August 07, 2013
— Pixy Misa Well, 'Rons & 'Ettes, it looks like you drew the short straw again tonight, due to a bit of scheduling confusion. But, again, try not to get too bent out of shape about it. Your regular correspondent will be assuming his role in very short order. 'Til then, you have the pale substitute that is the Damn Dirty RINO to bridge the gap.
Last night found me in a bit of an introspective mood the had me waxing philosophical on the under-appreciated merits of failure. Tonight, however, finds me in a different frame of mind -- one with a yen to ponder the way in which we relate to our fellow human beings, be they friends, colleagues, lovers, wives, or sworn enemies. Sure, it would be nice if life only presented us with puppies, butterflies and dear old friends with which to contend on a daily basis. But, the bare fact of the matter is that we have to share this big blue ball with all manner of unsavory creatures like spiders and snakes and sharks and dingos.
And, when you think about it, nobody has to confront such menacing fauna to a greater degree than Australians. Yet, somehow, they seem to remain a distinctly agreeable people in spite of it all. Having spent a good number of hours watching nature shows on basic cable, I'm well aware of the fact that the average suburban Aussie encounters at least one funnel web spider, a tiger snake, two salt water crocodiles and several species of shark on his way to work every day. And they do it all with a sunny disposition.
So, why is it that we Americans sometimes seem so given to churlishness and spite when dealing with relatively minor nettles, like personality clashes with coworkers?
Maybe it's just a product of the striving, competitive culture of America that tells us to constantly be on the lookout for someone trying to gain and advantage over us in our careers. While the current political class seems intent on beating that out of us by whatever means deemed necessary, it's going to take a lot more than eight years of a collectivist administration to pull it off. And it certainly seems that trait is exaggerated in the cutthroat world of corporate broadcasting.
But, while competitiveness is an admirable quality on the whole, there's also a great deal to be said for teamwork. And there's nothing about the broadcasting world that makes it inherently impossible for people to work together as a cohesive unit.
Look, I understand what it's like to work in a bureaucratic, dog-eat-dog environment. I've done time in a lot of different industries at varying levels of responsibility -- some of which I was obviously better suited to than others. And I've worked alongside just about every imaginable species of douchebag, harridan, brown-noser, and backstabber you care to list. But, over the years, I've learned that the way you choose to interact with a person in the crucial moments upon first having met them can have a profound effect on your future and that of everyone one around you in any given environment.
And, obviously, that doesn't just apply to coworkers and colleagues. In fact, it's even more important to keep it in mind when dealing with those who live and work in less prestigious circles. I mean, you never know what a waitress or a delivery driver is going through in his or her life outside of work. And, obviously, you also can't know exactly what they're doing at every moment while they're at work, either.
Now, that's not to say that complete incompetence or a poor attitude ought to be overlooked or tolerated just because the person works in an unglamorous or unrewarding position. The truth is, failing to make it clear that a certain level of service is expected in exchange for your cheerful demeanor and/or gratuity actually ends up hurting not just other customers or clients who come after you, but the person who holds that unsuitable position as well.
But it's important that you communicate your dissatisfaction as clearly and effectively as possible. In the end, the way in which you choose to express yourself will determine what message that person takes away from your interaction.
As human beings, we're more sensitive to subtle emotional cues than our animal counterparts. So our choice of words is often as important as our tone of voice in dictating what kind of response we get when we communicate. And our emotional responses have an immeasurable effect on our general well-being. That's why bedside manner plays such a crucial role in a doctor's ability to treat a patient's illness.
And, just as it's important to be mindful of what we say and how we say it to people we work and deal with on a daily basis, we should be extra vigilant in how we communicate to the people who mean the most to us in our personal lives. So, while it would be nearly impossible to make it all the way through life without hurting the ones we love the most with our words and demeanor, we would all do well to keep in mind that the mere sound of our voices can mean the whole world to those we care about the most deeply.
The human soul senses beauty in the sound of the human voice, and the written and spoken word just as exquisitely as it does in the shapes and colors and the lights and shadows before our eyes. More than anything else, we find beauty in each other. And, personally, I find beauty in gingers -- particularly the one in the latest Netflix ad.
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:03 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 07, 2013 06:06 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:06 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 07, 2013 06:08 PM (ZFinx)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:08 PM (6rcHp)
I give you stompy boots.
I give you SMOD.
I give you trampolines.
Respect, bitches. Respect.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 07, 2013 06:09 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:09 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 06:09 PM (Vk2pI)
He still loves the attention he got.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:09 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:09 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 06:10 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 06:10 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:10 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 06:10 PM (m0h0I)
Dear SciFi:
You better fucking give me Sharkdingocane. It's the least you can do after the mucking about with your name like that.
So help me, alex
Posted by: alexthechick at August 07, 2013 06:12 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 07, 2013 06:12 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:12 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at August 07, 2013 06:12 PM (TCWb5)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:13 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Jack at August 07, 2013 06:13 PM (gWHwW)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 06:13 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 06:13 PM (m0h0I)
I have to cry foul on the bad analogies list. That sounds far more like it was written by someone who can write, to illustrate what not to do. Kind of like one of my favorites, "Her breast heaved, like a freshman on dollar beer night."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:14 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 06:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:14 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 10:12 PM (CzPap)
Swear to God if I win, I'll throw a huge party for the Horde. Which island would you assholes prefer?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:15 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:16 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 06:16 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 10:13 PM (m0h0I)
He lol'd over the hate calls, but said he got a little "black helicopterish" after a while.
He's a great guy, business owner, and volunteer with the USO. Sat at dinner with him several weeks ago. He's funny as hell.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 06:19 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:20 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2013 06:20 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:20 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: common sense at August 07, 2013 06:21 PM (azmhu)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 06:21 PM (m0h0I)
"and will make sure I have a trampoline set up."
Right next to the pool, right?
Wait. Is there another reason to have a trampoline and a pool I have not thought of?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:21 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:22 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (uI9aZ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (2up3Q)
Nothing is as "fun" as moving.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: Talking like a man with a paper asshole at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (x4mcj)
Posted by: Skinemax Programming Department at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 07, 2013 06:23 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 10:20 PM (OksBo)
Me too.
Posted by: Al Roker at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 10:23 PM (CzPap)
Linky? Just in case.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (lVPtV)
just when I think I have lost the ability to laugh, ncj! bless your heart and GO BEARS!!!
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (HVff2)
64 I would be completely happy with just a little chunk of that PowerBall
when I win it tonight i'll toss you a couple bucks
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Mindy at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (LpT1A)
Posted by: Texas T at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (WOIT0)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: "Real" high school jock, trying an analogy at August 07, 2013 06:25 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: no good deed at August 07, 2013 06:25 PM (WmLrU)
Posted by: Mrs. Mittens at August 07, 2013 06:25 PM (hS9Qx)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 07, 2013 06:25 PM (ZFinx)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:26 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: CSMBIgBird at August 07, 2013 06:26 PM (G2SJQ)
Posted by: sunny-dee at August 07, 2013 06:26 PM (X5Hh9)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 07, 2013 06:27 PM (UTq/I)
I'll catch 'em fer 5. But I'll kill 'im, and drag 'im along the beach, fer 10.
Posted by: a dingo at August 07, 2013 06:27 PM (8sCoq)
If I win this thing, I'll do the same. And I'll throw a huge party for the Horde. Promise.
Now, watch some lib FSA or LIV shitweasel win the Powerball.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:27 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at August 07, 2013 06:27 PM (X4HxX)
Posted by: Girls in bikinis on trampolines at August 07, 2013 06:27 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:27 PM (6rcHp)
Found CAC's stash, huh? Puff puff pass, my friend.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 07, 2013 10:25 PM (ZFinx)
--One of the Bears CBs just went out for the season with a torn hamstring. The division is the Pack's to lose.
Posted by: Beavis at August 07, 2013 06:28 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 07, 2013 06:28 PM (ZFinx)
I know- completely ass-backwards
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 06:28 PM (8sCoq)
There is a perimeter road, a pier, two buildings, lots of trees, and a lake. Seems there is aquaculture happening around the island which happens to be a small island off another larger island. There are 2 3,000ft paved runways within 50 miles and one airport with jet service and Chilean F-16s about 130 miles away. About 200 miles to the east is a snow capped volcano. Do not plan to swim in the Pacific Ocean unless you truly like water temps in the 604F range, the Humbolt that comes off Antarctica sweeps right by on the western side of the larger island.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:29 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 06:29 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 06:29 PM (/9IC1)
I need more guns and lots more ammo,,,,,the new gold!
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 06:30 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 10:12 PM (CzPap)
I'm already spending it.
Posted by: rich@gmu at August 07, 2013 06:30 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:30 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:30 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Mrs. Mittens at August 07, 2013 10:25 PM (hS9Qx)
You are a doll, Mrs. Mittens, and I thank you so much for the kind words and the snickerdoodles!! You should delurk more often, we love new friends!! 
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 06:30 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 06:31 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 06:31 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 10:29 PM (aH+zP)
That would be Tammy that's on her way to NC.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 06:31 PM (T1005)
There is a perimeter road, a pier, two buildings, lots of trees, and a lake. Seems there is aquaculture happening around the island which happens to be a small island off another larger island. There are 2 3,000ft paved runways within 50 miles and one airport with jet service and Chilean F-16s about 130 miles away. About 200 miles to the east is a snow capped volcano. Do not plan to swim in the Pacific Ocean unless you truly like water temps in the 604F range, the Humbolt that comes off Antarctica sweeps right by on the western side of the larger island.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 10:29 PM (CzPap)
Holy cow.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:32 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 06:32 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: kbdabear
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Reloading. Personally, I'm maintaining a low profile.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 06:32 PM (aDwsi)
I would be happy with a lower win on the Powerball, just so my husband could quit his job in Africa.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 07, 2013 06:33 PM (GoIUi)
"Say, what happened to that ace dude who filled in the other night?"
He's test-painting his nursery, waffling between Sunny Morn and Contemplative Noontide. 'Cause he's all about the procreating.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:33 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 10:31 PM (T1005)
Yup, snarlin' and schemin' every step of the way, God bless her.
When I saw the ginger comment at #2, I thought it was referring to the dingo. Hadn't even noticed that little girl person there at the end. I probably need some kind of therapy. Oh, lookie here, beer . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:33 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 06:33 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: CSMBIgBird at August 07, 2013 06:33 PM (G2SJQ)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 06:33 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 06:34 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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The upside is that they are likely to squander it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 06:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 06:34 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 07, 2013 06:34 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:34 PM (CzPap)
Conservative: Effing Obama! Socialized medicine, spending us into penury, the lies, oh the endless lies
Obama: *Nudge*
Conservative: I love the leader! He leads from behind! Speaking of behinds, I offer mine to the leader!
Weiner: Now let me show you how "nudge" works
Attractive girl on Twitter: Anyone who would send dick pics on Twitter is totes a creep! Totes!
Weiner: *Nudge*
Attractive girl on Twitter: Please, Mr Weiner, would you send me a picture of your genitals?
"Filthy" Filner: I don't do "nudge". I do "grope."
Posted by: Splunge at August 07, 2013 06:34 PM (bKA83)
Even a chainsaw attached to a barstool won't hold back the Spidenado
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 06:35 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 06:36 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:36 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 07, 2013 06:36 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:36 PM (6rcHp)
When I saw the ginger comment at #2, I thought it was referring to the dingo. Hadn't even noticed that little girl person there at the end. I probably need some kind of therapy. Oh, lookie here, beer . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 10:33 PM (8lmkt)
Damn glad to hear it. The world would be a poorer place if she suddenly went all meek and acquiescent...
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 06:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:37 PM (CzPap)
remember when they had that horrible earthquake a few years back and everyone was trying to send help and they were all, thanks, go fuck yaselves, we got this? they were like honey badgers and i have huge respect for the chileans. that wouldn't have happened in peruvia, just sayin'
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:37 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Waldo at August 07, 2013 06:37 PM (tCBZk)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:37 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 06:37 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 06:38 PM (6rcHp)
why are you in the ER, crank?
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:38 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 06:38 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:38 PM (doBIb)
okay kids, story time
this will make peaches smile
so yesterday we're watching ink masters while cleaning the guns for today, the kid is watching/playing on her laptop
my cell rings and its a 888 number, turns out its navy federals fraud people asking about my debit card so I put the phone on speaker
to be cont
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:38 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 06:38 PM (YAGV/)
-43.33042236013699,-73.73371124267578
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:39 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 07, 2013 10:34 PM (v6hyJ)
Yeah, I saw that. Plus, how does one rid oneself of the pesky locals? If I'm buying an island, I want it uninhabited, except for the serfs.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:39 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:40 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 07, 2013 06:40 PM (CA2NO)
@ 145 [Conservative Crank] -- The ONT will keep. Hope to catch up with you later.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 06:40 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Waldo at August 07, 2013 06:41 PM (tCBZk)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 07, 2013 06:41 PM (L7JQT)
Posted by: Carol T at August 07, 2013 06:41 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:42 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 06:42 PM (Tz35j)
If I am going to disappear to an Evil Overlord island lair, it will have to have a Mediterranean climate, of the type where snow shovels are quaint artifacts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2013 06:42 PM (fNpC1)
Posted by: Terminus Vex at August 07, 2013 06:43 PM (FBJFq)
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The Yankees are still having that problem at Hilton Head. A few of the born and bred just don't seem to want to give up and move the hell away. Much better success has been had at Daufuskie though.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 06:43 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 10:36 PM
Argentina should be kicking ass economically with their natural resources and educated workforce, but they love a socialist with a nice wardrobe
Cristina Kirchner = Obama with tits
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 06:43 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2013 06:43 PM (DCC9P)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:43 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 06:43 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:44 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Karl the Groundskeeper at August 07, 2013 06:44 PM (RkkOC)
Posted by: Splunge at August 07, 2013 06:44 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 06:44 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 06:45 PM (sQ0LB)
Dingos are assholes
Posted by: Tiger Snakes at August 07, 2013 06:45 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 10:37 PM (aH+zP)
DINGO: Oh, wicked, bad, naughty, evil Zoot! Oh, she is a naughty
person, and she must pay the penalty -- and here in Castle Anthrax, we
have but one punishment for setting alight the grail-shaped beacon. You must tie her down on a bed and spank her!
GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking!
DINGO: You must spank her well. And after you have spanked her, you
may deal with her as you like. And then, spank me.
VARIOUS GIRLS: And spank me.
And me.
And me.
DINGO: Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking!
GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 06:45 PM (T1005)
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/katafanga-island
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (8lmkt)
160 continued
so they say if I made the following 3 transactions press 1 if not press two
remember, we're cleaning guns
1. $400 atm withdraw .......T's jaw drops and the kid says 'dad took me school shopping mom'
2. $288 to AT&T
3. $178 to Sunshine Escort Services
T: honey, go to your room pls.....starts to quickly assemble her Sig
someone in England used my # to buy a hooker it seems, had to fill out the fraud form today
thought I was dead
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (SldZ2)
The Yankees are still having that problem at Hilton Head. A few of the born and bred just don't seem to want to give up and move the hell away. Much better success has been had at Daufuskie though.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 10:43 PM (aDwsi)
We were staying on Daufuskie at the now-defunct Melrose Inn a few years ago, and we saw our first "Code Pink" signs ever all over the island. We had no idea what they were. How weird, since most of the island is shacks, trailers and modest cottages.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (doBIb)
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There are a lot of folks into pneumatic rifles, but the truth is, you can buy a .22 (for instance) and a goodly batch of ammo for a relatively low price. The .22 will be *much* more effective.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:47 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 10:45 PM (sQ0LB)
oh, jeez, how did I not know that? just glad it's not a Maddie thing. God bless, buddy, that's some tough work right there.
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:47 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:47 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Tank at August 07, 2013 06:48 PM (xGDj+)
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Giggity, giggity, giggity! Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 07, 2013 06:48 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 06:48 PM (Tz35j)
remember when they had that horrible earthquake a few years back and everyone was trying to send help and they were all, thanks, go fuck yaselves, we got this? they were like honey badgers and i have huge respect for the chileans. that wouldn't have happened in peruvia, just sayin'
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 10:37 PM (8lmkt)
--Don't forget the trapped miners. Tough folks down there.
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 06:48 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Splunge at August 07, 2013 10:44 PM
Peruvia was almost laid to waste from the Great Zomsharknado of 2007.
The Zomsharknado Apocalypse was averted because Zombies and Sharks can be defeated with leaf blowers
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 06:49 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Prince Harry at August 07, 2013 06:49 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 10:46 PM (V75zy)
you talkin' about the infamous tsunami again? cause that was some funny shit, right there . . . who knew it would turn into such a nothing-burger? certainly not you!!! 
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:49 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tiger Snakes
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In Peruvia, Dingos are worshiped as gods.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 06:49 PM (aDwsi)
*shifts eyes around nervously*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:50 PM (lVPtV)
198 Whew najycopjoe, that was CLOSE
when I joke about her hillbilly ass killing me....not really a joke
saddest part was how fast the daughter got out of the area, little traitor
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:50 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: Ktgreat: assho at August 07, 2013 06:50 PM (XtiwD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 06:50 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Can't remember my name at August 07, 2013 06:50 PM (iZbcV)
Posted by: Prince Harry at August 07, 2013 10:49 PM (doBIb)
Harry, you never have to apologize for nothing around here. The 'ettes revere you as the one true ginger god.
Can somebody turn on the ceiling fans, I'm overheating again.
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 06:51 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:51 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:52 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 07, 2013 06:52 PM (CA2NO)
Hat,
I don't see why people are surprised about "nudging" politicians have been using the tax code as a nudging weapon for years.
One of the reasons I want it radically implied, it's far too abused.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at August 07, 2013 06:52 PM (GaqMa)
207 we were hoping for the westside to be devastated so we could take the insurance money and move
turns out we moved anyway
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:52 PM (V75zy)
what about "Janetopia?"
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 10:52 PM (8lmkt)
Ummm....*looks around nervously*....
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:52 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Ragamuffin at August 07, 2013 06:52 PM (fzFF6)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 06:53 PM (YAGV/)
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I never thought I would say this..., but that was before the white men came.
As an aside, Hilton Head was paradise before the developers and Yankee locusts showed up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (p12qs)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (Vk2pI)
if I win the lotto i'm going to buy my way into political office
I am a Chicago democrat you know
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (doBIb)
re the dueling newcasters, I think INXS did a song about that (and the theme of this ONT in a general way)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDh0F67YsA
Words as weapons
Sharper than knives
Makes you wonder how the other half die
Too bad Michael Hutchence may have succumbed to the devil inside (though that is not certain; it's possible that he went the way of David Carradine).
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (dA4tG)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:54 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:55 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 06:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 10:54 PM (Tz35j)
My actual, real, first name is Mary.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:56 PM (lVPtV)
If I win the PowerBall (unlikely, because I didn't buy any tickets, so I will have to find the winning ticket), I will spend a significant amount of money being a cutthroat bastard to a select few liberal politicians.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2013 06:56 PM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Augusto Pinochet at August 07, 2013 06:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Tank at August 07, 2013 06:57 PM (xGDj+)
Posted by: Carol T at August 07, 2013 06:57 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Dingo at August 07, 2013 06:57 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:57 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Brick at August 07, 2013 06:58 PM (Xt2AA)
Also, great callback on that song! I haven't heard it in ages. I'll have to YouTube it now.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 06:58 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: The Political Hat, Grand Panjandram of Hatland at August 07, 2013 06:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Tank at August 07, 2013 10:57 PM (xGDj+)
Yes! And old-school cigarette/cocktail girls. In appropriate attire.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:58 PM (lVPtV)
Or Jane could just say "fuck you, I'm the Queen"
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 06:58 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Country Singer at August 07, 2013 06:58 PM (5ae6g)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 06:58 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 06:59 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Vic Rattlehead at August 07, 2013 06:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 06:59 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 07:00 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 07:00 PM (Tz35j)
I've got a Marshside Mama's t-shirt. We occasionally go over by boat to lunch. No a/c, cement block building, best grouper sandwich ever. Sadly, the pig who hung out in the dining room died.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:00 PM (lVPtV)
I've got a Marshside Mama's t-shirt. We occasionally go over by boat to lunch. No a/c, cement block building, best grouper sandwich ever. Sadly, the pig who hung out in the dining room died.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:00 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Honey Badgers at August 07, 2013 07:01 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Honey Badgers at August 07, 2013 07:01 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Tank at August 07, 2013 07:02 PM (xGDj+)
Posted by: Tank at August 07, 2013 07:02 PM (xGDj+)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:02 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Brick at August 07, 2013 11:01 PM (Xt2AA)
Hmmm...wonder what it would cost? It is beautiful, accessible by boat...populated by moonbats.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:02 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Brick at August 07, 2013 07:03 PM (Xt2AA)
After the three-game sweep of the Nationals by the GODDAMNED MOTHERFUCKING CHRISTHUMPING WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT ATLANTA BRAVES I have come to the calm, reasoned conclusion that all life is travesty and the only mistake we make in this mockery of existence that some laughingly refer to as "life" is believing in the possibility that good things might ever happen to worthless sinners such as us.
Also, let's talk about the great, hugely underrated Canterbury late '60s/early '70s art-rock group Soft Machine. Because they were pretty fucking awesome, and it will help to ease the pain.
(Dedicated To AoSHQ's ONT Participants, But They Weren't Listening...)
Posted by: Jeff B. at August 07, 2013 07:03 PM (n/+FT)
will do, CT, although I try not to bug her . . . she'll be fine, she's made of some pretty stern stuff, that girl.
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:03 PM (8lmkt)
A hive cannot have two queens at the same time. There can be only one.
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 10:59 PM (doBIb)
I'm...ummm...willing to share with AtC. Yeah, that's the ticket. *looks around nervously*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:04 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Carol T at August 07, 2013 07:04 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 07, 2013 07:04 PM (CA2NO)
heaven. Posted by: Brick
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One-room school. Ferry. Deer, raccoon, roaming domestic animals. But what the hell, now it's like, 'civilized'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 07:04 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 07:04 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 07:05 PM (HVff2)
Then I will fund my church's food pantry so we do not run out of bread or hamburger.
And I will establish a very low interest college loan system for kids who want to learn actual subjects like engineering, chemistry, math, geology, and English literature.
Then I will buy an island somewhere so that my family can hide. And I will buy a damn television station so that I can broadcast 24/7 how crappy Obama is.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 07, 2013 07:05 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 07, 2013 07:06 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:07 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 07:07 PM (HVff2)
How about Merryland? Happy happy fun fun! Nah.
How about Isle de Jane? D'oh Ville?
Nothing has the ring of Alextopia. Except Janedohpia.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:07 PM (lVPtV)
I like the first two albums (specially the first one) but they were too jazzy for me after that.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 07, 2013 07:08 PM (MkZzi)
Posted by: Jeff B. at August 07, 2013 07:08 PM (n/+FT)
the ruins of Herodotus' school are still there; topless beaches if you're vulgar, etc. Asclepion, or some such word
Posted by: Major _____ de Coverly at August 07, 2013 07:08 PM (omBWL)
Just wanted to let ya know I'm game for the fantasy league again this year! I hope I can make it to draft.
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 07:08 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 07:08 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: fastfreefall at August 07, 2013 07:08 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Brick at August 07, 2013 07:09 PM (Xt2AA)
Posted by: Ralph Malph at August 07, 2013 07:09 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: El Sombrero de Política at August 07, 2013 07:09 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 07, 2013 07:09 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 07:10 PM (SldZ2)
Do I get yelled at for leaving the toilet seat up? You married women may want to think about why so many spiders get in the house.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:10 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:10 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 07, 2013 07:10 PM (Zswg6)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 07, 2013 07:11 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:11 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Brick at August 07, 2013 11:09 PM (Xt2AA)
What do you suppose Daufuskie is worth now? For real.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:11 PM (lVPtV)
In a related note, at one time my daughter was nearly engaged to a person I didn't like a whole bunch. One day, he told me that after graduation from college he wanted to move to Dallas, to be near the Cowboys.
To which I said "That has to be the stupidest reason I've ever heard in my entire life for choosing a place to live and work."
I'm the subtle type.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 07:12 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Freak Out! at August 07, 2013 07:12 PM (LMPgk)
Yes! This is an excellent and fully credited response that I agree with pretty much 100%. The Third album -- which most people cite as their masterpiece -- really only stands out for "Moon In June" (which is far better in its earlier BBC version, as seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JrPnep5Aw). Basically, when Robert Wyatt stopped singing altogether, I lost interest.
But they made a LOT of great music from 1967-1970, much of it done live or at the BBC, or only subsequently released on archival compilations...hugely underrated.
I completely agree with your preference for the first album as well. "We Did It Again" > "Why Are We Sleeping?" is pretty much one of the finest moments in the entire history of art-rock.
Posted by: Jeff B. at August 07, 2013 07:12 PM (n/+FT)
A trampoline and a pool are must-have accessories for the stripper pole and hot tub.
Nice work DDR, thanks!
Posted by: NC Ref at August 07, 2013 07:12 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:12 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 07:12 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 07, 2013 07:13 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 07:13 PM (YAGV/)
If I won that much money it would probably destroy me.
Posted by: Freak Out! at August 07, 2013 11:12 PM (LMPgk)
First of all, Mr. Ray of Sunshine, you give at least 10% to your church. Give to other organizations you support. Pay off debt, make sure your loved ones will be cared for (not showered with money), and live well, not wildly.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:14 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Barky McFuckstick. And The Middle Class at August 07, 2013 07:14 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: wtfl at August 07, 2013 07:15 PM (tgvJj)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 07:15 PM (HVff2)
If he's not shoot him an email. He moved the league from where we were the last few years to another host.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 07, 2013 07:15 PM (/izg2)
Sweet dreams, everyone!
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 07, 2013 07:15 PM (GoIUi)
Numbers are : 5, 25, 30, 58, 59 with the PB # 32
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:15 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Brick at August 07, 2013 07:16 PM (Xt2AA)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 07:16 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:16 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 07:17 PM (dKV5k)
GnuBreed, if you are incapable of distinguishing standard-issue Internet Hyperbole (particularly of the patented Ace of Spades Jeff B. variety) from a genuine expression of deeply felt emotion, then I reciprocate those feelings of sadness on your behalf.
Yes, the faceplant of the 2013 Nats is something which frosts my toast. No, I'm not going to go stringing myself up from the nearest rafter like the 45 sleeve of the early Police single "Can't Stand Losing You" (http://tinyurl.com/k57aws2).
Posted by: Jeff B. at August 07, 2013 07:17 PM (n/+FT)
315 First of all, Mr. Ray of Sunshine, you give at least 10% to your church. Give to other organizations you support. Pay off debt, make sure your loved ones will be cared for (not showered with money), and live well, not wildly.
I think you misspelled 'shitcan all friends and family, move to a country without an extradiction treaty, beer, blow, hookers'
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 07:17 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 07:17 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Freak Out! at August 07, 2013 07:18 PM (LMPgk)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at August 07, 2013 07:18 PM (CNfUp)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 07:19 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 07:19 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:19 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:20 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 07:20 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 07:21 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 07:21 PM (Vk2pI)
Roger that. I take it you got my email invite for it then?
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 11:17 PM (dKV5k)
--Yup, did that as well. The last couple of weeks I`d been mysteriiously locked out of my account. Finally I got the text me a code thingy to work and I was able to reactivate it. If the NSA was snooping on it, they were sorely disappointed.
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 07:22 PM (3VBXw)
Even a chainsaw attached to a barstool won't hold back the Spidenado
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 10:35 PM
Damn straight. A funnel web can take a 7.62 nato round and still keep coming at your neck.
Posted by: otho at August 07, 2013 07:22 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:23 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:23 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Carol T at August 07, 2013 07:23 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Cory Booker at August 07, 2013 07:24 PM (FcR7P)
heh, I only got 25. on two separate tickets. naturally, this makes me suspicious . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:24 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:24 PM (CzPap)
How does a shark know they wet themselves?
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:24 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 07, 2013 07:24 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2013 07:25 PM (20Mmk)
I mean, how do you say that about a time that produced that cover sleeve?
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 07:25 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 07, 2013 07:25 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:27 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: Gidget at August 07, 2013 07:27 PM (tfg7i)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:28 PM (doBIb)
And in case you didn't notice, I gave a reason why I could believe that such happiness is dependent upon the results of a sports team. But you say it was hyperbole; good enough.
336 >> I wish there was as video of Jennifer Connely on a trampoline.
CDR, now there is a pleasureant thought.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 07:28 PM (ccXZP)
Only from the outside.
When some place with "modern" "airtight" "energy efficient" construction techniques is sealed up and has no A/C or heat running for several years in anything other than a very dry desert climate, they become like tropical rain forests inside and black mold starts growing like crazy covering every inch of anything it'll grow in. Dry wall, wood, carpets, etc.
I have a friend who's doing mold remediation for banks up in NY (who fucked up with the 1st wave of evictions/foreclosures just as the shit was starting and actually evicted people rather than letting them just linger like they do now).
They come back 3-4 years later thinking they got someone wants to buy it and they're finding the remediation of black mold is often within a few grand of just bulldozing the joint and starting over.
Replace carpets, replace all drywall, replace most heating/ac ducting, guys doing that work in space suits, etc costs big cash and those guys are in very high demand right now.
The older places that were built before building codes got crazy with the air-tightness and insulation shit are usually fine. A "new" house NEEDS someone living it it running its systems or it goes to shit real quick
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 07:28 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: EC at August 07, 2013 07:29 PM (doBIb)
I don't think handing a crack addict money fixes their problem. Detroit must burn before it can be reborn.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:30 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 07:33 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Jean at August 07, 2013 07:33 PM (CMlD4)
I think you misspelled 'shitcan all friends and family, move to a country without an extradiction treaty, beer, blow, hookers'
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 11:17 PM (V75zy)
AKA "The McAfee Plan."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 07:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2013 07:34 PM (DCC9P)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 07:36 PM (CzPap)
Why, yes they did -- Least Friendly City In The World
http://tinyurl.com/jwcgdqz (yahoo Finance)
That's called shooting for the top.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 07:36 PM (ccXZP)
You don't. You say "those were awesomer times." (Also, you can STILL get away with that sort of stuff in the UK in the rock business...you probably couldn't in the US even back in the late '70s. Remember, The Police were signed to an indie label, I.R.S., and not to a big stuffed-shirt conglomerate like E.M.I.)
Posted by: Jeff B. at August 07, 2013 07:37 PM (n/+FT)
Only from the outside. >>
One of my houses was a HUD house. They (I assume trying to save money) shut the electricity off. The house was prone to basement flooding during storms so it had a tile and sump system. I got it for a song in the 80s and the damage was limited to the unfinished part of the house. But it is really hard to sell a house that smells like mold/rot. HUD would have got way more money than they saved if they kept the electricity hooked up.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:37 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2013 11:34 PM (DCC9P)
okay, now my spidey-sense is really tingling . . . wtf is up with that? i'm guessing that fuckin' fat trudy at the nsa had a hand in this.
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:37 PM (8lmkt)
If I won, I was going to buy a dozen Boatload of Donuts packs and have the bitchinest Springfield evar.
Posted by: epobirs at August 07, 2013 07:38 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Phoenix at August 07, 2013 07:38 PM (2wx8J)
Posted by: Freak Out! at August 07, 2013 07:39 PM (LMPgk)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
----------------------
Alas, poor Janeville! I knew her Horatio...
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 07:40 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jean at August 07, 2013 11:33 PM
The local rum diminishes survival instinct.
Posted by: otho at August 07, 2013 07:41 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 07, 2013 07:41 PM (BXLPR)
...just like "the incident".
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 07:41 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 11:36 PM (V75zy)
Oh, damn -- forgot the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg#at=129
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 07:42 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 07:42 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Anthony Weinershark at August 07, 2013 07:43 PM (LMPgk)
...just like "the incident".
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 11:41 PM
Let the liquor do the thinking.
Posted by: mr lahey at August 07, 2013 07:43 PM (9gNQd)
She's not cute enough to be that smarmy. Those commercials are instant *click*
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 07:43 PM (lq3Ak)
I find real vertebrates like tigers give a better rib,
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:45 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:46 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: mr lahey at August 07, 2013 11:43 PM (9gNQd)
But Mr. Lahey, you said you are the liquor. Does that mean let you think for me?
Posted by: Randy at August 07, 2013 07:47 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 11:44 PM (lq3Ak)
Like I owe it money and kicked its puppy . . . will spare you the tawdry details, but if you want to put me on the prayer list tonight, I would be forever grateful.
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:47 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:48 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 07:48 PM (m0h0I)
))).Posted by: madamemayhem at August 07, 2013 07:49 PM (S2RnE)
It does look like fun, I'm just not ready to get out of the water.
*furtive glance downward* It's gonna be a few minutes.
Posted by: Trampoline watcher at August 07, 2013 07:49 PM (Jy3vt)
Obama Says We Need To Deepen Our Ports In Gulf of MexicoÂ… Names Three Ports All Along The East CoastÂ…
http://tinyurl.com/k7yjtl7
“You know, the Panama Canal is being widened so that the big supertankers can come in. Now, that’ll be finished in 2015. If we deepen our ports all along the Gulf, places like Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, Ga., or Jacksonville, Fla., if we don’t do that those ships are gonna go someplace else.”
Not is he only ignorant of geography but also shipping. Supertankers already come into East Coast and EXPORT from the Gulf Coast. It's the Super CARGO carriers from Asia that will be taking advantage of the widened canal
Posted by: kbdabear at August 07, 2013 07:49 PM (/9IC1)
I had no idea what I was gonna see when that cover came off because I'm sometimes kinda lax on the oil changes and often push it beyond 15k miles and this engine is up over 80k now.
Damn if that shit wasn't squeeky clean. I mean like absolutely zero crud, shiny new metal surfaces on the cam/lifters/head -- like it just rolled out of Wolfsburg yesterday, without even a hint of cam or lifter wear.
I can only attribute this "like new" condition to one thing -- synthetic oil, and good filters. I put synthetic in it starting at about 5k when it was my mom's car, and always used a good Fram or genuine VW filter.
I also changed the oil after maybe 200-300mi when it was new. I always do that with any new engine...cuz that first batch of factory oil is going to be LOADED with microscopic metal particles as wearing surfaces are trying to get happy with each other. The shit always comes out looking like metallic paint there's so much floating microscopic metal it it.
If you're real paranoid, another change at 1k wouldn't hurt before going on a normal schedule.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 07:50 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: Peaches
May God assuage your fears and allow each day to be dawned anew. Should you find yourself healthy and wise when darkness and fear encroach upon your soul. May His love grant you sight and comfort, light and grace.
If you dread tomorrows and dwell on yesterdays, you'll straddle and piss on today!
God Bless you, Peaches.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 07:51 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Randy at August 07, 2013 11:47 PM
Correct, I AM the liquor. And I think you should have a drink with me, bo-bandy.
Posted by: mr lahey at August 07, 2013 07:51 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:52 PM (8lmkt)
He meant widened but Moochelle has banned wide from his vocabulary.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 07:52 PM (RvMXe)
https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/353799/anti-che
As a bonus, near the end Mr. Rodriguez gives some insight into John F'ing Kerry. Ahh, to think about how easily Mr. Kerry breezed through those confirmation hearings to become our new SoS. Good times, baby.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 07:53 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at August 07, 2013 07:53 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Ricky at August 07, 2013 07:54 PM (aH+zP)
Aside from the bookkeeping advantages, I think this is why they're letting people linger for years now. If they pull the trigger and boot'em without an in hand buyer, the place is gonna be trashed in a year or two
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 07:54 PM (di+Lf)
God bless you right back, Slap, but I'll tell ya, if I could take a big steaming piss on today, I would do it right this instant!
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 07:54 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: madamemayhem at August 07, 2013 07:54 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: Jean at August 07, 2013 07:55 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Purp
Many vehicles, even the older ones, can go well beyond the "recommended" mileage. I'm sure you know that now, if you didn't believe it before!
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 07:55 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Randy at August 07, 2013 11:47 PM
Correct, I AM the liquor. And I think you should have a drink with me, bo-bandy.
Posted by: mr lahey at August 07, 2013 11:51 PM (9gNQd)
Get out of here, Fucky the Drunk Clown.
Posted by: Ray at August 07, 2013 07:55 PM (3VBXw)
In 2000, I had the great experience of spending about 10 days in Sydney. I was with a group of about 20 people and while we down there for a music conference, we certainly did your usual 'touristy' things. Like visiting a park where we could see koalas and dingoes.
I'm willing to bet the park employees would cheerfully put Meryl Streep in a dark room with a constant loop of "the dingo ate my baby" because that was about ALL we heard when we got to the dingo area.
Posted by: dwagyak at August 07, 2013 07:57 PM (vmuDB)
Posted by: Ricky at August 07, 2013 11:54 PM (aH+zP)
Randy, when a man like Alex Lfeson asks you to put a shirt on, you FUCKING put a shirt on!
Posted by: Bubbs at August 07, 2013 07:57 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: wtfl at August 07, 2013 07:58 PM (tgvJj)
Sanford-Townsend Band -- Smoke from a Distant Fire
http://tinyurl.com/4ywzdcj
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 07:58 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: The Political Hat, Prognosticator of Doom at August 07, 2013 07:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Been there, done that. I've been so embarrased and "slapped down" in the past that it took me exactly as long as it should for me to recover.
I've dusted my silly ass off, (after a week-or-so), lol, and told myself to live, love and learn. Not exactly in that order.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 07:59 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Keena at August 07, 2013 07:59 PM (M5qgo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 07:59 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jean at August 07, 2013 07:59 PM (CMlD4)
Sanford-Townsend Band -- Smoke from a Distant Fire
http://tinyurl.com/4ywzdcj
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 11:58 PM (m0h0I)
--I remember hearing that all the time on the car radio as a kid.
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 08:00 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 08:01 PM (T1005)
I wish they would put hour meters in cars. My commute is almost all highway. The hours running is more important than the miles to me (yes I've done the rough math and change at 8000 instead of 3000) But to have both numbers would be easy now so why not add it?
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 08:01 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 08:02 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 12:01 AM (T1005)
--Another for the hottie mugshot files.
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 08:03 PM (3VBXw)
Good to hear, and it sounds like it went smoothly.
My current car has over 160k miles, and I don't do anything special to it but change the oil every 5k using regular motor oil. It doesn't blow smoke, and does use a quart about every 3k; the same amount it used when I got it at 80k.
Really, that's all you need to do. Just change the oil religiously. And don't beat on it too much.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 08:04 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: wtfl at August 07, 2013 08:04 PM (tgvJj)
Posted by: The Hickster
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FWIW the new C-7 Corvette tells you how many RPM have been turned, thus a lot of time spent at high RPM (i.e., weekends at the track) will be evident. Installing an hours meter would be a fairly trivial thing, but how would you tell city miles from highway miles?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 08:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: mindful webworker phones it in at August 07, 2013 08:06 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Berserker at August 07, 2013 08:08 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: The Hickster
...truth. Folks need to research this shit because the manufacturer and the "Lube Stop" want you in there every 2 - 3,000 miles... lmao.
With synthetic oil and highway use, that's ridiculous!
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 08:09 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Ricky at August 07, 2013 08:09 PM (aH+zP)
In that super hot turbo bearing environment, the dead dino oils tend to start changing their molecular structure and depolymerize to shorter less slippery hydrocarbon chains, as well as oxidizing into sludge/crud. You wind up with a nasty brew of thick shit that doesn't actually lubricate very well.
The synthetics aren't even oil in the sense most people understand it. The most common ones are PAG's (Polyalkylene Glycol) and more resemble anti-freeze chemically than dead dino oil.
There IS a downside to synthetics -- they're extremely hygroscopic -- i.e. they suck up and absorb water like crazy. In most autos it won't be an issue if the engine is run often enough to boil the absorbed water out of the oil. In sealed commercial systems (like A/C units) the hygroscopic-ness isn't an issue.
If you were going to store a car for some years without occasionally running it, putting in some dead dino oil for the storage prep would be better.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 08:09 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: beavis at August 07, 2013 08:11 PM (9gNQd)
@ 432 [Slapweasel] -- Thank you! The biggest challenge was finding links. That took up most of the day. But I'm glad it turned out well enough escape the withering criticism of the Horde.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 08:11 PM (m0h0I)
holy crap, DDR, I looked at your ONT and thought, well, they just have some "awesome link warehouse" where they go and just pick a few. i am super impressed . . . and forever in your debt. this is an ONT for the ages, my friend. {golf claps}
Posted by: Peaches at August 07, 2013 08:13 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO
We mostly don't care, but some things are worth skimming. Some are worth reading, some are worthless. I skimmed it, went back on it and actually appreciated it.
If I didn't, I probably wouldn't have told you. So there's that. lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 08:14 PM (lq3Ak)
I found this National Review article to be a good read:
https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/353799/anti-che
As a bonus, near the end Mr. Rodriguez gives some insight into John F'ing Kerry. Ahh, to think about how easily Mr. Kerry breezed through those confirmation hearings to become our new SoS. Good times, baby.
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Yeah, I read that this morning. Good article.
Posted by: junior at August 07, 2013 08:14 PM (Quo7C)
Posted by: Ricky at August 08, 2013 12:09 AM (aH+zP)
Shit man, wtf, is it a Lamborghini with the Kate Upton model dick warmer installed? 8K...damn.
Posted by: Berserker at August 07, 2013 08:15 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Jean at August 07, 2013 08:16 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2013 08:16 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: The Dude at August 07, 2013 08:18 PM (vJdyz)
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What you do is you take a mallot, and then you take all your square pegs, and you just start indiscriminately pounding them in holes, irrespective of shape.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 08:18 PM (m0h0I)
By beat on it Ricky, I mean high rpms. Putting your foot in the (now nearly nonexistent) carburetor. Not frequency of use.
Purp, you raise good points on cars with turbos. I've always avoided those, myself. Also, smaller engines work harder so maybe synthetics are the way to go on them.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 08:19 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 08:19 PM (Vk2pI)
that's what I'm talkin' about . . .
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 07, 2013 08:19 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: The Dude at August 07, 2013 08:19 PM (vJdyz)
I could easily move to southern Brazil(Curitiba) or Barilloche,in the patagonia but my portuguese/catalonia is very weak. I DO think I could learn.
Posted by: free tibet at August 07, 2013 08:20 PM (eYcLs)
Dramatically simpler engine than this 98' Jetta III TDI with power steering, A/C, etc.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 08:24 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 08:24 PM (aH+zP)
At least Detroit can say that. when the Tigers move to the next city that is willing to suck a community out of its hard-earned tax dollars, perhaps I'll laugh then, about both cities.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 08:26 PM (lq3Ak)
This ONT calls to mind one of my favorite quotes:
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." I try to keep that in mind when dealing with difficult people - I never know what struggles or demons they are dealing with. (Which is not to say that jerks should be given a pass - sometimes you need to point out their jerk behavior - but try to do so in a way that encourages the jerk to change for the better.)
Posted by: biancaneve at August 07, 2013 08:27 PM (6bYlh)
Posted by: The Dude at August 07, 2013 08:27 PM (vJdyz)
None of my VW's (air or water cooled) I bought new or rebuilt an engine on ever did that...but I'm very fussy about their break-in period too.
I'll add maybe a pint over the course of 15k miles with this diesel.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 08:28 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 08:29 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at August 07, 2013 08:30 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: The Fapping Ghosts at August 07, 2013 08:30 PM (RkkOC)
Posted by: Thrawn at August 07, 2013 08:30 PM (KiyII)
@ 447 [Slapweasel] -- Well, I gotta tell ya, the first time I tried my hand at it was daunting, to put it mildly. It's not so nerve-racking now, but I still think of it as a challenge to come up with enough links and figure out a way to tie them all together. Makes for a pretty decent writing exercise, really.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 08:32 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Thunderb at August 07, 2013 08:33 PM (HhOPl)
About 15 years ago, the BH and I did a SCUBA diving trip to Fiji. Our first stop was Kadavu, then we went to Taveuni.
The hotel we stayed at in Taveuni was actually a failed Travelodge that had been picked up by a private party. It had a few non-Travelodge touches, like the geckos that would roam the walls and ceilings. Since they ate bugs, were totally harmless, and made little trouble, we didn't mind -- and there is nothing quite so funny as turning on the lights to your room and having startled geckos lose their grip on the ceiling....you'd hear this "thump, thump, thump" and maybe an occasional "scurry" if one landed on a piece of furniture instead of the carpeted floor. After the "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"-level of bugs we'd seen on Kadavu, we were in a forgiving mood.
Anyway, a couple of days after we arrived, a good-sized party of Australian travel agents showed up on a promotional junket -- after all, how are they going to convince clients that they'll have a rollicking good time if they haven't gone themselves and had a rollicking good time? And, of course, they showed up the next morning on the dive boat.
Nice folks, a bit boisterous.....but there were some changes to the dynamic of the dives. I think it was the first day out with these guys -- and one guy had lowered some monstrous 3'x3' underwater camera rig into the water and was tooling around with it....and we got to see a sea snake! For the record, they are really cool! -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0G0wmtilc -- you don't have to be subtle about coloration when you're more poisonous than most cobras.....neurotoxin, too -- you might not even make it to the surface before your heart stops.
Now, the rule in the water is generally "you don't mess with it, it don't mess with you" -- and, more to the point, being the aggressor is a great way to buy a slapdown. So when everyone else saw the snake, we swam over to take a look but didn't crowd it -- and tried to make it feel "at home" while we checked it out.
By contrast, the Aussies went and got the guy with the humungous camera, went in with the camera for close-ups, and when the snake darted away to hide in the coral, started trying to tug it out by its tail.
At this point, we figured a reasonably safe distance was maybe 25 feet away, 'cause the odds were that extremely annoyed snake might come rocketing out of the scrum and just chomp the first human it encountered afterward on general principles. And that really did change the dynamic of later dives.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 08:36 PM (T1005)
It's mostly leakage from a main seal and it's not worth the trouble to go in to replace the seals. And believe you me, I've had cars that did a LOT worse. I don't mind buying older cars with a few hiccups and running them until they puke. It keeps the cost per mile low (if you can work on them yourself).
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 08:40 PM (ccXZP)
The methanol in your tank is a bigger problem with engines that don't get regular use. All us northerners remember the HEET additive. It was methanol to suck up the water in the winter to prevent freeze in the lines. Any kinda used engine has different maintenance issues now with the methanol in most gas.
Oh and yes it will but it depends on what the sulfur is bound too since many sulfur compounds are great lubricants. So if the compound is tight no worries loose not so much.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 08:41 PM (RvMXe)
Glycol'ish things don't have sulpher atoms unless its something specifically added, and alkene'ish things don't either. So a poly (many) alkene glycol shouldn't have sulpher unless it was explicitly added for some reason.
Dead dino oils would probably have some trace amounts of sulpher because its in what comes out of the ground and is expensive to eliminate completely.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 08:41 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at August 07, 2013 08:45 PM (SwHqo)
At this point, we figured a reasonably safe distance was maybe 25 feet away, 'cause the odds were that extremely annoyed snake might come rocketing out of the scrum and just chomp the first human it encountered afterward on general principles. And that really did change the dynamic of later dives.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 12:36 AM (T1005)
if you think that was bad, Grim tells a great story about diving in Okinawa. One of the rules was Marines are NOT allowed to "Zipline" the watersnakes. Yes the poisonous ones. This means Catching one, they are pretty mellow, then squweezing the air out of them from tail to mouth so they have to swim up for air in a hurry. when they get back they are REALLY ANGRY, and will attack the next thing they see, usually swimming after the other Marines. Much to the hilarity of all till someone gets bit and dies.
Grim just couldnt figure out how that could be fun, or how much alcohol it could possibly take to change his mind that it could be.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 07, 2013 08:45 PM (r7Ddb)
Back to writing.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 07, 2013 08:46 PM (CzPap)
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 07, 2013 08:47 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 08:48 PM (di+Lf)
Shit. Now I have to go to work tomorrow.
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 07, 2013 08:48 PM (+9AX9)
The thing is, your typical drunk can't tell -- and probably wouldn't care if he could. So, they just go on being typical drunks, treating the waitresses like obedience dogs. And that has a way of reinforcing the tough time that the waitresses are trying to work through without showing it. So, there's a self-reinforcing nature to it, and it can really wear down the psyche.
So, when I go out to a place like that, I always operate from the assumption that the person waiting on me might very well be going to school and trying to take care of a sick child on her own.
Yes, we're all fighting great battles -- and very often on more than one front at the same time.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 08:48 PM (m0h0I)
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." I try to keep that in mind when dealing with difficult people - I never know what struggles or demons they are dealing with. (Which is not to say that jerks should be given a pass - sometimes you need to point out their jerk behavior - but try to do so in a way that encourages the jerkto change for the better.)"
Posted by: biancaneve
I would always be "disappointed" with people, without using the word until it was time to use the 'title'. The best bosses I ever had relied on me because I would work my ass off. THEY would let me know when it was time to relax. If I dragged-ass when things needed to be done, they were "disappointed" and I felt it.
I took that with me and had reasonable success in my own business. Employees would let me down from time-to-time, but I never fired them harshly, and without giving them a bottom-line reason.
I respected their foibles, but chided their negatives when it came to the company. If I called anyone, right now, that I ever fired from my place, they would greet me with a big "Hello!".
They knew why they were fired and they knew they could/could not get a reference from me. Argumentative folks, customers and employees always "got their say". If I reasoned with them, they were reasonable 98% of the time. If they wanted to get emotional, I would tell them that I was sorry that I might be wrong, but I thought I was doing the right thing. Reasoned. No emotional outbursts.
I save that shit for third-party observers/friends who can then tell me how fucked up I was; or how "it had to be done."
With family, it is harder. It is easy to revert back to being a scared and angry ten-year-old. I find that saying nothing and nodding within the family, (lest it be a health-issue; mental or otherwise), is the best course of action.
I'd rather be relied upon than be "right".
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 08:48 PM (lq3Ak)
So, if you didn't like Thirds, I take it you didn't cotton much to Fourth, Fifth, Six or Seven? Too jazzy?
I liked Concise British Alphabet, but the lyrics of the second verse were really hard to learn.
Posted by: comatus at August 07, 2013 08:49 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 08:50 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Marybeth at August 07, 2013 08:50 PM (KlJkL)
The infamous "Watch this shit." line followed by death/crippling injury.
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 07, 2013 08:50 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 08:56 PM (di+Lf)
From that post I could assume you are heartless. But having been in situations where my presence is useless I get it. You are conveying the good news and holding back a lot of the worry you have for your hubby and how this is affecting him. You can't help Hubby said I'll go alone and you are doing the best you can on a planed outing.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 08:58 PM (RvMXe)
Glad to hear she is doing well Marybeth, and my hope is that she continues to improve.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 08:59 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Marybeth
Thank you for the update, Marybeth. I thought it was a stroke of luck and/or a miracle when you first posted about it, but it seems that all is as well as it could have possibly been for such a horrific crash.
I'll continue to pray for a quick recovery and hope that your family's minds can be at ease. May God grant you ease from the fear of the worst.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 08:59 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 09:00 PM (Vk2pI)
Easy, man. Construct a "Jump-to-Conclusions" mat and occupy yourself for a moment ...lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 09:01 PM (lq3Ak)
Too old I'm going out with a bang.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 09:02 PM (RvMXe)
I did not have the context and was only saying I can even see without it that she cares but it could be seen differently.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 09:05 PM (RvMXe)
I might then purchase three newspapers and punch out each-and-every one of the editors, after I tricked them into signing a "pre-nup".
...fantasy. What a crazy and fantastic, (duh), place.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 09:06 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Masked Midnight Man at August 07, 2013 09:06 PM (u57y4)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 09:08 PM (OksBo)
No but I hope they know where my grandkids are.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 09:09 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 09:11 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: The Hickster at August 07, 2013 09:12 PM (RvMXe)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 09:15 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Progressive Educators at August 07, 2013 09:16 PM (Vk2pI)
For the most part I don't think my lifestyle and interests would change much. There's a few scientific research things I'd throw some bucks at, but the mansions and high lifestyle ain't anything this country boy is interested in.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 09:16 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 09:17 PM (m0h0I)
That's about all I can do now.
And I think it's gonna be a long long time.
And I think it's gonna be a long long time.
And I think it's gonna be a long long time.
And I think it's gonna be a long long time.
Over and out.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 07, 2013 09:19 PM (xjpRj)
I think we'll see another generation of metallurgy at some point in the relatively near future that uses more of the slippery ceramics than current gen stuff. That BAM ceramic shit is very impressive
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 09:19 PM (di+Lf)
I didn't, -because you didn't know any better and I didn't feel like shoving daggers up asses and twisting. You didn't do anything to deserve it, BTW.
Good Night, anyways.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 07, 2013 09:22 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Masked Midnight Man at August 07, 2013 09:25 PM (cK3Ih)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 07, 2013 09:25 PM (2qM95)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 09:27 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 07, 2013 09:29 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula_51 at August 07, 2013 09:30 PM (4p5/2)
Posted by: Masked Midnight Man at August 07, 2013 09:31 PM (cK3Ih)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 09:33 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 07, 2013 09:34 PM (2qM95)
Posted by: Masked Midnight Man at August 07, 2013 09:37 PM (cK3Ih)
Posted by: Masked Midnight Man at August 07, 2013 09:38 PM (cK3Ih)
Posted by: Masked Midnight Man at August 07, 2013 09:40 PM (cK3Ih)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 08, 2013 01:33 AM (m0h0I)
i just made Grim a Nectarine and blueberry betty with fruit from my white nectarine tree. if you are at loose ends looking for random stuff you dont have to want, thats always a good food item to want. that, and of course, peach cobbler...
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 07, 2013 09:41 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2013 09:42 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 09:44 PM (Vk2pI)
At this point, we figured a reasonably safe
distance was maybe 25 feet away, 'cause the odds were that extremely
annoyed snake might come rocketing out of the scrum and just chomp the
first human it encountered afterward on general principles. And that
really did change the dynamic of later dives.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 12:36 AM (T1005)
if you think that was bad, Grim tells a great story about diving in Okinawa. One of the rules was Marines are NOT allowed to "Zipline" the watersnakes. Yes the poisonous ones. This means Catching one, they are pretty mellow, then squweezing the air out of them from tail to mouth so they have to swim up for air in a hurry. when they get back they are REALLY ANGRY, and will attack the next thing they see, usually swimming after the other Marines. Much to the hilarity of all till someone gets bit and dies.
Grim just couldnt figure out how that could be fun, or how much alcohol it could possibly take to change his mind that it could be.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 08, 2013 12:45 AM (r7Ddb)
The BH and I did our dive training with Hank Ketels, a guy whose NAUI instructor number was something like 42....and the group of instructors and aides were quite diverse -- about half sound like what you're talking about, while the other half had a bunch of science-y types, some sportin' types, and a grab-bag of weirdos (like one who had sold his company a decade before and was just going to SCUBA the rest of his life).
You may recall that the BH is a big girl -- over 6', so we ended up getting her a custom wetsuit. Well, when you dive Monterey Bay, it doesn't take you long to go from "goddamned wetsuit flailing around cooking me from the inside....." to "Neoprene Is My Friend".....so she got a thick, custom, tall, curvy wetsuit.....which meant that she had to tote 42 pounds of lead to neutralize her buoyancy with it. Mind you, when you're on the surface......that's 42 pounds of lead.
So we went through the class and finally got to the final checkout dive....and things went poorly for her....and it was a couple of the gung-ho types that escalated that into her not passing (she did pass a couple of months later on round 2).
I'm going to go a little technical here.....a wetsuit keeps you warm by being insulating foam. When you measure its thickness at the surface, it has a volume 1 at sea level -- about 15 psi. If you went up to the top of Mount Everest, the air pressure is only about 5 psi, and the thickness of your wetsuit would just about triple -- which would serve you right, if you were crazy enough to wear a wetsuit on Everest. By contrast, every 33 feet you dive in salt water, you get another atmosphere's worth of pressure, so your foam at 33 fsw is 1/2, and at 66 it's 1/3 as thick as it was on the surface.
Now if you wrap yourself in foam, you understandably will bob like a cork because the foam displaces water and doesn't weigh very much -- so the accepted practice is to wear a weightbelt packed with lead to counteract the buoyancy. This wraps around your foamy bod.
Problem arises when you hit 33 feet -- the foam will have shrunk by 1/2, while the belt is still the same size. As you might imagine, this give the belt ample opportunity to start shifting around and getting into trouble -- which is what happened on the BH's checkout dive, especially as she had a lot of wetsuit/foam. So she was in some distress -- and rule #6 of SCUBA is: "Any distress is best dealt with on the surface." She took one of the gung-ho divemasters with her to the surface and started to try and repack herself. The divemaster said, "hand me your belt while you're flailing." So she did.....
Whereupon she popped out of the water by another five inches, the guy's eyes got large, and he disappeared from view. The divemasters, being extremely trim and cold-hardy, wore much thinner wetsuits and were used to weightbelts in the 16-25 pound range. He reacted in much the same way as someone treading water would if handed an anvil. To his credit, he managed to fight his way to the surface for a gasping breath and held himself there for a few seconds before ditching the belt.
After the rest of the class had completed their tasks, all the divemasters went out and did a search until they recovered the BH's belt, but it's hard to say someone successfully completed a checkout dive when they spent half of it on the beach. Kudos to the BH, though -- she stuck with it and nailed it down.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 09:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 09:44 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Ace's TARDIS at August 07, 2013 09:45 PM (cK3Ih)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 08, 2013 01:44 AM (m0h0I)
I thought I saw a raccoon out there earlier!
Posted by: and irresolute at August 07, 2013 09:47 PM (2qM95)
Posted by: concise man at August 07, 2013 09:47 PM (cK3Ih)
Howdy roonz and roonettez, in on break for a drive-by commenting.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 07, 2013 09:48 PM (xa1/W)
With my kids, but missing my husband, who went to Canada to look after his daughter. She's doing as well as can be expected, with her broken neck, vertebrates, eye socket, cheekbone - and a broken nose and rib too.
She is so fortunate to be alive, let alone to be doing so well.
and luckily we have a very good family friend who's a plastic surgeon, and he said he will take care of atever she needs in the way of of that kind of surgery.
My husband feels good enough about the situation to join us in Milan on Saturday for the rest of our European trip, which says a lot about how she is doing..
So there is a lot to be happy about.
Posted by: Marybeth at August 08, 2013 12:50 AM (KlJkL)
Thank goodness.....that accident sounded like a meatgrinder, and yet it sounds like she's coming out of it as if it were a bad football hit. Hopes and prayers up, and keeping fingers-crossed that the bulk of it heals in the first few.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 09:49 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 09:51 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Masked Midnight Man at August 08, 2013 01:06 AM (u57y4)
yeah, they're IN MY F'N HOUSE! which wouldn't be so bad except that they're grownups...one with a hubby and child.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 07, 2013 09:52 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 08, 2013 01:53 AM (m0h0I)
I have actually found that to be true with most things, much like bacon everything goes better with a ginger (especially bacon).
OK, back to work now. Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 07, 2013 09:57 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: concise man at August 08, 2013 01:47 AM (cK3Ih)
Late at night, I tend to reminisce....if you don't like it, don't read it. It's not like there's much else going on in the small hours.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 09:57 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 09:59 PM (T1005)
Around the Gnu place, the question is 'do you know where your parents are'? They stay out until 1 or 2 am at the casinos, and the standard rule is to never call them before 9 am.
Of course, I'm much more likely to be awake at 2 am than 2 pm, so I don't have much room to talk. You adapt, you improvise, you overcome.
Thank you gunny Highway.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 10:00 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 10:04 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 10:17 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 10:26 PM (OksBo)
He's just as entitled to a downstroke as any internal combustion engine.
I get more out of this place than I put in; the signal to noise ratio here is high. That's a hard thing to find.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 10:32 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Octopus at August 07, 2013 10:37 PM (ry/38)
Posted by: Octopus at August 07, 2013 10:40 PM (ry/38)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 10:42 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: Adriane ... at August 07, 2013 10:43 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Organic Non-GMO Free Range Hate at August 07, 2013 10:45 PM (+Ps3k)
Posted by: DAve at August 08, 2013 02:04 AM (OksBo)
546 cthulhu, I tried to post something for Tobacco to read before he scrammed the other night, no idea if he saw it or not.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 08, 2013 02:17 AM (sQ0LB)
Thing is, the Horde is comprised of people -- as is the Management and cob-loggers. And sometimes, a little cooling-off is a good thing. I've seen many beloved Horde members go -- and I've seen new ones come aboard -- and I've seen many of the departed return. I even know a few IRL
Unlike many other blogs, Ace doesn't [usually: b*l*a*z*e*r] permanently consign someone to be a nonperson, flushed down the memory hole. The place really is more than the sum of its parts -- you can even be on moderately hostile terms with the PROPRIETOR, who PAYS THE BILLS to keep the site on-air....and still be popular and appreciated -- so long as you don't get in his grill about it. It's a community. You can give Ace a total ration of shit about his movie reviews and nobody even blinks.....which, I'm sure, is somewhat due to the exhaustion inevitably felt by anyone reading an Ace movie review.....
Treacher, in a drunken moment, shit all over this blog and got himself banned a while ago....he'd probably be unbanned in a heartbeat if he asked. I keep hoping for arhooley to come back. You don't even have to undergo a Soviet-era show trial and confess your guilt -- you just have to concede that it wasn't the time to be doin' it.
And Jake and TR weren't even "hard banned" (SFAIK). They stumbled into an odd scene in this space and tried to apply some monkey wrenches to it -- things that might've worked well at other times.
Breitbart (PBUH) thought the Horde had the best comments in the blogosphere. I happen to think he was right. And it's tough to see good commenters go.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 10:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Octopus at August 08, 2013 02:40 AM (ry/3
Well said, and shorter -- but less full of nuancy goodness.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 10:52 PM (T1005)
Actually, I don't think Jim got hard banned, but was given a timeout.
PS I still read his stuff at the Daily Caller.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 11:02 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Adriane ... at August 07, 2013 11:04 PM (Wk9TK)
Hey all.
Just awakening from the night shift, day shift, off, 3 glass Red time space continuum...."Bitch'n" ONT.....
wish I could have plugged in sooner...with something intelligent and insightful....instead of "Groggy Bloggy"...
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 07, 2013 11:07 PM (lw8Rk)
Posted by: Adriane ... at August 07, 2013 11:09 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 11:12 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: DAve at August 07, 2013 11:16 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: Adriane ... at August 07, 2013 11:16 PM (Wk9TK)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 11:17 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 11:18 PM (m0h0I)
Actually, I don't think Jim got hard banned, but was given a timeout.
PS I still read his stuff at the Daily Caller.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 03:02 AM (ccXZP)
IIRC, he was hard-banned, but could still be quoted and discussed -- and reinstated, should he ever request such.....and I'd like to see that.
I also read his stuff at the Daily Caller. He's a good guy, intelligent, clued-in, and writes well......and got fuckamundo'd by some some dipshit clandestine government-entitled speed-racer that left him with horrible, permanent damage that makes me wince to think about -- which has left him very bitter.
But, here's the thing -- I love and respect and sympathize with the 'Jim Treacher' of the preceding paragraph....but some morons mentioned him in an offhand way on this blog and he proceeded to spill bile and vitriol all over *them* for the very-real injuries he had suffered from nameless government wanks.....which is Not Cool. Would make for a compelling "dark night of the soul" movie, perhaps -- but morons and moronettes are not actors.
And, having been there, Treacher amply deserved his bannination at the time. By the time it happened, it was a mercy. I don't believe that those banned with him deserved their fate, but can understand it in the interest of efficiency: "cleanup on aisle 556".
Again, though -- this blog has the most Catholic, "repent, and return to grace" policy that I know of in the blogosphere.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:21 PM (T1005)
560
Don't be,
A very fine job of it! Made me consider my own mortal coil with all the attached baggage and a deep desire to cut some dead weight of memory that keeps me firmly planted in the hole I've dug over the past decade.
It is, a very deep hole....and I do miss the light.
Your ONT makes me desire the light....
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 07, 2013 11:22 PM (lw8Rk)
Hair Net. Gloves. Work tee. Vacuum for dust.
Unfortunately adding bacon does not help.
Posted by: Adriane ... at August 08, 2013 03:04 AM (Wk9TK)
Happy happy birthday!
Happy Birthday
Adriane!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:22 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane ... at August 07, 2013 11:22 PM (Wk9TK)
I worked for free
You got a photo
Holy tomato
That's hot
Posted by: GnuBreed, getting in trouble with Adriane at August 08, 2013 03:13 AM (ccXZP)
There's a photo? Crap! WHERE????
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:24 PM (T1005)
Not an impressive leg-chair occupant.
Andrea Tantaros, on the other hand, makes me want to wright fan fiction. Truck-stop-book-rack-style fan fiction.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 11:24 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 11:25 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: DAve at August 08, 2013 03:16 AM (OksBo)
I was there, and I think he wildly over-reacted to ignorance. If everyone knew the backstory, I could agree that he was being treated like dogshit, but further exposition made it increasingly obvious that people didn't know the backstory.
If caught early on, he would have been "cooled" and nobody else would have been banned, but it kept notching up.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:29 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 11:38 PM (sQ0LB)
Yeah, for which he still can't receive justice. And I looked at the photos of the damage to his leg which he posted -- Fuck.
I agree with your premise that it is easier to get back into the graces here than anywhere else on the blogosphere.
A benevolent dictator, sort of. That's certainly not the worst combination of character traits to run into.
Ah well. Perchance, if I found myself permanently banninated I would still lurk here. Then I would have to have a heart to heart with myself; whether my morals and honor would allow me to post here under a different handle and hash.
The answer is most probably NO. Which is why I try and not offend the powers that be. Cuz I like commenting here.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 11:39 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2013 11:41 PM (LI48c)
That sad, I'm glad I at least gave you something to think about. Having dug myself into a fair number of holes over the years, I know it ain't easy to muster the desire or the will to climb out of them. For me, it came down to realizing that there are some situations in which the question of who was right and who was wrong is the least important consideration. After that, things got a lot easier.
I wish you the best and hope you find a way to come to proper terms with your situation soon.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 07, 2013 11:43 PM (m0h0I)
The answer is most probably NO. Which is why I try and not offend the powers that be. Cuz I like commenting here.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 03:39 AM (ccXZP)
Y'know what -- if you found yourself in such a predicament....I'd urge you to come back with your freak-flag flyin'. Ixnay on hiding, or even shame -- just go with "it didn't work THEN". Keep the nic, keep the attitude -- just let it bye when the time ain't right.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 03:41 AM (LI48c)
It wasn't the most graceful moment, I'll readily grant....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:46 PM (T1005)
permanently banninated I would still lurk here. Then I would have to
have a heart to heart with myself; whether my morals and honor would
allow me to post here under a different handle and hash.
The answer is most probably NO. Which is why I try and not offend the powers that be. Cuz I like commenting here.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 03:39 AM (ccXZP)
Y'know what -- if you found yourself in such a predicament....I'd urge you to come back with your freak-flag flyin'. Ixnay on hiding, or even shame -- just go with "it didn't work THEN". Keep the nic, keep the attitude -- just let it bye when the time ain't right.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 03:44 AM (T1005)
I believe there are a couple who have been banned under previous names and have come back using other names. And unless they are a true troll like palin steele, it tends to be no big deal because they've stopped engaging in the asshole behavior that got them banned the first time.
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2013 11:47 PM (LI48c)
Eh, my opinion is that blue on blue is mostly wasted energy. During the height of the Paterno scandal I would have gladly gutted Russ from Winterset like a fish, along with other commenters who suggested that the barbed cock of Satan might be more to my liking since I was defending him by decrying a rush to judgment--and I believe his widow has a pending lawsuit against Louis Freih (sp?) to that effect. I don't think I'll ever volunteer to buy Russ a drink, but I've forgotten who else was involved and moved on.*
*FTR, I was once accused of an inappropriate exam on a patient by a nurse--not because she felt that I molested the child, but she was uncomfortable with what I was doing. It was quickly resolved in my favor, but it has given me a certain skepticism towards instant judgment on such matters.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 07, 2013 11:47 PM (sQ0LB)
Er, that was my poetic way of requesting one, or it didn't happen.
Sorry to get your hopes (euphemisms much?) up.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 07, 2013 11:47 PM (ccXZP)
made some bourbon shrimp rice. Really came out good. anybody want some?
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 03:45 AM (PlzOe)
I get really tired trying to pour bourbon into those little tiny mouths.....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 03:47 AM (LI48c)
There are definitely some who got banned under their names and came back with the same name....and most of the time, THAT was no big deal.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 03:48 AM (T1005)
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I opened a shrimp strip club. They do it to themselves.
Posted by: jc at August 07, 2013 11:50 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 03:50 AM (PlzOe)
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didn't take too long to end up with a room fulla shrimp pimps. we can't have anything nice for long.
Posted by: jc at August 07, 2013 11:52 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 03:48 AM (T1005)
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I opened a shrimp strip club. They do it to themselves.
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 03:50 AM (PlzOe)
Just as long as there's no karaoke -- I hate it when arthropods start doing pop songs.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2013 11:52 PM (T1005)
I think of some of the ONT's....vague though my memory is now,
We can and have over the years, much to our host's horror, spun into some truly epic f-5 vortices of human/keyboard discourse.
It never starts out that way.......but this is THE,
ACE OF SPADES HQ COMMENT SECTION.......never underestimate...
ever!
(would put smiley face here but, fonts, symbols and margin/color fonts deleted after epic ONT of.......)
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 07, 2013 11:55 PM (lw8Rk)
stuff like: "if I said you had a beautiful exoskeleton would you hold it against me."
Posted by: jc at August 07, 2013 11:55 PM (PlzOe)
stuff like: "if I said you had a beautiful exoskeleton would you hold it against me."
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 03:55 AM (PlzOe)
I can't wait to see you shed that skin.
Posted by: buzzion at August 07, 2013 11:57 PM (LI48c)
stuff like: "if I said you had a beautiful exoskeleton would you hold it against me."
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 03:55 AM (PlzOe)
"When you were molting, I wouldn't be able to tell if you were hotter before or afterwards."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 12:00 AM (T1005)
The pimp says "But I voted for the Jug Eared Fuck!" The shrimp, wisely, keeps quiet and gets served.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 12:02 AM (ccXZP)
Shrimp pickup lines are a thing to behold ---
stuff like: "if I said you had a beautiful exoskeleton would you hold it against me."
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 03:55 AM (PlzOe)
"When you were molting, I wouldn't be able to tell if you were hotter before or afterwards."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 04:00 AM (T1005
"I might look like I'm the size of a krill--but where it counts, I'm hung like a prawn."
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 08, 2013 12:03 AM (sQ0LB)
592 Shrimp pickup lines are a thing to behold ---stuff like: "if I said you had a beautiful exoskeleton would you hold it against me."
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 03:55 AM (PlzOe)
I can't wait to see you shed that skin.
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 03:57 AM (LI48c)
Since most morons who have picked up on "shrimp pickup" have gone into molting, how 'bout "Gallifreyan pickup" with "regeneration"?
I'll start: "Oh, baby, baby -- your incarnation will always give me a thrill."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 08, 2013 12:04 AM (T1005)
The area where we were working was one of the few remaining structures that hasn't been demolished. A hangar that was previously use for the US version of Top Gear. The logo was still on the doors Monday but had been painted over by the time I got there Tuesday morning and thought to get a picture.
The main hangar space is fine. They brought in a bunch of car tuning equipment and some furniture to lounge about on. But the office areas off to the sides were horrific. Various windows have been left open or broken, along with all of the roof access hatches. This meant a large population of pigeon had taken to nesting there and producing prodigious piles of guano. Mixed with that is dust so thick it can best be called regolith. Like on the Moon.
We had to go in there to get to the roof to set up a Clear WiMax modem with an external antenna made by a guy in Hawaii. This, when it eventually worked, got a 5 down, 1 up signal that we could feed into a number of Ruckus WiFi APs to provide coverage within the hangar and the surrounding area during setup. During the main event there will be a 150 Mb microwave link that we'll distribute to where the main events will happen.
Naturally, since it was highly desirable to do this as quickly as possible, nothing worked the first time or at all in the chosen location, and it became a two day task. The building itself was blocking the signa, so we had to go to the other side to position the modem but our other gear needed to stay where it was because the APs were already placed and working. So we went to the other upstairs side of the hangar and it was actually worse. The gagging got to me at one point and I had to step into an office to throw up.
Not a big problem as the entire building is due to be demolished in a few months and nobody is likely to notice that I added part of my lunch to the miasma of pigion shit and dirt. The new placement for the modem worked, so we positioned Ubiquiti point-to-point radios at windows in the corridor overlooking the main hangar space. These same type of radios will be used for bringing the microwave relay bandwidth to the main event areas and to either Ruckus or Xirrus WiFi gear to reach the attendees.
It would have been a fairly ordinary job for us, if not for the post-apocalyptic condition of the upstairs.
Posted by: epobirs at August 08, 2013 12:07 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 08, 2013 12:10 AM (sQ0LB)
This is not a common conversational gambit in most pron flicks.
Then again, I don't watch much shrimp pron.
Mostly because I am a speciesist.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 12:11 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 12:18 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 08, 2013 12:19 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 08, 2013 12:20 AM (m0h0I)
Holy Shit!!!!
Here we go......
I'm taking a seat in the Loge section behind the plate (thank God for will-call)
"Hot-Dogs anyone??"
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 08, 2013 12:26 AM (lw8Rk)
Rule 34.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 04:27 AM (ccXZP)
so there's porn about... porn conversation?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 08, 2013 12:31 AM (9GG/0)
>> Wait--there's actual conversation in pron?
Rule 34.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 04:27 AM (ccXZP)
so there's porn about... porn conversation?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 08, 2013 04:31 AM (9GG/0)
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it's like a self portrait of a guy painting a self portrait. and there is pron about that, too.
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 12:33 AM (PlzOe)
Fulgate of the Starkweather homicides being badly injured is now trending I find. The first teeny-bopp pint sized killer of America.
Three winning Powerball tickets were sold. One in Minnesota, perhaps AllenG took a chance while on vacation? Two were sold in New Jersey - Acme Markets #7858 in Little Egg Harbor and Super Stop and Shop in New Brunswick. These three tickets will split a $448 million annuity.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 12:35 AM (CzPap)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 08, 2013 04:31 AM (9GG/0)
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it's like a self portrait of a guy painting a self portrait. and there is pron about that, too.
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 04:33 AM (PlzOe)
ooo baby I just love your dangling participle
I'm gonna split your infinitive all night long
Posted by: chemjeff at August 08, 2013 12:38 AM (9GG/0)
So....now that I am fully awake...not that it means a DAMN FUJELLY....
wait....um....that was....This IS the Michael Moore Twitter Feed.......yes?
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 08, 2013 12:50 AM (lw8Rk)
Oh this movie is not political they claim. Its not political to them because this is how they think the world is, this is their version of Truth. So yes there is Elysium where a few can live in perfect comfort and perfect health who jealously guard such. And then there is the rest of the world that suffers.
Then there is this picture of Damon I am looking at. It is the District 9 augmented Matt Damon. He is looking desperate and is clutching this BFG that has in big crisp white letters CHEMRAIL on the side. Really?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 12:50 AM (CzPap)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 12:59 AM (CzPap)
Classes begin Thursday in the Francis Howell district. Nearly 2,600 students from the unaccredited Normandy and Riverview Gardens districts in St. Louis County are leaving for better-performing schools in Howell and other districts after a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling upheld such moves.
"The apprehension is still there," Gratta said. "A lot of the parents feel their children's education will somehow be lessened."
The wave of upcoming student transfers is opening old wounds and reviving difficult public conversations about race, class, income inequality and other thorny social problems that many thought - or at least hoped - has been set aside decades ago. Students at the two troubled district are predominantly black, with the schools and communities they're headed to largely white.
http://tinyurl.com/m8w4r92
In a related note, I ran into a movie called Detachment on Netflix. It's a tale abut an inner city school system and is quite well done. It's not my usual fare, but it wound up in my queue somehow and didn't disappoint. There are some biggish names in the flick (James Caan, Lucy Liu) but they are minor players.
Sorta depressing, but sorta uplifting as well.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 01:02 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 08, 2013 01:04 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 04:59 AM (CzPap)
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meanie.
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 01:07 AM (PlzOe)
The Wendy's did try for sure,
Had the meal most times when I was heading for the Observation Area at Van Nuys Airport. They have a speaker set up where you can listen to the tower freq. calling the take-offs and landings and the pilots calling in for clearance.
Yup, more bacon would have made it better....maybe some grilled onions
always loved the cherry on top of my shake though......
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 08, 2013 01:08 AM (lw8Rk)
Nah, it's always on life support at this time of night. Yeah, I won't watch Elysium. Fuk Damon. I won't do anything to support that shithead. Some actors are soo toxic to me that I refuse to watch anything new they do.
It's their free choice to open their mouths and show their ignorance; it's mine to deprive them of income if I can.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 01:09 AM (ccXZP)
So yall go to the movies still? Yer just too smart for me.
Posted by: NCwoof at August 08, 2013 01:11 AM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 08, 2013 01:14 AM (lw8Rk)
James Cameron has the rights to make a live action version of a manga and anime called Battle Angel Alita. Floating above a junkyard Earth is an island city where the elites live in perfect health and serenity. It is a capital offense to try and reach the city. The city dumps its garbage on the junkyard below. There is a boy Hugo who wants to reach the city, his older brother tried in a hot air balloon and was broken up into organs.
Here is the 55 minute anime OVA from 1993 dubbed into English. There is brief nudity, yeah she has a better body than Jody Foster. Violence. Explosions. Martial arts. And more violence and explosions.
http://youtu.be/IeVznLn0ZFI
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 01:22 AM (CzPap)
WHAT!!!
Somebody say pictures of Jody Foster NAKED??
Link please.....
WHAT?? Jody Foster is into girls????
"Sigh!!!"
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 08, 2013 01:27 AM (lw8Rk)
Nah, it's always on life support at this time of night. Yeah, I won't watch Elysium. Fuk Damon. I won't do anything to support that shithead. Some actors are soo toxic to me that I refuse to watch anything new they do.
It's their free choice to open their mouths and show their ignorance; it's mine to deprive them of income if I can.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 08, 2013 05:09 AM (ccXZP)
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Fuck 'em. It's your money. You don't owe them a damn thing.
You know the really stupid part is there is a long known thing in theater/film called 'suspension of disbelief.' You have to be willing to not notice it is fake to enjoy the production. So, when those assholes spend all his free time saying truly stupid shit, they destroy their own craft cuz they make it impossible to suspend disbelief about their character -- all you can think is "there goes that asshole again" -- rather than believing in their role.
Posted by: jc at August 08, 2013 01:29 AM (PlzOe)
Now for some strong music that will get the windows rattling while being retro cool. From Japan the group Superfly and their song Beep!!
http://youtu.be/izOOizwXfnY
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 01:36 AM (CzPap)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScfUfsUlGro
I know the writer had a different time and audience in mind, but damn if this doesn't fit how I feel about SCOAMT
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 08, 2013 01:45 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 08, 2013 02:05 AM (2qM95)
And so, with furtive glances eastward, the last of the night-walkers anticipate the coming dawn, and the oft heard cry as the day approaches:
Unleash the Vic!
Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 08, 2013 02:33 AM (sQ0LB)
Why else would anyone come here at this time?
Well, I suppose someone might be eager to see Gabe's Daily RNC Talking Points, but I consider that unlikely, and it's too early for the regular (over)dose of Weiner and Filner.
So Vic it is. Fortunately.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 08, 2013 02:43 AM (kaGpp)
HELLLLOOO!!!
It's still DARK here..........so.....
The bars are still open....someswhere round here...
Posted by: Richard...who cares at August 08, 2013 02:52 AM (lw8Rk)
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Posted by: BarakaTarkata at August 08, 2013 08:09 AM (si4cu)
I wonder if I can set off Jeff B in a predictable manner on a new thread today.
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 09:38 AM (LI48c)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 06:00 PM (HVff2)