You are not the center of the universe. You live on a speck sitting on a mote of dust on a grain of sand on the Ipanema Beach that is the universe.
This wouldn’t be complete without showing the source of my analogy.
Note: Video is work-safe. Contains Girls From Ipanema. (Rrrrroooowwwwwrrrr…)
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Then there are flukes of the universe.
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Then there are flukes of the universe.
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Of course not, President Obama is.
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Of course not, President Obama is.
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From the incredibly large to the incredibly small.
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From the incredibly large to the incredibly small.
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#78 (from last night) – GREAT to hear the folks made their escape!
This Libyan situation sure does inspire a healthy dose of Deja Vu at this desk as I was living in Tripoli with my parents from 1964 – 1968. My Pop (God rest him) had a business trip to London and at the last minute decided to have Mom (God rest her) and I go with him – that was a Sunday in ’67 just before the 6 day war exploded that following Monday – there I was safely reading the new teletype in the lobby of the Piccadilly Hotel learning that all our American neighbors were being evacuated by airlift to Naples Italy by the USAF (who still had Wheelus AFB on the far side of Tripoli from our neighborhood). Mom & I did not return for several months after that – ONLY fathers or single males were allowed back in country initially…………..I wound up attending the first 6 weeks of the 5th grade at Lovett Elementary in Meyerland while we awaited the all clear signal.
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#78 (from last night) – GREAT to hear the folks made their escape!
This Libyan situation sure does inspire a healthy dose of Deja Vu at this desk as I was living in Tripoli with my parents from 1964 – 1968. My Pop (God rest him) had a business trip to London and at the last minute decided to have Mom (God rest her) and I go with him – that was a Sunday in ’67 just before the 6 day war exploded that following Monday – there I was safely reading the new teletype in the lobby of the Piccadilly Hotel learning that all our American neighbors were being evacuated by airlift to Naples Italy by the USAF (who still had Wheelus AFB on the far side of Tripoli from our neighborhood). Mom & I did not return for several months after that – ONLY fathers or single males were allowed back in country initially…………..I wound up attending the first 6 weeks of the 5th grade at Lovett Elementary in Meyerland while we awaited the all clear signal. -
#4 Katfish
In addition to the international employees being evacuated entirely out of Libya, the “home country” employees at desert work sites were transported to their own homes to be with their families until further notice..Who knows when things will settle down and be safe enough for expats to wotk there again. Some blog postings and the final official announcement last night said local villagers were very kind to assist oil workers who fled to the desert base camp, and helped to guard them while they were there..
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#4 Katfish
In addition to the international employees being evacuated entirely out of Libya, the “home country” employees at desert work sites were transported to their own homes to be with their families until further notice..
Who knows when things will settle down and be safe enough for expats to wotk there again. Some blog postings and the final official announcement last night said local villagers were very kind to assist oil workers who fled to the desert base camp, and helped to guard them while they were there.. -
Darren posted this last night; Well-Meaning or Not, Obama Threatens America, I hope he doesn’t mind me re-posting it because it is a MUST READ!
Mornin’ Gang -
Darren posted this last night; Well-Meaning or Not, Obama Threatens America, I hope he doesn’t mind me re-posting it because it is a MUST READ!
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mharper42 I’m glad your people made it out OK. I’m sure there was some very nervous moments in the last few days.
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mharper42 I’m glad your people made it out OK. I’m sure there was some very nervous moments in the last few days.
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http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=181148
There you go, Hamous. Arianna gets both barrels.
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http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=181148
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G’Morning all
To be serious for a moment, a thank you for your service and dedication.
Last living US WWI vet dies in W. Va. at age 110
By VICKI SMITH
Associated PressWWI Veteran Frank Buckles
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — He was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. But Frank Buckles would later become the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I.
Buckles, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II, died of natural causes Sunday at his home in Charles Town, biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said in a statement. He was 110
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_LAST_WWI_VETERAN?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
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G’Morning all
To be serious for a moment, a thank you for your service and dedication.Last living US WWI vet dies in W. Va. at age 110
By VICKI SMITH
Associated Press
WWI Veteran Frank Buckles
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — He was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. But Frank Buckles would later become the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I.
Buckles, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II, died of natural causes Sunday at his home in Charles Town, biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said in a statement. He was 110http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_LAST_WWI_VETERAN?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
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For barf kitty
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For barf kitty
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George Will has a column (I assume it’s actually published in Newsweek) about why liberals love trains that’s revealing. Read here – it’s fairly short.
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George Will has a column (I assume it’s actually published in Newsweek) about why liberals love trains that’s revealing. Read here – it’s fairly short.
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While I’m on the military. This is something that has been sorely needed since WW II to replace the heavy, unwieldy “iron pots”. However, it does have a coupla drawbacks.
Bullet-stopping helmet, new boots to war zone
By Lance M. Bacon – Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Feb 26, 2011 9:24:13 ESTThe Army has got you covered from head to toe as it prepares to issue helmets that can halt a bullet at point-blank range and new mountain boots for climbing the rugged terrain of Afghanistan.
The Enhanced Combat Helmet will come on line in the fall, although leadership is working to get them in the hands of troops even sooner.
The helmet is made of a state-of-the-art plastic, but don’t let that fool you. It has stopped zero-degree rifle bullets at point-blank range, and has stopped 7.62mm rounds, as well.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/02/army-new-helmet-boots-for-soldiers-022611w/
But can you make coffee and heat your C-Rations in it?
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While I’m on the military. This is something that has been sorely needed since WW II to replace the heavy, unwieldy “iron pots”. However, it does have a coupla drawbacks.
Bullet-stopping helmet, new boots to war zone
By Lance M. Bacon – Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Feb 26, 2011 9:24:13 EST
The Army has got you covered from head to toe as it prepares to issue helmets that can halt a bullet at point-blank range and new mountain boots for climbing the rugged terrain of Afghanistan.
The Enhanced Combat Helmet will come on line in the fall, although leadership is working to get them in the hands of troops even sooner.
The helmet is made of a state-of-the-art plastic, but don’t let that fool you. It has stopped zero-degree rifle bullets at point-blank range, and has stopped 7.62mm rounds, as well.http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/02/army-new-helmet-boots-for-soldiers-022611w/
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#11 El Gordo
Good link.
BTW, my coffee drinking place is having it’s 43 anniversary March 20. If you would like details, I’ll email them to you.
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#11 El Gordo
Good link.
BTW, my coffee drinking place is having it’s 43 anniversary March 20. If you would like details, I’ll email them to you. -
But can you make coffee and heat your C-Rations in it?
There’s one other use for the steel pot that ultimately precludes any cooking chores.
BUT
1. You make coffee in your canteen cup.
2. Current issue rations use a chemical heater that works very well, is plentiful, and easy to issue in quantity.Even if you could, in situations where you can expect to heat your food individually in the field, you don’t really want to be making a fire to cook your rations or heat your coffee.
Making a fire is a bad thing in places where there are bad people with guns who want to kill you trying to find out where you are.
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But can you make coffee and heat your C-Rations in it?
There’s one other use for the steel pot that ultimately precludes any cooking chores.
BUT
1. You make coffee in your canteen cup.
2. Current issue rations use a chemical heater that works very well, is plentiful, and easy to issue in quantity.
Even if you could, in situations where you can expect to heat your food individually in the field, you don’t really want to be making a fire to cook your rations or heat your coffee.
Making a fire is a bad thing in places where there are bad people with guns who want to kill you trying to find out where you are. -
#14 Sarge
Slack off Sarge, it was a joke. As a former Marine, I am well aware of battle conditions.
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#14 Sarge
Slack off Sarge, it was a joke. As a former Marine, I am well aware of battle conditions. -
El Gordo, from your link, this stood out.
Kasich and Walker, who were elected promising to stop the nonsense, asked Washington for permission to use the high-speed-rail money for more pressing transportation needs than a train running along Interstate 71 between Cleveland and Cincinnati, or a train parallel to Interstate 94 between Milwaukee and Madison. Washington, disdaining the decisions of Ohio and Wisconsin voters, replied that it will find states that will waste the money.
And; So why is America’s “win the future” administration so fixated on railroads, a technology that was the future two centuries ago? Because progressivism’s aim is the modification of (other people’s) behavior. -
El Gordo, from your link, this stood out.
Kasich and Walker, who were elected promising to stop the nonsense, asked Washington for permission to use the high-speed-rail money for more pressing transportation needs than a train running along Interstate 71 between Cleveland and Cincinnati, or a train parallel to Interstate 94 between Milwaukee and Madison. Washington, disdaining the decisions of Ohio and Wisconsin voters, replied that it will find states that will waste the money.
And; So why is America’s “win the future” administration so fixated on railroads, a technology that was the future two centuries ago? Because progressivism’s aim is the modification of (other people’s) behavior. -
#11 El Gordo
the real reason for progressives’ passion for trains is their goal of diminishing Americans’ individualism in order to make them more amenable to collectivism.
That, and the fact that the immature just love shiny things, and even better if they go fast, too.
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#11 El Gordo
the real reason for progressives’ passion for trains is their goal of diminishing Americans’ individualism in order to make them more amenable to collectivism.
That, and the fact that the immature just love shiny things, and even better if they go fast, too.
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Well, if lefties out there are walking funny, it could be that their panties are all wadded up.
Armset11 however said: ‘Great..yet another scholarship fund that discriminates based on race.’
Um, I think that was the point of the whole thing?
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Well, if lefties out there are walking funny, it could be that their panties are all wadded up.
Armset11 however said: ‘Great..yet another scholarship fund that discriminates based on race.’
Um, I think that was the point of the whole thing?
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The world’s hairiest girl?!
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The world’s hairiest girl?!
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Slack off Sarge, it was a joke. As a former Marine, I am well aware of battle conditions.
Yabutt;
I want folks to have confidence in the equipment our young men are using.
The stuff they have today is vastly superior to just 15 years ago.
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Slack off Sarge, it was a joke. As a former Marine, I am well aware of battle conditions.
Yabutt;
I want folks to have confidence in the equipment our young men are using.
The stuff they have today is vastly superior to just 15 years ago. -
Worst dressed at the Oscars. 😀
Some of these are pretty funny. Most of the guys need to buy a razor, I just don’t get the 3 day old beard look. -
Worst dressed at the Oscars. 😀
Some of these are pretty funny. Most of the guys need to buy a razor, I just don’t get the 3 day old beard look. -
I wonder if they were accepting mastercard?
Those who take the ferry will be expected to reimburse the government for the cost, estimated to be equivalent to the one-way commercial ferry crossing of the distance from Tripoli to the Maltese capital of Valletta, it said. Any onward travel from Malta must be paid for by the passengers, the notice said.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/28/obamateurism-of-the-day-459/
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I wonder if they were accepting mastercard?
Those who take the ferry will be expected to reimburse the government for the cost, estimated to be equivalent to the one-way commercial ferry crossing of the distance from Tripoli to the Maltese capital of Valletta, it said. Any onward travel from Malta must be paid for by the passengers, the notice said.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/28/obamateurism-of-the-day-459/
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This is promising 58% Favor Government Shutdown Until Spending Cuts Are Agreed Upon.
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This is promising 58% Favor Government Shutdown Until Spending Cuts Are Agreed Upon.
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20 Sarge,
Their equipment is better and I hope that we never stop working to improve it.
I wore one of those old WW-II era steel pots and the were better suited as cookware than protective gear. There were really only small schrapnel stoppers. They might stop a energy-spent bullet coming in from an angle, but then again maybe not.
I have lived off of those stinking “C” Rations. The MREs are a lot better expecially that chemical heater. I keep a case around the house for camping and hurricane season.
Simple
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20 Sarge,
Their equipment is better and I hope that we never stop working to improve it.
I wore one of those old WW-II era steel pots and the were better suited as cookware than protective gear. There were really only small schrapnel stoppers. They might stop a energy-spent bullet coming in from an angle, but then again maybe not.
I have lived off of those stinking “C” Rations. The MREs are a lot better expecially that chemical heater. I keep a case around the house for camping and hurricane season.
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#21 SuperDeeeeeeee
I went and looked at the worst AND the best dressed. Honestly, some of the catty comments on the worst dressed list I found offensive (some were well deserved). I also noted the amount of possible cross-over between the two. Natalie Portman – should have been worst, not best, dressed. Some of the comments on Hathaway’s gowns I thought were unnecessary. The tux Hathaway wore that was panned was used for a cross-dressing skit, not meant as a “fashion statement”.
I think the fashionistas who seem to enjoy criticizing the looks of other people should be put to scrutiny themselves. I do agree that there seems to be a shortage of shampoo among the elite, though.
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#21 SuperDeeeeeeee
I went and looked at the worst AND the best dressed. Honestly, some of the catty comments on the worst dressed list I found offensive (some were well deserved). I also noted the amount of possible cross-over between the two. Natalie Portman – should have been worst, not best, dressed. Some of the comments on Hathaway’s gowns I thought were unnecessary. The tux Hathaway wore that was panned was used for a cross-dressing skit, not meant as a “fashion statement”.
I think the fashionistas who seem to enjoy criticizing the looks of other people should be put to scrutiny themselves. I do agree that there seems to be a shortage of shampoo among the elite, though. -
I have lived off of those stinking “C” Rations. The MREs are a lot better expecially that chemical heater. I keep a case around the house for camping and hurricane season.
I was once on an FTX and they took the C Rats, opened the boxes, and dumped the contents onto a long table so that we could paw through them and get what we wanted for Meat, B Units, etc. I noticed that there was some spaghetti made in my home town, and I took it as a good omen and grabbed up a can.
There was a quarter inch of grease on the top.
Who makes spaghetti with grease in it?
MRE’s are good in comparison, but the breakfasts need some improvement. One good thing they are doing is putting those small bottles of hot sauce in the condiment pack. You used to have to write to the manufacturer on Company letterhead for them.
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I have lived off of those stinking “C” Rations. The MREs are a lot better expecially that chemical heater. I keep a case around the house for camping and hurricane season.
I was once on an FTX and they took the C Rats, opened the boxes, and dumped the contents onto a long table so that we could paw through them and get what we wanted for Meat, B Units, etc. I noticed that there was some spaghetti made in my home town, and I took it as a good omen and grabbed up a can.
There was a quarter inch of grease on the top.
Who makes spaghetti with grease in it?
MRE’s are good in comparison, but the breakfasts need some improvement. One good thing they are doing is putting those small bottles of hot sauce in the condiment pack. You used to have to write to the manufacturer on Company letterhead for them. -
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer city.
I remember years ago, Hubby was telling me of a conversation he had with his plumbing mentor and second father figure. When you think of toilets, they are remarkably efficient. Five gallons of water can move a lot of waste quite a ways. The new, more efficient toilets work, but Hubby warns friends that during get togethers where there are a lot of people, plan on running some extra water during the day. The waste system relies on a certain amount of water running through it, which is achieved by washing clothes, taking showers, flushing toilets, cleaning dishes, etc. When there are a lot of people using the toilets without the benefit of these other events, there may not be enough fluid to clear the lines.
Just a heads up to my friends – lots of people, run some extra water. It’s cheaper than a plumbing call. Especially if you are using the garbage disposal. And only waste and toilet paper in the toilet. No feminine product is truly “flushable,” and he’s cleaned plenty of clogs due to Q-tips and dental floss.
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I just realized how “open” these open comments are.
From the grandeur of the universe to a discussion of flushable items.
I lubs you all. :kiss:
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I just realized how “open” these open comments are.
From the grandeur of the universe to a discussion of flushable items.
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Keboarding tip of the week: Editing Text w/o a mouse.
Ctrl+either arrow key will move the cursor to the next word.
Ctrl+Shift either arror key will mark text word by word.
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Keboarding tip of the week: Editing Text w/o a mouse.
Ctrl+either arrow key will move the cursor to the next word.
Ctrl+Shift either arror key will mark text word by word.
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I wonder if John Cryer can Charlie Sheen for being such a total butthead.
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I wonder if John Cryer can Charlie Sheen for being such a total butthead.
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Just a heads up to my friends – lots of people, run some extra water.
Also, if you have floor drains or a “guest” bathroom that is seldom used, the water in the trap will evaporate, allowing sewer gas into the room. Pretty bad aroma, it is. Run some water through all sinks, tubs showers, etc ’bout once a month to keep the traps full of H2O.
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Just a heads up to my friends – lots of people, run some extra water.
Also, if you have floor drains or a “guest” bathroom that is seldom used, the water in the trap will evaporate, allowing sewer gas into the room. Pretty bad aroma, it is. Run some water through all sinks, tubs showers, etc ’bout once a month to keep the traps full of H2O.
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I wonder if John Cryer can SUE Charlie Sheen for being such a total butthead.
Dang. My brain was running ahead of my fingers again.
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I wonder if John Cryer can SUE Charlie Sheen for being such a total butthead.
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#32 OleT
Yep, and we have floor drains that need the same TLC. They sure come in handy. That cup of water every now and then is small price to pay for not having to mop up water and to protect our house from being flooded by an indoor water leak.
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#32 OleT
Yep, and we have floor drains that need the same TLC. They sure come in handy. That cup of water every now and then is small price to pay for not having to mop up water and to protect our house from being flooded by an indoor water leak. -
What I’m NOT having for lunch today…
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What I’m NOT having for lunch today…
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“you are not the center of the universe”
Would you please call my step daughter and inform her of these words of wisdom? -
“you are not the center of the universe”
Would you please call my step daughter and inform her of these words of wisdom? -
Oh, this ought to be fun. There’s a squirrel on the windowsill, and Barf Kitty is all in stalking mode.
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Oh, this ought to be fun. There’s a squirrel on the windowsill, and Barf Kitty is all in stalking mode.
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Pounce made. Squirrel gone. BK all agitated now.
I’m glad there was glass between them. I don’t need to be fighting BK for a squirrel carcass, nor cleaning it up later. Even worse if I had wrangled a live but injured tree rat out of her mouth, quite likely getting squirrel bit and cat scratched in the process.
BK is now sitting in the middle of the room, intently watching the window.
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Pounce made. Squirrel gone. BK all agitated now.
I’m glad there was glass between them. I don’t need to be fighting BK for a squirrel carcass, nor cleaning it up later. Even worse if I had wrangled a live but injured tree rat out of her mouth, quite likely getting squirrel bit and cat scratched in the process.
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BK is still meowing at the window, but retreating to her heating pad. I suspect that she’ll be a little ticked off for some time yet.
I’m enjoying this. It’s good that she gets a little exercise. The cat sleeps about 20 hours a day, and the remaining four are spent eating, pooping, trying to trip me, or crawling under my chin.
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BK is still meowing at the window, but retreating to her heating pad. I suspect that she’ll be a little ticked off for some time yet.
I’m enjoying this. It’s good that she gets a little exercise. The cat sleeps about 20 hours a day, and the remaining four are spent eating, pooping, trying to trip me, or crawling under my chin. -
You left out barfing.
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You left out barfing.
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Barf Kitty is sitting in the window, meowing.
heh heh heh
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Barf Kitty is sitting in the window, meowing.
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#42 Texanadian
All the more reason to support the Christian values of sex within marriage only. I noticed a guy commenting that he won’t donate sperm for the same reason – being on the hook for paternity payments. That leans toward support of the Catholic view on conception as well.
If people would just keep it in their pants, except with their spouses, 90% of these problems just go away. The only remaining paternity issues would be rape, incest, and divorce.
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#42 Texanadian
All the more reason to support the Christian values of sex within marriage only. I noticed a guy commenting that he won’t donate sperm for the same reason – being on the hook for paternity payments. That leans toward support of the Catholic view on conception as well.
If people would just keep it in their pants, except with their spouses, 90% of these problems just go away. The only remaining paternity issues would be rape, incest, and divorce.
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And Barf Kitty just made a return to the window, serenading her favorite squirrel. I wonder how long this will go on? -
Garfield S’plains the oil crisis
A lot of folks can’t understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country.
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Well, there’s a very simple answer.
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Nobody bothered to check the oil. ~~~
We just didn’t know we were getting low.
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The reason for that is purely geographical.
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Our OIL is located in:
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ALASKA
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California
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Coastal Florida
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Coastal Louisiana
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North Dakota
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Wyoming
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Colorado
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Kansas
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Our dipsticks are located in DCAny Questions? NO?,…. Didn’t think So.
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Garfield S’plains the oil crisis
A lot of folks can’t understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country.
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Well, there’s a very simple answer.
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Nobody bothered to check the oil. ~~~
We just didn’t know we were getting low.
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The reason for that is purely geographical.
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Our OIL is located in:
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ALASKA
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California
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Coastal Florida
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Coastal Louisiana
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North Dakota
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Wyoming
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Colorado
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Kansas
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Our dipsticks are located in DC
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Why does this not surprise me; Late U.S. Senator Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy ‘rented out a Chilean brothel for the entire night’, claimed FBI files.
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Why does this not surprise me; Late U.S. Senator Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy ‘rented out a Chilean brothel for the entire night’, claimed FBI files.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361318/US-Senator-Edward-Ted-Kennedy-rented-Chilean-brothel-entire-night.html#ixzz1FHUwB4CJ -
U.S. Senator Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy
Late??? Hell yes he’s late, in fact he will never even show up for anything again. Unfortunately for him he will always be on time when his a$$ gets roasted again and again in the really warm, unfriendly place.
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U.S. Senator Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy
Late??? Hell yes he’s late, in fact he will never even show up for anything again. Unfortunately for him he will always be on time when his a$$ gets roasted again and again in the really warm, unfriendly place.
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#43 Tedtam, that has always been a pretty big “IF” and it’s been getting bigger for a long time.
It’s a perfectly sound theory, but I’m skeptical of the likelihood of effective application in the real world, especially in a world where people have free will.
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#43 Tedtam, that has always been a pretty big “IF” and it’s been getting bigger for a long time.
It’s a perfectly sound theory, but I’m skeptical of the likelihood of effective application in the real world, especially in a world where people have free will. -
How stupid is this. Iran opposes the 2012 olympic logo because it is racist, this is after all the bs the Imadinnerjacket has crapped out about Isreal. The irony is too great.
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word “Zion” and warning of a possible boycott of the games.
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How stupid is this. Iran opposes the 2012 olympic logo because it is racist, this is after all the bs the Imadinnerjacket has crapped out about Isreal. The irony is too great.
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word “Zion” and warning of a possible boycott of the games.
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word “Zion” and warning of a possible boycott of the games.
OH NO!
My life will be irretrievably and irrepairable damaged if the Iranians don’t show up for the Olympics.
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word “Zion” and warning of a possible boycott of the games.
OH NO!
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Try to be strong Sarge, you can always cheer for Luxenburg. 🙂
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Try to be strong Sarge, you can always cheer for Luxenburg. 🙂
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Here is a question I have that popped up over the weekend. Obama care has been declared unconstitutional because it forces people to buy health insurance. How is that diffferent from medicare that you are forced to purchase at 65? I got my statement from the government that comes periodically and there was a reminder that I had to sign up before my 65th birthday. While that is some way in the future, it got me thinking about being forced to sign up. Just wondering.
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Here is a question I have that popped up over the weekend. Obama care has been declared unconstitutional because it forces people to buy health insurance. How is that diffferent from medicare that you are forced to purchase at 65? I got my statement from the government that comes periodically and there was a reminder that I had to sign up before my 65th birthday. While that is some way in the future, it got me thinking about being forced to sign up. Just wondering.
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45 Dave,
While I am sure that Edward Kennedy rented out the brothel for the ususal reasons..I have done the same thing myself in couple of the more backwater places in South America.
Brothels sometimes offer better living conditions and be closer to the work site.
I rented a room in a brothel for over a month in Venezuelia. The 90 minute commute one way was wearing us down after already working 12 hour days. Found a fairly upscale
brothel about 15 minutes from the site and these guys served an early morning breakfast.Simple
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45 Dave,
While I am sure that Edward Kennedy rented out the brothel for the ususal reasons..I have done the same thing myself in couple of the more backwater places in South America.
Brothels sometimes offer better living conditions and be closer to the work site.
I rented a room in a brothel for over a month in Venezuelia. The 90 minute commute one way was wearing us down after already working 12 hour days. Found a fairly upscale
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#51 Texakanukian: Social Security was supposed to be voluntary, and it was for a while. The ss# was not to be used for identification and now it is. I have been forced to pay into a “voluntary” system with the promise that I will receive benefits in my older years and that has been a lie all along. Social Security is the #1 greatest ponzi scheme ever, it makes Bernie Maddoff look like a school boy.
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#51 Texakanukian: Social Security was supposed to be voluntary, and it was for a while. The ss# was not to be used for identification and now it is. I have been forced to pay into a “voluntary” system with the promise that I will receive benefits in my older years and that has been a lie all along. Social Security is the #1 greatest ponzi scheme ever, it makes Bernie Maddoff look like a school boy.
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Brothels sometimes offer better living conditions and be closer to the work site.
I rented a room in a brothel for over a month in Venezuelia.
He can prove that.
Its worded exactly that way on his compnay expense report.
Thats his story and he’s sticking to it.
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Brothels sometimes offer better living conditions and be closer to the work site.
I rented a room in a brothel for over a month in Venezuelia.He can prove that.
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#54 Sarge
By parsing the sentence like the media does, Simple has made a confession:
Edward Kennedy rented out the brothel for the ususal reasons..I have done the same thing myself in couple of the more backwater places in South America.
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#54 Sarge
By parsing the sentence like the media does, Simple has made a confession:Edward Kennedy rented out the brothel for the ususal reasons..I have done the same thing myself in couple of the more backwater places in South America.
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backwater places
Is that anything like cutting your teeth on a Wang?
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backwater places
Is that anything like cutting your teeth on a Wang?
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#56 Funny, and a good effort (keep it up!) But the couch is still placing fourth or fifth on that phrase. It’s a solid #1 with two gay bears wearing clown suits singing show tunes.
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#56 Funny, and a good effort (keep it up!) But the couch is still placing fourth or fifth on that phrase. It’s a solid #1 with two gay bears wearing clown suits singing show tunes.
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Two gay bears wearing clown suits singing show tunes in bed, cutting their teeth on a Wang
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Two gay bears wearing clown suits singing show tunes in bed, cutting their teeth on a Wang
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#58 🙂 I admire your efficiency, as well as your past Wang skills.
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#58 🙂 I admire your efficiency, as well as your past Wang skills.
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56 Sarge,
I spent two weeks in a remote oil camp on the Orinoco Basin. I had to “hot-sheet” share a hammock. We ate grilled chicken, beans, and rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The bathing facilities was a community bucket.
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56 Sarge,
I spent two weeks in a remote oil camp on the Orinoco Basin. I had to “hot-sheet” share a hammock. We ate grilled chicken, beans, and rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The bathing facilities was a community bucket.
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Sounds like the average camping trip with my fambly
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Sounds like the average camping trip with my fambly
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#60 Simple
Many years ago, Hubby and I stayed at his family’s cabin not too far from Austin. There was no plumbing, it was late February or early March, and I was desperate for some sort of bathing. Hubby took me out behind the cabin, gave me a bucket, some water, a washcloth, and pulled up a chair.
MEN!
Of course, I was more pull-up-a-chairable back then.
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#60 Simple
Many years ago, Hubby and I stayed at his family’s cabin not too far from Austin. There was no plumbing, it was late February or early March, and I was desperate for some sort of bathing. Hubby took me out behind the cabin, gave me a bucket, some water, a washcloth, and pulled up a chair.
MEN!
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#52 Simple
Found a fairly upscale brothel about 15 minutes from the site and these guys served an early morning breakfast.
“these guys” ?
Must have been a very interesting brothel down there.
The Venezuelan brothels I observed were usually full of girls or at least they looked like girls, anyway.
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#52 Simple
Found a fairly upscale brothel about 15 minutes from the site and these guys served an early morning breakfast.
“these guys” ?
Must have been a very interesting brothel down there.
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EGGeorge Will may be on to something. Added benefit for the libs, no talk radio on the trains. 😀
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My Sweetie recently found out she has been chosen for the FIVE STAR Real Estate AgentSM Award Program. Texas Monthly will be featuring the winners in their June issue.
FIVE STAR Real Estate Agents are selected as a result of a rigorous research process. The resulting list represents no more than 7% of the real estate agents within their market area.
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My Sweetie recently found out she has been chosen for the FIVE STAR Real Estate AgentSM Award Program. Texas Monthly will be featuring the winners in their June issue.
FIVE STAR Real Estate Agents are selected as a result of a rigorous research process. The resulting list represents no more than 7% of the real estate agents within their market area.
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Oops, guess you can’t do superscript inside a link.
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Oops, guess you can’t do superscript inside a link.
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Governor Walker responds to The One:
Feb. 28, 2011 4:30 p.m. |(270) Comments
Gov. Scott Walker on Monday afternoon responded to comments President Barack Obama made earlier in the day about the protests in Madison:
Walker’s office issued this statement:
“I’m sure the President knows that most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for wages and benefits while our plan allows it for base pay. And I’m sure the President knows that the average federal worker pays twice as much for health insurance as what we are asking for in Wisconsin. At least I would hope he knows these facts.
“Furthermore, I’m sure the President knows that we have repeatedly praised the more than 300,000 government workers who come to work every day in Wisconsin.
“I’m sure that President Obama simply misunderstands the issues in Wisconsin, and isn’t acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another.”
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Governor Walker responds to The One:
Feb. 28, 2011 4:30 p.m. |(270) Comments
Gov. Scott Walker on Monday afternoon responded to comments President Barack Obama made earlier in the day about the protests in Madison:
Walker’s office issued this statement:
“I’m sure the President knows that most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for wages and benefits while our plan allows it for base pay. And I’m sure the President knows that the average federal worker pays twice as much for health insurance as what we are asking for in Wisconsin. At least I would hope he knows these facts.
“Furthermore, I’m sure the President knows that we have repeatedly praised the more than 300,000 government workers who come to work every day in Wisconsin.
“I’m sure that President Obama simply misunderstands the issues in Wisconsin, and isn’t acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another.”
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#62 Tedtam Yup! Been thar done that! Waay back when,…BC, (before children) we used to go camping up to Lake Livingston about 2/3 times a month. I had a little 16′ Glastron with a box stock 115 Merc that would do 62 MPH with a jack plate and a 26″ high rake prop. But I usually spun a 21″ for water skiing. Anywho we camped at Wolf Creek Park, Yogi Bears Place on 190 @ Point Blanc or sometimes at my buddy’s place in a resort subdivision. There were only a few houses/cabins built then and most of the lots were vacant, as was his, so we would camp out (tents) on his place. Of course he had no “facilities” so if the women folk wanted to go potty they drove down to the “Club House”. When it came time for a shower we went across the road to Mr ????’s place and used his COLD water shower out on the boat dock, this was OK with him BTW. Of course, use being GUYS, we would sometimes get the boat and taxi around the corner to where the boat house was and flash them with a 1 million candle power brinkman light. 😉 Not to worry it was only a quick flash to get their attention.
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#62 Tedtam Yup! Been thar done that! Waay back when,…BC, (before children) we used to go camping up to Lake Livingston about 2/3 times a month. I had a little 16′ Glastron with a box stock 115 Merc that would do 62 MPH with a jack plate and a 26″ high rake prop. But I usually spun a 21″ for water skiing. Anywho we camped at Wolf Creek Park, Yogi Bears Place on 190 @ Point Blanc or sometimes at my buddy’s place in a resort subdivision. There were only a few houses/cabins built then and most of the lots were vacant, as was his, so we would camp out (tents) on his place. Of course he had no “facilities” so if the women folk wanted to go potty they drove down to the “Club House”. When it came time for a shower we went across the road to Mr ????’s place and used his COLD water shower out on the boat dock, this was OK with him BTW. Of course, use being GUYS, we would sometimes get the boat and taxi around the corner to where the boat house was and flash them with a 1 million candle power brinkman light. 😉 Not to worry it was only a quick flash to get their attention.
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#65 Tim, Way to go! Give that young Lady a big hug, pulling that off in THIS market took some doing. 😀
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#65 Tim, Way to go! Give that young Lady a big hug, pulling that off in THIS market took some doing. 😀
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In terms of humility, I like these videos that show us as a spec in the universe. But the fact that we are but specs of dust awes me more. We, the human race are the children of a living and omnipotent God. We have free will and when we use it to disobey God’s will, we are lower than dust for dust will always do as God wills it to do. But no other creature or item in God’s infinite creations has the potential that we do. Through repentence and submission to the will of God our potential is infinite. Despite our small size, our potential, and most indeed our wort, is greater than all.
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In terms of humility, I like these videos that show us as a spec in the universe. But the fact that we are but specs of dust awes me more. We, the human race are the children of a living and omnipotent God. We have free will and when we use it to disobey God’s will, we are lower than dust for dust will always do as God wills it to do. But no other creature or item in God’s infinite creations has the potential that we do. Through repentence and submission to the will of God our potential is infinite. Despite our small size, our potential, and most indeed our wort, is greater than all.
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Super Dave;
Don’t mind a bit. That really was a good article.
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OK Under the heading of NO ONE HERE GIVES A S#!t Has this idiot lost his mind? Did he ever have one? Charlie Sheen’s publicist ‘respectfully’ resigns after latest round of actor’s media outbursts.
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OK Under the heading of NO ONE HERE GIVES A S#!t Has this idiot lost his mind? Did he ever have one? Charlie Sheen’s publicist ‘respectfully’ resigns after latest round of actor’s media outbursts.
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The magazine said in its testing in Connecticut during a harsh winter, its Volt is getting 25 to 27 miles on electric power alone.
GM spokesman Greg Martin noted that it’s been an extremely harsh winter — and as a Volt driver he said he’s getting 29-33 miles on electric range. But he noted that in more moderate recent weather, the range jumped to 40 miles on electric range or higher.
Champion believes a hybrid, such as the Toyota Prius, may make more sense for some trips.
“If you drive about 70 miles, a Prius will actually get you more miles per gallon than the Volt does,” Champion said.
Your tax money at work.
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The magazine said in its testing in Connecticut during a harsh winter, its Volt is getting 25 to 27 miles on electric power alone.
GM spokesman Greg Martin noted that it’s been an extremely harsh winter — and as a Volt driver he said he’s getting 29-33 miles on electric range. But he noted that in more moderate recent weather, the range jumped to 40 miles on electric range or higher.
Champion believes a hybrid, such as the Toyota Prius, may make more sense for some trips.
“If you drive about 70 miles, a Prius will actually get you more miles per gallon than the Volt does,” Champion said.Your tax money at work.
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Ironically, an exception to the Obama administration’s quest for One Nation Under Massachusetts is Massachusetts. There, citizens didn’t get to determine whether their state awarded recognition to homosexual marriages either. So it’s fitting that in ignoring the will of the people as expressed through their elected representatives on a national level, the Obama administration has used Massachusetts, where a plurality of one judge made law for six million people, as its state-level model.
Fifteen years ago, the “Defense of Marriage Act” overwhelmingly passed both houses of Congress. Majorities of Democrats in the House and the Senate voted for the measure. The combined “nay” votes of both houses didn’t even reach into the triple digits. President Bill Clinton, not a drooling right-winger, signed DOMA into law.
That’s right. People’s voices were heard in Massachusetts and one judge changed that for them. People’s voices were heard for DOMA and now this administration will not defend it. Together these are very storong moves towards the power of government coming from the government. Not exactly our foundi father’s vision for the united States.
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Ironically, an exception to the Obama administration’s quest for One Nation Under Massachusetts is Massachusetts. There, citizens didn’t get to determine whether their state awarded recognition to homosexual marriages either. So it’s fitting that in ignoring the will of the people as expressed through their elected representatives on a national level, the Obama administration has used Massachusetts, where a plurality of one judge made law for six million people, as its state-level model.
Fifteen years ago, the “Defense of Marriage Act” overwhelmingly passed both houses of Congress. Majorities of Democrats in the House and the Senate voted for the measure. The combined “nay” votes of both houses didn’t even reach into the triple digits. President Bill Clinton, not a drooling right-winger, signed DOMA into law.That’s right. People’s voices were heard in Massachusetts and one judge changed that for them. People’s voices were heard for DOMA and now this administration will not defend it. Together these are very storong moves towards the power of government coming from the government. Not exactly our foundi father’s vision for the united States.
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#62 TT
more pull-up-a-chairable
Howzabout “pull-up-a-chair-worthy” a la Seinfeld-speak. 🙂
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#62 TT
more pull-up-a-chairable
Howzabout “pull-up-a-chair-worthy” a la Seinfeld-speak. 🙂
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Howzabout “pull-up-a
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Howzabout “pull-up-a
-chairSponge -worthy” a la Seinfeld-speak.
FIFY 😉
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