Once in a while I start to clean out my cache of image files, and once in a while I find something I just can’t delete, but also don’t know quite what to do with.
Obviously the only proper and respectful thing to do is to post it on The Overnight Open Thread.
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What the hell is that? A Yak? Cousin It’s older bigger brother?
beautiful night in sw pa right now, post storm, half a moon, fast moving puffy white clouds, stars, its nice on the deck.
I looked at some more information on that kid in KC that got slapped, and his mom wrote the 40 page rant to the school board. Someone went through and ran a total of all her demands, went to a near extreme on some of them (the car of her choice- a Lamborghini), and came up with an estimated payoff for a slap of somewhere just north of $10 million.
The mom’s a jazz singer, and actually has a decent voice. It’s just too bad she’s completely lost her mind.
@ doriangrey:
It’s the beta version of Dr. Doolittle’s pushmi-pullyu.
Bad hair day for….for something.
Hey! I just noticed we don’t have archives anymore, at least not on the sidebar like we used to. Or is that just a glitch?
Folks, I’m kinda wiped out. I’ve been up all day, and I’ve gotta do it again tomorrow. I’m yawning just thinking about it. Later.
@ Bunk X:
night x
wolfie wrote:
what do you mean…
Bunk X wrote:
Good night Bunk.
@ doriangrey:
hey, mrs coldwarrior wants at least 2 of the design i sent ya.
the russian thinks its funny.
Heh heh heh Bunk caught me a screen capture of my Tee-shit over at HotAir too. Ed Morrissey can line up right behind Charles Johnson to kiss my ass…
doriangrey wrote:
yinz am infamous!
coldwarrior wrote:
I’m still trying to find my Adobe Photoshop… I got about 1000 or so data disc’s, only about a third of them have what is on them written on them… I am such an Oscar Madison…
@ doriangrey:
musical question for ya.
do you think that peeps are born with musical ability or are they trained?
coldwarrior wrote:
There used to be a link to the archives here on the sidebar. Y’no, with one of those drop-down thingies where you could click the year and month. It has disappeared from my sidebar at least.
wolfie wrote:
well, i’ll be. yep its gone.
ask M next time ya see her.
@ coldwarrior:
Will do, if I happen to remember!
Psst. Do you thing dorian will still want to hang out with us after he becomes a billionaire from selling t-shirts to the vast lizard army?
wolfie wrote:
nope, he will go back to rock star status and only hang with vai and sadm.
coldwarrior wrote:
Both. Musical ability starts with the ability to hear that their is a difference between tones. People who don’t have that pretty much cannot be trained as a musician. Fortunately people who are genuinely tone deaf are actually pretty rare.
Some, a very few I might add, people are born with an exceptional tonal memory, they are the insanely gifted prodigies. The rest of us have to work at it, so yes most people have to be trained and in fact given the right training can become exceptionally skilled and “talented” musicians.
Musical talent really is far more trained skill then anything else. The idea that practice makes perfect genuinely has more reality to it than myth. Musicians like Steve Vai or Joe Satirani started out with just about the same natural talent as everyone else, it is the amount of and quality of education and practice that sets them apart from everyone else.
Music is a discipline, if you can accept and embrace the discipline and get a good instructor and have the time to dedicate to it, pretty much anyone can become a musician of their caliber.
coldwarrior wrote:
ROTFLMAO… I couldnt stand Steve Vai before he got to big and famous and important to remember who I was and guess what. I still dont like him, but he is a damned fine guitar player.
doriangrey wrote:
Oh and I didn’t mean to dis Song and Dance Man, who is also a very respectable guitarist and talented Musician…
@ doriangrey:
thanks, i watched puti do some interesting stuff on a keyboard over the past couple of days. the keyboard is a standard modern panasonic that has all the buttons and things. it was her her great grandma’s (g’ma used to have the standard organ in her house for church music)
what puti did was hit a few keys, then a few more, then stop.
then she started really using her fingers on both hands to hit many keys, then would find a few keys that sounded good together.
it is very interesting to watch.
@ doriangrey:
@ doriangrey:
messin wichya
doriangrey wrote:
martial arts
@ coldwarrior:
Isn’t that Yoko Ono’s technique?
//
Bunk X wrote:
What an ordeal. You don’t get two siestas a day in your union contract?
lobo91 wrote:
well, yoko is an artist, after all.
doriangrey wrote:
But the “anything else” still matters a lot. For starters, you guys are born with something inside that drives you to want to train.
@ coldwarrior:
I wish they had keyboards when I was a kid. I showed promise but all I could do back then was on a piano at school if they let me. And chords were a no-no. (which made me want to learn chords all the more)
coldwarrior wrote:
Children, especially when really young seem to have an natural ability to place their conscience mind in their fine motor control centers. It has something to do with the fact that they are at the absolute pinnacle of the learning curve. The problem is that they are learning so much so fast that their attention span and retention rate is very small.
The best age for beginning the discipline of music is around 7, if you can get them interested and keep them interested and get them a really good teacher they will develop amazing skills, usually becoming accomplished Musicians by the age of 15. By the age of 20, they are world class material.
mjazz wrote:
she is very interesting to watch, i must say because the actions are not random anymore.
coldwarrior wrote:
Be careful if she starts playing the same 5 notes over and over…
coldwarrior wrote:
Yoko Ono is an artist? who knew?
Or building mountains out of mashed potatoes…
OK, almost Stargate Universe time, be back in an hour or so…
lobo91 wrote:
that’s just what we need, aliens.
@ coldwarrior:
Maybe they’ll bring good beer
lobo91 wrote:
see, that would be worth the lights and radiations and such.
my neighbors would love it!
wolfie wrote:
testosterone.
@ coldwarrior:
How old is she?
Because obviously she got past the stage of just banging on keys.
That’s cool, though. She’s learning harmony by herself.
mjazz wrote:
2 in january
@ coldwarrior:
Holy cow, I was thinking 4 or 5.
i like this…
stole the vinyl from dad
mjazz wrote:
See? Alien.
mjazz wrote:
like i said, its interesting to watch.
mom, being a good russian, wants lessons to start for puti when she is 3…
lobo91 wrote:
sometimes i think you might be right!
ADMINS:
This time around, I did put in a Caturday thread in time for the weekend. Sorry I missed it last week.
I also put in an alcohol/cocktail thread (complete with actual recipe and pix) that can go in as a “Friday Night Drinking Thread” if desired.
coldwarrior wrote:
I think some kids have a precocious ear for harmony. One (and only one) of my kids could hum in harmony when he was two.
The sound absolutely fascinated him, held him spellbound.
@ 1389AD:
i saw the cat thread for caturday…i’ll get both in now.
wolfie wrote:
puti sings and humms herself to sleep.
she had a ton of music in vitro and since then
Holy Cow!
I think I found the secret identity of the Lascivious Hairpiece, if you know who I mean. Check this out.
Not only does this clown have the same belief system as our most un-favorite Swamp Scientician, but he’s the same degree of batshit crazy about it. This guy hasn’t just drunk the kool-ade, he’s been mainlining it.
coldwarrior wrote:
Thanks very much!
@ coldwarrior:
This would be such a gift to a little girl especially since she’s already interested.
Eliana wrote:
i dont argue with mrs coldwarrior.
1389AD wrote:
both are set, the booze for 2100 friday, the cats at 1500
saturcaturday.doriangrey wrote:
I swear, I think your t-shirt is going viral. Look on the left side of this blog:
http://www.lucianne.com/home/
@ coldwarrior:
Probably for the best.
Aaaaaak. My geeky son had got me addicted to an anime program.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
game over, please insert another loonie!
lobo91 wrote:
i learned many things from dealing with the russains in berlin.
many things.
wolfie wrote:
try the old Robotech. it is fantastic.
@ coldwarrior:
The lessons don’t have to be grade school level with an hour’s practice required every day or anything.
Just some lessons that she would see as fun.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Said species is far from endangered. There are thousands of them. Any resemblance to the official swamp specimen is purely coincidental.
@ yenta-fada:
@ doriangrey:
Now I can’t see the ad with your shirt. It may be in some rotation with other ads. Just thought I’d tell you. Good night.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Usually when there is bias it is the other way around.
Eliana wrote:
absolutely. lessons will be needed.
cause i cant play, that’s for sure!
coldwarrior wrote:
Huh? I’ll have to wait for the kid to translate that for me!
Is that an anime program?
The one he’s got me hooked on is Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei.
wolfie wrote:
robotech is one of the originals, from 1984 or so.
the main characters get killed off, it is epic, really.
there has been a recent franchise, but the original series is needed for the next to make any sense.
and, the mmatrix movies are widely interpreted as being derived from the anime ‘ghost in the shell’, which is also very compelling.
trio…da da da
Seems to be a fairly quiet night so far. How’s everyone?
linoleumknife wrote:
we’re good, how are you?
Palin derangement.
new order-true faith
@ snork:
it only takes a single trigger to set of someone who already is at the edge.
@ coldwarrior:
Hangin in there CW. Been working as much as I can. Plus I have been taking steps to prepare myself for the possiblilty of things going over the cliff. Nothing crazy, just getting some essentials together. How’s life in PA?
@ coldwarrior:
Where’s Pop-Up-Video when you need them?
linoleumknife wrote:
sw pa is perfect tonight. winds form the south, 50F 3/4 moon, puffy white lunar illumated clouds rolling past a star filled sky. its nice.
mjazz wrote:
TALKING HEADS once in a lifetime (live)
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@ snork:
Ummmmm…… this is what has become of America? Not having ever watched the show, I don’t know if Bristol is a good dancer or not. It seems a bit crazy to destroy your property and threaten your wife over it though. Granted the man was already mentally ill, but then again the argument could be made that all progs are.
@ coldwarrior:
Haha, it’s colder down here in Houston at the moment. I ordered some peat from a website one of the netizens posted the other day. 6 bundles should get to the house pretty soon. I’m excited, I even got a bottle of 12 year old Jamison for the occasion.
@ linoleumknife:
I’m sure he’s enjoying his new accomodations, with the nicely padded walls…
Ohne dich (Eisbrecher)
linoleumknife wrote:
we get some occasional warm air in late november (hence the nasty storms on the lakes) its just perfect outside, the sky looks like footage from the old horror movies, all moon and fast clouds.
@ coldwarrior:
We should ban Sarah Palin’s daughter from appearing on tv dancing to prevent further incidents like this.
@ lobo91:
LOL, well I’m sure the combinatin of Klonopin and Thorazine will make his stay seem a bit more interesting. Haven’t talked to you in a while Lobo, how is the job hunt?
linoleumknife wrote:
a peat fire is one of the joys of life.
@ coldwarrior:
I love nights like that. Sounds like you are enjoying yourself and the view.
@ linoleumknife:
Arggg…. combination. Fingers can’t keep up with the brain. lol
mjazz wrote:
indeed!
who watches that tripe?
linoleumknife wrote:
i am, out house sits high on the ohio river valley where the river turns south. we can see for many miles up and down the valley.
40.7°N 80.27°W or so
@ coldwarrior:
Well I have never had the pleasure of that experience, so when the link was posted I figured, why not? We needed some fuel for the fireplace as it is, and according to the site it burns hotter and longer than logs, so it seemed like a good investment. We have about 2 cords of wood at the moment, but I don’t like to get much lower than that at any given moment.
coldwarrior wrote:
Crazy people with shotguns, apparently…
linoleumknife wrote:
Very slow, unfortunately.
@ coldwarrior:
Freaking awesome! I would love to have property similar to that. If things don’t go to s**t in the next couple of years (God willing) I should be ready to start the hunt for some. The property we are on now is not ideal. No tactical advatage to speak of….
linoleumknife wrote:
ireland, winter rain, a shot of jamesons, a pint of guinness, a peat fire, conversation, and the ocean in the background.
mjazz wrote:
Google “Caledonia Occupation”. The natives in this case are basically a criminal gang with about as much legitimacy as Hamas.
linoleumknife wrote:
the house aint much, the decks are expansive tho…16×16 and 12×12.
we bought the house for the view and built decks.
large windows are planned
@ snork:
Thing is, Kellar has the same engaging personality as Ludwank. The guy really is a piece of work; basically a card-carrying anarchist.
linoleumknife wrote:
with a barrett…the control form the back deck on the roads and bridges would be total.
@ lobo91:
Bummer bud. I keep thinking about you and praying for you. Apparently the big man upstairs isn’t happy with me or something, lol. Seriously though, I really do hope you find something soon. Of course with the course the bastard Feds are taking it might not matter much in a bit anyhow.
Gogol Bordello -- “Wonderlust King” Side One Dummy
coldwarrior wrote:
Yikes, dont let mom get her an old Russian babushka as a teacher…
doriangrey wrote:
no doubt!
we’ll see what happens.
@ coldwarrior:
Nothing like keeping the federales at bay. LOL
BBIAB, work calls.
pure magic
the pogues
@ linoleumknife:
Don’t forgt to open the windows when you light your fire.
Otherwise, you’ll get too hot.
They sell peat in a form that makes it easy to burn?
yenta-fada wrote:
Oh well, nobodies buying the shit any way…
doriangrey wrote:
i have an order for at least two for the 2nd design.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Talk about understating things…
mjazz wrote:
yeah, its like a compressed, dried brick.
here
very aromatic.
coldwarrior wrote:
My piano teacher in college was a Dr. from the Moscow Music Conservatory, one hardcore old fashioned Russian battle-axe Named Dr Sophia Speigal. Yes, she was also Jewish. She used to stand over me while I took my lessons and smack the living crap out of my hands with a yardstick any time I made the slightest mistake.
coldwarrior wrote:
If and when I can get the graphic done…
About a month ago, I had a thread about Republican Joe Walsh, who debated Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) in my parent’s home district in the far western suburbs of Chicago, and the moderator, a teacher and ACORN supervisor, wouldn’t allow those attending to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, so the attendees basically said “kiss our asses” and recited it anyhow.
Anyway, Walsh won the seat by 292 votes. Bean finally conceded today.
doriangrey wrote:
see, that isnt necessary for a 3 yr old.
i am sure it was necessary for you tho.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
how near lombard is that?
@ linoleumknife:
I got my final unemployment payment today, so I’m going to have to find something pretty soon, even if it doesn’t pay enough to cover my expenses.
tim armstrong from rancid
coldwarrior wrote:
Spank you very little…
@ coldwarrior:
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Excellent!
Ms. Tina Fey does not understand she has jumped the shark with her Palin imitation, does she? Tina has become the spectacle. And a painful watch at that. When humor crosses into hatred and moronic reaction, …. it is not funny. Everyone can see this except Ms. Fey.
@ lobo91:
Lobo, my thoughts are with you.
Remember, optimism helps with prospective employers.
@ doriangrey:
@ Calo:
am i wrong?
nope.
Sly and the Family Stone -- Dance To The Music
Calo wrote:
I have to get past the computer screening first.
@ lobo91:
I just now looked at my account online and see that my final payment has arrived. I’ll be doing the same thing.
@ Calo:
Hey Calo!! Does it really burn that hot? Plus, my mom’s house stays coooollllddd. It is a decent distance north of the concrete jungle, and it is raised of the ground on pillars.
@ lobo91:
I’m sorry Lobo, it sucks that they have put you in this position. Make no mistake about it, they have screwed you. I’m not really into trying to turn people into victims, but this is stupid. Years of service, and they don’t want to pay you full retirement. Then on top of that, the Fed is purposefully destroying the dollar. Cruddy situation at best. You have my prayers.
coldwarrior wrote:
About 30 miles northwest of Lombard. BTW, my brother and cousin are ex-Lombard cops. How do you know about Lombard?
Turkey has discovered that when you are without oil, basically a beggar State, spreading Islamic terror everywhere may not be an optimal strategy for saving your hate-filled, genocidal, crazy government.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20101116.aspx
lobo91 wrote:
There’s nothing quite like manufacturing optimism when that’s the last thing you feel like.
Are you sure you can’t rent your house out? There are no colleges nearby, so students might want to chip in on a place?
You see roommate wanted ads all the time.
pat wrote:
Plus that hideous hairstyle? God-awful doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Calo wrote:
you were looking for an article like this one earlier.
coldwarrior wrote:
Ummm, Yes you are, I did not need a grumpy old Russian Battle-axe smacking me around to get stuff right. She didn’t need to smack me, she did because she hated the fact that I was already an accomplished guitarist of the hard rock/heavy metal variety. I never did figure out why but that infuriated her no end.
She was 10 times as brutal and abrupt with me as she was with anyone else. And it was because she saw me performing with my little side gig band on campus. She went eight different kinds of ballistic screaming and throwing shit and hitting me when she saw that.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
i spent a wonderful month in lombard at company expense.
i really like it.
@ mjazz:
Both of you are far too clever and witty to see this way. (unemployed)
And, I find it hard to imagine others cannot find your worth.
But, then again, I am in Texas where we have not been hit as hard as the rest of the nation.
@ doriangrey:
then i am wrong, you should have taken it up with the chair.
@ mjazz:
There’s a university and a couple of other colleges here.
It would take way too much to get this place ready to rent out, though.
@ coldwarrior:
No, I am looking for one with bypass surgery and a normal BMI related to DMII. It appears a trial just started this year.
@ linoleumknife:
Facepalm!
Yes, a fire in the fireplace gets a room quite warm.
Calo wrote:
normal bmi is going to preclude Y pass, unless…are they trying for an enzymatic/pH based homeostasis that removes the stomach’s signals to the digestive/pancreas system??
@ pat:
Maybe they can be buddies with the Iranian loudmouth now.
johhny sez
@ coldwarrior:
Yrs – they are looking at normal weight BMI pts with typeII and how a gastric bypass works. Obviously, an obese person who gets a bypass and loses weight with a “cure” of DMII is easy to understand. From what I skimmed yesterday, they don’t know what triggers the chain of events in the stomach (hormones, enzymes) in some people.
Calo wrote:
and normal bmi and dm2 is a very small set to work with.
I thought Iron Fist was having that bypass done.
Calo wrote:
well, A&P will reveal a nervous system within the digestive system. lemme go look at something…
@ Calo:
Hahahaha, no I was asking if peat burns that much hotter than wood. I’m not kidding when I say that my mom’s house stays cold. It is a bit crazy how cold it can be. For example, tonight it is 40 degrees, inside the house without the heater or fire it will get down into the low 50′s, atleast. Then when it starts heating up tomorrow it probably won’t get over 65, maybe 70 depending on the high temp for the day.
@ coldwarrior:
Yes. It is.
Hence my question to another poster here.
How do you know it’ll work?
The lifestyle changes associated with that surgery are not to be taken lightly with some “promise” of a fix.
lobo91 wrote:
I can put you in contact with the company I used to sell for. They’ll provide all the training and materials at no expense to you, it’s totally commission-based sales, requiring no experience. But you should be able to make $40K, if not more, in your first year.
Calo wrote:
i got it….stand by
coldwarrior wrote:
I did, got a different primary instructor and moved on. Which also really pissed Dr. Speigal off. Actually pretty much everything I did pissed her off. Fortunately the department head and my theory professor thought the whole situation was rather amusing.
My theory professor, a little old German man named Dr. Walter Touche thought pissing off Dr Speigal was a glorious gas. He more than anyone made it possible for me to continue on with my degree by giving me an enormous amount of moral support. He was in his 90′s and thought that Dr. Speigal was a grouchy old bag of hot air.
I had a little Jazz/Rock fusion trio that I played with on campus for beer and extra spending money, Dr. Touche used to come and watch us play, and give us pointers and idea’s and drink beer with us. He was a genuinely inspiring wonderful human being. Sadly he passed away about 20 years ago, I do miss him.
@ linoleumknife:
Yes, we need to break out the sweaters right now – it’s cold.
Winter is here.
Just glad the grass is dormant and we can take a break from mowing the lawn for a few months.
coldwarrior wrote:
It’s a great village. Far enough away from Chicago that the traffic’s not a nightmare, but you can hop on a train and be literally in downtown Chicago in 30 minutes.
Holy Jeebus! I think the politically correct Big Bad Wolf is trying to blow my house down. Good evening all
Calo wrote:
Part of the problem is that everyone is using computers to screen applications, because there are so many of them.
There have been an average of around 200 applicants for every job I’ve applied for.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
i really, really liked lombard.
NoThreat2U wrote:
we have 50mph winds hittin now
@ Calo:
ok…here it comes.
@ NoThreat2U:
Hi there!
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
What kind of sales are you talking about?
NoThreat2U wrote:
Why good evening to you too…
@ lobo91:
It’s an employer’s market.
mjazz wrote:
It definitely is.
@ coldwarrior:
My lights are flickering now. I HATE THAT!
@ mjazz:
Hello again
@ doriangrey:
If the power stays on, it will be a good night.
@ mjazz:
Yes, it is.
@ Calo:
if food does not hit the lower portion of the stomach, then there is a multifold efect
first: ACH (on vagus) are removed, therefore somatostatin is removed, therefore the stomach acid is removed, this removes chyme from the digestive equation…the food enters the small intestine at a higher pH, causing some of the pancratic X-ases to be more efficient and relying on the small intestine which has less AcH sending ability to be the main digestive organ.
NoThreat2U wrote:
we are getting hammered up here
@ Calo:
You aren’t kidding! LOL I was getting tired of hitting that acre up about every 10 days with that cruddy push mower. Of course I’m going to need to hit the gym to keep getting exercise now. I have really fallen off the last 3 or so years when it comes to the gym. Kind of ashamed of myself actually. I used to be a pretty good lookin dude, lol.
lobo91 wrote:
Which is why I am taking the risk of trying my hand at day trading. I’m trying to learn something new that might possibly give me a little independence from the employer employee
meatgrindermarket.doriangrey wrote:
i had a prof like that…
@ coldwarrior:
So, this should lower his insulin resistance?
Right?
Because 500 units of Insulin a day is not right.
mjazz wrote:
I don’t think most people realize how bad it really is.
If you meet the “minimum requirements” on a job listing, it’s not worth the time to apply. Your application will be screened out by their software, and a human won’t even see it.
If you have the “desirable qualifications,” a human might see your application, but it’ll be one of 50.
Out of that pool, the top 4 or 5 will get interviews.
@ coldwarrior:
I can imagine. It is blowing right across the house. I can hear it plain as day. I’d hate to be up on that hill right about now. Yinz ever lose power up there?
coldwarrior wrote:
Ah shit, now I have gone and reminded myself just how damned old I have gotten, and how little I lived up to the promise of my youth… Must be time for this old geezer to go to bed.
NoThreat2U wrote:
no, but the 3rd floor will move a few inches.
@ doriangrey:
Good night old man.
Calo wrote:
lobo91 wrote:
Credit card processing. I’ve been doing it for 5 years. The only reason I left the company I started with was to become a partner in a new company, and as you can see, we’re the 11th fastest growing privately owned company in the USA.
Now, that being said, the company I started with will assign a sales director to you. He’s the guy who will help you sell their products. If you just listen to him, and do what he says, you’ll make $40K if you’re lazy, and $100K if you work 40 hours a week. And I’m totally serious. And anyone else who is interested in earning well better than average money can email me.
@ coldwarrior:
DAMN! Kinda glad I am in a ranch style. lol
Calo wrote:
500u of R is high and is not indicated in DM2.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Are you talking Point of Sale machines?
NoThreat2U wrote:
top floor moves in 60mph winds. the price of a good view.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
You must be on my “no call” list.
How many calls a day do I get – let me count.
@ coldwarrior:
I guess so, but still! You are waaaay up there dude. lol
yinzers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo
@ coldwarrior:
LOL Uberdork. He is one freaky looking dude. lol lol lol
NoThreat2U wrote:
Yes, but also the actual processing of the cards, for which sales reps get residuals for each card swiped in addition to a commission for each new account, and check conversion and guarantee, gift and loyalty cards, business cash advances, etc.
NoThreat2U wrote:
i want to make another floor out of the attic (new roof with higher frame) a master bedroom with a real view.
@ coldwarrior:
I know that.
I asked him if that was correct and he verified it.
And his A1C is usually above 8. Let alone sugars in the 300′s.
I only hope this surgery will help him.
NoThreat2U wrote:
dont be bad mouthin’ donnie!
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
I see. Sounds pretty lucrative actually.
@ coldwarrior:
A balcony maybe??? That would be awesome up there! And Donnie is a dork. lol lol lol
Calo wrote:
i read the conversation.
i would question the dx of dm2, frankly if i saw this in front of me.
Calo wrote:
I don’t call. Never have, never will, I show up, but not as a salesperson, but as a customer. I’m way too smart and have been in the business way too long to call to make an appointment.
NoThreat2U wrote:
yep, half a bedroom and half a balcony, donnie aint no dork, he rocks:
@ NoThreat2U:
Uberdork with money.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
I’ll email you momentarily.
@ coldwarrior:
LOL @ Donnie. I remember when he used to come into the store my Mom worked in. I was like “THAT’S Donnie Iris???” lol
@ mjazz:
He doesn’t really live that large. In fact, he is a mortgage broker now. Lives in humble little house in a humble little town…just across the river from me.
@ coldwarrior:
God I remember that song. lol And the balcony will be awesome! Good place to watch the night sky from actually.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Yes, at least you are not a fledgling.
@ NoThreat2U:
my mom who was in real estate and insurance biz knows him. so so do i thru her…he’s a good cat.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Check your inbox.
@ coldwarrior:
Oh yes, a very nice guy indeed. It’s just those damn glasses….
NoThreat2U wrote:
It is! Look at what we’ve done in three years- from $148,000 in revenue in 2006 to almost $16 million in 2009. And from 3 employees to 200. How many companies grow by over 10,000% in less than 3 years?
NoThreat2U wrote:
just dont be afraid of heights!
Very entertaining! Have you noticed often the most talented comics are also excellent musicians. Dana Carvy, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Jimmy Fallon, Bette Midler, Tommy Davidson leap to mind. Weird Al. The guy was very funny and a good musician.
NoThreat2U wrote:
what, he’s wearin RPG’s!
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
The TSA did, but they’re not really a company…
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
I’m giving your offer some serious thought here.
@ coldwarrior:
Hey, if I can handle just driving up the damn hill, I can handle the view from the balcony. That really is a great idea too!
dwells38 wrote:
this is funnier:
@ coldwarrior:
Dorky as hell! lol I believe he used to have an old classic car too. Been so long, I can’t remember what it was.
lobo91 wrote:
Okay, I just got your email. Gimme a few minutes and I’ll send the info.
@ lobo91:
I wanna say something, but I won’t.
//
So who here was dissing Bristol Palin earlier?? I just love that girl
NoThreat2U wrote:
i think it would be the selling point when we move out to jersey in a few years.
coldwarrior wrote:
That guy was AWSOME! He doesn’t just sing, he tells the story. Funny I’m a jazz musician and fan but some of the country musicians really get me. JC, Willie Nelson, Alison Krause and a few others blow me away. My grandfather and his brother were a guitar banjo bluegrass duo back in the fifties in southern ohio so I suppose I come by it honestly.
@ coldwarrior:
There really is a lot of room for improvement with those big houses up there. Be nice to see the town come back again. The main street is looking a lot better, so that’s a start. I could probably live over there now since I don’t have to worry about the school districts. But, the parking sux. lol lol
@ dwells38:
nice!
i like my johnny too.
NoThreat2U wrote:
i wish you could see what my parents did with the house…brilliant.
My brother worked back stage at the CMA a long time ago. He said people would be surprised to see just how small of a man Johnny Cash was.
@ coldwarrior:
OMG! Yep better even. And where’s the Vodka and marinated herring in deed! I love both.
@ coldwarrior:
I believe that with a vision and the funds, anything is possible. I like those big old houses…with the original woodwork and built-ins. That’s why I love my dining room bookcases. I should have been born rich. lol The one day I was standing on your deck looking at those huge houses across the street and to the left of yours. One is empty I think. I was gonna go peek in the windows just for the hell of it.
dwells38 wrote:
the russian weddings are epic…3 days of epic.
NoThreat2U wrote:
that house could go for lower than u think….
@ coldwarrior:
I believe it. The house next to me is up for 39k! I would want to be able to restore a house that old though..the one by you, not me. This one by me, the first thing to go is the trailer addition. lol
aye:
hahahah!!!
@ NoThreat2U:
The lot my house is on would cost more than that…
@ coldwarrior:
Buncha rowdy bastards. lol I’d probably get hurt real bad in that crowd. lol
@ lobo91:
The place isn’t too bad, not at all. The price is a friggin steal. Saw my landlord checking it out the other day. It would cost him less than what he paid for my house.
NoThreat2U wrote:
you do what my parents did, they bought the house, near here, for 27k in 1977. dad did one room at a time.
sold for 110k (one or two blocks from st felix.)
@ coldwarrior:
Yeah. he means it. Crap I’m screwed when the man comes around! LOL!
@ coldwarrior:
Well I was considering that with my grandmothers house..she only wants 17k. But I like my house better than the one next door.
lobo91 wrote:
land is cheap here. i’m guessing, for buyers, its more desirable to live where you are than where we are.
dwells38 wrote:
i love that song
NoThreat2U wrote:
With those new scanners that the TSA has, if he were still alive we’d all be able to see.
@ lobo91:
Just sent you the info.
I’m hoping Jim does buy the house next door. That is even more security for his business if he owns the houses around it.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Not that!! lol Maybe I should have said short in stature??? lol
dwells38 wrote:
you are screwed.
Hmmmm the strong winds have died down. I think it’s safe again.
@ lobo91:
I have an extra lot, this guy said that during the boom I could have gotten 80k for it.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Got it.
Thanks.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Yeah. You know i got nothin to either hide or brag about so I’m cool with them. But I suppose some of the people who live and die by public perception could be a little nervous. I mean let’s say your Alec Baldwin or G. Clooney or maybe some heart throb macho rapper and your rep is your a big stud. Then someone screen caps your scan and it’s….uh..shall we say…underwhelming. A real “I was in the pool…” moment. Could be a career killer.
@ dwells38:
LOL Only a man would think of that. My goodness. lol
@ coldwarrior:
“The father hen will call his chickens home” ?
Otherwise, cool tune.
mjazz wrote:
it is what it is.
lyle lovette does a wonderful friend of the devil
this is one of my favorites of all time.
@ lobo91:
You are in God’s country – of course it would cost more.
@ NoThreat2U:
Yep I guess you’re right! You probably had one of those “They’re such little boys” moments? LOL!
Calo wrote:
location, location, location….
@ dwells38:
That’s exactly what I was thinking. You guys make it easy for us. lol lol You know what they say…men are just little boys with paychecks.
NoThreat2U wrote:
I resemble that remark…
NoThreat2U wrote:
really, you take men to task after the two day tirade about shoes?
hello?
@ lobo91:
I’m sure you do…as do the rest of the men here. lol Yinz are like open books whether yinz like it or not.
@ coldwarrior:
LMAO*********** What’s wrong with shoes dammit?? They benefit the men actually!
NoThreat2U wrote:
Or, they are just good guys down and out right now.
NoThreat2U wrote:
They say that? See I’m completely naive. I feel vulnerable. But I like it!
See yas tomorrow or some time or other.
@ Calo:
Well you get my drift, right? It was just an all encompassing statement.
NoThreat2U wrote:
no, they dont.
its for the females
@ dwells38:
lol
Yes, “they” say that. lol Nite
@ coldwarrior:
Yeah, just keep telling yourself that. LMAO****
@ NoThreat2U:
Nikes are great.
So are Levis.
Oh – maybe I am not so cool.
I am not a shoe type of girl.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Not that I’ve noticed…
@ Calo:
Oh they have new levis out just for women now. I am gonna check them out. No longer do we have to wear those stupid low riders. Nikes are good, I prefer my DCs but there is no substitute for a nice high heeled shoe. I am short. lol
NoThreat2U wrote:
really, i dont find the “x-inch heel” thing sexy
@ lobo91:
Then you aint looking. lol
NoThreat2U wrote:
@ coldwarrior:
Well, to each his own. They do serve their purpose though. Not so much on tall chicks, but us shorties rely on them.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Now you get my meaning?? lol He is a short in stature kinda guy. Well, he was I should say.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Like these?
@ NoThreat2U:
Jeez – I am not! Gotta watch what I wear.
NoThreat2U wrote:
guys dont care about the shoes…yeah, i let the sekrit out.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Good grief how sad is that?? lol
NoThreat2U wrote:
Like Napoleon, huh? Although I read his, um, “little Napoleon was rather little. Typical tyrant.
@ coldwarrior:
CW – I ain’t gonna ask what you think is “hot”.
Cuz we have a warped sense of humor – and rightfully so.
@ NoThreat2U:
LMAO – no – he never does.
@ coldwarrior:
Uh huh. lol Well for short folks a high shoe makes your legs look longer. SOmetimes that is important with what you are wearing. I rely on them actually. I’d look pretty stupid in a nice dress with flat shoes. I’d look like my grandmother.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Some of the “dress shoes” look like what I wore in high school. Let’s put it this way- The Temptations would admire me.
@ Calo:
LOL LOL No comment.
@ Calo:
LMAO************
Calo wrote:
well, its not shoes.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Shoes with lifts in them ala Tom Cruise. lol lol
Hahahahahahahahahaha Dang!
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
BTW, thank God there are no pics of me from the knees down, other than in my football and baseball uniforms.
NoThreat2U wrote:
and that is perfect, this is how the female THINKS the male looks at her.
I guess I should just admit to myself that I do have a warped sense of humor. No idea where I got it from.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Shit, if I wasn’t 5’10″, I’d laugh at that!
MEN ARENT LOOKING AT YOUR SHOES!!!!!!
NoThreat2U wrote:
No, no. We are not going there.
@ coldwarrior:
Males are visual creatures. They see what they want to see. It is up to the woman to help them out. lol lol But really, there are just certain clothes you have to wear heels with…google pencil skirts. Flats just don’t cut it.
@ coldwarrior:
Get your eyes back on her face dude.
coldwarrior wrote:
I don’t think she believes us…
@ coldwarrior:
ROFLMAO********** It is just part of the package dude! They do wonders for the legs!
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Ditto – my height exactly.
And, my heels are off.
@ lobo91:
Like I said, it becomes part of the package. Think of it as….accentuating. C’mon, any woman would tell you the same thing.
coldwarrior wrote:
Unless she’s like a 32a…
NoThreat2U wrote:
enjoy torturing your lower extremities with the shoes…
guys look at two things, eyes and tits.
sorry, it is what is is.
we dont care about your ankles
@ Calo:
You would go nuts being behind the wheel of my truck. The seat is pulled all the way up. lol
@ coldwarrior:
Silicone is too hot.
@ coldwarrior:
But see, a good heel will force your chest out, therefore, more “tits” to see. I can’t believe I jsut said that.
@ coldwarrior:
Eyes? That’s a new one.
@ NoThreat2U:
Probably – where is the lever?
I can’t drive with my knee in my face.
Calo wrote:
Oh, okay, rub it in!
But it’s okay, I’m not the least bit worried abut the fact that I’m not 6’5″. It’s much easier to kiss when you’re shorter.
@ Calo:
@ Calo:
@ NoThreat2U:
we aint looking at yer footwear.
night
@ Calo:
Under the front of the seat. lol It’s even more funnier when I have to slam on the brakes…I end up pretty much standing up on it. lol
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Short is a pain in the neck. You can’t reach up in the cupboards. There have been times I parked on a slant and have to grab the steering wheel and shimmy up in the truck. I can’t reach into the bottom of the damn freezer.
@ coldwarrior:
Nope
@ coldwarrior:
LOL Goonight dude!
I need to get to bed, too.
Night
Goodnight
lol
@ coldwarrior:
@ lobo91:
CYA both! Lobo, any questions, email me.
Well it is safe to assume the power will stay on (yes, I am afraid of the dark at my age). Gonna shut everything down and try to sleep. No guarantee of that. Nite Calo
@ coldwarrior:
No, we were looking at DMII and Gastric bypass.
Tre’ cool.
Ooops, how rude of me….Nite Bob!
@ NoThreat2U:
“shimmy up”? That sounds so…southern.
@ NoThreat2U:
Night NT2U.
Sleep well.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Yeah right. Outta sight, outta mind. J/K…sweet dreams!
@ Calo:
What kind os dog is that?
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
is, not os. sorry.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Hybrid dog – 1/2 malamute and 1/2 timber wolf.
She is a trip. Talks to me every morning at about 6 am.
Calo wrote:
About what?
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Her morning treat.
Imagine waking up to a dog nozzle in your face no matter how many pillows you try to hide behind.
I just woke up from a dream that I was standing next to a field of cattle speaking to a cattle buyer, who’s truck was parked on the roadside and reeked of all that cows can be.
Turns out the cat is sick and shit in the bath tub.
Morning everyone. Usual blog pimping ahead.
@ PaladinPhil:
Morning. YOur’re right. There is nothing good about it
@ Iron Fist:
Yeah, my apartment sprung a leak and it’s still raining outside. :p
well, off to work. See you all in a little while.
Awfully slow around here isn’t it?
Hmmm. Not a lot of Mohammedan news out there; it’s like they’ve fallen off the radar. It’s a bit creepy, like a summer night when all of the crickets stop chirping at the same time……
@ MacDuff:
They are plotting. They are always plotting. Maybe the election knocked them back a pace. They were all excited about watching us destroy ourselves, and now maybe we’ve put a stop to that.
Damn. We are as dead as LGF. Wah
ZZZZZZZZZ* What?
CLAAAAAAAAAAAASS, CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS
WAKE UP!
@ m:
I AM AWAKE!!
/what did I miss again?
Scott Madsen wrote:
I’ve been there. It’s called the Deep Shit Cattle Company.
@ huckfunn:
Don’t swim in their ponds!
m wrote:
Huh? Oh yeah…maybe we need a thread about investing/privitizing Social Security funds in the near future. I was playing with a spreadsheet last night and, based on even a low wage earner, an appreciation rate of 6%, and an inflation rate of 3.5% after retirement, it seems to work. Still checking my numbers.
MacDuff wrote:
I’m going to put up some more counterjihad threads. Their tools, the dhimmis, are doing the Muslims’ job for them. All they need to do is sit back and let it happen.
coldwarrior wrote:
Some men look at legs and buttocks. Depends on personal taste.
For that matter, some women like to see dorsal views of males, too.
@ MacDuff:
That was Sister Mary Elephant, don’tcha know…
~:)
@ coldwarrior:
Suzuki music system is very good. Parents need to be involved but their results are impressive.
Suzuki for music
Lozanov for languages
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