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What do all these world leaders have in common? - ER - 9/26/2013 11:21:30 PM
- Bushy eyebrows. n/t - RobVG - 9/28/2013 3:03:18 AM
- engineers? - podrock - 9/27/2013 3:28:09 AM
  - Re: engineers? - TB - 9/27/2013 3:51:32 AM
    - When I was leading a team of contractors imported from India... - alcaray - 9/27/2013 9:37:32 PM
- For starters. - bowser - 9/27/2013 12:33:23 AM

Forget to fuse one little circuit. - bowser - 9/27/2013 12:51:46 AM
- It's not necessarily just bad design. - ER - 9/27/2013 3:07:09 PM
- A lesson I learned... - TB - 9/27/2013 3:22:50 AM

Follow-up to engineer statesman post below. - ER - 9/27/2013 1:39:18 PM
- The Big Bang Theory - ER - 9/27/2013 2:19:23 PM

To Autumn - Jody - 9/24/2013 6:40:10 PM
- To Autumn - A poem by Bowser. - bowser - 9/27/2013 12:31:18 AM
- Springtime - Antono Vivaldi (1723) - ER - 9/25/2013 12:49:25 AM
  - One of my all time favorites! - Jody - 9/25/2013 2:31:25 AM
- A Hazy Shade of Winter - ER - 9/25/2013 12:24:14 AM
  - Special - Jody - 9/25/2013 2:39:59 AM
- Summertime Blues - ER - 9/25/2013 12:13:27 AM
  - OMG!!! - Jody - 9/25/2013 2:34:55 AM

Interesting British spying technique. - bowser - 9/27/2013 12:14:45 AM

A little more on the Kel-Tec PF-9 - bowser - 9/24/2013 6:12:56 AM
- It is a gun built to be a Saturday night special instead of earning the name - FrankC - 9/25/2013 8:30:54 PM
- Russian Makarov - RobVG - 9/25/2013 1:32:07 AM

We have now established we can all afford orange juice in Norway. - Jody - 9/23/2013 8:32:44 PM
- Sorry, Jody. - ER - 9/24/2013 2:39:59 AM
  - That's quite alright. - Jody - 9/24/2013 3:26:14 AM
- I squeeze my own. - ER - 9/23/2013 9:21:18 PM
  - ewwwwww - Jody - 9/24/2013 3:26:46 AM
- Well, you know, it's the important issues that need discussion. - TB - 9/23/2013 8:52:30 PM

EIGHT BUCKS A GLASS? - ER - 9/23/2013 7:04:53 PM
- No...I said nine dollars. - Jody - 9/23/2013 7:16:50 PM
  - "I have expensive taste." - ER - 9/23/2013 7:45:28 PM
    - Ehhh, I don't like orange juice anyway.;) - Jody - 9/23/2013 8:24:32 PM
  - Check this out: - TB - 9/23/2013 7:40:33 PM
    - Okay my fine feathered friends...apparently orange juice - Jody - 9/23/2013 8:29:38 PM
    - About a kilo (of salt, that is) - ER - 9/23/2013 8:05:14 PM
      - What do fresh oranges cost in Florida? - TB - 9/23/2013 8:15:32 PM
        
        Mme Reclus prefers California Navel Oranges. - ER - 9/23/2013 9:26:40 PM
        
        I don't look at prices either. - TB - 9/23/2013 10:23:56 PM
        
        JUst for the record. - ER - 9/24/2013 2:00:05 AM

Relativity. - Jody - 9/22/2013 3:57:18 PM
- Ya know what would suck...? - Jody - 9/23/2013 6:26:09 PM
- Norway GDP, O.5 trillion. Norway population, 5 million. US GDP 15.5 trillion, US population 313 million. - bowser - 9/23/2013 3:06:09 PM
- Yeah, but how much does a Norwegian pay for an appendectomy? - ER - 9/23/2013 12:18:42 AM
  - Nothing. Squat. Zilch, zero. Nary a peso, penny, krone. Free. Healthcare ranked 11th in world. US ranked 38th. - bowser - 9/23/2013 3:08:08 PM
  - About 1,000 glasses of orange juice ought to cover it. - Jody - 9/23/2013 3:00:49 PM
- Fresh squeezed or frozen? n/t - RobVG - 9/22/2013 11:38:28 PM
  - I'll squeeze you ya little potfer...;) - Jody - 9/22/2013 11:52:02 PM
    - I suppose you want me to ask you what's a "potfer". :) - RobVG - 9/23/2013 2:17:59 AM
      - Ter piss in! - TB - 9/23/2013 2:50:10 AM
        
        Exactly:) - Jody - 9/23/2013 2:41:55 PM
- Fun facts - TB - 9/22/2013 5:02:03 PM
  - :) - Jody - 9/22/2013 5:21:35 PM
    - More on how to make a "welfare state" work - TB - 9/23/2013 5:00:50 PM

For real...is this for real? - Jody - 9/22/2013 7:01:50 PM
- Amazing to me... - FrankC - 9/22/2013 11:35:26 PM
- Well, at least they salute, and shake hands. - ER - 9/22/2013 7:22:18 PM
  - I can see your little entourage now - Jody - 9/22/2013 11:45:53 PM
    - Yeah, especially when they do the Queen Anne Salute with umbrellas. - ER - 9/23/2013 12:23:57 AM

The Ballad of Tom Bombadude - ER - 9/21/2013 6:29:04 PM
- It's important to have people with the mind of a poet in a society. - TB - 9/21/2013 7:37:44 PM
  - Yeah, but to really screw things up properly requires the hubris of an engineer. - ER - 9/21/2013 8:09:31 PM
    - For the metaphor to be accurate... - TB - 9/21/2013 8:19:37 PM
      - No, but engineers presume they are capable of designing societies. - ER - 9/21/2013 9:00:42 PM
        
        Yeah? Point to one. - TB - 9/21/2013 9:16:34 PM
        
        Tom, you're the one around here who knows exactly how economies and governments should be organized. - ER - 9/21/2013 9:46:58 PM
        
        Heh. - TB - 9/21/2013 9:55:28 PM
        
        You answered my post before I was done editing it. Go back and re-read it. - ER - 9/21/2013 10:14:58 PM
        
        Actually... - TB - 9/21/2013 11:23:43 PM
        
        Einsteins's letter cooroborates my observations precisely. - ER - 9/22/2013 12:04:39 AM
        
        Just FYI, - TB - 9/22/2013 2:15:54 AM
        
        Not bad, considering I read that passage about a half century ago. - ER - 9/22/2013 3:12:38 AM
        
        Your views would make sense... - TB - 9/22/2013 1:55:55 AM
        
        Rubbish. - ER - 9/22/2013 3:38:15 AM
        
        ...and more rubbish - ER - 9/22/2013 12:44:12 PM
        
        "Really annoying" - TB - 9/22/2013 3:49:19 PM
        
        P.S. the ballad was pretty damn good. - TB - 9/21/2013 11:39:11 PM
        
        It should have been. I spent all damn morning working on it. - ER - 9/22/2013 12:07:50 AM

Sasquatch sightings (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - TB - 9/22/2013 3:11:43 AM
- These GIS weenies are getting uppity. - ER - 9/22/2013 2:51:54 PM

The Sons of Martha - Jody - 9/21/2013 10:04:06 PM

Photos from our past - Jody - 9/21/2013 12:57:05 AM
- Yes, quite interesting. Re picture 12, Ham the chimp - - - - bowser - 9/21/2013 2:09:22 AM
  - I can't stand animal cruelty... - FrankC - 9/21/2013 5:46:33 PM
    - You can find all the details of the project... - TB - 9/21/2013 7:42:41 PM
  - That fucking figures. - Jody - 9/21/2013 2:17:33 AM
    - Ham the Chimp - TB - 9/21/2013 3:04:27 AM
      - You are right. It was Enos, the second chimp, who was tortured. - bowser - 9/21/2013 5:42:25 AM
    - Doesn't the host of pictures sorta give you the creeps? - Jody - 9/21/2013 2:20:40 AM

Well, I think it's an improvement... - TB - 9/19/2013 10:48:29 PM
- Complaint generator - FrankC - 9/20/2013 8:12:55 PM
  - Here is another dandy (as usual I get carried away) - FrankC - 9/20/2013 8:51:25 PM
    - Don't make me get out my ninja dictionary! - Jody - 9/20/2013 10:04:42 PM
      - Hey, blame the generator, not me. But, I do love mumpish. - FrankC - 9/20/2013 10:39:40 PM
    - Aha! - TB - 9/20/2013 9:58:21 PM
- LMAO! - Jody - 9/20/2013 2:38:09 AM
  - I now have the power to destroy. :) - TB - 9/20/2013 3:02:38 AM

Aircraft carriers - ramp v. catapult for takeoff. Russian view. - bowser - 9/20/2013 6:53:24 AM
- Fascinating website for an old sailor.. - ER - 9/20/2013 11:01:55 AM
  - What I find particularly troubling... - ER - 9/20/2013 2:00:47 PM
    - The US Navy is the largest imperialistic force in the world. - bowser - 9/20/2013 5:58:17 PM
      - Good grief. I'm fighting a two-front war here. - ER - 9/20/2013 8:10:38 PM

The Real Jessica Rabbit - Jody - 9/20/2013 4:14:38 PM

They'll stop you for having Listerine... - Jody - 9/20/2013 2:26:47 PM

Somebodies' fortune - bowser - 9/19/2013 5:29:49 AM
- Don't forget toothpaste tubes - FrankC - 9/20/2013 3:26:12 AM
  - Things got harder after they stopped making the tubes out of metal. - TB - 9/20/2013 3:27:27 AM
- The trick - Robert - 9/19/2013 5:22:12 PM
  - There are tricks for various things. - bowser - 9/20/2013 6:55:47 AM
- Rinse. - TB - 9/19/2013 5:13:35 PM
- For Peanut Butter - RobVG - 9/19/2013 2:33:18 PM
  - I like it. And regarding cost - - - - bowser - 9/20/2013 7:05:39 AM
- "Intellectual property" is an oxymoron. - ER - 9/19/2013 1:40:51 PM

The Art of Manliness - Jody - 9/14/2013 6:37:02 PM
- I was curious how you guys would respond. - Jody - 9/16/2013 1:00:39 AM
  - And quite a few knuckle under n/t - RobVG - 9/17/2013 3:26:10 AM
- Completely depends upon circumstances and motives. - bowser - 9/15/2013 6:30:52 AM
- My rules - FrankC - 9/15/2013 1:56:43 AM
- Interesting. - RobVG - 9/15/2013 12:55:05 AM
- Queequeg and Ishmael shared a bed. - ER - 9/14/2013 8:09:23 PM
  - I have read..... - FrankC - 9/18/2013 4:23:51 PM
    - The Lincoln story is true. - ER - 9/18/2013 6:22:17 PM
  - Does carrying a purse inhibit or enable closer contact? - bowser - 9/18/2013 6:10:47 AM
    - It leaves my hands free, big boy. - ER - 9/18/2013 10:19:33 AM

Creative abuses of loopholes - Jody - 9/15/2013 3:12:27 PM

Is planet Venus visible in the mornings these days? (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - johannes - 9/14/2013 6:23:28 PM
- Venus is an evening star, visible in the west after sunset. - ER - 9/14/2013 7:30:35 PM
  - Thanks, so it could be Jupiter or even Mars. - johannes - 9/14/2013 10:36:48 PM
    - I have no idea what it is, - ER - 9/14/2013 11:35:19 PM

Testing football helmets in 1912... - BuckGalaxy - 9/14/2013 5:50:11 AM

"San Jose to pay nearly $5 million for shooting man with toy gun" - Robert - 9/12/2013 1:47:19 AM
- Did anybody notice anything funny about that headline? - Robert - 9/12/2013 10:32:12 PM
  - English can be ambiguous. - ER - 9/13/2013 1:24:32 AM
  - ? I didn't get that. They actually shot him I thought. - Jody - 9/12/2013 11:53:09 PM
    - They did - Robert - 9/13/2013 12:40:44 AM
      - The door is ajar.... - Jody - 9/13/2013 12:54:08 AM
        
        yes! - Robert - 9/13/2013 4:37:22 AM
- "Pride, Integrity, Guts." - ER - 9/12/2013 2:27:07 AM
- A teachable moment. n/t - RobVG - 9/12/2013 2:25:14 AM
  - Re: A teachable moment. n/t - TB - 9/12/2013 3:56:48 AM
    - ;) - Jody - 9/12/2013 4:30:12 PM

Best prank EVER! - Jody - 9/12/2013 2:46:26 AM

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