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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 1:44:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, Mike-if you feel THAT bad about it, just finalize whatever you have and send it back on its way. I'm sure it will be fine in the long run.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 1:45:22 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 4:25:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		By the time a Marine pulled into a little town, every hotel room was taken. "You’ve got to have a room somewhere," he pleaded. "Or just a bed, I don’t care where."

"Well, I do have a double room with one occupant - an Air Force guy," admitted the manager, "and he might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained. I’m not sure it’d be worth it to you."

"No problem," the tired Marine assured him. "I’ll take it."

The next morning the Marine came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. "How’d you sleep?" asked the manager.

"Never better." The manager was impressed. "No problem with the other guy snoring, then?" "Nope, I shut him up in no time," said the Marine.

"How’d you manage that?" asked the manager.

"He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room," the Marine explained. "I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, said, 'Goodnight, beautiful,' and he sat up all night watching me."

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 4:25:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Two Irishmen were adrift in a life boat following a dramatic escape from a burning freighter. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, one of the men stumbled across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp vigorously. To the amazement of the castaways, a genie came forth. This particular genie, however, stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three.
Without giving much thought to the matter the man blurted out, "Make the entire ocean into beer!" The genie clapped his hands with a deafening crash, and immediately the entire sea turned into the finest brew ever sampled by mortals.
Simultaneously, the genie vanished. Only the gentle lapping of beer on the hull broke the stillness as the men considered their circumstances.
One man looked disgustedly at the other whose wish had been granted. After a long, tension filled moment, he spoke: "Nice going idiot! Now we're going to have to piss in the boat!"

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log! - 1/6/2011 4:38:00 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 4:40:44 PM   
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THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 4:41:06 PM   
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unless it's Budweiser in which case who can tell the difference?


Between Bud and Mountain Dew? Both taste of Nothing-in-a-Bottle(tm)...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 6:02:11 PM   
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No sir. They taste of Worse-Than-Nothing-in-a-Bottle.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 6:05:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's the worst trade mark I've ever seen in my life. No marketability, dudes.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 6:06:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sure wish I would have seen this bit of information about the snowy weather a couple weeks ago....

http://www.theonion.com/articles/snowy-conditions-proving-hazardous-for-nations-idi,18705/

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 6:55:13 PM   
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Good evening!


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 8:07:48 PM   
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Sure wish I would have seen this bit of information about the snowy weather a couple weeks ago....

http://www.theonion.com/articles/snowy-conditions-proving-hazardous-for-nations-idi,18705/

When I went off to College in the vast frozen wasteland (not really) of Maine, I noticed all these houses in Falmouth Foreside and other places on the coast that were built in the 17 hundreds, and they all had doors on the second floor. Right there on the narrow side of the house, probably where the hallway ended ... there was a door. I mean, it opened onto nothing and I thought to myself .. 'self, what the heck is that all about?' So I asked the question. There was a lady who lived in the house her great, great, great grandfather built in 1742, who said the climate was much different back then. "It was a little warmer, so more snow fell back then. That door was the front door in winter time." Then she showed me the barn that had a two timber ramp up to a double wide door on the top. "That's to get the sleds out in winter time."

If I ever want to know just what kind of stuff an approaching front is going to do on a race, I always ask an old fisherman. They always seem to know. They always have an uncle, or a grandfather, who told them about the billows of '47 or '66. Or because they live so much with the sea, maybe they have some kind of genetic connection.

Climate change seems to be a fact of life. Have talked to fisherfolks about weather, and the oldsters pretty much agree, and conclude that we are moving into a climactic period that has been present before. Can wax enthusiastic about the effects of the Gulf Stream current (good and bad), on climactic conditions in Northern Europe (with book, bell, candle, chapter, and verse), but seem to have been pre-empted by PhD's who are willing to sell their souls for a Govt grant.

Ciao. John

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/6/2011 8:12:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

That's the worst trade mark I've ever seen in my life. No marketability, dudes.


That really is a terrible trade mark, especially since Mountain Dew is a fine soda w/ many admirable qualities.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:22:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just watched a documentary called "Armadillo", about a group of Danish Army soldiers and their tour of duty in Helmand province, Afghanistan (the title is the name of their Forward Operating Base).

Leaving aside the politics, what struck me the most was the reaction in the media and political circles after the film came out last summer. There's a sequence where a platoon of Danish soldiers are ambushed by Taliban and proceed to destroy the enemy force completely, without taking prisoners.

After the film was shown, there was a lot of talk back home about "inhumane" actions on the part of our troops during that fight; the enemy was in a ditch and our soldiers attacked first with grenades and then followed up with close assault. As I said, no prisoners were taken after an intense firefight with two Danish WIA and five Taliban KIA.

I'll only say this: I've served, and I'm happy that I've never been shot at (because I'm too big to duck), but if I had been shot at, and the choice was between me or any of my friends being killed or the enemy being killed, I'd hope I'd be able to do everything in my power to destroy my enemies and protect my friends.

I don't like the thought of killing, but I like the thought of being maimed or killed myself even less.

Definitely worth a look, if you can find the film.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:24:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		For us Danish impaired, does it have subtitles?

Restrepo was good.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:24:38 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Just watched a documentary called "Armadillo", about a group of Danish Army soldiers and their tour of duty in Helmand province, Afghanistan (the title is the name of their Forward Operating Base).

Leaving aside the politics, what struck me the most was the reaction in the media and political circles after the film came out last summer. There's a sequence where a platoon of Danish soldiers are ambushed by Taliban and proceed to destroy the enemy force completely, without taking prisoners.

After the film was shown, there was a lot of talk back home about "inhumane" actions on the part of our troops during that fight; the enemy was in a ditch and our soldiers attacked first with grenades and then followed up with close assault. As I said, no prisoners were taken after an intense firefight with two Danish WIA and five Taliban KIA.

I'll only say this: I've served, and I'm happy that I've never been shot at (because I'm too big to duck), but if I had been shot at, and the choice was between me or any of my friends being killed or the enemy being killed, I'd hope I'd be able to do everything in my power to destroy my enemies and protect my friends.

I don't like the thought of killing, but I like the thought of being maimed or killed myself even less.

Definitely worth a look, if you can find the film.


I have seen the "Armadillo"... BTW, one other very interesting movie to watch with similar thematics is "Restrepo"...


Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:25:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		You should be able to find it with subtitles, yeah. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, so there's certainly a subtitled version out there.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:25:28 PM   
anarchyintheuk

 

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:26:48 PM   
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Zsssssssss time...


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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:27:13 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:40:52 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 8:43:05 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 9:14:26 PM   
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For us Danish impaired, does it have subtitles?

Restrepo was good.


A buddy was telling me about this one just last night. Sounds good.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 9:15:03 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 9:15:25 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 10:11:22 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 10:25:12 PM   
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Taking a break from one of my Christmas pressies.  I'm loving Fallout New Vegas, defo a recommendation from me.  


+100

...let me know what choices you make faction-wise...i just spent 15 minutes staring at the screen at lunch trying to decide between two polar opposite responses to Chief Hanlon of the NCR...the shooting and maiming are the easy part...the choices you have to make are the hard part for me, and what makes this a great time waster...

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 10:26:44 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 10:29:14 PM   
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i just got a belated xmas present - "Black Death European Tour T-shirt"!





Bought an Attila the Hun AD452 shirt from National Lampoon back in the day. I like the Black Death one better.


don't think i'd like to be a groupie on either of those tours... course, i guess groupie might have been better than the audience...

The Pink Floyd song about groupies might be particularly apropos for the Black Death European tour... (How Do You Feel?)

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/6/2011 10:58:32 PM   
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I'll only say this: I've served, and I'm happy that I've never been shot at (because I'm too big to duck), but if I had been shot at, and the choice was between me or any of my friends being killed or the enemy being killed, I'd hope I'd be able to do everything in my power to destroy my enemies and protect my friends.

I don't like the thought of killing, but I like the thought of being maimed or killed myself even less.



I've served also, and under fire. What the media doesn't understand is that in a firefight, a different set of 'life' rules take over, and the training just kicks-in. That when the action is finished, and you come back-down to earth, that it is too late to ask those dead Terrs if they want to call it a day.


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