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25 Sep 10 - 09:05 PM (#2993726) Subject: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bobert Well, okay... Seems that there ain't alot below the line these dayas so I figurated that folks is either busy, stoned, died or just bored with the threads that we do have, so... ...here's is yer opportunity to engage in any "thread drift" that happens to be on yer mind... (Well, Boberdz... It ain't "drift" if their ain't no topic...") Details, mah man, deatils... So ya'll have at... This is like **freedom***... (But, Boberdz... Ain' that like the "Mother of BS"???) I donno??? Only go by there every othewr year to see if I can beat Amos to a big "..000" but he has a program that word on the street he paid over a grand to have that allows him to "snipe" them "..000" posts... I mean, that's what I heard, mind you... B~ |
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25 Sep 10 - 09:26 PM (#2993731) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bobert Well, okay... I'll get started... Back around 1962 'er so I was in high school and got a part time job runnin' an "addressograph" machine at the Northern Virgina Sun on Wilson Blvd., in Arlington, Va.... There was the pizza joint kinda accross Wilson Blvd called Marios Pizza and a cool black guy, Joe, bakin' the pizzas and takin' the orders... Well, Joe is still there doin' the same thing that he has done now for pushin' 50 years!!! That is a ture story and if ya' don't belive it??? Go meet Joe fir yerself... And the pizza is good, too... B~ |
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25 Sep 10 - 09:32 PM (#2993734) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Pfah! I ran an addressograph in college, making library cards for the students. Danged thing about shook the old building down. (Why did you make this Obit?) |
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25 Sep 10 - 09:50 PM (#2993737) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Stilly River Sage That's my question - why is it an obit? |
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25 Sep 10 - 09:58 PM (#2993739) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: maeve I reckon the unintended prefix will vanish. A drift for Bobert: Walking home from a a visit at a neighbor's house tonight, another friend wanted to drive slowly alongside us, so we could "see the road." We thanked her and assured her we would be just fine without the car lights. Isn't it interesting that the wrong kind of light, or too bright a light, can obscure clear vision rather than light the way. Just enough of the right kind of light makes the dark of night seem luminous. Maeve |
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25 Sep 10 - 10:08 PM (#2993743) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Go away from the cities and the artificial lights. You can see very well by the stars alone once your eyes become night-adapted. If you want to identify something, glance around it instead of staring directly at it. In fact, just go where there is no artificial light, lay on the ground, and stare up at the stars. On a clear night, when there is no moon, you'll be amazed at what you see -- and how bloody insignificant you are. |
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25 Sep 10 - 10:14 PM (#2993745) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: maeve Yes, Rapaire. I've always loved the night with its varying sorts of darkness and light. For some reason, the exchange with our friend, and ease with which we found our way in the silken night once her car lights faded over the rise made me think of some of our human interactions. Sometimes we can see more clearly in other ways too, just following your suggestions. |
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25 Sep 10 - 10:33 PM (#2993755) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Stilly River Sage Exactly, don't look straight at what you're trying to see, look to the side slightly. The focus field of vision is odd, but that's the best way to see obscure things. Starlight can be enough to light your way. I worked a couple of winters out in the Sonoran Desert, way west of Kit Peak (where they complain about light pollution). We had the most amazing skies to study. Bobert, I cooked myself some breaded okra tonight. First time for me. I have been growing it this year, mostly because my next door neighbor didn't have luck before and I wanted to try my green thumb, and I've given it all away. Is okra more deep south, or do you have it there in Virginia as well? It certainly needs a lot of tending - it grows so fast those pods get away from you quickly if you don't pick every 18 to 24 hours. SRS |
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25 Sep 10 - 10:54 PM (#2993764) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: catspaw49 I'm with a couple who are close friends of mine. We're maybe 24 or so and this evening we are getting tremendously stoned, considering our existence, etc. The evening light shades to night and the room, without artificial light, is very dark. Bill is on the floor, Ruthie curled in a chair, and I'm totally at ease, slouched in a soft, old, wingback chair. The stereo plays something of Vivaldi's. The darkness is soon total, our lamb dinner had been fantastic, the weed and the conversation could not have been finer and now only Vivaldi makes waves in the cool night air coming in the through the screen..............Can you see the scene? Without any prior notice, a match flared briefly followed by a flatulent jet blast as a 2 foot flame rose from the floor and burned itself out about 3 foot up. It was a memorable moment with a fart to match the quality of the day.........I tell you all this as I was amazed at how brightly it lit the room. Spaw |
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25 Sep 10 - 10:56 PM (#2993766) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bobert I'm cuttin' close to a pound a day, Magz... We like it sliced crosswise about 5/8s inch an the put in a bag with 2/3 cornmeal and 1/3 flour and then fry 'um in light kanola oil in a deep cast iron pan and... ... yummie... Beeen eaten lotta fried okra of late... BTW, I snuck an extra dozen okra plants into the landscape... You know, like anuals... Heck getting nice bit outta them, too... _________________________________________________________________ BTW, folks... I thought I had clicked on BS but looks as if I didn't... I have allreadt sent a request to have it fixed but it's Saturday night and they may all be tied up, drunk, stoned or all of the above... B~ |
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25 Sep 10 - 11:05 PM (#2993770) Subject: RE: Obit: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: maeve They're all out looking at the moon...or falling down laughing at the explosive drift a couple of posts ago. |
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25 Sep 10 - 11:26 PM (#2993776) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: maeve Lookee here, Bobert. Your Open Topic thread has drifted down to the land of Below the Salt. |
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25 Sep 10 - 11:49 PM (#2993781) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Stilly River Sage I grew this just to see how it looked, what bothered it, etc. It has been an interesting experiment, and I'll grow it farther apart next year. Interesting about your planting it in the landscape - I was thinking it might make a nice hedge. I rolled these pieces in a bowl, and decided I'd use a bag next time. I'm glad to have you confirm that now. And I had about that mix of flour and cornmeal also. The Zatarain's has a little heat, and some salt, but it's pretty good. (I bought a jar of it at Sam's Club that is enough for a family of 8, so I might as well use this as plain cornmeal for a while). Spaw, you painted such a nice portrait of that evening. Tell me, do farts stink if you burn them first? ;-D SRS |
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26 Sep 10 - 03:56 AM (#2993831) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Joe Offer Well, heck, as long as it started out as an "obit" thread, I think we ought to get together and have an elaborate funeral for Bobert at the Getaway. New Orleans style would be appropriate, and can I ask for an open bar? What kind of music would work for a Bobert funeral? Should we give him a little time to convince us our funeral is premature, or should we bury him and get it over with?
Sorry, Bobert, it must be. Walking to your destiny, To thy grave, dear Bobert, I'll walk with thee. Congratulations, Bobert. This is one funeral you're going to enjoy.... |
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26 Sep 10 - 06:13 AM (#2993864) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: gnu Bobert... "... engage in any "thread drift" that happens to be on yer mind..." I broke down and turned on the furnace for the first time this season on accounta I can't wear a sweatshirt and hat in the shower. |
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26 Sep 10 - 06:37 AM (#2993874) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: VirginiaTam a spot of randomness. Why do I persist in going around barefooted when the floors are freezing and I have arthritis in my feet? I really hate any covering on my feet, but I would prefer them to be warm. Why, when it is cooler weather do I not drink enough water and then get dehydrated? Why don't we feel thirst before we are dehydrated? Thirst should be like hunger pangs and come along before the body is in trouble. I can't figure these things out. |
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26 Sep 10 - 06:46 AM (#2993876) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Little Hawk Note that I have attempted to remedy the situation with a thread about the APP and gorillas... |
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26 Sep 10 - 09:59 AM (#2993934) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: VirginiaTam another question where are they? http://www.gearlog.com/2008/02/air_car_could_come_to_us.php I've been waiting since John in Kansas posted this on the News of Note thread. Saw the little ones like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrzve4jvY5I on the Gadget Show. Apart from the lightweight body being a danger in high speed crashes I think they are great. Only problem is they would have to produce a lot of Spaw clones to keep them fuelled. |
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26 Sep 10 - 10:36 AM (#2993948) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Mrrzy The most surprising friends end up in jail. And for embezzlement! I'm still weirded out. |
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26 Sep 10 - 12:46 PM (#2993999) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D Interesting that in recent years, I find that the literary figures I most identify with are: King Canute The Red Queen from "Alice in Wonderland" Sisyphus |
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26 Sep 10 - 01:01 PM (#2994009) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: SINSULL No fart smell, SRS. But if Spaw is less than careful the smell of singed hair and burnt balls can be overrwhelming. I think we had this discussion once before - college boys and Blue Blazers. |
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26 Sep 10 - 01:10 PM (#2994011) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: SINSULL Did you look at the flavors of those truffles? Bay? Sea Salt? I was hoping for Dark Chocolate Champagne. Ah well. I have been contemplating why it is so hard for me to stay organized. Today I have to take an air conditioner out of the window. But below the window sits nine boxes of stuff for a yard sale that never happened. If I move that stuff to the shed it will take an hour. That seems a terrible waste of time. So maybe I'll let the air conditioner stay for now... heh heh |
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26 Sep 10 - 06:02 PM (#2994150) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ebbie "There! That oughta do it. Bobert will be so proud, being sent on to the next dimension by the entire Mudcat crowd." Joe O Since the Getaway is on the Bay, Joe, I think Bobert would argue for the Viking tradition of setting the funereal ship out to sea. That would/will give him a chance to do a Sam McGee- who finally and at long last - got warm. |
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26 Sep 10 - 06:14 PM (#2994157) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: LilyFestre There are videos of college kids lighting their farts on fire on YouTube....Spaw...one of them isn't you, IS IT?!?!? ;) Michelle |
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26 Sep 10 - 07:08 PM (#2994177) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: gnu There was a video recording attempt at one of Spaw's but the camera was damaged beyond repair. Not to mention all the eyebrows of anyone in close proimity. |
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26 Sep 10 - 07:13 PM (#2994181) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ebbie Great heavens! Why on earth did they get that close? |
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26 Sep 10 - 07:25 PM (#2994189) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: catspaw49 T'was my friend Bill who lit the fart. I, being of high culture and impeccable manners, was appalled and offended! Besides I was so goofed up that I might have lit my dick by mistake......... Spaw |
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26 Sep 10 - 07:31 PM (#2994192) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Save all the trouble of a viking funeral and just burn Bobert, assuming we can get a permit. Probably best to wait until he's dead, because he'd probably raise a fuss if he wasn't. |
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26 Sep 10 - 08:44 PM (#2994221) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Amos I don't think the car would run on farts; being largely methane, farts are LESS compressible than air. Note (just by the way) that the energy required to fill a compressed air car with high-pressure air nd drive it, say, 100 miles, is probably a deal GREATER than the energy required to fill it with enough regular gas to drive that same 100 miles. The roads would be cleaner, but the net effect on atmosphere would not (unless the plants were solar, nuclear or wind powered). A |
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26 Sep 10 - 09:00 PM (#2994230) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Little Hawk If you had lit your dick, Spaw, it would probably have gone up like the Hindenburg and vanished in a giant explosion, thereby ending the most overinflated case of penile pretension in history! ;-) |
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26 Sep 10 - 09:31 PM (#2994238) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Hey, have you ever noticed? |
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26 Sep 10 - 11:07 PM (#2994269) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Amos Not so's you'd notice... |
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27 Sep 10 - 01:52 AM (#2994292) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: open mike let's see---random responses to comments.. see international dark sky association..IDS... and pix of night time map.they advocate shielded lighting to prevent light pollution http://www.darksky.org/ The Ramses brand condom was named after Pharaoh Ramses, who fathered over 160 children and no connection--- The last known "WILD" INDIAN was Ishi, who was found in Oroville, CA in 1911. He was hungry and mourning the loss of his fellow tribe members, and family members. There have been several movies made of his life Ishi, last of his tribe. A book, Ishi in 2 worlds was written by Theodora Krober, the wife of the anthropologist who took Ishi to the Berkeley Museum where he showed how to make arrowheads, and other native crafts and culture. there is a petition drive to create a commemmorative stamp for him 100 years after he was discovered, |
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27 Sep 10 - 10:33 AM (#2994488) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D Are you introspective? It may depend on your brain matter size & distribution "It appears that introspective ability may depend on the volume of gray matter in a certain part of the brain. Researchers have found a link between increased amounts of gray matter in the right anterior prefrontal cortex and stronger introspective ability. " |
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27 Sep 10 - 11:43 AM (#2994526) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: SINSULL Just how do I determine the mass of grey matter in my right anterior prefrontal cortex without hurting myself, Bill? |
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27 Sep 10 - 12:48 PM (#2994569) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Amos Weigh your head while trying to introvert...?? A |
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27 Sep 10 - 01:34 PM (#2994612) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: open mike please no roadside brain surgery.... here's a smart thing to do..Please help us!! The Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council wants to help re-build 3 of the over 200 homes destroyed by fire. There were so many left homeless and displaced by this fire. If we can get to the top 100 it will be an advantage... do not give up...we are at 101! Only 3 more days.... remind all your friends, neighbors, relatives, facebook and my space friends to join in the last minute push to make it in the top 100!! See Food and Shelter 250 K http://www.refresheverything.com/concowcabins or you can Vote from your mobile phone Text* 102510 to Pepsi (73774) also posted in the help fire survivors thread... |
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27 Sep 10 - 03:35 PM (#2994677) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D "...how do I determine the mass of grey matter in my right anterior prefrontal cortex without hurting myself..." Not necessary for YOU to do it....it's for those who want to know about you. We have our methods!! "Weigh your head while trying to introvert...?" ummm.. introSPECT?...(besides, SINS is a closet extrovert) There are traffic signs around here that say "Please do not block intersection"...I have this mad urge to change them to 'introspection'. |
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27 Sep 10 - 04:44 PM (#2994733) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: VirginiaTam :~) BillD Know those annoying little yellow signs in cars "small person on board" I want to change them to say "small minded person on board" |
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27 Sep 10 - 05:41 PM (#2994770) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D LOL...yep! |
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27 Sep 10 - 06:05 PM (#2994787) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Amos LOL!! Right you are, Bill! Introspect, verb. To look within. Introvert as a verb: to cause one to become introverted. A |
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27 Sep 10 - 06:14 PM (#2994797) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: JennieG Did you know that one can have one's ashes made into a firework (after one has shuffled of this mortal coil) which can then be fired into space? Way to go......have a great party to farewell the dear departed, then light the paper and stand back......woooooooossssshhhhhhhhhh and away we go........ I have told Himself that's for me. Cheers JennieG |
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27 Sep 10 - 07:37 PM (#2994846) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: frogprince I don'y hsve crabs, lice, or scabies, and I bathe a lot more than #1Peasant; so why does my "pube" area keep giving me a fit of itching just after I take off my drawers? |
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27 Sep 10 - 08:36 PM (#2994873) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Amos You can also have them beaten into a diamond at very high temps. Much pricier, I'm sure. And less fun. Besides, who would he give it to? (Don't answer that!!!) |
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27 Sep 10 - 10:14 PM (#2994907) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee I want my ashes ground fine and tossed into the air conditioning intakes of some library. That way they'll be dusting me for years to come, and I will continue to make trouble for libraries after I'm gone. Alternately, I'd like to be done up in a plastic cylinder (like a starfish in a biology lab) and a large screw-eye set in the top. Buried vertically, folks could pull me up whenever they wanted to see how natural I as looking there I'd be -- naked, making an obscene gesture with both hands for eternity.... |
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27 Sep 10 - 10:28 PM (#2994916) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D If I was vain, I'd like to be displayed...like Jeremy Bentham "As requested in his will, Bentham's body was dissected as part of a public anatomy lecture. Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet called the "Auto-icon", with the skeleton stuffed out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes. Originally kept by his disciple Thomas Southwood Smith,[24] it was acquired by University College London in 1850. It is normally kept on public display at the end of the South Cloisters in the main building of the college, but for the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the college, it was brought to the meeting of the College Council, where it was listed as "present but not voting".[25] The Auto-icon has a wax head, as Bentham's head was badly damaged in the preservation process. The real head was displayed in the same case for many years but became the target of repeated student pranks, including being stolen on more than one occasion. It is now locked away securely.[26]" |
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27 Sep 10 - 11:58 PM (#2994947) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Jeremy also thought that putting corpses along streets would lead people to lead better lives. Perhaps as light poles? |
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28 Sep 10 - 02:22 AM (#2994978) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: open mike max sez: (on facebook) Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. |
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28 Sep 10 - 03:52 AM (#2995011) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: GUEST,Patsy >max sez: (on facebook) Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. < I dunno, having tried strawberries on a savoury salad I am open to try it just once. |
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28 Sep 10 - 06:28 AM (#2995075) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: VirginiaTam strawberries, pecans and rocket with balsamic vinaigrette is gorgeous |
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28 Sep 10 - 10:15 AM (#2995194) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: SINSULL Just saw The Loved One. Funny how life imitates art. And in the news today - no surprise - agnostics and atheists know more about religion than believers. Go figure. |
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28 Sep 10 - 10:18 AM (#2995195) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Think on this these photographs. Don't they look like B&W photos of a colonoscopy? Well, they're really photos of the vortex at the South Pole of the planet Venus (according to NASA). Why are we giving the planet a colonoscopy? And how was the prep done? Or do I really want an answer to that last? Is this why the Venus People are mad at us and are beaming radio waves into our heads unless we all wear tinfoil hats? |
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28 Sep 10 - 10:26 AM (#2995206) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Amos How did their administer the huge doses of emetic? I tried beaming waves into the staff at Sharps Hosp., but they seemed immune... A |
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28 Sep 10 - 11:34 AM (#2995264) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Stilly River Sage I have the doors standing open and let the cool fresh air in! We get about a week of fall before the weather turns yucky, so I need to enjoy it. SINS, I heard someone on the radio talking about politics and the attitudes of the "religiously certain" (who dismiss all other possible answers but their own to the world we live in, and who would dictate to everyone else how to behave). SRS |
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28 Sep 10 - 01:18 PM (#2995338) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bee-dubya-ell Whaddaya mean "NO WIRE HANGERS!" you old bat? I happen to like wire hangers. In fact, I friggin' LOVE wire hangers! So piss off! |
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28 Sep 10 - 01:22 PM (#2995345) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: gnu Old bats prefer knitted covers on their coat hangers. Easier on their little tootsies. |
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28 Sep 10 - 01:54 PM (#2995367) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee I was once bat boy for a women's softball team. |
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28 Sep 10 - 09:13 PM (#2995687) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T Why do so many people believe so many weird things? Why people believe weird things |
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28 Sep 10 - 09:17 PM (#2995690) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T How to be happy |
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28 Sep 10 - 09:43 PM (#2995698) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D Ed...those pages are treasures! |
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28 Sep 10 - 09:56 PM (#2995707) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Stilly River Sage Interesting, Ed T! Thanks for the links! |
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28 Sep 10 - 11:38 PM (#2995761) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Why do so many rocks like to live underwater? |
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29 Sep 10 - 12:14 AM (#2995783) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: GUEST,Ebbie, housesitting Why do so many people believe so many weird things? Ed T, weird beliefs come in varied forms. Even philosophy majors have some weird beliefs, I have no doubt. How about it, Bill? Care to share some? :) |
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29 Sep 10 - 07:43 AM (#2995958) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T Parents less likely to buy cars for overweight kids....what will they research next? overweight kids |
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29 Sep 10 - 10:31 AM (#2996073) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: GUEST,Patsy >strawberries, pecans and rocket with balsamic vinaigrette is gorgeous< Thanks VirginiaTam that does sound good I will try that, what would you serve that with? >Why do so many people believe so many weird things?< I think it is a conspiracy designed to make people neurotic as hell. With an aging population living longer it is a contrived attack from the back door just as raising the retirement age is for some people. |
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29 Sep 10 - 10:47 AM (#2996080) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee I think it's because they're dirty and need a nice, long soak. |
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29 Sep 10 - 12:01 PM (#2996140) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D "Even philosophy majors have some weird beliefs, I have no doubt. How about it, Bill? Care to share some? :)" Oh, many of us believed that graduate seminars would actually cover the topic advertised! SOME seemed to believe that all our professors took the subject seriously. |
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29 Sep 10 - 01:23 PM (#2996212) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: GUEST,Ebbie, housesitting Good start, Bill! My contention is that *no one* is wholly rational, that we all have blind or unexamined hypotheses that usually serve us well. |
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29 Sep 10 - 02:04 PM (#2996241) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T Are you the reincarnation of a famous person? paranormal belief |
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29 Sep 10 - 04:24 PM (#2996335) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D "My contention is that *no one* is wholly rational, that we all have blind or unexamined hypotheses..." That's no doubt pretty close, Ebbie.... what is difficult is cultivating the self-awareness to 'catch yourself' and achieve something of a correction process...(meaning not "getting the right answers", but rather just sorting out the status of the questions and finding a fair & reasonable method of evaluating YOUR biases in comparison with the easy-to-see biases of others.) (sheesh...took me awhile just to construct that explication!) What I learned from Philosophy was some of the basic principles of what 'rational' meant and that many questions were by definition 'tricky' and might remain so for a long... ∞ ∞ ...time. I do attempt to self-correct my own "blind or unexamined hypotheses", but the way it goes is that someone whose own biases go the other way will tell me that I have failed...*wry grin*. Socrates said "Know thyself" but his instruction book on how is itself subject to debate. (I said facetiously for years that I chose Philosophy because it was one area where you could make a living just being 'clever' and not having to be 'right'.) |
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29 Sep 10 - 09:41 PM (#2996534) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Didn't ol' Socrates mean "Know thyself" in the "biblical" sense?? I can see him in the Agora responding to some wise-ass who just splattered mud all over his clean chiton with his chariot: middle fingers upraised, shouting "γνῶθι σεαυτόν!" as the guy rides away. |
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29 Sep 10 - 09:55 PM (#2996540) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: SINSULL I am totally rattled. A young man poured gasoline all over himself and used a lighter to set himself on fire - in front of two of my co-workers. I feel so sad that someone so young should feel so desperate. I can't imagine the pain my co-workers are in. One of them was involved in running down a robber last week. He came back to the office with bloody fists and a tale of stopping a break in at a jewelry store. SHIT! I left NYC to get away from this crap. Rant over. I pity the young man's mother tonight. He is just 24 years old. I pray for the best outcome for all concerned. SINS |
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29 Sep 10 - 10:12 PM (#2996548) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Good Lord, Sins! What would drive a young man to do such a thing? I hope only the best for his family, but I fear he has put them in much pain -- he must have been suffering to do that. Wasn't there any indication of what he was going through? Never mind. Rant off. |
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29 Sep 10 - 10:25 PM (#2996553) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D so sad...makes MY troubles feel like petty nuisances. I feel for the troubled young man, and for the two who had to witness such a thing. .......... |
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29 Sep 10 - 10:37 PM (#2996558) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bee-dubya-ell Are you the reincarnation of a famous person? Yes, I'm the reincarnation of myself. As far as I know, I'm the only person to have been reincarnated without going through the trouble of dying first. It happened last Wednesday while I was sleeping. When I went to bed, I was me. When I woke up the next morning, I was me. Does this make me the reincarnation of a famous person? No, but only because I've chosen to keep the unique story of my reincarnation a secret. If I were to let it become public knowledge, then I would be famous. |
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29 Sep 10 - 10:44 PM (#2996562) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D Wow! I'm calling the media! Someone at CNN needs to know about this! ....no, wait.... you said....ummmm...but.... |
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29 Sep 10 - 10:57 PM (#2996565) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Stilly River Sage YO! Bobert! I mixed a bag of 1/3 flour and 2/3 cornmeal (Zatarain's Fish Fry) and dropped the slices of okra I'd just picked. Shook 'em around, picked 'em out, and fried 'em. And the bag is in the fridge waiting for the next batch. How's that sound? SRS |
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30 Sep 10 - 08:48 AM (#2996763) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Fattening and artery clogging? Okra will do that to you, you know. |
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30 Sep 10 - 03:37 PM (#2997056) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T "Does this make me the reincarnation of a famous person? No, but only because I've chosen to keep the unique story of my reincarnation a secret. If I were to let it become public knowledge, then I would be famous" Unfortunately for you, we have smoked you out of the woods....your secret is now in the public domain....Deal with it. |
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30 Sep 10 - 05:09 PM (#2997109) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: The Fooles Troupe Porn surge found in states that helped elect president |
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30 Sep 10 - 08:45 PM (#2997245) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T Foolestroupe, I suspect you could be losing your marbles:) Hopefully, you can see that there are far too many confounding elements associated with this research to make it worthy of citing or posting. |
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30 Sep 10 - 08:49 PM (#2997248) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Bill D LOL...and some statistician once found a very high correlation in the salaries of college professors and the consumption of alcohol! |
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30 Sep 10 - 09:10 PM (#2997261) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T Scroll down....click on cash for cats. You your unwanted cats could be worth a fortune:) cash for cats |
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30 Sep 10 - 10:10 PM (#2997274) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Oh, I think a 170 grain round nose to be perfectly adequate. |
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02 Oct 10 - 09:02 AM (#2998043) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T Handy Guide to Doublespeak! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you next read an academic paper or attend a conference where much is said about nothing, make sure you have this handy guide by your side. "IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"... I didn't look up the original reference. "A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"... This data is practically meaningless. "WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published. "THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"... The other results didn't make any sense. "TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"... This is the most confusing graph. "THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded. "IN MY EXPERIENCE"... Once. "IN CASE AFTER CASE"... Twice. "IN A SERIES OF CASES"... Thrice. "IT IS BELIEVED THAT"... I think. "IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"... A couple of others think so, too. "CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE" ... Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. "ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"... Rumour has it. "A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"... A really wild guess. "A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"... Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a beer glass. "IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"... I don't understand it....and I never will. "AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"... They don't understand it either. "A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"... A totally useless topic selected by my committee. "IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN THIS FIELD"... I am pleased to feed you this rubbish. __________________ |
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02 Oct 10 - 10:09 AM (#2998068) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T The world |
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02 Oct 10 - 10:11 AM (#2998071) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T should fox hunting be stopped? |
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02 Oct 10 - 10:38 AM (#2998087) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: gnu Rap... is that an Anchutz, bull barrel, 22 mag? |
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02 Oct 10 - 11:05 AM (#2998105) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T Some Anschutz rifles |
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02 Oct 10 - 11:21 AM (#2998114) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: gnu I went to the Anschutz site and the pic at the top of the homepage shows the distinctive knurling on the forestock. I am surprised they have changed this TM on the new models. I read the blurb for the first one and shook my head... "Please find here our rifles for a low-cost but very rapid and especially precise and effective ammunition with only little shot release noise for the closed season." |
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06 Oct 10 - 01:16 PM (#3001095) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Ed T measuring the circumference of the Earth a stick, a ruler and some simp |
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06 Oct 10 - 02:30 PM (#3001161) Subject: RE: Open Topic Thread Here!!! From: Rapparee Dirty FACE! That's it! |
