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I've been informed by my hosting company that we're being moved to a new server. It's all part of their overall service to me that every year or so, they increase memory, storage and bandwidth to my plan without increasing the price. One more reason I like dealing with those folks.
So, with that in mind, at around 10pm EDT this Sunday night (The 11th of July), the site may be down for around 15 minutes or so.
I do not foresee this helping my paranoid schizophrenia any, but very well then. Thanks, Zapster.
Strong
09-07-2010, 10:35 AM
OK, but I'll be checking.
DarleneO
09-07-2010, 02:56 PM
I'll be likely falling asleep on the couch at that time.. so all is well! :-)
ewomack
10-07-2010, 05:12 PM
Oh oh... did someone find the non-indexed thread? I can help you escape if you need routes...
If it's not too much trouble could you change that to CST, Zapper? Thanks.
pctec
11-07-2010, 01:08 PM
I like boobies!!!
Consequently, Ill be looking at them during the downtime...
Big Dan
11-07-2010, 04:01 PM
I like boobies!!!
Consequently, Ill be looking at them during the downtime...
Now there's a big surprise! :sqlaugh:
pctec
11-07-2010, 05:36 PM
I feel so transparent now...
Big Dan
11-07-2010, 07:38 PM
I feel so transparent now...
Transparent brasseries would be nice of course. ;)
ewomack
26-07-2010, 07:49 PM
I had a planned outage once... once... :sqfrown:
I had a planned outage once... once... :sqfrown:
Many of mine are unplanned. Some are even unmanned.
My outages always involve berry picking and picnic lunches with dangerous insects.
Muddy
27-07-2010, 11:23 AM
My outages have thankfully been few and were remedied with a quick tuck and zip.
Ferre
27-07-2010, 11:34 AM
My outages have always involved large quantities of recreational drugs. :sqrofl:
vectro
27-07-2010, 01:22 PM
Good hosting deal, Zap. I upgrade my customers for free, too, but only when the servers need it. It's cool that they do this for you yearly.
julien_simon
27-07-2010, 02:54 PM
my brain has been down for a couple of days....I should contact my host body...
Most of life on earth is smaller than the eye can see, and only a tiny percentage of it is known.
Ferre
22-08-2010, 02:32 AM
Most of life on earth is smaller than the eye can see, and only a tiny percentage of it is known.
All ants on this planet combined have about the same mass en weight as all humans combined. There are many more ants than humans.
All ants on this planet combined have about the same mass en weight as all humans combined. There are many more ants than humans.Wow, those are some huge ants.
; )
Ferre
22-08-2010, 09:21 AM
I always have to laugh when I see people declare that "humans are the dominant species on earth". People who state this are often found in the religious parts of this world and in environments where there is little education going on. Humans may be technically advanced in the sense that they can make complicated tools and are able to wipe out (most) other species but as far as "dominance" goes, the human race has been very lucky so far that ants have not declared war on them, the real dominant species on this planet are ants, there is no way for humans to wipe out all ants without wiping out themselves in the process, and even then ants will most probably survive.
Long after we have made this world inhabitable for humans, ants will still thrive on this planet, that's how "dominant" the human species is. :sqlaugh:
I watched Lord of the Ants last night for the second time, it's quite interesting, Dr. Wilson is quite the naturalist, he's the one that started the Encyclopedia of Life. He's considered the world's authority on ants.
Biologist E.O. Wilson uses his lifelong love and fascination with ants to exemplify his theories about humans and Sociobiology that have earned him two Pulitzer Prizes; some of his colleagues discuss his work and ideas about the world.
With ants, it's all about chemicals, and it's thought that these chemical instructions are encoded in their genes.
Unfortunately Mr. wilson was blinded in one eye by a spiny fish as a child. When you yank a fish at the end of the line from the water with your pole it comes right at you like a pendulum, I've been slapped by many a trout in my day. I've been spined plenty by the spiny dorsal finned fish, blue gill and such..
thankfully never got it in the eye though.
All ants on this planet combined have about the same mass en weight as all humans combined. There are many more ants than humans.
"How do you fight a force that knows what your next move will be?"
:sqeek:
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Phase IV.
B-movie (with ants) I enjoyed.
Indy and the Crystal Skull.
Did not enjoy this film, but it had a few good bits, this being one of them:
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I disposed of a fire ant covered, dead mole cricket this morning. I had no idea what it was until I looked for it in the Encyclopedia Of Life and happened to spot it in the cricket section, I wasn't even sure it was a cricket.. weird looking things they are.
There's quite a diversity of life down here in southern TN, I guess the weather is right, AL has even more diversity.
It looked just like this but a tiny bit darker. They're large, about twice the size of a common black cricket.. they fashion their burrows like a trumpet with two holes to amplify their calls, I'm not exactly sure what they mean by that.
http://3t9.com/Atom/mole_cricket.jpg
There are iridescent purple skinks of some sort running around down here, they move really fast.
I'm overrun with moles this year, it may have something to do with food availability. They actually get in front of my riding mower going full speed and run like hell for quite a ways down the tall grass line before ducking into cover, it's almost like they're playing a game with me, one in which the mower never catches them but comes close at full tilt.
Actually those salamanders or w/e they are are dark blue with a purplish iridescence.
I just saw on a Huey Long documentary where the state of LA shot the animals in the zoos for food during the great depression, so.. yeah. Take that.
The first strange thing I noticed on that mole cricket was the disproportionately large head. This is the first one I've seen.
Huh, 50 men fist fighting over one barrel of garbage they just said. Me I'd be down to the gun shop rustling me up a deer rifle.
I hear the deer pop was kinda low back then though.
To be honest, a .22 rifle would be ideal all things considered. Y'all might wanna consider stocking up. At least one per family member.
Muddy
25-08-2010, 10:27 PM
Deer pop?
I'm sure it's probably sacrilegious or something to refer to sexual proliferation in such a way but I'm sorry, plus it just sounds cool.
Honey can you get me a freeze pop out of the Frigidaire please? Thanks.
Strong
26-08-2010, 07:08 AM
Frigidaire? Is that a colloquial term for a bj after she's been sucking a popsicle? :sqconfused:
Kinky!
Frigidaire? Is that a colloquial term for a bj after she's been sucking a popsicle? :sqconfused:
Kinky!No, back near the dawn of electric refrigeration it was commonplace to refer to the fridge by it's brand name, as if the company was some kind of techno-god.
Ferre
26-08-2010, 12:13 PM
Frigidaire is French for fridge. That's all. :3smile:
Muddy
26-08-2010, 01:12 PM
I thought it was if your wife never wants to have sex and your buddy makes a bet he could change that.
Frigidaire is French for fridge. That's all. :3smile:"fridge" is a nickname.
That nickname wasn't even in vogue till 1926.
Ferre
26-08-2010, 01:54 PM
Excuse my Engrlisch, of course I meant the old refrigerator. :3unsure:
Excuse my Engrlisch, of course I meant the old refrigerator. :3unsure:But you're right though, I'm just wondering how a nickname can precede it's root word. :sqconfused:
I honestly don't see how people understand other languages, I get confused enough with my own.
Actually I think that fridge does precede Frigidaire because it's the nickname for not just Frigidaire but refrigerator, which I'm assuming preceded them both.
So it's actually my error. "fridge" actually has two root words and I assumed the newer, which was my mistake.
I'm tempted to research the word refrigerator now but I'll be damned if I will, I've had it.
lol
Ferre
26-08-2010, 04:00 PM
Here, Let me google that for you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=refrigerator)
Leave it to the English to throw in a d where ever they please.
I like the name SMEG for a fridge.
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Strong
27-08-2010, 08:52 AM
Leave it to the English to throw in a d where ever they please.
Well if you Americans pronounced the words correctly you'd find the need for the 'd'. :sqwink:
Hoover, same problem.
Well if you Americans pronounced the words correctly you'd find the need for the 'd'. :sqwink:
Hoover, same problem.Any effort expended to pronounce the d in fridge is futile to all good meat eating rednecks.
You got me on the hoover, I'm not sure if I felt a breeze over my head or not, I may need more coffee.
Strong
27-08-2010, 01:01 PM
Was the word rednecks the operative one in that last post? :sqwink:
Hoover; many in our neck of the woods use the word hoover instead of vacuum cleaner. Hoover of course were one of the earlier vacuum cleaner manufacturers. There name has become synonymous with the product to the point where it is used interchangeably by some. Like Kafkaesque, it is part of the language now.
Was the word rednecks the operative one in that last post? :sqwink:Oh, no I meant red meatnecks, sorry.
Hoover; many in our neck of the woods use the word hoover instead of vacuum cleaner. Hoover of course were one of the earlier vacuum cleaner manufacturers. There name has become synonymous with the product to the point where it is used interchangeably by some. Like Kafkaesque, it is part of the language now.Wow, cool, just like Frigidaire, very well then.
Muddy
27-08-2010, 08:47 PM
Kleenex.
Muddy
28-08-2010, 01:04 AM
I asked you for a fuckin' cheeseburger!
Wrong thread, Mud.
I'm thinking that the counter person may have disagreed with what he said he ordered, and him being a loose cannon to begin with simply went off from that point. Too bad the camera wasn't turned on a bit sooner.
Muddy
28-08-2010, 12:14 PM
Isn't this the planned outrage thread?
Isn't this the planned outrage thread?That's exactly what I see when I view the title of this thread as well, I wonder if we both have extra sensory perception or something.
I have vague memories of being present at a cake walk as a youngster. We walked in on it mistakenly as we thought that was the day our Rock band was to practice there, it was at my grade school auditorium. That experience still puzzles me to this day.
It was like one of those weird nightmares except that I wasn't sleeping.
The participants looked ancient. I now am their age but not a walk to be found. Now I'll never know what I am missing out on. I suppose I could organize one but I can't decide on the tune. Silver Shamrock maybe. Anyone see the first Halloween? That was wild. The Silver Shamrock song was stuck in my head for months.
oops, I think it was actually called Halloween III.
ewomack
31-08-2010, 05:40 PM
When I was a mere infant, my parents left a tube of toothpaste within my reach. I ate the entire tube. The vomit was apparently prodigious. My first childhood memory is me vomiting on my pillow while my mom says "let it out, let it out." I think that was the toothpaste.
Flagellate the Beelzebub out of ye selves I say!
Strong
01-09-2010, 12:57 PM
I noticed :sqlaugh:
Zap, the help is laughing at the members again..
Strongy are you sure you aren't reading that as flatulate? lol
Strong
01-09-2010, 01:22 PM
One seems natural to me, the other a strange contrivance of a deluded society, but both worthy of a good chuckle. :sqlaugh:
The world is too big for yesterdays and tomorrows on the internet, we are reduced to mere hourlings.
I've never tried to make potato salad before, I know better.
I had a planned outage just the other day, I'll not go into details.
Everyone thinks it's so easy to talk about nothing, little do they know.
http://3t9.com/Atom/icon_imslow_non_an.gif
I have to mow the lawn. Goodbye for now. Can someone please conduct a prayer vigil for me while I'm away? Thanks.
Big Dan
13-09-2010, 01:13 PM
I have to mow the lawn. Goodbye for now. Can someone please conduct a prayer vigil for me while I'm away? Thanks.
Keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times.
Muddy
13-09-2010, 01:46 PM
And other lengthy appendages.
ewomack
13-09-2010, 05:33 PM
Yeah, man... I hate it when than happens...
I've narrowly averted personal catastrophe once again. I done went and disconnected my seat switch because I don't like it, yet I mow very steep hills and we almost lost it for real this time we did. lol
I need to be thanking the grass god or something.
Ferre
13-09-2010, 05:53 PM
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I'd be just my luck to get all chopped up because I defeated the seat's safety switch, I've been doing it for many years without major incident now so I figure it might be about time for Murphy to come around lol.
Big Dan
13-09-2010, 10:49 PM
I'd be just my luck to get all chopped up because I defeated the seat's safety switch, I've been doing it for many years without major incident now so I figure it might be about time for Murphy to come around lol.
That'd be some shit. I can see the headlines now: "Man gets chopped up due to safety switch he circumvented" :sqeek::sqlaugh:
I've been considering reconnecting the switch for a couple of decades now. Maybe next summer.
Ferre
14-09-2010, 12:33 PM
Hey bro, 709,000 results. 709,000 RESULTS!
Google (http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=killed+by+lawn+mower&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m3g-o1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=280187d6f0589da0)
Just sayin'
Yeah, maybe I'll go out right now and reconnect it, I was going to do it twice about 10 years ago but forgot each time.
No but seriously, what I should do is install a manual switch, that way I can exit the mower on level ground and it'll stay running, which is what I want, then when I resume mowing I'll just flick the switch back to the saftey position.
I'll probably mount a switch on the dash and wire it to override the seat switch (or not), I think that would be the safest compromise.
Anyone else have a tendency to misspell safety? lol
Muddy
14-09-2010, 01:19 PM
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Pushing my riding mower to it's limits is my idea of relatively safe fun, plus the lawn gets mowed at the same time. I've not rolled one yet but I did manage to flip one over backward once, my foot didn't get to the clutch/brake in time after the mower had started an incline that happened to be a large tree. I was looking behind me at something and headed right into a tree whose circumference was the perfect size to accommodate my mower's front tire spread and it just crawled right up the tree until it flipped over backward. Luckily I was able to roll out of the way lol.
Muddy
14-09-2010, 01:31 PM
I can't take any mower.
Never let it be said that you can't be too safe, I think one actually can. C'mon kids, live a little!
Boy this is a weird thread. I like Planned Outage, it's inviting. Are you an inage or an outage?
Big Dan
14-09-2010, 03:36 PM
Just make it a kill switch where if you fall off the blade stops spinning.
If there were a practical way to do that I would, but there isn't because the blade engage/disengage is purely mechanical.
I'm coming down with a cold. It starts with a scratchy cough. I'll let you know how it ends.
Nice one, Rob. lol!
http://3t9.com/Atom/Arob.jpg
Big Dan
15-09-2010, 12:09 AM
If there were a practical way to do that I would, but there isn't because the blade engage/disengage is purely mechanical.
You could always use your arm to stop it. :sqeek::sqlaugh::sqlaugh:
You could always use your arm to stop it. :sqeek::sqlaugh::sqlaugh:You might think so, but one of the reasons I want the blades to stay engaged when I exit the mower is because the cable oftentimes unhooks when the blades are disengaged and then I have to shut the mower off to reconnect it, but the reason I don't want the mower off is because the battery is on it's last leg and doesn't have enough juice to start it. This is eventually the case with every riding mower I've ever owned. I have to jump start this one from a battery in a vehicle to begin with and I can't afford a new battery. I do not want to get stuck pushing the mower across a large field to the jump vehicle. When the mower is running, I want it to stay running until I'm done mowing.
I can't even afford a new cable. The design is such that it uses a sheathed cable at the bottom of the throw lever to move a spring-loaded assembly. The cable actually needs to be shortened slightly but sheathed aircraft cables, such as what bicycle brakes use, are a fixed length and the ends are factory crimped, they're designed to be replaced and not repaired.
Muddy
15-09-2010, 01:10 AM
I've known a few sheat heds...
There are also other factors involved of which I have not spoken, so beware.
:sqlaugh:
Boy I am really feeling ill now, I took some cold medicine about an hour ago and that has helped with the current symptoms tremendously.
I expect a few new symptoms to emerge before all's said and done but maybe I'll get lucky, we'll see. At this point I'm sure it's a flu of some strain.
Or strain of some flu, both are correct but you have to smoke weed to realize that.
:sqlaugh:
Well I just hope that no one here catches it.
Huh.. I thought that was a pretty good opening I left at closing, Muddy must have passed out. So now do you see why I have to talk to myself?
Yes that's correct, one may catch a virus through the internet, easily explainable with quantum mechanics.
However, I'll not go further into it, let me just say and from my understanding that in the QM world; everything is connected, literally.
i.e. we are physically connected to the neighbor's coffee cup, and the planet mars etc..
This physical connection to everything allows interaction to some degree apparently, I don't know. I suppose energy can actually be transferred from the fingers through the wire then the air to another person's keyboard and their fingers, eyes, ears etc. With QM we could throw in the nose as well I guess. Hell, might as well throw in all the cavities.
I went a little out of orbit with the virus theory, I know. lol
I know that I'll feel so bad tomorrow that I dread going to sleep, that's par for my ailments though, this flu just adds to it.
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.
Ok what kinda lamebrain thought that one up! lol
I hope I got that wording right.
Ok I need to stop posting now, I am of the ill. Never let it be said that ill means cool, now just stop it kids.
lol
Strong
15-09-2010, 01:22 PM
You might think so, but one of the reasons I want the blades to stay engaged when I exit the mower is because the cable oftentimes unhooks when the blades are disengaged and then I have to shut the mower off to reconnect it, but the reason I don't want the mower off is because the battery is on it's last leg and doesn't have enough juice to start it. This is eventually the case with every riding mower I've ever owned. I have to jump start this one from a battery in a vehicle to begin with and I can't afford a new battery. I do not want to get stuck pushing the mower across a large field to the jump vehicle. When the mower is running, I want it to stay running until I'm done mowing.
Flower meadow! A few packets of seeds and you'll have the bees humming, problem solved.
You might need a scythe (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scythe) though.
I'm coming down with a cold. It starts with a scratchy cough. I'll let you know how it ends.
Have a swim in cold water, or at least a quick cold shower: boosts your white cell count.
5 health benefits of cold water swimming (http://thenextchallenge.org/2010/02/cold-water-swimming/)
According to the above link you will also:
Have an all natural high
Have improved blood pumping
Have an improved sex life
Burn calories
Well I just hope that no one here catches it.
We'll try. I'll duck if I see any quantum bits flying this way. http://3t9.com/Atom/icon_imslow_non_an.gif
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.
Ok what kinda lamebrain thought that one up! lol
Mr Henry Ford.
Think it was in Strong's sig at one point.
Strong
15-09-2010, 06:10 PM
Nope, I'm not accepting anything to do with that one! :sqbiggrin:
pctec
15-09-2010, 07:01 PM
I see this is now the everything thread... I need to poop!
:D
Ferre
15-09-2010, 07:47 PM
Southern Life. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/limpydan/4009026789/lightbox/)
Muddy
15-09-2010, 08:21 PM
Around here they ride push mowers.
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RIP Richard Farnsworth. Nearly 10 years since he died (Oct 6).
Not by lawnmower death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnmower_Deth) but self inflicted gunshot.
Wiki:
Farnsworth was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer in the early 90s. By 1999, he had been diagnosed as having terminal bone cancer. He made the movie The Straight Story while in considerable pain. Not wanting to live his life in pain, Farnsworth shot himself at his ranch in Lincoln, New Mexico
Flower meadow! A few packets of seeds and you'll have the bees humming, problem solved.
You might need a scythe (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scythe) though.I only do the perimeter of the large fields, if I mowed them entirely it would take me a week. Plenty of wildflowers and bees too. My neighbor mows quite a bit of one of the fields because his son plays baseball there.
Have a swim in cold water, or at least a quick cold shower: boosts your white cell count.
5 health benefits of cold water swimming (http://thenextchallenge.org/2010/02/cold-water-swimming/)(...)Is that one of those whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger deals? lol
(...)Mr Henry Ford.
Think it was in Strong's sig at one point.I heard it said on TV and made the post shortly after, I don't recall it in Strongy's sig, I have a short memory for most sigs. I didn't know it was HF, but I still think he's a lamebrain because he's dead.
[YT]8OnsVDKjhpc[/YT ] (...) Is that Doc?
Around here they ride push mowers.Really?
Muddy
16-09-2010, 04:05 PM
Yep, really. No lie. I'll try to get a picture next time I see it.
Muddy
16-09-2010, 04:06 PM
Perhaps I should say "walk behind" not "push".
http://3t9.com/Atom/mowing.gif
Yep, really. No lie. I'll try to get a picture next time I see it.Ok. Sounds wild.
I mean to an older person.
lol
Is that one of those whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger deals? lol
Methinks stranger:
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... I have a short memory for most sigs....
Apparently so do I. Strongy's denied ownership of said sig link.
I didn't know it was HF, but I still think he's a lamebrain because he's dead.
Or is he? Maybe he lives on as a head in a jar Futurama style?
Is that Doc?
Could be, in disguise. :sqcool:
News just in. Cheat cuts his own toes off with lawnmower.
A former Army major who cheated his way to the £1MILLION top prize on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ sliced off three of his toes with a lawnmower – after slipping on a rotten apple.
Here (http://swns.com/who-wants-to-be-a-millionare-cheat-slices-off-three-toes-161511.html)
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Rotten apples are damn slippery.
Boy that popemobile is the damndest looking thing ain't it? I'll bet it tips over easily.
The next planned inage will take place just after the next planned outage which will occur sometime in the not too recent future.
Anyway..
my flu is at the open faucet stage, I seem to have survived the worst part. I wish people would stop spreading that stuff around. I suggest everyone be killed at once.
Muddy
17-09-2010, 11:34 AM
I suggest everyone be killed at once.
It's only a matter of time.
Everything tastes strange. This in not my beautiful home, this is not my beautiful wife.
I suspect it has something to do with my antihistaminactic imbalance.
It's only a matter of time.
"at once" can mean 'right now' or 'at the same time', I meant the former. I was momentarily possessed by the spirit of Stewart Griffin.
Muddy
17-09-2010, 03:59 PM
oops, I read it as the latter. Ain't English grand?
Muddy
17-09-2010, 04:02 PM
You may say to yourself, my god, what have I done?
I think we need to start a church of the Former-day Demons, that'll teach 'em.
This flu has been hellish, I had to take cold medicine so often that now I've got that to kick as well. :shock:
I still cannot understand why anyone hasn't started a strange childhood memories thread. :wacko:
ewomack
18-09-2010, 07:07 PM
I puked up an entire tube of toothpaste when I was about 2. Apparently I had eaten then entire tube only an hour or so before. I was exploring and learning at such a young age.
Muddy
18-09-2010, 07:39 PM
I'm having a bit of deja vu here...
Muddy
18-09-2010, 07:45 PM
Whew, it's not me!
Kind of like that time I ate an entire tube of toothpaste. Minty but awful.
My earliest childhood memory is eating an entire tube of toothpaste and vomiting the rest of the evening. <-- verified by siblings and parents...
When I was a mere infant, my parents left a tube of toothpaste within my reach. I ate the entire tube. The vomit was apparently prodigious. My first childhood memory is me vomiting on my pillow while my mom says "let it out, let it out." I think that was the toothpaste.
I puked up an entire tube of toothpaste when I was about 2. Apparently I had eaten then entire tube only an hour or so before. I was exploring and learning at such a young age.
In light of the evidence I'd say that the toothpaste story is very likely true.
The smell of fresh turpentine always brings me back..
.. .
. ..
Muddy
19-09-2010, 12:30 AM
That damn toothpaste left one hell of an impression!
My mom stuck a bar of Ivory soap in my mouth once and gave it a few twists. I guess I was at just the right age, gotta get 'em when they're young ya know. I'm just glad she used a freshly opened bar.
Muddy
19-09-2010, 12:48 AM
Ivory soap floats too. Not that that has a thing to do with your mouth washing...but it does float.
Blasted company, they took all the fun out of searching for the soap in the bathtub.
Muddy
19-09-2010, 01:14 AM
Yeah but with one of those cocktail flags you could have a pretty cool little pirate ship!
That's true, you could even glue a large moth to it for propulsion on those calm days.
Muddy
19-09-2010, 01:27 AM
Moths fall apart though...and leave that phosphorescent powder behind.
How about a bumble bee then?
It would probably win some kind of a cup if a humming bird was installed.
Hummingbird is one word, wtf! Well I ain't changing it!! Who in the hell is making up these rules!?! :sqmad:
Bumblebee too??? :sqerr:
I give up
I am NOT going to spend half my cyberlife on the planet Dictionary Dot Com, I just won't do it!!
Sorry Mud.. please continue..
I don't know why I expect to have a normal conversation with someone, my mind is generally out in the left field bleachers somewhere.
BTW, somewhere far ago and long away I said that our species bred with Neanderthals, but the current theory is that we did not, it is that we homo sapiens geographically pushed them to extinction, The Rock of Gibraltar is thought to have been their last retreat just before they disappeared into extinction.
The neanderthals were physically more robust but we homo sapiens were a bit smarter and had superior spear projectiles.
The neanderthals were primarily meat eaters even though fruits and berries were plentiful. They had been around twice as long as us when they vanished 25,000 years ago. This Becoming Human three-part series is really excellent, there is a good share of solid evidence to corroborate the theories put forth.
Actually, the neanderthal genome has been sequenced believe it or not, from neanderthal bones. Not only do we now know that we did not interbreed with them, but gene sequencing has also allowed us to calculate the amount of time our species had been diverging from theirs before their extinction.
http://3t9.com/Atom/monkey.jpg
http://3t9.com/Atom/marilyn_manson01.jpg
Ferre
19-09-2010, 06:53 AM
At the end of the day we are all apes. Smart apes, but apes nevertheless.
..but I like my existence as an ape, I don't mind I belong to the same group of species as Chimpanzees, Gorilla's, and those cute little Rhesus Monkeys we humans love to experiment on in our highly advanced laboratories.
pctec
21-09-2010, 06:43 AM
I love it when plans are made to let the boobies out...
Muddy
21-09-2010, 09:20 AM
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At the end of the day we are all apes. Smart apes, but apes nevertheless.
..but I like my existence as an ape, (...)I agree with the opening statements, but I'm not real crazy about the idea to be quite frank. lol
I just watched What Darwin Never Knew for the third time and I am absolutely astounded with each viewing. This is a must see, folks. This has to be one of, if not the most important documentaries to date in the world.
What makes it so important for people to see is that it's in a highly informative and concise format that even people of substandard intelligence can grasp.
One of the basic revelations is that humans evolved from fish. No, I'm not overly thrilled about that fact, but I still find it extremely fascinating. When all this discovery is said and done, we the human species may indeed find ourselves face to face with god.
God may well be found to be something VERY different than what anyone that's ever lived before has or could have conceived.
Muddy
22-09-2010, 12:24 AM
One of the basic revelations is that humans evolved from fish. No, I'm not overly thrilled about that fact, but I still find it extremely fascinating. When all this discovery is said and done, we the human species may indeed find ourselves face to face with cod.
True.
LOL! ^ Nice one! :sqbiggrin:
http://3t9.com/Atom/Folky_Art_codfish.jpg
That is an actual piece of sheet music, one of several different ones my sister has on the wall in the house. Back when I had a scanner I scanned a few.
http://3t9.com/Atom/Folky_Art_Pickaninnies.jpg
http://3t9.com/Atom/Folky_Art_blackberries.jpg
http://3t9.com/Atom/Folky_Art_boom.jpg
These are framed, the bluish hazy streaks are from my scanning them through the glass.
http://3t9.com/Atom/Folky_Art_iihy.jpg
It appears that the guy in this one might be gay.
Really though, it does seem we may be at the crux of the god matter, and possibly to be confused with the custard matter dripping from a dead dog's eye. A discovery in genetics to confound all our godly ideas.
We're all sprung from pilchards for god sakes!
It really is quite fascinating how scientists have figured out about how evolution works.
Ok who wants to break the news to the right wing extremists that their foundation is crumbling? lol
Strong
22-09-2010, 05:39 AM
God Helmet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmet)
I just thought of a new slang phrase, 'off the rack'. I hope it's not already taken.
Dammit, I just heard that phrase on a Gossip Girl commercial, I must have overheard it earlier.
"Chuck will soon realize it doesn’t
matter if the dress is couture when
the girl is off the rack. Then, as
is the case with all things that
don’t fit, you’ll be sent back to
where you came from."
ewomack
25-09-2010, 08:01 PM
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25-09-2010, 08:02 PM
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I went to the Dollar General today to get some coffee and pretended I didn't know math at the checkout, that was fun. I ended up putting two things back and adding something different trying to make the available balance, the people in the line were furious, good time.
The cashier finally was so confused that she lent me a dollar I swear to god.
Boy oh boy, what a life it's been today, never a dull moment.
I've been trying to keep the giraffe out of the garden all morning.
J/k, it's fall, don't nobody have nothing growing this time of year is they?
I've an electronic abortion sitting beside me that I need to straighten out but am putting off due to dread and loathing.
I feel naked without an oscilloscope.
If they have talk like a pirate day then I think there should be a talk like a farmer day.
We could look up Amos McCoy lines and such.
Muddy
01-10-2010, 04:36 PM
I don't know about you guys but I couldn't finish watching that Shit Eater video. I made it as far as the condom and I should say I made it to that point not through that point. Hey, call me a wuss. I'm surprised I lasted that long.
I thought it over for a few seconds and decided it would be best to not click on that one. lol
Muddy
01-10-2010, 04:45 PM
Wise, wise man.
OCD? Me? Nah.. I'm just the type of guy that insists on an immaculate yard to the point of cardiac arrest, that's all.
ewomack
08-10-2010, 07:08 PM
My soul just came down with dandruff... I leave a little trail of glowing flakes behind me wherever I go... embarrassing... I think I need a metaphysician... damn phonebook didn't help a bit on that one...
Muddy
11-10-2010, 12:20 PM
Try some Selsun Boo.
I have to fill out some damned paperwork or another, don't you just hate that? I do. No callused pen fingers here. I've always pressed rather hard on the paper, I'm not sure what that means but I'm sure it's something, some matter of strange course or another.
Jeezus christ Atom I don't know what you're smoking but I want some godammit.
No but this is a weird thread isn't it? Some plans for something or another.. I don't know...
I shoveled up a crapload more black walnuts this morning, near kilt me.
I'm becoming more convinced all the time that I am actually getting old.
There's neighbor children afoot, I'll keep my crucifix handy.
The little scrubs are growing like hell.
Has no one come to one's senses yet? It's almost noon. :sqeek:
I can't believe Tyra featured a girl describing her recent first experience using a tampon. That must be harder than I thought.
At the end of the show everyone got a free pair of leak-proof panties.
Again, this Friday, the site may go dark for around 15 minutes or so at approximately 10 PM EDT.
Moving to another new server.
Strong
26-04-2011, 12:51 PM
NO!
What am I supposed to do now!?! Watch that damn wedding!?! You're heartless Zap!!! :sqmad:
:sqwink:
ewomack
26-04-2011, 01:16 PM
He's helping you get in touch with your true British-ness. Consider it a public service.
It's scheduled for 10 pm Eastern Time.
I suspect you'll be fast asleep. ;)
The royals should already be married by then, no? Isn't Friday the big day?
Strong
28-04-2011, 06:08 PM
I was kidding dude, you aught to know me by now :sqlaugh:
I was kidding dude, you aught to know me by now :sqlaugh:
I do. More than you realize. :sqeek:
Muddy
28-04-2011, 11:51 PM
I hope this isn't getting Biblical...
Noticed he hasn't signed in yet today.
He is! He's watching the royal wedding! I knew it!
Strong
29-04-2011, 10:05 AM
The other half threatened terrible things if I didn't sit down and watch. I barely sneaked out on the pretext of cooking some apple crumble. Unfortunately I could still hear the nonsense, but I may have got away with only minor brain damage.
Is it wrong that I was a little turned on by that kiss. :3unsure:
I don't know why but the Star Wars theme kept going through my head whenever I saw them parading around in the church. You know the one when the Emperor finally arrives on the death star in Return of the Jedi with the massed ranks of troops as an honour guard?
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