little_old_man

What's the prize for most deaths? It has to be more than just giving him shit because we do that to him constantly.

Don't listen to Artipuss Slime. He's just jealous.

It's about freeking time Sherm. Hang out on the forums and make at least 25 new posts or replies to existing subjects. We'll get you tagged up soon enough. Glad you're here.

I've got one I'll let go for $200

I don't care what anybody says, you don't look a day over 90. Happy birthday LCB.

Partly sunny, high of about 65 in northern California.

If I have clear skies I'll look for it tonight. Thanks DJ.

The ban looks like a server import from PB. We're looking into it now and will let you know asap.

There is hope for you yet Ter. Paul Harvey was actually a well known conservative so his words were right wing by his own design. He was a master wordsmith and was able to entertain people on all sides of the political spectrum. Even NPR did a tribute on his death and they're about as far left as media can get. Now if we could just get you to listen to Rush and FOX, your change to the dark side will be complete.

He died in 2009 and was on the air right up until his death at 90, so we don't have to be that old to remember him.

I thought you had a girlfriend, which should eliminate the need for porn.

For most of my life I remember listening to Paul Harvey on the radio and reading him in the papers, and always enjoyed his editorials. In 1964 he wrote an editorial simply titled "If I was the Devil". Over the years he updated it to fit current events, but I prefer the original and am amazed how it somewhat fits the world today. Read it and see if you don't agree. If I Were the Devil If I were the Prince of Darkness I would want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I'd have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree. So I should set about however necessary, to take over the United States. I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whispers to you as I whispered to Eve, "Do as you please." To the young I would whisper "The Bible is a myth." I would convince them that "man created God," instead of the other way around. I would confide that "what is bad is good and what is good is square." In the ears of the young married I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be "extreme" in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct. And the old I would teach to pray — to say after me — "Our father which are in Washington." Then I'd get organized. I'd educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull, uninteresting. I'd threaten TV with dirtier movies, and vice-versa. I'd infiltrate unions and urge more loafing, less work. Idle hands usually work for me. I'd peddle narcotics to whom I could, I'd sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction, I'd tranquilize the rest with pills. If I were the Devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects, but neglect to discipline emotions; let those run wild. I'd designate an atheist to front for me before the highest courts and I'd get preachers to say, "She's right." With flattery and promises of power I would get the courts to vote against God and in favor of pornography. Thus I would evict God from the courthouse, then from the schoolhouse, then from the Houses of Congress. Then in his own churches I'd substitute psychology for religion and deify science. If I were Satan I'd make the symbol of Easter an egg And the symbol of Christmas a bottle. If I were the Devil I'd take from those who have and give to those who wanted until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. Then my police state would force everybody back to work. Then I would separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines and objectors in slave-labor camps. If I were Satan I'd just keep doing what I'm doing and the whole world go to hell as sure as the Devil.

Way to go Budman. Congratulations!

Congratulations DA. Well deserved.

It was big news around here until recently. Of course an "internal" investigation found the rescue crews not at fault. The sad part is that the girl was alive and the fire truck killed her. She might have lived otherwise.

When the plane hit the end of the runway the tail section broke off and the girl with a few others ended up on the ground near the plane. As the firetrucks approached the wreckage they started spraying foam and didn't see the girl, then ran over her with a truck. Seems like a really stupid mistake to make by firemen. You would think that would be the first thing they look for.

Congratulations gentlemen. Now get to work.

I would never want a picture of a yellowjacket that badly. Why don't you do something more safe like standing in front of an oncoming train?

I'm always amazed when the find WWII vets so long after the war. May he finally be at rest. Thanks for the link Loader.

99% of people wouldn't really notice much difference between 25 and 100 mbps. When I changed from DSL to cable a couple years ago, it went from 4 to 25 mbps, and while I noticed a big difference when up and downloading files, it didn't make any difference when I was gaming. My ping stayed exactly the same. I've worked with T-1 lines and played on fiber before through a friend. I really didn't think it was a big deal. Most speed issues come down to the infrastructure between you and the server you're trying to connect to.

If you have a decent quality SLR camera with a tripod you can still take some pretty amazing shots of the stars with long exposures regardless of the amount of city light pollution. The camera can capture stars that you can't see with your eyes and the results are usually amazing. The shots I took of the comet and stars at the beginning of this thread are an example of what you can do simply by steadying a camera on something solid. The trees look orange because of the street lights in front of my house. With a tripod you can take much longer exposures and the stars really get brighter and jump out at you.

I just threw up a little.

You can't win them all. Great game by the way.

Happy birthday Spankers. I hope you got a case of new shiney nades for your birthday.

Thank you Kleine, I hope you have a great new year.