I worked very late last night, and am slow getting myself going this morning. I’m just going to open the door and let ya’ll in. The couch is open – just throw the newspapers on the floor, I’ll pick ’em up in a minute.
Now, where’s my wissin’ glass of tea…
Monday Oh Crap! Open Comments
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Well good morning to you sunshine.
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Well good morning to you sunshine.
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I tried to get in a little while ago, but the server was unreachable for some reason.
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I tried to get in a little while ago, but the server was unreachable for some reason.
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I remember sitting in front of my computer around midnight, wondering “Has Hammy or Wagonburner set anything up for tomorrow?” And being too tired to check and see.
My bad, I guess.
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I remember sitting in front of my computer around midnight, wondering “Has Hammy or Wagonburner set anything up for tomorrow?” And being too tired to check and see.
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“Has Hammy or Wagonburner set anything up for tomorrow?”
The answer to that was “no”.
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“Has Hammy or Wagonburner set anything up for tomorrow?”
The answer to that was “no”.
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#4 WB
Thanks for telling me.
NOW.
/sarc off
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#4 WB
Thanks for telling me.
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G’Morning all
Had a great time in Rockport getting brother’s beach house and boat in shape for fun in the sun season. Haven’t done any news tracking since Tuesday last ‘cept for headlines on my IPhone and TV news, so I don’t have any words of wit or wisdom just right now. Hope y’all had as good a time for the last several days as we did. I’ll leave you with these tenets of conservatism:
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. -
G’Morning all
Had a great time in Rockport getting brother’s beach house and boat in shape for fun in the sun season. Haven’t done any news tracking since Tuesday last ‘cept for headlines on my IPhone and TV news, so I don’t have any words of wit or wisdom just right now. Hope y’all had as good a time for the last several days as we did. I’ll leave you with these tenets of conservatism:
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. -
My husband hired a guy to do the sheetrock work in our master bath upstairs. I’m not sure all of his marbles are in place. He was supposed to come to the house first, and I would go to buy materials during the day should he need anything. I get a call from Lowe’s, wondering where I am. No phone call or anything that he was on his way over. Then he wants me to call my father to see how much sheetrock he’s going to need. I called my husband instead. It turns out we probably have enough already. He was here yesterday with my father/husband to look the situation over, but he totally missed seeing four pieces of sheetrock being stored inside the room.
It’s going to be a loooooonnnnggg day. /holding head in hands
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My husband hired a guy to do the sheetrock work in our master bath upstairs. I’m not sure all of his marbles are in place. He was supposed to come to the house first, and I would go to buy materials during the day should he need anything. I get a call from Lowe’s, wondering where I am. No phone call or anything that he was on his way over. Then he wants me to call my father to see how much sheetrock he’s going to need. I called my husband instead. It turns out we probably have enough already. He was here yesterday with my father/husband to look the situation over, but he totally missed seeing four pieces of sheetrock being stored inside the room.
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#6 Oletimer
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.I may just turn that into a t-shirt. I can listen to heads ‘splodin’ behind me as I shop.
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#6 Oletimer
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.I may just turn that into a t-shirt. I can listen to heads ‘splodin’ behind me as I shop.
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Place your bets, folks. There isn’t much time left before the fat lady sings.
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Place your bets, folks. There isn’t much time left before the fat lady sings.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/PIMCO-goes-short-US-rb-3790514655.html;_ylt=As8lMQl.c0o8qEIyM_jn1qi7YWsA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1NjdxMHFxBHBvcwM0BHNlYwN0b3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNwaW1jb2dvZXNzaG8-?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode= -
Thanks for telling me.
Just doin’ my part as a real team player.
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Thanks for telling me.
Just doin’ my part as a real team player.
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#10 Wagonburner
Just doin’ my part as a real team player.
Yeah, well, you rock, dude!
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#10 Wagonburner
Just doin’ my part as a real team player.
Yeah, well, you rock, dude!
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#9 dooood
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#9 dooood
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We had a Monday just last week. Could’t we just skip it this time?
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We had a Monday just last week. Could’t we just skip it this time?
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#11 tedtam
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#11 tedtam
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Could’t we just skip it this time?
Too much cactus juice?
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Could’t we just skip it this time?
Too much cactus juice?
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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 19% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -20 (see trends).
Today’s numbers reflect the lowest level of Strong Approval yet recorded for this president. There has been a sharp decline in enthusiasm among liberal voters.
Currently, just 37% of liberals Strongly Approve of the president’s performance. That’s down from 63% a year ago, 57% at the beginning of 2011, and 52% a week ago. Some liberal commentators have expressed disappointment with the president over the extension of the Bush tax cuts, the military action in Libya, and, most recently, the budget deal to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government. While liberal enthusiasm may be declining, 57% of voters believe the president is more liberal than they are.
Mornin’ Gang
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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 19% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -20 (see trends).
Today’s numbers reflect the lowest level of Strong Approval yet recorded for this president. There has been a sharp decline in enthusiasm among liberal voters.
Currently, just 37% of liberals Strongly Approve of the president’s performance. That’s down from 63% a year ago, 57% at the beginning of 2011, and 52% a week ago. Some liberal commentators have expressed disappointment with the president over the extension of the Bush tax cuts, the military action in Libya, and, most recently, the budget deal to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government. While liberal enthusiasm may be declining, 57% of voters believe the president is more liberal than they are.Mornin’ Gang
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#15 Nah, too much work! As soon as I logged into instant messaging, 5 different people pinged me at the same time. I suspect it’s a conspiracy.
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#15 Nah, too much work! As soon as I logged into instant messaging, 5 different people pinged me at the same time. I suspect it’s a conspiracy.
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We all remember this photo don’t we? This is the one where the baby has just undergone surgery en utero and is holding the surgeon’s finger.
That was quite some time ago, now look at that kid :>)Nearly 10 years after a stunning photograph of his tiny hand traveled the world, Samuel Armas has a firm grip on what “The Hand of Hope” means to him.
“When I see that picture, the first thing I think of is how special and lucky I am to have God use me that way,” Samuel told FOXNews.com. “I feel very thankful that I was in that picture.”Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519181,00.html#ixzz1JEEo7UmS
/be back later, I think I got something in my eye.
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We all remember this photo don’t we? This is the one where the baby has just undergone surgery en utero and is holding the surgeon’s finger.
That was quite some time ago, now look at that kid :>)Nearly 10 years after a stunning photograph of his tiny hand traveled the world, Samuel Armas has a firm grip on what “The Hand of Hope” means to him.
“When I see that picture, the first thing I think of is how special and lucky I am to have God use me that way,” Samuel told FOXNews.com. “I feel very thankful that I was in that picture.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519181,00.html#ixzz1JEEo7UmS/be back later, I think I got something in my eye.
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Two items;
About 6-8 years ago my brother-in-law retired as a lieutenant with the Alabama Hiway Patrol. He almost retired when he was a Sergeant but he was offered the promotion if he’d move about 160 miles away. He didn’t want to move so he rented a trailer and went home on weekends. He did this for 2 years so he could raise his retirement benefit, it seems that due to a quirk in the retirement system, by working 2 years as a lieutenant he would retire making slightly more than when he was working.
Yesterday I was talking to an old friend that’s been planning to retire for several years, she works for one of the small cities around Houston and since it is a “Bed-Room Community” they have a pretty good tax base. She’s planning to retire in about 2 years and will draw about 90% of her current salary with full medical benefits. She can still draw SS when she turns 62 or 67.
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Two items;
About 6-8 years ago my brother-in-law retired as a lieutenant with the Alabama Hiway Patrol. He almost retired when he was a Sergeant but he was offered the promotion if he’d move about 160 miles away. He didn’t want to move so he rented a trailer and went home on weekends. He did this for 2 years so he could raise his retirement benefit, it seems that due to a quirk in the retirement system, by working 2 years as a lieutenant he would retire making slightly more than when he was working.
Yesterday I was talking to an old friend that’s been planning to retire for several years, she works for one of the small cities around Houston and since it is a “Bed-Room Community” they have a pretty good tax base. She’s planning to retire in about 2 years and will draw about 90% of her current salary with full medical benefits. She can still draw SS when she turns 62 or 67.
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Bonecrusher; /be back later, I think I got something in my eye.
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Bonecrusher; /be back later, I think I got something in my eye.
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Waddya wanna bet that the former leader of The Ivory Coast, Gbagbo, has assumed room temperature?
PARIS (Reuters) – French special forces have detained Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo and handed him to leaders of the rebel opposition, after French tanks forced their way into his residence, a Gbagbo adviser in France said.
h/t Drudge
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Waddya wanna bet that the former leader of The Ivory Coast, Gbagbo, has assumed room temperature?
PARIS (Reuters) – French special forces have detained Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo and handed him to leaders of the rebel opposition, after French tanks forced their way into his residence, a Gbagbo adviser in France said.
h/t Drudge
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Doesn’t this just give you the ‘warm and fuzzies?’
Air traffic controllers have been catching a lot of grief for sleeping on the job lately. But do you know what Transportation Security Administration officials have been doing — or rather, not doing — lately? A federal watchdog revealed this week that TSA’s counterterrorism specialists failed to detect 16 separate jihad operatives who moved through target airports “on at least 23 different occasions.” The name of the TSA monitoring program paying for all this flying-blind failure, I kid you not:
SPOT.
Under the “Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques” plan, TSA’s designated behavior detection officers are supposed to closely watch travelers who pose potential security risks and who exhibit any number of appearances or activities “indicative of stress, fear, or deception.” But long-entrenched, bipartisan American political correctness hampers the kind of effective, efficient national security profiling that Israeli airline security officials practice so well.
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Remember? Asked by CBS reporter Steve Kroft whether “a 70-year-old white woman from Vero Beach, Fla., would receive the same level of scrutiny as a Muslim young man from Jersey City,” Mineta responded in 2001, “Basically, I would hope so.”. . . . . .and very little has changed since then.Michelle Malkin rocks!
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Doesn’t this just give you the ‘warm and fuzzies?’
Air traffic controllers have been catching a lot of grief for sleeping on the job lately. But do you know what Transportation Security Administration officials have been doing — or rather, not doing — lately? A federal watchdog revealed this week that TSA’s counterterrorism specialists failed to detect 16 separate jihad operatives who moved through target airports “on at least 23 different occasions.” The name of the TSA monitoring program paying for all this flying-blind failure, I kid you not:
SPOT.
Under the “Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques” plan, TSA’s designated behavior detection officers are supposed to closely watch travelers who pose potential security risks and who exhibit any number of appearances or activities “indicative of stress, fear, or deception.” But long-entrenched, bipartisan American political correctness hampers the kind of effective, efficient national security profiling that Israeli airline security officials practice so well.
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Remember? Asked by CBS reporter Steve Kroft whether “a 70-year-old white woman from Vero Beach, Fla., would receive the same level of scrutiny as a Muslim young man from Jersey City,” Mineta responded in 2001, “Basically, I would hope so.”. . . . . .and very little has changed since then.Michelle Malkin rocks!
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The passengers complained because he was eating all the chips and pretzels.
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The passengers complained because he was eating all the chips and pretzels.
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I think we are past the point of it being “close” to the time that every public employee in Chicago is fired and barred for life from ever serving in a public capacity again. It is now against the rules to bring your own lunch from home.
Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.
“Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school,” Carmona said. “It’s about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It’s milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception.”
Does that B_-ch have any clue about what the words “parental responsibility” mean? Contrary to what many on the looney-left seem to believe, it does NOT take a village to raise a child, it takes responsible parents. It takes a village idiot to believe any of the crapola coming from the left.
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I think we are past the point of it being “close” to the time that every public employee in Chicago is fired and barred for life from ever serving in a public capacity again. It is now against the rules to bring your own lunch from home.
Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.
“Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school,” Carmona said. “It’s about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It’s milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception.”Does that B_-ch have any clue about what the words “parental responsibility” mean? Contrary to what many on the looney-left seem to believe, it does NOT take a village to raise a child, it takes responsible parents. It takes a village idiot to believe any of the crapola coming from the left.
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OTLJust remember, it’s only one pie and you got too big a piece.
We had a great time in Dallas, son considers himself a Dallasite now (arrrggg) since he goes to school there so he showed us around a bit. We went to the spot JFK was shot and toured the Sixth Floor Museum, great timing as we have been watching the mini series. Just so happens National Geographic was doing a documentary and just as we looked out the sixth floor window where Oswald was, this Lincoln convertible limo is driving down the street with Jackie all in pink, JFK and the governor inside! Now that was wierd!
It is funny, there is nothing official at all at the Grassy Knoll, like it doesn’t exist. I mean, like it or not, the spot will always be a part of history, no? Someone has put a banner there, a guy lurks behind the wooden fence where all you see is his eyes, and some guy whose claim to fame is he was part of Oliver Stone’s movie and he is selling his magazines.
Oh, and the race was awesome!
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#6
OTL
Just remember, it’s only one pie and you got too big a piece.
We had a great time in Dallas, son considers himself a Dallasite now (arrrggg) since he goes to school there so he showed us around a bit. We went to the spot JFK was shot and toured the Sixth Floor Museum, great timing as we have been watching the mini series. Just so happens National Geographic was doing a documentary and just as we looked out the sixth floor window where Oswald was, this Lincoln convertible limo is driving down the street with Jackie all in pink, JFK and the governor inside! Now that was wierd!
It is funny, there is nothing official at all at the Grassy Knoll, like it doesn’t exist. I mean, like it or not, the spot will always be a part of history, no? Someone has put a banner there, a guy lurks behind the wooden fence where all you see is his eyes, and some guy whose claim to fame is he was part of Oliver Stone’s movie and he is selling his magazines.
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#23 Bob42: I think there was much more going on at the party the day before than what the article you linkied to details.
On a separate note: Bob42: Have you ever worked on old player pianos, the kind with the paper rolls with the holes punched in them? Do you dig working on them? -
#23 Bob42: I think there was much more going on at the party the day before than what the article you linkied to details.
On a separate note: Bob42: Have you ever worked on old player pianos, the kind with the paper rolls with the holes punched in them? Do you dig working on them? -
#21 Bonecrusher;
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo held after French troops move in. -
#21 Bonecrusher;
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo held after French troops move in. -
………….speakin of TSA……………..I dropped my lovely lady off at Hobby yesterday afternoon……………while I did observe 2 parked / EMPTY HPD cruisers down at the far end of the drop-off area………………there wasn’t a single officer present making sure that vehicles dropping passengers off kept moving and didn’t dally around at the unloading spot……….did I miss a memo and HPD has stopped this practice?
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#26 I’ve never worked on one, but I’ve seen the insides. It looks like it would be a fun instrument to work on. Given the age, broken parts might need to be fabricated.
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………….speakin of TSA……………..I dropped my lovely lady off at Hobby yesterday afternoon……………while I did observe 2 parked / EMPTY HPD cruisers down at the far end of the drop-off area………………there wasn’t a single officer present making sure that vehicles dropping passengers off kept moving and didn’t dally around at the unloading spot……….did I miss a memo and HPD has stopped this practice?
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#26 I’ve never worked on one, but I’ve seen the insides. It looks like it would be a fun instrument to work on. Given the age, broken parts might need to be fabricated.
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The US Navy tested a ship-mounted laser system that set a boat’s engines on fire at a distance of one mile.
The laser is only a 15kW solid-state laser and took a couple of seconds to set the outboard motor on fire. They’re now working on other lasers that will operate at “over” 1MW, a power level that can burn through the equivalent of 2,000ft of steel per second. Couple that with updated phased array radar systems, and you could shoot down incoming anti-ship missiles and probably even artillery.
“This is an important data point,” the admiral says, “but I still want the Megawatt death ray.”
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The US Navy tested a ship-mounted laser system that set a boat’s engines on fire at a distance of one mile.
The laser is only a 15kW solid-state laser and took a couple of seconds to set the outboard motor on fire. They’re now working on other lasers that will operate at “over” 1MW, a power level that can burn through the equivalent of 2,000ft of steel per second. Couple that with updated phased array radar systems, and you could shoot down incoming anti-ship missiles and probably even artillery.“This is an important data point,” the admiral says, “but I still want the Megawatt death ray.”
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Megawatt Death Ray. Heh! How could you not want one?
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Megawatt Death Ray. Heh! How could you not want one?
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#7 TT
with my father/husband
Heh. The men in my husband’s family all went grey prematurely; in his case he was silver haired at age 30. I can’t tell you the number of times people thought he was my father. The instance that upset him the most was at a company picnic where someone’s 4-year-old daughter asked me a question about “my daddy”.
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#7 TT
with my father/husband
Heh. The men in my husband’s family all went grey prematurely; in his case he was silver haired at age 30. I can’t tell you the number of times people thought he was my father. The instance that upset him the most was at a company picnic where someone’s 4-year-old daughter asked me a question about “my daddy”.
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#32 mh42
I was with my mom when she got carded once. I was 15. She was a very young-looking 33.I don’t take it too hard when little kids ask questions about my wife’s “daddy” or my “mommy”. Most of them think the husband is the daddy and the wife is the mommy.
When White Fang was just learning how to talk, our neighbors had a big yellow lab that would lick your face off if you tried to break in. He walked over to us and I took White Fang’s hand and showed him how to pet the puppy. “Can you say ‘puppy’?” “Puppy”
For the next several months any hairy beast with four legs was a puppy. Cows, sheep, horses, cats…
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#32 mh42
I was with my mom when she got carded once. I was 15. She was a very young-looking 33.
I don’t take it too hard when little kids ask questions about my wife’s “daddy” or my “mommy”. Most of them think the husband is the daddy and the wife is the mommy.
When White Fang was just learning how to talk, our neighbors had a big yellow lab that would lick your face off if you tried to break in. He walked over to us and I took White Fang’s hand and showed him how to pet the puppy. “Can you say ‘puppy’?” “Puppy”
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Megawatt Death Ray. Heh! How could you not want one?
Picture my tired family after a full day of sight seeing in Rome. We decided to take a bus across town towards our hotel. Now picture us packed in like sardines next to a very rude, old man who kept elbowing my 10 year old girl. I kept trying to inch my daughter closer to me, however, there really was nowhere to go. Our stop was literally at the end of the line where everyone else was going to get off too. The old man stands up before the bus comes to a complete stop and starts trying to head for the exit. Mrs. Texmo told him very firmly to, “Please wait!”. She was gripping a pole and the man decided to duck under her arm. I was already ticked off that he had been elbowing a child so I held my hand firm as well. In addition, I stuck my foot out in an attempt to trip the ol’ bastard. I did not succeed, but at least I tried. Why the he!! could he not wait? We were ALL getting off the bus because it was literally the end of the line. GGgggrrrrrrrr!
I needed me one of those Megawatt Death Ray Guns!!!!!
Other than that, our trip has been going great… I just had to vent a little.
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Megawatt Death Ray. Heh! How could you not want one?
Picture my tired family after a full day of sight seeing in Rome. We decided to take a bus across town towards our hotel. Now picture us packed in like sardines next to a very rude, old man who kept elbowing my 10 year old girl. I kept trying to inch my daughter closer to me, however, there really was nowhere to go. Our stop was literally at the end of the line where everyone else was going to get off too. The old man stands up before the bus comes to a complete stop and starts trying to head for the exit. Mrs. Texmo told him very firmly to, “Please wait!”. She was gripping a pole and the man decided to duck under her arm. I was already ticked off that he had been elbowing a child so I held my hand firm as well. In addition, I stuck my foot out in an attempt to trip the ol’ bastard. I did not succeed, but at least I tried. Why the he!! could he not wait? We were ALL getting off the bus because it was literally the end of the line. GGgggrrrrrrrr!
I needed me one of those Megawatt Death Ray Guns!!!!!
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“Has Hammy or Wagonburner set anything up for tomorrow?”
The answer to that was “no”.
Ummmm Ummmm Ummmmm TSK TSK. 😉
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“Has Hammy or Wagonburner set anything up for tomorrow?”
The answer to that was “no”.
Ummmm Ummmm Ummmmm TSK TSK. 😉
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Reading a link on Drudge about Scott Pelley being a possible replacement when Cutie Couric leaves CBS Evening News…
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/business/media/12anchor.html?_r=1&src=mv&ref=businessA bit of self-promotion in an ad at the bottom of the story:
The finest journalism in Texas? The New York Times, as low as $3.70 a week.
Yeah, right.
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Reading a link on Drudge about Scott Pelley being a possible replacement when Cutie Couric leaves CBS Evening News…
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/business/media/12anchor.html?_r=1&src=mv&ref=business
A bit of self-promotion in an ad at the bottom of the story:The finest journalism in Texas? The New York Times, as low as $3.70 a week.
Yeah, right.
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My mother was young when she had me and looked even younger. I remember being about five and a salesman coming to the door. She answered, with my sister and me under foot. I remember clear as a bell the salesman asking her “Is your mother home?” and her yelling “I am the mother!”. When you’re 23 and look 13 its not cool. OTOH when you’re 53 and look 43 it ain’t so bad.
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My mother was young when she had me and looked even younger. I remember being about five and a salesman coming to the door. She answered, with my sister and me under foot. I remember clear as a bell the salesman asking her “Is your mother home?” and her yelling “I am the mother!”. When you’re 23 and look 13 its not cool. OTOH when you’re 53 and look 43 it ain’t so bad.
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And in my case when you look as old as you are, shaving the beard won’t help at all.
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And in my case when you look as old as you are, shaving the beard won’t help at all.
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Another story on kids mangling words – I have a baby sister much younger than me. One day she was playing with a neighbor kid but came back home unexpectedly. I asked her why she wasn’t playing with Dana. She said, “She had to go to her Ammie’s”. I figured it was some weird name for her grandmother or something like that. Turns out the family was leaving to go to Miami.
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Another story on kids mangling words – I have a baby sister much younger than me. One day she was playing with a neighbor kid but came back home unexpectedly. I asked her why she wasn’t playing with Dana. She said, “She had to go to her Ammie’s”. I figured it was some weird name for her grandmother or something like that. Turns out the family was leaving to go to Miami.
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#37 hamous
Dude. Yer mom is hot! -
#37 hamous
Dude. Yer mom is hot! -
My better half is a 1st grade teacher. This happened yestererday.
Teach to young girl student: You have your shoes on the wrong feet.
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My better half is a 1st grade teacher. This happened yestererday.
Teach to young girl student: You have your shoes on the wrong feet.
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The feminization…nay…the emasculating of boys goes mainstream:
A recent feature in J. Crew’s online catalogue portrays designer Jenna Lyons painting her son Beckett’s toe nails hot pink. The quote accompanying the image reads, “Lucky for me, I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon.”
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The feminization…nay…the emasculating of boys goes mainstream:
A recent feature in J. Crew’s online catalogue portrays designer Jenna Lyons painting her son Beckett’s toe nails hot pink. The quote accompanying the image reads, “Lucky for me, I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon.”
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Bob 42: My uncle has a Franklin Reproducing Player Piano probably 1920’s vintage, with LOTS OF PARTS that can be yours for getting it out of his garage. This piano plays 80 notes and has 100 holes in the music bar for different intonations. He has tubing, felt pads, rubber coated valve cloths, etc. Are you interested? Location is Conroe, TX.
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Bob 42: My uncle has a Franklin Reproducing Player Piano probably 1920’s vintage, with LOTS OF PARTS that can be yours for getting it out of his garage. This piano plays 80 notes and has 100 holes in the music bar for different intonations. He has tubing, felt pads, rubber coated valve cloths, etc. Are you interested? Location is Conroe, TX.
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It’s only happened once in 25 years but a few years back someone thought I was Ms Shannon’s son. She proudly replied, “No, he’s my husband. I guess i was a cougar back then.” 🙂
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It’s only happened once in 25 years but a few years back someone thought I was Ms Shannon’s son. She proudly replied, “No, he’s my husband. I guess i was a cougar back then.” 🙂
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#42 hamous
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#42. How did we get to this point?
National Association of Gals?
The tail-wagging-the-dog waaaaaayyyyyy too powerful Gay Lobby representing, at most, +-1% of the population?
Government social policy taking the role of fatherhood/provider?
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#42. How did we get to this point?
National Association of Gals?
The tail-wagging-the-dog waaaaaayyyyyy too powerful Gay Lobby representing, at most, +-1% of the population?
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Got back from a fruitless trip to retrieve a check for work completed. Jerk is holding up our check because he has an issue with another contractor.. I must brush up on the whole lien process, we may need it.
Hubby was turning gray in college. His dad went gray early also. I am taking after my mother. While my hair is turning gray, people still think I’m 10-15 years younger than I really am. God bless ’em!
Hubby used to know a black man who would put shoe polish in his hair while meeting prospective clients to look older. Once he got the job, he’d wash it out. Hubby wondered if TBO might’ve been putting some black polish in his hair during the campaign.
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Got back from a fruitless trip to retrieve a check for work completed. Jerk is holding up our check because he has an issue with another contractor.. I must brush up on the whole lien process, we may need it.
Hubby was turning gray in college. His dad went gray early also. I am taking after my mother. While my hair is turning gray, people still think I’m 10-15 years younger than I really am. God bless ’em!
Hubby used to know a black man who would put shoe polish in his hair while meeting prospective clients to look older. Once he got the job, he’d wash it out. Hubby wondered if TBO might’ve been putting some black polish in his hair during the campaign. -
#37 Hamous,
Give the guy a break. It was Florida. He was probably used to seeing 13 year old moms with kids those ages. An easy mistake. -
#37 Hamous,
Give the guy a break. It was Florida. He was probably used to seeing 13 year old moms with kids those ages. An easy mistake. -
Tedtam; Retention is a wiss, ain’t it?
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Tedtam; Retention is a wiss, ain’t it?
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#43 Bones, thanks. I am tempted. But I already have a Baldwin conventional string piano, and the Rhodes project will keep me off of the streets for the near future.
You might want to put your uncle in touch with the Piano Technicians Guild. There are people there who might enjoy rescuing and restoring such a historic instrument. I bought my restored Baldwin “practice room” piano from one of their members in Seabrook who has since retired. He did great work, and loved doing it.
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#43 Bones, thanks. I am tempted. But I already have a Baldwin conventional string piano, and the Rhodes project will keep me off of the streets for the near future.
You might want to put your uncle in touch with the Piano Technicians Guild. There are people there who might enjoy rescuing and restoring such a historic instrument. I bought my restored Baldwin “practice room” piano from one of their members in Seabrook who has since retired. He did great work, and loved doing it. -
#50 Bob: You understand that the purchase price of this instrument and all the parts and supplies is $0.00, correct? A pickup and /or trailer and some fuel is all that it will cost to get it to your home.
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#50 Bob: You understand that the purchase price of this instrument and all the parts and supplies is $0.00, correct? A pickup and /or trailer and some fuel is all that it will cost to get it to your home.
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#51 Yes. I am tempted to take it on. But I’m also short of space, time, and skill to do the instrument justice.
Those guild guys are good. The college kid that tuned my Baldwin (I lack the tools) is only an “associate member” but did a darn good job on the piano. A perfectionist, he was here for nearly three hours, but charged me a flat rate. I know another tech in Galveston, but the guild could probably find one closer.
Check out their site and/or drop them an email. Those instruments are a verse of history that many appreciate.
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#51 Yes. I am tempted to take it on. But I’m also short of space, time, and skill to do the instrument justice.
Those guild guys are good. The college kid that tuned my Baldwin (I lack the tools) is only an “associate member” but did a darn good job on the piano. A perfectionist, he was here for nearly three hours, but charged me a flat rate. I know another tech in Galveston, but the guild could probably find one closer.
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Book appraiser Ken Sanders is used to having to tell people what they think is a rare find is no more than a sentimental treasure. Not so last week, when a tiny fundraiser turned up an extraordinary find over 500 years old.
“Usually at these kind of things you are mostly being polite to people and disappointing them,” Sanders told KTSU-TV. “A gentleman walked in and said I‘ve got a really important book here and I’m sitting there rolling my eyes and thinking, ‘yeah, sure you do.‘ And then he opens it up and it’s a Nuremberg Chronicle from 1494.”
Now that’s really cool.
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Book appraiser Ken Sanders is used to having to tell people what they think is a rare find is no more than a sentimental treasure. Not so last week, when a tiny fundraiser turned up an extraordinary find over 500 years old.
“Usually at these kind of things you are mostly being polite to people and disappointing them,” Sanders told KTSU-TV. “A gentleman walked in and said I‘ve got a really important book here and I’m sitting there rolling my eyes and thinking, ‘yeah, sure you do.‘ And then he opens it up and it’s a Nuremberg Chronicle from 1494.”Now that’s really cool.
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A team of UC Berkeley physicists and statisticians that set out to challenge the scientific consensus on global warming is finding that its data-crunching effort is producing results nearly identical to those underlying the prevailing view.
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But Muller unexpectedly told a congressional hearing last week that the work of the three principal groups that have analyzed the temperature trends underlying climate science is “excellent…. We see a global warming trend that is very similar to that previously reported by the other groups.”
The hearing was called by GOP leaders of the House Science & Technology committee, who have expressed doubts about the integrity of climate science. It was one of several inquiries in recent weeks as the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to curb planet-heating emissions from industrial plants and motor vehicles have come under strenuous attack in Congress.
Muller said his group was surprised by its findings, but he cautioned that the initial assessment is based on only 2% of the 1.6 billion measurements that will eventually be examined.
The Berkeley project’s biggest private backer, at $150,000, is the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation. Oil billionaires Charles and David Koch are the nation’s most prominent funders of efforts to prevent curbs on the burning of fossil fuels, the largest contributor to planet-warming greenhouse gases.
Keep bashing the Koch brothers, Libs.
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A team of UC Berkeley physicists and statisticians that set out to challenge the scientific consensus on global warming is finding that its data-crunching effort is producing results nearly identical to those underlying the prevailing view.
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But Muller unexpectedly told a congressional hearing last week that the work of the three principal groups that have analyzed the temperature trends underlying climate science is “excellent…. We see a global warming trend that is very similar to that previously reported by the other groups.”
The hearing was called by GOP leaders of the House Science & Technology committee, who have expressed doubts about the integrity of climate science. It was one of several inquiries in recent weeks as the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to curb planet-heating emissions from industrial plants and motor vehicles have come under strenuous attack in Congress.
Muller said his group was surprised by its findings, but he cautioned that the initial assessment is based on only 2% of the 1.6 billion measurements that will eventually be examined.
The Berkeley project’s biggest private backer, at $150,000, is the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation. Oil billionaires Charles and David Koch are the nation’s most prominent funders of efforts to prevent curbs on the burning of fossil fuels, the largest contributor to planet-warming greenhouse gases.Keep bashing the Koch brothers, Libs.
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Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column. Now you’re speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel.
It sounds like a vision from a cartoon, or every driver’s nightmare. And it happened to at least one driver of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact car last month, and General Motors Corp. is recalling 2,100 of the cars as a result.
Looks like the US is on its way to building Yugos.
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Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column. Now you’re speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel.
It sounds like a vision from a cartoon, or every driver’s nightmare. And it happened to at least one driver of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact car last month, and General Motors Corp. is recalling 2,100 of the cars as a result.Looks like the US is on its way to building Yugos.
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#54 Princess Leia ears: I wonder how close the correlation would be if they charted mean global temps with sunspot activity?? When the correlation is found to be over 90% dya think that will end the mmgw BS for ever?
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#54 Princess Leia ears: I wonder how close the correlation would be if they charted mean global temps with sunspot activity?? When the correlation is found to be over 90% dya think that will end the mmgw BS for ever?
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#48 gto 😉 Yeah, but at least their kids aren’t also their cousins.
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#48 gto 😉 Yeah, but at least their kids aren’t also their cousins.
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Princess Leia ears
Heh heh.
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Princess Leia ears
Heh heh.
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#56;
When the correlation is found to be over 90% dya think that will end the mmgw BS for ever?
No. It’s not about knowledge; but about power and money.
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#56;
When the correlation is found to be over 90% dya think that will end the mmgw BS for ever?
No. It’s not about knowledge; but about power and money.
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Hmmm… Something tells me this one is gonna stick.
Princess Leia ears
At this point, one tends to wonder if Darren also cut his teeth on a WANG. 😉
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Hmmm… Something tells me this one is gonna stick.
Princess Leia ears
At this point, one tends to wonder if Darren also cut his teeth on a WANG. 😉
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It’s very difficult to acoustically isolate a room because it involves additional construction. Audyssey researched how bass wavelengths interact with wall materials and developed a technology that solves the problem at the source. To attack the issue at its very core, the researchers at Audyssey first determined the range of frequencies that most readily pass through walls. Once the range was identified, they developed a process not only to reduce the level at those frequencies, but also to apply psychoacoustic processing that restores the perception of low bass for listeners in the room. Audyssey LFC is not a simple filter; rather, it dynamically monitors the low frequency range and engages only when it finds the offending frequencies. The result is a win-win situation for everyone. No more angry neighbors and no loss of enjoyment for listeners.
It takes some serious math skills to “defy” natural physics.
Audyssey Announces Low Frequency Containment (LFC) Technology
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It’s very difficult to acoustically isolate a room because it involves additional construction. Audyssey researched how bass wavelengths interact with wall materials and developed a technology that solves the problem at the source. To attack the issue at its very core, the researchers at Audyssey first determined the range of frequencies that most readily pass through walls. Once the range was identified, they developed a process not only to reduce the level at those frequencies, but also to apply psychoacoustic processing that restores the perception of low bass for listeners in the room. Audyssey LFC is not a simple filter; rather, it dynamically monitors the low frequency range and engages only when it finds the offending frequencies. The result is a win-win situation for everyone. No more angry neighbors and no loss of enjoyment for listeners.
It takes some serious math skills to “defy” natural physics.
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bob #60;
At this point, one tends to wonder if Darren also cut his teeth on a WANG.
Dude, I missed the origin of the WANG terminology on Hamous’ granny-friendly site. Could you fill me in?
Besides, what’s wrong with sporting a Princess Leia
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bob #60;
At this point, one tends to wonder if Darren also cut his teeth on a WANG.
Dude, I missed the origin of the WANG terminology on Hamous’ granny-friendly site. Could you fill me in?
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#62 Darren, just messin with ya dude. Tedtam started it.
re: The toenail painting, TMI!
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#62 Darren, just messin with ya dude. Tedtam started it.
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The bucket list is eclectic but getting my toenails painted doesn’t seem to be on there.
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The bucket list is eclectic but getting my toenails painted doesn’t seem to be on there.
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Tedtam started it.
Figures. 😉
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Tedtam started it.
Figures. 😉
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Shannon;
Hey, it helped me graduate from bachlerhood. A place I never want to return to.
Highly recommended.
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Shannon;
Hey, it helped me graduate from bachlerhood. A place I never want to return to.
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#64 Shannon
What about sporting a Princess Leia hairdo? -
#64 Shannon
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TMI!
Tedtam’scat’s
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TMI!
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What about sporting a Princess Leia hairdo?
That helps you shoot. While sporting her hairdo (and after programming R2D2 with vital information to destroy the Death Star, “An armoured space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet”), Leia herself picked off a stormtrooper on the cruiser ship they raided before she got stunned by the blue circle light thingies that came out of the shooter’s rifle.
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What about sporting a Princess Leia hairdo?
That helps you shoot. While sporting her hairdo (and after programming R2D2 with vital information to destroy the Death Star, “An armoured space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet”), Leia herself picked off a stormtrooper on the cruiser ship they raided before she got stunned by the blue circle light thingies that came out of the shooter’s rifle.
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