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Are there any Sci-Fi authors... - Jody - 6/18/2009 6:08:17 PM
- Decide how you believe - FrankC - 6/21/2009 11:30:09 PM
  - From H. G. Wells - Socrates II - 6/22/2009 5:36:19 PM
- Most authors... - alcaray - 6/19/2009 6:14:17 PM
- Yes. Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker Fame.. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/18/2009 8:02:16 PM
- Yep - Eri - 6/18/2009 6:46:44 PM
- Robert Silverberg - ER - 6/18/2009 6:27:37 PM

Another one bites the cork. - Bowser - 6/18/2009 9:48:28 PM
- People who can't tell schtick from reality... - alcaray - 6/19/2009 4:53:57 PM
  - Back atcha! (n/t) - Bowser - 6/19/2009 5:20:46 PM
    - You think the piece was meant to be funny? I don't. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2009 6:10:10 PM
      - I believe Shatner was completely inappropriate. - Bowser - 6/19/2009 8:04:53 PM
        
        re: I believe Shatner was completely inappropriate. - Lindy - 6/20/2009 1:05:35 AM
        
        We have different ideas as to what is acceptable in public. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/20/2009 1:59:48 AM
        
        But it's late night TV! - Lindy - 6/20/2009 2:14:06 AM
        
        re: I believe Shatner was completely inappropriate. - alcaray - 6/19/2009 8:22:34 PM
        
        Don't tell me, tell Conan. - Bowser - 6/19/2009 8:38:13 PM
        
        Conan's reaction was part of the bit. - alcaray - 6/19/2009 10:46:47 PM
- re: Another one bites the cork. - Lindy - 6/18/2009 10:04:02 PM
  - Go Shatner! - Socrates II - 6/19/2009 3:46:30 PM
    - re: Go Shatner! - Lindy - 6/20/2009 12:45:01 AM
      - You will love this story - Socrates II - 6/22/2009 1:57:49 PM
        
        Guess you had to be there - Socrates II - 6/22/2009 5:29:50 PM
        
        Swelled head - Lindy - 6/22/2009 2:40:54 PM

anything to sell a car these days - mip - 6/21/2009 12:51:20 AM
- re: anything to sell a car these days - Lindy - 6/21/2009 2:21:39 PM

"Imelda Marcos: Penniless with diamond ring" - and the story behind her shoes. - Bowser - 6/21/2009 7:15:38 AM

A different sort of Crop Circle - podrock - 6/19/2009 11:19:33 PM
- Cool Beans - Lindy - 6/20/2009 12:39:52 AM
  - The Real Deal - Lindy - 6/20/2009 3:31:06 AM

Getting autos off of oil - TB - 6/19/2009 9:22:58 PM
- Regulation is part of the problem. - RobVG - 6/20/2009 12:02:35 AM

Nanny Knives - TB - 6/17/2009 4:19:05 PM
- That is the DUMBEST think I have ever heard of. "Knife Contorl". - David F Mayer - 6/18/2009 8:00:03 PM
- "Killing with the tip lacks artistry." (n/t) - Gurney Halleck - 6/18/2009 12:11:10 AM
  - You sure it wasn't Drunken Omaha that said that? (n/t) - Dr Wellington Oyeah - 6/18/2009 1:26:44 PM
    - Sadly, I'm not. - alcaray - 6/18/2009 5:27:14 PM
      - You're probably right. - ER - 6/18/2009 5:35:28 PM
- What do you think of seat belts? Helmets on kids riding bicycles? - Bowser - 6/17/2009 11:48:42 PM
  - Knife Control Is Going Too Far. - David F Mayer - 6/19/2009 4:35:57 PM
  - At least you're asking for my opinion. - TB - 6/18/2009 12:55:44 AM
    - It's only a matter of time before knives can't have points? - Bowser - 6/18/2009 9:51:41 PM
    - No, you're the one who brought it up. - ER - 6/18/2009 1:20:43 PM
      - re: the one who brought it up. - TB - 6/19/2009 1:27:32 AM
        
        Most knives need a point. - ER - 6/19/2009 12:29:22 PM
        
        re: a point. - TB - 6/19/2009 4:18:13 PM
- Nanny mercantilism - ER - 6/17/2009 5:20:18 PM
  - They've already banned triangular bayonets. - Lee - 6/17/2009 11:15:32 PM

The Science & Entertainment Exchange - Socrates II - 6/19/2009 3:37:51 PM

Baseball 1864 - Jody - 6/18/2009 5:14:33 PM
- That was one of his best segments. - Eri - 6/19/2009 3:36:57 AM
- Sure Beats TRIUMPH the Wonder Dog - carl - 6/18/2009 10:03:55 PM

Physicists know waves. - ER - 6/17/2009 6:24:34 PM
- re: You mentioned frequency, amplitude and polarity. - Johannes - 6/18/2009 10:03:09 PM
  - re: Links - Johannes - 6/18/2009 10:24:15 PM
    - re: Links did not work - Johannes - 6/18/2009 10:28:12 PM
- As do football spectators. And people sailing on cruises. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/18/2009 5:53:05 AM
  - Scram gravy ain't wavy. - ER - 6/18/2009 12:40:03 PM
- re: Physicists know waves. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/17/2009 10:32:57 PM
  - MEGO - ER - 6/17/2009 11:32:28 PM

Why I Don't Believe in UFOs (as extraterrestrial spacecraft). - David F Mayer - 6/16/2009 3:20:26 AM
- re: Interesting - Johannes - 6/17/2009 12:05:13 AM
  - No. You are NOT correct in understanging me at all. - David F Mayer - 6/17/2009 9:14:13 PM
    - re: Allegory - Johannes - 6/18/2009 6:51:29 PM

What to do if a UFO crashes in your neighbourhood - Lindy - 6/2/2009 3:34:23 AM
- MJ-12 is a Hoax. This has been demonstrated many times. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/2/2009 6:12:14 PM
  - ""I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud" (n/t) - Carl Jung - 6/3/2009 4:33:34 AM
    - Carl, YOU are a fraud. A fashionable fraud, but a fraud nonetheless. (n/t) - Sigmund Freud - 6/3/2009 10:35:36 AM
  - No it has not - Lindy - 6/2/2009 8:45:16 PM
    - Bah. Humbug. The entire UFO delusion is absurd. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/15/2009 3:59:21 PM
      - I can't beleive you resurrected this thread just to say that. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/16/2009 6:13:29 AM
        
        Obviously, he was ruminating about the subject..... - Lindy - 6/16/2009 11:23:07 AM
        
        That is the primary problem - Socrates II - 6/16/2009 1:52:26 PM
        
        Trying again - Lindy - 6/16/2009 5:07:09 PM
        
        I will say one thing... - Socrates II - 6/17/2009 1:41:57 PM
        
        re: Give a hoot, don't pollute - Johannes - 6/18/2009 5:08:36 PM
        
        You know how much NATURAL radiation there already is in space? - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 5:15:59 PM
        
        The Universe is in your Head - Lindy - 6/17/2009 2:22:03 PM
        
        My expert opinion on the Polish truck driver and his UFO experience - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 3:28:37 PM
        
        "What are we supposed to do with that? " - Lindy - 6/18/2009 4:33:53 PM
        
        re: "What are we supposed to do with that? " - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 5:03:04 PM
        
        re: The Universe is in your Head - Socrates II - 6/17/2009 3:57:48 PM
        
        "Hawkings comment summed it up for me" - Lindy - 6/17/2009 4:46:02 PM
        
        You are a Romantic - Socrates II - 6/17/2009 5:52:08 PM
        
        re: You are a Romantic - Lindy - 6/18/2009 12:11:42 AM
        
        The day science says it has everything figured out... - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 1:19:29 PM
        
        Then you must be one of those Epiphenomenalists - Lindy - 6/18/2009 2:20:37 PM
        
        You really like saying that new word, don't you? :^) (n/t) - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 2:42:46 PM
        
        The really wierd part.. - Jody - 6/18/2009 5:58:59 PM
        
        Scientists legitimize the process of discovery. - Jody - 6/17/2009 7:03:56 PM
        
        Jody, get off the fence - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 1:09:27 PM
        
        I like the ride... - Neo - 6/18/2009 5:47:35 PM
        
        What do you care what other people think? - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 5:56:29 PM
        
        Thanks Socratesll - Jody - 6/18/2009 6:03:19 PM
        
        re: That is the primary problem - Lindy - 6/16/2009 3:27:45 PM
- Puzzling inconsistencies - Robert - 6/2/2009 5:45:59 PM
  - re: Puzzling inconsistencies - Lindy - 6/2/2009 9:00:12 PM
    - Deeper and deeper - Robert - 6/2/2009 9:30:48 PM
      - " I think that that color front page is the most damning evidence of all." - Lindy - 6/3/2009 2:56:27 AM
      - re: Deeper and deeper - TB - 6/2/2009 9:43:04 PM
        
        I missed that. - Robert - 6/2/2009 10:46:03 PM
        
        To be honest, somebody else pointed it out to me. (n/t) - TB - 6/3/2009 12:22:02 AM
  - Just another BAD fake. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/2/2009 6:13:29 PM
- Make them go to traffic school. "That will be $300, please." (n/t) - ER - 6/2/2009 2:19:28 PM
- Help 'em fix it and thumb a ride? (n/t) - Eri - 6/2/2009 4:20:28 AM
- Steal all the good stuff. (n/t) - TB - 6/2/2009 3:51:34 AM
  - And reverse ENGINEER IT - carl - 6/2/2009 6:58:27 PM
    - You can send them to me. - Eri - 6/2/2009 7:49:14 PM

Posted without comment - ER - 6/17/2009 3:25:18 PM
- I demand that it be named "Phallus Broszii!" (n/t) - TB - 6/17/2009 3:40:21 PM
  - I think that one's already taken. :) (n/t) - ER - 6/17/2009 5:50:01 PM
    - What, you can't use it twice? I mean, the other one was a species of tree... (n/t) - TB - 6/17/2009 7:33:19 PM
      - If you have to explain it, it's not funny. (n/t) - ER - 6/17/2009 10:26:47 PM
        
        I liked my interpretation better. (n/t) - TB - 6/18/2009 12:56:31 AM
        
        Sometimes a mushroom is just... (n/t) - Socrates II - 6/18/2009 2:40:03 PM

Cancer Linked to Missing DNA - Jody - 6/18/2009 1:35:36 AM
- Hmmm. Now where did I put it? - ER - 6/18/2009 1:55:51 PM

Nuclear nightmare scenarios - TB - 6/18/2009 1:38:09 AM

72 yr. old Granny tazered for not signing speeding ticket - Lindy - 6/10/2009 2:54:02 PM
- re: 72 yr. old Granny tazered for not signing speeding ticket - gn - 6/17/2009 11:43:24 PM
- Don't taser me, bro. - ER - 6/10/2009 3:15:39 PM
- Police dashboard video - Lindy - 6/10/2009 2:57:00 PM
  - Cop needs to find a new job. Clearly he had no reason to do that. - David F Mayer - 6/15/2009 4:49:39 PM
    - re: Cop needs to find a new job. Clearly he had no reason to do that. - gn - 6/18/2009 12:51:14 AM
    - I tend to agree - Lindy - 6/15/2009 10:05:49 PM
  - Well well well... - Jody - 6/10/2009 3:41:02 PM
    - Copping an attitude - Lindy - 6/10/2009 6:12:44 PM
      - re: Copping an attitude - gn - 6/18/2009 12:56:07 AM
  - The cop over-reacted... - ER - 6/10/2009 3:27:23 PM
    - She's not a sympathetic figure. - Bowser - 6/10/2009 4:48:55 PM
      - Sorry, but I have to disagree with everyone here. - Eri - 6/11/2009 4:25:35 AM
        
        re: Sorry, but I have to disagree with everyone here. - gn - 6/18/2009 1:10:11 AM
        
        "She was a bitch and got what she deserved. " - Lindy - 6/11/2009 3:36:18 PM
        
        The cop had a duty to control the situation. - Eri - 6/12/2009 9:54:40 PM
        
        Abuse of power and abuse of authority. - Mary Anne - 6/11/2009 1:34:09 PM
        
        re: Abuse of power and abuse of authority. - gn - 6/18/2009 1:28:31 AM
        
        Yes, let's take other officers away from their duties to handle one mean old lady. - Eri - 6/12/2009 10:00:45 PM
        
        She could have been arrested later for leaving the scene. - Mary Anne - 6/12/2009 11:45:17 PM
        
        On the other hand... - Eri - 6/13/2009 12:38:47 AM
        
        OK, whatever. - Mary Anne - 6/13/2009 1:54:57 AM
        
        re: OK, whatever. - Eri - 6/13/2009 5:30:21 AM
        
        Then tasing is a good way to handle the mentally handicapped as well? (n/t) - Lindy - 6/13/2009 11:40:04 AM
        
        Is there an incident from which you speak? - Jody - 6/13/2009 3:45:39 PM
        
        Free pass vs. appropriate punishment - Mary Anne - 6/13/2009 5:14:37 PM
        
        OK, I surrender. - Eri - 6/14/2009 5:59:44 AM
        
        I don't like it when people are nasty to the police, either. - Mary Anne - 6/14/2009 5:13:29 PM
        
        You make a *very* good point. (n/t) - Jody - 6/13/2009 5:35:57 PM
        
        She wasn't mentally handicapped. That's another discussion. (n/t) - Eri - 6/13/2009 3:34:52 PM
      - I agree with you Bowser - Lindy - 6/10/2009 6:14:38 PM

A happy tale - z - 6/17/2009 10:24:19 PM

Weird Mushroom News - TB - 6/16/2009 6:20:42 AM
- The page is gone. - Eri - 6/17/2009 3:06:15 AM
  - Here it is - TB - 6/17/2009 5:12:24 AM
    - How come the picture is still there for me? (n/t) - Jody - 6/17/2009 3:36:21 PM
      - They didn't tweak the picture's address - TB - 6/17/2009 3:43:21 PM
- OMG! (n/t) - Jody - 6/16/2009 7:46:46 PM

First came the jellyfish, then the dragonfly... - Lindy - 6/14/2009 2:29:49 AM
- Funny you should mention jellyfish.... - podrock - 6/15/2009 6:30:08 PM
  - " I also found it strangely addicting;...." - Lindy - 6/15/2009 7:38:46 PM
    - There were many other cameras, - podrock - 6/15/2009 7:54:45 PM
      - We all could create crop circles if we had a notion... - Jody - 6/16/2009 5:23:43 PM
      - "I'll bet you could create a circle that could convince your peers. " - Lindy - 6/15/2009 8:27:39 PM
        
        I'd like to add... - Lindy - 6/16/2009 8:26:59 PM
        
        Human greed verses psychic (or alien) graffiti? - podrock - 6/16/2009 9:41:29 PM
        
        They're pushing the envelope - Lindy - 6/16/2009 10:48:48 PM
        
        I know who they REALLY are - Socrates II - 6/17/2009 11:14:20 AM
        
        Am I reading between the lines correctly? - podrock - 6/16/2009 4:43:32 PM
        
        re: Am I reading between the lines correctly? - Lindy - 6/16/2009 5:10:48 PM
        
        That's rather pretentious of you - Socrates II - 6/16/2009 1:31:48 PM
        
        re: That's rather pretentious of you - Lindy - 6/16/2009 3:01:44 PM
        
        I like what you have said Lindy.. - Jody - 6/16/2009 4:39:18 PM
- What is that about? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/15/2009 3:50:14 PM
- And then the phoenix? - Lindy - 6/14/2009 2:31:24 AM
  - Thought you might like this. - RobVG - 6/15/2009 4:15:32 AM
    - There is a celestial solution to the Nazca Lines - Socrates II - 6/15/2009 2:13:42 PM
      - I'm with Lindy... - Jody - 6/16/2009 4:13:16 AM
        
        Just hope they can be preserved - Socrates II - 6/16/2009 1:36:27 PM
      - They're still an unsolved mystery IMO. (n/t) - RobVG - 6/15/2009 11:54:10 PM
        
        I got that idea from a Nova program - Socrates II - 6/16/2009 1:56:12 AM
      - Of course... - Lindy - 6/15/2009 5:10:06 PM
  - I Love it!!! - Jody - 6/14/2009 3:53:34 PM
    - Four more in the past 2 days - Lindy - 6/14/2009 5:57:53 PM

Very serious semi-autos. - Bowser - 6/16/2009 7:23:09 AM
- Gun nut guns. - 2nd Amendment LibERal - 6/16/2009 6:15:56 PM
  - Adrenaline - Bowser - 6/16/2009 7:28:40 PM
    - re: Adrenaline - ER - 6/16/2009 7:49:14 PM
- If you're looking for a PDW. - RNE - 6/16/2009 5:42:52 PM
  - 10mm Auto is a fine round. - Lee - 6/16/2009 11:03:24 PM
    - Doesn't the laser give away your position in the dark? - ER - 6/16/2009 11:08:56 PM
      - No. - Lee - 6/16/2009 11:18:40 PM
        
        Must be the same kind of laser I use to torment my cat. (n/t) - ER - 6/16/2009 11:20:21 PM
        
        Yeah, it is. - Lee - 6/16/2009 11:25:59 PM
  - Nope. Just ran across these. - Bowser - 6/16/2009 6:02:57 PM
    - I didn't say I prefer them. - Lee - 6/16/2009 11:10:52 PM
- My wrist gets sore firing a box of .357 mags. I have no use for any bigger hardware. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/16/2009 3:37:38 PM
- It's not that bad. - Lee - 6/16/2009 11:54:58 AM

What's on YOUR plate? - Lindy - 6/15/2009 12:22:33 PM
- Uh oh... - TB - 6/15/2009 4:23:15 PM
- "Did you know it's illegal to show any photographs of a food processing plant?" - David F Mayer - 6/15/2009 3:49:12 PM
  - I listened to it again - Lindy - 6/15/2009 4:51:09 PM
    - It has to do with terrorists gaining access to our food supply. - Eri - 6/16/2009 7:08:52 PM
    - Clear violation of "Freedom of Speech and Press". (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/16/2009 2:50:45 AM

Good advice - TB - 6/16/2009 5:58:38 AM

Hypertext - TB - 6/14/2009 6:32:59 AM
- And when do you find time to take out the trash? - Eri - 6/14/2009 9:39:18 PM
- Thanks for turning us on to the PKD essay. - ER - 6/14/2009 3:54:02 PM
  - re: Thanks for turning us on to the PKD essay.- I second that. - Eri - 6/14/2009 9:40:59 PM
    - I third it... - Jody - 6/15/2009 1:46:01 AM

Bunny takes on Rattlesnake - Lindy - 6/12/2009 1:41:07 AM
- Not the brightest rabbit on the planet. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/14/2009 4:20:27 PM
- Don't ever underestimate a bunny... - Jody - 6/12/2009 2:00:30 AM
- I don't think that's a rattler. - ER - 6/12/2009 1:48:14 AM
  - First, it's a great video. Fun. - Bowser - 6/12/2009 2:52:31 AM
    - Probably a Bull Snake... - Jody - 6/12/2009 8:31:27 AM
      - I saw Waterhsip Down - Socrates II - 6/12/2009 1:17:46 PM
        
        "Dogs are not dangerous!" (n/t) - alcaray - 6/12/2009 8:57:32 PM
        
        And don't forget the bunny in Monty Python's The Holy Grail! (n/t) - Jody - 6/12/2009 2:01:27 PM
        
        I wanted to save that for someone else to post :^) - Socrates II - 6/12/2009 2:17:43 PM
        
        Little Bunny Foo Foo hoppin' along the forest... - Jody - 6/12/2009 4:09:46 PM
        
        Are we all going to start singing "Hare!" from Aquarius? (n/t) - Eri - 6/12/2009 9:47:00 PM
        
        I hope so..I love that song..and for a little more enjoyment... - Jody - 6/13/2009 1:27:23 AM

Insulating house paint and insulating paint additives - Jody - 6/12/2009 5:18:14 PM
- As usual, I am skeptical. I would like to see some independent confirmation. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/13/2009 12:21:56 AM
  - rightfully so... - Jody - 6/13/2009 1:23:46 AM
    - My basic feeling is that the only way a paint could insulate - David F Mayer - 6/14/2009 4:16:43 PM
- Google "NASA Technology Exchange Program" - ER - 6/12/2009 6:41:02 PM

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