Play Room/inhouse Daycare

[mulester7]

http://www.nata2.info/humor/flash/miniputt.swf

[mulester7]

.....many have probably seen this one....you want to hit a texas-leaguer that skips and slides to get into the 500's......

http://games.apropo.ro/penguin-modified.html

[Clint DeBoer]

3 whiffs and then a 545...

[mulester7]

.....so let it be written and recorded....good one.....

[JohnA]

You need to check out this site...it has the history of the Penguin smack and several better mods/hacks of the game...

http://penguin.omnihosts.net/

also make sure to check out the original game site...they have a bunch of other cool games:

http://www.yetisports.org/

Check this out...tons of cool flash games, including all the penguin ones

http://www.geekfocus.com/content/blogcategory/7/43/

[Takeereasy]

Nice one Mulester. I got a 544.7. Is it just me or could you stand around all day and hit that penguin with a bat and not feel like it has been wasted time.

Edit: 574.9

Edit: 577.6

Edit: 593 even. Woo hoo.

[mulester7]

Nice one Mulester. I got a 544.7. Is it just me or could you stand around all day and hit that penguin with a bat and not feel like it has been wasted time.

Edit: 574.9

.....haha, everybody loves the concept of baseball, Takeereasy....I've been familiar with the penguin smack game for 2-3 years....the best I've ever gotten was a 587 point-something....one guy claimed a 595 one time....I guess it's all in the wrists, haha....

[Nomo]

568.5 God that's funny.

574.9 But I may be here all day.

[sjdgpt]

492.9 in the air with no bounce

skipping the poor penquin 555.7 and 556

[sjdgpt]

587.6 on the bounce

[mulester7]

587.6 on the bounce

.....Sjdgpt, YOU DA' MAN!....I definitely remember mine was a 587.59, haha.....

[jaxvon]

Teagames (www.teagames.com).

Lotsa fun to be had there too...

[nm2285]

I'm a fan of this version: http://www.korenwolf.net/pingu/rocket-up-the-arse.html (warning: only for those who can't get enough)

[brian32672]

After 20 minutes of straight play these are the scores I finally got.
Bounce=588.3
Air=492.8

[Cygnus]

This is an awesome game! 452 then 491.4

[Francious70]

http://storage.act-9.com/2005/0222/nanaca.htm

[brian32672]

Funny, but kinda like the Penguin... Played this 3 times and this is what I came up with....279.?

[mulester7]

.....Brian, you should consider going Pro on the Games-Circuit, haha.....

[brian32672]

.....Brian, you should consider going Pro on the Games-Circuit, haha.....

Only seem to like Half Life 2 at the moment. But have already finished this twice...

[Takeereasy]

I got 327. Anybody else? 794.38M. 1072M.

[Francious70]

For the game I posted I got over 10k meters

Paul

[Polkfan]

Got 588.3 after about 10 tries. :p

[brian32672]

Ok, I find the Gory version to be funny (some may not see the humor in a yeti with a spiked club)

Also tried the ridiculously long version. (Wow, light up a cig, get a beer, or go to the bathroom for that one)

These are stupidly addicting.....

[mulester7]

http://www.njagyouth.org/liberty.htm

[rgriffin25]

Thanks for the cool links guys. Here is one that I found this weekend. cool games (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games.shtml)

I have been hooked on these games ever since I first read this thread. Might have to sell the x-box. :p

[mulester7]

.....little Johnny sat on the concrete curb one afternoon, turning his glass bottle of light-brown turpentine upside-down and back, watching the bubbles rise....the local Priest, Father O'Malley, approached down the sidewalk and recognized Johnny, one of his alter-boys, immediately.....

...."Johnny", said Father O'Malley, "what's that in the bottle?".....

....looking over his left shoulder with a sun-grin, Johnny said, "Father O'Malley, this is probably the most powerful liquid in the World".....

...."Oh No!", said the Blessed Father, "Johnny, Holy Water is the most powerful liquid in this World"...."Son, you can rub Holy Water on a pregnant woman's belly, and she will pass a healthy baby"....

.....Johnny thought a second, looked back over his shoulder and said, "Father, let me tell ya', you splash some of this turpentine on a tomcat's butt, and he'll pass a Harley Davidson".....

[mulester7]

.....Gentlemen, and I must say, Ladies, and welcome, please forgive the "de-nuxxxd", this story is reputed to be an Urban Legend, and I'm sure many of you are familiar with it.....Urban Legend---from the suburbs and not true, if you will....but, what you need to do is, run a copy of the recipe and the all-important, "methods", and BEG, your wife to make the cookies, asap, with emphasis on, asap....(it's the ground up oatmeal)......



A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a

very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for

$50.00.



Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORY!



My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in

Dallas, and we decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such

cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus cookie." It was so

excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe, and the waitress

said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you can buy the recipe."



Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty-it's a great

deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab. Thirty days

later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge was

$285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two

salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I glanced at the bottom of the

statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe-$250.00". That was outrageous!



I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress said

it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty

dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase. Neiman-Marcus

refused to budge. They would not refund my money because, according to

them, "What the waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen

the recipe.



We absolutely will not refund your money at this point." I explained to

the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes which govern fraud in

the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better Business

Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud. I was

basically told, "Do what you want. Don't bother thinking of how you can get

even, and don't bother trying to get any of your money back." I just said,

Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250 worth of fun."

I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in the

United States with an e-mail account has a $250 cookie recipe from

Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I

said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you ripped me

off!" and slammed down the phone. So here it is! Please, please, please

pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and

I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make

another penny off of this recipe!





NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter

24 oz. chocolate chips

4 cups flour

2 cups brown sugar

2 tsp. soda

1 tsp. salt

2 cups sugar

1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)

5 cups blended oatmeal

4 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla

3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the

butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour,

oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar,

and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.



Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

[mulester7]

.....an old Indian lined up all of his 10 Indian sons, and stood in front of them....he then asked, "Who push port-a-potty over cliff?"....nobody answered him......

.....he asked again, "who push port-a-potty over cliff?"....again, nobody answered.....

.....the old Indian said, "I tell story of Georgie, and Georgie's Father"...."Georgie chop down cherry tree"...."Georgie tell truth, Big Georgie no punish"...."so", the old Indian asked again, "who push port-a-potty over cliff?".....

.....the littlest Indian replied, "I, Father, I push port-a-potty over cliff".....

.....the old Indian GRABS the kid, SHAKES HIM VIOLENTLY, and SPANKS!! the smallest son for his punishment....when the old Indian is done and walking away, the crying little Indian rubbing his eyes asked, "Father, Georgie tell truth, Georgie no get punished"...."I tell truth, I get punished"...."why you punish me, Father?".....

.....the old Indian replied, "at time of chopping, Big Georgie, NOT, in cherry tree!"......

[mulester7]

.....fellow tin-eared NEANDERTHALS, take note.....


Man says to God, "God, why did you make woman so beautiful?"

God says, "So you would love her."

"But God," man says, "why did you make her so dumb?"

God says, "So she would love you!"......

[mulester7]

Game Link: Sniper Training
Shoot moving targets in a variety of settings.
(Sniper rifle and scope provided free of charge)

http://www.gophergas.com/funstuff/professionals.htm

[mulester7]

.....try this one....notice you see no green spot up front.....this one gets a little deeper, imo.....

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col_rapidAfterimage/index.html

[brian32672]

That one is pretty good Mule.....

[mulester7]

.....I thought it was very interesting myself, Brian......

[mulester7]

.....here is a video of some dancers doing a live performance in celebration of the Chinese New Year.....I was told this group is actually from China and were performing somewhere in the United States....It's a truly exquisite performance....the dancers are all deaf....to help them with this performance, they get their cues from the people you see on the sides of the stage....and of course, practice makes perfect.....


http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~panugant/downloads/chineese.wmv

[mulester7]

.....this is wild.....move her with your mouse if she gets stuck.....

http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf

[mulester7]

.....this is pretty neat, and might promote you to check out a few claims....just click on your state.....

Is your town haunted?

www.theshadowlands.net/places/alabama.htm Alabama
www.theshadowlands.net/places/louisiana.htm Louisiana
www.theshadowlands.net/places/ohio.htm Ohio
www.theshadowlands.net/p%20laces/alaska.htm Alaska
www.theshadowlands.net/places/maine.htm Maine
www.theshadowlands.net/places/oklahoma.htm Oklahoma
www.theshadowlands.net/places/arizona.htm Arizona
www.theshadowlands.net/places/maryland.htm Maryland
www.theshadowlands.net/places/oregonhtm Oregon
www.theshadowlands.net/places/arkansas.htm Arkansas
www.theshadowlands.net/places/massachusetts.htm Massachusetts
www.theshadowlands.net/places/pennsylvania.htm Pennsylvania
www.theshadowlands.net/places/california.htm California
www.theshadowlands.net/places/michigan.htm Michigan
www.theshadowlands.net/places/rhodeisland.htm Rhode Island
www.theshadowlands.net/places/colorado.htm Colorado
www.theshadowlands.net/places/minnesota.htm Minnesota
www.theshadowlands.net/places/southcarolina.htm South Carolina
www.theshadowlands.net/places/connecticut.htm Connecticut
www.theshadowlands.net/places/mississippi.htm Mississippi
www.theshadowlands.net/places/southdakota.htm South Dakota ;
www.theshadowlands.net/places/delaware.htm Delaware
www.theshadowlands.net/places/missouri.htm Missouri
www.theshadowlands.net/places/tennessee.htm Tennessee
www.theshadowlands.net/places/florida.htm Florida
www.theshadowlands.net/places/montana.htm Montana
www.theshadowlands.net/places/texas.htm Texas
www.theshadowlands.net/places/georgia.htm Georgia
www.theshadowlands.net/places/nebraska.htm Nebraska
www.theshadowlands.net/places/utah.htm Utah
www.theshadowlands.net/places/hawaii.htm Hawaii
www.theshadowlands.net/places/nevada.htm Nevada
www.theshadowlands.net/places/vermont.htm Vermont
www.theshadowlands.net/places/idaho.htm Idaho
www.theshadowlands.net/places/newhampshire.htm New Hampshire
www.theshadowlands.net/places/virginia.htm Virginia
www.theshadowlands.net/places/illinois.htm> Illinois
www.theshadowlands.net/places/newjersey.htm New Jersey
www.theshadowlands.net/places/washington.htm Washington
www.theshadowlands.net/places/indiana.htm Indiana
www.theshadowlands.net/places/newmexico.htm New Mexico
www.theshadowlands.net/places/westvirgin%20ia.htm West Virginia
www.theshadowlands.net/places/iowa.htm Iowa
www.theshadowlands.net/places/newyork.htm New York
www.theshadowlands.net/places/wisconsin.htm Wisconsin
www.theshadowlandsnet/places/kansas.htm Kansas
www.theshadowlands.net/places/northcarolina.htm North Carolina
www.theshadowlands.net/places/wyoming.htm Wyoming
www.theshadowlands.net/places/kentucky.htm Kentucky
www.theshadowlands.net/places/northdakota.htm North Dakota
www.theshadowlands.net/places/dc.htm District of Columbia

[brian32672]

Loads of towns in my state. But none in my town. Sunrise Florida....
So I guess no hauntings here.
However the close ones are Plantation, Davie, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale...

BTW Mule, finally got prescriptions filled, very long ordeal

[mulester7]

BTW Mule, finally got prescriptions filled, very long ordeal.....very long ordeal??, for pain medicines?, for a guy deemed worthy of full disability on only the second application turned in to persons probably empowered during the Clinton administration?, just a guess?, I don't know?....so from the year 2001 in January came the very long ordeal part?....anyone seeing what I am working toward, please raise their hand.......

[mulester7]

A man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the plush theatre.

When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, "Sorry, sir, but you're only allowed one seat."

The man groaned but didn't budge.

The usher became impatient. "Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the manager."

Again, the man just groaned, which infuriated the usher who turned and marched briskly back up the aisle in search of his manager.

In a few moments, both the usher and the manager returned and stood over the man.

Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move him, but with no success.

Finally, they summoned the police.

The cop surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "All right buddy, what's your name?" "Sam," the man moaned.

"Where ya from, Sam?"

With pain in his voice Sam replied, "the balcony."

[brian32672]

OK Mule, If you can figure out how this one works let me know....
http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil/archive/dump/flash/psychic.swf

[Nomo]

Pretty amazing at first. There's only a small amount of answers that satisfy that equation. Concentrate, for example, on the number 63, one of the possible answers. The results of the globe will always be the symbol next to the number 63.

[mulester7]

OK Mule, If you can figure out how this one works let me know....
http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil/archive/dump/flash/psychic.swf.....Brian, I just got in from having to work again to Van Buren and back....yeah, back-to-back turns....whew....there was a derailment on the North End a few days ago, and they have been rerouting trains up the West End where I normally work only every now and then....

.....circle of nines, Brian, circle of nines....notice when you play the game the second and each recurring time, the symbols rotate, but the same symbol will be on 9-18-27-36-45-54-63-72-81, one of which will always be your answer....(the idiot savant mule now bows and exits stage-left to get some shut-eye).....

[brian32672]

.circle of nines, Brian, circle of nines....notice when you play the game the second and each recurring time, the symbols rotate, but the same symbol will be on 9-18-27-36-45-54-63-72-81, one of which will always be your answer....(the idiot savant mule now bows and exits stage-left to get some shut-eye).....

Yep, thats right..... OK Next game..

[mulester7]

.....boys, LITTLE, did we know, Clint and Gene knew each other WELL before this site was begun, and were considered a CRACKER-JACK team in the medical profession.....


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=9f96&.dnm=a186.jpg&.src=ph

[Buckle-meister]

.....boys, LITTLE, did we know, Clint and Gene knew each other WELL before this site was begun, and were considered a CRACKER-JACK team in the medical profession.....

Sick, Mulester7. Sick. :)

I'm sure we'd all agree that their um, talents, are better served separating casework from receivers than heads from shoulders. ;)

Regards

[mulester7]

Little Derek was in the 4th grade class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living.

All the typical answers came up, fireman, policeman, salesman, etc...Derek was being uncharacteristically quiet, and the teacher asked him about his father.

Derek said, "My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret, and takes off all his clothes in front of other men."

The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some coloring, and took little Derek aside to ask him, "is that really true about your father?"

"No," said Derek, "he coaches for the Razorbacks, but I was too embarrassed to say so."

[mulester7]

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=6495&.dnm=7c26.jpg&.src=ph

[mulester7]

.....neat black and white snap....I wish I could say I took it off the front end of a locomotive, but I can't....concrete ties, if you'll notice.....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=1b0d&.dnm=aae9.jpg&.src=ph

[mulester7]

.....humor me....change your screen resolution to 800 X 600, click this link, maximize your screen, then click "view slideshow"....18 shots....notice the Twin Towers in the first snap.....

.....The Blue Angels.....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/1918&.dnm=d054.jpg&.src=ph

[brian32672]

Sometimes I get stupid stuff like this from my Georgia relatives.
Anyhow I thought some of it was funny.

25 ways to tell if you're truly a Red Neck

1. The Halloween pumpkin on your porch has more teeth than your spouse.

2. You let your twelve-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids.

3. You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.

4. You think a woman who is "out of your league" bowls on a different night.

5. Jack Daniel's makes your list of "most admired people."

6. You wonder how service stations keep their restrooms so clean.

7. Anyone in your family ever died right after saying, "Hey y'all watch this."

8. You think Dom Perignon is a Mafia leader.

9. Your wife's hairdo was once ruined by a ceiling fan.

10. Your junior prom had a daycare.

11. You think the last words of the Star Spangled Banner are, "Gentlemen start your engines."

12. You lit a match in the bathroom and your house exploded right off its wheels.

13. The bluebook value of your truck goes up and down, depending on how much gas is in it.

14. You have to go outside to get something from the fridge.

15. One of your kids was born on a pool table.

16. You need one more hole punched in your card to get a freebie at the House of Tattoos.

17. You can't get married to your sweetheart because there's a law against it.

18. You think loading a dishwasher means getting your wife drunk.

19. Your toilet paper has page numbers on it.

20. Somebody hollers "Hoe Down" and your girlfriend hits the floor.

21. You have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say "Cool Whip" on the side.

22. The biggest city you've ever been to is Wal-Mart.

23. Your working T.V. sits on top of your non-working T.V.

24. Your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home.

25. You missed 5th grade graduation because you had jury duty.

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

http://www.nata2.info/humor/flash/miniputt.swf


I am gonna sue you you when I get fired...

I blew up on the windmill :mad:

[mulester7]

.....Brian, I guess I'm a redneck too, 'cause I mowed my grass one time, and found an old car, my porch collapsed one time and killed seven dogs, and I love to slow-dance at the local Waffle-House....oh well......

.....hey, what has six legs, nine teeth, and only comes out at night?.....yeah, the night-shift crew of three waitresses at my Waffle-House.....

[mulester7]

I am gonna sue you you when I get fired.....my lawyer's pretty slick, Sir Fries, do what ya' gotta', haha.....hey, on the windmill hole, line up the ball far left, and bounce off the wall on the left side right at the mouth of the left tunnel....I have honestly shot a 19 on that course, but only one time, and have scored 20 a bunch of times, but you gotta' get lucky on a couple of them to get 20, I assure you....yeah, I've played it a zillion times, and pretty well worked out the bounce points and velocities......

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

.....my lawyer's pretty slick, Sir Fries, do what ya' gotta', ......


Ill settle out of court for that sony 70 inch plasma :rolleyes:

but if it goes to court, my attorneys name is Johnney Cockring from the lawfirm...Doowe Cheatem and How :D

[mulester7]

.....I loved this and laughted out loud about three times....watch real close, is this animated?.....

http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/cs/honda/051303/honda_ad.swf

[mulester7]

....new ride at Six Flags-Dallas....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/c8ef&.dnm=f9e4.jpg&.src=ph

[mulester7]

.....this is sharp.....

http://www.beechwoodtrails.com/files/Dancingdog.wmv

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

.....this is sharp.....

http://www.beechwoodtrails.com/files/Dancingdog.wmv

What the H%ll does she feed that dog? Maybe we shouldnt ask?!

Something we should all live by!-THE MAN CODE

This is it. So it has been written, so it shall be....The CODE (29rules for men)
1. Thou shall not rent the movie Chocolat
2. Under no circumstances may 2 men share an umbrella.
3. Any man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his fellow partygoers.
4. When you are queried by a buddy's wife, girlfriend, mother,father,priest, shrink, dentist, accountant, or dog walker, you need not and should not provide any use-ful information whatsoever as to his whereabouts. You are permitted to deny his very existence.
5. Unless he murdered someone in your immediate family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.
6. You may exaggerate any anecdote told in a bar by 50 percent without recrimination; beyond that, anyone within earshot is allowed to call BULL****.(Exception: Within trying to pick up a girl, the allowable exaggeration rate rises to 400 percent)
7. If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off-limits forever.
8. The minimum amount of time you have to wait for another guy who's running late is 5 minutes. for a girl, you are required to wait 10 minutes for every point of otness she scores on the classic 1-10 scale.
9. Complaining about the brand of free beer in a buddies refrigerator is forbidd .... You may gripe if the temperature is unsuitable.
10. No man is ever required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering a friends birthday is strictly optional and slightly gay.
11. Agreeing to distract the ugly friend of a hot babe your buddy is trying to hook up with is your legal duty. Should you get carried away with your good deed an end up having sex with the beast, your pal is forbidden to speak of it, even at your bachelor party.
12. Before dating a buddy's ex, you are required to ask his permission and he, in return is required to grant it.
13. Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to pick a buffalo wing clean.
14. If a man's zipper is down, that's his problem- you didn't see nothin'.
15. The universal compensation for buddies who help you move is beer.
16. A man must never own a cat or like his girlfriend's cat.
17. You girlfriend must bond with your buddy's girlfriends within 30 minutes of meeting them. You are not required to make nice with her gal pals significant friends - low-level sports bonding is all the law requires.
18. When stumbling upon other guys watching a sports event, you may always ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.
19. When your girlfriend/wife expresses a desire to fix her whiney friend up with your pal, you may give her the go-ahead only if you'll be able to warn your budd and give him time to prepare excuses about joining the priesthood.
20. It is permissible to consume a fruity chick drink only when you're sunning on a tropical beach... and it's delivered by a topless supermodel... and it's free.
21. Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.
22. A man in the company of a hot, suggestively dressed woman must remain sober enough to fight.
23. If a buddy is outnumbered, out manned, or too drunk to fight,you must jump into the fight. Exception: If within the last 24 hours his actions have caused you to think, "What this guy needs is a good ***-whoopin", then you may sit back and enjoy.
24.Phrases that may NOT be uttered to another man while weight lifting: "Yeah, baby, push it!"
"C'mon, give me one more! Harder!"
"Another set and we can hit the showers."
" Nice arse, are you a Sagittarius?"
25.Never hesitate to reach for the last beer or the last slice of pizza, but not both. That's just plain mean.
26. If you compliment a guy on his six-pack, you better be referring to his beer.
27. Never join your girlfriend/wife in discussing a buddy, except when she's witholding sex pending your response.
28. Never talk to a man in the bathroom unless you're on equal footing: either both urinating or both waiting in line. In all other situations, a nod is all the conversation you need.
29.If a buddy is already singing along to a song in the car, you may not join him .....too gay.

[mulester7]

.....boys, just because we're all gettin' so fat we can't scratch out butt, don't mean we can't smile and laugh about it....click slideshow......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/bd3a&.dnm=fb0c.jpg&.src=ph

[mulester7]

""THE POINT SYSTEM OF WAF""


In the world of romance, one single rule applies to the men:

Make the woman happy.

Do something she likes, and you get points.

Do something she dislikes, and points are subtracted.

You don't get any points for doing something she expects.

Here is a guide to the point system :

==============================

SIMPLE DUTIES:

You make the bed. (+1)

You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow. (0)

You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets. (-1)

You go out to buy her what she wants. (+5)

In the rain. (+10)

But return with beer. (-15)

You check out a suspicious noise at night. (0)

You check out a suspicious noise and it is nothing. (0)

You check out a suspicious noise and it is something. (+5)

You pummel it with an iron rod. (+10)

It's her pet. (-25)

==============================

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS:

You stay by her side for the entire party. (0)

You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with college buddy (-2)

Named Tina. (-4)

Tina is a dancer. (-10)

Tina has breast implants. (-80)

Really big breast implants. (-200)

==============================

HER BIRTHDAY:

You take her out to dinner. (0)

You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar. (+1)

Okay, it is a sports bar. (-2)

And it's all-you-can-eat night. (-3)

It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colors of your favorite team. (-10)

==============================

A NIGHT OUT:

You take her to a movie. (+2)

You take her to a movie she likes. (+4)

You take her to a movie you hate. (+6)

You take her to a movie you like. (-2)

And it's called "Death Cop". (-3)

You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans that was featured on "Oprah". (-15)

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YOUR PHYSIQUE:

You develop a noticeable potbelly. (-15)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it (+10)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to baggy jeans and baggy Hawaiian shirts. (-30)

You say, "It doesn't matter, you have one too." (-10,000)

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ENJOY THE 'BIG' QUESTION:

She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5) (Yes, you LOSE points no matter WHAT you say.)

You hesitate in responding. (-10)

You reply, "Where?" (-35)

Any other response. (-20)

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COMMUNICATION:

When she wants to talk about a problem, you listen, displaying what looks like a concerned __expression. (0)

You listen for over 30 minutes. (+50)

You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV. (+500)

She realizes this is because you have fallen asleep.(-5,000)

[brian32672]

Very funny Mule. I specially like the way it leads up to the next thing.

This is one I would have a major problem with, all the time, and never gain any points.
But return with beer. (-15)

[jaxvon]

Is it just me, or does Earth, Wind, and Fire make you wanna dance?

http://www.dutchwest.tv/media/w10qs.mov

[Sheep]

Mule,

That was great, really funny. Keep it coming my man.

Jaxvon,

Its just you:p

Personally, I think dancing by yourself, not slow dancing, is for attention whores, and sexually frustrated people. :rolleyes:

Sheep

[Sheep]

http://www.nata2.info/humor/flash/miniputt.swf

First time, 49
second time, 50
Third time, the ball went inside one of the brown wooden dividers and now is stuck...:confused: :rolleyes:

Sheep

[mulester7]

....FYI, scented candles in mason jars that don't play....I have ordered some, you may want to....about 40 scents to choose from......

http://welcomehomescents.com/overture/

[mulester7]

First time, 49
second time, 50
Third time, the ball went inside one of the brown wooden dividers and now is stuck...:confused: :rolleyes:

Sheep.....haha, Sheep, you've just got to work out that golf game....I can walk up cold after months, and get in the 20's the first time, and the lower 20's the second....no big deal though, when you work out the bounce points and how hard to hit it.....

[mulester7]

....FYI, scented candles in mason jars that don't play....I have ordered some, you may want to....about 40 scents to choose from......

http://welcomehomescents.com/overture/.....guys, I've got six quart-size coming in actual Mason Jars....the charge hit my account two days ago, the 27th....scented candles that actually put out scent are expensive, and not to be found at WallyWorld....I'm a little excited about them showing up about Tues-Wed....I'll report when they show and I try them....definitely WAF for the ole' HT, guys....I'm most anticipant of the Cinnamon Bun selection....I talked to the guy over the phone before I ordered, and he said it's just like you are at a Cinnabon outlet in a Philadelphia mall....the Amish Friendship Bread scent has my wonderment, also....and the Victorian Rose, Apple Cinnamon, Black Cherry, and Honeysuckle, haha....will report....PS....I searched the list closely, and, dad-gummit, they just didn't have the scent, "Mother-Ship Blowing Up".....

[mulester7]

.....I guess I'll stick this one on this thread....Sheep and I were PM'ing today, and he sent me this one....I'm sure he wouldn't mind my posting it....great links....this is Vancouver, Canada, not that far from where Sheep lives....the section of town where the steam-powered clock is located, is named Gastown....the shot of Canada Place is especially neat....


Quote:
.....I remember Vancouver having a sizable body of water, and remember seeing what I thought was a tugboat out in it....could it have been a tugboat?....is Vancouver a port on a river or lake, that has a river inlet or outlet?.....


Yes, Vancouver's port has tugboats, many of them. You must have seen Canada Place. Its a huge long building that has big white sails on the top.

I got some links for you to see.
This is the clock I was talking about. Also has info on Gastown
http://www.vancouver.com/whattoseedo/activities/gastown/index.htm

This is a picture of Canada Place. Its under contruction, I think its being extended.
http://www.tsi.bc.ca/albums/cruise/Canada_Place.jpg

SheepStar

[Buckle-meister]

You must have seen Canada Place. Its a huge long building that has big white sails on the top.

They are called cable-nets. ;)

Regards

[Sheep]

Here we call them Sails.

Its imagery, representing the galleons of the past.


SheepStar

[mulester7]

.....well, I'm gonna' step out on a limb here, and say this guy is about to have a REAL bad day.....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/6a55&.dnm=8cbc.jpg&.src=ph

[Sheep]

Gotta love photo shop! :)


SheepStar

[mulester7]

A precious little girl walks into a pet shop and asks, with the sweetest little lisp, between two missing teeth, "Excuthe me, Mithter, do you keep widdle wabbits?"

As the shopkeeper's heart melts, he gets down on his knees so that he's on her level and asks, "Do you want a widdle white wabbit, or a thoft and fuwwy bwack wabbit, or maybe one like that cute widdle bwown wabbit over there?"

She, in turn, blushes, rocks on her heels, puts her hands on her knees, leans forward and says in a tiny quiet voice, "Mithter, I weally don't think my python gives a thit."

[mulester7]

....FYI, scented candles in mason jars that don't play....I have ordered some, you may want to....about 40 scents to choose from......

http://welcomehomescents.com/overture/.....a follow-up....guys, these homemade candles in Mason jars are excellent....they put off scent as well as could be done, as per ALL I have ever tried, and I've bought some expensive ones in the past....I especially like the Amish Friendship Bread, Cinnamon Bun, and Black Cherry.....compared to ANYTHING you would buy somewhere else, these are very good....and very slow burning....mule approves......

[mulester7]

.....a Pilgrim and an Indian.....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=ced5&.dnm=8f6ascd.jpg&.src=ph

[mulester7]

.....well, the initial takedown is close on this load of ""Nectar Of The Gods" Painting And Sopping B-B-Q Sauce For Dead Chickens"....this load is it....will add the baker's grade honey and light brown sugar when the initial load with filler-double-boiled-down ketchup added cools....I'll be proud to be associated with this load....some of you got some coming.....you'll be glad to know I went light on the ground possum toenails......

[mulester7]

.....we had a cookout one night when I was back in the yard switching, and I brought my sauce, Nectar Of The Gods....I sopped up a drumstick heavy with my sauce, and handed it to a guy....as I held it out, some sauce dripped on a guy's head sitting down....guys, his tongue likta' beat his brains out tryin' to get to that sauce, and the poor guy had to be taken to the hospital overnight.....

.....pre-edit....we've covered this before....would I lie?........

[mulester7]

....guys, since it's 99.9% guys here, I'm going to post this link....this may be the funniest thing I've ever seen....we were all 14 at one time....I may get run off over this one, but shouldn't, since it's us guys......

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1130687839/Butt_Bottle_Rocket_

[Sheep]

mule...

jees. What would your "god" think if he saw you looking at this? :) ;)

SheepStar

[mulester7]

mule...

jees. What would your "god" think if he saw you looking at this? :) ;)

SheepStar.....my God has a sense of humor, Sheep....that was hilarious....looked like something I would get hanked into doing at an earlier age....you ever get hanked into doing something nutty by friends?......

[Sheep]

.....my God has a sense of humor, Sheep....that was hilarious....looked like something I would get hanked into doing at an earlier age....you ever get hanked into doing something nutty by friends?......

Uhhhh lets see.....

I went of a big jump on my bike into a fence....thats about it...

I was usually the one doing the hanking :)

SheepStar

[mulester7]

I went of a big jump on my bike into a fence....thats about it...

I was usually the one doing the hanking.....even in childhood the lad learned quickly in the Canadian woodlands....Sheep, is there a lot of snow where you're at near Vancouver?.....don't you love them snows you get to shovel for days?....

[RJB]

.....even in childhood the lad learned quickly in the Canadian woodlands....Sheep, is there a lot of snow where you're at near Vancouver?.....don't you love them snows you get to shovel for days?....


I believe that I can speak for just about all of us Canucks when I say...NOBODY HERE ( who is sane ) LOVES THE SHOVEL FOR DAYS THING but we can send you a few dump truck loads for your front lawn :eek: if you would like, we usually have plenty to spare... ;)

Seasons greetings! :)

[mulester7]

I believe that I can speak for just about all of us Canucks when I say...NOBODY HERE ( who is sane ) LOVES THE SHOVEL FOR DAYS THING but we can send you a few dump truck loads for your front lawn :eek: if you would like, we usually have plenty to spare... ;)

Seasons greetings! :).....RJB, I only wish I was a little further north, like about St. Louis or maybe as high as like Chicago....we don't get snow in Arkansas much anymore....I lend credence to global warming....sometime in January, I will order a couple of dump-truck loads, but I don't want any yellow snow if that's all right, haha.....thanks for the response, RJB, and Seasons Greetings unto you also....and unto every Audioholic around the globe.........

[Sheep]

.....even in childhood the lad learned quickly in the Canadian woodlands....Sheep, is there a lot of snow where you're at near Vancouver?.....don't you love them snows you get to shovel for days?....

I am a little higher up then vancouver, so theres lots of snow here. It snowed all day today, literally. I have shoveld the drive way 3 times, and I have to do it once more.


SheepStar

[mulester7]

I am a little higher up then vancouver, so theres lots of snow here. It snowed all day today, literally. I have shoveld the drive way 3 times, and I have to do it once more.


SheepStar.....you're a good son, Sheep, and I suspect it pleases your Dad much for you to be in his home at this time in your young adult life....snow is relatively light, and you're at a great age for this activity to be doing you good....you're one of my favorites, SheepStar......

[Sheep]

.....you're a good son, Sheep, and I suspect it pleases your Dad much for you to be in his home at this time in your young adult life....snow is relatively light, and you're at a great age for this activity to be doing you good....you're one of my favorites, SheepStar......

Yay! :)

If you shovel alot, its less work each time. All you have to do is push the shovel until you reach the end of your drive way. Keep repeating until the whole thing is done, or atleast when the area the tires go is clear.

This isn't to hard for me.

Plus, I go to the gym...

....I should write a "how to" snow shovelling book....:)

SheepStar

[mulester7]

.....this is great....turn your volume up....no tricks.....

http://www.evadingreality.com/video/WizardsofWinter-SM.wmv

[Sheep]

.....this is great....turn your volume up....no tricks.....

http://www.evadingreality.com/video/WizardsofWinter-SM.wmv

That has already been posted..... :o

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16208

SheepStar

[mulester7]

That has already been posted..... :o

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16208

SheepStar.....correct, and from mule, you got a wonderful repraisal....did you watch it even though it was the second time?....Sheep, you sharp.....

[Sheep]

.....correct, and from mule, you got a wonderful repraisal....did you watch it even though it was the second time?....Sheep, you sharp.....

Yes I did, not the whole thing, as I have it saved on my computer, but i still loaded it.

SheepStar

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

That is awsome. try watching it in fast forward

[brian32672]

Here Ron, I figured you might like this one. I always get this stuff from my cousin.


Daddy's Poem

Her hair was up in a pony tail,
her favorite dress tied with a bow.
Today was Daddy's Day at school,
and she couldn't wait to go.

But her mommy tried to tell her,
that she probably should stay home.
Why the kids might not understand,
if she went to school alone.

But she was not afraid;
she knew just what to say.
What to tell her classmates
of why he wasn't there today.

But still her mother worried,
for her to face this day alone.
And that was why once again,
she tried to keep her daughter home.

But the little girl went to school
eager to tell them all.
About a dad she never sees
a dad who never calls.

There were daddies along the wall in back,
for everyone to meet.
Children squirming impatiently,
anxious in their seats

One by one the teacher called
a student from the class.
To introduce their daddy,
as seconds slowly passed.

At last the teacher called her name,
every child turned to stare.
Each of them was searching,
a man who wasn't there.

"Where's her daddy at?"
she heard a boy call out.
"She probably doesn't have one,"
another student dared to shout.

And from somewhere near the back,
she heard a daddy say,
"Looks like another deadbeat dad,
too busy to waste his day."

The words did not offend her,
as she smiled up at her Mom.
And looked back at her teacher,
who told her to go on.

And with hands behind her back,
slowly she began to speak.
And out from the mouth of a child,
came words incredibly unique.

"My Daddy couldn't be here,
because he lives so far away.
But I know he wishes he could be,
since this is such a special day.

And though you cannot meet him,
I wanted you to know.
All about my daddy,
and how much he loves me so.

He loved to tell me stories
he taught me to ride my bike.
He surprised me with pink roses,
and taught me to fly a kite.

We used to share fudge sundaes,
and ice cream in a cone.
And though you cannot see him.
I'm not standing here alone.

"Cause my daddy's always with me,
even though we are apart
I know because he told me,
he'll forever be in my heart"

With that, her little hand reached up,
and lay across her chest.
Feeling her own heartbeat,
beneath her favorite dress.

And from somewhere here in the crowd of dads,
her mother stood in tears.
Proudly watching her daughter,
who was wise beyond her years.

For she stood up for the love
of a man not in her life.
Doing what was best for her,
doing what was right.

And when she dropped her hand back down,
staring straight into the crowd.
She finished with a voice so soft,
but its message clear and loud.

"I love my daddy very much,
he's my shining star.
And if he could, he'd be here,
but heaven's just too far.

You see he was a policeman
and died just this past year
When airplanes hit the towers
and taught Americans to fear.

But sometimes when I close my eyes,
it's like he never went away."
And then she closed her eyes,
and saw him there that day.

And to her mothers amazement,
she witnessed with surprise.
A room full of daddies and children,
all starting to close their eyes.

Who knows what they saw before them,
who knows what they felt inside.
Perhaps for merely a second,
they saw him at her side.

"I know you're with me Daddy,"
to the silence she called out.
And what happened next made believers,
of those once filled with doubt.

Not one in that room could explain it,
for each of their eyes had been closed.
But there on the desk beside her,
was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.

And a child was blessed, if only for a moment,
by the love of her shining star.
And given the gift of believing,
that heaven is never too far.

They say it takes a minute to find a special
person, an hour to appreciate them,
a day to love them, but then an entire
life to forget them.

[mulester7]

.....that was good, Brian, thanks....and feel free to drop by my thread whenever....this thread's my street corner, guys, feel free....with taste, please....thank you, MDS, for conveying to that guy we don't appreciate foul cursing awhile back, or was it MarkW?....that's nothing but a crutch, Gentlemen.....

[mulester7]

.....ok, from the street corner....one last plea....guys, my Canon EOS 620 body, 18 years of age, and the readout is still as beautiful a blue at night as ever, has shutter speeds measured by the exposure meter from 30 seconds to 1/4000 that is accessed through the "auto" setting....please, help me with digital information....what is the exposure-limit speeds for current brand-new digital Nikon SLR's....and, I won't buy zooms this time....fixed only....here's the real question....the factors are, a digital camera, on a tripod at night, and really anytime....to what kelvin temperature exposure is a digital camera attuned?....films go from daylight kelvin of 3200 to tunsten, not sure of kelvin rating on the tungsten, but it's way below, 'cause the colors at night don't go nutty like using daylight film at night....what are the exposure limits on "auto" for a digital Nikon SLR?....chicklets awaiteth, haha.......

.....edit....I suspect the digital camera doesn't recognize any kelvin temperature except what conditions bees....that has the potential to be staggeringly natural off a tripod at night....last time....what are the speeds of auto for digital Nikon SLR's?....a "Season" of chicklets awaiteth.....

.....edit the second....you guys don't know what I'm talking about off a tripod at night....I don't have a clue if it will work for sure with digital, but with a 35 mm film cameras of any quality like 100 bucks, that for sure has "auto" setting for exposure, you need to try this....daylight or tungsten night film, it don't matter....you look out in the pitch black, and see little, then the prints come back and you stand in amazement....trust me....2 am, "auto" setting, NO FLASH, dark subject like a building, but there's enough lumen count for you to see form, the camera's on a tripod, again, it's 2 am, you've looked through the viewfinder and cropped your shot and focused looking at the most contrasting section through the viewfinder,....then....one hair-like touch on the trigger to get the shot, easy, don't shake the camera, exposure by attached cable if possible....and I'll say best results with SLR's, where lenses are detachable, and the quality of the body and mechanisms is shoulders above....amazing detail comes back on the prints, try it.....

[mulester7]

.....(drummething fingers).....

[Sheep]

did you buy a digital camera?

SheepStar

[mulester7]

did you buy a digital camera?

SheepStar.....nay, Sir, and won't, until I determine I can get what I want off a tripod at night.....

[mulester7]

.....nay, Sir, and won't, until I determine I can get what I want off a tripod at night..........and, my exposure compensation rolled to a full 30 seconds, would probably render a fully stopped-down aperture of F-32....but, your camera might be automatically aperture-leaning wide-open, at F-1.2, that's Nikon '50mm normal' special-fast, and your speed might be only 1/4 second, which HAS to be shot off a tripod, and "THAT'S", why this works at night with a "range" of "automatic" cameras that use film....I know, that was a mouthful....what?....well, nobody would answer me, so I'm answerin' myself....I love what I do off a tripod at night, and my shots will be exposed for a 30 full seconds, with the aperture closed down for depth-of-field....the aperture closed down all the way, usually pretty quickly, gives depth-of-field that becomes overkill for max image quality....I call what I do, "30 Second Burn-In's", kinda' catchy, huh?....but, the results you get with YOUR camera using any temperatured kelvin film, try daylight Kodak 200, gives wild colors at night around a city, shoot downtown buildings fairly well lit but still faceless at night, have it processed at Sam's as normal with Kodak 200 C-26 processing, only Sam's offers 3 5x7's, on each negative of 36, that's 108 5X7's, for about 11 bucks, beat that, Barney Louise, and 5X7 IS, a legitimate enlargement, prepare to be amazed with the detail you'll get, WILL, be most worthy of your admiration....yeah, "the results you get with YOUR camera using any kelvin temperatured film, WILL, be most worthy of your admiration", haha, hey, I'll give ya' run-on-sentence twice........once again and the last time, maybe, you will be amazed with what you see on the prints, shot with no flash, at 2 am.....141 pound amp....good grief....I ain't got a clue....but the thing is reputed to get cleaner as it gets louder, so I'll hang in there....I can surely get what I got in it, with a free Democrat want-ad if it comes to that....sorry, guys, I wouldn't ship 141 pounds 'cept at gunpoint........amp shootout comin', hide the horses and kids....yes, they make films for daylight that's sold commercially, and that's all the general public ever thinks about with their flashes, but camera stores sell film for night, to be shot off a sturdy tripod....march right in and ask for the brand name, "Nocturnally Tungsten", and you'll get laughed out of the store, haha....asking for Tungsten film will do just fine for the wordage, haha........and lastly, nobody sells a film for 5 in the afternoon YELLOW, when your beard's itchin', traffic's backed up, and you're a'scratchin'....know what I mean, Vern, huh?....

.....night.....

.....(chowderheads)....(each and every one)....(looking up)....(why me, Lord?).....

[mulester7]

....well, I barely missed the noose this weekend on getting to ride a freight train 155 miles and back....this being on a guaranteed railroad supplemental board to the extra-board of a subdivision is not a half-bad thing, to say the least, working a two-day turn to Van Buren, an average of once every three weeks, and getting paid 80%, of what it would pay, were I doing it every two days, back to back....yeah, best deal I've EVER run into at work, and it's totally honorable........at the away terminal, Van Buren/Fort Smith, there's a 15 track yard, a mile and 1/2 long....the yard van comes and gets us off the headend, with the headend stopped short of Main Street, and takes us back to the yard office one mile, where we tie-up on the computer....but when we first come by yard limits a mile away from the yard, I call the motel, and tell them we need the motel van to be at the yard office in 20 minutes....the drive takes 15....we tie up with grips already loaded in the motel van, hit the inner-city freeway, and ride for about 15 minutes, crossing the Arkansas River into Fort Smith, to Zero Street exit....we check into the motel with a special Union Pacific card of plastic, then have 12-16 hours to do whatever, until our room phone rings from Union Pacific to take a train back to NLR two hours later, and there's good opportunity for food 24/7 close around the motel with a Western Sizzler across the street, that has taken frying chicken to a real good level....guys, I can have a large time at a buffet, if the fried chicken is good to me, can I get an Amen?........anyhow, when I go to my room from the checking in process, I usually do a bath/melt first-off, then watch TV 'till I fade, lying on the bed, progressively pulling up the covers, and go to sleep with a pillow between my knees in the fetal position on my side....unless I go eat fried chicken first, you know, haha....the motel has the most glorious HOT water with HUGE pressure.....146,000,000 gallons of it if you want it....I turn the room air conditioner on blizzard when I first come into the room, and leave the hot bath sweatin' like a wild man, puttin' off steam vapor, TV blarin', and sit on the bed with a large bathtowel folded under me with one around my shoulders, and sit in front of a Lakewood 9 inch metal-cage-fan from the nightstand on high, and that's a lotta' wind....feels so good....sweating subsides in 10 or so, I put on my big black T-shirt, and progressively move under the wonderful combination of covers, with the fan from WallyWorld, (last plug), making me find a cold air hole through the wrapped comforter around my head....you know what I'm talking about.....the rooms are Great....the ones we get, are geared toward being in a working man's world of needs....GOOD TV, GOOD air conditioner, GOOD huge chest ice-maker 20-30 feet down the carpeted hall that never runs out even in August, ugh, August, adequate microwave, ice box, four-cup coffee maker, baskets of creams and sugars and stirrers and coffee foil-wrapped, big clock radio by the TV, did I mention the TV's were better than the other rooms?, and extra tables for grips, both the carrying kind with large straps, and the rolling-on-one-end kind, you know.......really, to back off and look at it, my life is messing around with stereo components, being online, sleeping when I want to, getting out of the house enough doing things wholesome, and getting to ride a freight train twice, once, about every three weeks average....the Conductor, of which I are one, takes track warrants over the radio from the dispatcher in Omaha using a microwave tower system, and reads them back to the dispatcher....then, the dispatcher ok's the readback giving an exact maritime time and states his initials....that brings the final official readback from me varifying the ok time and repeating his initials I've written, and it's law....taking warrants is done from a book of forms where you tear one out, you know the type....on a form, I write places and mileposts giving authority to that point....at the end point of the limits, we stand to meet trains coming from the opposite direction....one will hold the mainline, and the other go in the siding....I also give up warrants back to the dispatcher, who's limits we have fulfilled....I get off on the ground, just enough, throwing a few switches....36-42 total hours, about 20 on the two trains, once every three weeks average....sure keeps it fun and interesting....I am blessed beyond measure as The Bible predicted.....

[mulester7]

.....guys, I'm going to ask this from my street corner, and may I inform you, I have four dozen snowballs with rocks as the cores made up, and within arm's reach.....

.....are the tweeters at ear level, in the downtown theater you pay 6 or 8 bucks to get into, so you can buy 6 or 8 dollar popcorn, and 6 or 8 dollar cokes?....do they have the speakers set up "for the chamber", "with your still getting a strong center no matter where you sit?".....

[mulester7]

.....boys, I ain't ignorin' ya'....I been busier than a set of jump-cables at a minority picnic workin' with this mixing of two loads of Nectar Of The Gods and pouring up the mixing in plastic bottles....mercy, the Earthquake 7....45 pound transformer....328 watts at 8, times 7....probably 675 at 4, times 7....and 2 ohm stable to say the least....no deal on the 7 though....a hard and fast price says they're gettin' it....can't wait to hear Earthquake's version of the 5 channel....also can't wait to hold and look at the Infinity small cannon elements....and lastly, but certainly not leastly, just made up that word leastly, a forty pound spool of 8 ga. SoundKing is about to ride in my area's Fedex truck....gonna' run that 8 ga. wire 35 foot to the mini-barns and cannons....hush, I know....it will be the prettiest speaker wire residing on this here planet......

[Sheep]

.....back at the street corner.......if you want an avatar, and ain't got a clue, PM RJBudz or Brian....Sheep, you know how to work that picture down smaller for an avatar, and do that layers stuff in a photoshop?.....

Giving away my name are we? :p

Its ok, your not the only one who knows it.

And Yes, it is Brian, another Brian....

I put mine in Paint and made it smaller. Nothing special. Thats why it looks like junk.

SheepStar

[mulester7]

.....just got back from going to work Thursday night to Van Buren, and was called to dogcatch two trains on into NLR that fell short the night before....appears as though I could go back out again before midnight tonight to Van Buren....when a guy on a regular turn lays off, an extra-board guy is called to fill the regular turn, and if there is not an extra-board guy available and marked up ok, me and Steve get called from the supplemental board that covers the extra-board....sorry if that was as clear as your choicest Turkish mud....anyhow, currently, NO ONE, out of 12, is marked up available on the extra-board, and won't be 'till midnight plus one minute, the turds....just kidding, the poor guys work themselves half to death except on holidays, and I applaud them wanting to be with their families on holidays....on the regular-turn board of conductors, currently the first seven turns are marked-up ok....that would get me past midnight as about 5 trains on the line-up appear will show before midnight....but, I'm afraid the regular-turn guys will drop like flies though, as midnight approaches......

.....like I said, the system is torn down right now, but I've been thinking about the Earthquake, digesting a total of about four hours of listening to it....the engineer I just worked with up and back, has a home theater with projector and two HSU 3's the turbo-thing can be added to....he and I talked home theater for about 10 hours of the 20 up and back, and he was wanting to see and read about the turbo for possible consideration for his HSU 3's....he said he had heard his would take the turbo, and he wanted to read about it....I told him someone posted a link to a very good coverage of the turbo....could anyone find and post that link here?....I will then send it to the engineer by email......

.....I can say this about the Earthquake amp....when using it to push the four speakers producing cable tv sound as background low-moderate level while I was online, the Earthquake had me turning around and looking at the speakers and smiling occassionally when certain musics would play and it would sound wonderful and realistic....at low moderate background levels....I'm not sure I "ever" heard the same effect with the K2's at that low moderate background level.....to me, that's a huge compliment to the only variable that made the low moderate tv-sound, sound different.....kinda' like the SVS 16-46 Plus's I had that made the neatest low rumbles during actually quiet parts....when I hooketh uppeth the system nexteth, I will resume where I left off with two days of Earthquake....tv, CD's, and DVD's....then cold-turkey with the K2's and see where I'm at....and, I'm pretty sure where I'm going to be.....and that's making a decision on whether to presence with a K2 from the rear presence speakers....may go try to sleep awhile, guys....

[mulester7]

.....the engineer I just worked with up and back, has a home theater with projector and two HSU 3's the turbo-thing can be added to....he and I talked home theater for about 10 hours of the 20 up and back, and he was wanting to see and read about the turbo for possible consideration for his HSU 3's....he said he had heard his would take the turbo, and he wanted to read about it....I told him someone posted a link to a very good coverage of the turbo....could anyone find and post that link here?....I will then send it to the engineer by email..........does anyone remember where the link and info on the HSU 3 add-on turbo was posted?.....

[Tomorrow]

.....does anyone remember where the link and info on the HSU 3 add-on turbo was posted?.....

Yes, I do.

[Tomorrow]

Yes, I do.

LOL, Mulie....just teasin'. Here ya go.

http://www.hsuresearch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1796

And a very happy and healthy 2006 to you.

[mulester7]

LOL, Mulie....just teasin'. Here ya go.

http://www.hsuresearch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1796

And a very happy and healthy 2006 to you......and to you, RJBudz, and never forget, you're the only one here I let call me mulie, haha.....thank you for this link to the HSU turbo, Sir.....

[Tomorrow]

.....and never forget, you're the only one here I let call me mulie,...

I'll consider that my "Senior Discount". :)

[Buckle-meister]

...RJBudz,...never forget, you're the only one here I let call me mulie...

Maybe Rjbutt meant Julie. After all, J's right next to M on a keyboard. :rolleyes:

Regards

[Tomorrow]

Maybe Rjbutt meant Julie. After all, J's right next to M on a keyboard. :rolleyes:

Regards

Kisses, Robbie!! :<-() :eek:

Feliz Ano Nuevo to you, as well. (BTW, what is the traditional New Year celebration in your neck o' the woods? Shots of whisky and flaggons of suds until the first one falls over? LOL. If so...I'm coming over. ;) )

[Buckle-meister]

Kisses, Robbie!!

Shoot! First Alandamp proclaims his love for me, then you go blowing (let's not go there) kisses at me. Folk will be getting the wrong idea about me.

Regards

[Tomorrow]

Shoot! First Alandamp proclaims his love for me, then you go blowing (let's not go there) kisses at me. Folk will be getting the wrong idea about me.

Regards

Well, ya wear plaid skirts and your name is Robbie. :D

[mulester7]

Well, ya wear plaid skirts and your name is Robbie. :D....RJ, I heard Buckle is 6'4", weighs 320, and sprints up mountains when he's bored....we best not mess with a Scotsman from The Highlands.....

[Sheep]

....RJ, I heard Buckle is 6'4", weighs 320, and sprints up mountains when he's bored....we best not mess with a Scotsman from The Highlands.....

Just throw a little beer his way and hes no threat ;)

Now, us sweds, we have little pocket knifes, so be carful, we could build a house with one tool...

SheepStar

[Buckle-meister]

...what is the traditional New Year celebration in your neck o' the woods? Shots of whisky and flaggons of suds until the first one falls over?

Traditionally, one would go 'first-footing (http://www.new-year.co.uk/firstfoot.html)'. I went first-footing many years ago when I still lived in the Highlands (Glasgow, where I presently live, is in the Lowlands :(), but haven't gone for years now, as living in various cities doesn't particularly lend itself to getting to know one's community or indeed, neighbours.

Instead, I practice New Year whenever I meet up with friends! :D

[Tomorrow]

....RJ, I heard Buckle is 6'4", weighs 320, and sprints up mountains when he's bored....we best not mess with a Scotsman from The Highlands.....

I don't think they grow them that big in Scotland, Mulie. (Mebbe he's an import?)

We Poles, well, we're known for.....um....er....we....uh....looking good riding horseback against Hitler's Panzers....:eek:...and losing our way on elevator trips.

[Buckle-meister]

We Poles, well, we're known for...

Vodka! :) Well, actually you're not, the Russians are. :(

But by rights you should be.

[mulester7]

.....guys, look at this lens and tell me it's not about the coolest 180mm lens you've ever seen....great lens for face shots across the room with them not knowing it's coming.....

http://www.keh.com/shop/SHOWPRODUCT.CFM?CRID=13075755&SKID=NK06009012485N4&SID=newused&BID=NK&CID=06&SOID=N&curpic=0&dpsp=0

[mulester7]

.....guys, I'm considering getting an X-Box video game system....I heard the game that's four-wheelers racing on dirt makes X-Box worth it....I'm behind times....I still run a little Nintendo 64 every now and then....Wave Race....anybody any good at that game?....warning....boys, come to my house and play 2-player Wave Race with me, and I'll eat your lunch and stomp the sack ya' brought it in....I've got two controllers and will let you use the newer one......

[Nomo]

Ah Mule don't talk so smart. I'll send my girlfriend down there to kick your butt on Wave Race.;) I suck at it, but she could probably show you a thing or two.
When you say X-Box, are you considering the 360? Our kids have the original system. For old farts like me who just want to tinker on it once and a while it works just fine.

[mulester7]

Ah Mule don't talk so smart. I'll send my girlfriend down there to kick your butt on Wave Race.;) I suck at it, but she could probably show you a thing or two.
When you say X-Box, are you considering the 360? Our kids have the original system. For old farts like me who just want to tinker on it once and a while it works just fine.....yes, NomoSony, the 360....I've been told it has a great game where you race 4-wheelers on dirt....I love Wave Race with Nintendo 64....I run the girl against the three guys for the eight three-lap races at the expert level.....seldom, am I not on top of the podium at the awards ceremony......

[Sheep]

....yes, NomoSony, the 360....I've been told it has a great game where you race 4-wheelers on dirt....I love Wave Race with Nintendo 64....I run the girl against the three guys for the eight three-lap races at the expert level.....seldom, am I not on top of the podium at the awards ceremony......

Ever play counter strike? (Half Life 2)

SheepStar

[mulester7]

Ever play counter strike? (Half Life 2)

SheepStar.....Sheep, if you're referring to Nintendo 64 games, I tried a few, and Wave Race was just shoulders above them to me.......

[mulester7]

....well, guys, it appears the camera is a priority....I just ordered two lenses....will get body when I can....I linked the 180mm the other day....one day I'll order that one....these are old Nikon F-Series manual-focus AIS lenses with HUGE outer objectives, now think compressed image-quality arriving at the rear exit pupil of the lens....more light is gathered, and they're easier to focus, sure, but hello image quality reducing down to exit the lens into the body....they're in great shape I was assured over the phone....I'm especially proud of the 85mm I just ordered....he held me pretty tough on the price of the 85mm since it is in showroom-new condition, but the 135mm, he gave it up....what's great about this, is back in the '70's, these Huge Fast lenses new, went for about 3 to 6 thousand, seriously....I remember one Nikon telephoto going for right at 10 thou....in the 70's....I'm proud to get both of these cheap....don't let the price on these links scare you....I didn't give near that....I knew I was going to go for two, and that brought "ask not, get not" back in play, haha.....

http://www.keh.com/shop/SHOWPRODUCT.CFM?CRID=13104939&SKID=NK06999029118N5&SID=newused&BID=NK&CID=06&SOID=N&curpic=0&dpsp=0

http://www.keh.com/shop/SHOWPRODUCT.CFM?CRID=13104939&SKID=NK06000079500N4&SID=newused&BID=NK&CID=06&SOID=N&curpic=0&dpsp=0

[Buckle-meister]

The simplest games (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/blobs/blobmate/bloblander.shtml) are always the best. :)

[Sheep]

.....Sheep, if you're referring to Nintendo 64 games, I tried a few, and Wave Race was just shoulders above them to me.......

HalfLife 2 is graphics wise, leaps and bounds high then wave race. Its for xbox and PC.

Counter strike is an online terrorist vs counter terrorist FPS game. All the guns in the game are real, and they act and sound real.

Its a very fun game, and I have become addicted.

SheepStar

[mulester7]

HalfLife 2 is graphics wise, leaps and bounds high then wave race. Its for xbox and PC.

Counter strike is an online terrorist vs counter terrorist FPS game. All the guns in the game are real, and they act and sound real.

Its a very fun game, and I have become addicted.

SheepStar.....technology has been in an exposion for awhile, Sheep, but some things were done right at a certain level and time, and most likely won't ever again be as good, or lend the same quality on a commercial level....I'm tickled over this 85mm 1.4 F-Series lens coming.....here's a better view....click "enlarge image", then click it big, not using F-11....using the F-11 key makes my browser section fall too low, at least on this one.....

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=37027&is=GREY&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

[mulester7]

.....I got called Saturday about noon to take a train to Van Buren....got back a few hours ago....you guys miss me?....huh?....be honest now......

.....warning, right here in River City....bbq sauce and CD mailings eminent.....

[mulester7]

.....don't frown....smile....after coffee, of course....make your screen big, and click View Slideshow....we're just lucky housecats ain't three foot at the shoulders.....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=f355&.dnm=3811.jpg&.src=ph

[mulester7]

.....the camera's a priority at this point....just got in a 72mm Hoya Skylight/UV/lens-protection filter....I got two lenses comin' that will use that filter, well, one of 'em will, and I hate the place only had one for $19.95, and that's dirt-cheap for 72mm anything....got two Hoya circular polarizers comin' from Overstock.com....72mm to be used common among at least three telephoto lenses, and 52mm to be used common with the 50 normal F-1.4 and 35mm F-1.4....

.....here's what I used as my basis for choosing a camera body and lenses....image quality, image quality, and image quality....here's what swayed me toward getting the most megapixels possible, along with the links I'll give at the last....Canon currently makes a digital body that has 16 megapixels rating....you can't get one for less than about $7500....Kodak makes one that has 14 megapixels rating, and you can't get one of them for less than about $4500....Nikon slips in there next with a 12.4 megapixels rating, I read somewhere it's 12.87 actual, I don't know, and you can get that one for about $2100....that's the one I'm looking at....with the oversized manual F-Series lenses for pronounced image quality, I should do about as well as at least the Kodak 14, I hope.....

.....here's two comparison links....the first one compares a Fugi that claims 12.3 mp's, but is actually 6.1 quality....the other picture, on the left, is done by a Canon that was 8 mp's rated....the pictures are very small compared to the large picture they were taken from....in fact, they are like an English Pea-sized crop, from a picture 8 "feet" by 10 "feet", to be compared for image quality deterioration.....8 megapixels on the left, and Fugi on the right....when the link opens, hit the F-11 key on your keyboard to max your page....

http://www.linaeum.com/images/s3_20D.jpg

....this next one is comparing a 10.9 megapixel Canon, to the 14 mp Kodak....I hope to have the image quality of the Kodak with the oversized lenses....the higher the megapixels get, the image quality only gets better....the Kodak is on the right.....

http://www.linaeum.com/images/1ds_14n.jpg

[mulester7]

.....this is scary for anyone who travels frequently by plane....an actual crack in a US Airways DC-9 window frame....fliers beware of the sub standard maintenance on the airplanes that you fly on....this is an actual crack that was found in the window frame on a DC-9....this could have caused a major in-flight problem....I sent this to a friend in aircraft certification to see what action the FAA could take on this problem......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=c101&.dnm=4a80re2.jpg&.src=ph

[Sheep]

.....this is scary for anyone who travels frequently by plane....an actual crack in a US Airways DC-9 window frame....fliers beware of the sub standard maintenance on the airplanes that you fly on....this is an actual crack that was found in the window frame on a DC-9....this could have caused a major in-flight problem....I sent this to a friend in aircraft certification to see what action the FAA could take on this problem......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=c101&.dnm=4a80re2.jpg&.src=ph

Haha :D

SheepStar

[bobbydigital]

Blob lander is awesome. Its just like a game i had called Pegasus for commodor 64 ...but in colour.:D

[Buckle-meister]

Blob lander is awesome. Its just like a game i had called Pegasus for commodor 64 ...but in colour.:D

Wow! I used to have a Commodore 64 too! :eek: I never played Pegasus, but the best games for me were the 'Last Ninja' series of games. :D They absolutely pushed the boat out and were way ahead of their time. It just goes to show that whilst fabulous graphics are cool, :cool: playability is the most important aspect of any game. Just look at Mario games; pretty basic in principle, but super addictive. :)

[majorloser]

This game will get me in trouble at work :mad:

How's it look when the boss is caught playing games?

[mulester7]

How's it look when the boss is caught playing games?.....looks plumbed shady, Dave, plumbed shady.....

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

Wow! I used to have a Commodore 64 too!

Remember summer and winter games?

I broke soooo many joystics playing those games!!

I also had an Apple II...the best game was rescue raiders

[mulester7]

.....thanks to Brian of Fort Lauderdale, here's the metal skeleton of the camera body I'm trying for....a D2X......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=2643&.dnm=f47ere2.jpg&.src=ph

[bobbydigital]

I had Rambo for my commodor 64. It had a sweet soundtrack. Rambo even had the bandana on. it was on a floppy disk. HA!

[Buckle-meister]

How's it look when the boss is caught playing games?

Have you completed it yet? Anybody? You may have noticed that each level is actually a letter of the word 'three'. If memory serves, it will run through the word twice. :)

...it was on a floppy disk. HA!

Ah yes, floppy discs. :rolleyes: When I was going through Primary School (up 'till age 12), the school bought (gasp!) a...BBC Micro!, complete with 5¼ inch floppy disc drive. At lunch time, we'd all play Donkey Kong (you know the one where you have to run up zig-zag levels with barrels and stuff rolling down?). :D

[WmAx]

....this next one is comparing a 10.9 megapixel Canon, to the 14 mp Kodak....I hope to have the image quality of the Kodak with the oversized lenses....the higher the megapixels get, the image quality only gets better....the Kodak is on the right.....

http://www.linaeum.com/images/1ds_14n.jpg

It should be noted that the Kodak camera in this comparison does not have an anti-alias filter. This will allow slightly higher resolution than if it had the filter. Almost all cameras have anti-alias filters because they allow the camera to retain a linear transfer function as spatial resoltion increases past the sensors limits. The penalty for not having an anti-alias filter is random artifacts such as moire in high frequency patterns.

-Chris

[majorloser]

.....thanks to Brian of Fort Lauderdale, here's the metal skeleton of the camera body I'm trying for....a D2X......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=2643&.dnm=f47ere2.jpg&.src=ph

Mulester: Did you win the lottery? Some mighty impressive purchases lately :)

[mulester7]

Mulester: Did you win the lottery? Some mighty impressive purchases lately :).....Major, I have no house payment, nor car payment, so it's time for some toys....and it's really not an impressive thing to own something, when it only took money to possess it......

[mulester7]

It should be noted that the Kodak camera in this comparison does not have an anti-alias filter. This will allow slightly higher resolution than if it had the filter. Almost all cameras have anti-alias filters because they allow the camera to retain a linear transfer function as spatial resoltion increases past the sensors limits. The penalty for not having an anti-alias filter is random artifacts such as moire in high frequency patterns.

-Chris.....Chris, I've never heard of an anti-alias filter concerning camera lenses....are you referring to a skylight/UV filter?....

[Buckle-meister]

...it's really not an impressive thing to own something, when it only took money to possess it...

Bravo Mulester7. Those are the finest words I've ever seen you write.

[mulester7]

Bravo Mulester7. Those are the finest words I've ever seen you write......simply the truth, Buckle....

[WmAx]

.....Chris, I've never heard of an anti-alias filter concerning camera lenses....are you referring to a skylight/UV filter?....

Digital camera sensor is homologous to an audio analog-digital convertor. If you try to sample frequencies equal to or greater than the sample rate * 0.5, the result will be aliasing. In audio, this means lower frequency artifacts contaminating the audio signal. In video/image systems, this means low frequency visual artifacts. Fortunately, in video/imaging, the phenomenon will tend to occur only in specific conditions. For example, if you have a far away roof, and shingles have very defined/bold edges, then the frequency of this will at points be appropriate to create a lower frequency bi-product artifact. In many cases, this distortion lends to an artificial added detail. The aliasing always occurs on high contrast edges, as is apparent in the Kodak compared to the Canon sensor in the above image you linked. The image should never look that sharp at 100 percent viewing magnification unless it is a result of excessive transient distortion(unsharp mask used heavily) or aliasing. Some people like the distortion effects, as evidenced by the cult-like following of Sigma digital DSLR cameras which use a sensor that does not have an antialis filter. However, the sensor used in Sigma DSLRs is a 3 color per sample point sensor and it's aliasing is monochromatic because all color channels are affected identically when it occurs. Therefor it will be less objectionable. The aliasing in the Kodak will tend to have chromatic components because it does not sample 3 colors per sample point, as most cameras do. This is no problem usually, but when combined with aliasing due to sample errors, the re-construction algorythm will make small errors that create these chromatic components in the aliasing. Fortunately, to make these very obvious, it takes a special combination of circumstances that will not happen most of the time in most scenes.

The anti-alias filter in a camera is essentially a blur filter that is placed directly over the camera sensor when it is manufactured. It prevents the sensor from being able to sample frequencies higher than it's Nyquist defined limits.

-Chris

[mulester7]

.....ok, Brian done told me by PM the anti-aliasing filter goes on inside the camera body's processing....it's shameful how little I know about digital concepts, but at least I have a good deal of past experience with film-cameras and knowledge of lenses to apply....I guess I'm just gonna' trust that camera body to do it's job, and let me try to twist some knobs....here's an eye-opener....using the older manual-focus lenses renders the Nikon D2X fully manual, with no metering to be had, period....but....you have instant proofing on the little TV on the back of the camera, and the manual-focus lenses would only be used off a tripod, probably at night....and, I could take readings for the manual lenses with the auto-focus normal 50mm 1.4 lens I'm going to get for trips and events and such, when you don't want to have to figure out an exposure....the best shots with my camera, though, are going to come through the older manual Nikon F-Series AIS 85mm 1.4 coming....in olden days, it was in a class by itself for image quality wide-open....wide-open, you can blur the background quickly to intensify the effect of the focused subject but a few feet away.....

[mulester7]

Digital camera sensor is homologous to an audio analog-digital convertor. If you try to sample frequencies equal to or greater than the sample rate * 0.5, the result will be aliasing. In audio, this means lower frequency artifacts contaminating the audio signal. In video/image systems, this means low frequency visual artifacts. Fortunately, in video/imaging, the phenomenon will tend to occur only in specific conditions. For example, if you have a far away roof, and shingles have very defined/bold edges, then the frequency of this will at points be appropriate to create a lower frequency bi-product artifact. In many cases, this distortion lends to an artificial added detail. The aliasing always occurs on high contrast edges, as is apparent in the Kodak compared to the Canon sensor in the above image you linked. The image should never look that sharp at 100 percent viewing magnification unless it is a result of excessive transient distortion(unsharp mask used heavily) or aliasing. Some people like the distortion effects, as evidenced by the cult-like following of Sigma digital DSLR cameras which use a sensor that does not have an antialis filter. However, the sensor used in Sigma DSLRs is a 3 color per sample point sensor and it's aliasing is monochromatic because all color channels are affected identically when it occurs. Therefor it will be less objectionable. The aliasing in the Kodak will tend to have chromatic components because it does not sample 3 colors per sample point, as most cameras do. This is no problem usually, but when combined with aliasing due to sample errors, the re-construction algorythm will make small errors that create these chromatic components in the aliasing. Fortunately, to make these very obvious, it takes a special combination of circumstances that will not happen most of the time in most scenes.

The anti-alias filter in a camera is essentially a blur filter that is placed directly over the camera sensor when it is manufactured. It prevents the sensor from being able to sample frequencies higher than it's Nyquist defined limits.

-Chris.....good post, Chris....don't think I won't take you and Brian up on the offer to advise concerning a photoshop....

[mulester7]

.....here's an economical thought concerning camera bodies....Hasselblad makes a medium-format body with 39 megapixels rating that will set you back only $30,000....no, no need for thanks, guys.....

[majorloser]

....and it's really not an impressive thing to own something, when it only took money to possess it......

True, but unfortunately money doesn't grow on trees. For most people it must be earned and earned in very small increments.

I'm a public servant, though. I don't know what it means to earn money since I gave up on the real world an joined the ranks of the "pre-retired" government employees :D

I understand what you meant, but for me, the things I really care about I don't own. They willingly choose to be with me.

[mulester7]

But for me, the things I really care about I don't own. They willingly choose to be with me......major point, Major......

[mulester7]

.....well, the two manual F-Series lenses just showed....the 85mm 1.4 is immaculent, and came with a Hoya UV on it, and a rear-pupil lens cap....the 135mm 2.0 looks like it's been in a bar-room fight with a woman's fingernails, and is fairly scratched up....no scratches on any glass, though, and it came with no caps....the 85mm got the new 72mm Hoya Skylight, and the used 72mm Hoya UV is now on the 135mm....I guess it's time for a camera body to use them with, or I've got a couple of fairly expensive paper-weights....(notice how I put myself in the position to need the camera body?)....I am anxious to post some snaps for you guys....I have grown over the years to be decent in picture composition and cropping....I'll be a little limited now as per no zooms, but guys, listen....zooms are two groups of groups, in the internal glass opticals....it has to be that way to be able to zoom....you just got less image quality when you snapped that zoom lens on the body.....some say if a zoom is all the way in at it's limit of the low, ie-set at 70 on a 70-200 zoom, it will lose no image quality....bull....it's still two groups of groups even against each other.....buy primes for image quality, zoo the scroooms.....

[highfihoney]

""THE POINT SYSTEM OF WAF""


In the world of romance, one single rule applies to the men:

Make the woman happy.

Do something she likes, and you get points.

Do something she dislikes, and points are subtracted.

You don't get any points for doing something she expects.

Here is a guide to the point system :

==============================

SIMPLE DUTIES:

You make the bed. (+1)

You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow. (0)

You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets. (-1)

You go out to buy her what she wants. (+5)

In the rain. (+10)

But return with beer. (-15)

You check out a suspicious noise at night. (0)

You check out a suspicious noise and it is nothing. (0)

You check out a suspicious noise and it is something. (+5)

You pummel it with an iron rod. (+10)

It's her pet. (-25)

==============================

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS:

You stay by her side for the entire party. (0)

You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with college buddy (-2)

Named Tina. (-4)

Tina is a dancer. (-10)

Tina has breast implants. (-80)

Really big breast implants. (-200)

==============================

HER BIRTHDAY:

You take her out to dinner. (0)

You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar. (+1)

Okay, it is a sports bar. (-2)

And it's all-you-can-eat night. (-3)

It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colors of your favorite team. (-10)

==============================

A NIGHT OUT:

You take her to a movie. (+2)

You take her to a movie she likes. (+4)

You take her to a movie you hate. (+6)

You take her to a movie you like. (-2)

And it's called "Death Cop". (-3)

You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans that was featured on "Oprah". (-15)

==============================

YOUR PHYSIQUE:

You develop a noticeable potbelly. (-15)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it (+10)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to baggy jeans and baggy Hawaiian shirts. (-30)

You say, "It doesn't matter, you have one too." (-10,000)

==============================

ENJOY THE 'BIG' QUESTION:

She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5) (Yes, you LOSE points no matter WHAT you say.)

You hesitate in responding. (-10)

You reply, "Where?" (-35)

Any other response. (-20)

==============================

COMMUNICATION:

When she wants to talk about a problem, you listen, displaying what looks like a concerned __expression. (0)

You listen for over 30 minutes. (+50)

You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV. (+500)

She realizes this is because you have fallen asleep.(-5,000)

damn was that funny:D

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

tennis anyone?

I got in the 20's a few times...work got in the way:(


http://www.mcsaatchi.webcentral.com.au/tennischallenge/optus_tennis_site_edited.html

[mulester7]

The object of the game is to move the red block (click on block and hold it down) around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls. If you can go longer than 22 seconds you are phenomenal. Reportedly, the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots. They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes. Give it a try!

http://tinyurl.com/56t9u

[Sheep]

The object of the game is to move the red block (click on block and hold it down) around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls. If you can go longer than 22 seconds you are phenomenal. Reportedly, the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots. They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes. Give it a try!

http://tinyurl.com/56t9u

I went for 13 seconds. Not bad....

Where have you been Mule?

SheepStar

[Mr. Lamb Fries]

It took abot ten minutes but I got 21.719

[STRONGBADF1]

The object of the game is to move the red block (click on block and hold it down) around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls. If you can go longer than 22 seconds you are phenomenal. Reportedly, the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots. They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes. Give it a try!

http://tinyurl.com/56t9u

23.053 ON THE 3RD TRY!

(first two I didn't make 1):o

[STRONGBADF1]

tennis anyone?

I got in the 20's a few times...work got in the way:(


http://www.mcsaatchi.webcentral.com.au/tennischallenge/optus_tennis_site_edited.html


63 after about 2 minutes of trying to figure it out.

[mulester7]

Where have you been Mule?

SheepStar.....SheepStar, tie gangs have been on the West End where I run, replacing ties, for about a month now....this causes delayed trains to fall short, and the extra-board guys have been used up quickly to dogcatch trains on into both terminals....I have been working virtually every day for about three weeks....the tie gangs loaded up and left yesterday heading out West....things should get back to normal soon with me working about once every three weeks....thanks for asking, Sheep.....

[mulester7]

.....Gentlemen, along with working virtually every day for a month just past, came a feeling of being overly stressed indeed....I luckily discovered a sure-fire legitimate and simple test for identifying excessive stress levels back about four years ago....the test is accepted and endorsed by the American Association of Psychology, the American Association of Psychiatry, and was first released by Dr. H. Kirtley in 1993....this is on the level, Guys....when you click on the link, max your screen with the F11 key, and be careful to slowly read every word on the first page, I say again, slowly reading every word is most important to the testing....then, be equally careful to follow any specific instructions you will find toward the bottom of the initial page....this is most important to taking the test, and you need to approach the test with calmness and a deliberate attitude of dedicated compliance....even the silly little battleship-figure you will see, ingeniously figures into the actual testing once you click to begin, and I will say you need to notice the battleship-figure carefully for a few seconds....that's all I will say, as not to taint your results....good luck, Guys, and I wish your results to be most favorable....these are trying times and aids like this luckily came into being, and are meant to help us......

http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress

[Nomo]

I guess I'll be taking an extended leave. Thanks Mule.

[Sheep]

Same, All this time..... :rolleyes:


SheepStar

[mulester7]

Same, All this time..... :rolleyes:


SheepStar.....Sheep and NomoSony, I was so stressed out one time, I took the test and seen two Big Bird chickens....two days later, I was naked in a tower with a high powered rifle.....

[Nomo]

two days later, I was naked in a tower with a high powered rifle.....


I'll be trying to get that image out of my head for several days.

[majorloser]

.....Sheep and NomoSony, I was so stressed out one time, I took the test and seen two Big Bird chickens....two days later, I was naked in a tower with a high powered rifle.....


Hey, you ever thought about entering politics? You're way over qualified :D

(At the very least you could get a government job)

[mulester7]

Hey, you ever thought about entering politics? You're way over qualified :D

(At the very least you could get a government job).....Major, my first day at Rock Island-Little Rock back in 1979, I felt I was home....I have proudly always been considered a hard worker, but when I received my first paycheck from Rock Island, I thought about what I had to do to earn that much money, and I KNEW I was home....a railroad job, considering the pay and the benefits, is hard to beat....

[majorloser]

.....Major, my first day at Rock Island-Little Rock, I felt I was home....I have proudly always been considered a hard worker, but when I received my first paycheck from Rock Island, I thought about what I had to do to earn that much money, and I KNEW I was home....a railroad job, considering the pay and the benefits, is hard to beat....

So now you just get naked in the cab and shoot while you roll down the tracks :eek:

[mulester7]

So now you just get naked in the cab and shoot while you roll down the tracks :eek:.....I dare not touch that one with a ten foot pole.....

[sjdgpt]

.....Gentlemen, along with working virtually every day for a month just past, came a feeling of being overly stressed indeed....I luckily discovered a sure-fire legitimate and simple test for identifying excessive stress levels back about four years ago....the test is accepted and endorsed by the American Association of Psychology, the American Association of Psychiatry, and was first released by Dr. H. Kirtley in 1993....this is on the level, Guys....when you click on the link, max your screen with the F11 key, and be careful to slowly read every word on the first page, I say again, slowly reading every word is most important to the testing....then, be equally careful to follow any specific instructions you will find toward the bottom of the initial page....this is most important to taking the test, and you need to approach the test with calmness and a deliberate attitude of dedicated compliance....even the silly little battleship-figure you will see, ingeniously figures into the actual testing once you click to begin, and I will say you need to notice the battleship-figure carefully for a few seconds....that's all I will say, as not to taint your results....good luck, Guys, and I wish your results to be most favorable....these are trying times and aids like this luckily came into being, and are meant to help us......

http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

As always you have done an excellant job of making my laugh of the day.

PS: Where do I sign up for the 3 year vacation?

[Sheep]

And possibly a sticky saying Meka leka hi, meka hiney ho.

Or the family guy version

"Mekka Lekka Hi, Mekka Lekka, oh god I hate you" :D

SheepStar

[mulester7]

.....I found this very interesting.....

http://www.unitednuclear.com/aerogel.htm

[Sheep]

.....I found this very interesting.....

http://www.unitednuclear.com/aerogel.htm

We should build houses out of that stuff!

SheepStar

[jaxvon]

Ascend Acoustics used to use an aerogel midrange driver.

[mulester7]

An old Cherokee Indian is teaching his grandson about
life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.
"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.

One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies,
false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy,
generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.

This same fight is going on inside you -and inside
every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then
asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

[Buckle-meister]

...I found this very interesting...

Yes, it is interesting. I'd never heard of such a material before I read your link.

We should build houses out of that stuff!

Negative. :D If Aerogel is essentially glass it'll have similar properties, namely compressive strength greater than that of steel but negligible tensile strength by comparison. It'll also tend to fail in a sudden brittle as opposed to ductile manner, the latter of which helps give warning of imminent collapse.

Looks cool though. :rolleyes:

[majorloser]

Here's one of my old favorites. Check out this site and select Kung Fu Chess:

http://www.kungfuchess.com/

[highfihoney]

....guys, since it's 99.9% guys here, I'm going to post this link....this may be the funniest thing I've ever seen....we were all 14 at one time....I may get run off over this one, but shouldn't, since it's us guys......

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1130687839/Butt_Bottle_Rocket_


AHAHAHAH ,that poor kids fart hole got blowed up good,real good.:D :eek:

[mulester7]

.....any of you guys ever have one of these kinda' days?.....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/13db&.dnm=d618re2.jpg&.src=ph

[Sheep]

.....any of you guys ever have one of these kinda' days?.....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/13db&.dnm=d618re2.jpg&.src=ph

Dude, I design my hair to look like that :D

SheepStar

[mulester7]

.....here's a heart-warmer.....

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1141123269/Autistic_Kid_Scores_20_Points_In_4_Minutes

[mulester7]

.....Guys, here's something I heard the other day that everyone here probably already knew....the batter on onion rings from Sonic, is room temperature vanilla ice cream batter....they dip the circle/rings of onion in the room-temp ice cream batter, and in the grease it goes.....

[Matt34]

.....Guys, here's something I heard the other day that everyone here probably already knew....the batter on onion rings from Sonic, is room temperature vanilla ice cream batter....they dip the circle/rings of onion in the room-temp ice cream batter, and in the grease it goes.....


I think I'm going to eat at Sonic tomorrow to appreciate their onion rings even more, now that I know that tid bit of information.

[mulester7]

I think I'm going to eat at Sonic tomorrow to appreciate their onion rings even more, now that I know that tid bit of information......Matt, after hearing that, I went to Sonic and ordered a combo hamburger meal and asked for onion rings instead of fries or tots....I could taste an ice cream taste at first....I would say after trying them it's a pretty good idea....after you try them tomorrow, please post what you think......

[Matt34]

I unfortunately didn't make it to a Sonic today but I'll make a point to hit one up this week.

[mulester7]

.....Gentlemen, here is a blast from the past of steam-powered railroading.....

....Union Pacific Big Boy....4-8-8-4 wheel configuration....largest steam locomotive ever produced....604 tons....28 tons of coal....25,000 gallons of boiler water onboard....68 inch drive wheels....

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/up/up-s4001.jpg
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/up4002b.jpg
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_up4012.jpg
http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00018483+OP-18483
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/up/up-s4014v.jpg
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_up4019.jpg
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/bigboy/4019b.jpg
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/up4022a.jpg
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_up4023.jpg

[majorloser]

I always thought the Southern Pacific "cab forward" engines were cool:
http://www.toltecimages.com/trains/later%20images/4250.jpg

And you can't beat this paint scheme:
http://www.toltecimages.com/trains/4449.jpg

[Buckle-meister]

...Union Pacific Big Boy...largest steam locomotive ever produced...

Damn loco's! Have you any idea what those things do to my poor little bridges?! :eek:

[majorloser]

Damn loco's! Have you any idea what those things do to my poor little bridges?! :eek:

Is that why they had to send the "Flying Scotsman" over here? :rolleyes:

[mulester7]

Damn loco's! Have you any idea what those things do to my poor little bridges?! :eek:.....Robbie, about all of the bridges I go across on the West End here in Arkansas, are only ties and rail sitting on concrete supports sunk deep in the river bed with DEEP water about 30 feet below the bridges....one of them just South of the Spadra siding, is about 200 yards long....whenever I am on a shooter Z-train that hits that bridge at 60 mph, let me assure you, the ole' butt-hole still draws up tight, and I've been across that bridge no less than 300-400 times.....

[mulester7]

I always thought the Southern Pacific "cab forward" engines were cool:
http://www.toltecimages.com/trains/later%20images/4250.jpg

And you can't beat this paint scheme:
http://www.toltecimages.com/trains/4449.jpg.....Major, you definitely want the cab on the head end, except when colliding with a gasoline tanker at a crossing, haha....I have yet to be involved with a collision, but sure have come close three or four times with cars....about 15 years ago, mandatory ditch lights on the head end of freight and passenger trains made them much more visible, especially at night....it looks like the sun coming down the tracks, day or night, but especially at night.....

.....Guys, be careful at crossings....the head end locomotive by itself nowadays, weighs a little over 200 TONS....then there's more engines, and what can be 135-150 loaded cars....a loaded coal train with three engines and 135 loaded cars coming downhill toward a crossing using the engine's dynamic brakes to keep the train speed constant downhill, renders the loaded coal train "bunched up" with the cars and engines against each other at the drawbars, and can represent over 19,000 ""TONS"" hitting a vehicle at that crossing....the train hitting your car doesn't kill you....the side of your car suddenly being propelled into you, jagged with sharp metal edges, is what kills you, stick/slice/chop....correct, I'm trying to get your attention and paint a picture in your minds....don't ever go around crossing arms, or not look both directions at ANY railroad crossing....and, if you go around crossing arms and make it fine, if a local policeman witnesses the event, you will get to contribute to the next Policeman's Ball, trust me....I've had policemen stalk our head end leaving town watching for cars to go around crossing gates many times....easy money.....

.....Major, that picture of the Southern Pacific steam passenger consist looks real nice....Union Pacific absorbed Southern Pacific back in about 1996, and Burlington Northern absorbed Sante Fe about the same time, I think....if you want to see really sharp paint jobs on old passenger consists, look at Sante Fe engines from the steam days with the traditional theme "War Bonnet"....they are considered to be the standard paint job others were measured against....from the cover of a 1945 magazine......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/a0fe&.dnm=2c58.jpg&.src=ph

[majorloser]

.....Major, that picture of the Southern Pacific steam passenger consist looks real nice....Union Pacific absorbed Southern Pacific back in about 1996, and Burlington Northern absorbed Sante Fe about the same time, I think....if you want to see really sharp paint jobs on old passenger consists, look at Sante Fe engines from the steam days with the traditional theme "War Bonnet"....they are considered to be the standard paint job others were measured against....from the cover of a 1945 magazine......

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mulester77/detail?.dir=/a0fe&.dnm=2c58.jpg&.src=ph

Yeah, those SF war bonnet "A" units looked nice with the aluminum cars, but it's diesel. http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib003/ATSF38.JPG

The final years of steam with the streamliners was when trains were beautiful.
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/streamlined/scrapped/

[mulester7]

Yeah, those SF war bonnet "A" units looked nice with the aluminum cars, but it's diesel. http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib003/ATSF38.JPG

The final years of steam with the streamliners was when trains were beautiful.
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/streamlined/scrapped/.....that is correct, Major, the original F7 passenger locos were diesel-electric, and broke in like the early to mid 40's....steam continued to carry the load in freight service for a few more years until diesel-electric was refined to pull seriously heavy tonnage.....here's one....there are only two suppliers of locomotives in the US, General Electric, and Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc....all railroads in the US have the same models from these two suppliers, the only variable being a different paint job....I have ridden in many different locos that were leased from other railroads while working for UP, and unless you went outside and saw the paint job, you thought you were just in another UP unit....the only cabs I have ever ridden in that were different, was various CN, Canadian National, units that have a microwave and hot plate w/coffee pot....I suspect CN units come supplied that way because it gets much colder up there, with an occassional snow-in....the drawback of CN units is, they have no air conditioning....in the hot and humid Southern Summer when I ride on one of the CN leased units, I have to scotch the front door open a couple inches for a little air flow into the cab ending up going out the windows, or we would melt......

[mulester7]

.....my kinda' fishin'....amazing.....

http://www.viperalley.com/gallery/data/500/fishing.wmv

[mulester7]

.....how quick are ya'?.....

http://plainjanegames.com/funstuff/reaction.htm

[mulester7]

.....the top-rated 15 city skylines of the World.....

http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html#top

[STRONGBADF1]

I love this one.:D

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail36.html


Just wanted to add to the fun.:)
SBF1

[masak_aer]

.....how quick are ya'?.....

http://plainjanegames.com/funstuff/reaction.htm

first time was 0.207 then 0.18
0.153

[mulester7]

.....well, Guys, it's time to put up or shut up concerning my sweet chicken sauce, "Nectar Of The Gods".....I'm gettin' in a bbq contest locally....it's being organized by concerns in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and promoted by the most popular talk radio station in Little Rock....the actual cooking will be held outside Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, with judging both outside and inside the arena structure....I'll be entering two categories, chicken, and sauce....it is optional, and I suspect prudent, to enter the sauce category with chicken pieces using the sauce....the sauce category must be submitted at 10a....the chicken category must be submitted by 12p.....I'll simply charcoal three chickens for each deadline and submit....I'm excited....this is a passion with me, and it's high time to put my sauce against others....anyone can learn to smoke or charcoal meat, but the sauce must be killer to rank highly....yes Sir, I'm quite excited and anticipant....the first prize in the chicken category is $1000 and a trophy, with a $75 entry fee....if you do as well as third, you get your money back with a $75 dollar prize and a dinky-butt trophy.....the sauce category has a $500 first prize and trophy, with a $35 entry fee....once again, coming in third gets your money back and a dinky-butt trophy....here we go.....

.....edit....the contest is May 13th....I have to come up with pieces of chicken fat for smoking quickly.....

[Sheep]

.....the top-rated 15 city skylines of the World.....

http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html#top

I'm surprised that Vancouver isn't in there.

http://www.tsi.bc.ca/albums/cruise/Canada_Place.jpg

SheepStar

[majorloser]

.....well, Guys, it's time to put up or shut up concerning my sweet chicken sauce, "Nectar Of The Gods".....I'm gettin' in a bbq contest locally....it's being organized by concerns in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and promoted by the most popular talk radio station in Little Rock....the actual cooking will be held outside Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, with judging both outside and inside the arena structure....I'll be entering two categories, chicken, and sauce....it is optional, and I suspect prudent, to enter the sauce category with chicken pieces using the sauce....the sauce category must be submitted at 10a....the chicken category must be submitted by 12p.....I'll simply charcoal three chickens for each deadline and submit....I'm excited....this is a passion with me, and it's high time to put my sauce against others....anyone can learn to smoke or charcoal meat, but the sauce must be killer to rank highly....yes Sir, I'm quite excited and anticipant....the first prize in the chicken category is $1000 and a trophy, with a $75 entry fee....if you do as well as third, you get your money back with a $75 dollar prize and a dinky-butt trophy.....the sauce category has a $500 first prize and trophy, with a $35 entry fee....once again, coming in third gets your money back and a dinky-butt trophy....here we go.....

.....edit....the contest is May 13th....I have to come up with pieces of chicken fat for smoking quickly.....

There'll be a whole lot of unhappy people after you whoop their butt's and walk away with the grand prize!

Cake walk for a master like you.

[mulester7]

Cake walk for you......I think the sauce stands to open a few eyes, Major, but let me ask you an honest question....from the sample I sent you, did the sweet and sour have correct balance?....I'm serious, I'd much rather have the truth......

[mulester7]

I'm surprised that Vancouver isn't in there.

SheepStar.....Sheep, I remember most, the dark greenness of the trees, the Canadian pine trees that were amazing, and that bridge between Seattle and Vancouver after entering Canada.....great two days......

[sjdgpt]

I'm surprised that Vancouver isn't in there.

SheepStar


I am darn impressed. Got my vote. That is a really nice pic.

[Sheep]

I am darn impressed. Got my vote. That is a really nice pic.

I didn't take it. :rolleyes: :D

SheepStar

[majorloser]

.....I think the sauce stands to open a few eyes, Major, but let me ask you an honest question....from the sample I sent you, did the sweet and sour have correct balance?....I'm serious, I'd much rather have the truth......

Tasted great to me and loserwife!

I did kick up my portion a bit with some Magma pepper sauce (1,000,000 Scoville), but you have to remember that I love everything at spice levels that a normal human being would keel over dead with. A true pepper head.

[mulester7]

I did kick up my portion a bit with some Magma pepper sauce (1,000,000 Scoville), but you have to remember that I love everything at spice levels that a normal human being would keel over dead with. A true pepper head......Major, back in the mechanical dept on third shift, a few of us would put fresh whole jalepeno peppers in a blender with a few shakes of the tabasco bottle, pour it out in a bowl, and dip it straight with chips....sweat would literally RAIN out of my hairline and run down my face....one guy was so ugly sweat would only run down the back of his head, haha....seriously though, you sorta' got used to the burning to where it became only a sizzle, but that butthole still burned the next day....can't do that anymore, ain't got the cast iron stomach I used to have....

[mulester7]

.....go on, I'm reposting this one on the next page so it's not so wide....but the picture of Vancouver was worth it, thanks SheepStar/sometimes Jar....but oh, to be young again.....


.....Guys, I've got all my made-sauce on hold with this contest in a little over two weeks....I'm bringing down a load I just started that should end up with about 10 gallons, but I'm not for sure it will be ready by the 13th....I bring down an initial watery load of 24 quarts, that fills the 24 quart pot to the absolute top as it sits on a smaller width, but adequately-sized, hot plate....and yes, the hotplate would support a pot containing a graveyard dead skinned and washed King Kong....I feel it's paramount to bring this initial load down very slowly....on very light heat.....I've stepped this initial load up a hair on the heat, to try to have the option of freshly made by contest time....but I think I will probably use what I have already made since it's had time for for the sour side to mature, and I sweeten it up a bit, with more light brown sugar and baker's grade honey, too late for rendered down grape jelly, don't dare use jam, jam burns....I could probably go much warmer since there's no flour involved, even in the mustard, a gallon and six cups up front taken watery....real watery.....but what you get at around half-full rendered down is grand indeed....then the ketchup filler I use is seperately double-boiled down by 1/3, and it takes on a totally different flavor that's still "quality"....it thickening up was ok, but the best result is the flavor....you can add drained hamburger and erregano, maybe it's arregano, or oregano, anyhow, and you get a very quality spaghetti sauce....the ketchup must be double-boiled down....the flour in ketchup which is considerable, goes to burn quickly with direct heat....in two minutes, with "normal" heat, it can go to the bottom being burned black an inch or two thick, truth, hello, disposal....I'm thinking about only entering the sauce division, but you can't beat charcoal smoke by the right methods, and I may go for the chicken category too, and put my chicken up against guys with grills in big trucks, ya' know?.......I'm thinking about serving the judges charcoal smoked chicken wing drummies, gizzards and livers, with no sauce on any of them, plastic forks and knives on the side, and a measure for dipping in front of each judge....almost everyone likes one or the other on gizzards and livers, and there's wing drummies for the guteral abstaining dissiminent, haha....the judges will fork their choice, maybe cut it smaller first, and go to the sauce warmed only warm, sitting in front of each judge in a styrofoam bowl/cup....when this segment is fully completed, there will only be a scant few of the walking-wounded....then, to ice the prize, when my turn comes to be judged, each of the four judges would be handed right before my chicken and sauce boxes are opened, an ICE-COLD, fresh out of ice/water in a sty cooler, a Nehi Peach Drink that comes in a big bottle, still drippin ice water.....at that point it'll be bring in the wagons and start loadin' bodies....no proofread......

[majorloser]

Tabasco is at 2,500 Scoville units.

Here's the listing of hottest sauces:
http://www.sweatnspice.com/hottest_sauces.php

The hottest "true" sauce is at just under 16,000,000 units. Just as a comparison, defense pepper sprays range from 1M to 2M units.

[mulester7]

.....Guys, I've got all my made-sauce on hold with this contest in a little over two weeks....I'm bringing down a load I just started that should end up with about 10 gallons, but I'm not for sure it will be ready by the 13th....I bring down an initial watery load of 24 quarts, that fills the 24 quart pot to the absolute top as it sits on a smaller width, but adequately-sized, hot plate....and yes, the hotplate would support a pot containing a graveyard dead skinned and washed King Kong....I feel it's paramount to bring this initial load down very slowly....on very light heat.....I've stepped this initial load up a hair on the heat, to try to have the option of freshly-made by contest time....but I think I will probably use what I have already made since it's had time for the sour side to mature, and I sweeten it up a bit, with more light brown sugar and baker's grade honey, too late for rendered down grape jelly, don't dare use jam, jam burns....I could probably go much warmer since there's no flour involved, even in the mustard, a gallon and six cups up front taken watery....real watery from rooster sauce and vinegar and pineapple juice....that was the largest breakthrough I had....add pineapple juice right up front for the rendering-down, to turn the sour side pastel-like in taste....kinda' like a compressor does on voices, great blend.....when the initial rendering finishes, what you get is the pot half-full of good stuff....then the ketchup filler I use is seperately double-boiled down by 1/3, and it takes on a totally different flavor that's "quality"....use Heinz unless you honestly like another national brand of ketchup better....the ketchup thickening up is ok, but the great result is the flavor....at this point using the Heinz ketchup double-boiled down by 1/3, you can add drained hamburger, chopped garlic buds, and erregano, maybe it's arregano, or oregano, anyhow, and you get a very quality spaghetti sauce....the ketchup must be double-boiled down....the flour in ketchup which is considerable, goes to burn quickly with direct heat....in two minutes, with "normal" heat, it can go to the bottom being burned black an inch or two thick, hello, disposal, truth....I'm thinking about only entering the sauce division, but you can't beat charcoal smoke by the right methods, and I may go for the chicken category too, and put my chicken up against guys with grills in big trucks, ya' know?.......I'm thinking about serving the judges charcoal smoked chicken wing drummies, gizzards, and livers, with no sauce on any of them, plastic forks and knives on the side, and a measure of sauce for dipping in front of each judge....almost everyone likes one or the other concerning gizzards and livers, and there's wing drummies for the guteral abstaining dissiminent, haha....the judges will fork their choice, maybe cut it smaller, then go to the warmed sauce sitting in front of each judge in a styrofoam bowl/cup....when this segment is fully completed, there should be only a scant few walking-wounded....then, to ice the prize, when my turn comes to be judged, each of the four judges would be handed, right after fully tasting and analyzing my chicken and sauce, an ICE-COLD, fresh out of salted ice/water from a cooler, "Nehi Peach Drink" that comes in a big glass bottle, about 20 0z, still drippin' ice water out of that Igloo cooler.....Nehi Peach, ice-cold, is killer with bbq-anything.....at that point, it will be bring in the wagons and start loadin' bodies....

[Sheep]

.....go on, I'm reposting this one on the next page so it's not so wide....but the picture of Vancouver was worth it, thanks SheepStar/sometimes Jar....but oh, to be young again.....

Actually, its Yar.

Thats only when I'm a pirate, matee.

SheepYar

[mulester7]

Politics!

Actually this is kind of fun.

You'll be asked just 10 questions, and then it instantly tells you where you stand politically. It shows your position as a red dot on a "political map" so you'll see exactly where you score. The most interesting thing about the Quiz is that it goes beyond the Democrat, Republican, or Independent. The Quiz has gotten a lot of praise. The Washington Post said it has "gained respect as a valid measure of a person's political leanings." The Fraser Institute said it's "a fast, fun, and accurate assessment of a person's overall political views." Suite University said it is the "most concise and accurate political quiz out there."

It's at: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

See if you land where you think you are politically.

[mulester7]

.....sidewalk art....amazing.....

http://www.impactlab.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7567

[Nick250]

.....sidewalk art....amazing.....

http://www.impactlab.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7567

All I can say is WOW!

[Sheep]

Mule! That was AWESOME! I went and saw sand casltes that were like these. Very cool indeed.

SheepStar

[mulester7]

.....Guys, can you buy rendered-out chicken fat commercially like in cans or bottles?....not chicken broth, the pure straight liquid yellow chicken fat/oil stuff like that floats on top of the water after you've boiled a whole chicken.....anyone know a commercial outlet for that?.....

[mulester7]

....."A person who doubts himself, is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain, by himself, being the first person to be convinced of it." - Ambrose Bierce.....

[mulester7]

.....copied-and-pasted....

OT: .....InDa, I got second in sauce, and third in chicken in the sanctioned contest....and....now I'm hooked, haha....and Inda, I'm so stewpid....I didn't use the right kind of garlic powder in the sauce....trust me, next time I'll send 4 cups of sauce to the inside 4 judges, and not mess with optional meat submitted in a box....I'm convinced that the garlic taste second, and then a high explosion to a pristine and clean sweet with Field Clover honey on top and Baker's Grade honey right under it for a little cone/thrush taste , is a winner....McCormich "California Style" garlic powder....I'm sick I didn't add it 12 hours before the judges tasted it....the California Style is little dried-out and hard chunks of pure garlic about 5 times the size of salt....after soaking for 12 hours, each one is a soft sponge full of garlic to be mashed out into the mix....anyhow, I was stewpid to change....had some Lowry's that was fresh, and you know.....I'm experimenting with a marinade I didn't use last Saturday....the spices used are like a symphony orchestra....you got high and low voices, mid voices, smoothing, rounding, and blending voices....just don't go too heavy with the high-C trumpet paprika....McCormick Montreal Chicken Seasoning plays a mean double-bass.....Thyme plays a wonderful cello, and is like italian seasoning in a way, only cleaner with more vapor taste effect....I'll give the ingredients, amounts, and methods when I feel good about the marinade....still recovering from Saturday....old fart....no proof.....

[majorloser]

CONGRATULATIONS MULESTER!

I think that's pretty damn respectable for the first time out with the pros.

Next time you'll wipe the floor with the losers :eek:

[Matt34]

.....copied-and-pasted....

OT: .....InDa, I got second in sauce, and third in chicken in the sanctioned contest....and....now I'm hooked, haha....and Inda, I'm so stewpid....I didn't use the right kind of garlic powder in the sauce....trust me, next time I'll send 4 cups of sauce to the inside 4 judges, and not mess with optional meat submitted in a box....I'm convinced that the garlic taste second, and then a high explosion to a pristine and clean sweet with Field Clover honey on top and Baker's Grade honey right under it for a little cone/thrush taste , is a winner....McCormich "California Style" garlic powder....I'm sick I didn't add it 12 hours before the judges tasted it....the California Style is little dried-out and hard chunks of pure garlic about 5 times the size of salt....after soaking for 12 hours, each one is a soft sponge full of garlic to be mashed out into the mix....anyhow, I was stewpid to change....had some Lowry's that was fresh, and you know.....I'm experimenting with a marinade I didn't use last Saturday....the spices used are like a symphony orchestra....you got high and low voices, mid voices, smoothing, rounding, and blending voices....just don't go too heavy with the high-C trumpet paprika....McCormick Montreal Chicken Seasoning plays a mean double-bass.....Thyme plays a wonderful cello, and is like italian seasoning in a way, only cleaner with more vapor taste effect....I'll give the ingredients, amounts, and methods when I feel good about the marinade....still recovering from Saturday....old fart....no proof.....


Congrats, chicklets for you!

[mulester7]

.....thanks, Major and Matt....went off vacation the 17th, and just got back from working a turn to Van Buren....the marinade is good for chicken, just don't add any vingear past a scant amount to soak the spices in for a couple of hours at first in the bottom of a gallon plastic jug....a washed-out with scalding water milk carton is fine....more later on the marinade.....

[Matt34]

Only two users online at the moment:

Matt34, DRpoopypantz:D

LOL, gald to see I'm in with good company.

[Tomorrow]

.....I didn't use the right kind of garlic powder in the sauce.........

Hey Mulester...welcome back. I wondered where ya be.

I'm just now starting to catch up on this eternal thread. Gimme a couple o' weeks. But for now....I'll share a secret with you. You're welcome......
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysgarlic.html

[mulester7]

Hey Mulester...welcome back. I wondered where ya be.

I'm just now starting to catch up on this eternal thread. Gimme a couple o' weeks. But for now....I'll share a secret with you. You're welcome......
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysgarlic.html.....RJBudz, I ordered a pound of the minced garlic....will probably call back and order a type of ground jalepegno-sp? pepper she said had a smoked flavor and a burn factor of 20,000 with their ground cayenne being rated at 40,000....may call back and add it to the order....probably will....thanks, RJ....Matt, remain focused, our prayers are with you.....

[mulester7]

.....well, Guys, I've been invaded by relatives that rented a bus....anybody got a plunger?....naw, not for the commode, Uncle Cletis forgot to pack his leg and he wants to dance.......

[mulester7]

.....Guys, I think I just might jump in there with Brian and get a D200 body....I have two manual Nikon lenses from the 70's bought a year ago that that I can use and have aperture-priority metering....one of them is the legendary 85 1.4....just might do that.....

[brian32672]

Only for you Ron---
As for most I would say - if you are thinking of getting a semi-pro dSLR, I would get the D50.
Reason I say yeah to Ron - Is only because the D200 will work with his manual only lenses.
As far as quality-Once again - for the price - I would certainly recommend the D50.
And I have had 3 of the latest models.. The D50, D70s, and now the D200.
The other models can get away with inexpensive lenses - But the higher resolution on the D200 will show with the cheaper lenses. And it really should be used with quality lenses (or really know how to use your lens correctly). I am speaking of the 700.00+ lenses.... Over the 200.00 lens..
Granted it will work fine, but as I said - it would be best if you really knew what you where doing with a camera to get the best possible picture with a cheap lens on a D200. This will not apply (for the most part) for the D50, D70, D70s...

Or if you just are thinking digital - I would even say just get a 5mp point and shoot...
It will take perfectly fine pictures...
Even when blown up to 8x10
I use my 4mp and 8x10s are just fine.;)

[mulester7]

Only for you Ron---
As for most I would say - if you are thinking of getting a semi-pro dSLR, I would get the D50.
Reason I say yeah to Ron - Is only because the D200 will work with his manual only lenses.
As far as quality-Once again - for the price - I would certainly recommend the D50.
And I have had 3 of the latest models.. The D50, D70s, and now the D200.
The other models can get away with inexpensive lenses - But the higher resolution on the D200 will show with the cheaper lenses. And it really should be used with quality lenses (or really know how to use your lens correctly). I am speaking of the 700.00+ lenses.... Over the 200.00 lens..
Granted it will work fine, but as I said - it would be best if you really knew what you where doing with a camera to get the best possible picture with a cheap lens on a D200. This will not apply (for the most part) for the D50, D70, D70s...

Or if you just are thinking digital - I would even say just get a 5mp point and shoot...
It will take perfectly fine pictures...
Even when blown up to 8x10
I use my 4mp and 8x10s are just fine.;).....so, do you plan to keep the D200?.....

[mulester7]

Can Muslims be Good Americans?

Can a devout Muslim be an American patriot and a loyal citizen?

Consider this:

Theologically, no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon god of
Arabia.

Scripturally, no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam
and the Quran (Koran).

Geographically, no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he
turns in prayer five times a day.

Socially, no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make
friends with Christians or Jews.

Politically, no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual
leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction o f America,
the great Satan.

Domestically, no, because he is instructed to marry four women and beat
and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34).

Religiously, no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah
except Islam (Quran, 2:256)

Intellectually, no, because he cannot accept the American Constitution
since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be
corrupt.

Philosophically, no, because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow
freedom of religion and expression.

Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either
dictatorial or autocratic.

Spiritually, no, because when we declare "one nation under God," the
Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as
our heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99
excellent names.

Therefore after much study and deliberation....perhaps we should be very
suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both
good Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish...it's still the
truth......

[brian32672]

.....so, do you plan to keep the D200?.....
Nope, - - Want to buy it???

[mulester7]

Nope, - - Want to buy it???.....$400?.....

[brian32672]

.....$400?.....
Sure --- why not.:eek:

Add a 1 in front of the 4. And I might think you are serious..
Even then, it would be - forget it...
400 is an insult. I could sell it within 5 minutes on eBay for 3 times that.

[mulester7]

400 is an insult. I could sell it within 5 minutes on eBay for 3 times that......ok, 1200?.....

.....edit....you know I'm kidding....I'm not going to buy your D200 because you're going to keep it....don't make me catch a plane.....

[jaxvon]

Can Muslims be Good Americans?

Can a devout Muslim be an American patriot and a loyal citizen?

Consider this:

Theologically, no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon god of
Arabia.

Scripturally, no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam
and the Quran (Koran).

Geographically, no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he
turns in prayer five times a day.

Socially, no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make
friends with Christians or Jews.

Politically, no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual
leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction o f America,
the great Satan.

Domestically, no, because he is instructed to marry four women and beat
and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34).

Religiously, no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah
except Islam (Quran, 2:256)

Intellectually, no, because he cannot accept the American Constitution
since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be
corrupt.

Philosophically, no, because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow
freedom of religion and expression.

Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either
dictatorial or autocratic.

Spiritually, no, because when we declare "one nation under God," the
Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as
our heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99
excellent names.

Therefore after much study and deliberation....perhaps we should be very
suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both
good Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish...it's still the
truth......

Sounds like some self-serving BS put out by Christian people trying to justify their bigotry toward Muslim people. Islam isn't the insane religion that it gets portrayed as here.

[mulester7]

Islam isn't the insane religion that it gets portrayed as here......that may be true, Jaxvon, but let's make a comparison.....when a Christian turns his back on the pure of his religion, he may meet a gal at a motel, get sloppy drunk, or smoke a bushel basket of skunk-weed, to name a few transgressions....but, when a Muslim goes radical, buildings and automobiles get blown up, and heads get cut off, if I'm not mistaken....Matt, you have any comments from your observances?.....

[Sheep]

Sounds like some self-serving BS put out by Christian people trying to justify their bigotry toward Muslim people. Islam isn't the insane religion that it gets portrayed as here.

I agree with this.

SheepStar

[jaxvon]

.....that may be true, Jaxvon, but let's make a comparison.....when a Christian turns his back on the pure of his religion, he may meet a gal at a motel, get sloppy drunk, or smoke a bushel basket of skunk-weed, to name a few transgressions....but, when a Muslim goes radical, buildings and automobiles get blown up, and heads get cut off, if I'm not mistaken....Matt, you have any comments from your observances?.....

When Christians get radical, millions die. I believe that our war in Iraq right now is in part motivated by Bush's Christian beliefs. Look at the crusades. Look at the Holocaust. That's not to say that what radical Muslims are doing should be taken lightly, but they're not the only ones guilty of religiously motivated attacks. The more you look at history, the more you realize that religion is at the root of basically every major war.

[mulester7]

Look at the crusades. Look at the Holocaust.....the Crusades were in a barbaric time under different covenants, Jaxvon....and Hitler was a Christian???.....

[jaxvon]

.....the Crusades were in a barbaric time under different covenants, Jaxvon....and Hitler was a Christian???.....

True. And secondly yes, though his devoutness is questionable. In any case, I'm not arguing that Christianity caused the Holocaust or any other large "holy war", but rather that it played a role, sometimes a key one, in the decision to go to war.

By the way, as far as Islamic states all being autocratic...

Iran used to have a democratically elected leader, but he wanted to get a fair price on the oil he sold to us. So we ousted him and installed a dictator that would better suit our needs.

[mulester7]

Iran used to have a democratically elected leader, but he wanted to get a fair price on the oil he sold to us. So we ousted him and installed a dictator that would better suit our needs......now you're getting down to the real deal, even though it will NEVER be admitted....then again, if you didn't vote for Insane Hussein, your legs got broke....I also believe his outlook on prices to come, call it Futures if you wish, wasn't going to be anything to do with "fair prices"....

[jaxvon]

.....now you're getting down to the real deal, even though it will NEVER be admitted....then again, if you didn't vote for Insane Hussein, your legs got broke....I also believe his outlook on prices to come, call it Futures if you wish, wasn't going to be anything to do with "fair prices"....

Mule, that was Iran, not Iraq. Everyone knew that Iraq had a joke of a democracy.

[mulester7]

Mule, that was Iran, not Iraq. Everyone knew that Iraq had a joke of a democracy......aaahh, sorry, not using glasses....isn't Iran somewhere just above Canada?......

[Sheep]

.....aaahh, sorry, not using glasses....isn't Iran somewhere just above Canada?......

Little to the right.

SheepStar

[mulester7]

HISTORY OF MATH IN THE UNITED STATES:

Last week I purchased a burger and fries at McDonalds for $3.58.

The counter girl took my $4.00 and I pulled eight cents from my pocket and gave it to her.

She stood there, holding the nickel and three pennies. While looking at the screen on her

register, I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters back,

but she called the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her,

she just stood there and cried.

Why do I tell you this? Because of the following evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:



Teaching Math In 1950

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is
4/5 of the price. What is his profit?





Teaching Math In 1960

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is
4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?





Teaching Math In 1970

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is
$80. Did he make a profit?





Teaching Math In 1980

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is
$80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.





Teaching Math In 1990

A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and
inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the
preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20.
What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation

after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger

cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers.)





Teaching Math In 2006

Un ranchero vende una carretera de madera para $100. El cuesto de la
produccion era $80. Cuantos tortillas se puede comprar?

[Nomo]

HISTORY OF MATH IN THE UNITED STATES:

Last week I purchased a burger and fries at McDonalds for $3.58.

The counter girl took my $4.00 and I pulled eight cents from my pocket and gave it to her.

She stood there, holding the nickel and three pennies. While looking at the screen on her

register, I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters back,

but she called the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her,

she just stood there and cried.

A similar thing happened to me a few years ago at a McDonald's.
In my case the girl was smart enough to actually eneter into the register $4.08. (Using your numbers Mule)
When she saw the change she owed me was exactly 50 cents she looked at me as if was a mental giant and had just discovered the exact value of Pi.
Very sad.

[mulester7]

A similar thing happened to me a few years ago at a McDonald's.
In my case the girl was smart enough to actually eneter into the register $4.08. (Using your numbers Mule)
When she saw the change she owed me was exactly 50 cents she looked at me as if was a mental giant and had just discovered the exact value of Pi.
Very sad......NoMoSony, people have no choice but to play the game of life with the hand dealt to them in most cases....when I enter a fast-food establishment, I know already the persons I will deal with are making around minimum wage....those who offer a bright smile and wait on me to the best of their ability, I admire, and their example aspires me to handle myself in the same manner.....

[Nomo]

Agreed.
However what I find disturbing is walking into an establishment and instead of getting a smile from an admittedly underpaid paid person being greeted with attitude, bad attitude. The impression I get is "I'm too good for this".
I not arguing that in many cases people are dealt lousy cards. But just getting pissed off about it and blaming the the dealer ain't the way to go.
You choose to take the high road on most every situation. I've learned this from the tone of your posts. And good for you. Truly, I admire that.
I on the other hand I am far more cynical. And no apologies for that from me.
I just don't feel it's right to treat some one making minimum wage as if they're handicapped in some way.
My intention was was not fault the girl who was amazed by my "math skills".
It was intended, at it's most serious degree, as a commentary on education. But more than anything as what I thought was funny story. (OK not all that funny)

[mulester7]

Agreed.
However what I find disturbing is walking into an establishment and instead of getting a smile from an admittedly underpaid paid person being greeted with attitude, bad attitude. The impression I get is "I'm too good for this".
I not arguing that in many cases people are dealt lousy cards. But just getting pissed off about it and blaming the the dealer ain't the way to go.
You choose to take the high road on most every situation. I've learned this from the tone of your posts. And good for you. Truly, I admire that.
I on the other hand I am far more cynical. And no apologies for that from me.
I just don't feel it's right to treat some one making minimum wage as if they're handicapped in some way.
My intention was was not fault the girl who was amazed by my "math skills".
It was intended, at it's most serious degree, as a commentary on education. But more than anything as what I thought was funny story. (OK not all that funny).....good thoughts well said, NoMoSony....I guess I'm a little sensitive toward someone working minimum wage, because that's what my ex is doing now....she's on her feet the whole shift, and grosses a whopping 56 bucks for 8 hours....and, it's apparently difficult to rise above minimum wage jobs once you're there, especially this day and time when jobs are scarce, and the total personage seeking work is large......