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Honeywell was on board that flight. Corporate made a bigger deal out of it than they did the myriad of parts we flew on ARES I-X. I wish you'd have been able to make it. Something like that would be pretty cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
How'd the opportunity come by?
Greg Allman was married to Cher?
Whoa.
I know what I'm getting arkansasbob for Christmas now. One of his favorites (and Greg Allman, too!).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_the_Hard_Way
wow. i can't wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
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:laugh: gold
I'm doing horrible in school, and I'm going to lose TOPS before I even get to college.
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Originally Posted by DAWG DUDE
Maybe you need to devote the same amount of time that you do to BBB, :)
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Originally Posted by DAWG DUDE
Get into college and then screw up. Dang, Dawg Dude!
Lock that up, dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAWG DUDE
That money helps a lot. You can do it!
I love Tech.
Time has not been good for Jesse Ventura.
School is a hell of a lot easier and a hell of a lot more fun than going to work every day and all day. Take my word for it. You just need to put a work effort, hell, 1/2 work effort (2 straight and hard hours of nothing but school per night) into studying and I guarantee success. If you don't believe me just punch in www.maxwellsmarket.com (the business that I own and run) and check out the store hours on the right hand side. Just take care of this easy shit now and get yourself educated in a field that allows you a little time off in the future. I promise that the time and effort you put in over the next short period of your life will repay you a ton in the future. If you don't straighten up a bit I'll sell you this damn grocery store and that'll learn you.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAWG DUDE
I just got an Outstanding Student scholarship from Tech
What field is that? Most of the people I know that invested time in their education work much longer hours than the average laborer or "office worker."Quote:
Originally Posted by marketdawg
Notice the "little time off" reference. Truth be told, a good business owner stands a much better chance of getting out early than a lawyer, MD, ect.. Truly the PhD/educator is the most lucrative vs hrs worked that I know of personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
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Originally Posted by Guisslapp
Yeah, if you don't mind the "publish or perish" nonsense, higher ed is not a bad way to make a living.Quote:
Originally Posted by marketdawg
Wife made homemade turtles - cashew and pecan - now I'm consistently popping 200+ on the glucose machine...
Not good - but good at the same time...
(These things are akin to crack...)
I need a haircut....
..... it's starting to look like JFord's head. :bigcry:
Mrs. Champ graduated from college on Saturday, and our boy turned 4 on Sunday.
I am tremendously proud of each of them.
If all goes well, I'll finally be out of the hospital tomorrow
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Originally Posted by jubru
colin cowherd is a moron.
what'd he say now?Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
it's more a general observation. i had espn radio on when i got in the car this morning and was unfortunate enough to listen to him for a few minutes before i realized what was going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Ah. Well, agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
His show ranks up there with Steve A Smith's show for me.
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Originally Posted by arkansasbob
100% Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by atobulldog
My son's 4th grade class did a nice Christmas gift for parents. It was a framed sheet of paper that randomly listed things their parent likes. It printed the things I REALLY like in large print and the print decreased in size from there. I may need to work on my priorities if this is the way a 10 year old boy sees his dad, but still not bad...
1. Bulldogs
2. Church
3. Family
4. Golf
5. Bass
6. Camp
7. Stormchasers
8. Gumbo
9. Football
10. Backstrap
11. Man vs. Wild
12. Burgers
i agree. burgers, gumbo, and football are way too low on that list. :icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
My aunt was cooking boxed potatoes when the glass baking dish exploded in the oven. It didn't crack and fall apart. It blew up. So, at first I thought "thermal expansion," right? Except the dish was loaded with the potatoes and had four cups of boiling water poured into the dish. Additionally, this dish had been used in an oven many, many times.
So, what makes borosilicate explode under heat like that?
was the lid on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
Maybe it's not made for infinite use?Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
Apparently not, but I'm still surprised that the pan exploded instead of just cracking and falling apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
sounds almost like it got cracked somehow beforehand, but not bad enough to come apart. then a little water got in the cracks and heated up -- b.l.e.v.e.
Whatever it was, I wish I could find a way to recreate and mass produce it. I think this would be a GREAT prank gift item. It made a pretty loud popping sound that could be heard from the next room and pieces of the pan traveled pretty large distances inside the oven.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
The oven the size of a house or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
No, but it is decent size I guess. Pieces moved up to three or four inches, which I would call a relatively large distance considering there wasn't any intention to move them at all. My point is, pieces displaced a greater distance than they would have if they had just fallen off of the pan.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Additionally, very tiny pieces of glass were caught up on top of where the metal rack slides in above where the metal rack was slid in.
Crazily cold weather makes me very concerned for the homeless. I heard a radio piece on NPR yesterday where a homeless shelter director was out (in Atlanta, I think) trying to get people to come to the shelter for the night. All but one person they talked to elected to stay outdoors. I realize it is their choice and you can't make them go inside, but it really makes me feel sorry for them (I hate to be cold). Especially since someone who opts to sleep in a cardboard box when it is 4 degrees outside is probably not playing with a full deck for one reason or another.
NPR? Really? That explains a lot.:icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
There is a homeless guy down the street from my office who eats out of trash cans. One of the local cafes has offered him food, but he won't accept it. They started placing the food in a trash can to fake him off. He now gets several well balanced meals per day.
If I'm going to listen to (non-sports) news on the radio, I'd prefer that it be delivered in a calm and reasoned manner.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Plus -- Diane Rehm is one FOXY mamacita.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
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Originally Posted by inudesu
You hit the nail on the head. Our homeless "problem" is a direct result of liberals trying to make people who have no business amoung the general population (for their own good) part of society. They wanted so bad for these people to be out of institutions they sent them right out on the street so they can freeze to death. A perfect example of having great intentions but not dealing with the reality of the situation that liberals do all the time.
Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by GonzoDawg
Don't want to let facts get in the way of a good old fashioned tirade, but only about 16-26% of homeless people are mentally ill.
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Originally Posted by Brian96
Yes and many more are drug addicts. So. They are still out there as a result.
Most people are homeless because of Bush.
Leaving this one open for the Dirtydawg types out there.
Touchy subject and one that I tend to "whistle while I walk by the graveyard" on. I lived on a buddie's couch for a period of time and then lived in an unheated, no AC and no phone apartment with no vehicle for a couple of years (BTW: Greedy ex-wives suck!). I got up every day and went to work at a business down the street, 7 days a week, oftentimes 14 hours each day. The only thing I'd like to point out is that I own that business now. Being close to homeless was no fun and I'd have damn sure been that way had it not been for good friends and a little help from family and I'd assume that some of those folks out there aren't fortunate to have one or the other.
~35-38%Quote:
Originally Posted by GonzoDawg
Still leaves quite a few (at least 40%) who fit in neither category.
Game..blouses
A Tech alumni went on a missions trip to Haiti. During this trip, her group repaired the roof of a school cafeteria. This was before the earthquake.
That actually pretty much sums up the extra significance of this whole catastrophe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
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Originally Posted by Brian96
Or haven't been categorized at all. Or are panhandling by choice and are fully capable of finding a job and working if they wanted to. The fact still remains that many of the homeless are mentally ill and have no business being on the street and are there as a result of misguided liberals with good intentions and poor results. My point as I recall.
There are as many bad drivers in Texas as in Louisiana.
Agreed. But it's a raw number, so when I look at the per capita situation I feel better.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
But neither are as bad as Washington.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Is anyone else getting tired of the over use of the word "Douche Bag".... Just asking...?
Hmmm. Maybe you're just hearing it more often than others. :icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by buck_dawg_gold
Maybe we should change substitute the word "Tebow" for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by buck_dawg_gold
Corndog sould be a viable substitute
I hate moving.
me too. where ya going? (i know -- you thought i'd never ask...)Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
I love it. I hate staying in one place too long.
Just moving within Fort Worth. We'll actually be right by TCU now. Like, "please don't park in my driveway for football games" close.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob
There will be plenty of positives about the move and I'm trying to remind myself of them daily. But it wasn't really our choice (the short version is that our current landlord is trying to sell the house we're in and we don't want to buy it) and it was a little sudden how it all went down and it's a little more rent for a little smaller house and (of course) the whole actual packing the boxes and cleaning and culling the junk moving thing.
It'll be fine, but it's going to be a long week.
And you're not using Westv for your move. The very idea!
Charge them a parking fee and put up a sign that says LTAC donations welcomed.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
I am looking forward to wandering around on gamedays and bumming free food from tailgaters.Quote:
Originally Posted by atobulldog
See, there ya go. I knew you'd work your way up to "glass half FULL." :icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
Wearing your Tech blue, I'm sure. Just tell 'em you hate Boise, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
I certainly don't own anything purple.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
Family resemblance ???
Maggie Anne - 6 months
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs166....0_128646_n.jpg
Her daddy (with her uncles) - age 32
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...28529_8877.jpg
Dude, are you REALLY drinking Mich Ultra???
I was doing Atkins diet at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
Beer snob.
Nothing wrong with a Mich Ultra...you get just as drunk off of them as the "good" beers and for cheaper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
Do you think that the fact we don't have random people showing up from the future is a sign that time travel is never invented or that we just live in a really boring period of history?
You have much to learn about beer-drinking, good sir. If getting drunk for cheap is your goal, there are better options than beer. Beer is sacred, and Michelob has commited a vile act of sacrilege with their low-calorie offering.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
Everyone knows that WHEN, not if, time travel is invented, you can only travel back as far as to when the time machine was created.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
So yeah, once we create the time machine, I expect the first thing that will happen is some dude coming through from the other side telling us that its a BAD IDEA and we should DESTROY IT IMMEDIATELY
And of course we won't listen.
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Originally Posted by BLUE collar
I think we will have "virtual" time travel one day, and people will be satisfied with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by CChandler
That isn't what Doc and Marty will tell you.Quote:
Originally Posted by CChandler
Ever notice how fajita's stop sizzling when they bring them to your table? I think it is just the server going "sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssss" as he or she walks through the restaurant.
Like an animal version of McGyverQuote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
Thats what she saidQuote:
Originally Posted by johnnylightnin
Just discovering this thread and trying to read all the way through it, that is why I'm posting back to back post and making comments on old post.
I think we all figured that out already. It's a fun thread to read. You should try the "what are you listening to" one next (although youtube has removed a lot of the links).Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
This year I've purchased tickets to 92 MLB games in addition to the 25 games that comes with my Tech season tickets. This doesn't include the countless MiLB games I will attend if Jericho returns to Daytona. Hi, I'm Joseph, and I'm a baseballaholic.
Hi Joseph, welcome to our group.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla
name that songQuote:
Originally Posted by marketdawg
A/An are both articles, not adjectives. The rule is actually that a i used when the article is modifying a word that begins with a connsonant sound. An is used when modifying a word that begins with a vowel sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirtydawg
Ex: A University, An Uncle
It's difficult to fail when you're honest with those around you. Being honest with others and yourself makes it nearly impossible.
Dude! Wasn't this from like two yeas ago? Nevertheless, thanks for proving Dirtydawg wrong again.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
Now please go into the usage of the word "the" and when it should be pronounced thee (long e). We've got some radio folks that need to be brushed up on that one.
...and you only have to remember half as much.:icon_wink: I think Abe Lincoln said that.Quote:
Originally Posted by LATechBanjo
Thee is used when refering to a person. It is like thou or thine. THE is an article like a/an.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
EX: Might I take thee to a movie. (some refer to it as Queen's English)
I will take you to the movie.
Also yes it most likely was from that long ago. As I mentioned in a post just a few above this one. I'm just discovering this thread and working my way through reading them.
No I'm talking about pronunciation of the word "the" as it should be pronounced when preceding a word beginning with a vowel or a vowel sound...similar to a/an you discussed earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
I guess not since you haven't made but 3 post since joining in AugustQuote:
Originally Posted by El Beako
Lincoln's Generals were Socialists
Both are pronounced "the" neither are pronounced "tha"Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Neither IS pronounced . . .?:icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
Sorry, got caught up in the moment and did it wrong myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
do we need to revive the grammar thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUE collar
"thee" before a vowel sound, "thuh" before a consonant sound.
and a/an depends on the word it preceeds, not the word it modifies.
Absolutly False... it usually is the word that the article preceeds, but not always. "The is always used, never "Thuh."Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbob