May 26, 2013

Reminder: Planetary Triangle Tonight
— CAC

Just a reminder on a slow weekend: look up after sunset. West/northwest, to be exact:

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h/t to cob rdbrewer for the Space.com link.

I tried to find that eclipse scene from Fifth Element, but, alas, some things just aren't on youtube. Anyways, clear skies to you tonight!

Posted by: CAC at 02:19 PM | Comments (427)
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1 I'm lazy, sorry, but how high up in the sky am I going to have to look? Have to figure out whether I can stand in the yard or go out to the main road.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 02:17 PM (K+I6z)

2 Well, darn. WNW. I've got a mountain in the way right there.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 26, 2013 02:18 PM (1Y+hH)

3 if its not SMOD then I dont care

Posted by: alec at May 26, 2013 02:20 PM (usWYv)

4 If you can see a bright "star" 25 minutes after the sun sets in the West, you've got enough clearance. It should start to appear at least two handswidths from the horizon. That star is Venus, and Jupiter+Mercury will then apear above it, forming the triangle. No need for dark skies either. All three planets will be bright enough to see from even a city center.

Posted by: CAC at May 26, 2013 02:20 PM (bhwyg)

5 Thanks, CAC!

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 02:23 PM (K+I6z)

6 im kidding CAC . I know you do alot of work to bring us this cool stuff ( even though you were to lazy to find the eclipe scene from fifth element HAHA ! )

Posted by: alec at May 26, 2013 02:23 PM (usWYv)

7 Sunning myself in the backyard right now. Hoping to pass from 'white as death' to 'eggshell'. Forward! P.S. Thanks for the reminder!

Posted by: jmel at May 26, 2013 02:24 PM (9tSXa)

8 Maybe if I walk South across the park can get a good angle. Nice and dark out there too.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 26, 2013 02:25 PM (1Y+hH)

9 I'm holding out for a planetary foursome.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 26, 2013 02:25 PM (4cRnj)

10 Indycar had a nice real-time animated display showing each car's position on the track. Nascar has an app for that but it's like $50-$70. Per season. It's actually really nice. Great way to get a quick overview of the race and where your drivers are. Not worth the money. But nice.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 02:27 PM (R+6Q+)

11 CAC, are you talking about the evil planet thing from Fifth Element?

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 02:30 PM (Wl/Ht)

12 CAC will personally be observing from Ganymede.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 26, 2013 02:30 PM (dg4lO)

13 I got nothing, except if you want to see the cutest Patriot in the world, hop over to Gateway Pundit, and that's my wife in the pink, carrying the flag...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 26, 2013 02:31 PM (VVBLA)

14 Wasn't there a post on this earlier, or yesterday? One that told me I was in a poor viewing area for this?

Posted by: teej at May 26, 2013 02:33 PM (L7JQT)

15 This thing http://tinyurl.com/p2on4jv

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 02:34 PM (Wl/Ht)

16 That's just mean talking about my triangle like that.

Posted by: Rosanne Barr at May 26, 2013 02:38 PM (dKV5k)

17 Beware the crop duster coming from north by northwest.

Posted by: Cary Grant at May 26, 2013 02:39 PM (els09)

18 It's cleared up here. I set my alarm to go off at 8:28 and I will go look outside. I do not have binoculars. I hope I can see with my own eyes and the app I have on my phone, NIght Sky.

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 02:40 PM (z4WKX)

19 Fifth ElementDimension: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE

Posted by: Arbalest at May 26, 2013 02:43 PM (6GY0z)

20 Just got my tripod back. I'll see if I can get some pics for the incarcerated/institutionialized morons so they can share in the wonder.

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 02:45 PM (Wl/Ht)

21 OT but right on for Memorial Day - watch "Taking Chance" if you can. HBO has it. It is so moving it will take your breath away.

Posted by: Die Trying at May 26, 2013 02:47 PM (R0WL7)

22 teen, yes I believe it was last night's ONT that pointed out where the bad area to view are. I am near Boston. I'm not sure if it was cloud cover or just a bad view. We'll have to watch and see. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 02:50 PM (z4WKX)

23 It is so moving it will take your breath away.

Posted by: Die Trying at May 26, 2013 06:47 PM (R0WL7)


Very well done flick, I had trouble believing it was done by Hollywood!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 26, 2013 02:50 PM (Cnqmv)

24 Fifth Dimension? I'm guessin' if it keeps on the subject this post it starts something like When the moon, is in the seventh house And Jupiter, aligns with Mars Then peace, will guide the planets And love, will steer the stars

Posted by: teej at May 26, 2013 02:51 PM (Nsomq)

25 More triangle.

Posted by: Bruce Dickinson at May 26, 2013 02:51 PM (KrRnU)

26 I would but the sky is all cloudy. Freaking weather.

Posted by: chris at May 26, 2013 02:52 PM (LWiW8)

27 Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus. The fourth, fifth, and sixth holiest sites in islam.

Posted by: Director NASA Islamic Outreach Program at May 26, 2013 02:54 PM (U2UQk)

28 teen? Well isn't that sweet of you. Near Boston? Sorry to hear about the run of bad luck. I guess you do have better access to seafood though.

Posted by: teej at May 26, 2013 02:55 PM (L7JQT)

29 Planets. How do they work?

Posted by: That Guy at May 26, 2013 02:57 PM (vj51i)

30 Ménage à trois

Posted by: Tricornered Hats at May 26, 2013 02:58 PM (MhA4j)

31 Teej-I have a Mac and it auto corrects me. I typed in teen the first time and it changed it to teen. It just did it again. I think the first word is Teej-it looks that way. I'm sorry. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 02:59 PM (z4WKX)

32 CAC-Do I need binoculars? Thank you, Carol

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 03:03 PM (z4WKX)

33 Oh Carol, just havin' a little fun with ya. There's nothing to apologize for. This old man took it as a compliment. And if you're the 'ette that was living with some pain awhile back from a bounce on your backside, I hope you're all better now.

Posted by: teej at May 26, 2013 03:04 PM (L7JQT)

34 Teej-Yes, I did have fractured tailbone. It took four months but it's finally better. Thank you for asking.

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 03:05 PM (z4WKX)

35 #32 Bino's will definitely ENHANCE the experience, but no. All three will be visible to the naked eye. Their closeness to each other makes it especially easy to find them. This will be the CLOSEST grouping of worlds until 2026.

Posted by: CAC at May 26, 2013 03:06 PM (bhwyg)

36 Let's see, Mercury is a burning cinder, too close to the Sun to ever sustain life. Jupiter is a frigid 'gas giant' too far from the Sun to ever sustain life. Venus has horrific temperature and atmospheric pressure and extremely doubtful it could sustain life. This attempt to explain this basic science is our foremost mission; to improve relations with the Muslin world.

Posted by: Director NASA Islamic Outreach Program at May 26, 2013 03:06 PM (U2UQk)

37 Glad to hear it lady! Meant to ask the other night but shied off not being sure if it was you. Memory ain't what it used to be.

Posted by: teej at May 26, 2013 03:09 PM (L7JQT)

38 Early OT but, DRUDGE REPORT ‏@DRUDGE_REPORT 45m IRAN: Saudi King Abdullah Clinically Dead... http://drudge.tw/10zJjJS

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 03:11 PM (piMMO)

39 Thanks for the reminder, CAC. The kids probably won't think this is as cool as i will, but i'll make them come out to see it anyway. At the rate they're going, they'll be wearing their "get along shirt" and the neighbors will get a laugh.

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 03:12 PM (TwyVT)

40 I was just reading about Ed Driscoll's butt. I imagine this view would be an improvement.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at May 26, 2013 03:13 PM (QTHTd)

41 I had three planets align like that once....   ONCE!

Posted by: James T. Kirk at May 26, 2013 03:17 PM (/jHWN)

42 >>> I was just reading about Ed Driscoll's butt. Was he arrested for wearing a thong at Myrtle Beach?

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2013 03:17 PM (z9HTb)

43 Thanks CAC. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 03:19 PM (z4WKX)

44 Any chance on them colliding? Please.

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 03:27 PM (Wl/Ht)

45 That's no planet. That's my wife.

Posted by: Obi Wan Dangerfield at May 26, 2013 03:27 PM (KrRnU)

46

Pretty cloudy to the west here. The only star I can see here at the minor league ball game this evening is Jose Canseco. He's the player/ coach and the DH tonight.

 

Well really he's just some orbital space junk. And he just hit an infield fly out.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 26, 2013 03:29 PM (z+Xap)

47 Just downloaded 'Star Walk' for iPad. Pretty damn cool. Although, if I can't find it with this I suck.

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 03:30 PM (Wl/Ht)

48 The planetary alignment is pretty cool actually. Unfortunately it's cloudy skies here in hobo heaven. I'll have to experience it vicariously

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at May 26, 2013 03:40 PM (QTHTd)

49 You can have trees, or a view. But not both. The closest I'll get to seeing that threesome from my house is in that video. But thanks, CAC. I get out every once in a while, and catch a spectacular view when I least expect it. Like the moon-rise two nights ago when I was walking out of retail store with a great big sky view. The moon was the biggest I've ever seen it, being refracted through that much atmosphere while low in the sky and very little humidity here.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 26, 2013 03:45 PM (4Mv1T)

50 48 I can't breathe because of the light pollution. Posted by: Low Information Voter at May 26, 2013 07:34 PM (vbh31) Hey, it's better than heavy pollution.

Posted by: Another Low-Information Voter[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 26, 2013 03:50 PM (qyfb5)

51 Yeah I'm in Tobacco Road's boat, no view, lots o' trees to the west.  Oh well.  I do have beer, so after a little bit, I'll be seeing my own stars.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 03:50 PM (BBWjt)

52 And I can't tell if I am hearing the rumble of thunder or a neighbor has a howitzer...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 03:54 PM (HdtPo)

53
Planetary triangles cause autism, and glaucoma. I'll be protecting my family tonight with vegan fare, aroma therapy, and ritualistic chanting. Hopefully it will be enough before the gov recharges my Obamaphone minutes.

Posted by: Low Information Voter at May 26, 2013 03:55 PM (0IhFx)

54 Planetary triangles cause autism, and glaucoma. I'll be protecting my family tonight with vegan fare, aroma therapy, and ritualistic chanting. Hopefully it will be enough before the gov recharges my Obamaphone minutes. *** Jenny McCarthy, is that you?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 03:56 PM (piMMO)

55 Or its Wakefield killing more innocents with his lies.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 03:58 PM (HdtPo)

56 55 Planetary triangles cause autism, and glaucoma. I'll be protecting my family tonight with vegan fare, aroma therapy, and ritualistic chanting. Hopefully it will be enough before the gov recharges my Obamaphone minutes. *** Jenny McCarthy, is that you? **** Planetary triangles are like vaccines...duh!

Posted by: Jenny McCarthy at May 26, 2013 03:58 PM (I3sbu)

57 At Rehoboth Bay in Delaware with clear skies and no visual impediment to the west - should be able to see this just fine. The fun will be trying to point it out to the other, and more inebriated, folks at this dinner.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at May 26, 2013 03:59 PM (WxJTH)

58 Does this mean that our President might dissolve into a pile of dog shit?

Posted by: Mandrill Redass at May 26, 2013 03:59 PM (lT6go)

59 59- That would be a wonderful event!

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 04:04 PM (z4WKX)

60 Good job, Fox! One of the cables on your overhead camera falls onto the racetrack, gets underneath several cars causing damage, and causes a red flag in the NASCAR race.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:05 PM (K+I6z)

61 Serious fuck-up with Nascar -- the cable for the fancy Sprint Unlimited handing camera that can zip around the track -- fell on the track and wrecked the leader and several other cars in the top 10. Fox Sports fuck-up, I think. They are the ones running the camera system. Damaged like half the top 10 cars.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:06 PM (R+6Q+)

62 Good job, Fox! One of the cables on your overhead camera falls onto the racetrack, gets underneath several cars causing damage, and causes a red flag in the NASCAR race. *** No way!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 04:07 PM (piMMO)

63

There's a Western  Conference Semi-Final  Game 6 on tonight...

just sayin'.

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 04:07 PM (3mMDl)

64 O come come now, Vendette, Michael Waltrip has just spent 5 minutes telling you it wasn't a cable, it was a rope. A nylon rope. That bottle of pop probably caused more damage is the takeaway here!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:08 PM (zrlmb)

65 There's a Western Conference Semi-Final Game 6 on tonight...

Ice the Heat.  Lol.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at May 26, 2013 04:09 PM (hO8IJ)

66 Nascar is lucky that cable wasn't whipsawed into the stand. It *sliced* thru Kyle Busch's car. Could of freaking decapitated somebody in the stands.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:09 PM (R+6Q+)

67 OT: http://preview.tinyurl.com/nkwbm5f Mohammed Abbas of Sweden said of recent events, "In the old days, the neighbourhood was more Swedish and life felt like a dream, but now there are just too many foreigners". That's not very multicultural of him.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 26, 2013 04:09 PM (qyfb5)

68 O come come now, Vendette, Michael Waltrip has just spent 5 minutes telling you it wasn't a cable, it was a rope. A nylon rope. That bottle of pop probably caused more damage is the takeaway here! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:08 PM (zrlmb) Oh, I've noticed that Waltrip et al have been doing some backside covering and NASCAR backside-kissing during this delay. I'll be flipping to the hockey game soon and looking for stars in about an hour!

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:10 PM (K+I6z)

69 So Fox Sports just broke the Nascar race. This is like the overhead camera falling on the QB in the middle of an NFL game.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:10 PM (R+6Q+)

70 Fox admitted it -- eventually. The drivers get a piss break at least.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:11 PM (R+6Q+)

71 PBS has a Memorial Day concert co-hosted by Gary Sinese.

Posted by: Madamex at May 26, 2013 04:12 PM (n1NXA)

72 OT
 I hope this is a load of BS.  If not there will be no Tommy at all.
http://tinyurl.com/nvyayo6

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 04:12 PM (HdtPo)

73 No the camera didn't fall, just the guide rope. I am laughing SO hard, Vendette, listening to Wallace and Waltrip making lemonade out of this. But it wasn't the camera, I have to admit that! The real tragedy is that it didn't do any more damage to the Tony Stewart car. And driver.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:12 PM (zrlmb)

74 Aaaaand, right on schedule the clouds arrive. Oh well!

Posted by: Y-not at May 26, 2013 04:14 PM (5H6zj)

75 Anna, that was from last year. They tried, but there was significant backlash. They dropped it.

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 04:15 PM (doBIb)

76 Ha. The only frickin' cloud in the sky is blocking where it should be. And some trees. Damn you Gaia!

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 04:15 PM (Wl/Ht)

77 Could of freaking decapitated somebody in the stands. *** Not according to the Mythbusters guys who are, of course totally full of shit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 04:15 PM (piMMO)

78 Camera fiber. A mere wisp of camera fiber, you worry warts you.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:16 PM (zrlmb)

79 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:12 PM (zrlmb Why the Tony hate?

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 04:16 PM (Wl/Ht)

80 I don't want anything that can tear through sheet metal like that near my neck.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:16 PM (R+6Q+)

81 I am laughing SO hard, Vendette, listening to Wallace and Waltrip making lemonade out of this. ____ The crews got to repair stuff! They're tickled pink!

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:16 PM (K+I6z)

82 My neighbor has been trying to start a charcoal grill with a hair dryer for the last half hour.  Went through a whole jug of accelerant.  I'm pretty sure that's not how fire works, but I'm not going out there because I'm still a little embarrassed Satan's Little Helper attacked his stupid rat dog that shits in my yard last month (also proud.  very proud. my cat's a badass.).

My insurance is paid up, at least.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at May 26, 2013 04:17 PM (hO8IJ)

83 MW just made lemonade out of Hamlin fracturing his back -- all the rehab has increased the length of his drives in golf! That's some good spin.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:18 PM (R+6Q+)

84 One of the cables on your overhead camera falls onto the racetrack

Someone will be out to fix it between 8 and 4 on Wednesday.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at May 26, 2013 04:19 PM (hO8IJ)

85 Fox did finally apologize for, you know, breaking the race.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:19 PM (R+6Q+)

86 That was a dog?

Posted by: Satan's Little Helper at May 26, 2013 04:19 PM (cvk3j)

87 Wow, the NASCAR backside-kissing is really something.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:20 PM (K+I6z)

88 And they just compared this snafu to the lights going out at the Super Bowl.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:21 PM (K+I6z)

89 reports on twitter that some fans were injured.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:22 PM (R+6Q+)

90 They got to eat and repair stuff and by God this is gonna make the race better. I will say to made it more interesting. Baseball and NASCAR, with Gid as my witness, you never know what you're gonna get. This is no dern different than when the doggone lights went out at the Super Bowl, y'all. Michael lipsed it just now, so I know its true.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:22 PM (zrlmb)

91 unconfirmed reports at this stage, of course.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:22 PM (R+6Q+)

92 My neighbor has been trying to start a charcoal grill with a hair dryer for the last half hour. Went through a whole jug of accelerant. I'm pretty sure that's not how fire works, but I'm not going out there because I'm still a little embarrassed Satan's Little Helper attacked his stupid rat dog that shits in my yard last month (also proud. very proud. my cat's a badass.). *** You can't be serious. Has the dude ever heard of matches? If not, then I suppose there's no way he's ever heard of a coal chimney.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 04:23 PM (piMMO)

93 Gid, really autocorrect? WTF is a Gid?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:23 PM (zrlmb)

94 I like MW. He's a kiss-ass and a giant fruit, but I like him. He's Nascar's Big Gay Al. Ideally he'd sing show-tunes during cautions.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:24 PM (R+6Q+)

95 Fastest lap of the night, y'all. Thank God that wee little string fell on the track.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:25 PM (zrlmb)

96 Waltrip: The drivers are probably happy about this! They went from sunlight to dusk during the break! Time for hockey.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:25 PM (K+I6z)

97 EC, I put nothing past the Washington Weasels.

Could always suggest they rub two sticks together.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 04:26 PM (HdtPo)

98 I'll tell you what, y'all, I think they oughtta take and throw 200 foot of rope out on the track from here on out. Every gawt damned race, because MAN, it has really done these boys a favor.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:26 PM (zrlmb)

99 Hi fun people. Vendette sounds like some mistakes were made over at fox Hi Anna. Hi heather. I think you are wise to be away from the firmakers. It doesn't sound like its going to end well. I went to a BBQ today, I feel like crap now.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 04:27 PM (qPCAa)

100 some of the cable fell in the stands. Jim Utter is a motorsports reporter. On twitter he says a girl got slashed across the face.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:27 PM (R+6Q+)

101 Oh I love Michael, I swear I do. I have been told he pulls more female ass than half the current drivers, even though he seems queer as Dick's hatband to me.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:27 PM (zrlmb)

102 Wait...a hair dryer, really?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:28 PM (zrlmb)

103

OT/

Get rid of Obama care 56% > 34%

 

10% don't know what the question means ?

Posted by: seamrog at May 26, 2013 04:28 PM (xYh7z)

104 95 My neighbor has been trying to start a charcoal grill with a hair dryer for the last half hour. Went through a whole jug of accelerant. I'm pretty sure that's not how fire works, but I'm not going out there because I'm still a little embarrassed Satan's Little Helper attacked his stupid rat dog that shits in my yard last month (also proud. very proud. my cat's a badass.). *** You can't be serious. Has the dude ever heard of matches? If not, then I suppose there's no way he's ever heard of a coal chimney. The mental image is priceless though.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 04:29 PM (qPCAa)

105 All the overhead camera rigging at every NFL stadium will probably be checked this week.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:29 PM (K+I6z)

106 100% clouds tonight. Not fair! I would ask about tomorrow night but we have rain predicted the next few days, so oh well.. Thanks anyway, CAC!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 26, 2013 04:30 PM (UTq/I)

107

>>>Wait...a hair dryer, really?

 

 

Maybe their charcoal got wet?

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 04:30 PM (3mMDl)

108 84 My neighbor has been trying to start a charcoal grill with a hair dryer for the last half hour.  I believe it. My neighbor asked where he could get a barrel to burn his sticks like i do, so i brought him a 55 gallon drum. I cut the top out and drilled nice big vent holes - he now has a newer / better barrel than i do. a week goes by, then he asks how to start a fire in it. He's burned off a few gallons of gasoline trying to burn 3 green twigs he picked up. I think i should do his family a favor and take the drum away.

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 04:30 PM (TwyVT)

109 On the positive side, this is proof that Nascar isn't rigged. At least at the camera-level.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:31 PM (R+6Q+)

110 The trouble with these international events is that they attract foreigners /s

movie reference?

Blower works ok for charcoal, no petrol smell in the food.

Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at May 26, 2013 04:31 PM (Okbzt)

111 LOL, garrett! Surely we'll be able to see this configuration a few days more? I mean, Jupiter doesn't move that fast, or we around her, right?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:31 PM (zrlmb)

112 Yeather, Tell your neighbor to use some dryer lint. I here that's real flammable

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 04:32 PM (qPCAa)

113 Heather that sounds like a Gary Larson 'Far Side' cartoon.

"How morons light a grill."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 04:32 PM (HdtPo)

114 You know, it could be the glass of wine I just downed in like 45 seconds, but that ad for Sleepy Hollow on Fox just now looked pretty kick ass.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 04:32 PM (Gk3SS)

115 EC, I put nothing past the Washington Weasels. Could always suggest they rub two sticks together. Anna, it was such a bad idea that Jon Stewart himself lit into the WH for their asshattery. That was all they needed.

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 04:33 PM (doBIb)

116 *refills AlextheChick's glass with more wine*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 04:34 PM (HdtPo)

117 Yeather. Come on autocorrect where are you when I really need you? Doh!

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 04:34 PM (qPCAa)

118 AtC, I am not drinking and I thought the same thing. I think it's that gorgeous Brit's accent. It made me tingle in my lady bits.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:34 PM (zrlmb)

119

On the Me Frong - 4 min. to Chicken Parm.

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 04:34 PM (3mMDl)

120 Tell your neighbor that hair dryer and accelerant ain't going to do a thing on that gas grill. But it will make him more aware of global warming.

Posted by: pat at May 26, 2013 04:35 PM (LLHgu)

121 frong frang frung

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:36 PM (R+6Q+)

122 Thank you, Anna *sips this one slowly*



AtC, I am not drinking and I thought the same thing. I think it's that gorgeous Brit's accent. It made me tingle in my lady bits. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:34 PM (zrlmb)


Gorgeous Brit lopping off Big Bad's head with a sword.  I'm in.


I also really appreciated the deputy all wtfingf this is nuts!


I also love the handwave yeah yeah yeah we're making Ichabod Crane time travel.   Why?   Because we can bitches!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 04:36 PM (Gk3SS)

123 Seriously want to avoid using gasoline for starting fires. I had the gas can caught fire once and only once.

I had a pile of brush, mostly cedar the size of a Suburban accumulated. I dosed it with some old gas because it was damp out.  Well ,the fumes filled the pile, and when I lit it it sucked the flame in and there was a big woof and a mushroom cloud arose and went 300 feet high. I was just petrified the fire dept would see it.

Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at May 26, 2013 04:37 PM (Okbzt)

124 The way he said broadaxe...his voice got all deep and shit... *quivers*

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:37 PM (zrlmb)

125 Summer is here!

Memorial Day weekend violence erupts across city of Chicago

http://tinyurl.com/ntov7pl

Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2013 04:38 PM (mCvL4)

126 *clears throat* Broadaxe.... No?

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 04:38 PM (doBIb)

127 Bill, my freaking neighbors did that with a mattress. And we are 20 miles from a fire department!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:39 PM (zrlmb)

128 Dear Pacers:

I don't ask much of life, I really don't.   But if you could make Lebron cry?   That would be aces.


Hopeful and stuff, alex

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 04:39 PM (Gk3SS)

129 I posted up thread about King Abduallh being clinically dead. Another change-up in ME rulers. Sure. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 04:40 PM (piMMO)

130 EC, three quivers and take 10 for Gryffyndor!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:40 PM (zrlmb)

131

Broadaxe.... 

 

Greatsword

Posted by: Ned Stark at May 26, 2013 04:40 PM (3mMDl)

132 Dear Pacers: I don't ask much of life, I really don't. But if you could make Lebron cry? That would be aces. Hopeful and stuff, alex Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 08:39 PM (Gk3SS) Amen, sister! *Hands AtC another glass of wine*

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:40 PM (K+I6z)

133 *cheers*

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 04:40 PM (doBIb)

134 King Abdullah has been out of it for a good long time hasn't he? Or is he the one that was Regent for the one who's been out of it?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:41 PM (zrlmb)

135 Cool, Bill.

Next time use Diesel as an accelerate. The stuff just quietly burns compared to Gasoline.

Posted by: Kristophr at May 26, 2013 04:41 PM (wYVte)

136 Had Abdullah actually been running things? Well, at least there's only 5,000 in-bred princes with a legit blood claim to the throne.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:41 PM (R+6Q+)

137

*cheers*

 

 

Night Court!

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 04:42 PM (3mMDl)

138 So.... When does the fun start?

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 04:42 PM (doBIb)

139 My goodness, Ned... two quivers, a moan, and 15 for Slytherin. If this keeps up I shall have to sidle on up to Thor.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:43 PM (zrlmb)

140 10 fans injured by the cable. 3 had to be taken to the hospital. Not clear how serious.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:43 PM (R+6Q+)

141 King Abdullah has been out of it for a good long time hasn't he? Or is he the one that was Regent for the one who's been out of it? *** Abdullah is still the king.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 04:44 PM (piMMO)

142 Talk about a need for hand waving.  Barbara Eden puts on her I Dream of Jeannie attire at age 78.  Then she makes a terrible mistake, she blinks Bill Clinton onto the stage.  Did I mention screaming?  I meant to.

http://tinyurl.com/pvurmpx

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 04:44 PM (HdtPo)

143 7 were treated and released by medical staff at the track.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 04:45 PM (R+6Q+)

144 126 Thank you, Anna *sips this one slowly* AtC, I am not drinking and I thought the same thing. I think it's that gorgeous Brit's accent. It made me tingle in my lady bits. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:34 PM (zrlmb) Gorgeous Brit lopping off Big Bad's head with a sword. I'm in. I also really appreciated the deputy all wtfingf this is nuts! I also love the handwave yeah yeah yeah we're making Ichabod Crane time travel. Why? Because we can bitches! This sounds like the best show ever. Did you ever catch that werewolf show?

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 04:45 PM (qPCAa)

145  I was outside town, a small one, but still only 1.5 miles from the FD

Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at May 26, 2013 04:46 PM (Okbzt)

146 I thought there was one named Fisel that was actually in charge. Mind you, I have no idea where that is coming from; EC and Ned and the Brit have got me all addlepated.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:46 PM (zrlmb)

147 Oh gawt dang it, is Kenseth out? Thor has the TV muted now.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:47 PM (zrlmb)

148 I couldn't see anything. There are too many clouds and trees. If it wasn't so cold out I may have walked up the street to the park. Who was going to put pictures here for us? Thank you.

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 04:48 PM (z4WKX)

149 Well, hell, I thought they showed him smoking in to Pit Row, and how he's in the lead.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:48 PM (zrlmb)

150 Hi AtC!  how are you this fine evening?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 04:48 PM (BBWjt)

151 No sky-watching around here tonight.  It's pouring and we're under a flash flood watch. 

Go, Danica!

Posted by: creeper at May 26, 2013 04:49 PM (/WYQ0)

152 This sounds like the best show ever.

Did you ever catch that werewolf show? Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 08:45 PM (qPCAa)


I did!  I didn't totally binge view, I watched it over about a week.  It's Twin Peaks ala Eli Roth.   Since I like both of those thing, I enjoyed it.   I found the people complaining about it being gothic to be hilarious since it's based on a book that is explicitly neo-gothic.   It's kind of like all the people shocked that Apocalypto was so violent.  Yes, because a movie about the Mayans would never ever be violent.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 04:49 PM (Gk3SS)

153 I'm actually drinking tonight if you can call it that, Milwaukee best premium beer. Can't get anything strong in Tx. Used to brew my own in Canada, but its cheaper than soda here.

Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at May 26, 2013 04:49 PM (Okbzt)

154

Bearded B-I-L picks up can of "lighter fluid" to get charcoal grill started.

 

Unmarked can was " duplicating fluid" now known as

 

Beard-Be-Gone,

 

Thankfully no other injury than his beard and pride.

Posted by: seamrog at May 26, 2013 04:49 PM (xYh7z)

155 Oh goody, the classic Doctor Who episode has Nyssa and Adric.  Even with preppy Peter Davidson with a stalk of celery on his lapel.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 04:49 PM (HdtPo)

156 Alexthechick, I was shopping for movies at Walmart and I came across this one, and thought of you

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659216/

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 04:50 PM (BBWjt)

157 Garrett, do you want company? Where do you live? I'm kind of hungry.

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 04:50 PM (z4WKX)

158 New evidence supporting SMOD's role in the Younger Dryas climate cooling and extinctions: http://tinyurl.com/nj42vnq

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 04:50 PM (sdi6R)

159 There is a restive non native population in Saudi that the Native Saudis have always been very wary of. They treat them all like shit and oppress the ever living crap out of them. If they ever step out of line they will be smacked down but good. They (the Saudis) fund the jihadis and madrassas but they are smart enough to do it in countries other than SA.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 26, 2013 04:51 PM (jucos)

160 I just stepped outside and saw it! Yay! It's still a bit light to the west so I can't take pictures yet.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 04:51 PM (K+I6z)

161 Alexthechick, I was shopping for movies at Walmart and I came across this one, and thought of you http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659216/ Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 08:50 PM (BBWjt) -------------------------------------------------------- The only thing that would make it better would be clowns!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 26, 2013 04:54 PM (jucos)

162

Montana.  There's plenty of chicken parm to go around. 

 

 Plenty of dishes to clean, too...

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 04:54 PM (3mMDl)

163 Hi AtC! how are you this fine evening?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 08:48 PM (BBWjt)


*waves*  I'm well and yourself?


Oh hello, full Sleepy Hollow trailer.  http://youtu.be/1hFg9qS_u3w

It's so very very very kind of Fox to make a show for me personally.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 04:56 PM (Gk3SS)

164 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 08:49 PM (Gk3SS) Why would anyone complain about something being gothic? What was it called? I will try to find it somewhere.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 04:56 PM (qPCAa)

165 lol

AlextheChick.  Conservative Monster and I were in Rothe Valley in Neverwinter.  Mission kill dark elves and phase spiders.

So Conservative Monster says, "I hate spiders."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 04:56 PM (HdtPo)

166 Yeah, gasoline as an accelerant is suicidal. I know a guy that poured gas from a small can onto a lit fire because "it ain't big enough" and he's lucky to be alive. can caught, he was engulfed, burned most of his body. He will never be even 60% physically the same. for the love of god, people, use pine cones to start the fire.

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 04:56 PM (TwyVT)

167 All y'all a re BBQing tis weekend, while I am trying to perfect some taco recipes. Best one so far, a cross between carne asada and fajitas, marinated in red wine, with a jalapeno and cilantro pesto/salsa type of thing.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 04:57 PM (zrlmb)

Posted by: The Cramps at May 26, 2013 04:57 PM (3mMDl)

169
Sock theft is punishable by up to 3 years in the barrel.

It...ummm....wasn't me.

Posted by: Lwo Ifnormation Ovter at May 26, 2013 04:58 PM (0IhFx)

170 Went to the national shrine for mass today. They have an enormous American flag hanging from the bell tower. It was a stunning site to see it rippling and billowing in the wind.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 04:59 PM (qPCAa)

171 Best one so far, a cross between carne asada and fajitas, marinated in red wine, with a jalapeno and cilantro pesto/salsa type of thing. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:57 PM (zrlmb) And will you share this with the others on this fine blog?

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 05:00 PM (K+I6z)

172 Had a friend in grade school that tried to make his caps (remember cap guns?) louder and/or more explosive. Poured gasoline on the roll of caps and hit the roll with a hammer. He stared himself and the garage on fire. Burned over 90% of his body.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 26, 2013 05:01 PM (jucos)

173

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:57 PM (zrlmb)

 

I've always wanted to make Carne Seca, but I'm freaked out by leaving  the meat to cure in the sun.  I used to love that shit when I lived in Tucson.

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 05:01 PM (3mMDl)

174 LOL!!! Horseman's first vic after waking up is none other than the Kurgen himself! How's that for irony? There can be only one!

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 05:02 PM (doBIb)

175 In a moment of unquantifiable stupidity I one poured gasoline from a can directly onto a fire.  The flame traveled up the gas stream and denuded my arm before I managed to fling the can into the next county. 

Happily, it was only a gallon can.  I'da been SOL if it had been any bigger.  Will.  Not.  Do.  That.  Again.

Posted by: creeper at May 26, 2013 05:03 PM (/WYQ0)

176 I'm still having trouble seeing Uranus. It will never get old.

Posted by: JT in KC at May 26, 2013 05:04 PM (BzpY3)

177 AtC I'm doing okay, I am working on some calculations (and drinking beer) and I think I have figured out this problem that has been nagging me for the past week, so I'm cautiously optimistic

plus, beer

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:04 PM (BBWjt)

178 175 Best one so far, a cross between carne asada and fajitas, marinated in red wine, with a jalapeno and cilantro pesto/salsa type of thing. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:57 PM (zrlmb) And will you share this with the others on this fine blog? Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 09:00 PM (K+I6z) Vendette, if Tammy al Thor will share this recipe, I will make this for you. It sounds awesome.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 05:05 PM (qPCAa)

179 Childhood games - go to storm drain/tunnel, have friend go downstream while you and your buddy are upsteam, pour gas in flowing creek, IGNITE, LYAO while friend is scampering up the sides to avoid wall of flames. Good time.

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 05:05 PM (Wl/Ht)

180 so how is Danica Patrick doing?
has she wrecked yet and is she now back at the clubhouse having a relaxing bubble bath with her female crew chiefs?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:05 PM (BBWjt)

181

Ouch....one of my daughter's friends. :/  She's going to live, but her face is going to be scarred forever.

http://tinyurl.com/pwz44uf

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 05:05 PM (0IhFx)

182 chemjeff, I knew what that was going to be without even clicking the link.


Why would anyone complain about something being gothic?

What was it called? I will try to find it somewhere. Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 08:56 PM (qPCAa)


Hemlock Grove, the series is a Netflix original and I think it's streaming only.  It's completely over the top and ridiculous and isn't anything close to being internally consistent.   But it gives me nekkid nekkid Landon Liboiron so I'm inclined to feel positively towards it.  I'm amused that this is the second werewolf that he's played.  

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 05:06 PM (Gk3SS)

183 I am watching George W on Foxnews. It is clear that unlike Barky the closet Socialist, Bush was a moral man. We have an immoral, amoral man in the Oval Orifice. And I never really liked Bush. Neither Bush, honestly.
I don't look forward to the coming darkness nor the bloodshed, but even so, let it come sooner than later, in hopes we can lance this wound and begin the righting of things...if they can be made right again...
 

Posted by: sandman will resist at May 26, 2013 05:06 PM (zxaA2)

184 chemjeff, I knew what that was going to be without even clicking the link.


heh AtC just know that whenever I see an arachnid, I think of you

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:07 PM (BBWjt)

185 Could you help me balance my checkbook? Oh, wait...

Posted by: Low Information Voter at May 26, 2013 09:07 PM (vbh31)


Sorry, I don't do math with imaginary numbers

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:08 PM (BBWjt)

186 AlextheChick. Conservative Monster and I were in Rothe Valley in Neverwinter. Mission kill dark elves and phase spiders.

So Conservative Monster says, "I hate spiders."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 08:56 PM (HdtPo)



Heh.   I was rep grinding the other day in WoW and, yup, best source of rep was spiders.   It's possible I was swearing a lot.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 05:08 PM (Gk3SS)

187 garerett, I know what you mean. And the amount if salt for a real carne asada recipe is staggering! Elizabethe and Vendette, I will absolutely share, gimme a sec. I think I have shared it before, but I have never used it for tacos.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:08 PM (zrlmb)

188 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 09:06 PM (Gk3SS) Cool thanks. I have teh Netflix. Plus all my shows have ended for summer so I need something to watch during ironing. This is really the golden age of television.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 05:09 PM (qPCAa)

189 mmm carne asada.... with bacon

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:10 PM (BBWjt)

190 Vendette, if Tammy al Thor will share this recipe, I will make this for you. It sounds awesome. Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 09:05 PM (qPCAa) Yay! Chemjeff, it was nice knowing you, since I assume the ravages or an emu in a box will soon arrive at your doorstep.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 05:10 PM (K+I6z)

191 The sequester is the fault of the Republicans, and because of the sequester bridges across America are failing. Our infastructure is failing and you can blame it on the Republicans. So NASCAR fans, that camera cable failure is all the GOP's fault!!!!!!

Posted by: Sen Chuck Schummer, D-Dickhead at May 26, 2013 05:10 PM (BXLPR)

192 Very important Moron information;

90's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models, Then and Now

http://tinyurl.com/ae89a57

Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2013 05:11 PM (mCvL4)

193 I just went out and saw the planets. They were all down in the trees, but I managed to move around a bit until I could see all three at once in between the leaves. I had to use binoculars, though. I could only see Venus with the naked eye. I probably could have seen them all if not for the trees.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 05:11 PM (sdi6R)

194 OT but right on for Memorial Day - watch "Taking Chance" if you can. HBO has it. It is so moving it will take your breath away. Posted by: Die Trying

One of my co-worker's nephew wrote the movie.  You need lots of tissues to get through it.

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 05:11 PM (EAgmr)

195 Okay - i can't see the triangle yet. East coast (VA). No clouds, and I'm using CACs 2 hands above the horizon rule... How long is this supposed to last?

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 05:12 PM (TwyVT)

196 Chemjeff, it was nice knowing you, since I assume the ravages or an emu in a box will soon arrive at your doorstep.

That's not an emu, the label on the box says "bacon", and it's a really big box of bacon.... let me see what's inside...



AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:12 PM (BBWjt)

197 Problem with long races like this -- race is only half over and only 1/3rd of the field is still on the lead lap.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:13 PM (R+6Q+)

198 204 Problem with long races like this -- race is only half over and only 1/3rd of the field is still on the lead lap.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 09:13 PM (R+6Q+)


yeah but with enough wrecks and ill-timed pit stops that will change

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:13 PM (BBWjt)

199 Shredded chi, Venus is the most visible (it sits about the level of a 3-story house). Mercury and Jupiter are above it, Mercury almost directly above, and Jupiter to the left but quite faded.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 05:14 PM (K+I6z)

200 Garlic marinade: 1/2 C dry red wine 2 T fresh squeezed lime or lemon juice 2 T minced or pressed garlic 2 T brown sugar Salt 1 pound flank steak Cilantro Salsa: 8-10 garlic cloves (I add more, but start with this) 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped fresh cilantro 6 fresh jalapenos ( take seeds out if you're wimpy) 1 T fresh squeezed lime or lemon juice Salt Marinade the steak two hours, at least (I do it overnight) Thor grilled it, then I sliced it up in strips like fajitas. I used homemade (not by me) flour tortillas and topped with the pesto mixture. I also had Thor grill some green onions and had some with just the onion and cilantro, but the pesto was super good. We really liked it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:14 PM (zrlmb)

201 202 Okay - i can't see the triangle yet. East coast (VA). No clouds, and I'm using CACs 2 hands above the horizon rule... How long is this supposed to last? Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 09:12 PM (TwyVT) Not long. They're getting lower by the minute.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 05:15 PM (sdi6R)

202 Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2013 09:11 PM (mCvL4) ----------------------------------------------------------- I would hit them all so hard their mothers would suffer migraines for weeks afterwards

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 26, 2013 05:15 PM (jucos)

203 I kinda want Paul Menard to do well, because I relly enjoy shopping at Menard's

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:16 PM (BBWjt)

204 Omg I love carne Asada more than bacon and chocolate. heresy, I know. I'm dying to make some now.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 05:16 PM (qPCAa)

205 Thanks, Vendette. I'll try again. Emu in a box? Now all i can think of is that Justin Timberlake "junk in a box" video... Thanks.

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 05:16 PM (TwyVT)

206 198 Very important Moron information; 90's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models, Then and Now http://tinyurl.com/ae89a57 Sacred honor compels me to say I've had all of them.

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 05:16 PM (doBIb)

207 Its as simple as this: for all his faults, George Bush loved his country and being an American. On the other hand, Ogabe hates his country, despises being an American and is determined to tear down what he is charged with protecting.

We have a fraud, infidel, communistic empty suit in the White House, quite likely from fraud, at that,

The wound needs lancing or it will be the death of this nation.

Posted by: sandman will resist at May 26, 2013 05:17 PM (zxaA2)

208 I want more dumb gimmicks. Give em points for leading at the halfway mark. Or even 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4ths. I'm fine with fake debris cautions to bunch of the pack near the end, too. They already do some dumb gimmicks. Points for leading a lap and leading the most laps. I want more dumb gimmicks.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:17 PM (R+6Q+)

209 Elizabethe, this isn't a carne asada recipe, but I think you'll enjoy it!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:17 PM (zrlmb)

210 Bunch of teenagers are shooting off mortar rounds next door. The cats are not pleased.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 05:18 PM (sdi6R)

211 Thanks Tammy! Drools.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 26, 2013 05:18 PM (qPCAa)

212 Not long. They're getting lower by the minute. Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 09:15 PM (sdi6R) You're right. I just went back outside and they've dropped quite a bit. The house is pointing almost due north so I have to stand on the street and turn halfway to the west to see it.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 05:19 PM (K+I6z)

213
90's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models, Then and Now

Kathy Ireland turned into Kurt Russel in drag.

The rest have weathered remarkably well. I'd still have to check their teeth though....and by 'teeth', I mean....well, you know what I mean.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 05:19 PM (0IhFx)

214 Hey look, it's more fake debris!

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:20 PM (BBWjt)

215

Elle McPherson

...brb

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 05:21 PM (3mMDl)

216 105 Oh I love Michael, I swear I do. I have been told he pulls more female ass than half the current drivers, even though he seems queer as Dick's hatband to me. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 08:27 PM (zrlmb) First daughter of his was to some "previous" relationship, and when he and Buffy split up, she supposedly caught him on the vinegar stroke with some chick in the hot tub at their house. And it wasn't the first time. If you told me that someone in NASCAR was coming "out of the closet", I honestly would have sworn it would have been him, but it will probably end up being someone like Jimmy Spencer or Ward Burton. I just don't think I could ever imagine Sterling Marlin as gay.

Posted by: MrCaniac, Now Known as Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at May 26, 2013 05:21 PM (BXLPR)

217 Hey look, it's more fake debris! Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 09:20 PM (BBWjt) It's not our fault! We swear!

Posted by: Fox Sports at May 26, 2013 05:22 PM (K+I6z)

218

Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2013 09:11 PM (mCvL4)


thank you for sharing that

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:22 PM (BBWjt)

219 Tammy al-Thor - that looks like a deeelish recipe.

Thanks!

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 05:23 PM (EAgmr)

220 #186  Plastic surgery can work miracles.   Your daughter's friend's relatives should make sure she is seen by one as quickly as possible,  if that hasn't been done.  She may have had a preliminary consult in surgery,  which would be good as he would have advised on the first stages of repair or even done it himself.

Emotional scarring,  that is a different thing.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 26, 2013 05:23 PM (GoIUi)

221 What is the diff between "clinically dead" and plain old "dead"?

Posted by: navybrat at May 26, 2013 05:24 PM (MCvta)

222 the last NASCAR race I went to, the guy sitting behind us used to be a security guy for the track, and he was telling some stories about Kasey Kahne.. apparently he gets a whole lotta ass

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:24 PM (BBWjt)

223 You know what is better than the car wash scene from Wild Things?   The car wash scene dubbed in French.


http://youtu.be/YsAJascay3I


Never say I don't give you nice things, Horde. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 05:24 PM (Gk3SS)

224 Tammy, thanks for the recipe, I will try that next time I have some flank steak

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:24 PM (BBWjt)

225 sigh. look at you people.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:25 PM (Z9EHQ)

226 [

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 09:24 PM (Gk3SS)[/i]


thank you mmmmmm

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:26 PM (BBWjt)

227 Elizabethe, just don't overcook the meat. You want it nice and juicy! McCraniac, none of this current crop of racers is ragingly masculine; of course, as a rule they're usually on the smallish side anyway. Never really the sexy type of guys, but they at least all used to have plenty of personality. Not so much any more.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:27 PM (zrlmb)

228 The rest have weathered remarkably well. I'd still have to check their teeth though....and by 'teeth', I mean....well, you know what I mean. Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 09:19 PM (0IhFx) --------------------------------------------------- They have teeth down there? No wonder why my momma told me to stay away from them.....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 26, 2013 05:28 PM (jucos)

229

How do you say Denise Richards in a wet t-shirt in French?

 

 

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 05:28 PM (3mMDl)

230 Just stepped outside again and the triangle is gone from my vantage point, so indeed it lasted less than an hour.

Posted by: Fox Sports at May 26, 2013 05:28 PM (K+I6z)

231 You know what is better than the car wash scene from Wild Things? The car wash scene dubbed in French. Maurice Sendak had a car wash scene?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:28 PM (Z9EHQ)

232 Off, Fox Sports sock! And check your cables!

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 05:29 PM (K+I6z)

233 Just stepped outside again and the triangle is gone from my vantage point, so indeed it lasted less than an hour. Posted by: Fox Sports at May 26, 2013 09:28 PM so she closed her curtains?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:29 PM (Z9EHQ)

234 Oh, y'all it is a really good recipe, you're gonna love it! It is not mine, by the way, it came from a book of James McNair's, I believe. This one is from Beef. I have most of them, from when I was a new bride ( ie, they're old!) and they are all pretty darn good.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:29 PM (zrlmb)

235 Evening Horde. AtC, I don't even need to click on that, it's permanently etched in my memory.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 05:29 PM (GEICT)

236 How do you say Denise Richards in a wet t-shirt in French? Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 09:28 PM ho, ho, ho

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:29 PM (Z9EHQ)

237 Yankee!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:30 PM (zrlmb)

238 It may be that so many Americans prefer this fraud, this bald faced f*cking Liar in office, that we do not merit further survival as a complete nation.

It Maybe that secession and regrouping as a smaller, more viable nation is the inevitable end. I hope and pray this is not so.

For whatever may come, however it plays out, I will remain patriotic to the old school vision of our great nation, a devotee of our once cherished traditions. I forever reject the "new America" and its hatred of everything that made our nation great and the beacon of freedom and liberty that it remains.

I have no children, so my life is mine to expend as I see fit. I likely will not live out a very long life. If so, so be it.

Let.It.Burn.

Happy Memorial Day.

Posted by: sandman will resist at May 26, 2013 05:30 PM (zxaA2)

239 Miss Tammy!

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:30 PM (Z9EHQ)

240 Apparently Charlotte might lose a race. Nascar is hurting when they can't even get fans to show up to Charlotte. Bruton Smith wants to move the 2nd date to Vegas.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:30 PM (R+6Q+)

241 How do you say Denise Richards in a wet t-shirt in French? Ooh là là.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 26, 2013 05:31 PM (HwAiz)

242 How do you say Denise Richards in a wet t-shirt in French? Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 09:28 PM le skank?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:31 PM (Z9EHQ)

243 Bowyer and Edwards aren't small. And Stewart is masculine in a crotchety old man sorta way.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:32 PM (R+6Q+)

244 I second what sandman says. I am childless as well and don't know how all y'all with babies are keeping from going ballistic.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:32 PM (zrlmb)

245 Ok the planetary triangle is nice.  But when do the planets alrign so we can summon our demonic dark lord bringing forth 1000 years of pain on the planet?

Posted by: Some guy in a black robe holding an old book at May 26, 2013 05:33 PM (LI48c)

246 Went down to the pier and saw the three planets. Thanks for pointing them out and identifying them. Probably the first time I've ever seen Mercury and known it.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 26, 2013 05:34 PM (Upa1B)

247
    Little difficulty seeing the triangle here.  Maybe peering between the raindrops will help.

    Glad to see the rain, my lawn wasn't growing quickly enough anyway.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 26, 2013 05:34 PM (SAMxH)

248 Ok the planetary triangle is nice. But when do the planets alrign so we can summon our demonic dark lord bringing forth 1000 years of pain on the planet? Posted by: Some guy in a black robe holding an old book at May 26, 2013 09:33 PM guess you missed it, that was on November 6

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:34 PM (Z9EHQ)

249 How do you say Denise Richards in a wet t-shirt in French? Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 09:28 PM ============================ .

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at May 26, 2013 05:34 PM (jucos)

250 Oh no, there are some big guys, for sure, but there are more runts than otherwise. (My husband is 6' 5", so my perspective maybe skewed!) I am not a Tony Stewart fan!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:35 PM (zrlmb)

251 Finally saw them. Right beside the streetlight that flicked off at the percect time. Luckily, the sequester has caused the city to leave this bad bulb in place.

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 05:35 PM (TwyVT)

252 Sandman - Sweden, GB, as well as other nations are finding out that "Multiculturalism" and "Diversity" aren't working out so well even when you pay these people.

Question is, will they have the balls to reclaim their country?  All of the islamic protesters with their "Behead Infidels" signs should be rounded up and deported back to whatever hell hole they came from.

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 05:35 PM (EAgmr)

253 guess you missed it, that was on November 6 Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 09:34 PM (Z9EHQ)



Gimme a sec.   glugglugglug


Okay, next glass of wine gone in 45 seconds!   brb getting bottle.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 05:36 PM (Gk3SS)

254 guess you missed it, that was on November 6 Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 09:34 PM (Z9EHQ) Thread winner!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:36 PM (zrlmb)

255 another wreck - Dale Earnhardt Jr. caused it

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:36 PM (BBWjt)

256 I agree too many runts. Though I like both Stewart and Gordon and both are short. Stewart makes up for it with girth and orneriness.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:36 PM (R+6Q+)

257 Crap. Too hazy to see the planets tonight.
I have however, readied the 'big' 4'x6' flag for tomorrow.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 05:37 PM (aDwsi)

258 "Sex scenes that leave nothing to the imagination..."



http://tinyurl.com/ogu5frb

Posted by: EC at May 26, 2013 05:38 PM (doBIb)

259 AtC, I don't even need to click on that, it's permanently etched in my memory. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 09:29 PM (GEICT)


But this time it's in French!


That movie has one of my favorite end lines ever.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 05:38 PM (Gk3SS)

260 cj, was it jr's car that blew the engine?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:38 PM (zrlmb)

261 262 guess you missed it, that was on November 6 Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 09:34 PM (Z9EHQ) Thread winner! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 09:36 PM (zrlmb) I was going to say November 4, 2008.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 05:38 PM (sdi6R)

262 You need to be a runt to fit into the NASCAR cars. I am 6'4" and I am pretty sure that I would not fit in one.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 26, 2013 05:38 PM (jucos)

263 253:  Duuude:  You missed it.   That happened circa 2007-2008.    Seriously I wish I didn't believe that the marxists and worse the Islamic/marxists are on the brink of plunging the world into darkness with plenty of help from Barky --although he is more a result than a cause.   

Posted by: PaleRider at May 26, 2013 05:39 PM (cQZV0)

264 Only seeing clouds.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 26, 2013 05:39 PM (Quyce)

265 Tammy, that is what the radio announcers seem to think, something blew/fell off his car and started the wreck

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:39 PM (BBWjt)

266 Jeff Gordon is just irritating to me for some reason. I have no idea why. He and Stewart are both great racers, but I don't like either one of them.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:40 PM (zrlmb)

267 Okay.. I am now having an argument with my husband over which way is west and north.  Good grief.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 26, 2013 05:40 PM (u25eL)

268 259 Finally saw them. Right beside the streetlight that flicked off at the percect time. Luckily, the sequester has caused the city to leave this bad bulb in place. Posted by: shredded chi
------

If it is replaced with an LED model..., prepare for *bright* lighting. I have a technique for dealing with that, a 12V spotlight that I zap the sensor with. That worked with the old mercury vapor light. Haven't tried it with the new LED fixture. I would have to spot it about every 5 min. or so to keep it off.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 05:40 PM (aDwsi)

269 They have tall drivers. Michael Waltrip is like 6'5. Big advantage to small drivers is weight distribution. Nascar tries to equalize weights but tall drivers have their weight distributed less efficiently.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:41 PM (R+6Q+)

270 jr's engine blew, covered the track in oil, and everybody started banging into the wall.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:41 PM (R+6Q+)

271 Gimme a sec. glugglugglug Okay, next glass of wine gone in 45 seconds! brb getting bottle. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26 you and seem to have found a similar solution.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:42 PM (Z9EHQ)

272 Yea, small guys just naturally fit better in the cars. Some of them don't look much taller than gymnasts, though I"m guessing they aren't THAT small. I haven't been to a race since the 90s, but even then I think the guys were smallish. Cale Yarborough, my eternal favorite, was a lil dumpling.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:42 PM (zrlmb)

273 guess you missed it, that was on November 6 Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 09:34 PM (Z9EHQ) Thread winner! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26 aw shcucks MissTammy, you're gonna make me blush

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:43 PM (Z9EHQ)

274 #227

This happened yesterday, and the girl is still in the hospital. Lots of rumors floating around....but she was life-flighted to the hospital, (I'm assuming Scranton), so her injuries were serious.

That's pretty much all I know. I don't know that I've met her, or her father, as I'm usually out of town most weeks....but rumors, (again), suggest reconstructive surgery will be a must. My wife knows both of them....I'll ask her about this later).

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 05:44 PM (0IhFx)

275 Awwww, sad Jr. is sad.


It's possible I'm more tipsy than anticipated. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 05:44 PM (Gk3SS)

276 I am trying to think of who was tall back in the day. I'm thinking maybe one of the Parsons?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:45 PM (zrlmb)

277 274 Jeff Gordon is just irritating to me for some reason. I have no idea why. He and Stewart are both great racers, but I don't like either one of them. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 09:40 PM (zrlmb) I was at a Daytona 500 that Gordon won. On his victory lap, every single person in my section gave him the finger as he passed by. Literally thousands of people shooting the bird at the same time. Hilarious.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 05:45 PM (GEICT)

278 Yea, small guys just naturally fit better in the cars. Some of them don't look much taller than gymnasts, though I"m guessing they aren't THAT small. I haven't been to a race since the 90s, but even then I think the guys were smallish. Cale Yarborough, my eternal favorite, was a lil dumpling. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26 I suppose they can use that as a pick up line, "yeah but I fit in real easy - to the car"

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:45 PM (Z9EHQ)

279 Nascar tries to equalize for weights -- but often the kids starting level of racing doesn't. So the talent pool is skewed towards small guys by the time they get to high school age. Also big kids tend to play team sports. Motocross guys also tend to be tiny.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:45 PM (R+6Q+)

280
Okay.. I am now having an argument with my husband over which way is west and north. Good grief.

West is always left. Unless the book is upside down.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 05:45 PM (0IhFx)

281 From Business Insider:
"Many Swedes were left asking why a country that prides itself on a generous welfare state, liberal social attitudes and a welcoming attitude towards immigrants should ever have race riots in the first place.'

Duh.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 05:45 PM (aDwsi)

282 Yay! South Park marathon on now!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 26, 2013 05:46 PM (piMMO)

283 poor Dale.  oh well.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:46 PM (BBWjt)

284 I saw the Blue Angels this year perform in Western CO.  One of the pilots is 6'6 and we don't know how he fit into the cockpit. I'm thinking knees up by the ears.  Great show.

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 05:46 PM (EAgmr)

285 StickyWicket, you can count in my prayers for her!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:46 PM (zrlmb)

286 Okay.. I am now having an argument with my husband over which way is west and north. Good grief. I guess the good news is if you stay up all night the argument will solve itself.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:47 PM (Z9EHQ)

287 small drivers have to add weight to in nascar. But they can add it lower to the ground in their car.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:47 PM (R+6Q+)

288 Okay.. I am now having an argument with my husband over which way is west and north. Good grief.


If you're me, whatever way you're facing is North.


How I wish I was joking.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 05:47 PM (Gk3SS)

289 285 274 Jeff Gordon is just irritating to me for some reason. I have no idea why. He and Stewart are both great racers, but I don't like either one of them.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 09:40 PM (zrlmb)


I was at a Daytona 500 that Gordon won. On his victory lap, every single person in my section gave him the finger as he passed by. Literally thousands of people shooting the bird at the same time. Hilarious.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 09:45 PM (GEICT)


see I don't understand the hate for Jeff Gordon.  Why?  Because he did crappy Pepsi ads?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:48 PM (BBWjt)

290 Don't worry Tammy, I do not overcook meat. I couldn't see the stars, all the buildings around me are too tall.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 05:48 PM (qPCAa)

291 generous welfare state open immigration system can't have both.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:48 PM (R+6Q+)

292

It's possible I'm more tipsy than anticipated.

 

When was the last time you calibrated the light meter on ye old webcam?

 

 

Posted by: garrett at May 26, 2013 05:49 PM (37gS2)

293 I guess the hate for the Busch brothers is because they are rude arrogant assholes.  fine, that's reason enough to give 'em the hate.  But what did Jeff Gordon do?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:49 PM (BBWjt)

294 There is some evidence (some..., mind you, not conclusive) that the directional gene is recessive in women...

(ducks)

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 05:49 PM (aDwsi)

295 The King is kinda tall, I think, but lanky. Very lanky.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:49 PM (zrlmb)

296 But this time it's in French! Bug, not a feature. That movie has one of my favorite end lines ever. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 09:38 PM (Gk3SS) I prefer the first line...."Fuck off"

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 05:50 PM (GEICT)

297 "Many Swedes were left asking why a country that prides itself on a
generous welfare state, liberal social attitudes and a welcoming
attitude towards immigrants should ever have race riots in the first
place.'

Duh.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

I don't have much faith that they'll ever understand that they themselves have laid out the course for these people to defile. It will only get worse.

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 05:51 PM (EAgmr)

298 LOL.. true yankeefifth.  I just watched damn sun set and he comes in and argues with me.  I swear he argues just to argue.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 26, 2013 05:51 PM (u25eL)

299 The hatred for Gordon was this California kid coming out of nowhere and dominating Nascar and being very non-Southern and non-rural. Started his own winery. Stuff like that. Also he and his crew chief cheated their asses off. But everybody does that. They just did it better. Gordon isn't really hated anymore. The peak was Gordon vs Earnhardt Sr in the 90s. They were like movie stereotypes, great drama.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:51 PM (R+6Q+)

300 No need to duck, HAmmer, it;s true. Sort of. I have an excellent sense of direction and I do mean excellent, but I am incapable of reading a map. Well, I can read it provided we're going in the same direction as I am holding the map.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:51 PM (zrlmb)

301 see I don't understand the hate for Jeff Gordon. Why? Because he did crappy Pepsi ads? Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 09:48 PM (BBWjt) Nascar was good ol boys and rednecks. Gordon was a pretty boy.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 05:51 PM (GEICT)

302 Well.. I am looking and don't see shit yet. 

Posted by: jewells45 at May 26, 2013 05:52 PM (u25eL)

303 I can read a map but I have not figured out how to use a compass.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 05:52 PM (K+I6z)

304 Obviously on November 6th someone did not properly pronounce the word 'Klaatu'

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 05:53 PM (HdtPo)

305 Well, I can read it provided we're going in the same direction as I am holding the map. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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My wife does that...., drives me nuts. I've given up asking her to read a map.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 05:53 PM (aDwsi)

306 296 If you're me, whatever way you're facing is North. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 09:47 PM (Gk3SS) At least that'e easy to remember.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 05:53 PM (sdi6R)

307 ee I don't understand the hate for Jeff Gordon. Why? Because he did crappy Pepsi ads? Posted by: chemjeff at May 26 dude, after the week I have had I do not need any reason to hate anyone. just leave me a vm and a name.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:53 PM (Z9EHQ)

308
le skank?

That's 'Creme' de la skank', you heathen.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 05:53 PM (0IhFx)

309 I don't really hate Gordon, I just find him incredibly annoying. I think there's some truth to the whole he ain't one of US theory, but I myself wouldn't hold it against him. He's just annoying as hell. And hell yes, they all cheat. Earnhrdt Sr and Waltrip being among the worst.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:54 PM (zrlmb)

310 At Gordon's peak he was crazy dominant. He was just winning everything. Mainly because his crew chief was illegally modifying the car. Ray Everham was a smart man. This is also the reason Jimmie Johnson has been so dominant in recent years. How did JJ go from average driver to one of the best ever in his 30s? He'd never dominated any level of racing his entire life. Answer -- Chad Knaus.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:54 PM (R+6Q+)

311 I have an excellent sense of direction and I do mean excellent, but I am incapable of reading a map. Well, I can read it provided we're going in the same direction as I am holding the map. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26 I am going this way!

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:54 PM (Z9EHQ)

312 oh, so Jeff Gordon was a reverse carpetbagger, got it

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:55 PM (BBWjt)

313 Oh FFS, BC, Jeff Gordon is SO not pretty. Pussified little asshole.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:55 PM (zrlmb)

314 Gordon isn't really hated anymore. The peak was Gordon vs Earnhardt Sr in the 90s. They were like movie stereotypes, great drama. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 09:51 PM (R+6Q+) And they were good buddies. Gordon tells a story that after one race, he's sitting at a stoplight headed back to the hotel when.....BOOM. Someone slams into him. Looks up in the rearview mirror....mustache and gargoyle sunglasses. Earnhardt just grinning at him.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 05:55 PM (GEICT)

315 My wife likes to argue with the GPS.

Posted by: USS Diversity at May 26, 2013 05:55 PM (hC80d)

316 My wife likes to argue with the GPS. Posted by: USS Diversity at May 26, 2013 09:55 PM (hC80d) I have no problem telling off the GPS, especially when I know the little lady is off her rocker.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 05:56 PM (K+I6z)

317 See, that's why I say lift all the restrictions. Let 'em race.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:56 PM (zrlmb)

318 illegally modifying the car...
------------

Wellll....., one can be creative interpreting the rules..
I roadraced for 5 years or so, and being no more than a mediocre pilot, I stretched the rules to the extreme in an attempt to compensate.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 05:57 PM (aDwsi)

319 323 My wife likes to argue with the GPS.

Posted by: USS Diversity at May 26, 2013 09:55 PM (hC80d)


you should change the language function on the GPS to something like French


watch the hilarity ensue

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 05:57 PM (BBWjt)

320 Earnhardt was epitome of the rough Southern man's man. And Gordon was this California sissy boy who came in and kicked everybody's asses. The fact he drove a car with a rainbow paint scheme and his fans were called Rainbow Warriors just added to the conflict. It was like pro wrestling. The fans loved to hate Gordon.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:57 PM (R+6Q+)

321 When we got our current car, I was going batshit crazy until I figured out how to shift the map in the dashboard GPS so it always has north up. It kept switching directions so that up on the screen was in front of us. how can anyone function like that. The car moves, not the map!

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 05:57 PM (qPCAa)

322 321 Oh FFS, BC, Jeff Gordon is SO not pretty. Pussified little asshole. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 09:55 PM (zrlmb) Uh, "pretty boy" doesn't mean pretty per se. Think more attitude, than appearance. You're description of "pussified little asshole" proves my point.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 05:58 PM (GEICT)

323 The GPS is not infallible. People get lost coming to our place in Arkansas using it. I hate the damned things.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 05:58 PM (zrlmb)

324 Gordon was considered handsome. He hosted SNL and the Today Show. Gordon got all the mainstream media loved in the 90s Nascar boom. Earnhardt got all the MSM love you'd expect a proud redneck to get.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 05:58 PM (R+6Q+)

325 Okay, good one, you got me to go out there. It's been a brilliantly clear day on the southern Great Lake, with just enough artsy, pastel cloud to cover that quadrant of the sunset sky. Also, behind the burnoff tower. Sorry, "flare stack" now.

This reminded me of being openly mocked in my own yard as I inserted head into huge cardboard box, with a wool scarf wrapped around my neck on a 90-something degree day, to see the 1967 eclipse. And what a frickin loser Kohotek was, and the dim blur of Halley, after a lifetime of anticipation.

Celestial events, I guess, are what you make of them. NASA PR films. Meh.  

Posted by: comatus at May 26, 2013 05:59 PM (JNUY4)

326 My wife likes to argue with the GPS. Posted by: USS Diversity at May 26, 2013 09:55 PM the most disconcerting thing is when the gps gives in and says 'fine well go your way".

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 05:59 PM (Z9EHQ)

327 I have no problem telling off the GPS, especially when I know the little lady is off her rocker. Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 09:56 PM (K+I6z) She is, indeed, often clearly wrong.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 05:59 PM (qPCAa)

328 302 There is some evidence (some..., mind you, not conclusive) that the directional gene is recessive in women...(ducks) Always hated giving / getting directions from the fairer sex. "take the boulevard east, then..." "is that a left or a right?" "Ummm, from where exactly are you coming?" "home." Thank goodness most of us have gps now

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 05:59 PM (TwyVT)

329 The car moves, not the map! Posted by: elizabethe
-----------------
The computers are training us to suit themselves...., let's call it 're-education'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 05:59 PM (aDwsi)

330 the most disconcerting thing is when the gps gives in and says 'fine well go your way".

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 09:59 PM (Z9EHQ)


the worst though is when you get lost and the GPS says "see I told you so"

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:00 PM (BBWjt)

331 you should change the language function on the GPS to something like French watch the hilarity ensue Posted by: chemjeff at May if not french language than a snotty insulting gps voice with a french accent.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 06:00 PM (Z9EHQ)

332 Illegally modifying is a Nascar tradition as old as Nascar. Knaus does it better than anyone else. Gordon, Stewart, and Kyle Busch all were youth wunderkind drivers. Jimmie Johnson was just average and Knaus made him an all-time great.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 06:00 PM (R+6Q+)

333 My GPS is Rand-McNally, or as a friend of mine calls it, Random-Alley

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 06:01 PM (aDwsi)

334 GPS is like Google and Bing.  They will give you what they think is the most direct route.  If you do not mind going through inner city war zones or getting routed on a road with thirty stop lights on it.  Or both.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 06:01 PM (HdtPo)

335 if not french language than a snotty insulting gps voice with a french accent.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 10:00 PM (Z9EHQ)


Just whatever you do, don't change it to German, you'll have Ride of the Valkyries playing off your car radio

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:01 PM (BBWjt)

336 If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 06:02 PM (R+6Q+)

337 Siri on the i5 works much better than our GPS.

Posted by: USS Diversity at May 26, 2013 06:02 PM (hC80d)

338 the most disconcerting thing is when the gps gives in and says 'fine well go your way". Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 09:59 PM (Z9EHQ) I like to imagine her getting more and more exasperated and pissed off everytime I ignore her directions so she has to reroute us but still managing to keep her cool and then going home after work and having a good stiff drink and bitching to all her internet friends.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 06:02 PM (qPCAa)

339 I don't even know how to use the GPS in my car and I have had it since November 2011. Any time I have tried to use it going to a place I always go to, it wants me to go another way. The first time I got it was when I picked up car in Boston. The easiest way to get to my house from Boston is over the Tobin Bridge, that thing had me going on 93 North.

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 06:02 PM (z4WKX)

340 I heard one of danica patricks competitive advantages, ang one which caused some trouble with the officials, was that she uses her gps during races.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 06:02 PM (Z9EHQ)

341 GPS is like Google and Bing. They will give you what they think is the most direct route. If you do not mind going through inner city war zones or getting routed on a road with thirty stop lights on it. Or both. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 26, 2013 10:01 PM (HdtPo) And then there are the times it tells you to take an exit off the highway and merge right back onto the same highway...

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 06:02 PM (K+I6z)

342 I pondered finding a German version of my old Maxima voice system. That when when it announced some like, "Fuel is Low", it would sound more authoritative.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 06:03 PM (aDwsi)

343 The crew chiefs are just smarter than the inspectors. Knaus makes at least 10-100x what any inspector is paid.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 06:03 PM (R+6Q+)

344 348 I heard one of danica patricks competitive advantages, ang one which caused some trouble with the officials, was that she uses her gps during races.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 10:02 PM (Z9EHQ)


lol no wonder she always loses

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:03 PM (BBWjt)

345 Illegally modifying is a Nascar tradition as old as Nascar.
Knaus does it better than anyone else.

Gordon, Stewart, and Kyle Busch all were youth wunderkind drivers. Jimmie Johnson was just average and Knaus made him an all-time great.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 10:00 PM (R+6Q+)


I've always been under the impression that the championship is to reward the team that cheats the best.


I mean that as a compliment.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 06:05 PM (Gk3SS)

346 344 If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 10:02 PM (R+6Q+)




Funny, I have a similar philosophy for my classes:

"If you ain't cryin', you ain't learnin'"

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:05 PM (BBWjt)

347 Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 10:02 PM (Z9EHQ) lol no wonder she always loses Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 10:03 PM tun left 100 yards turn lift 1000 yards turn left 100 yards turn left 1000 yards turn left 100 yards

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 06:05 PM (Z9EHQ)

348 All I know is, it was a helluva lot more fun when they got airborne at Talladega, before they regraded her, and made 'em use restrictor plates.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 06:05 PM (zrlmb)

349 And then there are the times it tells you to take an exit off the highway and merge right back onto the same highway... Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 10:02 PM (K+I6z) mine always wants me to go to on the angled streets in D.C. and around the circles, even if there is a straighter, shorter, route.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 06:05 PM (qPCAa)

350 Mwahahaha

Posted by: Debris at May 26, 2013 06:06 PM (BBWjt)

351 333 and the dim blur of Halley, after a lifetime of anticipation. Celestial events, I guess, are what you make of them. Posted by: comatus at May 26, 2013 09:59 PM (JNUY4) And that's exactly what I did. I followed that li'l sucker around the sky for six months with my 60 mm refractor and binoculars. I knew that it was one of the worst apparitions ever recorded, but it was the only one I would get to see.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2013 06:06 PM (sdi6R)

352 270 You need to be a runt to fit into the NASCAR cars. I am 6'4" and I am pretty sure that I would not fit in one. Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 26, 2013 09:38 PM (jucos) Elliot Sadler is about 6'2". Dale Jarrett was 6'3". Michael Waltrip 6'5", as is Michael McDowell. Carl Edwards is about 6'1". The new cars were designed because the older cars were getting so small inside that only smaller drivers could get comfortable in them. I think one of the problems with everyone thinking that the drivers are smaller is that the pit crews have gotten huge. The teams now recruit former college football and minor league hockey players.

Posted by: MrCaniac, Now Known as Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at May 26, 2013 06:07 PM (BXLPR)

353 21 OT but right on for Memorial Day - watch "Taking Chance" if you can. HBO has it. It is so moving it will take your breath away. Posted by: Die Trying at May 26, 2013 06:47 PM (R0WL7) This. I highly recommend. But have two boxes of Kleenex. Sorry if this has already been said. Been busy today. By busy, I mean vegging out with beloved hubby. (And having marital relations! Yay!)

Posted by: Kalneva at May 26, 2013 06:07 PM (XyrkB)

354 Funny, I have a similar philosophy for my classes: "If you ain't cryin', you ain't learnin'" Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 10:05 PM (BBWjt) You must get great student evaluations.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 06:08 PM (qPCAa)

355 348 I heard one of danica patricks competitive advantages, ang one which caused some trouble with the officials, was that she uses her gps during races. Posted by: yankeefifth at May 26, 2013 10:02 PM

Her disadvantage is getting her tits caught in the steering wheel

Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2013 06:08 PM (mCvL4)

356 I would do Danica any day.

Posted by: Dink at May 26, 2013 06:08 PM (q3Al4)

357 Audio instructions are default set to female because, back when such things were new, industrial psychologists found that Brit and American [male] pilots were attuned to a soft, insistent female voice. As I'm sure you've heard, a male pilot from a different culture just the other day was in the middle of saying "Whore, don't tell me how to fly an airplane" when he augered in. As my scoutmaster says about damn near everything, "It's all according to what you're used to."

For real NASCAR fun, look up David Hobbs story of trying to get established with a Jaguar oval-track stock car team in the Seventies. Things were...different, then.

Posted by: comatus at May 26, 2013 06:09 PM (JNUY4)

358 352 348
I heard one of danica patricks competitive advantages, ang one which
caused some trouble with the officials, was that she uses her gps during
races.
-----------------

Heck, I could do what the GPS does: "Turn left........., Turn Left........., Turn Left..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 06:09 PM (aDwsi)

359 My sons call me the human GPS. I have read maps all my life and can recall a lot of road detail from them. An atlas is the perfect bathroom reader.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 26, 2013 06:09 PM (Upa1B)

360 Some big drivers. But more small. Gordon, Kahne, Stewart, JJ, Mark Martin. All small guys. The big guys are the exception. And a lot of big guys are from racing families -- which eases their entry. Guys from non-racing families have to actually win at the youth level to get noticed -- and it's a big advantage at the youth level to be small. Kyle Larson, the new wunderkind, is a good example. Kid has massive talent. He's also built like a jockey.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 06:09 PM (R+6Q+)

361 Dale Jarett was a tall lanky drink of water, too, that's for sure. And a very nice man. I'm sure there were and are tall guys, but most seem average or less. Now I gotta start paying more attention to the pit crews!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 06:09 PM (zrlmb)

362
You must get great student evaluations.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 10:08 PM (qPCAa)


it's just a joke.  Actually one of my psychology professor friends told it to me.  a little freaky.

Posted by: Debris at May 26, 2013 06:10 PM (BBWjt)

363 Poor elderly African Americans convicted of a single crime murder, rape and/or pedophilia decades ago by segregated Southern juries would be among those hit.decades ago by segregated Southern juries would be among those hit." No booze and smokes for you!!! (weasel zippers)

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 06:11 PM (Wl/Ht)

364 it's just a joke. Actually one of my psychology professor friends told it to me. a little freaky. Posted by: Debris at May 26, 2013 10:10 PM (BBWjt) It's probably rooted in truth. You need that panicky feeling to crack open your brain before the knowledge actually can get in.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 06:12 PM (qPCAa)

365
Her disadvantage is getting her tits caught in the steering wheel

Posted by: kbdabear at May 26, 2013 10:08 PM (mCvL4)


thank heavens for dash cams

Posted by: Debris at May 26, 2013 06:12 PM (BBWjt)

366 Classic Nascar cheat is ball bearings in the walls. Meet weight to start. Drop em during the race to lose weight and go faster. Smokey Yunick is thought to be the greatest cheater in Nascar's history.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 06:12 PM (R+6Q+)

367 I've always been under the impression that the championship is to reward the team that cheats the best. I mean that as a compliment. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at May 26, 2013 10:05 PM (Gk3SS) My grandfather is buddies with a guy who's kind of a legend, Speedy Spiers (http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Speedy_Spiers.htm), he said they actually figured out how to enlarge some of the valves and pistons while leaving Number 1 the same size. They inspectors always only checked Number 1. Somehow they managed to make the motor run while unbalanced.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 26, 2013 06:12 PM (GEICT)

368 Mark Martin is small for sure! I've seen him many times. He's from Arkansas, not far from where we live. (I don't think he lives in the area, but he has a lot of businesses there) And Gordon is a puny lil thing. Not just short but slender, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 06:12 PM (zrlmb)

369 Logano is tall but built like a Somalian. He's like 6'1 135 or something crazy like that.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 06:13 PM (R+6Q+)

370
My wife likes to argue with the GPS.

I argue with mine all the time. Recently, I pulled into a BK for lunch, and that damned GPS Harpy was telling me to 'drive to the selected route'....and I said, out loud, "shut the fuck up for one second!". The drive thru lady thought I was talking to her.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 06:13 PM (0IhFx)

371 Hidden fuel tanks is another classic.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 06:14 PM (R+6Q+)

372 elizabethe, well, it is a double edged sword.

It can push someone to do better, but it can also push people to give up.


Posted by: Debris at May 26, 2013 06:14 PM (BBWjt)

373 oops sock/off

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:14 PM (BBWjt)

374 You guys can't mute your GPS lady? I've got mine gagged.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 06:15 PM (qPCAa)

375 Well, I do believe I am gonna go ask Thor to take off all his clothes and whisper "broadaxe" in my ear....catch y'all later?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 26, 2013 06:15 PM (zrlmb)

376 any murderer, pederast or rapist that applies for food stamps spends a night in the box.

Posted by: prison trusty at May 26, 2013 06:15 PM (Upa1B)

377 good night Tammy
hopefully you don't get a lot of sleep ;-)

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:16 PM (BBWjt)

378 elizabethe, and chemjeff, I have beard of this "student evaluation" bullshit. Wasn't like that in my time! Dear god! What is happening to our "higher" "education"? My daughter, when I queried her about her classes while she was perusing her masters, mentioned "social justice" as being one of the cores. I rolled my eyes. And she rolled her eyes right back, being as I am so stupid.

Posted by: Kalneva at May 26, 2013 06:16 PM (XyrkB)

379 >>>I am gonna go ask Thor to take off all his clothes and whisper "broadaxe" in my ear....catch y'all later? VIDEO OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 26, 2013 06:16 PM (4Mv1T)

380 373 Classic Nascar cheat is ball bearings in the walls. Meet weight to start. Drop em during the race to lose weight and go faster.

Smokey Yunick is thought to be the greatest cheater in Nascar's history.
---------------
Let me correct you..., not ball bearings, it was lead shot. They never heard about the *really* trick stuff...

Posted by: Smokey Yunick at May 26, 2013 06:17 PM (aDwsi)

381 Hi ont, got a new oven today. Yep so exited. Hubby says I am easy to please!

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 26, 2013 06:17 PM (vgd4f)

382 Kalneva, yes, student evaluations are a large part of my evaluation.  It is not the only thing I'm evaluated on but they carry a lot of weight.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:18 PM (BBWjt)

383 You guys can't mute your GPS lady? I've got mine gagged.

LOL. Friend of mine borrowed her husband's car back when his had GPS and hers didn't. Within 15 minutes she was cursing the GPS lady. "I'd rip her wires out if I had to drive this car everyday."

Posted by: Retread at May 26, 2013 06:18 PM (zxitI)

384 Oh shit not ont, sorry. Hi anyway

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 26, 2013 06:18 PM (vgd4f)

385 >>>I rolled my eyes. And she rolled her eyes right back, being as I am so stupid. I have kids this age. Imagine my shock when I learned that I am the stupidest human being on earth.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 26, 2013 06:18 PM (4Mv1T)

386 NASCAR guys are/were pikers compared to the to the 'Mobilgas Economy Runs'. It was a cheatapoloosa.

Posted by: Smokey Yunick at May 26, 2013 06:18 PM (aDwsi)

387 lou, congratulations!

Here is a congratulatory kitteh for you

http://tinyurl.com/q865uab

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:18 PM (BBWjt)

388 It can push someone to do better, but it can also push people to give up. Posted by: Debris at May 26, 2013 10:14 PM (BBWjt) I got the sense from the profs in my department that if you weren't crying on a weekly basis you weren't being worked hard enough. They were annoyed if you professed to be doing well.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 26, 2013 06:19 PM (qPCAa)

389 You can go to Gunny Sgt Ermey's site and get his version of Garmin -

"It might not be a bad idea to make a U-Turn numbnuts!"

"You are hopelessly lost maggot!"

"Left turn.  Well anytime sweetheart!"

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 06:19 PM (EAgmr)

390 Yeah my GPS voice is turned off.  there's no way I'm going to listen to her blather.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:19 PM (BBWjt)

391 Really a great sight! Used google sky maps to help find it. Was higher than I expected at 9 EDT. binoculars helped. A high point in the area is the Costco parking lot. Security asked nicely what I was doing, and they got interested when I explained. Thanks CAC

Posted by: Die Trying at May 26, 2013 06:19 PM (583j+)

392 379 This might be the evil conservative in me, but don't you think that the ones who give up, should? I mean, really. If you can't take it, then... Speaking from experience here.

Posted by: Kalneva at May 26, 2013 06:20 PM (XyrkB)

393 Conversation last week at a party at son & D.I.L house. Question came up why the voice on the gps is female. I said it was because if it was a male voice the women would not listen. Got a real good laugh out of that one

Posted by: Cicero Skip at May 26, 2013 06:20 PM (7OPXK)

394 D-Day on discovery channel now. They had 3D technology back then?

Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 06:20 PM (TwyVT)

395
GPS is like Google and Bing. They will give you what they think is the most direct route. If you do not mind going through inner city war zones or getting routed on a road with thirty stop lights on it. Or both.

Mine keeps trying to direct me to places I shouldn't really be. Overpasses with a -1 inch clearance, parkways that are marked 'No Trucks', and on to roads that simply do not exist.

Granted, I couldn't exist without my Garmin, (which I had to replace last week), but damn.....I just wish the Harpy inside wasn't trying to kill me.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 06:20 PM (0IhFx)

396 I have kids this age. Imagine my shock when I learned that I am the stupidest human being on earth. Posted by: Tobacco Road
---------------

My dad used to say that his dad didn't know anything..., until my dad got to be about 30, then for some reason, his father became a font of wisdom.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 06:20 PM (aDwsi)

397 The only planetary triangle I want to see tonight, is the planetary triangle on this young woman I saw at the gym tonight.

Posted by: perdogg at May 26, 2013 06:21 PM (ziD3M)

398 Where is the ONT?

Posted by: CarolT at May 26, 2013 06:21 PM (z4WKX)

399 Clearly, we didn't look at the same Danica Patrick. These "tits" you speak of?

I have nothing against female drivers. Well, I do: I married one, after managing her team. It's just that Danica couldn't carry Janet Guthrie's tampon case. There were a couple of woman drivers back in the iron age of open-road racing, and a score of gals in 1950's sprint cars. TV seems to think she's the first evah. I can remember when they said that about Lyn St.James (Evelyn Gene Cornwall), too.

Posted by: comatus at May 26, 2013 06:22 PM (JNUY4)

400 Hard a saying that in NASCAR if you're not cheatin you're not eatin

Posted by: Cicero Skip at May 26, 2013 06:22 PM (7OPXK)

401 407 Damit heard not hard

Posted by: Cicero Skip at May 26, 2013 06:23 PM (7OPXK)

402 This might be the evil conservative in me, but don't you think that the ones who give up, should? I mean, really. If you can't take it, then... Speaking from experience here.

Posted by: Kalneva at May 26, 2013 10:20 PM (XyrkB)


possibly.  but it is also possible to push students too hard. 


My general rule is, if they complain to me along the lines of "geez, do you think your class is my only class or something? this is a lot of work!" then I know I'm giving them enough.  if they aren't complaining, then I"m not pushing them enough.  if even the bright students are in my office totally lost and confused, then I'm pushing them too hard. 

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:23 PM (BBWjt)

403

"social justice"

The next time you see that phrase use "social revenge" and see how it reads then.

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 26, 2013 06:23 PM (+9AX9)

404 A week after moving here  my garmin gal stopped talking.  I guess that she couldn't take the street/roads here in western CO.  29 1/4, 17 3/8, etc.  Pretty hard to get used to.

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 06:24 PM (EAgmr)

405 318 At Gordon's peak he was crazy dominant. He was just winning everything. Mainly because his crew chief was illegally modifying the car. Ray Everham was a smart man. This is also the reason Jimmie Johnson has been so dominant in recent years. How did JJ go from average driver to one of the best ever in his 30s? He'd never dominated any level of racing his entire life. Answer -- Chad Knaus. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 09:54 PM (R+6Q+) Can't really blame it on Knaus, he works for Hendrick and knows NASCAR won't penalize him like they would if he worked for Rousch, Gibbs, Penske, Waltrip, Petty, Childress, Gannasi, Front Row, or Joe Nemecheck. Johnson is also able to deflect alot of the hate because he seems like a real likable fellow. And the reason why he is winning in Cup when he didn't win in the other divisions it was because he was driving for owners that had shitty cars. Up until 10 years ago, the young drivers rode around in shitty cars hoping one of the big name teams would finally give them a shot at their cars. Then, ten years ago, everybody had to have the next "hot" driver, so guys went from 3 starts in Nationwide/Busch/Trucks to a full time ride with Gibbs, Hendrick, Penske or Rousch. If they don't deliver in the first year, they end up running in the truck series or a regional series for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: MrCaniac, Now Known as Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at May 26, 2013 06:24 PM (BXLPR)

406 And, she hits the wall. As if on cue.

Posted by: comatus at May 26, 2013 06:24 PM (JNUY4)

407 ONT has arrived!

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 26, 2013 06:25 PM (K+I6z)

408 LOL Danica Patrick wrecks!

Posted by: chemjeff at May 26, 2013 06:25 PM (BBWjt)

409

It can push someone to do better, but it can also push people to give up.

"Look to your left. Look to your right. By the end of this semester two of you will not be here."

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 26, 2013 06:25 PM (+9AX9)

410 As much as I despise Doonesbury, a while back they did a segment where one of the characters was recording celebrity voices to be used for GPS systems. One of the people they were going to use was Clint Eastwood. So, when it it is Eastwood's turn, he says, "Left...., Right..., Stop'. The kid at the recording console says, "Uh..., Mr Eastwood, we have 36 more phrases..", Eastwood replies, "Sorry kid. That's it"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 26, 2013 06:25 PM (aDwsi)

411 When I'm driving between NC and MA to transport Road Jr to and from school, my GPS just friggin stops in NYC. Every time. Especially if I am no longer on I-95.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 26, 2013 06:26 PM (4Mv1T)

412 392 >>>I rolled my eyes. And she rolled her eyes right back, being as I am so stupid. I have kids this age. Imagine my shock when I learned that I am the stupidest human being on earth. Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 26, 2013 10:18 PM (4Mv1T) Hah! My dad, who is the smartest person I know, once intervened in one of our holiday political arguments, to say, "don't you think that your mom might have more experience in life, and therefore might know more than you?" No, was the answer, since I hadn't completed a BS. She has an MFA, so there you go. She knows more.

Posted by: Kalneva at May 26, 2013 06:27 PM (XyrkB)

413
"It might not be a bad idea to make a U-Turn numbnuts!"

"You are hopelessly lost maggot!"

"Left turn. Well anytime sweetheart!"

That would be Fucking. Awesome.

"A left! Twinkletoes, whenever you're fucking ready! Oorah!"

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 26, 2013 06:27 PM (0IhFx)

414 I have just read more anout Bob Dole saying we of the "new" right are the problem in America. No ideas, apparent. Just obstructionist. New ideas, huh? Bob Dole was the "visionary" that first lost to George H.W. Bush (you know, the man of the "vision thing"), and then provided John McCain with the template of how to lose with dignity against a media-favored Democrat. I think we should take everything he counsels with a certain grain of salt. But what do I know? Having said that, my gut instinct is that I have just cast my last GOP ballot, because I am getting sick of the Chamblisses. I wouldn't want to impose myself upon this middlebrow chamber of commerce soiree that just wishes to drift with Progressive tides in peace.

Posted by: T. at May 26, 2013 06:28 PM (7cSmf)

415 Posted by: shredded chi at May 26, 2013 10:20 PM (TwyVT) "Sure they did. In fact those photographs are in color, it's just the world was black and white then." -Calvin's dad explaining life.

Posted by: RWC at May 26, 2013 06:28 PM (Wl/Ht)

416 Danica Patricks only competitive advantage is that she's too dumb to be more than a lucky winner. She's a rolling novelty.

Posted by: sandman will resist at May 26, 2013 06:30 PM (zxaA2)

417

   Always thought it amusing that the older I get, the smarter my parents become.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 26, 2013 06:31 PM (SAMxH)

418 Ermey also has an alarm clock you can buy.

"What are you still doing in your rack numbnuts!"

"Get our of the rack maggot!"

I'm thinking of buying for my son's 18th birthday.

Posted by: Cheri at May 26, 2013 06:31 PM (EAgmr)

419 Perhaps Mr. Dole thinks we need more blitzkrieg "lightning-war" campaigns like Libby Dole ran in 2008. That'll take care of the Democrats. It will take care of something, at any rate.

Posted by: T. at May 26, 2013 06:34 PM (7cSmf)

420 Its been a 600 mile long collision. As usual. Danica just resisted the alluring ull of the wall longer than usual. But she eventually wrecked like the under trained novice that she is.

Overrated and under trained. No daddy!

Posted by: sandman will resist at May 26, 2013 06:35 PM (zxaA2)

421 367 Some big drivers. But more small. Gordon, Kahne, Stewart, JJ, Mark Martin. All small guys. The big guys are the exception. And a lot of big guys are from racing families -- which eases their entry. Guys from non-racing families have to actually win at the youth level to get noticed -- and it's a big advantage at the youth level to be small. Kyle Larson, the new wunderkind, is a good example. Kid has massive talent. He's also built like a jockey. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 26, 2013 10:09 PM (R+6Q+) The ones coming from open wheel and sprint cars have to be small. You want to see small, look at Indycar and F1. Those are some wee little fellas and gals. The ones coming up through the old feeder system tend to be man sized. Maybe not big men, but they look like giants compared to Danica.

Posted by: MrCaniac, Now Known as Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at May 26, 2013 06:53 PM (BXLPR)

422 406 Clearly, we didn't look at the same Danica Patrick. These "tits" you speak of? I have nothing against female drivers. Well, I do: I married one, after managing her team. It's just that Danica couldn't carry Janet Guthrie's tampon case. There were a couple of woman drivers back in the iron age of open-road racing, and a score of gals in 1950's sprint cars. TV seems to think she's the first evah. I can remember when they said that about Lyn St.James (Evelyn Gene Cornwall), too. Posted by: comatus at May 26, 2013 10:22 PM (JNUY4) Joahnna Long is the real deal. If she can ever get into some quality equipment in the Nationwide series, she will be running top 10. Her problem is that she really isn't the type that can do ads in a bikini like Danica.

Posted by: MrCaniac, Now Known as Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at May 26, 2013 06:58 PM (BXLPR)

423 Visible now in sky above Northern Cal. A few degrees above the horizon & getting brighter.

Posted by: Mike D at May 26, 2013 08:00 PM (PgKjD)

424 evening 'rons and 'ronettes. thought I'd delurk for a while.  got a decent view of the star show this evening.

Posted by: richatgmu at May 26, 2013 09:23 PM (v8Sa+)

425 A great tip. I missed it on Sunday evening, but I will look for it on Memorial Day. Thanks for these nice "science and astronomy" things, CAC.

Posted by: and irresolute at May 26, 2013 10:10 PM (DBH1h)

426 Well, I saw 2 of the three. Venus and Jupiter, I guess. The bright one being Venus, and Jupiter at about 10:00 relative to it and maybe 3 Moon diameters away. There was light cloud and haze, and I just could not make out Mercury. About 10:00 to 10:20 P.M. Mountain time here in Alberta. I was driving at the time, too, so that worked against seeing Mercury.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2013 11:03 PM (fNpC1)

427 What were the binoculars mentioned on one of these astronomy threads that is supposed to be reasonable quality and affordable? I can't find that old post.

Posted by: etf at May 27, 2013 08:04 AM (t74ak)

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