March 18, 2014
— Maetenloch The Lifeboat Mutiny
When I was around 10 or 11 I inherited a book of science fiction short stories by Robert Sheckley from my youngest uncle when he was clearing out his garage. When I got home my father happened to see it and remarked that it was a good book and that his favorite story was 'The Lifeboat Mutiny'.
Now I was a bit surprised by his casual familiarity with the book since I had no idea that my father had even heard of the author much less read anything by him. Of course it was only later I found out that it had been his book originally before my uncle had gotten it from him - and that my father was as much of a voracious reader as I was to become.
Anyway here is the intro to the story. You can read the rest here - it's not long.
"Tell me the truth. Did you ever see sweeter engines?" Joe, the Interstellar Junkman asked. "And look at those servos!""Hmm," Gregor said judiciously.
"That hull," Joe said softly. "I bet it's five hundred years old, and not a spot of corrosion on it." He patted the burnished side of the boat affectionately. What luck, the pat seemed to say, that this paragon among vessels should be here just when AAA Ace needs a lifeboat.
"She certainly does seem rather nice," Arnold said, with the studied air of a man who has fallen in love and is trying hard not to show it. "What do you think, Dick?"
Richard Gregor didn't answer. The boat was handsome, and she looked perfect for ocean survey work on Trident. But you had to be careful about Joe's merchandise.
"They just don't build 'em this way any more," Joe sighed. "Look at the propulsion unit. Couldn't dent it with a trip-hammer. Note the capacity of the cooling system. Examine-"
"It looks good," Gregor said slowly. The AAA Ace Interplanetary Decontamination Service had dealt with Joe in the past, and had learned caution. Not that Joe was dishonest; far from it. The flotsam he collected from anywhere in the inhabited Universe worked. But the ancient machines often had their own ideas of how a job should be done. They tended to grow peevish when forced into another routine.
"I don't care if it's beautiful, fast, durable, or even comfortable," Gregor said defiantly. "I just want to be absolutely sure it's safe."
Joe nodded. "That's the important thing, of course. Step inside."
They entered the cabin of the boat. Joe stepped up to the instrument panel, smiled mysteriously, and pressed a button.
Immediately Gregor heard a voice which seemed to originate in his head, saying, "I am Lifeboat 324-A. My purpose-"
"Telepathy?" Gregor interrupted.
"Direct sense recording," Joe said, smiling proudly. "No language barriers that way. I told you, they just don't build 'em this way any more."
"I am Lifeboat 324-A," the boat esped again. "My primary purpose is to preserve those within me from peril, and to maintain them in good health. At present, I am only partially activated."
"Could anything be safer?" Joe cried. "This is no senseless hunk of metal. This boat will look after you. This boat cares!"
Gregor was impressed, even though the idea of an emotional boat was somehow distasteful. But then, paternalistic gadgets had always irritated him.
Arnold had no such feelings. "We'll take it!"
"You won't be sorry," Joe said, in the frank and open tones that had helped make him a millionaire several times over.
Gregor hoped not.
The next day, Lifeboat 324-A was loaded aboard their spaceship and they blasted off for Trident.
MH370: What We Know As of Today
Since Sunday the Malaysians have backtracked on some of the details initially released plus there have been some new developments based on Thailand's radar records. So commenter D.S. of pprune.org made this summary of what is known and believed to be true as of this moment about the flight. I added an orange diamond to the map where Kota Bharu is on the Malaysian coast.
Don't forget that everything we know is being filtered through the media which is like playing a game of telephone with mentally challenged people in the middle.
What we know* timeline
(*or at least have a separate "unidentified official" verification on from a reputable source)
- 1:07 - ACARS last transmission (thru VHF) which apparently includes notation of a WP change having been entered into system since last scheduled report at 12:37
- 1:11 - INMARSAT ping would have been received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite?)
- 1:19 - 'Alright, Good Night' at handover (supposedly by co-pilot)
- 1:22 - Transponder goes off
(note: those previous two might be reversed, we have multiple sources seemingly confirming both possibilities. One happened at 1:19, one at 1:22 though. I'm putting them in this order mainly because...)
- 1:22 - Plane goes out of range/black from Thailand Radar (likely from the transponder going black and not the plane going out of range)
- 1:28 - Unidentified plane shows up on Thailand Radar roughly off the Kota Bharu, Malaysia coast (at Malaysia/Thailand border) and this apparently shows plane crossing the Peninsula to the Straights of Malacca (unknown endtime for this path)
- somewhere between 1:15-1:30 - Vietnam sees plane turn around.
(note: they have not told us a specific time of turn or if they know this because of a Military or ATC radar hit, but they told Malaysia they 'watched plane turn around' sometime shortly after contact was lost)
- roughly 1:30-forward, Vietnam is "frantically" trying to contact the plane
- 1:37 - ACARS misses scheduled transmission
- 1:30-1:45 - at minimum 11 eye witness reports from around and past the Kota Bharu, Malaysia/Thailand border areas (including one saying 'plane descending fast' like one of the later radar hits indicates)
- 2:11 - INMARSAT ping would have been received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite)
- between 1:30-2:40 - Malaysian Military and Civilian radar picks up an "unidentified" plane flying over peninsula (Daud says "this was corroborated by civilian radar" in the March 9th press conference). Those include a couple radar WP hits we have specifically been told about* (and who knows how many that haven't been provided/leaked):
... VAMPI
... GIVAL
... IGREX
(note: we are not sure of the timing of the radar hits, and there is very contradictory evidence here. The most recent seemingly-official time is 2:15 for the last hit. Which hit that was, we don't know for sure)
post 2:15/or/2:40 apparent absolute complete blackout of plane (except...)
- 3:11 - INMARSAT ping received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite)
- 4:11 - INMARSAT ping received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite)
- 5:11 - INMARSAT ping received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite)
- 6:11 - INMARSAT ping received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite)
- 7:11 - INMARSAT ping received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite) near 40 Degree line
- 7:24 - Statement released by Malaysian Officials saying contact lost at 2:40 and SAR efforts are underway
- 8:11 - INMARSAT ping received, as apparently Boeing's AHM report attempted to automatically transmit (thru Satellite) (thru Satellite) on 40 Degree line
*those way-points on map(Note on map: the Thailand radar data, as we understand it, indicates a straight path from IGARI to VAMPI is not possible, so there are more unknown/unreleased turns in there somewhere. Please do not read that map as a 'straight flight' from WP to WP; it was not a straight path over the peninsula, in the very least)
Intern Pay and the Goldilocks Principle
The worst offender, interestingly, is Market Watch, a project of the Wall Street Journal, which has posted a listicle headlined "America's 10 Most Overpaid Interns." Note: not "highest paid," but "most overpaid." As if there is a magical number that these skilled employees should be paid. As if the author understands exactly what these workers are worth. As if wage controls for interns are any more sensible than wage controls for any other employee.It's as though intern pay is subject to the Goldilocks Principle: there's a certain level of salary that is "just right." Unpaid internships are unfair to the intern and overly paid internships are unfair to the rest of us. Instead, there's a magical level of earnings that-regardless of skill level, regardless of the work to be done, regardless of how many people want to do the work-all interns should earn. And if these tech companies are so gauche as to flaunt this principle?
Well, maybe it's time to start confiscating some wealth.
Germany's Hypocrisy on NSA Surveillance
Or why you should take European outrage!! over NSA spying with a very large chunk of salt.
Germany would like the world to believe in a simple narrative regarding privacy and surveillance: Unlike the NSA, Germany does not spy on its citizens, and it respects privacy rights.But, like most things in Germany, it's more complicated than that. Germany does monitor citizens and foreign nationals living within its borders-it just does so quietly.
...he most glaring fact that Germans ignore is how much their government works with the NSA. Reports last summer in Der Spiegel-ironically, the same magazine that published some of the first NSA-Snowden accusations-indicated that Germany and the NSA work closely, and that German intelligence services were eager and willing to work with the Americans.
"The German services are cooperating with NSA big-time," Neumann said. "I mean, they have weekly meetings a couple of miles from here. . They do all kinds of surveillance on users as part of their daily work. So we basically have the same issues here." Neumann, who is German, said that he believes that his government also oversteps its authority. "Of course Germany's also doing some kind of surveillance, and this surveillance is probably very intrusive and not constitutional," he said. (The German government did not respond to a request for comment.)
Neumann's claims are supported by revelations about U.S.-German intelligence collaboration. According to Der Spiegel, German intelligence agencies have been using a program called XKeyScore to collect metadata within Germany. Last April a high-ranking delegation of German intelligence officials met with officials from the NSA to discuss cooperation. The Washington Post reported that in 2008, German intelligence accidentally sent American intelligence 300 phone numbers of American citizens, raising suspicions that the numbers were being tapped. This, combined with Neumann's accusation, lends credence to the sentiment expressed by National Intelligence Director James Clapper when the Merkel-cellphone scandal broke: Everyone is doing it. The NSA is just better at it than anyone else.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull and the Rise of Simpleton Wisdom
There are the books that change your life. Then there are the books that people tell you will change your life. If those people are stoners you met in college, then the books in question are either Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, or Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
Pray that you don't wind up with the seagull book. Because nothing is quite as bewildering as digging into Richard Bach's 1970 novella, having heard over and over again that it will totally blow your mind, only to discover a story about a seagull who loves to fly very fast, rejects the flock (All they do is squabble over food, dude!) and is eventually reincarnated as a seagull angel. By these discriminating standards, one could argue that The Very Hungry Caterpillar offers profound commentary on the capitalist fantasy of overconsumption as path to elite metamorphosis, and Goodnight Moon presents a radical handbook for nonattachment to the material world.
Full disclosure: I haven't read any of these books other than most of the first chapter of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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5 Awful Stories You Shouldn't Laugh At (But Probably Will)
Well you have this classic one:
And then you have this one which I'm fairly happy to not know the details of.
#3. Man Revenge Rapes Son's Rapist
'Cunty' Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Seem like a rather late addition but Adam Carolla certainly deserves some credit for helping keep it alive in current usage.
cunty (n.): adj. despicable; highly unpleasant; extremely annoying.
The word cunt, which more literally refers to female genitals, dates back to the 1200s. In the Middle Ages, English speakers were less squeamish about obscene language because they had much less privacy and therefore less shame about things like sex and body parts. So the c-word probably wouldn't have raised too many Black Death-plagued eyebrows. It was even used in surnames at the time, like Clawecuncte.
Consider this fair warning before you click.
The AoSHQ group. Yeah.
Teh Tweet!
Tonight's post brought to you by the first picture from space (taken in 1946 from a V2 rocket):
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Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 06:17 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 18, 2014 06:17 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 06:19 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 06:21 PM (spyQE)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 18, 2014 06:22 PM (AymDN)
Holy shitballs!
Am I the only one who never knew about this? I know Sputnik was technically the first artificial satellite but why isn't this pic more well known?
( fearing the answer )
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 18, 2014 06:23 PM (ligos)
Posted by: fluffy at March 18, 2014 06:23 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: 7 Days in May at March 18, 2014 06:23 PM (WYUAi)
Posted by: irright at March 18, 2014 06:23 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 06:23 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: NCKate at March 18, 2014 06:25 PM (y7PFk)
Posted by: Diversity Tuesday at March 18, 2014 06:25 PM (ZPrif)
Cuz if there's really a possible NY/NJ meetup coming soon I would love to make it to my first meetup. I can suggest a few good alcohol dispensaries as well.
Posted by: Iasonas at March 18, 2014 06:26 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 06:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 18, 2014 06:26 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 18, 2014 06:26 PM (Q8vlx)
She's also a womyn's studies major and wants to be a human rights lawyer.
If God wanted to play a joke on humanity, he would invite leftist thought.
Posted by: Iasonas at March 18, 2014 06:27 PM (FHNkr)
the 'motorcycle' book is entirely different--worth reading if you can accept the author's perspective
as for what the BundesNachrichtenDienst does, they make the Abwehr look like choirboys
Posted by: Jules ( on a long downhill slide ) at March 18, 2014 06:27 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: NCKate at March 18, 2014 06:29 PM (y7PFk)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 18, 2014 06:29 PM (MUlDD)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 06:30 PM (mck3/)
http://tinyurl.com/p9a45ng
Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 10:21 PM (spyQE)
They should give her their highest honor and abort her
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2014 06:31 PM (FE/sZ)
Posted by: grognard at March 18, 2014 06:31 PM (hjKMO)
Posted by: irright at March 18, 2014 06:31 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 18, 2014 06:31 PM (RFeQD)
Why not take your coffee money to a shop that doesn't actively promote such political drivel?
There's gotta be a coffee shop, deli, diner or other place local to you that you can go to work on your laptop and have a coffee that's own by some hard-working non-leftist patriotic middle class folks.
They would be glad to have you as a customer.
Posted by: Iasonas at March 18, 2014 06:32 PM (FHNkr)
That must be because I read The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 18, 2014 06:32 PM (51wwJ)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 06:32 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 06:33 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 18, 2014 06:33 PM (WlWt+)
( don't look nuthin like eastern KY )
Posted by: Jules ( on a long downhill slide ) at March 18, 2014 06:34 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 06:34 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 18, 2014 06:35 PM (MUlDD)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 06:35 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: NCKate at March 18, 2014 06:35 PM (y7PFk)
Posted by: Al Gore at March 18, 2014 06:36 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 18, 2014 06:38 PM (MUlDD)
Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 18, 2014 06:38 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 06:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Lauren at March 18, 2014 06:40 PM (hFL/3)
Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 18, 2014 10:38 PM (Aif/5)
Barry: Reggie, it's only to improve international relations!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2014 06:41 PM (FE/sZ)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 06:41 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 18, 2014 06:41 PM (MUlDD)
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Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 06:41 PM (spyQE)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 06:42 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 06:42 PM (ny+NB)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 06:43 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Steven Seag(ull) at March 18, 2014 06:43 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 06:43 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 06:44 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 06:44 PM (Sptt8)
Eugenics.... isn't that the science that gets rid of body Fat?Posted by: Low Infomercial Voter at March 18, 2014 06:46 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 06:46 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 06:46 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 06:47 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: Xenu at March 18, 2014 06:48 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 06:48 PM (doBIb)
Here is a hint of what is bugging me:
1) What was the oil slick and big hunks of stuff seen by Chinese satellite? Of course, in wrong sea, but answers are sometimes important except in the new Common Core math.
2) What about the two "good" mooslem boys with fake passports?
3) The Chinese ambassador, representing over 150 souls on the missing plane, says all are squeaky clean. Really? And the bad "fingerprints all over byUyghur separatists! But, no...Cause he says so, y'all.
4) India said no way, no how, did this 777 fly over them! There is one tiny problem in that most of the airports, per an article I read in India Times, have no radar! No biggie! They are all cooperating like Thailand, who kept information for 10 days! It is all good, right? ugh
And, 5) And, my favorite story (and copied and pasted from below due to fatigue and need of beauty rest), as yet unanswered by Morons and/or the news, is what about the 20 engineers from a Texas company whose company specialized in, of all things, "invisible shields" for military planes. They were all of Chinese or Maylasian nationals, from the little bit reported and now ignored by all but ChristyB, train and plane investigator and aging supermodel. The name of the company of the missing 20 engineers is Freescale Semiconductor.
It reported: "It is conceivable that the Malaysia Airlines Flight
MH370 plane is 'cloaked', hiding with high-tech electronic warfare
weaponry that exists and is used.
"In fact, this type of technology is precisely the expertise of Freescale, that has 20 employees on board the missing flight."
The anonymous author on the site makes reference to the capabilities
of Israel making an attack on Iran. They said any attack would include
jamming the electric grid, Internet, and cell phone network, using
devices such as one that mimics a maintenance cell phone signal that
commands the cell network to "sleep."
The report also references a story from Fox News that
explained that new stealth technology makes airplanes invisible to
radar, and can also make them hard to spot with the naked eye.
"The general public might not hear about how far the US has really
come, because it is and should remain classified," firearms expert Chris
Sajnog, a former Navy Seal, said. "Other countries are still playing
catch-up — but they're closing the gap."
http://tinyurl.com/ndlv75o
http://tinyurl.com/q2sscsw
So, if some reporters are reading this, you might want to remember some of the information that has been buried and unanswered. Or not.
And, on top of everything, we know how transparent our own gubment is when it comes to investigating stuff (see: Benghazi).
Over and out and good-night. xoxo
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 06:49 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 06:49 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 06:50 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 06:50 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 06:50 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 06:50 PM (spyQE)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 06:50 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: rickl at March 18, 2014 06:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 06:50 PM (ny+NB)
Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 06:51 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 06:51 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: .87c at March 18, 2014 06:51 PM (qZPXs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 06:52 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 06:53 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 06:53 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 06:53 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: B and B at March 18, 2014 06:54 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 06:54 PM (ny+NB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 06:54 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Low Infomercial Voter at March 18, 2014 06:54 PM (84gbM)
missing 20 engineers is Freescale Semiconductor."
Freescale is a real company, but that's not what their line of work is.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 06:54 PM (gqT4g)
(Or they just don't believe you because it must be Faux News propaganda I guess).
However, I think we can convert a few LIVs if we beat the Dems = abortion = Margaret Sanger = eugenics = racism drum but the GOP won't do that.
So, yeah.
Posted by: Iasonas at March 18, 2014 06:54 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 06:54 PM (A/QWH)
As R.S. McCain has pointed out, it's pretty telling that feminists consider it empowering for a woman to pay for school by doing pornography that caters to the statutory rape crowd.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 18, 2014 06:55 PM (lr3d7)
Here is a hint of what is bugging me:
That's a hint?
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 10:53 PM (A/QWH)
Sorry. doh. It is like Benghazi and I don't forget stuff from the start of the crazy stories. My bad...runs off crying to bed...
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 06:55 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 06:55 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 06:56 PM (aePFl)
Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at March 18, 2014 06:56 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 10:54 PM (gqT4g)
Thank you! I guess the story from the UK was bs that I read.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 06:56 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 06:56 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: Moki at March 18, 2014 06:56 PM (EvHC8)
Posted by: concrete girl at March 18, 2014 06:57 PM (Gq4PC)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2014 06:57 PM (JMmQ9)
Administration in back pocket of UAW pulls shit on a non-UAW automaker under color of authority. Film at eleven.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 06:57 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 18, 2014 06:57 PM (Aif/5)
Here's the most plausible explanation I have found.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/
Can we let it rest already?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 06:57 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 06:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 06:57 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 06:58 PM (ny+NB)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 06:58 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 06:58 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 06:58 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Jonathan Swift at March 18, 2014 06:58 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 06:59 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 06:59 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 06:59 PM (ojnk6)
The whole Freescale Semiconductor story has been pretty well debunked. Freescale makes a ton of chips used in a lot of consumer devices. The employees on the flight were supposedly efficiency experts heading to fabs in China to help improve the yield.
No one has ever been able to point to any evidence for a Freescale 'cloaking device' but this story just keeps getting repeated from site to site.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 18, 2014 07:00 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 07:00 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 07:00 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 07:01 PM (A/QWH)
The music industry loves pushing out re-mastered versions and now anniversary editions of albums. Hollywood loves to put out a movie and then later a director's cut or some sort of special edition.
With a media file, you could obtain it once and it would last forever. One purchase. I don't think Hollywood will tolerate this for long.
Posted by: Iasonas at March 18, 2014 07:01 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 18, 2014 07:01 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 07:02 PM (aePFl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 07:02 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 07:02 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 07:02 PM (ojnk6)
I will never understand the liberal Jewish person's mindset. Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 10:50 PM (spyQE)
It's a mystery to me too...what about "To Life, to Life, L'Chaim?" The Jews have never demographically recovered from the Holocaust - why they of all people would champion abortion - I don't get it.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:03 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Giorgio Tsoulokos at March 18, 2014 07:03 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Iasonas at March 18, 2014 07:03 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 07:03 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 18, 2014 07:03 PM (4MUh9)
Yes, PP being proud of Eugenics and giving an award in the name of arch racist Margaret Sanger.
More evidence to support zombie's premise
Posted by: bill-o at March 18, 2014 07:03 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 07:03 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 07:04 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 07:04 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: joncelli at March 18, 2014 07:04 PM (/AYWV)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 07:05 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:05 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 07:05 PM (ny+NB)
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 07:05 PM (aePFl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 07:06 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 07:06 PM (0FSuD)
But...but...we can't win without their vote!
Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at March 18, 2014 07:06 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 07:07 PM (ny+NB)
It's even more difficult to be a gay tattoo artist when your tattoos suck.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 18, 2014 07:07 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Eric Von Daniken at March 18, 2014 07:07 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 07:08 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: rickl at March 18, 2014 07:08 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 07:08 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (u8GsB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 11:03 PM (JdEZJ)
Calling things like macrame belts queer, ah yes, that was a sign of the times too - before kids started saying "That's so gay" instead. Of course, using either term in a derogatory sense is now a hate crime.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:09 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 07:10 PM (aePFl)
Posted by: Ms. O. at March 18, 2014 07:11 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 18, 2014 07:11 PM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:11 PM (HVff2)
It's a mystery to me too...what about "To Life, to Life, L'Chaim?" The Jews have never demographically recovered from the Holocaust - why they of all people would champion abortion - I don't get it.
Overrepresentation in academic/intellectual fields combined with a distinct culture and strong connection to urban areas. The ingredients were already there to begin with.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 18, 2014 07:11 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 07:11 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 07:11 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 07:11 PM (A/QWH)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 07:12 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 18, 2014 11:09 PM (l3vZN)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 18, 2014 07:13 PM (51wwJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 11:09 PM (mck3/)
I feel the same way about the idiots who feed the obnoxious shit machines known as geese. There's a few parks with duck ponds around here that I don't even walk in any more because you have to either hopscotch your way down the path or end up with geese shit in the treads of your shoes.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:13 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 07:13 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 18, 2014 07:13 PM (u8GsB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 18, 2014 07:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2014 07:14 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 07:15 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 07:15 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 11:11 PM (rDidD)
Part of the problem is that there are so few facts to work with. I don't think the Malaysians have ever definitively stated how much fuel the plane took off with. So the possible range is just educated guess-work.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 18, 2014 07:15 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 07:15 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 18, 2014 07:16 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 07:16 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 18, 2014 07:17 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 07:18 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 07:18 PM (A/QWH)
that must by why they call it a 'cloaking device'.
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 18, 2014 07:19 PM (jAc/f)
The Brewers held a party for Hank, their new canine mascot today - before they sent him to be neutered. I've heard of farewell parties, but not "farewell to balls" parties.
Although come to think of it, last season many of their pitchers said farewell to balls hit by other teams.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:19 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 18, 2014 07:19 PM (YZSnp)
Substantially. The MPEG-2 codec that DVD uses is pretty dated by today's standards. Newer codecs can typically get a 4.7 GB DVD's content to fit onto a 800 MB CD with no loss of quality. In addition to much greater capacity, Blu-ray relies on these newer codecs to handle HD content.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 07:19 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 07:19 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 07:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 07:21 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 07:21 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 07:21 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 11:05 PM (ny+NB)
98, I have such a device, bought online for cheap (like $15) cassette to USB port. Says Super USB Cassette Capture on it.
Posted by: Steck at March 18, 2014 07:21 PM (5i94q)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 18, 2014 07:22 PM (l3vZN)
ABC had a Marvel's: Assembling A Universe movie flacking special tonight:
"Care to see what Marvel has in store for Avengers 2: Age of Ultron? You know, besides this awesome concept art of Hulk fighting Iron Man in his Hulkbuster armor? Plus Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the first 11 minutes of Captain America: The Winter Soldier!"
Avengers 2 -- with Hulkbuster armor. Might as well just back the armored cars up to the box office windows now.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 07:23 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 18, 2014 07:24 PM (Aif/5)
Whatever it takes to keep GM afloat for the UAW to ransack. Not that things are going well there:
http://tinyurl.com/pl4u7gl
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 07:25 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 18, 2014 07:25 PM (Usdw3)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:26 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 07:27 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: rickl at March 18, 2014 07:27 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 18, 2014 07:27 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 07:28 PM (gjOCp)
The whole Freescale Semiconductor story has been pretty well debunked. Freescale makes a ton of chips used in a lot of consumer devices. The employees on the flight were supposedly efficiency experts heading to fabs in China to help improve the yield.
No one has ever been able to point to any evidence for a Freescale 'cloaking device' but this story just keeps getting repeated from site to site.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 18, 2014 11:00 PM (pAlYe)
Sorry. It was bugging me. I did not that the Fox Story was not about the company.
I will go to the barrel, which probably plays music from Celine Dion or that woman in tv commercials, for her collector's album that annoyed the hell out of me. Haven't seen it lately so she must have gone to her reward.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 07:29 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at March 18, 2014 07:29 PM (M/xKK)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:29 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 07:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 07:30 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 07:30 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 07:30 PM (rDidD)
Is that Captain Jack Frost?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 18, 2014 07:31 PM (51wwJ)
"The tests were designed to test knowledge of fire safety and firefighting technique. But the black firefighters sued and said the test was biased against them and favored the "fire geeks" -- guys who are really into being a firefighter and spend their free time reading about it and studying up on the best techniques and equipment."
In other words, the guys you want in command positions at the fire department. So, the complaint is that the test is biased in favor of those most qualified for the job?
Sigh. More Doom.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 07:31 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 07:31 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mr. FeverHead at March 18, 2014 07:33 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 18, 2014 07:33 PM (RZ8pf)
Except for Streaking.., did you mention Streaking? Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 11:27 PM (aDwsi)
Oops, forgot streaking. Some guys from an neighboring Catholic boys high school streaked through the cafeteria of our Catholic girls high school when I was a freshman and damn near killed the nuns. They had ski masks on and one had tied a blue ribbon around his dong. I remember that very well. It was a huge thrill for us :-)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:33 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 18, 2014 07:33 PM (Usdw3)
Hey Cth. How is ya? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 10:56 PM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)
Posted, cooked dinner, and am just now up to this....doin' ok.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 18, 2014 07:35 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:35 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 18, 2014 07:35 PM (ligos)
Does anyone know when Honda intends to finally put the 2015 Honda Fit in the dealerships, and for what MSRP?
I know the electric is going to be a ridonkulous price, but hopefully the standard gas transmissions...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:36 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 07:36 PM (mck3/)
(in the early days of The Simpsons, their baseball stadium was the Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific Arena)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:36 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 07:37 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:37 PM (HVff2)
We have similar programs. A friend of mine got a degree from UC Irvine a few years ago in Computer Forensics. Part of it is CSI sort of stuff, the proper handling of devices found at crime scenes and such. Another sub-specialty is analysis of break-ins to computer systems.
There is some interesting gear on the market for the proper handling of storage devices that may contain critical evidence. They almost never do it right on the TV shows because it is very slow and tedious.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 07:38 PM (bPxS6)
I have one myself. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:38 PM (HVI5a)
"Pray that you don't wind up with the seagull book. Because nothing is quite as bewildering as digging into Richard Bach's 1970 novella"
Oh yes there was -- the movie version. Solarised footage of birds flying with overwrought voice overs. Sound track by Neil Diamond.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 07:38 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 07:39 PM (ny+NB)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:39 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Yeah that wouldn't make sense. But I don't think the Malaysians have confirmed the order and timing of the waypoints so maybe the plane followed a more direct path that just happened to pass near the waypoints.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 18, 2014 07:39 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 07:39 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 07:39 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 07:39 PM (ZPrif)
I'll machine gun yer ass and then slurp lime jello salad with the loved ones afterwards.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:39 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 11:35 PM (HVI5a)
Ancient Chinese secret, huh!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 18, 2014 07:40 PM (51wwJ)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 07:40 PM (zOTsN)
Nice and rubbery.....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 18, 2014 07:41 PM (T1005)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 07:41 PM (doBIb)
And, Calgon was weird. In 1973 they were selling laundry detergent. In 197*6*, they were selling under the very same name... luxury bath soap.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:41 PM (HVI5a)
The problem is that most of the pilots doing the talking are the ones that don't really know because they fly different types of aircraft and just want to show off what they know. If there is a real answer out there, it gets lost in all the chaff.
Same thing with guns. Lots of experts out there. Just try asking what the best home defense weapon is and you can find that out.
Lots of noise on the internet. I know because I read it on the internet...
Posted by: Last at March 18, 2014 07:42 PM (8HiDF)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 07:42 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:42 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 07:43 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 07:43 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 07:43 PM (ojnk6)
Anybody know the release date and or MSRP of the standard gas engine 2015 Honda Fit that's about to come out????????????????
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:44 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 18, 2014 07:45 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 07:45 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 11:42 PM (HVI5a)
A Gary Coleman type. Did Burger King commercials I think.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 18, 2014 07:45 PM (51wwJ)
233 "Calgon, take me awaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!" Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 11:35 PM (HVI5a)
"You're soaking in it." "DISHWASHING LIQUID!" "That's alright, it's Palmolive." My mom was so frigging irritated by that commerical. She used to say that if she paid good money for a manicure and found she was soaking in the same cheap stuff that was under the sink at home, she'd brain Marge with that bowl of Palmolive.
(in the early days of The Simpsons, their baseball stadium was the Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific Arena)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 11:36 PM (HVI5a)
Heh. That's great. I'd like to see a Yahoo Stadium.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:46 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 07:46 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 07:46 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:46 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 18, 2014 07:46 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 07:47 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 18, 2014 07:47 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 07:47 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 18, 2014 07:47 PM (N/cFh)
Donna V, you did forget to mention Herbal Essence Shampoo
Posted by: JoeyBagels
Tickle Roll-on Deodorant.
http://youtu.be/fRkAzwMYFc0
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 07:47 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 07:48 PM (X9Mnx)
WTF? Are we a damn honda dealership? Ace of Honda HQ?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 11:46 PM (HVff2)
Shhhh - no one tell him. That info is for Platinumers only.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 18, 2014 07:48 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 07:48 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:49 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 07:49 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 18, 2014 07:49 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 07:50 PM (ojnk6)
Well, I don't know about you, but if I'm trapped in a building that's on fire, I'd rather burn to death horribly than be rescued by a department that's not all about the social justice and racial harmony.
"I'd rather they just use outright quotas so we can at least select for quality within each group."
Outright quotas will have their own fun second-order effects.
In Los Angeles, there's getting to be really serious friction between blacks and Hispanics, because blacks are statistically over-represented in government jobs in the area (of all types: municipal, county, federal, plus service agencies/districts).
The Hispanics said, "Hey amigos! You are 13% of the population but you have way more than 13% of the cushy public sector jobs. We are 50% of the population and we want our FAIR FUCKING SHARE. Some of you are going to have to be displaced. Or else."
This has not been greeted with hosannas of joy in the black community. Expect for events to get ugly.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 07:50 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 18, 2014 07:50 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:50 PM (HVff2)
Need a car bad. Am tempted to bite the bullet, get a 2013/4 Chevy Spark (by Government Motors; at least the gas mileage looks good), and try and trade it in for a Fit in two or three years (assuming of course the Chevy hasn't blown up with me in it, and isn't already rusting away to death at Pick-A-Part by then).
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:50 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 07:51 PM (1Y+hH)
But remember, we're the prudes. Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 11:48 PM (X9Mnx)
Yeah. I don't even think the nuns reported it to the boy's school. Those guys didn't get in any trouble.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:51 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 18, 2014 07:51 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 18, 2014 07:51 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 07:51 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 07:52 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 18, 2014 07:52 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 18, 2014 07:53 PM (R3gO3)
The car I learned to drive in (fresh from the Teen Auto Club of Woodland Hills, CA) was a then-brand-new 1985 CR-V. Then, the very first car that I bought in 1990 was an '85 Honda CRX. I loved that thing.
Since then I've been a Honda man. Now if I had the money, would I look seriously at, for instance, a BMW 335i convertible? Sure. But what else can I say?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:53 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 07:53 PM (bS6uW)
You have to be old, the commercial hasn't run in about 40 years.
The Doors, "Touch Me". They use the phrase right at the end of the song.
http://youtu.be/4UEVyIyibD8
Or was that an early product placement attempt gone wrong?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 07:53 PM (0AKks)
To find the correct Singapore Airlines 777 that he was going to shadow across India.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 18, 2014 07:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 07:54 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 07:54 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 18, 2014 07:54 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 07:54 PM (HVff2)
Geez, Carol, I am about the least litigious person you could imagine, I just hate dealing with attorneys and judges and courts and lawsuits, but in your shoes I would be hiring the most foaming at the mouth pitbull lawyer I could find.
The standard of care your bro is getting is just woeful.
I'm wondering here if you can get him a smartphone with a voice dialing app so that he can call you himself just by speaking, so that you're not constantly getting taken by surprise by changes in his condition that the staff don't relay to you.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 07:54 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 11:50 PM (HVI5a)
Versa?
Posted by: Steck at March 18, 2014 07:55 PM (5i94q)
About the only thing cheaper at the lot than a Chevy Spark is a SmartCar. And I figure I may as well get used to the idea of being a virgin until I die if I get a SmartCar.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:55 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 07:55 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 07:55 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 07:55 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 07:56 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 07:56 PM (zOTsN)
1. The incredibly low (government-subsidized, to be sure) price;
2. The incredible gas mileage; and
3. The crash safety ratings.
Everything else, like I said, is supposedly... something the driver has to get used to. OTOH like I said, I love Hondas so... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 07:56 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 18, 2014 07:57 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 07:58 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 07:58 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 07:58 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 07:59 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 07:59 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:00 PM (doBIb)
Hmmm, maybe it's time for another look. That's not that far above the Fit.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:00 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:01 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 08:01 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 08:01 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 18, 2014 08:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:01 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:01 PM (QeH9j)
Have it your way at Burger King!
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 08:02 PM (hn5v5)
It's called "top of the mind" and it can last a very long time once we are programmed by repetition.
I googled after I posted. Had I given a straight answer, I would have been wrong.
Ribald Conservative riding Orca has the right answer at #306.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 08:02 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:03 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:03 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 08:03 PM (JdEZJ)
Actually, it is. Forensic is a specialty within the field. I'm surprised you don't see the overlap.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 08:03 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: ChicagoRefugee at March 18, 2014 08:04 PM (C15wm)
My bro-in-law is the exact opposite of me: he loves whatever's the biggest American pickup truck he can find. Given he's raised my niece and nephew in those cars, that's probably what they'll enjoy driving for the rest of their lives too.
Also, anybody pick up this year's Consumer Reports auto issue? Spooky stuff in there about how fast "driver-optional" cars are coming up.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:04 PM (HVI5a)
SF Bay Area radio in the '70's and '80's. You weren't not hearing that song at least once a day.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 08:04 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:04 PM (bS6uW)
These days, anything new under 20 grand feels like a steal.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:05 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 08:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Last
Many-to-many, anonymous, inferred trust-based networks have an inherently poor signal-to-noise ratio. Imagine the opposite of the ideal Catholic Church network.
Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2014 08:05 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:05 PM (doBIb)
"It's too big-a eat!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:06 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 08:06 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:06 PM (ojnk6)
It's like night and day how much they've improved their cars over the last 20 years.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:07 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 08:07 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:07 PM (doBIb)
I'm not ruling it out.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:08 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 08:08 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 08:08 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2014 08:08 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 18, 2014 08:08 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:08 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 08:09 PM (tlBbB)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:09 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 08:09 PM (aDwsi)
Yeah, that's one thing as an Italian I'll never live down. Apparently it's in our genes that we can't build anything decent auto-wise for less than $450k.
Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati? No problem.
Fiat? Wrecks waiting for an excuse to die.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:10 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:10 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:11 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:11 PM (1Y+hH)
A Chevy, huh?
Before you take delivery, force them to drive the car onto a lift in the service bay and make sure all the brakes have pads.
Not making this up. Government Motors had to recall thousands of Chevy Sonics from the 2012 model year because many of them shipped to dealers with no pads in the front brakes.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 08:11 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:11 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:12 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:12 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:12 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:13 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2014 08:13 PM (mck3/)
OTOH, how (strangely) awesome would it be to, er, "live the AOSHQ" lifestyle on New Years' 'til 4AM, and then at the end of the evening, you can just jump into your own back seat, say "Home, James!" and get there safely.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:13 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 19, 2014 12:11 AM (1Y+hH)
What are the Grand Tetons for $200, Alex?
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:13 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 08:14 PM (aDwsi)
nerdygirl: another unsolicited testimonial eh? Making more excited about the Focus.
And Misanthropic: hmmm, Mazda... I remember liking the 323 from way back.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:15 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:15 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 08:15 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:15 PM (QeH9j)
Maet, you haven't read Johnny Seagull? Not a great loss, it's the shittiest shit that ever shit. You don't need to worry about it. However, I dare you, I double dare you, to see Johnathon Livingstone Seagull: The Movie.
You. Won't. Be. Disappointed.
Posted by: otho at March 18, 2014 08:15 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:16 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 08:16 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2014 08:16 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:16 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 08:16 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 08:17 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:17 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:17 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 08:17 PM (JdEZJ)
Never owned one, but have assumed for a long time I'd barely be able to tell the "driving feel" of a Toyota from a Honda.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:17 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 18, 2014 08:17 PM (VgMBx)
Posted by: Cigarette Slogans at March 18, 2014 08:17 PM (aePFl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 08:18 PM (tlBbB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:18 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:18 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:18 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:19 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: The ASCII Hat at March 18, 2014 08:19 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:19 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 08:20 PM (aDwsi)
I know three people who have Fits.
Wait, that doesn't come across well. I know three people who _own_ Fits. They all rave about the car. Honda's class-leading dependability, mostly. Also, the incredible reconfiguration versatility of the seats in the Fit has to be seen to be believed.
I hitched a short ride in the back of someone's new Mazda 2. I thought it would be a sardine can, but it was amazingly roomy, and the road dynamics felt sophisticated for the price point.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 08:21 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 18, 2014 08:22 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:22 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2014 08:24 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:26 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 08:26 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 08:26 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:28 PM (QeH9j)
I was forced to read JLS back in my Senior year in H.S.
Put it like this. The scene where JLS is doing a power dive, and dodges a couple of young 'gulls, only to Kamikaze into a cliff, I took as a metaphor representing a good driver sacrificing himself to avoid a couple of idiot-teen pedestrians.
Recently, it metaphorically represented me, Kamikazing my F-150 into a T-bone collision with an 18 y/o chickadee, who turned left directly in front of my 40 mph truck. Guess she really needed to get into that Sonic Drive In, before I went another 90 feet on the highway?
So, I reincarnated as a temporary pedestrian, with a rental car fetish. I *should* be able to settle on the vehicle claim tomorrow. Medical claims, not so fast.
The JLS author could use words to paint a fairly good scene. But, he couldn't write a sensible story if his life depended on it.
I knew it to be thinly disguised Buddhism, when I read it at 17 years of age. Was then, is now. It's just (seagull) crap.
And, growing up in San Diego, CA..... I knows "Seagull Crap". The gulls there are 50% bigger than the gulls here on Galvetraz.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2014 08:29 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:29 PM (bS6uW)
Would love to know what witches' brew of competency and UAW members they have going for them. Maybe they trick the unionites into building quality somehow??
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:29 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 08:30 PM (tlBbB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:30 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 08:30 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 18, 2014 08:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:31 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:32 PM (doBIb)
Wonder if they'll be building their standard luxury consumer cars, or something else.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:34 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 08:34 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:34 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 08:34 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:35 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2014 08:35 PM (aTXUx)
Didn't Sonny torture the passengers by singing "I Got You Babe" until they paid him off? ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:36 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Carol at March 19, 2014 12:34 AM (gjOCp)
Yes. Yes I did. They are in the oven now, one strawberry rhubarb and one strawberry cream. In another 45 min or so I can take them out and let them cool overnight. Tomorrow...well, tomorrow will be an interesting day...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 08:36 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at March 18, 2014 08:36 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:37 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: EC at March 19, 2014 12:34 AM (doBIb)
So the party is on TR? I think we should set it up that way whether he won the Powerball or not.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 08:37 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:38 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 08:38 PM (tlBbB)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:39 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 08:39 PM (X9Mnx)
On all the Hondas I've ever seen, resetting the maintenance indicator is a five second procedure at startup requiring no special tools, nor a factory tech. I've also never come across this business of induced rough running.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 08:39 PM (gqT4g)
Yep EC, I remember 'em well.
"Airport '75: This Time It's Groovy!!"
"Airport '79: Escape from President Carter"
"Airport '85: Our Studio Needs a Tax Writeoff Dammit!"
It kinda died out after that.
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:40 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:41 PM (1Y+hH)
But right now, SoCal is just thankful for the jobs.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:41 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:42 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: rickl at March 18, 2014 08:42 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2014 08:43 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 08:43 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:43 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 08:44 PM (tlBbB)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:44 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:44 PM (QeH9j)
@ Meremortal
No, and the Pilots, Cabin Crews or Passengers haven't surfaced, either.
Boeing 777s don't have buoyancy tanks, or the compressed air to blow ballast. And, their "crush depth" is approximately sea-level.
/s
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2014 08:44 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:44 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:45 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:45 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 08:45 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:46 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:46 PM (bS6uW)
Dude, are you flippin' stealing my thunder?
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:46 PM (dTh2r)
Looks like he thinks the Pakis *are* involved big-time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:46 PM (HVI5a)
http://lastrefugeofascoundrel.blogspot.com/2014/03/apple-pie.html
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 08:46 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:47 PM (ojnk6)
I think she made some appearances on That '70s Show too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:47 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:48 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:48 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:48 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:50 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:50 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:50 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: The Dude at March 18, 2014 08:50 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:51 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:52 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Coleridge at March 18, 2014 08:52 PM (BglJL)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:52 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: freaked at March 19, 2014 12:52 AM (JdEZJ)
That sounds more like a porno title.
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:53 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2014 08:53 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:53 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 08:53 PM (X9Mnx)
TSA Officer: "I'll have to inspect your package, Miss Sizemore!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:54 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: The Dude at March 18, 2014 08:55 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 19, 2014 12:54 AM (HVI5a)
We'll have to probe your cavities just in case.
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 08:55 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:56 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 18, 2014 08:56 PM (T1005)
When I bought the 'stang the one thing I hated was the "jet fighter" headrests (these designer jackasses have obviously never actually sat in a jet fighter). Fortunately the aftermarket caught up with it and made a tilting headrest...which of course is standard factory installed now.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 08:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: rickl at March 18, 2014 08:57 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 08:57 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:57 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 08:58 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 08:58 PM (zOTsN)
When the engine block keeps getting mysteriously flooded with something pea-green soupy, that's never a good sign. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 08:59 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 18, 2014 08:59 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 08:59 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 19, 2014 12:59 AM (qoKTg)
*hurriedly dishes out pie*
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 09:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:00 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: soothsayer and his robot buddy at March 18, 2014 09:00 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:01 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: Gladys Knight at March 18, 2014 09:01 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 19, 2014 12:56 AM (yh0zB)
Yeah those tilted forward headrests are the fucking pits. I like the mustang. I was thinking about getting one for me. Not a crazy one, but something nice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2014 09:01 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:02 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:02 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:02 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 09:03 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at March 18, 2014 09:03 PM (pY5jh)
Sigh.
Excuse me, I'll be in my bunk for a bit...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 09:03 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Adriane is not Julia Child and can't cook for beans ... at March 18, 2014 09:03 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:04 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:04 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: RWC at March 19, 2014 12:56 AM (QeH9j)
Of course the left will never admit to it, they never do, they'll just drag up something we did 200 years ago and blame that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2014 09:04 PM (FMbng)
Nice when no less than Mozart is copying your format.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 09:04 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:05 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 09:05 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Elinor at March 18, 2014 09:05 PM (95xxa)
We peaked early, during the Roman Empire.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 19, 2014 01:01 AM (HVI5a)
Yeah but we had fun. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2014 09:05 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 09:05 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 09:06 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:06 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Adriane is not an air plane pilot nor plays one on the radio ... at March 18, 2014 09:06 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:06 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: RWC at March 19, 2014 01:04 AM (QeH9j)
only smell I do is Thrumper's Eucris (outside of my shaving soap still lingering)
http://amzn.to/1dc9Ngl
Posted by: The Dude at March 18, 2014 09:07 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:08 PM (pY5jh)
Wonder how many 13-year-olds tried taking a sip...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 09:08 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 09:08 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:09 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 09:09 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 19, 2014 01:06 AM (pY5jh)
Okay, now I'm calling sexism.
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:09 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 09:09 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Adrienne B at March 18, 2014 09:10 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:10 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: freaked at March 19, 2014 01:05 AM (JdEZJ)
Holy crap, there was someone else who had a Fiat 128? I had a 72 sedan, it was green. I called it my little toad.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 09:11 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:11 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:11 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 09:12 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:12 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:12 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: thunderb at March 18, 2014 09:13 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 18, 2014 09:13 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:14 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 09:14 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:14 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:15 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 09:15 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 09:15 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:16 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 09:17 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Adrienne B at March 18, 2014 09:17 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:17 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 19, 2014 01:15 AM (rDidD)
I don't think you're quite grasping the notion of kitsch.
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:18 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:18 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 09:18 PM (rDidD)
Where did Shredded Chi go to? I saw something in comments but don't recognize initials for website. Is that what it was?
He sent me an email too. Posted by: Carol at March 19, 2014 01:08 AM (gjOCp) Hide posts from (gjOCp)
Ummm......there's a bit of embarrassment at the moment. I'll try to get a good answer for that in a few.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 18, 2014 09:18 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adrienne B at March 19, 2014 01:17 AM (6Z9cJ)
I live to do this. Especially with you, Adrienne.
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:19 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: Adrienne B at March 18, 2014 09:19 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at March 18, 2014 09:19 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 09:19 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2014 09:19 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Adriane knows who Lawrence Welk was ... at March 18, 2014 09:20 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: freaked at March 19, 2014 01:05 AM (JdEZJ)
Fiat
Fix
It
Again
Tony
Posted by: buzzion at March 18, 2014 09:20 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 09:20 PM (rDidD)
I even had a Simca.
Posted by: freaked at March 19, 2014 01:14 AM (JdEZJ)
Mine was a beast of a car, would run almost 80 mph flat out with a tailwind, but you know, I never got that car stuck (and I tried plenty of times on those Iowa backroads). Damn thing would NOT start when it was cold (below freezing cold), you had to roll it down the street and bumpstart it, and then you had to block the radiator off because the coolant ran through the carb and would ice the carb up.
The front sway bar attach point rusted through and the fenderwells split, if you hit the brakes too hard the right front tire would pop back into the rear of the fenderwell. One day my dad saw me put the right front tire back into place by popping the clutch on it and that was the end of that car.
Funny thing, he sold it to a junkman who had a 2 door station wagon, the junk man cut the wagon off behind the rear windows and cut mine off in front of the rear doors and welded them together to make a stretched limo. He couldn't explain why either.
For all I know that monstrosity is still roaming the southwest Iowa backroads...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 09:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 09:21 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:22 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 18, 2014 09:22 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Hat for a Demon's Lung at March 18, 2014 09:22 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:22 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at March 18, 2014 09:23 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:23 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:23 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Mrs. Olsen at March 18, 2014 09:23 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:24 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: Adriane is not religious, per se ... at March 18, 2014 09:24 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2014 09:25 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 09:25 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 09:25 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 18, 2014 09:25 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:25 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:26 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: I Love You Man at March 18, 2014 09:26 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Elinor at March 18, 2014 09:28 PM (95xxa)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:28 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:29 PM (QeH9j)
I can't recall the wording for the "half a cup" ad for the decaffeinated instant [?] coffee that had IIRC the Dr Marcus Welby, M.D. actor in it.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:29 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 09:29 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:29 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:29 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:30 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Achmed at March 18, 2014 09:30 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:32 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:32 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 09:32 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ewww at March 18, 2014 09:32 PM (AymDN)
Two All Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles Onions on a Sesame Seed Bun Means Work
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:33 PM (dTh2r)
An early slogan for Bud, when we were kids...
"When you say Budweiser, ______ _____ __ ____."
Posted by: soothsayer at March 19, 2014 01:32 AM (pY5jh)
You've said it all.
Posted by: buzzion at March 18, 2014 09:34 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:34 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 09:34 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:34 PM (QeH9j)
Just thinkin' of Wendy's! And everyone knows the answer to that question is "Alberta".
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:35 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 09:35 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Elinor at March 18, 2014 09:35 PM (95xxa)
"I learned this from my dad as well. However, I drive the wheels off cars. I sold a 1998 Maxima with 172k after buying the 12 Focus. If I could own just 2 other cars in my life, given this record, I'd be happy."
piker! 475k on my 2002 Mazda B3000 (aka Ford Ranger). Yet to have a car payment in this lifetime.
Posted by: bill-o at March 18, 2014 09:35 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 18, 2014 09:36 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:36 PM (QeH9j)
I don't think that changes the Arab joke's applicability.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:36 PM (hn5v5)
http://tinyurl.com/q3snwmm
March madness - or Ego Mania?
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at March 18, 2014 09:36 PM (M/xKK)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:37 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:37 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: Elinor at March 18, 2014 09:38 PM (95xxa)
I have a vague memory that the Camel on the pack had a naked woman hidden in it.
Posted by: Meremortal at March 19, 2014 01:37 AM (1Y+hH)
And a lion.
Posted by: A.S. at March 18, 2014 09:38 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:39 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at March 18, 2014 09:39 PM (M/xKK)
I don't know if it's apocryphal or not (I might have seen it discussed in a movie) but during a 1960's (or 1950's) live on-air commercial for cigarettes the actor took a long toke on his cigarette and said the "Man, that's coffee!" line in error.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:39 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:40 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:40 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 18, 2014 09:41 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: A.S. at March 18, 2014 09:41 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:42 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:42 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 09:43 PM (wNF3N)
Probably because you remember the print ads too in the pre-banning days as well as the commercials.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:43 PM (hn5v5)
(Or was it "cola nut" in the commercial?)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:44 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:44 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:44 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:45 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:46 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:46 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: 7up at March 18, 2014 09:47 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 19, 2014 01:37 AM (1Y+hH)
And a dude taking a pee.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2014 09:48 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 09:49 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:50 PM (1Y+hH)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tfQnh_WhKI
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 09:50 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at March 18, 2014 09:50 PM (vRdWg)
Posted by: Slapped at March 18, 2014 09:52 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:53 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at March 19, 2014 01:50 AM (vRdWg)
If I had a last name like Ho, I don't think I would have a daughter until I changed it
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2014 09:53 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:53 PM (1Y+hH)
Well, it appears to be a successful threadjack mm, so congrats of a type are due.
I have copies of Zen and also Electric Koolaid; Zen is a much better book and I reread it every decade or two. Dude drove himself insane doing the introspection stuff and lived to tell about it.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 09:55 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Slapped at March 18, 2014 09:57 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:57 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 18, 2014 09:57 PM (pY5jh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.
Tom Servo from a early biker movie? Damn you, now for a MSTie search.
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at March 18, 2014 09:59 PM (M/xKK)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 09:59 PM (1Y+hH)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca7v7hFbXC8
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 10:00 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 18, 2014 10:01 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 10:01 PM (wNF3N)
http://tinyurl.com/ocufh4m
That looks perfectly safe for wanking.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 10:03 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 10:04 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 10:05 PM (wNF3N)
I leave with the Cowboy Song:
http://youtu.be/66pE67m_Hf4
Headphones on and crank it!
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 10:05 PM (0AKks)
Yeah. Wrongly.
www.fivefeetoffury.com/?s=cuckoo's+nest&searchBtn.x=14&searchBtn.y=15
And I hope that link works for cut N paste.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 10:08 PM (hn5v5)
A direct link to one of the three stories from an archive page I was hoping to link to is now linked in my sock!
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 10:10 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 18, 2014 10:12 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Tyler Durden Lives at March 18, 2014 10:15 PM (6Z9cJ)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 18, 2014 10:18 PM (eBupg)
This should work:
http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/?s=cuckoo%27s+nest
Well it's a matter of viewpoint I think. Involuntary commitment, for one thing, means the loss of your 2nd Amendment rights -- not a position I endorse.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 10:18 PM (wNF3N)
The documentary 'Titicut Follies' was far more influential on that front. The movie of Cuckoo's Nest came out years after the 'Patient's Rights' movement had gotten most of the hospitals shut down in the late 60s.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 10:20 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Arbalest at March 18, 2014 10:23 PM (FlRtG)
You always learn things here. That documentary wasn't released to the general public until 1991 though due to lawsuits (per wiki). So it didn't get open viewership until long after Cuckoo.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 10:25 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 10:25 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 18, 2014 10:32 PM (eBupg)
Well fivefeet certainly has it right that the homeless do seem to magically disappear whenever a Dem is in the WH. You know, The Narrative.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 10:32 PM (wNF3N)
According to shocked witnesses the man and woman were sitting in the restaurant on Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville at 12.30 on Sunday morning.
Suddenly they became embroiled in a huge fight over whether or not she was entitled to one of the popular ice cream treats - at which point she went outside and proceeded to set the man's car on fire.
Notice the key word in this -- Florida. Article is at DailyMail.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 10:37 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 18, 2014 10:38 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 10:50 PM (j6Z29)
Posted by: NativeNH at March 18, 2014 10:51 PM (DzZzT)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 18, 2014 10:54 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Awaiting Armageddon) at March 18, 2014 10:59 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: NativeNH at March 18, 2014 11:00 PM (DzZzT)
Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 11:02 PM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 11:09 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Adriane, currently sock free, but wearing pants ... at March 18, 2014 11:12 PM (qoKTg)
Perhaps not, but I had an unfortunate experience involving it in my yoot, and couldn't stand the smell taste or sight of it afterwards.
Similarly I had a problem with tequila, but I endeavored to persevere and worked my through that one.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 11:13 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 11:13 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Adriane, currently sock free, but wearing pants ... at March 18, 2014 11:15 PM (qoKTg)
*taps chin* Now I wonder who thought that particular rule up?
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 11:15 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Only 1/2 Crazy Floridian Politician... at March 18, 2014 11:18 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 18, 2014 11:23 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 18, 2014 11:35 PM (eBupg)
Nope, according to the MM website 2 people won the Jackpot & 8 more matched all 5 w/o mega. Hope one of the Horde was blessed/
Posted by: bill-o at March 18, 2014 11:37 PM (AWwDY)
We would drink Drewry's in long neck returnable bottles for like $6-9 case. We would have so many cases around we called it modular furniture
Posted by: bill-o at March 18, 2014 11:39 PM (AWwDY)
It's funny. The Zero Hedge folks have been getting very excited over what they see as an unusual number of deaths among those connected to the financial industry. If I was going to propose a conspiracy, I'd be on the lookout for a spike in the mortality rate of those public employees who recently retired with especially lucrative pensions. Eliminate the retirees and you could save your city or state a lot of money.
It could be a role for Clint Eastwood to make one last appearance as Harry Callahan.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 11:42 PM (bPxS6)
I was looking at the CA site for all of the games. Apparently they only feel obligated to mention winners within the state.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2014 11:44 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 18, 2014 11:56 PM (eBupg)
Now I think we have it. The cut-off would be a lot older but I can increasingly believe in a movement to have retirement equal death. You stay productive or it's Soylent Green time for you, to mix movie metaphors.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 19, 2014 12:34 AM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Soona at March 19, 2014 12:49 AM (dscPa)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 19, 2014 01:09 AM (eBupg)
He also said that the US Navy would not have pulled its ships from the Indian Ocean unless they knew something. Also, Israel has gone on a higher state of alert, somenting they would not have done without intelligence."
wow
Posted by: thunderb at March 19, 2014 12:44 AM (zOTsN)
Thanks. Makes the most sense of a billion pieces of the story. One would hope our technology knows exactly what is going on...seeing as how Venezuela is imploding below me and Russia is advancing in Hitler's footsteps, I do hope "folks" know what is going on in the 'stan part of the world.
Carol...read your story of you mother and I am fuming. I am a nurse. There is no excuse. None. I hope things get better for your brother.
I am not sleeping well, not just to to impending WWIII, but full moon and/or getting new sewing machine as answer to prayers for many irritating moments spent trying to unravel my own mysteries in life: like why the heck do I take on projects (sewing two suits for my mom, who is visiting in two weeks) and, uh, wait until the last moment to get 'er done? I mean, this is nothing new, this procrastination and last minute blast of energy and creativity! Oh, no. I did this in college and it worked out well, as I was able to balance my social life with good grades (at the surprise of both instructors and fellow student nurses). I could sit in class and mostly absorb all I needed for the test in my noggin, make some notes, memorize them, and crank out good grades. But I am OLD now and not so good on the staying asleep deal. So, here I am! I know this is a special ONT club, but I am here anyway, barging my lovely self into the conversation. Will go check Drudge and see if I need to ready my bug-out bag for today.
Right now I need tea, badly, but do not want to waken my sleeping prince by banging around in kitchen. Once I have my blast of strong English tea I will power up the old Singer, finish the &*^% jacket I started last fall and never completed, and eagerly await FED Ex to drop my new baby on front porch to start attacking my Mom's stuff. Then, my pretties, all will be well.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 19, 2014 01:41 AM (baL2B)
Thanks for the free therapy Ace and you morons!
Posted by: The Farmer at March 19, 2014 05:09 AM (eBupg)
Yes, same for me, Farmer. Sometimes I just come here and talk to myself...and a few people think, hey! She is not a troll just someone who turns up now and then.
My sincere condolences on the loss of your mother. It is a very hard time to lose a parent. Remember fun times. Lock those memories away to bring back when things are tough. I do not know the situation mentioned but I do hope you have found peace.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 19, 2014 01:44 AM (baL2B)
In the not too distant future, I will face this same issue, unless I die first. My parents just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. 60+ years -- that's a pretty good run. In the end, no one gets out alive.
Best wishes on your grieving process.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 19, 2014 02:04 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: MTF at March 19, 2014 02:18 AM (A4r1U)
Posted by: RickZ at March 19, 2014 02:40 AM (h8mFm)
As for Johnathan Livingston Seagull, I read it once and promptly forgot about what the book was about.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2014 02:45 AM (1zr4/)
I know I read the Seagull book when I was a kid. I recall some relative must have thought I was very taken with it because they gave me a blatant knockoff in which the lead character was a sheep. He was grey rather than white or something like that which made him desirous of becoming whiter. I'm not sure in recollection if it was about seeking spiritual enlightenment or a racial metaphor.
It occurs to me that the recent Pixar movie Planes owes a lot to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and not in a good way.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 19, 2014 03:07 AM (bPxS6)
As for Johnathan Livingston Seagull, I read it once and promptly forgot about what the book was about.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 19, 2014 06:45 AM (1zr4/)
You are a wise woman, Grasshopper. When the truth comes out we seasoned detectives will probably be surprised at how simple it all was (without the Malaysian added confusion layer).
That said, I trust General McInerny on Fox. I am thankful for our military and the wisdom of Israel to prepare if something goes badly. Our country and others have to know where this plane is. With the technology today it is unthinkable that they don't know.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 19, 2014 03:27 AM (baL2B)
I'm old. Sue me.
Posted by: physics geek at March 19, 2014 05:07 AM (MT22W)
That is an ebook piracy site.
I don't know about the two Robert Sheckley stories but I'm damned sure that Gene Wolfe never gave permission for the entire text of two novels to be posted there. Or that Larry Niven allowed over two dozen of his books to be posted.
Posted by: pst314 at March 19, 2014 11:40 AM (T4dRn)
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