4)
Umm..hello? The history books will reference this as Storm Q
Posted by: The Weather Channel at February 21, 2013 06:16 PM (FIDMq)
The average person in America today has no capacity to fully absorb anything on any intellectual level. Thus the MFM.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 21, 2013 06:17 PM (vfB2N)
Or as folks who don't watch The Weather Channel call it ..
February
Yeah. I got the snowblower out (I have a good-sized one, having moved from S.Dak to KC) and after I did my driveway, helped one other neighbor with his, then went and blew out another neighbor's, too.
'Cause that's just what you do.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:17 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 06:17 PM (QupBk)
Well to be fair you are the target audience....
when I see Jihadi Jim shooting using his crank as windage tool....I think "red shirt"
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:18 PM (LRFds)
You have no idea. . . . .
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 21, 2013 06:18 PM (trE5i)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:18 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 21, 2013 06:18 PM (jucos)
Posted by: teej at February 21, 2013 06:19 PM (wIEXv)
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at February 21, 2013 06:19 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 06:19 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 10:12 PM (u25eL)
..................................
3 for me but the night is still young. Daughter is hoping I get at least 6-8 more. She is being selfish and thinking only of herself getting a day off of school.
Posted by: Molly k. at February 21, 2013 06:19 PM (6Zg7K)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:19 PM (GEICT)
If you're in a room and you don't know who the asshole is ...
You're the asshole
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:20 PM (mCvL4)
once upon a time, I was actually a rather forcefully polite person online....then 9/11 happened and the game company I consulted for saw about 80% of the EUtopians explaining how "you guys really sorta deserved it" and suddenly I stopped giving a fuck.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:20 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:20 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 21, 2013 06:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Start typing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mzNO6MzFEg
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 06:22 PM (8sCoq)
It rained pellets for about 15 minutes, and there's a good 0.25" of snow on top of that. High of 48 tomorrow.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at February 21, 2013 06:22 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 10:20 PM (LRFds)
back in 2001, was that when it cost by the minute?
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 06:22 PM (nqBYe)
Well, I've been in Lee's Summit for 12 years now, but thanks.
Still waiting for a KC-area Moron Meetup (or at least, one that I'll be in town to attend--the wife likes to travel . . . a lot).
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:22 PM (NaNKB)
What which?
The "race elimination game" mentioned in post one?
I was probably gonna have a Vietnamese/American half breed child had I not left home when I did.
Post 52 to red Shirt?
Well the "bard you now have +5 to hit!" thing....
when I see clips of Muslim fighters in the ME and Africa firing "from the hip" but looking like they are shooting with their cranks...
you know what?
Never mind I'm gonna stare at the wall a sec...
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:22 PM (LRFds)
I think TWC named this "Winter TonadoCane Buffy" or something
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 10:17 PM
Winter Storm Q
I hope winter ends soon, the world doesn't want to get to W and see Winter Storm Wesley Crusher
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:22 PM (mCvL4)
a lot of the time it did, but because I was moving massive files I had gone unlimited back in '96 when it still cost a pretty penny....
yeehaw
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:23 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Gay Marriage at February 21, 2013 06:23 PM (VrVBw)
our country is really scrwd if we don't kick these folks to the curb
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 06:24 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:24 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: sTevo at February 21, 2013 06:24 PM (VMcEw)
I'd have done more, but I forgot to put on the UnderArmour and my legs were soaking wet, and stuff. So I came inside. Wife sent me straight to the showers. Something about reeking of gasoline.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:24 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Gay Marriage at February 21, 2013 10:23 PM (VrVBw)
I'm all ears!
Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus at February 21, 2013 06:25 PM (GwA+S)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:25 PM (mCvL4)
I find that you just have to wait a day. Nobody is going back and reading the comments in old threads anyway.
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 06:25 PM (2IW5Q)
And destroy the Blog.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 10:24 PM (GEICT)
Bebe's Boobs Destroy is over at my house tonight so we are reading the ONT on my computer. She wanted to know if we should destroy the bog with our boobies. I think this is a bad idea since we will need you all for another day and my boobies are tired.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 06:26 PM (r7Ddb)
FTR if dogs don't go to heaven, I don't want to go.
I must have missed a hellva flame out the last couple of days.
Posted by: thunderb at February 21, 2013 06:26 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Gay Marriage at February 21, 2013 10:23 PM (VrVBw)
amnesty
more food stamps
more unemployment
tell people you care that they are now living in their car
and want them to enjoy their new refrigerator box, becaase vacys are Greeaat
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 06:26 PM (nqBYe)
Ya, it was re-electing Obama that was the frosting on the layer cake for me.
..and snow? Just captured an image of my ariens with the snowbank nearly as high as the discharge chute. There is still nearly three more months in the season, so there's still time to top it.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 21, 2013 06:27 PM (trE5i)
Today I was driving back to work from the dentist and stopped at a light when this man starting screaming about Jews. I had my window open he pointed at me and began a vile tirade about female Jews in particular.
I wanted to get out of my car and punch him in the face. Vile, revolting piece of shit.
Posted by: mpfs, assault fishstick at February 21, 2013 06:27 PM (7YX3B)
we both fell asleep early because nothing was moving AT ALL
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 06:27 PM (r7Ddb)
I vote for Winter Storm Fuckitohshitdamnitthatsalottasnow.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:28 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 21, 2013 06:28 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:28 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Lost cause at February 21, 2013 06:28 PM (MF+Xs)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:28 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at February 21, 2013 06:29 PM (MmH0Z)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:29 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: teej at February 21, 2013 06:29 PM (EWy0D)
Won't be an option much longer...O-admin's been doing all kinds of things to discourage private vehicle ownership by artificially driving up the cost.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at February 21, 2013 06:29 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 10:26 PM (r7Ddb)
Pics or it didn't happen
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 21, 2013 06:29 PM (FIDMq)
and poet Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966). Wolfe wrote of "the welter of events" in way that suggested not merely events of the sort and scale of those in a novel, but any events designated as such by a subject. Schwartz's poem "Calmly We Walk through This AprilÂ’s Day", especially the last stanza, which begins "Each minute bursts in the burning room," suggests the pace at which events in ones life occur, as if in a conflagration. The internet is a mere gloss.
And there's no excuse not to be nice, unless some is sticking his thumb in your eye.Posted by: Thorvald at February 21, 2013 06:30 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:30 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Piercello at February 21, 2013 06:30 PM (E/6f0)
My night was just made. Tiger got his ass whooped by Charles Howell "the third". Was never a Tiger fan but even less so after his glowing praise of TFG.
Posted by: Molly k. at February 21, 2013 06:31 PM (6Zg7K)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 06:31 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 21, 2013 06:31 PM (m0h0I)
Deep, man.
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 06:32 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:32 PM (kpCLl)
I heard a car sounding like a car sounds when it's high-centered and not making any headway earlier this evening.
I look outside, and it's the twenty-something son of the neighbor across the cul-de-sac, trying to get his car up the very, very slight slope of the (snow-cleared) driveway to park in the garage.
He was spinning his tires. A lot. He finally made it, but I was about to put on the boots and the coat and head over there to help him out---because I had visions of him hitting a stray patch of good traction and sending his car flying through the far wall of the garage.
Usage note for winter-driver-neophytes: if you're spinning your tires, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:33 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 21, 2013 06:33 PM (SAMxH)
Bebe's Boobs Destroy is over at my house tonight so we are reading the ONT on my computer. She wanted to know if we should destroy the bog with our boobies. I think this is a bad idea since we will need you all for another day and my boobies are tired.
Just put them on the web cam and we'll stare in fright.
Posted by: harleycowboy at February 21, 2013 06:33 PM (+9AX9)
Okay I see I stumped the horde...
let me get a Jihadi jim action shooting style clip real quick....
http://youtu.be/hO5TNU3fiJo
It's like what they did in Mog '93...I saw footage where they were 'hipfiring' but it looked like they were aiming with their cranks...
NM
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:33 PM (LRFds)
Deep, man.
No, it's about snow. Deep, deep snow.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:34 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 10:29 PM (kpCLl)
HI!!!!! I dont think we have pix of both our boobehs together BUT WE ARE BOTH WAVING WILDLY BACK AT PEACHES TOGETHER.... (and kinda giggling a little)
Grim got us a couple boxes of Empanadas all flavours, Apple, Guava, cherry, Pineapple and even Bavarian creme. You could have one if you were here... or even six. And treaties for your kittehs too!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 06:34 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 21, 2013 06:34 PM (CnrK5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:35 PM (GEICT)
They hadn't plowed yet so she literally just bottomed out, just couldn't go any further. Tried backing up to go back another way and hit the community mailbox. No damage to the car that she could see.
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:35 PM (u25eL)
Snow. OK. Or, as I call it, "the one thing left to like about living in Coastal California."
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 06:35 PM (2IW5Q)
Hello, friend.
I hope this message finds you and your family circle well and in good condition. As for me, I would lilke to formally introduce myself. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cicero Kid and I was born in Cicero, Illinois.
If you have ever transgressed or ever thought of transgressing me,
have a good day!
P.S. Screw You!~
Posted by: Cicero Kid at February 21, 2013 06:36 PM (UrENZ)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at February 21, 2013 06:36 PM (dvRYt)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 10:32 PM (kpCLl)
Omg cool!!! i bet the cats are gonna LOVE sitting on THAT.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 06:36 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:36 PM (GEICT)
I'm going to go look at the grass in my backyard and cry myself to sleep.
What an incredibly shitty day this has been. Even considering every day has been a shitty day so far this year.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at February 21, 2013 06:37 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:37 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:37 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 21, 2013 06:38 PM (CnrK5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 06:38 PM (Ipj15)
NM
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 10:33 PM (LRFds)
Is it like a turn on or something...cant imagine bracing a gun against my nuts..
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 21, 2013 06:38 PM (FIDMq)
Yup, high-centered. Get out the shovels, and find something you can put in front of the drive tires to get some traction. Oddly enough, a shovel place in front of one of the drive wheels sometimes is enough.
Another winter-driving-usage-note for neophytes: Never, EVER come to a complete stop, if you can help it. ALSO, and this IS IMPORTANT, never go fast enough that you will, if you hit something, do more than bend a bit of metal. You can replace metal.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:39 PM (NaNKB)
in the above clip Jihadi Jim Catgory C idiot has AK blow up in hands...
Aloha Salad bar Fellas
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:39 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Barny Frank at February 21, 2013 06:39 PM (mV8sg)
Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at February 21, 2013 06:39 PM (53riN)
Posted by: Call me Ishmael at February 21, 2013 06:40 PM (p4U6S)
I really don't know...they're just not trained god bless 'em...
there's a reason the 75th and DBoys racked up ~10-14 to 1 kill ratios...
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:40 PM (LRFds)
Ah papercuts. So 'more technically proficient' is revealed to actually mean 'less risk averse.'
Did you suggest she wear red for the visit?
Posted by: epobirs at February 21, 2013 06:40 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 06:40 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up...scroll down) at February 21, 2013 06:41 PM (JMmQ9)
oh no...what's wrong is it the ice storm?
it'll pass...I hope things are working out for you.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:41 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:41 PM (u25eL)
in the above clip Jihadi Jim Catgory C idiot has AK blow up in hands...
Aloha Salad bar Fellas
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 10:39 PM (LRFds)
haha...that had to smart...anybody have the clip of the guys in the pickup with a pretty hefty piece of artillery that blew up when they fired it?
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 21, 2013 06:41 PM (FIDMq)
A lingerie tickle fight would go down a treat.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 21, 2013 10:38 PM (CnrK5)
Grim agrees this would be desireable. I am now drinking wine and we will see what happens.
I am sure this point and many others have been raised.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 06:42 PM (r7Ddb)
Step 4: wonder why people tell you to get a PC.
why would anyone use safari when there's firefox? people tell you to get a pc because they feel insecure.
Got it?
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:42 PM (kpCLl)
If it's just me, I guess I'm the asshole in the room
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:42 PM (mCvL4)
Almost Blue Springs, across I-70 from Lakewood.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:43 PM (NaNKB)
Lots of that going on in big cities anymore.
Posted by: navybrat at February 21, 2013 06:43 PM (7zvJ4)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 10:07 PM (LRFds)
that is no lie. table cat does not approve.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 06:44 PM (yh0zB)
Make that across I-470.
Pardon.
Got one bottle of J. Lohr Cabernet down so far tonight. Snow day, you see.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:44 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:44 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 06:45 PM (qyv02)
OMG, Grim is there with you and bebe? And y'all are still fuckin' around on the ONT?
You might be doin' it wrong . . . and I say that with much love for all involved but you're only young and luscious once. Trust me on this!
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:45 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:45 PM (GEICT)
25Got 13 inches today. Bet the rest of you can't say that.
Been a few years since i gave it my wife three times in one day....
Posted by: Cicero Kid at February 21, 2013 06:45 PM (UrENZ)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 10:45 PM (qyv02)
mmm...can't wait for more breathless reporting of DOOM!
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 21, 2013 06:46 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:46 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: teej at February 21, 2013 06:46 PM (Vzh0K)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:47 PM (GEICT)
"Lord Jesus Christ, by Thy most holy agony, and prayer, which Thou prayed for us on the Mount of Olives, when Thy sweat was like drops of blood running down on the earth: I beseech Thee, that Thou would deign to offer and show to God the Father Almighty Thy great bloody sweat that for fear of anguish Thou copiously shed for us, against all the many sins of this Thy servant, and free him in this hour of his death from all punishment and agony, which for his sins he fears he has merited for himself. Thou Who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. Amen."
Posted by: zimriel at February 21, 2013 06:48 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:48 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 21, 2013 06:48 PM (u25eL)
Everything's always better in your imagination.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 06:48 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2013 06:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at February 21, 2013 06:49 PM (53riN)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 06:49 PM (mkb9H)
OMG, Grim is there with you and bebe? And y'all are still fuckin' around on the ONT?
You might be doin' it wrong . . . and I say that with much love for all involved but you're only young and luscious once. Trust me on this!
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 10:45 PM (kpCLl)
Grimmy is lost in playing Resident Evil, with his best friend online. We could probably parade nekkid in front of him and he would just smile vaguely and and tell his bud "the girls are trying to distract me again... i think they want something..."
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 06:49 PM (r7Ddb)
Sounds like teej and ChemJeff at least are in the general vicinity.
Something can Probably Be Arranged.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:50 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 10:49 PM (r7Ddb)
Turn on the webcam and try it....
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 21, 2013 06:50 PM (FIDMq)
Jessica Simpson is gonna name her new baby Ace!!!!
How icky is that?
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:50 PM (kpCLl)
http://youtu.be/1FpKo1FTmiw
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 06:51 PM (LRFds)
Snow cover is usually is gone by May.
That leaves about 5 months of poor sledding.
Posted by: Uptsate Mainer at February 21, 2013 06:52 PM (Qm+7g)
How icky is that?
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 10:50 PM (kpCLl)
maybe this is why he went on that no fap fast, trying to save up the little swimmers to make a tiny ewok with Jessica?
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 06:52 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 06:53 PM (8sCoq)
20 cm . . . that's . . . um . . . five hundred feet?
Day-ahm, NaCly Dog! Salty!
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:53 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 06:54 PM (kpCLl)
You're right, Peaches. Something has to be done about all this DAMN snow.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 06:55 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 06:55 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at February 21, 2013 06:55 PM (C8mVl)
If the Weather Channel names the next storm Robin (Lefler), will the nation get Puffy Snow?
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:55 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 10:39 PM (NaNKB)
Also, for automatic transmissions, shift into neutral when attempting to stop. Careful now, not into reverse...
Yeah, this is the big reason I did not hurry right back to Iowa when I retired from the USN...that and the whole "no jobs" thingie...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 06:57 PM (yh0zB)
http://dvdfever.co.uk/reviews/wild2.jpg
NSFW
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 10:56 PM (GEICT)
In reality? in that position? destroyed.
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 21, 2013 06:57 PM (FIDMq)
They attributed 29% of the increase in divorce in the last few decades to just this reason.
Isn't this another case of a liberal policy instituted in some group's name that only in the ends works out poorly for them?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 21, 2013 06:57 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 06:58 PM (8sCoq)
KBDaBear @kbdabear
@AndrewE_Johnson Piers can always say he really did it while Jessica was reprising her "Invisible Girl" role from Fantastic Four
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 06:59 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up...scroll down) at February 21, 2013 06:59 PM (JMmQ9)
I vote for Winter Storm Fuckitohshitdamnitthatsalottasnow."
***
How about - Godistellingyouglobalwarmingisfakeidiots
Posted by: 18-1 at February 21, 2013 07:00 PM (zPVBH)
Real footage of the Mog '93 era....
God bless you chalks, and Dboy ninjas....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 07:00 PM (LRFds)
why
no shit . . . even auto trans has lower gears that no one ever uses. i learned to drive in 4 feet of snow. neutral is fuckin useless.
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:00 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 07:00 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 07:01 PM (ORGYc)
let's call it "Ace!" why not?? it'll be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:02 PM (kpCLl)
theoretically compression but mostly on ice it prevents a panic slip from increasing the slide...
I was taught to take your feet off the pedals and counter steer into the turn and release.....
it saved my POV by about 7 inches from a telephone pole tonight.....
I come from a family of pro drivers.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 07:02 PM (LRFds)
I am sure this point and many others have been raised.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 10:42 PM (r7Ddb)
I like this Grim fellow. Would he perchance have a newsletter?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:03 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: east of nowhere at February 21, 2013 07:03 PM (Qm+7g)
Also, for automatic transmissions, shift into neutral when attempting to stop.
If it's a real wheel drive the front brakes lock up and the ass end comes around because the wheels still have power going to them.
Posted by: harleycowboy at February 21, 2013 07:03 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 21, 2013 07:04 PM (SAMxH)
A lingerie tickle fight would go down a treat.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 21, 2013 10:38 PM (CnrK5)
Grim agrees this would be desireable. I am now drinking wine and we will see what happens.
I am sure this point and many others have been raised.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 10:42 PM (r7Ddb)
Salutations to Grim, who must surely be one of the most fortunate men alive -- for I have seen the glow in your eyes when you speak of him.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 07:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 21, 2013 07:05 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 21, 2013 07:05 PM (piMMO)
I see a lot of liberals poking fun at it, but it doesn't seem that bad honestly, if a bit dated in some areas;
http://tinyurl.com/altd7wb
Posted by: 18-1 at February 21, 2013 07:05 PM (zPVBH)
Does she work for one of the Belk boys? I went to Boy Scouts in Charlotte with three of them in the late '60's
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 07:05 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 07:06 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 10:49 PM (r7Ddb)
Got any whipped cream?
Posted by: buzzion at February 21, 2013 07:06 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at February 21, 2013 07:06 PM (O7he0)
___
This could be the greatest ONT in human history.
Wait...you do have a webcam, right?
Posted by: Some Moron at February 21, 2013 07:07 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 11:04 PM (kaalw)
awwww he seems to feel mutually this way. I have been told by one of his friend who is not inclined to BS about such things. Our Neuroses dovetail nicely.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:07 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 10:58 PM (8sCoq)
Because the drive wheels are always pulling, and if you are trying to stop you will have to stand on the brakes harder to overcome that, which could cause the brakes to lock.
Of course in this new-fangled world with antilock brakes and the like, this is mostly bullshit now. However, when one is driving a 1962 Chevrolet pickup with drum brakes, a 300HP 350 CID engine and a TH350 trans, one learns very quickly to shift into neutral to stop.
Of course, one also learns very quickly not to drive that no-traction getting sonofabitch in the snow if one can help it...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:07 PM (yh0zB)
No, not now, but grew up there.
Filbert, you can simply wait. Mother Nature put it there, she can take it away.
Yeah, but the wife gets cabin fever after about 25 seconds of snow-fall. Kind of awkward.
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 07:08 PM (NaNKB)
yeah like I said in a standard you can argue that compression will kick in and control gradual brake...
I leave it in D and use counter steer and foot off to control and retorque the forward momentum
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 07:08 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: buzzion at February 21, 2013 11:06 PM (GULKT)
just wine right now. i dont things are going to get THAT out of hand! that was after all a special occasion...
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:08 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:09 PM (kpCLl)
yeah anti-lock combined with AWD takes getting used to...
I leanred to drive on a bug and I drove a '71 Maverick and a '72 mach one a lot...
totally different driving involved...
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 07:09 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 07:10 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:10 PM (kpCLl)
Imo; with abs this is not a problem and with regular brakes pumping will also help. Neutral leaves you with one more thing to think about when you're already overloaded and (if you know how to drive on slippery surfaces) being in gear can actually assist in avoiding getting stuck or losing control.
I go with leaving the tranny to worrying about itself and at most putting into Low.
the most important thing you can do in a storm (other than not driving) is to DRIVE SLOW. Even if the road is plowed, your adhesion to the surface is drastically reduced and usually is the worst right where you need it the most.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 07:10 PM (qyv02)
___
Um, we totally can't turn it on remotely...really.
And uh, remember the moisture in your bathroom during and after a shower will solve a lot of computer problems.
Posted by: Some Moron Hacker at February 21, 2013 07:11 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 11:08 PM (r7Ddb)
the mind boggles at the possibilities...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:12 PM (yh0zB)
This is a mild version....
you can find clips of their going all Istaunbul version Bollywood legs widespread and getting deep into a squat....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 07:12 PM (LRFds)
Our snow is supposed to be only a few inches--unlike the previous storm, I got a funny feeling about this one. Saw the high and low involved,it would not surprise me to get over a foot.
Posted by: irongrampa at February 21, 2013 07:12 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:12 PM (qqZuQ)
And uh, remember the moisture in your bathroom during and after a shower will solve a lot of computer problems.
Posted by: Some Moron Hacker at February 21, 2013 11:11 PM (zPVBH)
LOL!!!! I always open the bathtub window after I'm done showering. And, as I am not a trusting soul, there WILL be a little wad of duct tape over that camera thingy. Maybe nail polish. Or caulking. I am all about the practical solution. 
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:13 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: buzzion at February 21, 2013 07:13 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 07:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:13 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 07:15 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:15 PM (qqZuQ)
What the hell have you been drinking. Mead?? Is this how it makes you talk?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 07:15 PM (4Mv1T)
I'm using my old keyboard and mouse. Instantly shitcanning the tawdry crap in the box. The keyboard with this thing, I was appalled!! No number pad (or whatever it's called). No, I have stuff I like, all I needed was a non-obsolete 'puter. There should be at least one non-obsolete pooter in the house.
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:15 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at February 21, 2013 07:16 PM (UrENZ)
Change is coming, whether the GOP establishment wants it or not - because WE do!
Posted by: carolina at February 21, 2013 07:16 PM (QVLHl)
I used to buy bags of salt and put them in the back.
You get the extra weight for traction and you can always use the salt at home or on the road if you get stuck. it's better than sand or gravel. (but not if it starts to melt the ice cover)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 07:17 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 11:15 PM (kpCLl)
I lol'd...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:17 PM (yh0zB)
much love to all and prayers for those who need them and those who don't think they do.
{{{{{{morons}}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:18 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 11:15 PM (qqZuQ)
a friend just told me you can download them
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:18 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 11:08 PM (LRFds)
*******
Heh. True story- When I lived in San Antonio BITD, one winter we actually had an incoming snow storm. The city shut down the interstate interchanges before the storm even hit. The local TV newsies did "man-in-the-street" interviews asking people what they would do if they hit a patch of ice or snow on the road. One interviewee literally said, " I think I would curl up in the seat of my car and cry for my mother."
Okay, I may have made up that last part.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:18 PM (qqZuQ)
much love to all and prayers for those who need them and those who don't think they do.
{{{{{{morons}}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 11:18 PM (kpCLl)
DOOONT GOOOOO!!!!! i missed talking to you when i was just lurking for these past couple months
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:19 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 11:17 PM (qyv02)
I used to leave the damn thing at home. RIP Frankenstein, damn I miss that truck. He's sitting in my back yard in pieces now, probably won't ever go back together.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:19 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at February 21, 2013 07:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 11:01 PM (ORGYc)
Gosh darn you! I just wasted 15 minutes watching youtubes of kids getting puppies for Christmas
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 07:20 PM (8sCoq)
Heh...it is not that bad but "yeah"...El Paso drives crazier in light rain than we get here in yankee land in ice storms...
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 07:20 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 07:20 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:20 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 11:17 PM (qyv02)
*******
I thought that's what my sister-in-law was for.
"Hey gal, jump in back for a few miles."
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:21 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 07:22 PM (LRFds)
Two seals were flopping down the street and one was a salted! Unfortunately, the other one got away.
And there is an amusing kitteh video linked in my sock lest you missed my first mention of it, you fine broth of a lad, you, Seamus, me old trout.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 07:23 PM (ORGYc)
As Country Club Republicans Link Up With The Democratic Ruling Class, Millions Of Voters Are Orphaned
http://tinyurl.com/bzt8mq9
It is the central problem of our age. There hasn't been a conservative party in the United States since the 1990s.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 21, 2013 07:23 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 11:20 PM (kpCLl)
ok i just kicked her to post from her phone
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:23 PM (r7Ddb)
fml
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 11:21 PM (yh0zB)
it's me . . . everybody's jealous of my new pooter . . . particularly the canuckistanians. (as usual)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:23 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 07:23 PM (mkb9H)
268You get the extra weight for traction and you can always use the salt at home
We will see about that!
Posted by: Bloomberg at February 21, 2013 07:24 PM (UrENZ)
. . . must . . . resist . . . commenting . . . on . . . Peaches' . . . pooter . . .
And now I really am off to bed.
(And no, that's not "I'll be in my bunk." Degenerates.)
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 07:24 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 07:25 PM (vsBci)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:25 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 07:26 PM (8sCoq)
Here are some boobs.
http://tinyurl.com/aorc8qg
Posted by: 18-1 at February 21, 2013 11:24 PM
We said boobs, not a pair of fucking retards.
Posted by: Berserker at February 21, 2013 07:26 PM (FMbng)
Heh, I'm really here. Just reading over Gushie's shoulder laughing at how the ONT is supposed to look!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 11:25 PM (vsBci)
she seems happy we arent all Doom-y tonight
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:26 PM (r7Ddb)
http://tinyurl.com/aorc8qg
Posted by: 18-1 at February 21, 2013 11:24 PM (zPVBH)
Yep, that's a pretty big pair of boobs...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:26 PM (yh0zB)
Why would I be jealous? In Canada we have ehMacs. (Not that I can afford one.)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 07:26 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 07:26 PM (vsBci)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 21, 2013 07:26 PM (piMMO)
I am beginning to think the Horde is a full of crazy peoples.
Guilty with an explanation your honor.
night all
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at February 21, 2013 07:27 PM (wR+pz)
I remember shopping at Belks in Charlotte when it was downtown, WAY back in the day, when dear old mom would cart us down there to Christmas shop. They were THE department store.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 07:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:27 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 07:27 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 11:26 PM (8sCoq)
I imagine you get a lot of practice driving in the snow in CO. Not so much here in NC, but the Scooby is sure-footed. Shame it's down for head gasket replacement (common Subaru ailment).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:28 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 11:26 PM (vsBci)
dammit...I knew it was me...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 07:29 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 11:27 PM (kpCLl)
curl up and cry for mommy?
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:29 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 07:29 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 07:30 PM (vsBci)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 11:27 PM (qqZuQ)
Predators are always hopeful. It's what separates 'em from the Democrats. Prob'ly a turkey vulture, they are everywhere lately. Well, not here, but for you flyover peeps, watch out! 
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:30 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 11:23 PM (ORGYc)
********
I guess I should say thanks for the kitty vid, I guess a person might like that sort of thing if they were the sort of person who liked that sort of thing.
I fall on the puppy side of debate. And if dogs don't go to heaven, I'm not sure that I want to either. (Not that there was much chance of that)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:31 PM (qqZuQ)
My daughter and SIL arrived in Denver today. They will relocate there because there a jobs out there.
Posted by: sTevo at February 21, 2013 07:31 PM (VMcEw)
Predators are always hopeful. It's what separates 'em from the Democrats. Prob'ly a turkey vulture, they are everywhere lately. Well, not here, but for you flyover peeps, watch out!
*****
Did you ever hear that Mike Cross song called "Chicken Hawk"? I'll try to find a link.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:33 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 07:33 PM (4Mv1T)
first snow comes around Hallowe'en; March is officially the snowiest month; and the first year I was out here it snowed Memorial Day weekend
I would say fully half of the vehicles I see out here (Denver Metro) are awd or 4wd- mostly the Rav4/Outback/FourRunner type. And pickups. The rest are grannyvans and champagne gold Honda Accords
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 07:34 PM (8sCoq)
True story. She was a pretty smart woman, but man when she went off the deep end it was usually a doozy.
Posted by: Berserker at February 21, 2013 07:35 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:35 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at February 21, 2013 11:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Back when I was 16 and studying for a real estate license, I actually studied all those old measurements. Turns out, the California land grant system was so screwed up that you might need to know the difference in your land measured in California vara (33 inches) or the Spanish vara (32.91 inches) based on the identity of the grantor (if you got a Royal grant from the King of Spain, it would be in Spanish varas....if you got it from the Governor of California, it could go either way.....if you got it from your neighbor, it'd be in California varas).
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 07:35 PM (kaalw)
Here's a doggie photo in my sock link of my niece's dog going for its first ever swim in a pool just about to jump into the pool a second time. (Boston terrier, Labrador and beagle mutt.)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 07:35 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 07:36 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: sorry guy at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (KgD0C)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (vsBci)
Here it is:
Buzzard looked at him with a baleful eye
Took a few seconds 'fore he made his reply
Turned his head nearly all the way round.
Looked at the chicken hawk laying on the ground.
I knew the Lord would provide.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 11:35 PM (kpCLl)
hey just because you are a make belive person in the picture sending box dont ever think that i am not your real friend. Also, sleeping with cats is cool. Grim and i do it. they are warm and cuddly mostly and usually they do not fart like dogs do
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:38 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 11:37 PM (vsBci)
be so careful, bebe!! love you!!!
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:38 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 07:38 PM (mkb9H)
What venue did this happen-
“Sometimes it can be difficult finding your G spot by yourself, because it involves inserting a finger or fingers inside the vagina into the front wall of the body, and that kind of results in an awkward, kind of clawlike hand position,” Weinberg said, demonstrating with a pawing motion as the audience giggled. “Obviously, there are better ways you can position your body. Or if you’ve got a partner, you can get your partner to insert their finger or fingers inside your vagina in the front wall of your body in a sort of a J curve"
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 11:36 PM (sqp6o)
High school?
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:39 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 11:38 PM (r7Ddb)
never . . . my kittehs wouldn't know a fart if it smacked 'em upside the head. although, i do kinda miss that "wha???" face dogs do when they fart, it's hilarious.
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 07:40 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 21, 2013 07:40 PM (vsBci)
309- andycanuck-
Nice looking pup. Those ears look like they might enable her to hang glide if she caught the right updraft.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:41 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 11:27 PM (qqZuQ)
The BH and I went to a dive resort in Honduras where our quarters overlooked the dock -- which, as is usual, floated between piers that were like short telephone poles so that it would move with the tides. One morning, we got up and looked out the window before going to breakfast, and each of the eight piers had a vulture perched on top.
We almost didn't go diving that day.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 07:42 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 07:42 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 07:43 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: El Kabong at February 21, 2013 07:43 PM (lZBBB)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrECNCAPTI4
Posted by: zimriel at February 21, 2013 07:44 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 21, 2013 07:45 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: CalyxtheCommoner at February 21, 2013 07:46 PM (WFjPo)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 07:46 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 07:47 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Billy Blaze at February 21, 2013 07:47 PM (KgD0C)
Posted by: ManBearPig at February 21, 2013 07:47 PM (ydOVJ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:48 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: CalyxtheCommoner at February 21, 2013 11:46 PM (WFjPo)
They'r yammering about it now to show solidarity (I was going to use "groupthink" with strikeout, but then I remembered -- we don't rate punctuation here in blog steerage) with their lefty brethren. Get the statements and find out when the numbers really show they've divested.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 07:48 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 21, 2013 07:49 PM (Vk2pI)
Good to hear Capn B. I hope everyone reads/hears it!
Posted by: carolina at February 21, 2013 07:50 PM (QVLHl)
High school?
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 11:39 PM (r7Ddb)
Nope. Hint - people walked out of the venue with ashes in the sign of the cross last Wednesday.
In Allegheny, PA.
In a chapel.
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 11:47 PM (sqp6o)
Vatican II made bigger changes than I thought!
Posted by: John XXIII at February 21, 2013 07:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:51 PM (qqZuQ)
There's a few huge apparently nationally renowned orchid nurseries a few miles from me. I guess orchids are into the FL weather.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 07:52 PM (/gHaE)
Which is really stupid because these companies are actually making big bank thanks to The JEFinC
If I were invested in a plan that was dumping sure moneymakers just to be PC, I would find another plan- because the fund managers do not have my best financial interests at heart
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 07:52 PM (8sCoq)
Nope. Hint - people walked out of the venue with ashes in the sign of the cross last Wednesday.
In Allegheny, PA.
In a chapel.
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 11:47 PM (sqp6o)
sweet fancy moses! not a catholic church on ASH WEDS?
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:52 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 07:52 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Billy Blaze at February 21, 2013 07:53 PM (KgD0C)
Ew. How can you get to the prostate that way?!
Posted by: Pope John XXIII (the other one) at February 21, 2013 07:54 PM (QTHTd)
Hey Gushka. You are one of my fave's on the HQ. I have that "new dog" Emmitt (were 3 months in, he's 18 months and still puppy), and that beast (at 67 lbs. Lab/pit mix) thinks he's a "lap baby". I made the mistake of allowing him on the couch and onto the bed - in an effort of "bonding". And I (me, all me) have created a monster. And he's farty. Dam doggeh!
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 11:52 PM (mkb9H)
aww thanks! *blushes* well DONT let him under the covers! there is NOTHING worse than a doggeh dutch oven. NOTHING
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 07:55 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Billy Blaze at February 21, 2013 07:56 PM (KgD0C)
Posted by: notsothoreau at February 21, 2013 07:57 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 07:58 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 11:54 PM (/gHaE)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080706150847AA65GSC
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 07:58 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Craig Poe, Protesting Ants at February 21, 2013 07:59 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 11:52 PM (mkb9H)
Just thank your lucky stars if he continues to let you sleep on "his" bed . . . that's all I got, buddy.
Posted by: Peaches at February 21, 2013 08:00 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:00 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:01 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 08:02 PM (sqp6o)
Are they holding a job fair or accepting resumes for the job opening at the Vatican?
'cause, even though I'm not Catholic, I might consider the job, if they offered it.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:02 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:04 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Craig Poe, Protesting Ants at February 21, 2013 11:59 PM (BVkEs)
It's supposed to start 15 days after the pope croaks -- but, in this case, Benedict gave notice that he's out 2/28. So it'll start 3/15 or earlier. All the Cardinals are supposed to be in town for some wild party on 2/27, anyway, so there shouldn't be much need for travel time.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:05 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 08:06 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 08:06 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 08:07 PM (sqp6o)
I always thought Grand Poobah would be a good job title.
Either that or "second assistant to the first regional vice president for poobah-ing". That would work, too.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:08 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 08:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:10 PM (qqZuQ)
MEADVILLE – Allegheny College’s Ford Memorial Chapel.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12730
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 08:11 PM (qo244)
does it have to be a Mossy?
Gunbroker has a nice Ithaca 37 for ~270ish....
http://tinyurl.com/akluttg
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 08:11 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 08:12 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 22, 2013 12:09 AM (8sCoq)
********
Well, not the very first thing. The first thing is to get fitted for the snazzy robes. And the hats!
And then take a spin in the Pope-mobile. Just a couple turns around the basilica. After that you can call down as much wrath as you want.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:13 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 21, 2013 08:13 PM (JKNDp)
The former Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Jaime Sin, would greet visitors to his home with "welcome to the house of Sin". You have to admire an Archbishop with that much humor.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:14 PM (kaalw)
Well, Jared Polis wants genetically-modified food to be labeled. Basically so that Boulder can ban it or tax it away, continuing its crusade against all things prole.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 08:14 PM (QTHTd)
Evening everyone! The first draft of the short story is finished, coming in at 15500 words and 20 pages. Now to let it ferment for a while as I work on short story #2.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 21, 2013 08:15 PM (PQgoW)
ATI also has a stock for the Mosin Nagant, I don't think I'll be getting it but I know of at least one person who has and she loves it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 08:15 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 08:15 PM (qo244)
Reverse Midas Touch: Tiger Woods Loses in Match Play After Playing Golf with Obama: President Barack Obama's r...
http://bit.ly/XDX3U0
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 08:16 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 22, 2013 12:09 AM (8sCoq)
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White Smoke! White Smoke!
Posted by: Craig Poe, Protesting Ant Conclave at February 21, 2013 08:17 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 21, 2013 08:17 PM (PQgoW)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 08:18 PM (8sCoq)
Other interesting observations lately. I was waiting for a train to pass and about 50 feet away a guy was getting a BJ at 4 in the afternoon in the front seat of his car in a parking lot. I thought about honking and giving him a thumbs up but it would have broken his concentration.
Today I went to buy some gas. The station signed advertised regular for $3.79 a gallon but the pumps were selling it for $2.79 a gallon. All three grades were under $3. I do believe corporate sends out the rates directly to the pumps so it is possible BP was selling gas a dollar off today at muliple stations accidentally.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 21, 2013 08:18 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 08:19 PM (sqp6o)
But, she, and #1 son, are allergic to cats. Such is life...
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 22, 2013 12:06 AM (mkb9H)
My mom is horribly afraid of dogs. even my old geriatric cattle dog Waldo, (now departed to Heaven i am sure) and she tolerated him but reluctantly. So i see how that goes. She throws a FIT whenever we talk about getting another dog. Allergies are different, but "cant have because i love them" is the same
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 08:19 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 22, 2013 12:15 AM
I'm probably going to write about the 55-57 T-Bird and the Studebaker Golden Hawk. Do you have any good specs links?
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 08:20 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 22, 2013 12:17 AM (PQgoW)
*********
Somehow that visual just feels right.
In nomina Patria, fili, espirtu sanctu, vroom, vroom
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:20 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 22, 2013 12:14 AM (kaalw)
Thats AWESOME.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at February 21, 2013 08:21 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: zeera at February 21, 2013 08:21 PM (Lv9bM)
Somehow that visual just feels right.
In nomina Patria, fili, espirtu sanctu, vroom, vroom
In my dreams the Pope comes in on Harley escorted by mounted Knights Templar.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 21, 2013 08:23 PM (PQgoW)
http://youtu.be/EUeR4QhBs6U
Archangel has a new stock for the nagant that changes it to Mag fed comrade....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 08:23 PM (LRFds)
I don't think you'd have to worry about breaking his concentration. I'm pretty sure his mind was preoccupied.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 08:24 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 08:24 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 08:25 PM (sqp6o)
Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 08:25 PM (yh0zB)
Verily I say unto you, let's ride
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 08:25 PM (8sCoq)
Wait a second, *I* was baptised Roman Catholic!!! "His Holiness, Pope Cthulhu"....I'm gettin' chills!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:26 PM (kaalw)
The Mossy and Remmy are both hooah...
but the Ithaca 37 is a classic it really does boil down to what your goals are for the weapon system....
I have a 3" Police Magnum Indiana Prison Guard Remmy, a Stoeger 1881 double Barrel and am going to get either a Model 12 or 97 and reverse engineer them to trench guns or take a 37 back to a trench gun....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 08:26 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: biscuits mahoney at February 21, 2013 08:28 PM (mz/NO)
those who look upon it will be struck dumb, and prostrate themselves
********
I don't even let my doctor prostate me, much less prostate myself!
What's that?
ProstRATE? Oh!
Never mind.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:28 PM (qqZuQ)
This is further interesting because the Catholics recognise the baptisms of all the Orthodox and Protestant communions. . .
...it's the confirmations / being "in communion with Rome" they get edgy about.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 08:29 PM (QTHTd)
*******
I've gotta admit- it's got a certain ring to it.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:29 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 08:29 PM (TvO05)
Gun manufacturers are hitting back by refusing to do business with their police departments
I think a big way to hit back for many gun owners would be to divest their portfolios of municipal bonds
See who blinks first
Please retweet if you can;
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KBDaBear @kbdabear
CalPers and other govt pension funds are divesting gunmaker stocks. Isn't it time for gun owners to dump their municipal bonds?
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 08:30 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:31 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:32 PM (qqZuQ)
'cause I have some holey underwear. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:33 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 22, 2013 12:30 AM (mCvL4)
Muni bonds would have to pay 1000% interest and include a blowjob from the mayor's mistress before I'd own 'em anyway. That's like "stop me before I eat dog crap off the sidewalk."
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 22, 2013 12:31 AM (kaalw)
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I'm sure Vatican City has some wonderful tailors. They do fit out the Swiss Guards in those bloomy striped pantaloons after all.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:35 PM (qqZuQ)
Same as a Scotsman A whang.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 08:35 PM (qo244)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 22, 2013 12:23 AM (LRFds)
Evil Black Mosin???
i'll be in my bunk...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 08:35 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 21, 2013 08:35 PM (BVkEs)
Fuck it, if you're gonna dream, dream big.
Posted by: Berserker at February 21, 2013 08:36 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:37 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 08:37 PM (sqp6o)
OK, now I'm really out. Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 21, 2013 08:38 PM (yh0zB)
I have a turned boly 91/30 winking at me...I gave away both my M-39s in the late 90s...
as Howard Dean says "yearghhh"
I pointed out the ability to make a ~600 tactical Cooper Scout rifle with somne gunsmithing....
MSRP for the nagant super stock will be ~190 but after having handled a M1A super stocked carbine....
yeah.....
"yeehaw"
You can get a Chinese copy of the PU Mount and Scope with optic covers and scope shroud for ~210....
hell I may make the wife's Polish M-44 into a shorty for her.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 08:39 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 08:39 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 21, 2013 08:40 PM (BVkEs)
'zeera' can make it in.
Posted by: RWC at February 22, 2013 12:25 AM (sqp6o)
They know already BUT the few times there's been an issue, they opt for someone local rather than wait for me to slog 50+ miles.
Posted by: zeera at February 21, 2013 08:41 PM (Lv9bM)
Well, Peter was Jesus' Sergeant-At-Arms, so he was tasked with heading up the Original Rome Chapter.
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 08:41 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 08:42 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 21, 2013 08:42 PM (xjpRj)
Get them a giftcard for shooting lessons at a local range. That way they get to pick out a gun (to rent) and be around other novices. May lessen the pressure and guilt might get them to use it.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 08:42 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 08:43 PM (TvO05)
Ayoob is a MUCH bigger fan of the 20 GA than 12 for most users....
I'd go with the Mossy or Maverick in 20 GA depending on your folks' neighborhoods' view on such things you can make it look hunterish or go Tactical.
Oddly the Combat Engineers who have used military shotguns express a preference for 5 shot over 7 for handiness....
I'm a 7 shot for happiness guy but then again the actual military application of shotguns has point fire as a secondary role.
Here's the Mavericak line from mossberg for an entry level weapon.
http://www.maverickarms.com/pages/88security.htm
MSRP in the ~250ish range.....
they have a majority interchangeability with the Mossy series.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 08:43 PM (LRFds)
That's really good advice, ideally try to find a range with a retired LEO rangemaster with a good attitude....
there's one in Columbia SC worth his weight in gold
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 08:44 PM (LRFds)
Matthew: Chapter 16, Verse 18.
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I believe Jesus was talking about Himself as the Rock.
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 21, 2013 08:44 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 08:45 PM (8sCoq)
I think my Popemobile would be a '53 Cadillac
I'd go with a silver Thunderbird, but that might be a bit pretentious.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 21, 2013 08:46 PM (PQgoW)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 08:47 PM (TvO05)
Well, all silliness aside, I will say a prayer for Pope Benedict and his successor, not to mention the rest of Christendom. We could use some good spiritual guidance in these days.
No offense meant to any practicing Catholic morons with any of my lame jokes tonight.
I'll catch y'all on another day. Out here.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:47 PM (qqZuQ)
See, we have laws pertaining to marriage that ultimately can't be applied to a gay couple. For example... presumptive paternity.
Presumptive paternity cannot be an issue when the couple in question is two men. After all, no matter how much a man cheats, or with whom, he can't get pregnant from it. When it's two women, well, it's possible, but no divorce court judge would ever enforce presumptive paternity, because, quite frankly, it's ludicrous to declare a woman to be the father of a child conceived by her wife cheating on her.
So, that right there means that a gay couple cannot legally be treated the same as a straight couple. And if they can't legally be treated the same, then their unions can't have the same legal definition.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 08:47 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Zladko the 666th at February 21, 2013 08:47 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 21, 2013 08:48 PM (BVkEs)
"Rock" was a play on words regarding Peter's name- peter = rock as in petrified, or Tres Piedras (Three Rocks), etc.
Okay- now I'm out.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2013 08:49 PM (qqZuQ)
I've been thinking of ways to get my girls interested and how to bait them recently. They don't have a problem with guns being around just never got into shooting or having their own.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 08:49 PM (qo244)
I was staying awake in case the shop called.
Buckle up and be safe...Tropical er Arctic Tronadocane Q Buffy as seen on TWC is snarling at us eh....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 08:49 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 22, 2013 12:35 AM (BVkEs)
"Pope" is, technically, a nickname. All bishops at one point were "πάππας", but as the church grew its head became the one most "popish". As history makes abundantly clear from the myriad schisms, councils, and heresies, the Pope is is the head of the Roman Catholic Church because the Roman Catholic Church is the organization headed by the Pope. Protestant poking at the source of this fails to recognize the inherent strength of such circularity -- you might as well ask "where is the Arian tradition in Catholicism?" The answer is "out, banned, and excommunicated. Twice" (in 325 AD and again in 381 AD).
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 08:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 08:51 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 21, 2013 08:52 PM (Vk2pI)
My problem is the Govt should not hand out anything with the word "Marriage" on it. Union or something similar is what you should get from the govt for legal reasons (money access probate etc). And Marriages should be solely the business of the church.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 08:55 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 21, 2013 08:55 PM (Jcd0S)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 22, 2013 12:47 AM (IlZPE)
Same argument I have used, only a little bit different. I have a friend who was making 350K a year, and his scrunt wife and her dyke lawyer made sure he slowly went insane. She would make up bullshit and have the cops after him. He spent almost 400K on legal bills while this fucking cunt lied her ass off and did everything she could to make him look insane. He ended up homeless, out of his mind, and living in the woods talking to trees.
When a gay stands up in divorce court and says treat me like the man and rake me over the coals, then they can have their fucking marriage. Until then they can go fuck themselves.
Posted by: Berserker at February 21, 2013 08:57 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 08:57 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 08:58 PM (tKN8a)
Posted by: Frito Plover, Esq. at February 21, 2013 08:59 PM (UsR5V)
Posted by: Steck at February 21, 2013 09:01 PM (RL7U1)
What would you like.
Light sarcasm
Denigration of your physical form
Calling you stupid
A hog pile from the group?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 09:02 PM (qo244)
Posted by: AgainAustennovels at February 21, 2013 09:02 PM (PxYrx)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 22, 2013 12:47 AM (IlZPE)
I've been talking about gay marriage for years, and my opinion hasn't changed a wink in that time. I know gay couples, they're good people, wish 'em all the best, but there is some serious loose shit in the legalisms of marriage and we'd all be better served if it were cleaned up before we expanded the pilot project to new users. And I say this as someone working on my third unwedded decade with my BH. Why is there so much misery in family court? Why are there so many prenups? Why do so many forego marriage entirely?
Why not fix something that might only be working at 55% before dumping another 20% of people into it that work against its limited successes? Your example is a good one -- presumptive paternity in an age of promiscuity is only working at 55%, max, judging from all those child support cases out there.....so why dump in another bunch of people for whom the 55% is a physical impossibility?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 09:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 09:04 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at February 21, 2013 09:04 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:04 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: philip j. fry at February 21, 2013 09:06 PM (yBF/9)
I was thinking more pistols but the pink thing just might work.
http://tinyurl.com/bh5f722
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 09:08 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:08 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: AgainAustennovels at February 21, 2013 09:09 PM (PxYrx)
Fuck it, if you're gonna dream, dream big.
Posted by: Berserker at February 22, 2013 12:36 AM (FMbng)
Mine would be the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 21, 2013 09:10 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 09:10 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 09:11 PM (QTHTd)
I think someone who'd respond to the obvious question that way would actually make an awesome Pope.
Think about it, you dudes in the Conclave. You could do a lot worse!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:11 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Steck at February 21, 2013 09:11 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2013 09:11 PM (sqp6o)
You're thinking logically and rationally about a subject that for it's protagonists is not logical nor rational, it's political.
This is not about equality, this is not about being able to live happily forever.
It's about:
a) getting health benefits for your fellow fister (even though we all know that homosexuality isn't full of risky sexual practices and it's victims)
b) sticking it to the Catholic church
c) sticking it to the breeders and force them to accede to our demands
d) keep the donations coming in from fellow homos
e) delighting the hollywood perverts and deviants
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:12 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 09:13 PM (TvO05)
My problem is the Govt should not hand out anything with the word "Marriage" on it. Union or something similar is what you should get from the govt for legal reasons (money access probate etc). And Marriages should be solely the business of the church.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 22, 2013 12:55 AM (qo244)
I suspect that "there shall be no benefit under law based on 'marriage' (or other religious observation) that cannot be gained through simple contract" might be a really good start.
And some sort of inventory to figure out what the hell "marriage" means to those duplicitous language-fucking idiots in the bureaucracy right now.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 09:13 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:16 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: thunderb at February 21, 2013 09:16 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: rickl at February 21, 2013 09:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at February 21, 2013 09:17 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 22, 2013 01:11 AM (QTHTd)
....but it all falls down when you realize the inherent circularity. The Church that is there does that. If you want a church that does something else, look elsewhere.....there are plenty.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 09:17 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:18 PM (IlZPE)
Wow I really didn't think you would go that far.
Light sarcasm is easy for me. I once got banned from LGF.
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 09:19 PM (tKN8a)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 09:20 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 21, 2013 09:21 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 21, 2013 09:22 PM (Ny6cy)
I don't think they want me there for the lessons. Part of the problem I think comes from me treating them the way my father taught me to shoot. Yelling at every mistake (well my yelling was limited to safety like using the gun as a cane or barrel pointing discipline). It turned them off where for me I just powered through it so I could shoot.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 09:22 PM (qo244)
Wow. How'd you manage that? That's like climbing Everest buck naked, backward
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 09:23 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: AgainAustennovels at February 21, 2013 09:23 PM (PxYrx)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:23 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at February 21, 2013 09:23 PM (mkb9H)
At the end that was just not following the herd.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 09:24 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Steck at February 21, 2013 09:26 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 21, 2013 09:27 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:29 PM (IlZPE)
'70's. Not even a cap gun, or a BB gun. She hated them. Now she wants a concealed permit. I said HELL YES! Do it! I'm kinda shocked that she grew up.
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 21, 2013 09:29 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 09:30 PM (tKN8a)
Wow I really didn't think you would go that far.
Light sarcasm is easy for me.I once got banned from LGF.
Posted by: tee at February 22, 2013 01:19 AM (tKN8a)
Most of us did, or we just banned ourselves from there.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 21, 2013 09:32 PM (Zd/NW)
I did just fine teaching them to drive a stick shift but I just reverted to yelling with the safety stuff on guns.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 21, 2013 09:34 PM (qo244)
The slippery slope argument does have a bearing here.
They're already warming up suits for polygamy.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:35 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 21, 2013 09:36 PM (nqXsF)
I thought being banned from LGF was a mandatory experience for everyone with a brain.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:37 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Steck at February 21, 2013 09:37 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 21, 2013 09:37 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: tee at February 22, 2013 01:30 AM (tKN8a)
you just came here on an off night 
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at February 21, 2013 09:37 PM (BBWjt)
And even they didn't have gay marriage. When it was time for a man to marry, he still married a woman. She shaved her head and dressed like a man for the wedding, so as not to spook her groom, who wasn't used to the idea of vagina, but marriage was still a man and woman thing.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:39 PM (IlZPE)
And pray tell me, what evolutionary factor would select for gayness?
If you were to make the claim that it's psychological or environmental then you probably have a case.
Genetic? I don't think so. the discovery of this as a cause, was only recently posited and is just too convenient for those who are demanding special accommodation.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:41 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:41 PM (IlZPE)
Human sexuality is much more mutable than people think it is.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:43 PM (IlZPE)
Trouble is so does environment.
The gay gene theory was developed because Gay's want gayness to be the equivalent of being black or being female/male. So they can't ride that affirmative action rocket to the top of the protected group list.
they particularly want to be on the "cannot speak badly about" Hate crime list.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:45 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: AgainAustennovels at February 21, 2013 09:47 PM (PxYrx)
It's easier to understand your own sex. (in certain areas)
thus it's rejection of heterosexuality. Plus it's exciting because it's outside the norm and verboten.
Taboo's have always been a big attraction.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:48 PM (qyv02)
Not sure about the Theban Sacred Band, though. Those were consenting adults. That whole "consent" thing being not really in Sparta's vocabulary for anything they did
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 09:49 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 21, 2013 09:49 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:49 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 21, 2013 09:50 PM (nqXsF)
Made no sense at all. No. Sense.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2013 10:08 PM (4Mv1T)
That made me laugh
Posted by: Noah Bawdy at February 21, 2013 09:51 PM (i3lzE)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:52 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 21, 2013 09:53 PM (nqXsF)
What you point out is actually an argument against it being genetic.
A gene wouldn't normally affect so many different behaviors.
An environmental cause would. (by environmental, I also mean the stereotypes and other behaviors associated with females (for males) and males (for females) as being common.
The lisping flamer. the burly, flannel shirt wearing dyke.
Those are stereotypes that actually aren't as typical as you make them out to be. That may be what you've seen but there are far more undetectable gay people.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:53 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 09:55 PM (tKN8a)
Until then; it's mostly political and it's gays that are being vicious about it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 21, 2013 09:56 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 21, 2013 09:57 PM (Ny6cy)
You're thinking logically and rationally about a subject that for it's protagonists is not logical nor rational, it's political.
This is not about equality, this is not about being able to live happily forever.
It's about:
a) getting health benefits for your fellow fister (even though we all know that homosexuality isn't full of risky sexual practices and it's victims)
b) sticking it to the Catholic church
c) sticking it to the breeders and force them to accede to our demands
d) keep the donations coming in from fellow homos
e) delighting the hollywood perverts and deviants
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 22, 2013 01:12 AM (qyv02)
Let's get specific -- Gabriel Malor's here most every day, I've met him, he's a good guy.....actually a really standup guy. Gabe's gay, and is a proponent of gay marriage. When I talked to him, I did my best to explain my position and he heard me out respectfully.....but I didn't get his heart to be unconvinced -- which I regret, because I'm really trying for what's best for everyone.
But I also get that his heart yearns. I know that he loves desperately and passionately, as do we all who share this sadly mortal sphere, and that he wants to build a life with his partner. And I completely support him in that and sincerely wish him all the best.
But there is so much antiquated and counterfactual crap built into the State's view of marriage that I cannot wish him to be part of it unless and until it is reformed. I don't begrudge him anything -- not the presumption of inheritance, hospital visitation, better combined tax rates (if applicable)....I just don't want him inside a teetering, unsafe structure propped up by mad bureaucrats when the thing's on the verge of collapse.
Take, for instance, the joy of employment law. If you are a male and have a female employee who regularly exhibits subpar performance of an antagonistic, overaggressive nature for three days beginning every 28th day from the last episode, it is prima facie "sexual harassment" if you suggest she is mighty unpleasant when she's "on the rag" and should see a doctor before she gets herself fired -- even if you're gay, this is basic detective work, and it should be ultimately helpful for the employee to take your advice. If you are married, your spouse's assets can be attached in the resulting lawsuit -- so your gay spouse may be financially harmed by your non-sexual commonsense recommendation within the scope of your employment. It's nonsense on stilts -- and, frankly, there's much more of this sort of thing than the public knows about, because it's hushed up behind closed doors and ridiculous idiots tossing M-and-Ms at nipples get more press.
The same can be true of women, contrariwise -- commonsense behavior is shoved into gender stereotypes by officious bureaucrats, and the resulting mess is blamed on the supervisor. You could have the most extreme bull-dyke manager on the planet telling the swishy-est male phone support person to tone it down, and end up with a lawsuit that said "she gave me a bad review based on 'yelling at customers' because she was hostile to my masculinity" -- and the supervisor's partner could lose their life's savings.
It is ironic that "due process" is currently thought to be the key for gays to enter into State-defined matrimony, when the worst excesses of State-defined matrimony are uttermost failures of due process. You don't have to be straight or gay to know things are messed-up. You don't have to go into explicit discussions of anything to know there isn't a fair shake. You don't have to resort to name-calling to say you disagree. And you don't have to be anti-love to oppose gay marriage.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 09:58 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at February 21, 2013 09:58 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 09:59 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:01 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: AgainAustennovels at February 21, 2013 10:02 PM (PxYrx)
Warning: Professional movie stunt. Do not try this on actual gunmen
http://tinyurl.com/7lor8mv
Posted by: kbdabear at February 21, 2013 10:03 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: DAve at February 22, 2013 01:58 AM (XDC0v)
Or as my brother would say, there wouldn't be enough skin left to close his eyes.
Posted by: Berserker at February 21, 2013 10:05 PM (FMbng)
526#521: You were miserable in Honolulu today? Living in Denver, I'm a little jealous of your misery. It's cold and snowy here now.
You're right about that. I'm going back to Texas later this year. There are days when it is impossible to ride your Harley in Texas. The only thing I will miss about Honolulu is the weather.
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 10:06 PM (tKN8a)
Posted by: Berserker at February 21, 2013 10:08 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:09 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:10 PM (IlZPE)
What part of Texas, Tee? I'm guessing the east side, because at least it's a dry heat on the west side.
I bought 20 acres in Cass county. About as east as you can get.
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 10:12 PM (tKN8a)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:15 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: DAve at February 21, 2013 10:16 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:16 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: a mindful webworker at February 21, 2013 10:17 PM (p74mI)
I like the east side of Texas, even though it's so hot and humid there. The people are awesome! And nobody bitches at you if you avoid being outside due to lack of air conditioning.
I'm a fifth generation Texan. it will be good to get back home.
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 10:19 PM (tKN8a)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 22, 2013 01:36 AM
Which Gene? And why is Gene gay?
Posted by: otho at February 21, 2013 10:19 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:20 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:21 PM (IlZPE)
Call someone a coonass for me, Tee!
I worked the oil patch all the way to Morgan City. You have to know someone a long time before you can call them a coonass.
Posted by: tee at February 21, 2013 10:29 PM (tKN8a)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:30 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:41 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 21, 2013 10:45 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 11:03 PM (Ipj15)
cthulhu: Severely O/T, but you might find this useful, for later reference
eBay Item 380440515759. The pictures and features are educational; the sort of stuff worth remembering "for later". 4 axes will do a lot of things, and the price looks ok ... figuring that needed software and a lot of electronics are not included.
But they have a showroom in Pomona, so if you're ever down there ...
Posted by: Arbalest at February 22, 2013 01:22 AM (Ny6cy)
There's something odd going on, some sort of weird pricing anomaly....which means there may be money to be made. I'm seeing some parts of CNC just plummeting -- stuff that should cost $10 going for $1.....while I'm seeing other things that are going for more than I'd expect -- like, frankly, this guy.
Remember that I'm fundamentally an accountant. I've worked with machining; I've worked with robotics -- but, y'know, CPA. So let's talk three datapoints -- envelope, precision, dollars. This thing says "X: 11"; Y: 6-5/16"; Z: 10-5/8"", "0.00059"", and $7500. Let's just pop in LMS' CNC...."X: 10.2; Y: 4.3; Z: 7.1"; "0.0004"; and we'll just say $4800 delivered, from a storefront. That's 0.8 on the X (have you seen the "extended X by taking off the endcaps" vid?); 2 on the Y, and 3.5 on the Z. If that's a ballscrew issue only (and why wouldn't it be?) CNC Fusion has the difference between kit #112 and the kit #5 (LMC) for Sieg X2 CNC conversions as $46 -- which, according to http://www.littlemachineshop.com/Info/minimill_compare.php , gets you X: 1.8; Y: 1.1; Z: 0.8.
Extending the leadscrews gets you less precision, but why should extending the leadscrews by less than two inches while accepting a precision change from 0.0004 to 0.00059 (almost 50% increase!) (LMS -> Bolton) cost $2700 when extending leadscrews by almost 5" costs only $46? (Harbor -> LMS). Sure, it's going to be slower with the slower spindle. Yeah, it'll be less stable 'cause it weighs 1/5 as much....but $2700 v. $50?!??!? Oh, yeah....you get another axis......
I'm sensing a disconnect somewhere.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 11:12 PM (kaalw)
Good post; Thanks.
Posted by: AgainAustennovels at February 22, 2013 02:02 AM (PxYrx)
TY. I just wish I could express it better, so that it might take hold.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 11:22 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 21, 2013 11:30 PM (l86i3)
Buck the cat died today. He was just old. Already adult when he picked us up, in the fall of 1999. Told his story just recently here:
minx.cc/?blog=86&post=336713#c20017597
He was one cool long-tailed yellow tomcat.
ak.. allergies
Posted by: a mindful webworker at February 22, 2013 02:17 AM (p74mI)
That is a very sweet story, and a wonderful remembrance of a respected friend....but when it got here it had dust all over it.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 11:32 PM (kaalw)
Definitely very interested in the Marlin 795. Model 60 looked pretty nice, but the tube-fed magazine sounded a little awkward from a usability PoV.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at February 21, 2013 11:43 PM (7um7O)
Buck the cat died today. He was just old. Already adult when he picked us up, in the fall of 1999. Told his story just recently here:
minx.cc/?blog=86&post=336713#c20017597
He was one cool long-tailed yellow tomcat.
ak.. allergies
Posted by: a mindful webworker at February 22, 2013 02:17 AM (p74mI)
Got any pics you can share?
***sniff*** Lotsa dust.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 21, 2013 11:43 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at February 22, 2013 12:05 AM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 12:20 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 12:21 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 22, 2013 12:47 AM (nqXsF)
Posted by: zeera at February 22, 2013 01:11 AM (Lv9bM)
http://tinyurl.com/apttnjk
And for bonus content, the is the commentator barking up the wrong tree to claim these black and white photos are mere recreations and in fact the models are ugly?
Discuss.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 01:18 AM (7hK27)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 22, 2013 01:18 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 22, 2013 01:24 AM (nqXsF)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 01:26 AM (l86i3)
LAST! (Keep talking)...
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 22, 2013 01:33 AM (nqXsF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 01:34 AM (7hK27)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 01:34 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 01:36 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 01:38 AM (7hK27)
http://tinyurl.com/apttnjk
And for bonus content, the is the commentator barking up the wrong tree to claim these black and white photos are mere recreations and in fact the models are ugly?
Discuss.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 05:18 AM (7hK27)
Something I found particularly amusing is that the artist continually takes liberties with the model's frame. For example, the painted image is considerably thinner in the first two paintings -- bedsheets and pelican; about the same in the next three -- fireplace, cowgirl, and sofa; more developed in the next four -- valentine, doghouse, swing, and slide; then less developed in "stump". It's almost like the artist likes women in all their varied forms and not just boys with tits, as you might find in today's art.
I'm well aware that personality can vary physical perception -- a girl with a smile is two points ahead of one without, no matter a man's preference for body parts or coloration. But having "pelican" and "stump" get less busty when the artist has his way is somewhat illuminating. It's like it all has to work together or something.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 22, 2013 01:39 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 01:40 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 01:42 AM (7hK27)
They say El Greco had a similar problem, but outside some hilltop ascetics, nobody took it this seriously. Ah well, the variety of religious experience, and all.
Posted by: comatus at February 22, 2013 01:54 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 01:55 AM (7hK27)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 02:02 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 02:06 AM (U1VhH)
Almost forgot I had posted a scan from my copy of that book.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 02:10 AM (U1VhH)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 02:12 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 02:24 AM (U1VhH)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 02:25 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 02:33 AM (U1VhH)
http://youtu.be/tGsbBDryOXg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 02:39 AM (U1VhH)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 02:43 AM (l86i3)
http://www.hajimesorayama.com/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 22, 2013 02:49 AM (U1VhH)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 22, 2013 02:56 AM (l86i3)
Prezzy Choomer has a variety of weed named after him.
It is all coming together, in my mind.
via Vanderleun
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