Weekend Potpourri Open Comments

Well, I see that Obama has decided to use partisanship as a shield: WH Rejects Subpoena Request for Solyndra This is gonna get interesting.
I’m heading off to the Houston International Quilt Show this weekend. If you’ve never been, you should go at least once. Some of these are absolutely a-maze-ing. Catholics will like #18 in the slide show. Trust me, pictures don’t do the quilts justice.

I don’t understand – they beat Texas
. And the only place Obama hates more than Israel is Texas. You’d think the White House would reach out or something. Maybe he doesn’t see how they can help him get elected.

Well, did he or didn’t he?
Watch the whole thing before you decide.
Know your meme.


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  1. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Firstus

  2. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Firstus

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Rice is playing some team I never heard of before this afternoon at Rice Stadium (I don’t know why they never named it after Jess Neely). It’s homecoming, and I haven’t been over there in a few years, but I’ve got a hot date celebrating her 40th reunion and I’ve been invited to tag along. Hope I can keep up with a younger woman.

  4. El Gordo Avatar

    Rice is playing some team I never heard of before this afternoon at Rice Stadium (I don’t know why they never named it after Jess Neely). It’s homecoming, and I haven’t been over there in a few years, but I’ve got a hot date celebrating her 40th reunion and I’ve been invited to tag along. Hope I can keep up with a younger woman.

  5. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Michael (eat) Moore made it to town but was too busy selling books at the Brazos Bookstore to make it to the D’oH rally. The poor dears. Major down twinkles.

  6. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Michael (eat) Moore made it to town but was too busy selling books at the Brazos Bookstore to make it to the D’oH rally. The poor dears. Major down twinkles.

  7. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Happy Sattidy Yall Hamoustonians™

    much shorter local riding today as we get lil MsQueenBee & Ryder ready for their court appearance next week – THIS is what it’s ALL about in the re-empowerment process.

    Not sure if I ever shared our mission statement:

    Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) exists with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist as a body of Bikers to empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live. We stand ready to lend support to our wounded friends by involving them with an established, united organization. We work in conjunction with local and state officials who are already in place to protect children. We desire to send a clear message to all involved with the abused child that this child is part of our organization, and that we are prepared to lend our physical and emotional support to them by affiliation, and by our physical presence. We stand at the ready to shield these children from further abuse. We do not condone the use of violence or physical force in any manner, however, if circumstances arise such that we are the only obstacle preventing a child from further abuse, we stand ready to be that obstacle.

    OOOOOOOOOO-RAH!!!

  8. Katfish Avatar

    Happy Sattidy Yall Hamoustonians™
    much shorter local riding today as we get lil MsQueenBee & Ryder ready for their court appearance next week – THIS is what it’s ALL about in the re-empowerment process.
    Not sure if I ever shared our mission statement:

    Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) exists with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist as a body of Bikers to empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live. We stand ready to lend support to our wounded friends by involving them with an established, united organization. We work in conjunction with local and state officials who are already in place to protect children. We desire to send a clear message to all involved with the abused child that this child is part of our organization, and that we are prepared to lend our physical and emotional support to them by affiliation, and by our physical presence. We stand at the ready to shield these children from further abuse. We do not condone the use of violence or physical force in any manner, however, if circumstances arise such that we are the only obstacle preventing a child from further abuse, we stand ready to be that obstacle.

    OOOOOOOOOO-RAH!!!

  9. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning all

    Katfish- Kudos for standing up for the kids. When we were younger, we took in several teens (probably about 20) that needed help. We still keep in touch with several of them. One just took and passed the bar exams.

    Thanks for “taking our place”.

  10. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning all
    Katfish- Kudos for standing up for the kids. When we were younger, we took in several teens (probably about 20) that needed help. We still keep in touch with several of them. One just took and passed the bar exams.
    Thanks for “taking our place”.

  11. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Possum #2 in the trap this morning. This one is fully mature. There may be one more. The cats are guarding it for me.

  12. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Possum #2 in the trap this morning. This one is fully mature. There may be one more. The cats are guarding it for me.

  13. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Gotta leave you early, dump the possum in the country and go the the wedding daughter Reesa is in town bridesmaiding. Y’all keep TT’s couch clean, pick up your trash and don’t put your feet on the coffee table. I’ll leave you with this one:

    Dozens die in attacks in northern Nigeria
    Nov 5 06:17 AM US/Eastern

    Bomb and gun attacks in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Damaturu — targeting police stations and churches — left dozens of people dead and at least 100 injured, witnesses said on Saturday.

    Internet phishing scams immediately dropped significantly.

  14. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Gotta leave you early, dump the possum in the country and go the the wedding daughter Reesa is in town bridesmaiding. Y’all keep TT’s couch clean, pick up your trash and don’t put your feet on the coffee table. I’ll leave you with this one:

    Dozens die in attacks in northern Nigeria
    Nov 5 06:17 AM US/Eastern
    Bomb and gun attacks in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Damaturu — targeting police stations and churches — left dozens of people dead and at least 100 injured, witnesses said on Saturday.

    Internet phishing scams immediately dropped significantly.

  15. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Andy Rooney, RIP.

    Me, I couldn’t help but like that old rascal even when I disagreed with him. He came very close to dying with his boots still on.

  16. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Andy Rooney, RIP.
    Me, I couldn’t help but like that old rascal even when I disagreed with him. He came very close to dying with his boots still on.

  17. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    TT, from your “meme” link:

    A rising tide lifts all boats. False. Sunken boats are unaffected by tides.

    Technically, sunken boats are no longer boats, they are Reef Starters.

  18. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    TT, from your “meme” link:

    A rising tide lifts all boats. False. Sunken boats are unaffected by tides.

    Technically, sunken boats are no longer boats, they are Reef Starters.

  19. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    If anyone started the Cain stuff to hurt him in Iowa, they have apparently made a big mistake.

  20. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    If anyone started the Cain stuff to hurt him in Iowa, they have apparently made a big mistake.

  21. Dooood Avatar

    Warning: Do not use or open or, especially, try to print anything in the SmileBox format from your friends or relatives.

    We use only web-based email programs here as an extra layer of protection. I don’t want Microsoft or anyone else dumping weird, malicious mail into our computers.

    I have both Avast Pro and Malwarebytes Pro antivirus and anti-malware programs running in tandem. Neither one recognized or blocked this problem.

    Her Highness received an invitation to a baby shower from an old friend in her AOL inbox. She opened it and read it online and all was fine because it was off-site. This morning HH decided to print the invitation, bringing a file into her computer for printing. When she did this, it closed the browser and would not let it re-open.

    When I checked the program files, the invitation software called SmileBox, had installed an 8 MB program and a toolbar on the computer. It had also hijacked the homepage designation. When I tried to uninstall these programs, it locked that feature up also and blocked any access to Help menus.

    The one thing I did not want to do was restart the computer because surely that would unleash even more crap. So I went into System Restore and restored the unit to 5 days ago.

    Problem solved, but close call.

    The Smile Box

    These guys are a “legit” company out of Redmond, Washington and they brag on the net about surreptitiously loading this crap on people’s computers. Obviously, if you want to leverage your effect, you would sucker people into using your free invitation software because they will be sending it out to dozens or hundreds of others who will open the mail because it is from a friend or relative.

    They claim to offer software for cutesy invitations, photo albums, scrapbooks, etc and this is the way they trick people. I mean these are nice, warmhearted craftsy folks, right ?

    What I would do to the ba$tards cannot be printed on this site.

  22. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Warning: Do not use or open or, especially, try to print anything in the SmileBox format from your friends or relatives.
    We use only web-based email programs here as an extra layer of protection. I don’t want Microsoft or anyone else dumping weird, malicious mail into our computers.
    I have both Avast Pro and Malwarebytes Pro antivirus and anti-malware programs running in tandem. Neither one recognized or blocked this problem.
    Her Highness received an invitation to a baby shower from an old friend in her AOL inbox. She opened it and read it online and all was fine because it was off-site. This morning HH decided to print the invitation, bringing a file into her computer for printing. When she did this, it closed the browser and would not let it re-open.
    When I checked the program files, the invitation software called SmileBox, had installed an 8 MB program and a toolbar on the computer. It had also hijacked the homepage designation. When I tried to uninstall these programs, it locked that feature up also and blocked any access to Help menus.
    The one thing I did not want to do was restart the computer because surely that would unleash even more crap. So I went into System Restore and restored the unit to 5 days ago.
    Problem solved, but close call.
    The Smile Box
    These guys are a “legit” company out of Redmond, Washington and they brag on the net about surreptitiously loading this crap on people’s computers. Obviously, if you want to leverage your effect, you would sucker people into using your free invitation software because they will be sending it out to dozens or hundreds of others who will open the mail because it is from a friend or relative.
    They claim to offer software for cutesy invitations, photo albums, scrapbooks, etc and this is the way they trick people. I mean these are nice, warmhearted craftsy folks, right ?
    What I would do to the ba$tards cannot be printed on this site.

  23. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #11 – Texpat – sys restore may not be the end – you oughtta run DEEP scan with malware a couple of times minimum……………………mebbe even poke around in the registry for any trace files afterwards

  24. Katfish Avatar

    #11 – Texpat – sys restore may not be the end – you oughtta run DEEP scan with malware a couple of times minimum……………………mebbe even poke around in the registry for any trace files afterwards

  25. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Andy Rooney, RIP. GRA

    Now I take the “Crown of Curmudgeon” that I so richly deserve.

    Buhwahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  26. squawkbox Avatar

    Andy Rooney, RIP. GRA
    Now I take the “Crown of Curmudgeon” that I so richly deserve.
    Buhwahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  27. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    An interesting concept I read on Karl Denninger’s Market Ticker – He advocates us ALL yanking / killing our bank accounts in favor of doing bidness only with Credit Unions………………………..what say Yall?

  28. Katfish Avatar

    An interesting concept I read on Karl Denninger’s Market Ticker – He advocates us ALL yanking / killing our bank accounts in favor of doing bidness only with Credit Unions………………………..what say Yall?

  29. Hamous Avatar

    #14 Katfish: The union “meadow muffins” went after tooth and nail to be sure that NO ONE looked into any union financial arrangements. Ifn we actually had a Justice Department instead of a legal bully arm and cover up department, they would take the actions of the union in this case as probable cause and engage in a full scale investigation and prosecute those who went after the woman AND the union officials that were stealing money. Ifn they weren’t stealing, why would they care if the books were audited?

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #14 Katfish: The union “meadow muffins” went after tooth and nail to be sure that NO ONE looked into any union financial arrangements. Ifn we actually had a Justice Department instead of a legal bully arm and cover up department, they would take the actions of the union in this case as probable cause and engage in a full scale investigation and prosecute those who went after the woman AND the union officials that were stealing money. Ifn they weren’t stealing, why would they care if the books were audited?

  31. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #15 Katfishy
    I have some features on my BofA account that I’m not sure I could get, or get free anyway, at a credit union. Online bill pay, online transfer between checking/saving, online image of cancelled checks, etc.

  32. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #15 Katfishy
    I have some features on my BofA account that I’m not sure I could get, or get free anyway, at a credit union. Online bill pay, online transfer between checking/saving, online image of cancelled checks, etc.

  33. Dooood Avatar

    #15 KF

    There is nothing wrong with credit unions or using them for checking accounts. We use a local bank that has 2 locations. The employees, executives, and stockholders are all local people and the bank is very good about helping the town and businesspeople here. I have no desire to punish them by not doing business with them just because I am angry with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Citicorp.

    Like I said before – Denninger needs to relax before he has a stroke.

  34. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #15 KF
    There is nothing wrong with credit unions or using them for checking accounts. We use a local bank that has 2 locations. The employees, executives, and stockholders are all local people and the bank is very good about helping the town and businesspeople here. I have no desire to punish them by not doing business with them just because I am angry with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Citicorp.
    Like I said before – Denninger needs to relax before he has a stroke.

  35. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #17 – I wish you well with BofA *shudder*…………………I do not employ my Bank’s (Sterling-soon-to-be-Comerica) online pay service – rather I visit each creditor’s / vendor’s sites individually and pay in that fashion…………

  36. Katfish Avatar

    #17 – I wish you well with BofA *shudder*…………………I do not employ my Bank’s (Sterling-soon-to-be-Comerica) online pay service – rather I visit each creditor’s / vendor’s sites individually and pay in that fashion…………

  37. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #15 Katfish:

    I’ve been using a Credit Union for all of my banking needs for the last 25 years. They seem to function much like the small local banks that I remember from my youth. When I walk in they recognize me, I can usually set up a loan over the phone, and, if a problem develops (rarely) they work to resolve it immediately.

    Mharper, I get online bill pay and online transfers. Not sure if I could get online images, I’ve never asked. I also never pay checking account fees – regardless of my balance.

    The only thing I haven’t been able to do at my credit union was to set up a checking account for a trust fund.

  38. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #15 Katfish:
    I’ve been using a Credit Union for all of my banking needs for the last 25 years. They seem to function much like the small local banks that I remember from my youth. When I walk in they recognize me, I can usually set up a loan over the phone, and, if a problem develops (rarely) they work to resolve it immediately.
    Mharper, I get online bill pay and online transfers. Not sure if I could get online images, I’ve never asked. I also never pay checking account fees – regardless of my balance.
    The only thing I haven’t been able to do at my credit union was to set up a checking account for a trust fund.

  39. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Given some of the stuff I’ve seen about B of A lately, I wouldn’t trust they with my piggy bank, much less my financial health.

  40. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Given some of the stuff I’ve seen about B of A lately, I wouldn’t trust they with my piggy bank, much less my financial health.

  41. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    TO THE VAST, UNPAID, RESEARCH STAFF:

    Could one of you erstwhile engineer/nuclear physicist/brain surgeon types please point me to a competent source of instruction? I would like to learn how to calculate the wind load on the side of a structure or vehicle. What I am specifically looking for is: How much wind would it take to overturn our 5th wheel RV, The Gallopin’ Ghetto? I have googled ‘til my fingers cramped trying to find a formula but nothing comes up that is a direct answer to my query.

  42. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    TO THE VAST, UNPAID, RESEARCH STAFF:
    Could one of you erstwhile engineer/nuclear physicist/brain surgeon types please point me to a competent source of instruction? I would like to learn how to calculate the wind load on the side of a structure or vehicle. What I am specifically looking for is: How much wind would it take to overturn our 5th wheel RV, The Gallopin’ Ghetto? I have googled ‘til my fingers cramped trying to find a formula but nothing comes up that is a direct answer to my query.

  43. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    22
    As long as Bones has his back to the trailer you’re safe.
    🙂

  44. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    22
    As long as Bones has his back to the trailer you’re safe.
    🙂

  45. Hamous Avatar

    #23 As long as the trailer is still that will work, I just can’t run real fast.
    #22 Square footage, height vs width vs depth and total weight and where the weight is centered.. Figger out those numbers and relationships and you have it whipped. I would check the mfgr of the trailer as a first stop.

  46. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #23 As long as the trailer is still that will work, I just can’t run real fast.
    #22 Square footage, height vs width vs depth and total weight and where the weight is centered.. Figger out those numbers and relationships and you have it whipped. I would check the mfgr of the trailer as a first stop.

  47. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #19 Kat

    visit each creditor’s / vendor’s sites individually and pay in that fashion…………

    I could do that, but it would be 10X as much effort “shudder”
    🙂

  48. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #19 Kat

    visit each creditor’s / vendor’s sites individually and pay in that fashion…………

    I could do that, but it would be 10X as much effort “shudder”
    🙂

  49. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Recovering from yesterday’s 31 and glittering frost all over everything at Sunrise, and this morning brought us a sedate 36 and dew all over everything, shining but no glitter. And regular fronts are on the way at last. Thank you, Lord.

    We’re having low spots in the yard filled in that–when we had regular rain–collected and held water, killing the grass. Last night the woodsy creatures tracked all over a large area and left interesting and rather inscrutable footprints and a couple of half-hearted holes. Suspect the same will happen tonight. Our plan is to sod the bare spots with Amerishade St. Augustine, which is more shade tolerant than regular SA. We had trees thinned last fall, and the original SA slowly crept into the dead spots over summer but is not going to be the best solution. Of course everything could benefit from regular rainfall.

    Got this from a friend in North Carolina who recently found it, attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. After being defeated by Clement Atlee in 1945, and after he took office, Chruchill remarked: “An empty taxi pulled up to No. 10 Downing Street and Atlee got out.” That can be altered to what we got on Inauguration Day, 2009, “An empty linousine arrived at the White House and Barack Obama got out.” Love it.

  50. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Recovering from yesterday’s 31 and glittering frost all over everything at Sunrise, and this morning brought us a sedate 36 and dew all over everything, shining but no glitter. And regular fronts are on the way at last. Thank you, Lord.
    We’re having low spots in the yard filled in that–when we had regular rain–collected and held water, killing the grass. Last night the woodsy creatures tracked all over a large area and left interesting and rather inscrutable footprints and a couple of half-hearted holes. Suspect the same will happen tonight. Our plan is to sod the bare spots with Amerishade St. Augustine, which is more shade tolerant than regular SA. We had trees thinned last fall, and the original SA slowly crept into the dead spots over summer but is not going to be the best solution. Of course everything could benefit from regular rainfall.
    Got this from a friend in North Carolina who recently found it, attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. After being defeated by Clement Atlee in 1945, and after he took office, Chruchill remarked: “An empty taxi pulled up to No. 10 Downing Street and Atlee got out.” That can be altered to what we got on Inauguration Day, 2009, “An empty linousine arrived at the White House and Barack Obama got out.” Love it.

  51. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #28 Adee
    I love the empty taxi quote! And your variation.

  52. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #28 Adee
    I love the empty taxi quote! And your variation.

  53. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Much obliged Seenyore Crusher. I got me some figgerin’ to do.

  54. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Much obliged Seenyore Crusher. I got me some figgerin’ to do.

  55. Katfish Avatar

    The last regular season game for the Langham Creek Lobos is a rare matinee at the William J LePetomaine Richard Berry Instructional Support Center and Athletic Palace.

    Nice day for football.

  56. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The last regular season game for the Langham Creek Lobos is a rare matinee at the William J LePetomaine Richard Berry Instructional Support Center and Athletic Palace.
    Nice day for football.

  57. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    In HEB I noticed their Hill Country Fare store brand bottled water is imported from….drum roll……Mexico!!

  58. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    In HEB I noticed their Hill Country Fare store brand bottled water is imported from….drum roll……Mexico!!

  59. Katfish Avatar

    A lot of their sugar is too.

  60. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    A lot of their sugar is too.

  61. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Goats #96 last night

    Don’t you Mormons know any tunes? What a buzz kill.

    We atheists don’t know many tunes either. Here’s one I’ve always liked.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGd6CdtOqEE

  62. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Goats #96 last night

    Don’t you Mormons know any tunes? What a buzz kill.

    We atheists don’t know many tunes either. Here’s one I’ve always liked.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGd6CdtOqEE

  63. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #29 mharper42
    Wish I could take credit for the variation on the Churchill theme, but my friend is the brain behind it. Clever fellow he is, and solid conservative who is a long-distance (North Carolina) member of Greater Fort Bend County TP. 🙂 Couldn’t find a TP group he liked around Asheville and so joined ours and finds it most informative.

  64. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #29 mharper42
    Wish I could take credit for the variation on the Churchill theme, but my friend is the brain behind it. Clever fellow he is, and solid conservative who is a long-distance (North Carolina) member of Greater Fort Bend County TP. 🙂 Couldn’t find a TP group he liked around Asheville and so joined ours and finds it most informative.

  65. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    gto, yestersday #96;

    Let me put on my Mormon helmet to telecommunicate with Donnie and Marie. They’ can hook you up. 😉

    Squawk #98;

    Keep it up and I’m going to start proclaimimng that Barney is a Mormon. 🙂

  66. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    gto, yestersday #96;
    Let me put on my Mormon helmet to telecommunicate with Donnie and Marie. They’ can hook you up. 😉
    Squawk #98;
    Keep it up and I’m going to start proclaimimng that Barney is a Mormon. 🙂

  67. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Gto;

    In case you were wondering why i didn’t link a video. I found exactly what i was looking for but some of the side videos had some “distractions”. I couldn’t fnd a result without them so I decided not to post it.

  68. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Gto;
    In case you were wondering why i didn’t link a video. I found exactly what i was looking for but some of the side videos had some “distractions”. I couldn’t fnd a result without them so I decided not to post it.

  69. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Adee;

    “An empty taxi pulled up to No. 10 Downing Street and Atlee got out.” That can be altered to what we got on Inauguration Day, 2009, “An empty linousine arrived at the White House and Barack Obama got out.”

    That’s good.

  70. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Adee;

    “An empty taxi pulled up to No. 10 Downing Street and Atlee got out.” That can be altered to what we got on Inauguration Day, 2009, “An empty linousine arrived at the White House and Barack Obama got out.”

    That’s good.

  71. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Now I take the “Crown of Curmudgeon” that I so richly deserve.

    Sounds like Squawk’s choosing to be happy today. Hiphiphurray!!!

  72. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Now I take the “Crown of Curmudgeon” that I so richly deserve.

    Sounds like Squawk’s choosing to be happy today. Hiphiphurray!!!

  73. Katfish Avatar

    Langham Creek wins by the 8pt margin necessary to slide into the playoffs.

  74. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Langham Creek wins by the 8pt margin necessary to slide into the playoffs.

  75. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Mormons just need to get it together
    and start a choir or something.

  76. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Mormons just need to get it together
    and start a choir or something.

  77. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    BOOM!!!

    Pakistani police said a suicide bomber targeting the country’s Shiite minority killed himself in a premature explosion in southwestern Pakistan Saturday.

    Hamid Shakeel, deputy inspector general in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, said the incident took place on the outskirts of the city, the Associated Press reported.

    A man in his twenties was heading toward a Shiite mosque when his explosive-rigged suicide vest went off prematurely, just short of his apparent target, he said.

    Premature Detonation: Young Suicide Bomber Dies When Explosive Vest Triggers Too Early

  78. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    BOOM!!!

    Pakistani police said a suicide bomber targeting the country’s Shiite minority killed himself in a premature explosion in southwestern Pakistan Saturday.
    Hamid Shakeel, deputy inspector general in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, said the incident took place on the outskirts of the city, the Associated Press reported.
    A man in his twenties was heading toward a Shiite mosque when his explosive-rigged suicide vest went off prematurely, just short of his apparent target, he said.

    Premature Detonation: Young Suicide Bomber Dies When Explosive Vest Triggers Too Early

  79. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Mormons just need to get it together
    and start a choir or something.

    🙂

  80. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Mormons just need to get it together
    and start a choir or something.

    🙂

  81. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Although some businesses have been targeted and vandalized by Occupy Oakland protesters, there is at least one businessman who refuses to be intimidated.

    Phil Tagami is a well-known Oakland developer. Late Wednesday night, instead of going over paperwork or brokering deals, he was forced to defend a downtown building where he personally oversaw $50 million worth of renovations.

    He also has an office there.

    “We had people who attempted to break into our building,” the landmark Rotunda Building on Frank Ogawa Plaza outside City Hall, Tagami said. According to comments he made to the San Francisco Chronicle, Tagami grabbed a shotgun that he usually keeps at home, went down to the ground floor and “discouraged them.”

    Meet the Oakland Developer Who Used a Shotgun to ‘Discourage’ Occupy Rioters

    I feel like singing: God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood

  82. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Although some businesses have been targeted and vandalized by Occupy Oakland protesters, there is at least one businessman who refuses to be intimidated.
    Phil Tagami is a well-known Oakland developer. Late Wednesday night, instead of going over paperwork or brokering deals, he was forced to defend a downtown building where he personally oversaw $50 million worth of renovations.
    He also has an office there.
    “We had people who attempted to break into our building,” the landmark Rotunda Building on Frank Ogawa Plaza outside City Hall, Tagami said. According to comments he made to the San Francisco Chronicle, Tagami grabbed a shotgun that he usually keeps at home, went down to the ground floor and “discouraged them.”

    Meet the Oakland Developer Who Used a Shotgun to ‘Discourage’ Occupy Rioters
    I feel like singing: God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood

  83. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    “Donnie and Marie”

    I’m not sure that is really helping your case.

  84. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    “Donnie and Marie”
    I’m not sure that is really helping your case.

  85. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I’m not sure that is really helping your case.

    Now GTO’s just being “One Bad Apple“. 😉

  86. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I’m not sure that is really helping your case.

    Now GTO’s just being “One Bad Apple“. 😉

  87. Dooood Avatar

    Darren, here’s some folks what can teach ’bout some music…

    Tell It Like It Is

    Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt and Gregg Allman

  88. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Darren, here’s some folks what can teach ’bout some music…
    Tell It Like It Is
    Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt and Gregg Allman

  89. El Gordo Avatar

    An interesting concept I read on Karl Denninger’s Market Ticker – He advocates us ALL yanking / killing our bank accounts in favor of doing bidness only with Credit Unions………………………..what say Yall?

    We recently moved our accounts from JPM to Prosperity Bank. While I understand the intent of the call to move your money out of large banks into credit unions, I can tell you we are completely satisfied with Prosperity. I’ve neither heard nor read anything to indicate that Prosperity Bank is anything but an upstanding institution. We will be keeping our accounts exactly where they are.

    As to this:

    I have some features on my BofA account that I’m not sure I could get, or get free anyway, at a credit union. Online bill pay, online transfer between checking/saving, online image of cancelled checks, etc.

    You can get all of those services you mention (at no cost) with Prosperity. I would certainly not let that be a reason to keep my money in a bank like BoA. As much as I dislike JPM, my impression from reading and speaking with others is that BoA is even worse.

  90. Dooood Avatar

    An interesting concept I read on Karl Denninger’s Market Ticker – He advocates us ALL yanking / killing our bank accounts in favor of doing bidness only with Credit Unions………………………..what say Yall?

    We recently moved our accounts from JPM to Prosperity Bank. While I understand the intent of the call to move your money out of large banks into credit unions, I can tell you we are completely satisfied with Prosperity. I’ve neither heard nor read anything to indicate that Prosperity Bank is anything but an upstanding institution. We will be keeping our accounts exactly where they are.
    As to this:

    I have some features on my BofA account that I’m not sure I could get, or get free anyway, at a credit union. Online bill pay, online transfer between checking/saving, online image of cancelled checks, etc.

    You can get all of those services you mention (at no cost) with Prosperity. I would certainly not let that be a reason to keep my money in a bank like BoA. As much as I dislike JPM, my impression from reading and speaking with others is that BoA is even worse.

  91. Hamous Avatar

    #30 TIMD: Did one of those sites do the trick? Ifn it were me, and the forcast was for any side gusts over 40mph I would park that puppy. Any gusts over 25 keeps the speed under 60mph. The faster you go, the more pronounced and dangerous the wind gusts are.

  92. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #30 TIMD: Did one of those sites do the trick? Ifn it were me, and the forcast was for any side gusts over 40mph I would park that puppy. Any gusts over 25 keeps the speed under 60mph. The faster you go, the more pronounced and dangerous the wind gusts are.

  93. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #50 Doooood
    Thanks for the suggestion, but it looks like Prosperity has 3 locations in Houston and none are close to me. Although I do 99.9% of my banking online, someone occasionally sends me a pesky check calling for a personal visit. I like my bank’s location since I selected it in 1983, when it was a University Savings branch.

  94. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #50 Doooood
    Thanks for the suggestion, but it looks like Prosperity has 3 locations in Houston and none are close to me. Although I do 99.9% of my banking online, someone occasionally sends me a pesky check calling for a personal visit. I like my bank’s location since I selected it in 1983, when it was a University Savings branch.

  95. El Gordo Avatar

    mh42,

    There are a lot more than 3 locations in the Houston area:

    http://www.prosperitybanktx.com/loc-houston-region.aspx

    I do completely understand the convenience factor. It’s one reason I stuck with JPM as long as I did. For me though, there are a couple of Prosperity locations conveniently close to home, and one close enough to work that I can literally walk there in just a few minutes. It was an easy transition for us to make.

  96. Dooood Avatar

    mh42,
    There are a lot more than 3 locations in the Houston area:
    http://www.prosperitybanktx.com/loc-houston-region.aspx
    I do completely understand the convenience factor. It’s one reason I stuck with JPM as long as I did. For me though, there are a couple of Prosperity locations conveniently close to home, and one close enough to work that I can literally walk there in just a few minutes. It was an easy transition for us to make.

  97. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    The dang’d ol’ innernet is just freaking awesome. Fixed an engine miss on Sweetie’s Jeep today with the help of Algore’s invention but tonight it developed a high idle. Type in the question on Google and before I finish, the question (and answer) is already there.

    Awesome times we live in.

  98. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    The dang’d ol’ innernet is just freaking awesome. Fixed an engine miss on Sweetie’s Jeep today with the help of Algore’s invention but tonight it developed a high idle. Type in the question on Google and before I finish, the question (and answer) is already there.
    Awesome times we live in.

  99. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    51 Bonecrusher:

    Thanks for your help. I looked at the links you provided and the links that linked to those links. My mathematical savoir faire is such that I run out of fingers and toes long before I get a conclusive answer. I did discover a couple of PhD dissertations that helped a lot. As a pilot, I have always been concious of the trailer’s limitations in a crosswind but I was curious to find out specifically how much wind I could expect to tolerate while still maintaining enough control to avoid becoming a hazard to others.

    One thing I learned today is that the trailer actually gets “lighter” at increased speed thanks to aerodynamic lift attributed of the shape of the roof. That’s part of the reason why slower speeds yield increased control in higher winds. My tires are rated for only 65 mph and I NEVER exceed that speed while hitched.

  100. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    51 Bonecrusher:
    Thanks for your help. I looked at the links you provided and the links that linked to those links. My mathematical savoir faire is such that I run out of fingers and toes long before I get a conclusive answer. I did discover a couple of PhD dissertations that helped a lot. As a pilot, I have always been concious of the trailer’s limitations in a crosswind but I was curious to find out specifically how much wind I could expect to tolerate while still maintaining enough control to avoid becoming a hazard to others.
    One thing I learned today is that the trailer actually gets “lighter” at increased speed thanks to aerodynamic lift attributed of the shape of the roof. That’s part of the reason why slower speeds yield increased control in higher winds. My tires are rated for only 65 mph and I NEVER exceed that speed while hitched.

  101. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Anybody see the Herman & Newt show on C-SPAN? Can’t wait for the Rick & Mitt version.

  102. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Anybody see the Herman & Newt show on C-SPAN? Can’t wait for the Rick & Mitt version.

  103. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #56

    Yes, I saw it and was impressed by the civility of the event although I do believe Lincoln & Douglas had a better sound system.

  104. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #56
    Yes, I saw it and was impressed by the civility of the event although I do believe Lincoln & Douglas had a better sound system.

  105. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I see TimDE is a one-man blog able to carry both sides of the conversation. The blog could nevah be kilt with an enchanter on the job. Woo hoo!

  106. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I see TimDE is a one-man blog able to carry both sides of the conversation. The blog could nevah be kilt with an enchanter on the job. Woo hoo!

  107. Dooood Avatar

    #55 timdenchanter

    I found your man.

    He’s taught introductory physics for 50 years and runs a website called Ask the Physicist.

    Submit your question and he will answer it.

  108. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #55 timdenchanter
    I found your man.
    He’s taught introductory physics for 50 years and runs a website called Ask the Physicist.
    Submit your question and he will answer it.

  109. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #53 Dooooooood
    Wow, I see what you mean! When I searched for “Prosperity Bank” + Houston, google only drew 3 spots. I see the one closest to me is in Spring Branch about 5 miles away. Unfortunately there is nothing else in that area that I would be going for.

  110. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #53 Dooooooood
    Wow, I see what you mean! When I searched for “Prosperity Bank” + Houston, google only drew 3 spots. I see the one closest to me is in Spring Branch about 5 miles away. Unfortunately there is nothing else in that area that I would be going for.

  111. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #54 Tim

    Awesome times we live in.

    Need I say more? Quack quack.
    🙂

  112. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #54 Tim

    Awesome times we live in.

    Need I say more? Quack quack.
    🙂

  113. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #59 Texpat

    I submitted the question to the Physicist. I’ll let you know what he says.

  114. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #59 Texpat
    I submitted the question to the Physicist. I’ll let you know what he says.

  115. Hogfan Avatar

    How bout them HOGS!!!!

    LSU/BAMA Snore

  116. Hogfan Avatar

    How bout them HOGS!!!!
    LSU/BAMA Snore

  117. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #49;

    Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt and Gregg Allman sure did get the crowd o snuggle close together. Is Bonnie the one in the purple blouse? She didn’t seem to do much during the song.

  118. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #49;
    Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt and Gregg Allman sure did get the crowd o snuggle close together. Is Bonnie the one in the purple blouse? She didn’t seem to do much during the song.

  119. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I’m glad Chris Leben lost. only because his red-painted hair (and his tatoos and black nail polish) look really stupid.

    Munoz stops Leben in UFC 138 main event

  120. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I’m glad Chris Leben lost. only because his red-painted hair (and his tatoos and black nail polish) look really stupid.
    Munoz stops Leben in UFC 138 main event

  121. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Occupy stoners want the cops to do something about the drunks. The ones they are not converting. Or something.

    http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyHouston

  122. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Occupy stoners want the cops to do something about the drunks. The ones they are not converting. Or something.
    http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyHouston

  123. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Wish I understood tweetspeak, all that’s prolly pretty interesting.

  124. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Wish I understood tweetspeak, all that’s prolly pretty interesting.

  125. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    😀

  126. Hamous Avatar

    Today I turn 52:>) Me and the Mrs are headed for the links.

  127. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Today I turn 52:>) Me and the Mrs are headed for the links.

  128. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Happy BD Crusher! Hope you hit in the 80’s today. Gets any warmer than that, you need to hit the bar. 😀

  129. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Happy BD Crusher! Hope you hit in the 80’s today. Gets any warmer than that, you need to hit the bar. 😀

  130. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    HB Bones.
    Swing hard, look up.
    🙂

  131. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    HB Bones.
    Swing hard, look up.
    🙂

  132. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Couldn’t have happened to a better chump, what a tool. I feel bad for team owner Joe Gibbs, a class act.

    NASCAR took an unprecedented step Saturday morning at Texas Motor Speedway when it parked Kyle Busch for his remaining two races this weekend for “aggressive driving” in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race.

  133. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Couldn’t have happened to a better chump, what a tool. I feel bad for team owner Joe Gibbs, a class act.

    NASCAR took an unprecedented step Saturday morning at Texas Motor Speedway when it parked Kyle Busch for his remaining two races this weekend for “aggressive driving” in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race.

  134. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, myself and my date went to her 40th reunion at Rice yesterday. It was about a 60 mile drive to pick her up, another 25 or so to the stadium, and then a return after dark, but overall a trip well worth it. BTW, Rice did beat UTEP in what was an overall good, clean (I think only one or two flags were thrown the entire game). If you have kids and haven’t experienced Rice football, you are really missing something. It’s very kid friendly and they let them run around all over the field before and after the game, etc. It’s really amazing how much catching up there is to do when you haven’t seen an old friend for 20 years or so. From the time I arrived back home until the snoring started can probably be measured in milliseconds – these younger women are just hard to keep up with these days.

  135. El Gordo Avatar

    Well, myself and my date went to her 40th reunion at Rice yesterday. It was about a 60 mile drive to pick her up, another 25 or so to the stadium, and then a return after dark, but overall a trip well worth it. BTW, Rice did beat UTEP in what was an overall good, clean (I think only one or two flags were thrown the entire game). If you have kids and haven’t experienced Rice football, you are really missing something. It’s very kid friendly and they let them run around all over the field before and after the game, etc. It’s really amazing how much catching up there is to do when you haven’t seen an old friend for 20 years or so. From the time I arrived back home until the snoring started can probably be measured in milliseconds – these younger women are just hard to keep up with these days.

  136. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I caught some Dennis Prager last night and he was talking to a Carnegie-Mellon prof about the EU debt crisis. An interesting comment was that workers in southern Europe (Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy were mentioned, in that order) are nowhere near as productive as German workers. They want to work fewer hours and retire sooner, but they also want to be paid the same amount as the more productive Germans. They want to be given a lifestyle they have not earned.

  137. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I caught some Dennis Prager last night and he was talking to a Carnegie-Mellon prof about the EU debt crisis. An interesting comment was that workers in southern Europe (Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy were mentioned, in that order) are nowhere near as productive as German workers. They want to work fewer hours and retire sooner, but they also want to be paid the same amount as the more productive Germans. They want to be given a lifestyle they have not earned.

  138. Dooood Avatar

    Mark Levin’s keynote speech to the Defending the Dream Conference by the Americans For Prosperity organization in DC.

  139. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Mark Levin’s keynote speech to the Defending the Dream Conference by the Americans For Prosperity organization in DC.

  140. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Thanks TP. I really admire that guy. I really like the Michael Moore effect of his dress style.

  141. El Gordo Avatar

    Thanks TP. I really admire that guy. I really like the Michael Moore effect of his dress style.

  142. Dooood Avatar

    Instapundit’s Dr. Glenn Reynolds in the Washington Examiner today:

    It’s not that the education system is our only public-spending failure, it’s just that the Occupy movement has done such a persuasive job of illustrating the particular failures of the education system.

    Or course, the Occupy movement has helped the Tea Party in another way: By keeping lefties busy. While the occupiers have been holding their drum circles, the Tea Party movement — now long past the mass-rally stage — has been going about the less conspicuous work of registering voters and organizing.

    As I wrote back in 2010, “Rallies without follow-through are just rallies. And the Tea Party movement is now following through with the grunt work of politics: Organizing precincts, waging primary battles, registering voters, and compiling mailing lists.”

    Rallies don’t win elections. Neither do drum circles. Organizing does. Let Occupiers and Tea Partiers alike take note.

  143. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Instapundit’s Dr. Glenn Reynolds in the Washington Examiner today:

    It’s not that the education system is our only public-spending failure, it’s just that the Occupy movement has done such a persuasive job of illustrating the particular failures of the education system.
    Or course, the Occupy movement has helped the Tea Party in another way: By keeping lefties busy. While the occupiers have been holding their drum circles, the Tea Party movement — now long past the mass-rally stage — has been going about the less conspicuous work of registering voters and organizing.
    As I wrote back in 2010, “Rallies without follow-through are just rallies. And the Tea Party movement is now following through with the grunt work of politics: Organizing precincts, waging primary battles, registering voters, and compiling mailing lists.”
    Rallies don’t win elections. Neither do drum circles. Organizing does. Let Occupiers and Tea Partiers alike take note.

  144. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Leave it to Mark Levin to deliver a stemwinder speech that oh so elegantly slices and dices the liberal/progressive/ marxists and their useful idiot acolytes. Love the Michael Moore knockoff attire, just too delicious.

    The Cain-Gingrich debate last night was what a debate ought to be: civilized, informative, and instructive. Yea for the good Tea Party Movement guys for arranging it and to C-Span for carrying it live. Again, Texans lead the way in getting to the essence of things. The heartbeat of Don’t Mess With Texas accelerates and scares the pants off the libs every time we do something like this. 🙂

    Unfortunately local reporting of the event on Channel 11’s football game delayed 10 o’clock news swooped in to focus on Herman Cain’s purportedly making several anonymous women “uncomfortable” 15 years ago. This fiasco reporting casts Channel 11 close to the abyss of yellow journalism. The substance–and there was great substance–of the debate got tossed aside. Shame on Channel 11, shame on CBS which undoubtedly was pleased with it. I doubt the other stations were any different.

  145. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Leave it to Mark Levin to deliver a stemwinder speech that oh so elegantly slices and dices the liberal/progressive/ marxists and their useful idiot acolytes. Love the Michael Moore knockoff attire, just too delicious.
    The Cain-Gingrich debate last night was what a debate ought to be: civilized, informative, and instructive. Yea for the good Tea Party Movement guys for arranging it and to C-Span for carrying it live. Again, Texans lead the way in getting to the essence of things. The heartbeat of Don’t Mess With Texas accelerates and scares the pants off the libs every time we do something like this. 🙂
    Unfortunately local reporting of the event on Channel 11’s football game delayed 10 o’clock news swooped in to focus on Herman Cain’s purportedly making several anonymous women “uncomfortable” 15 years ago. This fiasco reporting casts Channel 11 close to the abyss of yellow journalism. The substance–and there was great substance–of the debate got tossed aside. Shame on Channel 11, shame on CBS which undoubtedly was pleased with it. I doubt the other stations were any different.

  146. Dooood Avatar

    Sunny was sexually harrassed by you know who !

    See and hear all about it !

    Honkies for Herman !

    I love it.

    HT: Gerard Vanderleun

  147. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Sunny was sexually harrassed by you know who !
    See and hear all about it !

    Honkies for Herman !
    I love it.
    HT: Gerard Vanderleun

  148. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Awkward family pet photos.
    Odd, none of them were throwing up.

  149. Katfish Avatar

    Triumph the Insult Comic Dog “interviews” the OWS rabble.

  150. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Triumph the Insult Comic Dog “interviews” the OWS rabble.

  151. Tedtam Avatar

    I’m still recovering from the quilt show. I just uploaded my pictures to Flickr and I’ll be posting a thread sometime…when I can. I felt a little vertigo-ous this morning, probably from being so tired. I need to go get some rent and then stop off at the store for some ribs to barbecue, so we’ll see.

    My friend and I (Lovely didn’t make it, dangit) walked that floor from about 10:30 to 1:30, when I was about to fall out from not eating. We had started pushing faster around 12:45, trying to get through the quilts before we stopped to eat, but I just couldn’t make it. I didn’t want to fall out and have medical come get me, because then we’d NEVER get through the exhibit! We stopped to eat, then hit the vendor floor. I failed to find this year’s Santa, which was disappointing; usually I can find one I like, but even the Jim Shore designs I saw this year didn’t “talk to me”. The chosen Santa has got to make me wanna buy him. There’s only been one or two exceptions to the “talk to me” rule. I’m not picky where I get ’em from. One I got at a dollar store and the most expensive ones – the Jim Shore models – I’ve gotten at the quilt show. I have old world Santas and a snow skiing Santa. I still have time. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet.

    Anyway, we heard the “we’re closing” announcement and had still missed about three vendor rows and about three quilt rows. One day is just not enough.

    You’ll see why, when I get the posting up. I think I’m well enough to drive now, so I’m headin’ out. Catch up later.

  152. Tedtam Avatar

    I’m still recovering from the quilt show. I just uploaded my pictures to Flickr and I’ll be posting a thread sometime…when I can. I felt a little vertigo-ous this morning, probably from being so tired. I need to go get some rent and then stop off at the store for some ribs to barbecue, so we’ll see.
    My friend and I (Lovely didn’t make it, dangit) walked that floor from about 10:30 to 1:30, when I was about to fall out from not eating. We had started pushing faster around 12:45, trying to get through the quilts before we stopped to eat, but I just couldn’t make it. I didn’t want to fall out and have medical come get me, because then we’d NEVER get through the exhibit! We stopped to eat, then hit the vendor floor. I failed to find this year’s Santa, which was disappointing; usually I can find one I like, but even the Jim Shore designs I saw this year didn’t “talk to me”. The chosen Santa has got to make me wanna buy him. There’s only been one or two exceptions to the “talk to me” rule. I’m not picky where I get ’em from. One I got at a dollar store and the most expensive ones – the Jim Shore models – I’ve gotten at the quilt show. I have old world Santas and a snow skiing Santa. I still have time. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet.
    Anyway, we heard the “we’re closing” announcement and had still missed about three vendor rows and about three quilt rows. One day is just not enough.
    You’ll see why, when I get the posting up. I think I’m well enough to drive now, so I’m headin’ out. Catch up later.

  153. Katfish Avatar

    ok – Everybody duck.

    And put on a really good helmet, just in case.

  154. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    ok – Everybody duck.
    And put on a really good helmet, just in case.

  155. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    C-SPAN has uploaded last nights debate.

    One of the men in this video will end up being the Republican nominee. Its my belief that they have decided to work together for the good of the country and to promote positive change in the Republican Party.

  156. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    C-SPAN has uploaded last nights debate.
    One of the men in this video will end up being the Republican nominee. Its my belief that they have decided to work together for the good of the country and to promote positive change in the Republican Party.

  157. Katfish Avatar

    #89 sarge
    We could do much worse.

  158. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #89 sarge
    We could do much worse.

  159. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #84 Pyro
    17

  160. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #84 Pyro
    17

  161. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #59 Texpat

    I submitted this question to The Physicist:
    I would like to know how to calculate the wind speed needed to blow my 5th wheel RV over. Is there a formula I can use to figure out the answer?”

    The Physicist replied:
    Depends on the properties of your rv, weight, shape, etc

    I guess one gets what one pays for and free advice is usually worth the price.

  162. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #59 Texpat
    I submitted this question to The Physicist:
    I would like to know how to calculate the wind speed needed to blow my 5th wheel RV over. Is there a formula I can use to figure out the answer?”
    The Physicist replied:
    Depends on the properties of your rv, weight, shape, etc
    I guess one gets what one pays for and free advice is usually worth the price.

  163. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #85 Pyro
    They didn’t have to be throwing up to be odd. I thought the snake family was the weirdest.

  164. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #85 Pyro
    They didn’t have to be throwing up to be odd. I thought the snake family was the weirdest.

  165. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Awwwwwwwww…
    happy tissue alert.

  166. Katfish Avatar

    #94 mh42
    And I suppose the RUS was just cuddly?

  167. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #94 mh42
    And I suppose the RUS was just cuddly?

  168. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #93 TDE
    Wow, for not only A, but THE, Physicist, the guy didn’t seem to grasp the concept of a “formula”. Huh.

  169. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #93 TDE
    Wow, for not only A, but THE, Physicist, the guy didn’t seem to grasp the concept of a “formula”. Huh.

  170. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Refresh me on what a RUS is so I don’t have to look at them all again.

  171. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Refresh me on what a RUS is so I don’t have to look at them all again.

  172. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Whoa, I just noticed the post #s so here’s a nice setup for someone…

  173. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Whoa, I just noticed the post #s so here’s a nice setup for someone…

  174. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Personal record for me.

  175. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Personal record for me.

  176. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    It is always heartwarming when a Tim takes one of these special Couch numbers. Now I’m all verklempt. 🙂

  177. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    It is always heartwarming when a Tim takes one of these special Couch numbers. Now I’m all verklempt. 🙂

  178. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Just got a text from Daughter letting me know Son-In-Law finished the New York Marathon. He and she are both Aggies. He ran the marathon and she shopped. He is more Aggie than she.

  179. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Just got a text from Daughter letting me know Son-In-Law finished the New York Marathon. He and she are both Aggies. He ran the marathon and she shopped. He is more Aggie than she.

  180. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Happy Birthday Bonecrusher and many more.

  181. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Happy Birthday Bonecrusher and many more.

  182. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    verklempt:

    adj. Definition: overcome with emotion; clenched; also written ferklempt.

  183. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    verklempt:

    adj. Definition: overcome with emotion; clenched; also written ferklempt.

  184. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Bubba: Well Ricky Bob, the Texans can finally get them one of them there website deals.

    Ricky Bob: Why’s that Bubba?

    Bubba: They done went and strung three w’s in a row.

  185. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Bubba: Well Ricky Bob, the Texans can finally get them one of them there website deals.
    Ricky Bob: Why’s that Bubba?
    Bubba: They done went and strung three w’s in a row.

  186. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    I just uploaded my pictures to Flickr and I’ll be posting a thread sometime

    Ohh, teasing!

    jk,jk 😀

  187. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I just uploaded my pictures to Flickr and I’ll be posting a thread sometime

    Ohh, teasing!
    jk,jk 😀

  188. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Now for some NASCAR in Ft Worth! My man Tony, 2nd place, 8 points out, 3 races left!

  189. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Now for some NASCAR in Ft Worth! My man Tony, 2nd place, 8 points out, 3 races left!

  190. Hamous Avatar

    #108 Darren: I chose to listen to music instead of the audio on the linkie. I am a little distressed that the perp did not sustain much more damage.

  191. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #108 Darren: I chose to listen to music instead of the audio on the linkie. I am a little distressed that the perp did not sustain much more damage.

  192. Katfish Avatar

    #98 mh42
    RUS = Rodent of Unusual Size

  193. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #98 mh42
    RUS = Rodent of Unusual Size

  194. Hamous Avatar

    Feds trying to grab private property in MO.

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, citing restrictions on private developments around dams, says thousands of residences, decks, patios and boathouses appear to encroach on land belonging to the hydroelectric project in violation of federal regulations.
    /snip
    The dispute pits the government’s rules for hydroelectric projects against the potential vagaries of land records and private transactions that go back more than 80 years. Riley and other property owners say they have legal deeds to their land that permitted construction. The agency says it has regulations protecting the lake’s recreation, scenery and environment against development.

    This is yet another black mark against an overly aggressive federal govt. Will the foul “O” step in to save the day and look like a hero? Did he instruct them to start a bunch of crapola so that he could step in and try to bribe the state of MO into a win for him in the upcoming election? I don’t put anything out of the realm of possibility with this bunch other than behaving in a rational reasonable constitutional manner.

  195. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Feds trying to grab private property in MO.

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, citing restrictions on private developments around dams, says thousands of residences, decks, patios and boathouses appear to encroach on land belonging to the hydroelectric project in violation of federal regulations.
    /snip
    The dispute pits the government’s rules for hydroelectric projects against the potential vagaries of land records and private transactions that go back more than 80 years. Riley and other property owners say they have legal deeds to their land that permitted construction. The agency says it has regulations protecting the lake’s recreation, scenery and environment against development.

    This is yet another black mark against an overly aggressive federal govt. Will the foul “O” step in to save the day and look like a hero? Did he instruct them to start a bunch of crapola so that he could step in and try to bribe the state of MO into a win for him in the upcoming election? I don’t put anything out of the realm of possibility with this bunch other than behaving in a rational reasonable constitutional manner.

  196. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I am a little distressed that the perp did not sustain much more damage.

    I think the two heroes handled the situation extremely well.

    Happy Birthday, btw. 🙂

  197. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I am a little distressed that the perp did not sustain much more damage.

    I think the two heroes handled the situation extremely well.
    Happy Birthday, btw. 🙂

  198. Tedtam Avatar

    For those who care, a quilt thread is up.

    And for the guys- there’s one in there that has quilted boobies.

  199. Tedtam Avatar

    For those who care, a quilt thread is up.
    And for the guys- there’s one in there that has quilted boobies.

  200. Tedtam Avatar

    Oh, and happy b-day, Bonecrusher!

  201. Tedtam Avatar

    Oh, and happy b-day, Bonecrusher!

  202. phil Avatar
    phil

    I woke up this morning feeling really good after getting that extra hour of sleep.

    Sat down in my favorite chair with my morning muffin and java and started flipping through the channels with the ole remote and inadvertently landed on Channel 2.

    Meet the Demonic Press was on and right there in the middle of the screen was MSNBC’s Obumma loving tingly legged spitter.

    Seconds later I was astonished to find out how chewed up muffin and coffee can become dangerous projectiles when upchucked in a violent reaction upon viewing the image of the tingly legged spitter.

    Needless to say I changed the channel quicker than the Disciples of Goebbels Media can gin up another story about sexual harassment and Herman Cain.

  203. phil Avatar
    phil

    I woke up this morning feeling really good after getting that extra hour of sleep.
    Sat down in my favorite chair with my morning muffin and java and started flipping through the channels with the ole remote and inadvertently landed on Channel 2.
    Meet the Demonic Press was on and right there in the middle of the screen was MSNBC’s Obumma loving tingly legged spitter.
    Seconds later I was astonished to find out how chewed up muffin and coffee can become dangerous projectiles when upchucked in a violent reaction upon viewing the image of the tingly legged spitter.
    Needless to say I changed the channel quicker than the Disciples of Goebbels Media can gin up another story about sexual harassment and Herman Cain.

  204. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #110 Pyro

    RUS = Rodent of Unusual Size

    I assumed that was trick photography, perspective manipulation or some such. Capybaras don’t get as big as that one appears to be.

  205. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #110 Pyro

    RUS = Rodent of Unusual Size

    I assumed that was trick photography, perspective manipulation or some such. Capybaras don’t get as big as that one appears to be.

  206. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Also Happy Birthday Mr Bones and many many more to come.

  207. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Also Happy Birthday Mr Bones and many many more to come.

  208. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    timdenchanter, In case you have not found an answer,
    A wind load analysis is a bit pricey to have an engineer do it. We were putting up some pole lights at a soccer field and the City of Houston petty tyrant inspector wanted a wind load analysis. Our company has been in business since 1954 and owns one of the oldest master’s electrical license in this town. We had ever heard of this before. The short version of this story is we found a firm in Louisiana that would do it and provide the documentation. Trying to explain the unexpected cost to the customer is another story.

  209. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    timdenchanter, In case you have not found an answer,
    A wind load analysis is a bit pricey to have an engineer do it. We were putting up some pole lights at a soccer field and the City of Houston petty tyrant inspector wanted a wind load analysis. Our company has been in business since 1954 and owns one of the oldest master’s electrical license in this town. We had ever heard of this before. The short version of this story is we found a firm in Louisiana that would do it and provide the documentation. Trying to explain the unexpected cost to the customer is another story.

  210. Dooood Avatar

    #93 timdenchanter

    Yeah, that was a pretty broad question to ask.

    I noticed the questions that received the most specific answers were the ones that contained the most specific information.

  211. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #93 timdenchanter
    Yeah, that was a pretty broad question to ask.
    I noticed the questions that received the most specific answers were the ones that contained the most specific information.

  212. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Wahoo! Tony wins 4th of 8 Chase races, 3 points out now. YES!!

  213. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Wahoo! Tony wins 4th of 8 Chase races, 3 points out now. YES!!

  214. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #119 Texpat

    All I was askin’ for was a formula but I already figgered out how to get the answer myself anyway. Next time we have a tropical storm, I’ll just park the Gallopin’ Ghetto so the wind is perpendicular to the long axis of the trailer. Then when it rolls over I’ll jump out with my handy dandy wind gauge and see what the wind speed is.

    As one might say: Simple

  215. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #119 Texpat
    All I was askin’ for was a formula but I already figgered out how to get the answer myself anyway. Next time we have a tropical storm, I’ll just park the Gallopin’ Ghetto so the wind is perpendicular to the long axis of the trailer. Then when it rolls over I’ll jump out with my handy dandy wind gauge and see what the wind speed is.
    As one might say: Simple

  216. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #118 gtotracker

    Anything with the words CITY OF HOUSTON and LICENSE or PERMIT in it is, by definition, expensive. One of my duties in another life was keeping up with the permits for one of Exxon’s office/research facilities. We finally took all the permits to the CoH permit office and had them each renewed on the same day so they all expired at one time. It cost a few extra bucks that year but it eliminated a whole lot of headaches and overlooked expirations. All the permits were framed and hung on a wall which they covered from one end to the other. Whoda thunk you would need so many permits but they kept finding things that we couldn’t do until we got another permit.

    I think there is a Spanish term for it that roughly translates to “the touch.”

  217. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #118 gtotracker
    Anything with the words CITY OF HOUSTON and LICENSE or PERMIT in it is, by definition, expensive. One of my duties in another life was keeping up with the permits for one of Exxon’s office/research facilities. We finally took all the permits to the CoH permit office and had them each renewed on the same day so they all expired at one time. It cost a few extra bucks that year but it eliminated a whole lot of headaches and overlooked expirations. All the permits were framed and hung on a wall which they covered from one end to the other. Whoda thunk you would need so many permits but they kept finding things that we couldn’t do until we got another permit.
    I think there is a Spanish term for it that roughly translates to “the touch.”

  218. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Over and out! Headed to IAH to pick up the marathoners.

    Happy Birthday Mr. Bonecrusher.

  219. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Over and out! Headed to IAH to pick up the marathoners.
    Happy Birthday Mr. Bonecrusher.

  220. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Happy football weekend in this household since U. of Wisconsin and Green Bay both won.
    The LSU-Alabama game was a heart thumper, and both teams should be proud of how they played.

  221. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Happy football weekend in this household since U. of Wisconsin and Green Bay both won.
    The LSU-Alabama game was a heart thumper, and both teams should be proud of how they played.

  222. Hamous Avatar

    Many thanks for all the kind b-day wishes. I shot 100 from the blues on the Masters at Bear Creek, first time I have swung a club in at least 6 months. I just got a 90 minute massage.
    Life is real good! I am a blessed man.

  223. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Many thanks for all the kind b-day wishes. I shot 100 from the blues on the Masters at Bear Creek, first time I have swung a club in at least 6 months. I just got a 90 minute massage.
    Life is real good! I am a blessed man.

  224. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    What does one with a 90 minute message……..oh wait……..never mind.

  225. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    What does one with a 90 minute message……..oh wait……..never mind.

  226. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    It has been a while. HEY HAMMIE Out weird this.

  227. squawkbox Avatar

    It has been a while. HEY HAMMIE Out weird this.

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