I’m happy to report that there is at least one thing that intellectual property lawyers haven’t been able to lock down. Not yet, anyway. It’s the contents of our drink glasses.
The Atlantic is a typical proggy MSM rag, and it’s always fun to see it discredited by someone who has done some actual research in the field.
The Era of Copyrighted Cocktails? Not So Much
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Sep 02, 2010 at 11:44AM
This Tuesday, an article appeared on the Atlantic.Com called The Era of Copyrighted Cocktails? Back in July, writer Chantal Martineau attended a seminar about protecting intellectual property at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. The seminar was the intellectual property of Eben Freeman, a NYC barman who used to make drinks at the now-defunct Tailor in Manhattan. Freeman, an undisputed pioneer in the industry, feels that his ideas have been unjustly ganked by his cocktail-making colleagues.
“Someone needs to get sued,” Freeman told Martineau, “to set a precedent.” That intrigued me, but the article didn’t really investigate how such a lawsuit would work. So I called a lawyer, William Ferron of the Seed intellectual property Law Group in Seattle, and asked him.
“Sue for what?” asked Ferron. “There really isn’t protection for a drink recipe, so I don’t see this type of suit being cost effective or productive.”
Tags: alcohol, copyright, Friday Night Drinking Thread, intellectual property, lawsuits, Lawyers
First?
Then my family should copyright the Christmas punchbowl. It usually consists of pelinkovac, some kind of whiskey, juice, soda. Everything you have access to gets tossed in there. The best part is whn my mother isn’t looking and one of my brothers dump in more stuff. lol
*crickets*
The simplest solution is to just kill all the lawyers.
Kinda quiet in here, isn’t it?
@ Da_Beerfreak:
Well yeah. That’s already been established. lol What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?( you’ve probably heard this before)
@ AZfederalist:
I think most people are watching football. Or maybe recovering from yesterday.
New DOD!
Chuck thinks he caused FoxNation to take down a story
@ Rodan:
Yeah Chuck, you’re really on their radar
AT A GLANCE:
Zeth Wheeler patents rolled and perforated wrapping paper in 1871. By 1874 he had is own business the Rolled Wrapping Paper Company, but the company couldn’t turn a profit. In 1877, Wheller reorganized into the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company and began selling Perforated Toilet Paper (‘The Standard’) on a roll. It sold in plain brown wrappers and fit conveniently into the American bathroom, which at the time was quite small.
1391 Toilet paper first produced in China (for the Emperor’s use). Each sheet 2′ by 3′
1857 Joseph Gayetty sells first factory-made toilet paper These were loose, flat, sheets of paper
1871 Zeth Wheeler patents rolled and perforated wrapping paper.
z1935 Northern Tissue advertises its toilet paper as “splinter-free”
1942 First two-ply toilet paper from St. Andrew’s Paper Mill in England; paper becomes softer.
@ Halman:
Splinter-free? Well that’s good to know
@ NoThreat2U:
He thinks his posts influence events.
@ Rodan:
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha He’s so damn delusional. I can just see him running around his basement in stained tighty whiteys yelling “I am CHARLES JOHNSON dammit” as he grabs a handful of cheetos. Frakkin’ loser.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Think of all the poor splinter-removers that got thrown out of work by heartless technological advancement!
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Well I lay that directly at Bush’s feet. It was a rough eight years remember. lol /
85 yard TD run by Oregon. Nice… 20-19 Oregon.
NoThreat2U wrote:
I am recovering from TODAY. A long stint at the cash reg, with said equipment deciding to lock up and misbehave with customers waiting. I’m tired. Back to work tomorrow…dunno how crowded it will be.
They fed us pizza and donuts. Yum!
NoThreat2U wrote:
@ 1389AD:
But business was good? That’s a plus
@ 1389AD:
It is very good. lol I don’t think I ever really much thought about toilet paper. lol
@ NoThreat2U:
I’m around, just busy with everyone home. My daughters h.s. football team won the 2nd round in the division last Friday. They go on to play in West Texas tomorrow. My daughter is in the band and will go. It is 6.5 hrs away, so forget it. I’m not going.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Sounds good!
@ snowcrash:
That’s a long drive. Our local teams play tomorrow starting at 9 am. I’ll be watching them on FoxSports.
@ NoThreat2U:
Henry: “I lost my job today, Em.”
Emma: “Oh no! Henry. Were you fired?”
Henry: “No, Emma. Leo, the boss came in at 2:00, and said we were all being laid off because business had fallen right off. We knew things were slow, but we didn’t know they were that bad. Leo told me, “time to hang up your tweezers, Hank, the world is changing, and our services are no longer needed.”"
Emma: “That’s so sad, Henry.”
Henry: “Well, I was getting tired of the assholes anyway.”
@ 1389AD:
Oh it is hilarious. SOmetimes it turns out a disgusting color. But that doesn’t stop anyone from drinking it. lol One year she made jello shots with Captn Morgan black label. Everything was a nasty brown color. lol It’s almost like a tradition now. lol
NoThreat2U wrote:
It was good – not overwhelmingly busy, but decent.
The more the better – even if it’s exhausting, which it is. Bladder capacity and opportunities to visit the washroom can become an issue also. And I have to keep drinking water while working because otherwise I sound like a frog.
I hope we’ll get good crowds tomorrow also. More customers buying big ticket items = more hours and more pay for us retail clerks!
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
LOL LOL LOL LOL Did you just make that up? If so, you are GOOD!
@ NoThreat2U:
The Onion article actually seems quite plausible.”Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000 Word e mail. LOL
@ Halman:
Go Ducks! Many a tailgating stories from that stadium. “Went” to UoO by proxy (I was working full time and had friends going there – spent several Fri nights in the dorms!)
Evening all.
@ 1389AD:
It’s all about the benjamins
@ NoThreat2U:
Thanks. Some jokes just write themselves. Thanks to Halman for the inspiration!
@ snowcrash:
Yeah because insiders say he IS cracking up. lol
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
YOu deserve the kudos for that. lol lol
NoThreat2U wrote:
You only think about toilet paper when it is unavailable!
On the Roe Conn show in Chicago a long time ago – I can’t remember if it was Roe Conn or his then-co-host, Garry Meier – but one of them had no toilet paper and was forced to use CASH, which that unfortunate individual attempted to launder afterward.
Eeew.
Considering that i live in a motorhome, where special septic-and-holding-tank-safe toilet paper (and holding tank chemical) is required, I make sure to buy big quantities of the stuff on a regular basis. I make SURE never to run low on toilet paper, or for that matter, kitty litter for our quadrupedal companion.
@ snowcrash:
His rambling email is probably what prompted MOOchelle to bust his lip. lol
After that…Roe Conn got very angry about inroads upon the US Constitution, particularly under the Clintons, and he did a bunch of riffs on “Constitution toilet paper.”
@ 1389AD:
I’ve seen the motorhome TP in stores. I do understand that concept. Used cash? OMG. lol
@ Dolphin:
Hi dolphin. Did you have a nice holiday?
NoThreat2U wrote:
Nobody knows what microbes Obozo’s lip, saliva, blood, or other bodily fluids have been exposed to. I doubt that anybody in his or her right mind would voluntarily expose themselves to that by elbowing him on purpose.
NoThreat2U wrote:
If it were dollar bills, I might have gone ahead and flushed them and considered it an expensive lesson in preparedness (i.e., checking for the presence of toilet paper before using that toilet stall). But I sure would NOT flush anything but the special TP in any RV.
It breaks down into small particles not too long after being immersed.
@ 1389AD:
I was wondering earlier if a magical creature sprang from his spilled blood…being so great and all that. lol
@ 1389AD:
I had an uncle who had no indoor plumbing. ICK. They had a portable kinda toilet in the basement that used special TP. I guess it was better than the outhouse.
@ 1389AD:
The guy must have been in a public washroom, and cash was the only sheet goods available. At home here, if I run out of cannon fodder, I’ve got paper towels, magazines, coffee filters, rags, dryer lint, and kitty litter. Not to mention soap and water.
@ snowcrash:
I never did read if they won last weekend.
That’s GREAT news.
Go Team Snow.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Yep. I’m always glad when one of the bosses comes around to have me recount and verify a packet of large bills being pulled from the register to be put into the safe. It shows we’re selling!
If people pay actual cash, IMO, it shows they’re more comfortable about spending money than they are if they buy stuff on credit.
We have an armored car person take the money from the safe to the bank.
.
Texas: Lebanese-owned firm sent expired food to U.S. combat troops
Posted on November 26, 2010 by creeping
And gets a slap on the wrist from the DOJ. via LA Times – Texas businessman settles military food mislabeling case for $15 million
A Texas businessman has agreed to pay $15 million to settle federal allegations that he and his company cheated the government by selling old and potentially dangerous food to the U.S. military to supply combat troops serving in Iraq and elsewhere.
Prosecutors had alleged that Samir Mahmoud Itani and his company American Grocers Ltd. profited from the Middle East conflict by ripping off taxpayers and shortchanging U.S. soldiers in the mess hall. According to the government, Itani’s firm bought deeply discounted products whose freshness dates had expired or were nearing expiration. His workers then altered those dates and resold those supplies to the government for hefty markups, prosecutors alleged.
On Friday, Department of Justice officials announced that Itani, his wife, Suzanne, his brother Ziad and the company agreed to pay the penalty to settle the false-claim charges in this federal whistle-blower case.
Samir Itani could not be reached for comment. According to property records, he owns a $2.2-million, 9,931-square-foot mansion with two elevators in an upscale Houston neighborhood.
Prosecutors said that Samir Itani, 51, and a tightknit group of family and business acquaintances sold at least $36 million worth of mislabeled food products to the government.
The shopping list was long and included potato flakes, salad dressing, produce, peanut butter, lobster and hamburger patties, according to the federal complaint. The supplies flowed out of Texas and to bases across the Middle East from about 2003 to 2006 during the Iraq war.
As the U.S. military presence grew in the Middle East, Itani’s business boomed. American Grocers shipped so much stale merchandise that the company bought paint solvent by the barrel and set up assembly lines to wipe out the old labels to make room for the phony dates, according to the complaint.
The Justice Department did not say whether any troops were sickened by the food supplied by American Grocers, or whether any of the food companies that sold items to Itani knew of any wrongdoing.
What happened to the other $16 million taxpayer dollars?
Apparently it was the second time Samir Mahmoud Itani had duped the U.S. government – according to this FBI press release and indictment, unless they are one and the same. He was “charged in a 46-count indictment with conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims and with making false claims,” according to this DOJ press release.
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/texas-lebanese-owned-firm-sent-expired-food-to-u-s-combat-troops/
2 years ago today we had the Mumbai massacre.
How much does the calender have to fill up with reminders before we start pushing back?
@ snowcrash:
Very good! Refused the stress – just didn’t let anything get to me. We (hubby and me) were suppose to get up and go to the national forest this am so he could hunt, but we got too much rain over night here. We may and try for a day hunt tomorrow.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Kitty litter? ROFLMAO*****
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
I have been watching game. Came back over to check how things are going……The tweezer thing was very funny…..
@ 1389AD:
I like to spend money when I have it. It makes me feel like I am contributing to the economy.
@ NoThreat2U:
hang him by the neck until dead in the public square. allow his body to be eaten by carrion and decompose and slip the noose, then leave his bones in a pile to be bleached white by the sun
Where’s my highball?
(The wife just got the first season of Mad Men on DVD.)
@ mjazz:
Islamophobe ///
i still dont believe that oregon is the best team in the ncaa.
Dolphin wrote:
It’s been pretty damp here in SC today also.
Runner wrote:
old fashioned or tom collins?
@ coldwarrior:
No problem with that. None at all. Let is serve as a reminder.
@ snork:
OK…that borders on scary in my book.
@ Calo:
Yep, we never make it past 3rd round, so we’ll see what happens. My fingers are crossed. Midlands is pretty far away and the kids have to check in at 5:45am. I will be up very early. Ugh.
NoThreat2U wrote:
thats my penalty for vote fraud, treason, capital offenses, and those who needed killin’
NoThreat2U wrote:
Then, you have to dispose of the soiled kitty litter. I never liked the idea of attempting to flush any kind of kitty litter. And I know my cat would seriously dislike my attempting to use his box. It might put him off of using it.
snowcrash wrote:
congrats! btw
@ 1389AD:
To get a truer picture, you might want to ask about this years sales numbers post Thanksgiving weekend vs last years sales numbers.
@ coldwarrior:
I’d vote for ya’
coldwarrior wrote:
Agreed.
Why did it take so long for anybody to figure out there was a problem with the food? Isn’t there any kind of audit required on suppliers to the military?
1389AD wrote:
sure, there is…what did the perp stamp on the containers? falsified paperwork? there are a thousand ways to get around an audit for something like food that is going to be consumed asap
@ 1389AD:
My best advice…free of charge. If you can get it, use Yesterday’s News for kitty litter. It is made from recycled newspaper. I had to find something for Angel the Wonder Cat due to her funky sore paw and that is what the vet recommended. A big bag costs less than clay litter. It actually dries out too. You don’t get that nasty clay stink. I am a scooper and I can go two weeks without having to CHANGE the litter. It has a very subtle pine smell. Good value and good product IMO.
@ Calo:
How has business been for you? I do love those Hallmark stores
heh, the pres took 12 stitches from a latin guy…
the irony of that is great.
@ NoThreat2U:
the cat uses that corn based stuff, its flushable
I got dibs on gin and tonic
Calo wrote:
Hard to say. Everybody has their own slant or spin on all of this. It may be awhile before all the figures are in.
Miami Herald: Consumers, retailers upbeat over Black Friday
Economy shows slowed growth leading into Black Friday
I did notice that traffic was very slow the week before Thanksgiving.
@ snork:
Very annoying and irritating and funny. I added it to favorites.
@ coldwarrior:
I was really impressed with the price of the new litter though. It never stinks!
See I have to be leery of flushing anything like that until the basement floor gets tore out and replaced. The slightest thing make the main drain clog
From the Entry:
It wasn’t always like that. I used to subscribe to and enjoy it. But it did go Left and then south about 5 years or so ago.
NoThreat2U wrote:
That’s what I use!
My husband and I both get asthma from clay dust (though not from cats). We use a fairly limited amount of litter and change the entire thing frequently, rather than scooping it out.
So she called her imam
Guess what honey? I married my cousin and she’ll be coming to the US to live with us.
@ coldwarrior:
Tom Collins, hold the Collins!
@ 1389AD:
I swear by that stuff now. I even told my daughter to buy it. She only has one kitteh so the big bag will last her forever.
GMTA
@ song_and_dance_man:
Did you know that gin and tonic glows under a black light?
Cachaca!
coldwarrior wrote:
Apparently on the lip. I’m hopin that will shut his pie hole for at least a day or so.
Shouldn’t it be more neutral, like Gray Friday? Anyone who participates in Black Friday is a racist.
/
@ mjazz:
I have no pity for stupid bitches. She knows what islam is.
Runner wrote:
i’m not sure that would taste very good…
Runner wrote:
trippy!!!
@ Runner:
Nope. didn’t know that. But I’m not surprised. We used to have black lights when we were kids and found a bunch of things that glowed.
huckfunn wrote:
too bad we cant get 0 to go 12 with manny pacquaio
@ coldwarrior:
I just found the remnants of a small Cuban on the bookcase in the dining room. Think about that for a minute…do you know what I am talking about?? lol
song_and_dance_man wrote:
and one can only fri things in fats, which are bad for you.
NoThreat2U wrote:
*clears throat* why no, i couldn’t image where contraband like that could have possibly come from!
@ coldwarrior:
LOL LOL LOL I’m not sure. I think I found it out front of my house. I was dusting off pictures and came across it.
coldwarrior wrote:
O-dawg wouldn’t make the first minute. Just think what would happen if you put him up against Kim il Jung. Uh-O.
@ 1389AD:
Well, I was just suggesting that unless that guy who used the cash for TP was in some sort of situation where he had nothing else available, it would betray somewhat of lack of imagination on his part.
Maybe he should have swiped his credit card.
too bad, it looks like the Arizona wildcats cant hang with oregon…
i still dont think oregon can beat lsu or auburn, or ‘bama for that matter.
@ NoThreat2U:
Those are Shia Lebanese aka Hizballah. Great Hizballah giving US troops food.
NoThreat2U wrote:
OTOH, not everybody gets the opportunity to say “no”
Rodan wrote:
Why aren’t American companies supplying our troops? And by American, I mean people who have passed a background check and have NO ties to our enemies WHATSOEVER.
@ Rodan:
Yep, isn’t that special???
@ 1389AD:
I would suffer any injustice here on earth before I would allow myself to be subjugated by anyone. The worst part is, when this happens in western countries, you can kill him in his sleep. There is no excuse IMO. Now I am not just advocating murder for the hell of it, but I totally believe in protecting yourself no matter what. A few lamps upside the head might teach the bastard a thing or too. Maybe I am just really mean. I don’t know.
coldwarrior wrote:
I don’t know about that. I thought that maybe Bama was the baddest, but they dang sure gave the game away today.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
I can imagine somebody doing that, then later putting the credit card in the slot in our credit card reader. It’d be all but impossible to clean afterward, and every other credit card would become contaminated too.
Bleeargh!
huckfunn wrote:
that was pure war eagle desire right there! what a fantastic game!
Spanish Woman Claims She Now Owns Sun
Updated: Friday, 26 Nov 2010, 2:16 PM EST
Published : Friday, 26 Nov 2010, 2:16 PM EST
(AFP) – After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner — a woman from Spain’s soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property.
Angeles Duran, 49, told the online edition of daily El Mundo she took the step in September after reading about an American man who had registered himself as the owner of the moon and most planets in our solar system.
coldwarrior wrote:
That was a great game! I was pulling for Bama for TCU’s sake. HEY! AZ TD. 3 more and they’re right back in the game.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Glad to see you last night. I was afraid you’d miss the retrospective.
____________
I took Bunkessa back to UC Santa Barbara today because she was scheduled to work. We went to a local eatery for lunch, The Cajun Kitchen. I ordered red beans and rice.
For $7.50 they gave me a plate of rice with fukkin refried pinto beans. Now I don’t mind pinto beans, but they weren’t even cooked in lard and tasted like mud on a pilaf. Bastards.
huckfunn wrote:
TCU and Boise will get screwed again!
coldwarrior wrote:
Can you do that in Latin?
huckfunn wrote:
yes…but the verb ‘screw’ wont ttranslate right.
lemme grab this book over here for another verb.
Red Skelton’s Pledge of Allegiance….thought yinz all might like this
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Tim Conway Jr. was calling it African-American Friday on his radio show.
coldwarrior wrote:
That’s proly why it’s an exit language.
huckfunn wrote:
With algebra?
huckfunn wrote:
Bunk X wrote:
I can’t do algegra in any language.
@ Bunk X:
I love the 12 hour shifts I work, but I get home late on those days. Like yesterday.
There is nothing worse than getting a bunk meal. And as you obviously know re-fried beans are just that. Re-fried with lard. Yeah they are fattening but oh so good when done right.
iterum, tcu et boise combustus
@ huckfunn:
Hey, did you see my link on the previous thread?
I just had a chunk of sharp chedder, some bottled water, 4 advil, 1 gabapentin (as prescribed for intractible muscle cramps due to my neurological issues) and a shot of rum. My neck hurts – got too stressed out, and I need to get it to relax so I can sleep.
@ 1389AD:
That should do it. lol
@ 1389AD:
*cheddar – PIMF!
Awwwww Snoopy is crying.
(yes I am watching tv)
@ NoThreat2U:
I sure hope so.
If I don’t get adequate SLEEP, I cannot function at work in any cogent manner. I’m always advising the younger kids (some of them ARE kids) who work there, that the only way to survive stand-up retail work is to make sure you get enough sleep. Some of them try to make up for it with energy drinks. That ain’t gonna work.
coldwarrior wrote:
HEY! You cheated.
@ Bunk X:
Now why would you order Southern food in SB?
You should of had a fish taco or something.
//
1389AD wrote:
i like the gabapentin and rum…
huckfunn wrote:
nope, i changed it.
didnt like the machine translation, had to look it up in a real book
NoThreat2U wrote:
Yes, I did. Haven’t seen the movie.
Calo wrote:
Speaking of Southern food, I found that grits come out pretty good in a microwave, in a GLASS dish. If you double the recipe, you need to go 10 minutes at high power, and they come out just right. But you gotta use old-fashioned grits. THe predigested variety don’t have the right texture.
coldwarrior wrote:
@ 1389AD:
Just the thought of “energy drinks” makes me nervous. There is nothing better than good old fashioned rest. There is no such thing as a quick fix.
@ coldwarrior:
You must be in law, medicine or a man of the cloth.
Who else would know Latin like that to translate on the fly?
/if you’re using babelfish of another translator I will hope for pigeons to hang out on the top of your 16 inch Meade.
@ huckfunn:
It is really funny. Especially when the little sister realizes that Sue isn’t a young girl…because she lit up a cigarette. lol If I see it on anytime soon, I’ll let you know.
@ 1389AD:
I’ve found Melatonin to be very helpful when it comes to a good nights sleep, 6 mg. works quite nicely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin
song_and_dance_man wrote:
i will gladly use both…i had latin in h.s. and some in college, so i have the basics…the cases and endings i have forgotten tho
coldwarrior wrote:
LOL…
I had brain surgery for fluid pressure, and surgery on vertebra 1 for cervical stenosis at the same time. One of the “holdover” symptoms is an extremely nasty tendency toward involuntary muscle cramping, anywhere and everywhere. Pain-a-rama! I watch my body mechanics when moving, lifting things, using stairways, etc. to avoid pulling muscles, but sometimes I get tired and stressed out and things just hurt anyway. Hence the Neurontin + a little liquid painkiller to make it work better.
Calo wrote:
The parking garage was full. The Cajun Kitchen had parking.
Now if you had a restaurant called that, wouldn’t you serve something that was actually Cajun? The closest they came was cornbread, and even that’s not Cajun. Bastards.
@ 1389AD:
I used to work in retail, Christmas is a brutal time, hang in there.
Boise – Nevada just kick offed.
\huckfunn wrote:
this should be a good one.
@ 1389AD:
I like grits, but predigested is puke. Grits ain’t cajun neither.
@ Bunk X:
You chose it/
MrPaulRevere wrote:
I’ll try a little of that also. Thanks for reminding me!
NoThreat2U wrote:
That’s for sure. I don’t know what’s in them. I’ll have a cup or two of coffee in the morning, but I’m leery of some newfangled canned witches’ brew that has a lot of sugar and who knows what all else. The young people at work even say that they don’t like the way energy drinks taste. The last I checked, the sense of taste (and smell) are warnings to leave alone those things that are not good to eat or drink.
@ song_and_dance_man:
the other huge problem is after all that latin, there was 6 months of dli/army (russian, i failed halfway thru) then i lived in germany and picked up a good bit there, now i am learning russian again…
languages are right now a giant mess in my head and a little machine translation helps get the juices flowing, as it were.
(Still freaked out about the idea of grits)
@ 1389AD:
After my brother drove across TN and GA he got like five bottle of five hour energy. It did nothing for him…at all. He still had to sleep when we got to the condo. I just don’t believe in those things.
Bunk X wrote:
California is so far away from Cajun territory that these “restauranteurs”:
(a) had no clue what Cajun food (or perhaps any food) is, and
(b) they figured most people won’t know the difference anyway.
As Ratatouille said, anybody CAN cook, but not everyone SHOULD.
coldwarrior wrote:
I’ll stick with as long as I can. I em c’d a garage sale for the better part of a day and I’m damn near done. Ya sure meet some weird people at a garage sale… particularly when it’s in your own garage.
@ 1389AD:
NoThreat2U wrote:
Grits are made of corn soaked in alkali, which is highly preferable because it makes one of the B vitamins into a form that can be absorbed by human beings. It also makes the flavor a little more mild.
@ 1389AD:
Those energy drinks always put me in a bad mood. I’ve fallen asleep on them. The ingredients don’t seem to be too bad.
Time to go relax in the rocker and let the Wonder Cat sit on her momma. She is stuffed again, full of turkey and giblets. lol Peace yinz. See yinz for the game tomorrow..GO STEELERS!!!!!!
@ coldwarrior:
Some people have a knack for learning languages. I’m sure it isn’t that difficult, and learning another tongue would be a straightforward thing if taught formally. It never interested me and knowing English was enough when younger. And now? I wish I had shown more interest then.
@ 1389AD:
You’re welcome. Most folks who have never worked in retail during Christmas really can’t appreciate what the workers endure. I had a love/hate relationship with Christmas, as it was one of the few times of the year when overtime was authorized, but I drove myself to exhaustion for the dough.
1389AD wrote:
They have Popeye’s in CA!
mjazz wrote:
Yeah. For a parking spot. There was a reason that there were parking spots. Bastards.
Also, if anyone’s curious, my twitter is WesternCivBlog.
@ mjazz:
I just mainline the coffee to keep up.
Forget those silly drinks in a can.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
use the rosetta stone software, i recoment it.
@ NoThreat2U:
Good nite NT2U
@ coldwarrior:
What pathways get pruned for language development as you get older?
I forgot.
@ Philip_Daniel:
Cool name for your twitter feed Philip and I noticed you follow Thomas Sowell, you can’t go wrong there.
@ song_and_dance_man:
I wish I had also. When you’re younger you are more adept at picking things up.
@ song_and_dance_man:
I’m learning Polish and Turkish here.
Calo wrote:
Yeah, there are just marketing gimmicks, IMO. Strong coffee and large doses of vitamin C and b-6 work for me.
@ coldwarrior:
You are now learning English?
Calo wrote:
none if you use them
mjazz wrote:
no, i am using rosetta for russian
Calo wrote:
Whatever they may be, the desire to be able to order food in a foreign country is not one of the degraded pathways.
@ coldwarrior:
Going through your E. E. Cummings phase…
@ mjazz:
e e cummings?
@ Philip_Daniel:
That is an amazing site you linked to and read the About Us.
@ coldwarrior:
really
mjazz wrote:
not using caps is an old habit from using telex machines…
Calo wrote:
prolly the arcuate fasciculus that ties wernicke’s to broca’s
@ coldwarrior:
found it.
@ Calo:
So did I when you mentioned it. However, you can only get a summary of the abstracts. To get the full papers will take some cha-ching.
Calo wrote:
a reduction of plasticity starts damn early…if that areas is used it wont get all myelinated…ever see the study about the london cab drivers and the fact that their hippocampi grow as more time is spent at work
@ coldwarrior:
Intererstin.
Never knew that.
Guess it’s like skaters and the vestibular system that develops to keep them from getting dizzy.
Calo wrote:
the brain and neural pathways will remain ‘useful’ and not atrophy if they are used and expanded.
that is why new hobbies and ‘breaking out of the rut’ are so healthy.