March 20, 2014
— Maetenloch
While the search for MH370 continues in the Southern Indian Ocean, it's a reminder that this area of Earth is quite remote from...well anywhere. It's far from any major populated areas, doesn't get much shipping traffic and has deep waters. Which makes it perfect for doing things that you'd rather not have anyone find out about.
This could be disposing of a passenger jet or say testing something out that you'd like to keep hush-hush. Like say a nuclear test.
The Vela Incident - sometimes referred to as the South Atlantic Flash - was an unidentified "double flash" of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on September 22, 1979, near the Prince Edward Islands off Antarctica, which many believe was of nuclear origin. The most widespread theory among those who believe the flash was of nuclear origin is that it resulted from a joint South African and Israeli nuclear test. The topic remains highly disputed today....The "double flash" was detected on September 22, 1979, at 00:53 GMT, by the American Vela satellite 6911, which carried various sensors designed specifically to detect nuclear explosions that contravened the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
The satellite reported the characteristic double flash of a small atmospheric nuclear explosion of two to three kilotons, in the Indian Ocean between The Crozet Islands (a very small, sparsely inhabited French possession) and the Prince Edward Islands which belong to South Africa at 47°S 40°E. The previous 41 double flashes the Vela satellites detected were all subsequently confirmed to be nuclear explosions.[7]
Despite the official US declaration that the satellite's detection was inconclusive, it's widely believed that the flash was in fact a joint Israeli-South African nuclear test that was stronger than expected and produced a detectable flash.
Author Richard Rhodes also concludes the incident was an Israeli nuclear test, conducted in cooperation with South Africa, and that the United States administration deliberately obscured this fact in order to avoid complicating relations with South Africa.[2] Likewise, Leonard Weiss offers a number of arguments to support the test being Israeli, and claims that successive US administrations continue to cover up the test to divert unwanted attention that may portray its foreign policy in a bad light.[3] In the 2008 book The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and its Proliferation Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman stated their opinion that the "double flash" was the result of a joint South African-Israeli nuclear bomb test.
If you enjoyed paying more to cover other people while getting less for your own health insurance, just wait - the same idea is coming to mortgages. Basically everyone will be required to pay mortgage insurance on their mortgage to cover the defaults of the sketchier, unqualified borrowers.
According to Robert Romano, the senior editor of Americans for Limited Government, lawmakers want to "create a new government entity" (yay!) to supervise the forced creation of a mortgage insurance fund that would supposedly replace the need for government bailouts (but keep reading, because it won't). The mandatory insurance fund rises to 2.5 percent of outstanding loans after 10 years. As Romano notes, it will be borrowers who will ultimately have to pay this additional cost - and since those who put less than 20 percent down already pay mortgage insurance, the additional cost will inevitably fall on people who do put 20 percent down.If insurers were to choose to create a risk pool, that would be one thing. But the reason this is going to be mandated is because the government still wants lenders to make mortgages available to sketchier applicants.
So, to sum it up: people who can't really afford the mortgages will be subsidized by forcing people who can afford them to pay more.
Ninth Circuit Makes Hawaii a Shall-Issue State
The Ninth Circuit overturned a district court ruling against Christopher baker who had asked for an injunction against various Hawaii state agencies that had denied him a concealed carry license.
In light of our holding in Peruta, the district court made an error of law when it concluded that the Hawaii statues did not implicate protected Second Amendment activity. Accordingly, we vacate the district court's decision denying Baker's motion for a preliminary injunction and remand for further proceedings consistent with Peruta.
The Four Rules of Selfie Safety
1. Treat Every Camera Phone As If It Were On 'Photo' Mode.
2. Never Take A Picture Of Anything You Don't Want The World To See.
3. Do Not Press 'Share' Until You Are Ready To Be Embarrassed.
4. Be Aware Of Who You Share Your Picture With, And That *They* Might Share It With Others.
Luckily for us 21 year-old bank robber Jules Bahler didn't follow these rules.
France's Anti-Semitism Problem is Bigger Than One Comic
But the problem here goes deeper than the way the measures employed by government authorities and Jewish groups to punish Dieudonné have predictably boomeranged on them and turned him into a counter-cultural hero. This depressing spectacle can be represented as something new in which social media and the Internet have provided a forum for disgruntled people looking for a spokesman for their desire to use the Jews as a convenient scapegoat for their troubles. But Dieudonné is merely the latest outbreak of the same old European sickness that produced the very Holocaust that the comedian has tried to deny.
...Rather than focus all their energy on one rogue entertainer, Europeans who care about stamping out hate need to ask whether his ability to tap into old hatreds says something about other aspects of their society. Anti-Semitism isn't merely the product of the banlieues - working class suburbs - where immigrant families live but a factor that has played a role in politics and culture for centuries. What they need are not more laws restricting anti-Semitic speech but a nationwide soul-searching about the way Jew-hatred has been enabled by a broader group than those laughing at Dieudonné's jokes.
The mattress business is pretty much all a marketing scam which is why you will never find the same exact mattress model at different stores. The actual cost of a wholesale mattress is around $300.
Is there a more maddening industry? They confuse us with silly product names (the Sealy Posturepedic Crown Jewel Fletcher Ultra Plush Pillowtop or the Sealy Posturepedic Crown Jewel Brookmere Plush?). They flummox us with bogus science ("pocketed coils"? "Microtek foundations"? "Fiberlux"?). And they weigh us down with useless features (silk damask ticking?). It's like buying a used car, and almost as expensive -- I've seen mattresses going for $7,000. What's a consumer to do?
The secret to mattress shopping is that the product is basically a commodity. The mattress biz is 99-percent marketing. So just buy the cheapest thing you can stand and be done with it, because they're pretty much all the same. And that's all you need to know. But do read on -- the world of sleep products is quite fascinating, and I'd like to share it with you.
More here on why the business became the scam it is.
10 Weird But Best-Selling Items in America
Well I've bought uranium ore off of Ebay before. For uh...special projects and stuff.
Yahoo group. That is all.
The group thingy. And the middle class.
And my Twitter spew.
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The only thing that mars it is the Lake City FL VA called Middle Daughter about Pop (father in law) trying to reach me because he has me listed as his point of contact, but no idea why and they didn't return my phone call. I'm thinking because they didn't call right back it isn't vitally important, but it is worrisome nonetheless.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 06:52 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 06:52 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 06:52 PM (AymDN)
http://tinyurl.com/yhl8zo2
Posted by: Country Singer at March 20, 2014 06:53 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 20, 2014 06:53 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 06:53 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 20, 2014 06:54 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 06:56 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 20, 2014 06:56 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 20, 2014 10:54 PM (oFCZn)
I'm going to hell for laughing at that. Actually I have much better reasons, but that is right in there amongst them.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 06:57 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 06:58 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 20, 2014 06:58 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 06:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: filbert at March 20, 2014 06:59 PM (roTS7)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at March 20, 2014 06:59 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Peaches at March 20, 2014 07:00 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Fox2! at March 20, 2014 07:00 PM (cHwSy)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 20, 2014 07:00 PM (EJ/Tn)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:00 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 20, 2014 07:01 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 07:01 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Peaches at March 20, 2014 11:00 PM (8lmkt)
Outstanding, I have a request. I'd like to put Pop on the patented Peaches Prayer List. Laura's dad, John Primavere, I don't know why the VA is trying to call me but I'm hoping it isn't anything serious.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:02 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 20, 2014 07:02 PM (zePEG)
Posted by: Peaches at March 20, 2014 07:03 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 07:03 PM (DmNpO)
I am hoping the current mattress we have lasts forever.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 20, 2014 07:03 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:04 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:04 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 20, 2014 07:04 PM (jAc/f)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 07:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: concrete girl at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (LU3lG)
This Ain't Hell has the Death By Powerpoint: http://tinyurl.com/q7qldjc
Posted by: Country Singer at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (jucos)
Now, should I go check HA to see if Maet is running their ONT too? After all, AllahP is still on vaca there.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at March 20, 2014 07:05 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Carlos Danger at March 20, 2014 07:06 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 20, 2014 07:06 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 20, 2014 07:06 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 20, 2014 11:05 PM (Q8vlx)
Yes he is. Paging the Patriot Guard Riders, paging the Patriot Guard Riders, please pick up the red white and blue courtesy phone...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:07 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:07 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:07 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 20, 2014 07:07 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 07:08 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:08 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: nobody special at March 20, 2014 07:08 PM (kCH76)
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Posted by: Thrawn at March 20, 2014 07:09 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:09 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:10 PM (yh0zB)
But i absolutely Loved my Spring Air pillow top that i had bought 10 years ago and gave to my kid .
yeah and He won't give it back , cause he's that mean.
(my current one is to big for his apt)
Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 07:10 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 11:09 PM (yh0zB)
That's why I need to go outside!
Posted by: GGE's Dog at March 20, 2014 07:10 PM (r/e1Q)
Those pillow top mattresses are nice...for about 6 months.
Then they start getting wallowed-out and smushed where you sleep most of the time.
And you can't flip the pillow top mattresses over.
Not like the old regular mattresses.
I didn't want one. But hubby did.
Now, his side of the bed is a concave wallow...my side, not so much.
But then, he weights twice as much as I do.
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 07:10 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:11 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 11:07 PM (yh0zB)
To make things worse for him he was excommunicated from his fake church as he was apparently not the one they were waiting for.
I am hoping he is sharing a room with Bin Laden, Hitler and other mass murdering evil-doers.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 20, 2014 07:11 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:11 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 20, 2014 07:11 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 20, 2014 07:11 PM (P2HYT)
Obamacare leaves Las Vegas man owing $407,000 in doctor bills
http://tinyurl.com/lsunsn3
Posted by: kbdabear at March 20, 2014 07:12 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 07:12 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Erowmero at March 20, 2014 07:12 PM (1gcFZ)
Hi Cthulhu, Peaches, NDH, Christy, Dack!
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 11:08 PM (gjOCp)
This is the FIRST time anyone said hi to me! I am thrilled. Hi, Carol and hope your brother is better.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 20, 2014 07:12 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at March 20, 2014 07:13 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 07:13 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at March 20, 2014 07:13 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 20, 2014 07:14 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 20, 2014 07:14 PM (oFCZn)
Given that you can hardly get the VA to call when something serious _has_ happened, I don't know what to make of that.
That organization is weird. Against the general backdrop of complete federal government dysfunction and incompetence and blundering, there are still a few bright shining stars of medical brilliance.
A former doc I knew at Stanford Medical School quit his post there to go work at the VA (there is one right round the corner). Great guy. Why would someone make that tradeoff, taking a pay cut and a prestige hit? "Giving back."
Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 07:14 PM (gqT4g)
Sounds like NJ, where I live.
I have to demonstrate that I carry a huge amount of money every day, or document a verifiable threat to my life.
I am tempted to offer to be a test case, especially in light of the recent CA holding in federal court.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 07:14 PM (QFxY5)
Yew look reel taisty!
Posted by: leopard seal at March 20, 2014 07:14 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at March 20, 2014 07:15 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 07:15 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 20, 2014 07:16 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 20, 2014 07:16 PM (U12PU)
GOP 'Manchurian Candidate' Colluding with Dems to Oust Rep. Tom McClintock
http://tinyurl.com/kqa8hnk
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 11:12 PM (AymDN)
Holy crap, Hat! I've been a huge McClintock fan for many years. But, hey, it's California, they will fuck it up any way they can. It almost doesn't even matter. Still, I heart Tom.
Posted by: Peaches at March 20, 2014 07:16 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 20, 2014 07:16 PM (g4TxM)
VA hospitals are definitely hit or miss. The one in downtown Nashville is excellent, though. They rotate Vanderbilt Hospital doctors through it.
Posted by: GGE's Dog at March 20, 2014 07:16 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 20, 2014 07:16 PM (g4TxM)
Gee I wonder why.
Would I be a horrible person/Christian if I said out loud, I frankly don't believe this man's leaving the earth is necessarily a bad thing?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 07:17 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at March 20, 2014 07:17 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 07:17 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 07:17 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 20, 2014 07:17 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:17 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: April at March 20, 2014 07:17 PM (tgGL4)
45 Re mattresses... The Original Mattress Factory.
Thanks for the tip, NDH.
I checked them out...looks great.
But they don't have any outlets or stores out here in the West.
Bummer.
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 07:18 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 20, 2014 07:18 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 07:18 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Peaches at March 20, 2014 07:18 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:19 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 20, 2014 07:19 PM (mx5oN)
Adolf Hitler: "How's my incinerated dick taste, Herr Phelpsy baby???"
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 07:19 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Synergy at March 20, 2014 07:19 PM (AymDN)
So...they transplanted sheep into mountain lion habitat and the mountain lions ate the sheep so they are killing the mountain lions and transplanting more sheep.....for the children?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 07:20 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:20 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:20 PM (vHRtU)
Because the Pakistani military and ISI having colluded to shelter bin Laden -- in the heart of a Pakistani army garrison town -- is something for which they obviously should be rewarded.
It's foreign policy as conducted by Bizarro Superman.
Me am punish Pakis sternly by giving them much gear! They never act up after this!
Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 07:21 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 20, 2014 07:21 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, the moron formerly known as MrCaniac at March 20, 2014 07:21 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Warm and Cozy. at March 20, 2014 07:21 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Zombie Uncle Ted Kennedy at March 20, 2014 07:21 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Daybrother at March 20, 2014 07:22 PM (lIzMt)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:22 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 20, 2014 07:22 PM (Usdw3)
I'm ashamed to admit it, but Vela flashed me twice, while sprawled out whorishly on my old, expensive and horrible mattress, which, I'm embarrassed to say, is stained with both U-238 and Cannoli cream.
Hell with it, I'm going to the barrel. I think it'll be an upgrade and improvement.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 20, 2014 07:22 PM (vvk2F)
Why would someone make that tradeoff, taking a pay cut and a prestige hit?
Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 11:14 PM (gqT4g)
My VA female physician left private practice because of regulation, insurance, non-payment, etc., and other deficiencies she deemed difficult if not impossible to accomplish and still provide quality medicine.
She is marred to a CPA and they have two children. She makes 18oK/year and I assume husband books forward of 100K. She works 8 hours 5 days with all Federal Holidays. Not a bad gig!
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 20, 2014 07:22 PM (nQjHM)
Posted by: H Badger at March 20, 2014 07:22 PM (er9dx)
I am tempted to offer to be a test case, especially in light of the recent CA holding in federal court.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 11:14 PM (QFxY5)
No need. I read an article just a day or two ago about a NJ guy with an ATM business that was denied a permit, and he is appealing to the feds. I'll see if I can dig up the link.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:23 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 20, 2014 11:11 PM (baL2B)
Wait...he got turfed from the WBC? By his own inbred family, that bunch of lawyers who only incorporated themselves as a church as a tax dodge for all the extortion settlement money they got paid for getting their asses kicked at funerals? Oh, that's rich, that's a hoot, it is to laugh...now THAT'S schadenfreude!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 07:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 20, 2014 07:23 PM (bmaUl)
93 wheatie i liked my old pillowtop. this one has memory foam. This i hate and Has those exact issues.
Yeah, willow...'memory foam'...what a joke.
I said to hubby, "Why would we want to sleep on foam that will 'remember' the position we slept in? -- That means wallowed out."
But he was all "Oh no, honey. It'll be great. Feel how soft it is."
Now...he just wants to take the thing out and use it for target practice.
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 07:23 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 07:24 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 20, 2014 07:24 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 20, 2014 07:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 20, 2014 07:24 PM (Usdw3)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:24 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 20, 2014 07:25 PM (EJ/Tn)
Posted by: eman at March 20, 2014 07:25 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: alphabaker at March 20, 2014 07:25 PM (+w1hQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 20, 2014 11:23 PM (bmaUl)
nerdygirl, my first thought was that Rolling Thunder should swarm his funeral, but then I saw people commenting that the best thing anyone could do would be to pay it absolutely no attention whatesoever. And I agree.
Posted by: Peaches at March 20, 2014 07:25 PM (8lmkt)
nerdygirl: it's fun to imagine, I admit.
One of the last places the hateful jackass picketed is my own hometown of Lakewood, California. His cult members not only interrupted Sunday services at several local churches, they tried (and, with the help of LA Sheriffs, failed miserably thankfully) to interrupt classes at Lakewood High School.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 07:27 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: john kerry at March 20, 2014 07:27 PM (9gNQd)
Thanks to all that shared their mattress horror stories.
I need to buy one soon. Any more suggestions?
Posted by: rd at March 20, 2014 07:27 PM (D+lxs)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:28 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Synergy at March 20, 2014 07:28 PM (AymDN)
I need to buy one soon. Any more suggestions?
Posted by: rd at March 20, 2014 11:27 PM (D+lxs)
Bed of nails.
Posted by: Indian Fakir(no not lizzy) at March 20, 2014 07:28 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 20, 2014 07:28 PM (jldxi)
Posted by: eman at March 20, 2014 07:29 PM (AO9UG)
Would it be mean of me to suggest that people from all over should converge on his town and turn his funeral into an ugly little circus?
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 20, 2014 11:23 PM (bmaUl)
I hope this happens. I would have preferred he be set on a fire ant bed slathered with honey in the middle of a cobra pit surrounded by Navy SEALS peeing on him.But getting excommunicated from his fake church will have to do.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 20, 2014 07:29 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:29 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 20, 2014 11:28 PM (jldxi)
That's hawt.....
Posted by: Paris Hilton at March 20, 2014 07:30 PM (jucos)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 20, 2014 07:30 PM (RZ8pf)
The mattress industry suggests it's only good for approximately 8 years and should be replaced due to sloughing skin cells making the mattress double it's original weight, and the nasty factor from touching taco to love stick.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 20, 2014 07:30 PM (nQjHM)
It's obvious why they can't hold a funeral for him. The throngs of protesters (in this case perfectly justified IMHO) would make the ceremony all but inaudible and unbearable. And if he's buried somewhere, that luckless cemetery is going to have to get used to there being a permanent 4-inch-minimum smelly yellow pond, with tiny brown islands, if you get my drift, on their property.
So in effect, he'll end up with NOTHING left on earth to remember him by except his fellow cult members, who will also all die out eventually. Sounds about right IMHO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 07:30 PM (HVI5a)
If the Commiefornia GOP had a brain, they would have backed McClintock for governor. Instead, they all got Hollyweird star-struck and backed the plastic Austrian android Schwarzenegger.
Who, once elected, proceeded to hire a metric fuckton of career liberal Democrats for his gubernatorial staff. Not content to stop there, der Groppenfuhrer went on to back such impeccably conservative policies as banning ammo purchases by mail (thankfully struck down by the courts), and hugely expensive anti-global-warming mandates. Plus the "hydrogen highway" to nowhere. Capping it all off with a redistricting scheme that permanently shifted the balance of power in the state to liberals. Oh, and knocking up the housekeeper as a demonstration of Republican "family values". What a triumph.
Really, if you want to know what might have been, read McClintock's brilliant and unsparing analysis on the public schools we're paying for, versus the public schools we could be getting for the same price.
http://mcclintock.house.gov/senate-archive/article_detail.asp?PID=292
Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 07:31 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: navy SEALs at March 20, 2014 07:31 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 20, 2014 07:31 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 20, 2014 07:32 PM (jldxi)
Had a waterbed and was talked into "memory foam", bah.
No mattress soothes crepitation better than a waterbed.
Posted by: CO at March 20, 2014 07:32 PM (XNNr5)
"Hey er Freddy, let me, er, take you on a drive to show you around the place."
- Senator Ted Kennedy
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 07:33 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:33 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 20, 2014 07:33 PM (VgMBx)
I need to buy one soon. Any more suggestions?
Posted by: rd at March 20, 2014 11:27 PM (D+lxs)
Money.
Posted by: Scrooge McDuck at March 20, 2014 07:33 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 07:33 PM (gjOCp)
I'm working on it. These things take time, you know.
Posted by: Satan at March 20, 2014 07:33 PM (9F2c1)
OK. I need a Les Paul (Gibson, not Epi). Looking to buy within the next week.
Any 'Rons or 'Ettes got one to sell for under a grand?
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 07:34 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: nobody special at March 20, 2014 07:34 PM (kCH76)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:35 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 07:35 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 20, 2014 07:35 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 07:35 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Hanoi Jane Fonda at March 20, 2014 07:35 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 07:36 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2014 07:36 PM (yDmQD)
I need to buy one soon. Any more suggestions?
Posted by: rd at March 20, 2014 11:27 PM (D+lxs)
Dwarve gold.
Posted by: Smaug at March 20, 2014 07:36 PM (6Z9cJ)
I have a canvas folding cot, a camping cot. It is stiff, but secure. I think I spent about 50 bucks on it, ten years ago.
I have slept some of the best sleep in my life on that thing, for the simple reason that I am alone on it.
Posted by: navybrat at March 20, 2014 07:36 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 07:37 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: nobody special at March 20, 2014 07:38 PM (kCH76)
that's easily enough resolved. I have two mattress protectors on mine.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 11:37 PM (DmNpO)
I only use one protector, but change it out at the same time I change the batteries in the smoke detectors. Is that neurotic?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 20, 2014 07:38 PM (nQjHM)
...However, there is a small local place around here that said they can at least recover my files for me and put them on a thumb drive.
It will cost $150 or so but I have photos on there which can't be replaced.
Synctoy, it's free from Microsoft. At the end of the day sync your hd with an external hd, 5 min, and you never lose your stuff.
Posted by: CO at March 20, 2014 07:39 PM (XNNr5)
Posted by: navy SEALs at March 20, 2014 07:39 PM (bDxDx)
I think what you meant was, I won't be able to *keep down* Phelps for breakfast. OMG.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at March 20, 2014 07:39 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 07:40 PM (DmNpO)
Yummy, yummy dead skin.
Posted by: Dust Mites at March 20, 2014 07:40 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:40 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: alphabaker at March 20, 2014 07:41 PM (+w1hQ)
I hope its a few detonating nukes
would make a great day even better
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 11:24 PM (bDxDx)
Out of my head or pay rent.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:41 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 20, 2014 07:41 PM (lr3d7)
Miller has a new beer out...Miller 'Fortune'.
Black label, with an Ace of Spades on it. ...Anyone tried it?
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 07:41 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 20, 2014 07:42 PM (7xt2D)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 07:42 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at March 20, 2014 07:43 PM (E8IHS)
Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, the moron formerly known as MrCaniac at March 20, 2014 07:43 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 07:43 PM (DmNpO)
Uh yeah I'm gonna have to see some evidence on this. Because mattresses are pretty heavy and dead skin is not very dense so unless the mattress volume quadrupled over 8 years - maybe - there's no way it's weight could have doubled.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 20, 2014 07:44 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 07:44 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:44 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 20, 2014 07:44 PM (7xt2D)
Posted by: alphabaker at March 20, 2014 07:45 PM (Wfp8t)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 20, 2014 07:45 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 07:46 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: nobody special at March 20, 2014 07:46 PM (kCH76)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 07:47 PM (rDidD)
208...After dialing, the helpful female recording would say " if your stain is semen or urine, PRESS ONE. If it is feces or vomit, PRESS TWO. For mucus or blood, PRESS THREE."
Posted by: alphabaker at March 20, 2014 11:41 PM (+w1hQ)
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Haa! I can see you would be calling that number just for the laughs.
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 07:47 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:48 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 20, 2014 07:49 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 07:49 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: eman at March 20, 2014 07:49 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama, Canine Connoisseur and Sleep expert at March 20, 2014 07:49 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 07:49 PM (JMmQ9)
Any word yet?
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 11:46 PM (gjOCp)
I doubt I'll hear anything before tomorrow, it was a case worker and I'm pretty sure she leaves the office directly at five. She didn't call me when she had the chance between 3PM (time that I returned her call) and 5PM, so I'm guessing it isn't anything critical.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:49 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama, Canine Connoisseur and Sleep expert at March 20, 2014 07:50 PM (AymDN)
This place is going out of business, maybe they have something for you.
http://reverb.com/shop/americanguitarboutique
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 20, 2014 07:50 PM (v0WsZ)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:50 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:50 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:51 PM (cHZB7)
217 Synctoy, it's free from Microsoft. At the end of the day sync your hd with an external hd, 5 min, and you never lose your stuff.
***
Which might be terrific, if my computer hadn't already been hacked.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 11:43 PM (DmNpO)
Oh 
Well, never lose your stuff again. 
Posted by: CO at March 20, 2014 07:52 PM (XNNr5)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 07:52 PM (DmNpO)
220 211 Black label, with an Ace of Spades on it. ...Anyone tried it?
I did
it tastes like someone filtered water through the kitteh's box
Posted by: navycopjoe
Really?
Well, crapity crap. I was hoping it'd be half decent...because, Ace of Spades on the label.
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 07:52 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 07:53 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2014 07:54 PM (yDmQD)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:54 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 07:55 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 07:55 PM (aDwsi)
Also, I have my Fender Tele that I'll never part with. Now, I just need a Les Paul to fulfill a lifelong aspiration. It's the one guitar I've wanted ever since I was a child, sitting in my bedroom listening to my KISS records, pretending I was Ace Frehley.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 07:55 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:55 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:55 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: Rarity at March 20, 2014 07:56 PM (trlXu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 07:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 07:56 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, the moron formerly known as MrCaniac at March 20, 2014 07:57 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:57 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 07:57 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 07:59 PM (bDxDx)
254...but be advised, I only drink stella and peroni...i'm a beer snob
Peroni's in the Miller family, isn't it?
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 07:59 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 20, 2014 07:59 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 08:00 PM (bDxDx)
http://is.gd/DLG8Cs
My God, that's a beautiful guitar.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:00 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: lindafell at March 20, 2014 08:00 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:01 PM (ojnk6)
My question still stands..I gots a FUBARed laptop and I needs teh Horde's help... Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 11:56 PM (JMmQ9) Hide posts from (JMmQ9)
You can get a new comp and use the previous comp's disk as Drive D -- all the files will still be there.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 08:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 08:01 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 20, 2014 11:59 PM (aTXUx)
wow...that's some stretchy yarn...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:01 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 08:02 PM (bDxDx)
My question still stands..I gots a FUBARed laptop and I needs teh Horde's help...
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 11:56 PM (JMmQ9)
AltonJackson, see 248. You have plenty of time to download it in The Barrel.
Posted by: Steck at March 20, 2014 08:02 PM (5i94q)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:02 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 08:04 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 08:04 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 20, 2014 08:05 PM (v0WsZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 08:06 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at March 20, 2014 08:06 PM (Yg+nf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2014 08:06 PM (yDmQD)
Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 08:06 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 20, 2014 08:07 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at March 20, 2014 08:08 PM (RtAXn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 08:09 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:09 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 20, 2014 08:10 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: nobody special at March 20, 2014 08:10 PM (kCH76)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:11 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mel Watt, Crony Appointee. at March 20, 2014 08:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 20, 2014 08:13 PM (bDxDx)
Posted by: concrete girl at March 20, 2014 08:14 PM (LU3lG)
what a tale my thoughts could tell
just like an old time movie
'bout a ghost from a wishing well
in a castle dark
or a fortress strong
with chains upon my feet
you know that ghost is near
and I will never be set free
as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 08:15 PM (HVI5a)
274 nope
says imported by birra peroni,eden nc
brewed by birra pironi srl rome italy
Posted by: navycopjoe
Which is owned by SABMiller...which also owns Miller Brewing.
No big deal, tho.
*shrugs*
They also own Fosters and Grolsch.
Every beer is a bit different.
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 08:16 PM (5jdPE)
I'd have to save up for another few weeks to be able to get that one -- which I may just do anyway. I really, really would like to have one just like that, or one in Manhattan Midnight Blue:
http://is.gd/QR1exO
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:17 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:19 PM (aDwsi)
Probably my fave song of his though is "Sundown," which IMHO sounds as if it was a 23-year-ahead psychic premonition of the Lewinsky scandal.
"I can see her lying back in a satin dress
in a room where you do what you don't confess..."
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 08:19 PM (HVI5a)
Best version: Peter Paul and Mary's, hands down.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 08:20 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Carol at March 20, 2014 08:20 PM (gjOCp)
278 anyone hear from MissTammy? Is she going to see her man?
Posted by: yankeefifth
I hope so, Y5...she sounded like she was missing him, bad.
Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 08:21 PM (5jdPE)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 20, 2014 08:22 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 20, 2014 08:23 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:25 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:25 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 08:25 PM (DmNpO)
and the women all were fast
there she goes my friend
she's rolling down at last
hear the mighty engine roar
see the silver wing on high
she's away and westward bound
far above the clouds she'll fly
where the morning rain don't fall
and the sun always shines
she'll be flying o'er my home
in about three hours' time
this old airport's got me down
it's no earthly good to me
'cause I'm stuck here on the ground
cold and drunk as I might be
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 08:25 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:26 PM (ojnk6)
Wow. That was them at their peak.
Bet you enjoyed the flick "Inside Llewyn Davis."
:-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 08:27 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:27 PM (aDwsi)
G'night Carol....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 08:27 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:28 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 21, 2014 12:03 AM (rDidD)
That's all there is.
Posted by: Peggy Lee at March 20, 2014 08:28 PM (Oy09x)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 20, 2014 08:28 PM (v0WsZ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 08:29 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:29 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: nobody special at March 20, 2014 08:29 PM (kCH76)
OMG. Best, LOUDEST great stuff I'd heard in a LONG time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 08:30 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:30 PM (ojnk6)
Come my love I'll tell you a tale,
Of a boy and girl
And there love story.
And how he loved her oh so much,
and all the charms she did posess
Now this did happen once apon a time,
When things were not so complex.
And how he worshiped the ground she walked,
And when he looked he became obsessed.
My love is like a storybook story,
But its as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But its as real as the feelings I feel.
His love was stronger than the power so dark,
A prince could have within his keeping.
His spells to weave and steal her heart,
Within her heart but only sleaping.
My love is like a storybook story,
But its as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But its as real as the feelings I feel.
And he said:
"Don't you know i love you oh, so much,
and lay my heart at the foot of your dress."
And she said:
"Don't you know that storybook loves,
Always have a happy ending."
Then he swooped her up just like in the books
And on his stalion the rode away.
My love is like a storybook story,
But its as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But its as real as the feelings I feel.
Posted by: alphabaker at March 20, 2014 08:30 PM (Wfp8t)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:31 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: alphabaker at March 20, 2014 08:31 PM (Wfp8t)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 20, 2014 08:32 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:32 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 21, 2014 12:04 AM (DmNpO)
Oops, sorry, I was off surfing. Yes, I already have one daughter there and come May will have two. Son In Law's mother (Grandma-In-Law) lives in Arlington and they're going to go stay there for a while until they find their own place. They've been here in the house with me for 3 years now, so no telling how long they will be there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 20, 2014 08:33 PM (v0WsZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 20, 2014 08:33 PM (aDwsi)
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Believe it or not, it's closer to the rule than the exception. There's just something about guitars. Even if you can't play them all, it's pretty easy to come up with a situation where just about any given guitar is an absolute moral imperative.
Camera lenses are a lot like that, too.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:34 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:34 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 21, 2014 12:33 AM (v0WsZ)
Goodnight, see you again real soon.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:35 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 08:36 PM (AymDN)
Five years later when their mother and I were moving from FL back to VA when they closed NAS Cecil Field they didn't want to leave...and the oldest one didn't.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:37 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:38 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:38 PM (yh0zB)
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I suppose if enough of us got together, we could make that happen. Who knows? It might even appease the gods and usher in an era of peace and prosperity for all mankind.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:38 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:39 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: the writing on the wall at March 20, 2014 08:40 PM (u1ZOY)
See: http://bit.ly/1kO8mEP or search tomshardware for "User Profile Service failed." The bitly link is one such thread.
Do you have another user account on that PC that you could sign in with? If so, you can create a new account and copy the data from the old one into it. It's a pain, but I've done it a couple of times.
Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at March 20, 2014 08:40 PM (/S5ss)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 21, 2014 12:25 AM (DmNpO)
I think they would really appreciate it if she would just walk right in and take control. They love strong women there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:40 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Tony253 at March 20, 2014 08:41 PM (3yMFT)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:42 PM (yh0zB)
Lightfoot.
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy"
Pull it up from his "Gordon's Gold, Vol. 1" compilation. You won't regret it.
The entire disc is purely amazing. It's one of my "get drunk and zone out to the tunes" CDs. One of those collections of songs, that can transport you away, over years, miles and memories. As such, it's in a very select category.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 20, 2014 08:42 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 20, 2014 08:42 PM (v0WsZ)
Posted by: the writing on the wall at March 20, 2014 08:43 PM (u1ZOY)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 21, 2014 12:42 AM (v0WsZ)
How old is he?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: holygoat at March 20, 2014 08:47 PM (5Y+A+)
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 20, 2014 08:47 PM (v0WsZ)
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What do you think the guitars are for?
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 08:48 PM (m0h0I)
Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 08:48 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:48 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 20, 2014 08:49 PM (v0WsZ)
Posted by: The Dude at March 20, 2014 08:51 PM (bStrg)
I am an anomaly
Maybe you have heard o me
The jug eared freak economy Posted by: the writing on the wall"
Are you sure that wasn't from a bathroom stall?
Posted by: alphabaker at March 20, 2014 08:51 PM (Wfp8t)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 08:51 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 08:52 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 20, 2014 08:55 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 08:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2014 12:52 AM (sdi6R)
Any idea how I would know if he was playing anywhere in my area?
Posted by: cm9000 at March 20, 2014 08:59 PM (291hy)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 09:03 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2014 09:03 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 21, 2014 01:03 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)
No, seriously -- I'm planning our ramble, and on the day we're leaving Greensboro and heading south, the weather for Greensboro and Charlotte are both described as "fog" -- does that mean that it's foggy from dawn to dusk, or that there are foggy spells in there, or what? I've never seen it before.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 09:07 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 09:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Piercello at March 20, 2014 09:14 PM (jJ97i)
Posted by: The Barbed Cock of Satan at March 20, 2014 09:15 PM (C15wm)
Usually, though, fog burns off as the sun gets higher in the sky.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 09:19 PM (m0h0I)
Usually, though, fog burns off as the sun gets higher in the sky.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 21, 2014 01:19 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)
That's always been my experience....which is why that being the description of the entire day is puzzling me.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 09:21 PM (T1005)
Here's what wunderground.com's forecast calls for:
Mostly cloudy skies with some morning fog. High near 65F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 09:21 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 09:26 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Rob in Katy at March 20, 2014 09:28 PM (PiTBB)
Mostly cloudy skies early, then becoming foggy and damp late. Low 39F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
So, essentially, it looks like fog rolling in overnight Thursday and hanging around into Friday morning.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 09:28 PM (m0h0I)
I mean, I know some things are really different....like there's black ice that is always warned about (but I've never seen).....and snow (that I've never seen)....and instead of outdoor faucets, there are outdoor hydrants (that I've never seen)....and all the wooden fencing materials are cedar instead of redwood.....and tornadoes and/or hurricanes (that I've never seen)....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 09:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 09:46 PM (ojnk6)
In the southeast -- well, you can expect to see a LOT more bugs.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 09:48 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 09:49 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: George Costanza at March 20, 2014 09:50 PM (754t4)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 09:52 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 20, 2014 09:56 PM (291hy)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 20, 2014 10:00 PM (LSDdO)
You don't travel much and use hotels/motels huh?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 20, 2014 10:01 PM (LSDdO)
In the southeast -- well, you can expect to see a LOT more bugs.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 21, 2014 01:48 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)
Deerflies and chiggers and ticks, oh my!
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 10:08 PM (T1005)
The Sun even shines different in the Bay area. It's like God is frowning on the whole area. I'm whiter than white. I get a burn with little exposure.
I couldn't get mild flush when I lived in the Bay area.
And it actually felt cold all the time to me. And I was born and raised around the Chicago/Great Lakes Area.
It's the Debil's country I tells ya.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 20, 2014 10:11 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 10:12 PM (sdi6R)
There he goes again. Talking from his massive education and travel experience. *dick wad*
I never hated Jimmy Carter. Never Hated Bill Clinton.
This fool up there now? White hot heat hate. It's not that he's stupid and arrogant, it's that he acts so f**king sure of what he says.
Gary Trudeau gets 10 years and this putz gets to be President.
For similar lies.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 20, 2014 10:15 PM (LSDdO)
I laughed my ass off at an earlier interview-question thread and some of the Horde's replies to same.
"What's your greatest strength?"
"An optimistic attitude!"
"Can you give me an example?"
"Sure. That cushy corner office looks perfect for me."
Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 10:15 PM (gqT4g)
They don't really care what your answer is, just that you have one that makes sense.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 20, 2014 10:17 PM (LSDdO)
I'd still jump at the chance to go again.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 10:19 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: rickl at March 21, 2014 02:12 AM (sdi6R)
Obama is a historically trivial figure. A cypher. He is a symptom not the cause, of our demise.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 20, 2014 10:26 PM (291hy)
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 10:38 PM (754t4)
Posted by: zombie at March 20, 2014 10:38 PM (mizYg)
Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 10:40 PM (754t4)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 10:41 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 20, 2014 10:43 PM (291hy)
I'd still jump at the chance to go again.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 21, 2014 02:19 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)
It's a nice place to visit.....but I've lived here all my life and want out.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 10:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 20, 2014 11:17 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 20, 2014 11:32 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 20, 2014 11:33 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 21, 2014 03:17 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)
It's not a place for anyone who doesn't have an inflation-indexed cushy government pension with paid healthcare....and it's gonna be real fun when everyone else moves out.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 11:47 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 03:32 AM (qoKTg)
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http://tinyurl.com/6938qq
http://tinyurl.com/22opmh
http://tinyurl.com/bn93tjv
Posted by: jc at March 20, 2014 11:47 PM (PlzOe)
And for the Love of God, DO NOT trigger any one with pictures of aborted fetus, pictures of actual guns, or pictures of actual Triggers! Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 03:32 AM (qoKTg) Hide posts from (qoKTg)
I went to that exact school and have been on the exact elevator where that occurred.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 11:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 21, 2014 03:51 AM (bitz6)
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Well, if they are in your way I could haul them to the dump for you.
Posted by: jc at March 20, 2014 11:52 PM (PlzOe)
Would it cost me less than $460,000?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 20, 2014 11:53 PM (T1005)
Guy desires a nice ride -- big ticket item, about $85K -- hates the thought of too many government cuts on his pie....so he makes some arrangements and gets himself and two other people into a room with a script.
Goes to the first one, says: "Got any pre-'64 quarters?" Since the guy is a coin dealer, he says, "sure, how many do you need?" "About 23,200" "OK, but that'll cost you about $85,500" [ http://tinyurl.com/yps2dg ] "No prob, here's a check" "Thanks, here's a sack of coins."
Walks over to the car dealer, and says, "hey, buddy -- would you sell me that lovely car in the parking lot for $5,800? I've got this sack of quarters right here...." The car dealer replies, "sounds good to me, let me sign you over this title."
Then, of course, the car dealer walks over to the coin dealer and says, "I've got a metric buttload of silver quarters, what'll you give me for the lot?" And the coin dealer says, "$84,500" and they both say "done."
Result -- a guy gets an $85,000 car but only pays sales tax on $5,800 -- and annually pays plate fees based on that value as well. The joke is that this is probably legal so long as there are any silver quarters in general circulation.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2014 12:33 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 12:54 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 12:57 AM (qoKTg)
At least that is how it was explained to me. I haven't bought a new vehicle since 1993.
Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 21, 2014 01:01 AM (nkPV9)
trigger warning: http://tinyurl.com/6938qq
twigger warning: http://tinyurl.com/22opmh
tigger warning: http://tinyurl.com/bn93tjv
Posted by: jc at March 21, 2014 01:06 AM (PlzOe)
At least that is how it was explained to me. I haven't bought a new vehicle since 1993.
Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 21, 2014 05:01 AM (nkPV9) Hide posts from (nkPV9)
Yeah, I can pretty much guarantee there aren't any double-eagles in circulation. That's why it has to be something more recent.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2014 01:09 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 01:19 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: nobody special at March 21, 2014 01:20 AM (YaAEf)
My dad, with 3 degrees in Engineering, tried to teach me trig in 4th grade or thereabouts, and I ended up with huge mental block about it. In 10th grade, I got the analytic geometry method, with a unit circle and the point having the coordinates (cos theta, sin theta) -- and found I could pretty much derive anything I didn't already know on-the-fly.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2014 01:23 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 01:24 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 01:27 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 01:35 AM (qoKTg)
Shouldn't you be asleep by now? Posted by: nobody special at March 21, 2014 05:20 AM (YaAEf) Hide posts from (YaAEf)
The answer to that is a serious, you-bet-your-ass, yes....and I'm signing off very soon. The temp is low enough for sleeping, I'm tired enough, but I don't want to leave half-a-beer for tomorrow. I need to be on East Coast time in something stupid like 72 hours and it's going to fuck me sideways to make the change.
And I've got my eye on you.....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2014 01:37 AM (T1005)
In the copious spare time that I don't have, I would like to learn some spherical geometry ... Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 05:27 AM (qoKTg) Hide posts from (qoKTg)
Trig requires no spheres....but the sum of interior angles is > 180
Posted by: cthulhu at March 21, 2014 01:40 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 21, 2014 01:41 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Decaf at March 21, 2014 02:56 AM (6PRTl)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at March 21, 2014 04:24 AM (O0YsD)
I haven't paid attention to mattress ads since the long-ago days when Joey Heatherton advertised Serta Perfect Sleeper mattresses. Now those were attention-grabbers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 21, 2014 06:14 AM (BDU/a)
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