Why is the sky blue?
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Mornin’ Gang!
I’m sitting on the front porch of the old farm house drinking my last cup of coffee. I woke up @ 6:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep so I got up and made coffee. -
Mornin’ Gang!
I’m sitting on the front porch of the old farm house drinking my last cup of coffee. I woke up @ 6:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep so I got up and made coffee. -
Why is the sky blue?
Same reason that a swimming pool is H2O. 😉
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Why is the sky blue?
Same reason that a swimming pool is H2O. 😉
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I like the fact that someone else can get the benefits – the kids don’t have to suffer from their parent’s problem. The parents lose control of the funds. Theoretically, anyway.
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One governor gets it right.
I like the fact that someone else can get the benefits – the kids don’t have to suffer from their parent’s problem. The parents lose control of the funds. Theoretically, anyway. -
I’ve thought about doing this someday. This place is big enough to have grandkids stay over, but I won’t have the impossible cleaning task I have with our current home.
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I’ve thought about doing this someday. This place is big enough to have grandkids stay over, but I won’t have the impossible cleaning task I have with our current home.
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48 Darren says:
May 31, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Hey, **it could have been** an accident.Was THIS What Happened in #Weinergate?
Why Stranahan is allowed to post for Breitbart is beyond my comprehension.You’re being unfair to Stranahan, and misreading the importance of the evidence presented. He supports the now prevalent theory that Weiner sent the pic that showed what and upstanding guy he was to a 21 year old college student attached to a private message to her. He explains how the pic became public while the message it was attached to was not.
Stranahan has been leading the charge at Big Government exposing Pigford.
Stranahan also explains why he writes at Breitbart, and it isn’t real freindly to Liberals, even thougn he is one.
And he explains here why he left HuffPo, and its not all that flattering of the smart Gabor sister.
I’d be happier with more honest Liberals like Stranahan.
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48 Darren says:
May 31, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Hey, **it could have been** an accident.
Was THIS What Happened in #Weinergate?
Why Stranahan is allowed to post for Breitbart is beyond my comprehension.You’re being unfair to Stranahan, and misreading the importance of the evidence presented. He supports the now prevalent theory that Weiner sent the pic that showed what and upstanding guy he was to a 21 year old college student attached to a private message to her. He explains how the pic became public while the message it was attached to was not.
Stranahan has been leading the charge at Big Government exposing Pigford.
Stranahan also explains why he writes at Breitbart, and it isn’t real freindly to Liberals, even thougn he is one.
And he explains here why he left HuffPo, and its not all that flattering of the smart Gabor sister.
I’d be happier with more honest Liberals like Stranahan. -
G’Morning all
The sky is blue because the dust in the air refracts the light.Haven’t been to Hamsterville to visit in a few days. Had two grandkids all week and leaving about noon to go to my treefarm for a coupla days.
California (and other states) have been working on this for a while:
The state of California could collect more than $1 billion a year by taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill approved by the Assembly becomes law.
Assemblyman Charles Calderon, a Democrat from Whittier, says his legislation doesn’t impose a new sales tax, but extends one that California should already have been enforcing.
AB155 passed, 47-16, with the support of one GOP lawmaker Tuesday. It now heads to the Senate.
Other Republicans rejected the bill because they said it would invite lawsuits, drive business out of California, and get the state entangled in the messy task of regulating the Internet.
The measure extends the sales tax to online companies that have a presence in the state, including those that work with sister companies with offices in California.
Using that logic why not extend the law to say if I physically buy something at a Target in Arizona that I would still have to pay Kalifornia tax on it?
California is talking about splitting into 4 separate states to balance budget:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VHtzuQZMoF8/TeYgrdUoeHI/AAAAAAAAIZE/GtoWkuwptOU/s1600/California1.jpg
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G’Morning all
The sky is blue because the dust in the air refracts the light.
Haven’t been to Hamsterville to visit in a few days. Had two grandkids all week and leaving about noon to go to my treefarm for a coupla days.
California (and other states) have been working on this for a while:The state of California could collect more than $1 billion a year by taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill approved by the Assembly becomes law.
Assemblyman Charles Calderon, a Democrat from Whittier, says his legislation doesn’t impose a new sales tax, but extends one that California should already have been enforcing.
AB155 passed, 47-16, with the support of one GOP lawmaker Tuesday. It now heads to the Senate.
Other Republicans rejected the bill because they said it would invite lawsuits, drive business out of California, and get the state entangled in the messy task of regulating the Internet.
The measure extends the sales tax to online companies that have a presence in the state, including those that work with sister companies with offices in California.Using that logic why not extend the law to say if I physically buy something at a Target in Arizona that I would still have to pay Kalifornia tax on it?
California is talking about splitting into 4 separate states to balance budget:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VHtzuQZMoF8/TeYgrdUoeHI/AAAAAAAAIZE/GtoWkuwptOU/s1600/California1.jpg -
We have a few acres near Cotulla that we signed a mineral lease to Apache about a year and a half ago. They are going like crazy down there. The whole area is one big Boom Town.
Shale Boom in Texas Could Increase U.S. Oil Output
Michael Stravato for The New York TimesCATARINA, Tex. — Until last year, the 17-mile stretch of road between this forsaken South Texas village and the county seat of Carrizo Springs was a patchwork of derelict gasoline stations and rusting warehouses.
Now the region is in the hottest new oil play in the country, with giant oil terminals and sprawling RV parks replacing fields of mesquite. More than a dozen companies plan to drill up to 3,000 wells around here in the next 12 months.
There is only one catch: the oil from the Eagle Ford and similar fields of tightly packed rock can be extracted only by using hydraulic fracturing, a method that uses a high-pressure mix of water, sand and hazardous chemicals to blast through the rocks to release the oil inside.
The technique, also called fracking, has been widely used in the last decade to unlock vast new fields of natural gas, but drillers only recently figured out how to release large quantities of oil, which flows less easily through rock than gas. As evidence mounts that fracking poses risks to water supplies, the federal government and regulators in various states are considering tighter regulations on it.
The oil industry says any environmental concerns are far outweighed by the economic benefits of pumping previously inaccessible oil from fields that could collectively hold two or three times as much oil as Prudhoe Bay, the Alaskan field that was the last great onshore discovery. The companies estimate that the boom will create more than two million new jobs, directly or indirectly, and bring tens of billions of dollars to the states where the fields are located, which include traditional oil sites like Texas and Oklahoma, industrial stalwarts like Ohio and Michigan and even farm states like Kansas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/business/energy-environment/28shale.html?_r=1
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We have a few acres near Cotulla that we signed a mineral lease to Apache about a year and a half ago. They are going like crazy down there. The whole area is one big Boom Town.
Shale Boom in Texas Could Increase U.S. Oil Output
Michael Stravato for The New York Times
CATARINA, Tex. — Until last year, the 17-mile stretch of road between this forsaken South Texas village and the county seat of Carrizo Springs was a patchwork of derelict gasoline stations and rusting warehouses.
Now the region is in the hottest new oil play in the country, with giant oil terminals and sprawling RV parks replacing fields of mesquite. More than a dozen companies plan to drill up to 3,000 wells around here in the next 12 months.
There is only one catch: the oil from the Eagle Ford and similar fields of tightly packed rock can be extracted only by using hydraulic fracturing, a method that uses a high-pressure mix of water, sand and hazardous chemicals to blast through the rocks to release the oil inside.
The technique, also called fracking, has been widely used in the last decade to unlock vast new fields of natural gas, but drillers only recently figured out how to release large quantities of oil, which flows less easily through rock than gas. As evidence mounts that fracking poses risks to water supplies, the federal government and regulators in various states are considering tighter regulations on it.
The oil industry says any environmental concerns are far outweighed by the economic benefits of pumping previously inaccessible oil from fields that could collectively hold two or three times as much oil as Prudhoe Bay, the Alaskan field that was the last great onshore discovery. The companies estimate that the boom will create more than two million new jobs, directly or indirectly, and bring tens of billions of dollars to the states where the fields are located, which include traditional oil sites like Texas and Oklahoma, industrial stalwarts like Ohio and Michigan and even farm states like Kansas.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/business/energy-environment/28shale.html?_r=1
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A recent study found that the average Texan walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that on average Texans drink 22 gallons of alcohol a year.
That means that the average Texan gets about 41 miles to the gallon! Makes you danged proud to be a Texan.
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A recent study found that the average Texan walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that on average Texans drink 22 gallons of alcohol a year.
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The sky appears to be blue because that’s what Obama wants it to be. Nowhere in the Constitution does the power to dictate the color of the sky vest in the Office of the President, but since it does not expressly prohibit Presidential dictates regarding the color of the sky, the current occupant of that high Office has so decreed. By decreeing that the sky will be blue, and then observing that the sky is in fact blue, Obama can then take credit for creating the blue sky as merely another demonstration of his supernatural powers, to accompany lowering sea level, reducing global warming, growing electricity out of the ground, and creating world peace. See how it works?
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The sky appears to be blue because that’s what Obama wants it to be. Nowhere in the Constitution does the power to dictate the color of the sky vest in the Office of the President, but since it does not expressly prohibit Presidential dictates regarding the color of the sky, the current occupant of that high Office has so decreed. By decreeing that the sky will be blue, and then observing that the sky is in fact blue, Obama can then take credit for creating the blue sky as merely another demonstration of his supernatural powers, to accompany lowering sea level, reducing global warming, growing electricity out of the ground, and creating world peace. See how it works?
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#9 El Gordo
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#9 El Gordo
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A Blind man went Bungee jumping
Scared the living hell out of the dog.
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A Blind man went Bungee jumping
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Here’s a term I haven’t heard in a while. Seems like quite a bit of it going on nowadays.
Yellow journalism: Biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. The practice of yellow journalism involves sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the purpose of exciting public opinion.
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Here’s a term I haven’t heard in a while. Seems like quite a bit of it going on nowadays.
Yellow journalism: Biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. The practice of yellow journalism involves sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the purpose of exciting public opinion. -
Boy am I ever glad that hurricane season is finally open. I’m so tired of hearing about floods and tornadoes everywhere, but with nothing to create local scare or panic. Now, finally, hurricane season in officially here and we can hear constantly about this season to be the worst ever, buy batteries and water, be prepared to move on a moments notice, we’re all going to die, etc. day in and day out – all local, none of that midwest flood and tornado stuff now, although we will probably continue to hear about the drought, but will fail to report that hurricanes generally result in a break to a drought. Here’s to hurricane season – 2011 edition.
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Boy am I ever glad that hurricane season is finally open. I’m so tired of hearing about floods and tornadoes everywhere, but with nothing to create local scare or panic. Now, finally, hurricane season in officially here and we can hear constantly about this season to be the worst ever, buy batteries and water, be prepared to move on a moments notice, we’re all going to die, etc. day in and day out – all local, none of that midwest flood and tornado stuff now, although we will probably continue to hear about the drought, but will fail to report that hurricanes generally result in a break to a drought. Here’s to hurricane season – 2011 edition.
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TedtamWow! I did not know Florida was working this legislation, that is awesome. Screening welfare recipients for drugs, life as we know it is over according to the lefty commentors around the ‘net. Heh, heh.
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Tedtam
Wow! I did not know Florida was working this legislation, that is awesome. Screening welfare recipients for drugs, life as we know it is over according to the lefty commentors around the ‘net. Heh, heh. -
Puppy dog got a new lesson in laws of nature over the weekend. Son and I were on the driveway and saw a doe on the other side of the property, puppy soon noticed her too and a stare down began. Puppy decided to go after her and as he got near, what turned out to be Mama doe turned on him and the chase was on. She was right on his butt biting at him while at the same time reaching out her front hooves to step on him, of course puppy was heading toward us, thus the deer was barreling toward us until they were within about 15 feet and we decided to charge her. She was not spooked but thought better of it and turned back. Puppy, not realizing the seriousness of the matter, goes back after her and the whole thing started again! Finally we were able to keep puppy back and Mama left. Never saw any babies but no doubt there were some, puppy never did understand he about got murdered. 😀
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Puppy dog got a new lesson in laws of nature over the weekend. Son and I were on the driveway and saw a doe on the other side of the property, puppy soon noticed her too and a stare down began. Puppy decided to go after her and as he got near, what turned out to be Mama doe turned on him and the chase was on. She was right on his butt biting at him while at the same time reaching out her front hooves to step on him, of course puppy was heading toward us, thus the deer was barreling toward us until they were within about 15 feet and we decided to charge her. She was not spooked but thought better of it and turned back. Puppy, not realizing the seriousness of the matter, goes back after her and the whole thing started again! Finally we were able to keep puppy back and Mama left. Never saw any babies but no doubt there were some, puppy never did understand he about got murdered. 😀
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Reminded me of a dog we had when I was a kid. I think I’ve told the story before, but here goes again…
It was either New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July (I think the Fourth, as I don’t remember it being cold), and my father had bought some firecrackers. This was, of course, prior to the nanny state telling us we couldn’t handle combustibles by ourselves and we were out in the county. Dad set off a string of Black Cat firecrackers in the driveway. For those unfamiliar with Black Cats, it’s a bunch of small, cylindrical firecrackers, strung together on a single fuse. It produces a long series of small yet loud explosions, and as they pop the string kind of flops around.
Boots, our dog, wasn’t having that kind of thing happening near his family. He attacked the string with his mouth, trying to bite it into submission. That, of course, had no effect, so he SAT on the popping string of firecrackers. He literally lit a fire under his, well, hiney. Poor baby. All he was doing was trying to protect us and he couldn’t sit down comfortably for days.
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Reminded me of a dog we had when I was a kid. I think I’ve told the story before, but here goes again…
It was either New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July (I think the Fourth, as I don’t remember it being cold), and my father had bought some firecrackers. This was, of course, prior to the nanny state telling us we couldn’t handle combustibles by ourselves and we were out in the county. Dad set off a string of Black Cat firecrackers in the driveway. For those unfamiliar with Black Cats, it’s a bunch of small, cylindrical firecrackers, strung together on a single fuse. It produces a long series of small yet loud explosions, and as they pop the string kind of flops around.
Boots, our dog, wasn’t having that kind of thing happening near his family. He attacked the string with his mouth, trying to bite it into submission. That, of course, had no effect, so he SAT on the popping string of firecrackers. He literally lit a fire under his, well, hiney. Poor baby. All he was doing was trying to protect us and he couldn’t sit down comfortably for days. -
For those unfamiliar with Black Cats, it’s a bunch of small, cylindrical firecrackers, strung together on a single fuse.
It’s hard for me to fathom anyone over the age of 6 not knowing what Black Cats are, but good description nonetheless.
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For those unfamiliar with Black Cats, it’s a bunch of small, cylindrical firecrackers, strung together on a single fuse.
It’s hard for me to fathom anyone over the age of 6 not knowing what Black Cats are, but good description nonetheless.
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#17 Dude
Well, anyone on THIS blog, anyway. Over at Daily Kos (K-oss, as I pronounce it), they probably don’t know. Anything involving gunpowder is eeeevvviiilllll, according to them.
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#17 Dude
Well, anyone on THIS blog, anyway. Over at Daily Kos (K-oss, as I pronounce it), they probably don’t know. Anything involving gunpowder is eeeevvviiilllll, according to them. -
Anything involving gunpowder is eeeevvviiilllll, according to them.
Good point.
So hey, how’d the restaurant gig thing go?
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Anything involving gunpowder is eeeevvviiilllll, according to them.
Good point.
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Not sure yet. They have a new one opening in Stafford, but I’m not willing to work here all day and drive one hour each way. That would be too much. They may be making some changes at the restaurant close by, I was told, and they might be able to find something for me to do. Right now, I’m just trying to breathe and get some work done.
I’m feeling a little better today.
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Not sure yet. They have a new one opening in Stafford, but I’m not willing to work here all day and drive one hour each way. That would be too much. They may be making some changes at the restaurant close by, I was told, and they might be able to find something for me to do. Right now, I’m just trying to breathe and get some work done.
I’m feeling a little better today. -
For those unfamiliar with Black Cats, it’s a bunch of small, cylindrical firecrackers, strung together on a single fuse.
Common uses: mail box demolition, cat terrorizing
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For those unfamiliar with Black Cats, it’s a bunch of small, cylindrical firecrackers, strung together on a single fuse.
Common uses: mail box demolition, cat terrorizing
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mail box demolition
You hafta use a LOT of them for that.
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mail box demolition
You hafta use a LOT of them for that.
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mail box demolition
M-80 😀
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mail box demolition
M-80 😀
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We would unroll Black Cats by the hundreds to collect the powder, then make homemade M80’s with cardboard pants-hanger tubes.
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We would unroll Black Cats by the hundreds to collect the powder, then make homemade M80’s with cardboard pants-hanger tubes.
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25 Shannon says:
June 1, 2011 at 1:51 pmWe would unroll Black Cats by the hundreds to collect the powder, then make homemade M80′s with cardboard pants-hanger tubes.
Slacker.
My Dad’s reloading bench was in the hallway just outside my bedroom. Made me think about his priorities in the event of a fire in the house, but made up for that with destructive power and flexibility in means detonation.
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25 Shannon says:
June 1, 2011 at 1:51 pm
We would unroll Black Cats by the hundreds to collect the powder, then make homemade M80′s with cardboard pants-hanger tubes.Slacker.
My Dad’s reloading bench was in the hallway just outside my bedroom. Made me think about his priorities in the event of a fire in the house, but made up for that with destructive power and flexibility in means detonation. -
Why is the sky blue?
Why not? 🙂
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Why is the sky blue?
Why not? 🙂
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Why is the sky blue?
Because how silly would it sound to sing the lyrics
“Purple skies
Shining on me.
Nothing but purple,
Do I see..”See what I mean?
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Why is the sky blue?
Because how silly would it sound to sing the lyrics
“Purple skies
Shining on me.
Nothing but purple,
Do I see..”
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Anthony Weiner continues to provide the world with Instant Joke Kits.
Rep. Anthony Weiner, sitting down for a set of television interviews Wednesday to answer questions about a lewd photo sent from his Twitter account to a college student, flatly denied sending the image. But he could not say “with certitude” whether the photo, which depicted a man’s bulging underwear, was in fact an image of him.
I guess what he’s saying is that there ARE pictures of his junk out there, he just isn’t sure this is one of them.
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Anthony Weiner continues to provide the world with Instant Joke Kits.
Rep. Anthony Weiner, sitting down for a set of television interviews Wednesday to answer questions about a lewd photo sent from his Twitter account to a college student, flatly denied sending the image. But he could not say “with certitude” whether the photo, which depicted a man’s bulging underwear, was in fact an image of him.
I guess what he’s saying is that there ARE pictures of his junk out there, he just isn’t sure this is one of them.
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There were no reloading supplies around my house.
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There were no reloading supplies around my house.
You make due with whatcha got. -
30 Shannon says:
June 1, 2011 at 2:27 pmThere were no reloading supplies around my house.
You make due with whatcha got.Deprived of one of the important manly social skills:
Blowin stuff up real good.
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30 Shannon says:
June 1, 2011 at 2:27 pm
There were no reloading supplies around my house.
You make due with whatcha got.Deprived of one of the important manly social skills:
Blowin stuff up real good. -
No singing!
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No singing!
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We would unroll Black Cats by the hundreds to collect the powder, then make homemade M80′s with cardboard pants-hanger tubes.
Heh
Stolen test tubes and rubber “corks” from chemistry class. Whodduh thunk it would take “that” many years to get all those itty bitty shards of glass our of my………. -
We would unroll Black Cats by the hundreds to collect the powder, then make homemade M80′s with cardboard pants-hanger tubes.
Heh
Stolen test tubes and rubber “corks” from chemistry class. Whodduh thunk it would take “that” many years to get all those itty bitty shards of glass our of my………. -
This is always fun on a hot Saturday afternoon. They call ’em targets.
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This is always fun on a hot Saturday afternoon. They call ’em targets.
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#34 – Cool echo after impact!
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#34 – Cool echo after impact!
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You should get a piece of potassium or sodium in its metallic state. It comes packed in mineral oil because it reacts violently with water.
If you throw a piece the size of a walnut into a pond, it sounds like a bomb going off. When the remaining pieces land in the water, it sounds like a machine gun. After that, it sounds like firecrackers, then just little pops.
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You should get a piece of potassium or sodium in its metallic state. It comes packed in mineral oil because it reacts violently with water.
If you throw a piece the size of a walnut into a pond, it sounds like a bomb going off. When the remaining pieces land in the water, it sounds like a machine gun. After that, it sounds like firecrackers, then just little pops. -
I feel as if I was deprived because William Gurstelle wasn’t around to write his books when I was young. His newest one is:
The Practical Pyromaniac: Build Fire Tornadoes, One-Candlepower Engines, Great Balls of Fire, and More Incendiary DevicesGurstelle is famous for this 2001 book:
Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices -
I feel as if I was deprived because William Gurstelle wasn’t around to write his books when I was young. His newest one is:
The Practical Pyromaniac: Build Fire Tornadoes, One-Candlepower Engines, Great Balls of Fire, and More Incendiary Devices
Gurstelle is famous for this 2001 book:
Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices -
You can build a gun that shoots Q-Tips out of a vitamin bottle, a Bic pen, and a generic gas grill igniter (plus a bit of glue/silicone).
…not that I would know exactly how.
Also Suave hair spray is like rocket fuel in a can.
…again, not that I would know from experience or anything.
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You can build a gun that shoots Q-Tips out of a vitamin bottle, a Bic pen, and a generic gas grill igniter (plus a bit of glue/silicone).
…not that I would know exactly how.
Also Suave hair spray is like rocket fuel in a can.
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‘Bout some actually useful stuff gots posted here.
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‘Bout some actually useful stuff gots posted here.
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Gotta keep Gurstelle’s books away from Jihadist wanna-be children–of all ages.
It was 69 this morning with heavy ground mist blanketing the pastures. What a glorious feeling. Guess that was today’s ration of moisture. At 4:45 it is 95 with 29% humidity. Ugh
Many thanks to the management of the Chick-Fil-A store at 59 and TX 99 for the use of their parking lot for Fort Bend County Tea Party Society’s staging spot to collect supplies for our Missouri friends in Joplin. We had a good response from folks driving by as well as those who had gotten the e-blast announcement. It all came together on really short notice, arranged through Houston-area kin of a Joplin family.
A Nigerian exchange student and his host stopped by after seeing the sign, and the student was curious to know what it was about. He was most impressed, and his host was delighted for him to visit with us.
The donations will be combined with those of other TP and allied groups and driven to Joplin in a several days. We hope they will fill a large trailer when all is done. The Joplin folks are expecting the arrival. God bless them in their time of need and sorrow.
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Gotta keep Gurstelle’s books away from Jihadist wanna-be children–of all ages.
It was 69 this morning with heavy ground mist blanketing the pastures. What a glorious feeling. Guess that was today’s ration of moisture. At 4:45 it is 95 with 29% humidity. Ugh
Many thanks to the management of the Chick-Fil-A store at 59 and TX 99 for the use of their parking lot for Fort Bend County Tea Party Society’s staging spot to collect supplies for our Missouri friends in Joplin. We had a good response from folks driving by as well as those who had gotten the e-blast announcement. It all came together on really short notice, arranged through Houston-area kin of a Joplin family.
A Nigerian exchange student and his host stopped by after seeing the sign, and the student was curious to know what it was about. He was most impressed, and his host was delighted for him to visit with us.
The donations will be combined with those of other TP and allied groups and driven to Joplin in a several days. We hope they will fill a large trailer when all is done. The Joplin folks are expecting the arrival. God bless them in their time of need and sorrow. -
‘Bout ‘time’, that is.
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‘Bout ‘time’, that is.
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My Dad’s reloading bench was in the hallway just outside my bedroom. Made me think about his priorities in the event of a fire in the house, but made up for that with destructive power and flexibility in means detonation.
At least I learnt my kids: “In the event of a faaaar, stay away from mama’s closet and outside area of mama’s closet. Be sure to tell the faaar department as well. Sheesh, Sarge. That statement made me finally understand you. LOL! The point of impact is better than… (_?_)
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My Dad’s reloading bench was in the hallway just outside my bedroom. Made me think about his priorities in the event of a fire in the house, but made up for that with destructive power and flexibility in means detonation.
At least I learnt my kids: “In the event of a faaaar, stay away from mama’s closet and outside area of mama’s closet. Be sure to tell the faaar department as well. Sheesh, Sarge. That statement made me finally understand you. LOL! The point of impact is better than… (_?_)
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Cheap thrill time for me back in the day was a half empty can of WD-40, several empty cans of my favorite adult beverage, several full cans of my favorite adult beverage, four or five unsuspecting slightly inebriated friends and a decent fire. Hilarity always ensued when the proper proportions of canned fluids were mixed with fire.
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Cheap thrill time for me back in the day was a half empty can of WD-40, several empty cans of my favorite adult beverage, several full cans of my favorite adult beverage, four or five unsuspecting slightly inebriated friends and a decent fire. Hilarity always ensued when the proper proportions of canned fluids were mixed with fire.
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Why is the sky blue?
“Because, it’s out there.”
Blast from the Past
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Why is the sky blue?
“Because, it’s out there.”
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Sarge #5;
Perhaps you’re right.
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Sarge #5;
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Oletimer #11;
LOL!
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Oletimer #11;
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LOL, watch the ReasonTV video. It’s classic!
For a direct quote from NewsBusters, go to The Blaze’s post on the same issue. The Flag code is NOT “federal law”.
The only problem: the Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that flag burning is protected by the First Amendment. If flag burning is protected speech, certainly displaying the flag on a tour bus is legal. Or do the rules not apply to Sarah Palin? In Bashir’s warped sense of reality, conservatives like Palin would be arrested for flying the American flag at rallies in which they promote causes that Bashir does not support.
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The Congressional Research Service, a non-partisan organization that provides legal analysis to members of Congress, clarified that observance of the Flag Code is “purely voluntary” in a 2008 congressional report: “While wearing the colors may be in poor taste and offensive to many, it is important to remember that the Flag Code is intended as a guide to be followed on a purely voluntary basis to insure proper respect for the flag.”
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Martin Bashir: I think Palin might be breaking federal law by putting the flag on her bus or something; Update: MSNBC flag videos added
LOL, watch the ReasonTV video. It’s classic!
For a direct quote from NewsBusters, go to The Blaze’s post on the same issue. The Flag code is NOT “federal law”.The only problem: the Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that flag burning is protected by the First Amendment. If flag burning is protected speech, certainly displaying the flag on a tour bus is legal. Or do the rules not apply to Sarah Palin? In Bashir’s warped sense of reality, conservatives like Palin would be arrested for flying the American flag at rallies in which they promote causes that Bashir does not support.
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The Congressional Research Service, a non-partisan organization that provides legal analysis to members of Congress, clarified that observance of the Flag Code is “purely voluntary” in a 2008 congressional report: “While wearing the colors may be in poor taste and offensive to many, it is important to remember that the Flag Code is intended as a guide to be followed on a purely voluntary basis to insure proper respect for the flag.” -
HERE’S my post about the potential oil bom right here in Texas. Great news.
Disappointing news is this: Meet the lizard that will kill Texas oil production.
Strictly speaking, lizards don’t kill jobs, Liberals do. Amazing how all the billions of dollars already spent to get oil out of Cotulla, Texas would be for naught all because of the federal government protecting one lizard.
I do wonder why the pro-oil people don’t make more passionate arguments in favor of drilling. In the ABC News video of the article above for example, Texas Land Commissioner, Jerry Patterson (did I spell his name right?) who is for getting the oil out of the ground, expressed his non desire to hurt the lizard. Why not follow that up wth the fact that **people** will be hurt if oil extraction is stopped in the name of protecting this lizard?
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HERE’S my post about the potential oil bom right here in Texas. Great news.
Disappointing news is this: Meet the lizard that will kill Texas oil production.
Strictly speaking, lizards don’t kill jobs, Liberals do. Amazing how all the billions of dollars already spent to get oil out of Cotulla, Texas would be for naught all because of the federal government protecting one lizard.
I do wonder why the pro-oil people don’t make more passionate arguments in favor of drilling. In the ABC News video of the article above for example, Texas Land Commissioner, Jerry Patterson (did I spell his name right?) who is for getting the oil out of the ground, expressed his non desire to hurt the lizard. Why not follow that up wth the fact that **people** will be hurt if oil extraction is stopped in the name of protecting this lizard? -
regarding firecrackers:
Common uses: mail box demolition, cat terrorizing
The best was a string of 15 or 20 lit and placed in the mailbox that dropped INSIDE THE HOUSE / not that I would know anything about that.
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regarding firecrackers:
Common uses: mail box demolition, cat terrorizing
The best was a string of 15 or 20 lit and placed in the mailbox that dropped INSIDE THE HOUSE / not that I would know anything about that.
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. . . . . . .and NEVER at 2 or 3 in the am.
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. . . . . . .and NEVER at 2 or 3 in the am.
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Whodduh thunk it would take “that” many years to get all those itty bitty shards f glass our of my……….
Fingernails?
LOL! The point of impact is better than…
Chocolate?
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Whodduh thunk it would take “that” many years to get all those itty bitty shards f glass our of my……….
Fingernails?
LOL! The point of impact is better than…
Chocolate?
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Do I dare mention the IMR 4227 in a short piece of lead pipe with a CCI 350 Primer, ignited with a 9 volt battery? NAH, better not, I don’t know nuttin’ about that BUTT, I’ve heard about it. I think it had something to do with Fishin’?
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Do I dare mention the IMR 4227 in a short piece of lead pipe with a CCI 350 Primer, ignited with a 9 volt battery? NAH, better not, I don’t know nuttin’ about that BUTT, I’ve heard about it. I think it had something to do with Fishin’?
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Via The Blaze, which accurately characterizes the clip as vindication of Glenn Beck for warning that the hard left was working with the Muslim Brotherhood and other Middle East Islamist radicals within the “Arab Spring.”
It absolutely is a vindication.
Question: Do these lefties realize that they’re being played by the radicals, who will either discard them or destroy them once Islamism takes power?
Good question. The answer is they obviously don’t realize the dangers to themselves of Islamism.
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Via The Blaze, which accurately characterizes the clip as vindication of Glenn Beck for warning that the hard left was working with the Muslim Brotherhood and other Middle East Islamist radicals within the “Arab Spring.”
It absolutely is a vindication.
Question: Do these lefties realize that they’re being played by the radicals, who will either discard them or destroy them once Islamism takes power?
Good question. The answer is they obviously don’t realize the dangers to themselves of Islamism.
Video: Socialists explain how and why they worked with Muslim Brotherhood against ‘common enemies’: US, UK, Israel -
#4 TT
This place is big enough to have grandkids stay over
Planning ahead already, I see. 🙂
I lived in a 20’x20′ house north of the UT campus in Austin, with 3 cats. It was fine, had room for almost everything I owned at that time, although some of it was boxed up in the attic. The lot itself was only about 30′ wide.
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#4 TT
This place is big enough to have grandkids stay over
Planning ahead already, I see. 🙂
I lived in a 20’x20′ house north of the UT campus in Austin, with 3 cats. It was fine, had room for almost everything I owned at that time, although some of it was boxed up in the attic. The lot itself was only about 30′ wide. -
Naturally, then, as we kick off “Recovery Summer! Part Deux,” the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee says that buying homemade cars is a matter of national importance. “If it were up to the candidates for president on the Republican side, we would be driving foreign cars,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz explained while defending the protectionist auto/union bailout. “They would have let the auto industry in America go down the tubes.” (And by “we,” Wasserman Schultz, proud American, is talking about herself and her sweet Japanese-made Infiniti FX35.)
Oops. W. Schultz had better trade in that Infinity for a Volt or something. Oh, wait.
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Naturally, then, as we kick off “Recovery Summer! Part Deux,” the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee says that buying homemade cars is a matter of national importance. “If it were up to the candidates for president on the Republican side, we would be driving foreign cars,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz explained while defending the protectionist auto/union bailout. “They would have let the auto industry in America go down the tubes.” (And by “we,” Wasserman Schultz, proud American, is talking about herself and her sweet Japanese-made Infiniti FX35.)
Oops. W. Schultz had better trade in that Infinity for a Volt or something. Oh, wait.
Harsanyi: DNC‘s ’Buy American’ Is Un-American -
#14 GJT
Screening welfare recipients for drugs, life as we know it is over
Michael Berry has a cool idea to require all adults on welfare to get dressed up and report in somewhere every weekday 8-5 with an hour off for lunch of gubmint cheese. These gives them some appreciation for the daily grind required of those who are paying for their welfare checks, and so why should they be able to sleep late, watch TV all day, and be out partying all night?
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#14 GJT
Screening welfare recipients for drugs, life as we know it is over
Michael Berry has a cool idea to require all adults on welfare to get dressed up and report in somewhere every weekday 8-5 with an hour off for lunch of gubmint cheese. These gives them some appreciation for the daily grind required of those who are paying for their welfare checks, and so why should they be able to sleep late, watch TV all day, and be out partying all night?
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#56 mharper
Yep, I heard that, too. I totally agree. I have to swap time for money – why shouldn’t they?
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#56 mharper
Yep, I heard that, too. I totally agree. I have to swap time for money – why shouldn’t they? -
Thus far I have really enjoyed Club for Growth’s political support. That includes being a significant force to get Bob Bennet out and supporting Mike Lee the Republican nomination for Senate. This upcoming potential battle is no different.
The pro-business Club for Growth said Wednesday that if Chaffetz decides to challenge Hatch, the club will back Chaffetz.
Chris Chocola, president of the D.C.-based Club for Growth, said Chaffetz has been “a pro-growth star since entering the House and is exactly the type of leader we need in the United States Senate.”
“Senator Hatch has frequently supported policies that have grown government, burdened our economy, and taken America in the wrong direction. Fiscal conservatives can do better,” Chocola said.
The Club for Growth targets several of Hatch’s votes, including his support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program during the Bush administration, five votes to raise the debt limit and his support of a bill aimed at stabilizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
If Chaffetz does indeed challenge Hatch, it sets up a titanic battle between the 36-year incumbent senator and the sophomore congressman who has been a rising star in the Republican Party.
(Emphasis mine)
This is my initial knowledge of Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz. In other words, I never heard of him before; but with Club for Growth’s support, I have high confidence in Chaffetz. That he’ll be a good Conservative Senator. Replacing Hatch AND Obama in 2012 will tickle me silly. Senator Orin Hatch had obviously taken precautions since Bob Bennet’s defeat in 2010.
It could mark the second major challenge to a Utah incumbent senator — the first resulted in the defeat of three-term Sen. Bob Bennett at the 2010 GOP convention. But Bennett’s defeat has served as a wake-up call to Hatch, who already has launched a rigorous campaign, hiring a large staff to reach out to discontented Republican delegates at the state convention.
But it’s Hatch’s voting record that’ll be his unavoidable weak spot for 2012. I do hope it’s his achilles heel.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51919110-78/chaffetz-hatch-utah-republican.html.csp
Via Hot Air
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Thus far I have really enjoyed Club for Growth’s political support. That includes being a significant force to get Bob Bennet out and supporting Mike Lee the Republican nomination for Senate. This upcoming potential battle is no different.
The pro-business Club for Growth said Wednesday that if Chaffetz decides to challenge Hatch, the club will back Chaffetz.
Chris Chocola, president of the D.C.-based Club for Growth, said Chaffetz has been “a pro-growth star since entering the House and is exactly the type of leader we need in the United States Senate.”
“Senator Hatch has frequently supported policies that have grown government, burdened our economy, and taken America in the wrong direction. Fiscal conservatives can do better,” Chocola said.
The Club for Growth targets several of Hatch’s votes, including his support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program during the Bush administration, five votes to raise the debt limit and his support of a bill aimed at stabilizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
If Chaffetz does indeed challenge Hatch, it sets up a titanic battle between the 36-year incumbent senator and the sophomore congressman who has been a rising star in the Republican Party.(Emphasis mine)
This is my initial knowledge of Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz. In other words, I never heard of him before; but with Club for Growth’s support, I have high confidence in Chaffetz. That he’ll be a good Conservative Senator. Replacing Hatch AND Obama in 2012 will tickle me silly. Senator Orin Hatch had obviously taken precautions since Bob Bennet’s defeat in 2010.It could mark the second major challenge to a Utah incumbent senator — the first resulted in the defeat of three-term Sen. Bob Bennett at the 2010 GOP convention. But Bennett’s defeat has served as a wake-up call to Hatch, who already has launched a rigorous campaign, hiring a large staff to reach out to discontented Republican delegates at the state convention.
But it’s Hatch’s voting record that’ll be his unavoidable weak spot for 2012. I do hope it’s his achilles heel.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51919110-78/chaffetz-hatch-utah-republican.html.csp
Via Hot Air
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