Buck
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Doesn't Tannin look a bit like Sean Eadie?
Well, maybe not.
Well, maybe not.
Something Random
- Thread starter ddrueding
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CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Do you still have this on your hard drive? I finally pluggued my speakers and I'd like to know what it sounded like. My original link no longer works.ddrueding said:
blakerwry
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i like the site update Tony.
ddrueding
Fixture
CougTek said:
I'd imagine so, if you can remember the original name of the file....it's lost in my MP3s right now.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Forget it, I've found it back. Damn I regret to have posted that wav, should have waited to have speakers hooked on. Just want to tell everyone that when I'm pissing, it sounds a lot more like this than like this. Hey, I'm well equipped ;-)
ddrueding
Fixture
Well, we ended up staying in Eugene and the vicinity. We ate at all 3 McMenamins resturaunts; a classy one near the river, a trendy one near the UofO campus, and a neat one secluded in an alley. Apparently these guys are famous for making their own liquor?
Anyway, I'm in love...go figure. I'll be flying up there again soon, and she'll be moving down here shortly thereafter. She's a molecular biologist and needs to finish her current project.
Anyway, I'm in love...go figure. I'll be flying up there again soon, and she'll be moving down here shortly thereafter. She's a molecular biologist and needs to finish her current project.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Pradeep
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timwhit said:
"He had apparently tried out and rejected the mass-market Busch beer in favour of local brand Rainier."
Good to see he had taste
mubs
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We have a connoisseur here, no less
ddrueding
Fixture
Sorry if I've been ignoring anything of late here or anywhere else. Just got back from another week in Oregon; planning to spend a week up there every 2 weeks. Between this, my new company, and my consulting business, I should be posting far more experiences in the no sleep thread.
Spent 4 days in Portland and another 2 in Eugene. Portland has one of the more messed up civic plans of all the west coast cities I've been to. Our second date went well...pretty amazing really.
Spent 4 days in Portland and another 2 in Eugene. Portland has one of the more messed up civic plans of all the west coast cities I've been to. Our second date went well...pretty amazing really.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
A co-worker whom I had previously held in high esteem has a "W" sticker on her truck now.
I can't decide whether I should immediately lose all respect for her or if I should just commence ignoring her like I do everyone else at work.
I can't decide whether I should immediately lose all respect for her or if I should just commence ignoring her like I do everyone else at work.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Evil.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
That's disgusting.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I need something to get this awful taste out of my mouth. If anyone needs me, I'll be looking at transsexual midget foot-fetish rope bondage porn.
I can post links if you'd like. I'm sure they'll be more tasteful than Doug's last post.
I can post links if you'd like. I'm sure they'll be more tasteful than Doug's last post.
ddrueding
Fixture
I can reccomend chewing on your own foot...it does wonders for me.
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
Mercutio said:
Bravo to your co-worker. See what happens when you get out. You find out that people you respect are conservative. Is it time to go back to hiding under a rock?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
It's very difficult to have any amount of respect for anyone with that particular set of viewpoints.
I can go into all sorts of details as to why, but really what it boils down to see that I see a group of people who are against a number of my ideal of what freedom means.
Personally, I hope the rest of the country wakes up, so that in 50 years we can all look back and laugh at how silly many of the republican positions on social issues really were, just like we do now with a lot of other civil rights issues.
I can go into all sorts of details as to why, but really what it boils down to see that I see a group of people who are against a number of my ideal of what freedom means.
Personally, I hope the rest of the country wakes up, so that in 50 years we can all look back and laugh at how silly many of the republican positions on social issues really were, just like we do now with a lot of other civil rights issues.
Work is no place for politics. Why don't you try basing your opinion of someone based on the way they treat you personally rather than on whatever the political viewpoints are that you think they might have? Do you even know how that bumper sticker got there? Give me a freaking break! You're talking about losing all the respect you have for a person based on a freaking bumper sticker. No wonder you have self-admitted social 'issues'.
Last I checked, about 50% of the US population was democrat (based on the last election) and there was no penalty for paying extra taxes. If the demmys were so concerned with doing the right thing as well as financing the pork government programs that reward laziness, a lack of initiative and just plain waste, they could always pay the extra taxes that they feel is their fair share. I'm sure that would go a long way to financing the government programs that are important to them.
Last I checked, about 50% of the US population was democrat (based on the last election) and there was no penalty for paying extra taxes. If the demmys were so concerned with doing the right thing as well as financing the pork government programs that reward laziness, a lack of initiative and just plain waste, they could always pay the extra taxes that they feel is their fair share. I'm sure that would go a long way to financing the government programs that are important to them.
Howell
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Mercutio said:
You mean like the republican Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s or the many many southern democrats of the 1960s. These labels we rely on to identify people groups should not be relied on to indicate.... Nevermind I give up.
I am disappointed to find you so small. I'm sad what you must think of me. very sad....
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
I just lose respect fpr people who put bumper stickers on their cars. Horribly ugly things, every last one of them.
Pradeep
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Well today at work I managed to wipe the secretary's outlook.pst. Of which there was no backup. Still can't figure it out. Was playing with profiles at the time. Something about creating an Outlook account etc under the local user account, then trying to open it whilst logged onto a domain or something like that. She took it well.
ddrueding
Fixture
Yup. PSTs are evil, evil things. I try to avoid them at all costs. They are inevitable, as some secretary will have 3GB of mail that she "can't lose for legal reasons" or some such BS. My PST is backed up on 3 continents - losing it would be a bad thing.
jtr1962
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Good point, Clocker. Just because someone votes Democrat or Republican doesn't necessarily mean they agree with all or even most of what these parties stand for. I've been voting mostly Republican for as along as I could vote for one simple reason-they tend to tax me less than Democrats. I don't particularly care for all the Christian Coalition baggage associated with Republicans, and I know they stink on the environmental issues which I care deeply about (although I don't see the Dems doing any better). It's simply a lesser of two evils. Probably the only two people I voted for whom I was somewhat enthusiastic about were Ronald Reagan and Rudy Guiliani. And I do vote for Dems when the Republican is clearly the worse choice.Clocker said:
I'm probably sitting out next election unless there's some local proposition on the ballot which I care strongly about. I don't much care for either candidate at this point, and Kerry will carry New York anyway so my voting won't change the outcome.
Pradeep
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Back in Australia my local seat was decided by 40, then 50 something votes in two consecutive elections. So you could definitely feel that your vote made a difference. When margins are in the millions tho, I guess it's a diff feeling.
Fortunately the sec only lost about 3 weeks worth of important stuff, most of which can be re-emailed to her.
Fortunately the sec only lost about 3 weeks worth of important stuff, most of which can be re-emailed to her.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Personally I believe that general agreement with social conservatives is indicative of an intellectual failing on one's part. If that applies to you, so be it. If you come by your right-wing leanings because of fiscal conservatism, fine. I can comprehend that. I think you're guilty by apathy and by association, but I can comprehend it.
I had a student once whom I thought to be a bit odd. She was obviously an intelligent person and she had an interest in commodity trading, something I've been dabbling in. She was also 6'3" and had enormous hands. Even though she worked as a millwright, I never saw her in anything but feminine clothing (dresses and frilly blouses).
After a few weeks of whatever the heck class I was teaching, someone took me aside and asked me how I could STAND to have this woman in my class. I told him I thought she seemed like a decent enough person.
He responded that she wasn't really a person, she was a transsexual. The post-operative kind, someone who had violated "god's laws".
After that I made it a point to talk to her in front of the bigoted bastards who made up my class.
Nothing that guy could've said would have done more to lower my opinion of him than to judge her that way. At the same time, I think the reaction that most people would have at discovering that a woman was once a man is very similar to my reaction in discovering that someone I thought was a decent and rational person is actually a conservative. I will ever be mindful of that person, because his or her thought processes are vastly different from my own.
Of course, that's a personal prejudice on my part. I never said it wasn't. But knowing that it is doens't change my reaction.
I had a student once whom I thought to be a bit odd. She was obviously an intelligent person and she had an interest in commodity trading, something I've been dabbling in. She was also 6'3" and had enormous hands. Even though she worked as a millwright, I never saw her in anything but feminine clothing (dresses and frilly blouses).
After a few weeks of whatever the heck class I was teaching, someone took me aside and asked me how I could STAND to have this woman in my class. I told him I thought she seemed like a decent enough person.
He responded that she wasn't really a person, she was a transsexual. The post-operative kind, someone who had violated "god's laws".
After that I made it a point to talk to her in front of the bigoted bastards who made up my class.
Nothing that guy could've said would have done more to lower my opinion of him than to judge her that way. At the same time, I think the reaction that most people would have at discovering that a woman was once a man is very similar to my reaction in discovering that someone I thought was a decent and rational person is actually a conservative. I will ever be mindful of that person, because his or her thought processes are vastly different from my own.
Of course, that's a personal prejudice on my part. I never said it wasn't. But knowing that it is doens't change my reaction.
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
Back to random stuff. Seen Saturday on the back of an SUV in Arlington Heights, IL:
license plate frame top: Jenny
bottom: I got your number
The plate itself? 867 5309
license plate frame top: Jenny
bottom: I got your number
The plate itself? 867 5309
Howell
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Mercutio said:
You do realize you don't even have a (high) horse, don't you.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Howell, I believe I have sufficient justification for my opinion on that matter. I'll let you know if I ever feel that way about yours.
Buck
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Fushigi said:
Wow! Obviously there is only one of those in the state. I wonder how many people have tried to get that combo of numbers for their plate.
Something else random:
The year was 1993.
Instrument was a Yamaha trumpet.
Played the part of 2nd trumpet in both.
Robin Hood
Poet And Peasant Overture
Dug these up while I was cleaning house. They are of poor quality. They were originally recorded on DAT, then transfered to cassette tape. I've also taken the liberty of making it worse by turning them into MP3's, but at still have the uncompressed wav.
The year was 1993.
Instrument was a Yamaha trumpet.
Played the part of 2nd trumpet in both.
Robin Hood
Poet And Peasant Overture
Dug these up while I was cleaning house. They are of poor quality. They were originally recorded on DAT, then transfered to cassette tape. I've also taken the liberty of making it worse by turning them into MP3's, but at still have the uncompressed wav.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I got this in my email today. Normally I wouldn't share it, but I feel the need to irritate more of you than I already have.
It's illogical to vote Republican in 2004.
It's illogical to vote for the Republican Party in 2004,
because you are expected to believe all of this.
Religion
1. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying about the existence of weapons of mass destruction to enlist support for an unprovoked, undeclared war, in which tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians die, is "defense".
2. Christians believe "You shall not kill", but killing Iraqis helps them.
3. Jesus loves you, but shares your deep dislike of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
4. George W. Bush is a Christian, and Christians believe that lying is a sin, but it is okay for George Bush to mislead the public.
5. Christians believe in charity toward the poor, but it is okay for George Bush to reduce the budget for social services.
Big Business
6. The 3 movies and 35 recently published books that say that the U.S. government has become extraordinarily corrupt are all wrong, even though they were written by former members of the Bush administration and by Republicans, Democrats, generals, other former government leaders, Pulitzer Prize winners, political commentators, editorial writers, environmental organizations, and members of the public.
7. The Bush family's investments in weapons manufacturers through the The Carlyle Group do not constitute a conflict of interest, or tend to cause George Bush to prefer violent solutions.
8. There is nothing of interest in the fact that the Carlyle Group has done tens of millions of business with the bin Laden family, or that George H.W. Bush attended a Carlyle Group meeting with a half brother of Osama bin Laden a day after the bombing on September 11, 2001. On the other hand, the $58 million spent to investigate Bill Clinton's small, money-losing Whitewater investment was a good use of taxpayer money.
9. A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all humankind without regulation.
10. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India.
11. HMOs and insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies have the interest of the public at heart. It is entirely acceptable for pharmaceutical companies to charge more in the U.S. than any other country in the world.
12. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.
13. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but it is okay to teach creationism in schools.
14. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him and Rumsfeld reassured him he was our buddy, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him as CEO of Halliburton, but then a bad guy again when Bush Junior needed a prop for his re-election campaign as the "war president", and needed the Israeli vote.
15. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a "spirit of international harmony".
Government
16. Republicans are conservatives, but it is okay to spend like there is no tomorrow and run up extraordinary deficits that your grandchildren will have to pay, while at the same time refunding as much tax money as possible to rich people.
17. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages, censoring the Internet, and limiting stem cell research.
18. All votes should be counted, but not in a state where your brother is governor, if counting them would mean you would not be elected president.
19. The Bush administration has accomplished a lot in Iraq. The fact that a lot could be accomplished anywhere with $200 billion of U.S. taxpayer money is not important.
Foreign Policy
20. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, but then demand their cooperation and money.
21. The best way to decrease support for Arab terrorism is to invade an oil rich Arab country.
22. The United States should get out of the United Nations, but a national priority is getting U.N. cooperation, and enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
Sociology
23. What Bill Clinton or John Kerry did in the 1960s is of vital national interest but what George W. Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
24. The public has a right to know about Hillary Clinton's cattle trades, but George Bush's Harken Oil stock trades should be sealed in his daddy's library, and are none of our business.
25. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches, while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
26. Someone who never traveled outside the U.S. before he began running for president can be sufficiently capable in fashioning foreign policy.
27. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
28. Group sex and drug use are despicable, degenerate sins, except for a movie star who runs for governor of California as a Republican.
29. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex or get AIDS.
30. Affirmative Action is wrong, but it is okay for your daddy and his friends to arrange for you to graduate from Yale without much studying, to dodge the draft in the Texas Air National Guard, to get Saudi Arabians who want to buy influence in the U.S. government to bail out your company, Harken Oil, and to get you elected governor of Texas.
31. Someone who often has trouble speaking coherent sentences can be fully mentally in charge as president of a large country.
32. Having been an alcoholic affects a person his entire life, but if you are George W. Bush you are fine.
It's illogical to vote Republican in 2004.
It's illogical to vote for the Republican Party in 2004,
because you are expected to believe all of this.
Religion
1. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying about the existence of weapons of mass destruction to enlist support for an unprovoked, undeclared war, in which tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians die, is "defense".
2. Christians believe "You shall not kill", but killing Iraqis helps them.
3. Jesus loves you, but shares your deep dislike of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
4. George W. Bush is a Christian, and Christians believe that lying is a sin, but it is okay for George Bush to mislead the public.
5. Christians believe in charity toward the poor, but it is okay for George Bush to reduce the budget for social services.
Big Business
6. The 3 movies and 35 recently published books that say that the U.S. government has become extraordinarily corrupt are all wrong, even though they were written by former members of the Bush administration and by Republicans, Democrats, generals, other former government leaders, Pulitzer Prize winners, political commentators, editorial writers, environmental organizations, and members of the public.
7. The Bush family's investments in weapons manufacturers through the The Carlyle Group do not constitute a conflict of interest, or tend to cause George Bush to prefer violent solutions.
8. There is nothing of interest in the fact that the Carlyle Group has done tens of millions of business with the bin Laden family, or that George H.W. Bush attended a Carlyle Group meeting with a half brother of Osama bin Laden a day after the bombing on September 11, 2001. On the other hand, the $58 million spent to investigate Bill Clinton's small, money-losing Whitewater investment was a good use of taxpayer money.
9. A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all humankind without regulation.
10. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India.
11. HMOs and insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies have the interest of the public at heart. It is entirely acceptable for pharmaceutical companies to charge more in the U.S. than any other country in the world.
12. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.
13. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but it is okay to teach creationism in schools.
14. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him and Rumsfeld reassured him he was our buddy, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him as CEO of Halliburton, but then a bad guy again when Bush Junior needed a prop for his re-election campaign as the "war president", and needed the Israeli vote.
15. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a "spirit of international harmony".
Government
16. Republicans are conservatives, but it is okay to spend like there is no tomorrow and run up extraordinary deficits that your grandchildren will have to pay, while at the same time refunding as much tax money as possible to rich people.
17. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages, censoring the Internet, and limiting stem cell research.
18. All votes should be counted, but not in a state where your brother is governor, if counting them would mean you would not be elected president.
19. The Bush administration has accomplished a lot in Iraq. The fact that a lot could be accomplished anywhere with $200 billion of U.S. taxpayer money is not important.
Foreign Policy
20. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, but then demand their cooperation and money.
21. The best way to decrease support for Arab terrorism is to invade an oil rich Arab country.
22. The United States should get out of the United Nations, but a national priority is getting U.N. cooperation, and enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
Sociology
23. What Bill Clinton or John Kerry did in the 1960s is of vital national interest but what George W. Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
24. The public has a right to know about Hillary Clinton's cattle trades, but George Bush's Harken Oil stock trades should be sealed in his daddy's library, and are none of our business.
25. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches, while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
26. Someone who never traveled outside the U.S. before he began running for president can be sufficiently capable in fashioning foreign policy.
27. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
28. Group sex and drug use are despicable, degenerate sins, except for a movie star who runs for governor of California as a Republican.
29. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex or get AIDS.
30. Affirmative Action is wrong, but it is okay for your daddy and his friends to arrange for you to graduate from Yale without much studying, to dodge the draft in the Texas Air National Guard, to get Saudi Arabians who want to buy influence in the U.S. government to bail out your company, Harken Oil, and to get you elected governor of Texas.
31. Someone who often has trouble speaking coherent sentences can be fully mentally in charge as president of a large country.
32. Having been an alcoholic affects a person his entire life, but if you are George W. Bush you are fine.
ddrueding
Fixture
OK, I bought all that. I also bought this really neat bridge; it's made of brick and is on the east coast, but once I figure out how to make a lawn sculpture out of it...
ddrueding
Fixture
I found a really cool song, but I can't get any info on it or it's author or the preformer...has anyone here heard of "Jack Dark: Space Assasain"? Google returns nothing.
Unfortunatly, I have no place to host it; I think a number of you would really enjoy it.
Unfortunatly, I have no place to host it; I think a number of you would really enjoy it.
ddrueding
Fixture
Oh, and Merc...you need to remove the group sex line from the above post...or I ain't buying....
ddrueding
Fixture
http://www.sidetalkin.com/Images-Girl/sidetalking-holland.jpg
I've heard of being open-minded, but damn....(slightly off-color)
I've heard of being open-minded, but damn....(slightly off-color)
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
ddrueding said:
Perhaps I'm not up on the contents of the latest Peoplemagazine, but didn't Arnold admit to doing or seeing a bunch of that stuff while he was a Mr. Universe contestant in the 70s? And wasn't think there a harassment scandal about 2 seconds after he took office?
Anyway, I didn't make the list. It's just one of those things that people E-mail each other. I do think there's a lot of valid points there. 3, 5, 9, 11,13, 16,17, 29, and 31, for instanve.