Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Official C2 Sober Up Post-Pub Thread

Posted by Corre∫pondence Committee at 8:00 PM
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191 comments:

  3. Help, Police!

    Everyone has been hijacked, and I can't find them.

    I guess I'm so short the hijackers couldn't see me.

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  4. Bet Brandy tried to bring my Fresca up here, and got caught. Waaaaah! I feel so guilty.

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  6. Here Nana. I stuck it in my purse for you. Thought I'd find you here!

    Gotta go, hot date tonight!

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  7. Thanks, Brandy!

    Have fun, and could you please look for the avatars on the way downstairs? They have left the building again.

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  8. Hi Nana, Brandy! Looks like I missed the whole pub thread tonight. Luckily I brought my flask.

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  9. What is going on with the avatars? This is crazy.

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  10. What kind of fascist runs this joint? A working stiff comes by to relax after a long hard day and finds the PUB CLOSED?

    What is this world coming to!

    *HUFF*

    Evening everyone!

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  11. Here JCM, you can have a swig out of my flask!

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  12. JCM, I'm with you. I'm trying to get the .NET installer data on my wife's computer fixed, and if that isn't enough to get one to drink, I don't know what is.

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  14. I feel for you sb5k. My hubby is rewriting invoices to his thumb drive. Had them all done earlier but lost power and they are gone. I feel so sorry for him. One of them had lots of parts to list.

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  15. The Queen up in WA give the her employers, us, the finger.

    This document was released in response to a FOIA request.

    WA State Records law says government documents are PUBLIC unless there is a valid reason to keep them confidential. The Queen has just stonewalled on this, the judicial appointment process.

    What the (D)s think of the little people.

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  16. She sounds like a real piece of work, JCM.

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  17. What kind of fascist runs this joint? A working stiff comes by to relax after a long hard day and finds the PUB CLOSED?

    What is this world coming to!

    *HUFF*

    Evening everyone!

    Hey! I knew my ears were burning! For you, I'll unlock the bar. ; )

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  18. I want to know what Blogspot has against avatars.

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  19. Did we lose Nana? Nana, I'm sorry I wasn't here when you came in - I was driving! If I can figure out a way to drive and post, I'm so on it. : )

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  20. They were here until I posted.

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  21. Woot! CC is unlocking the bar.

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  22. CC,

    LOL! Thanks, slips in a grabs a few bottles!

    I take back the all the nasty things I said!

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  23. CC

    I have rebooted so many times today, that I am amazed I am even posting.

    If you like Monty Python? Enjoy!

    Not for kids...but then I am old, and don't know what age we stop being a kid, as I am still 12 years old. /Honest.

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  24. PBJ,

    No kidding....

    She's a great one for who me? Stuff happens on her watch and she'll blame anyone she can find before she'll step up and take responsibility.

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  26. Good to see you back here, Nana!

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  27. CC,

    Thanks found some Stone IPA and some Cioppino Bar Wench left simmering for me.

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  28. Small Life in Saxon Switzerland - Tilt Shift Time Lapse
    by Christoph Schaarschmidt

    Stop action, with a flat focal plane and blur makes ordinary things look like miniatures.

    Very Cool!

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  29. Nana, I love Monty Python. I'm clickin' on that!

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  30. PBJ, I know I'm going to find out you're some kind of genius hacker and you're screwing with the avatars. : )

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  31. I take back the all the nasty things I said!

    Whew. Good. I was worried about that. ; )

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  33. CC

    Dare you not to break up!

    Enjoy!

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  34. OMG, you guys - look what Althouse has up! (My link takes you directly to the issue.)

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  35. Genius hacker, yep that's right. You're the one who had to teach me to do a link. LOL

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  37. Genius hacker, yep that's right. You're the one who had to teach me to do a link. LOL

    A ruse. That was merely a RUSE!!!

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  38. Uh oh, and the balloon kid said something about them wanting to put on a show now?

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  39. McCain's daughter looks so natural./

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  42. Boy, this case of the missing avatar thing kind of blows. They're trying to suck the fun out of Blogspot.

    Fun-suckers.

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  43. PBJ, I am paranoid about backup. I copy work to another computer or another drive every few minutes, I think.
    I might waste a lot of time, but I don't lose much.
    Except the time I thought I had updated something on another computer, used that file, and then overwrote the one with some data that wasn't in the other one. I had to re-construct the data.

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  44. CC,

    The father is a bit of nut, Mars civilization, aliens, paranormal type stuff. Family has been on a couple of TV shows. Lot of early chatter it was just a publicity stunt.

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  45. sb5k, he's usually really good about it too. I guess he was just tired. Now he's really tired.

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  46. Are you guys picking on that poor frightened boy?
    ///

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  47. sb5k,

    I have two laptops which are kept synced, I have a 1GB Time Capsule which backs up any time the laptops connect. I back up the Time Capsule files to external HDs, which I store at home and at work rotating them.

    I'm not paranoid... no not me..... ////

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  48. Hey y'all - boy is it good to be out here among friends!
    How come no one's avatar shows up anymore?!

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  49. hey, hey, hey, NY Nana! So nice to 'see' you!

    I'm doing a quick stop-by just to say HI to you!

    Everyone please, if you would, pray for my son, and my grandson's safety tonight. They are firefighters, and are presently fighting a fully involved fire at a site the makes chemicals for cleaning products. Several neighborhood evacuations were just implemented.....

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  50. CC,

    I lost it when I saw it. I sw them last night on Jimmy Fallon.

    They have a week of specials on TV this month,and that video has parts of it, and there will be a DVD released on 27 October.

    I have an article about it that I saved. The Bluetooth version is available from Amazon to pre-order, and there is also supposed to be a DVD, but Amazon is not offering it to pre-buy.

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  51. Hey outsidephilly! Prayers going up for you and yours right now.

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  52. Hi realwests. It's October, maybe it's poltergeists!

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  55. OK, in detail, I have two laptops that I sync; the Mac has time machine and an external backup drive; the Vista machine has an external backup drive AND I backup some work to a Zip drive (I had a bunch of the disks and got a drive for them on closeout, so I figure I'll use it.)

    And my desktop died; I'll be replacing it with a NAS RAID 1 box. (EIther Linksys or Netgear; most of the consumer grade ones don't do RAID right - they won't regenerate a new drive, or you can't replace the drives at all.)

    And I back up my wife's work to my computer every night. Once I get the NAS system, I'll give her a batch file she can run at the end of the day or anytime to back up.

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  56. OMG outsidephilly, prayers going up here. Please keep us posted.

    Do you have a scanner? If not, you might be able to find one online.

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  57. Outsidephilly

    I am so happy to see you, but under these conditions? They have my prayers, and NY Grampa is a chemist (retired) When I showed him your post, he also will pray for them.

    G-d bless them both.

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  58. Outisdephilly, your son and grandson are in my prayers.
    My son in law moved from being a firefighter in Gloucester to being a Maryland state trooper because he wants to be a helicopter paramedic, so I understand.

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  59. sb5k said...

    Even paranoids lose data.......


    ;-P

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  60. PBJ said...

    OMG outsidephilly, prayers going up here. Please keep us posted.

    Do you have a scanner? If not, you might be able to find one online.


    My daughter-in-law has access to the channel the firefighters are transmitting on .....,
    this is definitely one of those times that I try very hard to 'let go, and let God' take care of matters.

    I know God is hearing all these prayers!

    Thank you everyone for taking the time to stop and ask Him to watch over my loved ones!

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  61. Hi PBJ - must be! Check this out (although I'm sure someone with better eyes and faster hands has posted this:
    WASHINGTON - When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate - and perhaps more than one Republican - will support legislation overhauling the nation's health care system, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee predicted Thursday.

    That assertion by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., was a notable show of confidence coming in the midst of negotiations with Majority Leader Harry Reid and White House officials to finalize legislation that can satisfy liberal Democrats without alienating moderates - and get the 60 votes needed to advance in the 100-seat Senate.
    [SNIP]
    Unanswered is whether Reid will include provisions in the bill to allow the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry. That so-called public plan is supported by liberals, who spoke up in favor of it at a closed-door Senate Democratic caucus meeting Thursday.

    But because of opposition from moderate Senate Democrats, any public plan Reid does include likely would be some type of compromise, such as leaving the decision on a public plan to states or offering public coverage only as a backstop in areas where one insurer has a lock on the market - the approach favored by Snowe.
    http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20091015/4ad6ac50_3421_1334520091015-925440369
    Y'all remember Olympia Snowe(R-Maine) she and Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Arelen Specter (POS-PA but an R at the time) were the only Republicans who voted for the Stimulus Bill. Collins is up for re-election in 2010 so she's sorta waivering on supporting the Bauchus bill.

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  62. outsidephilly said...

    Prayers going up.....

    HAZMAT awareness has gone way up since I first pull on a pair of boots. Gone is the tough guy attitude, HAZMAT is treated very carefully these days.

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  63. sb5k said...

    Outisdephilly, your son and grandson are in my prayers.
    My son in law moved from being a firefighter in Gloucester to being a Maryland state trooper because he wants to be a helicopter paramedic, so I understand.


    Those Emergency Personnel from Maryland do a yearly fund raising bike ride and our fire company hosts a homemade meal for them. Your son-in-law, likely, knows my son....

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  65. If it is Delaware county I may have found a frequency. They are talking about hazmat and wanting to give somebody's phone number to a federal agency.

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  66. JCM said...
    HAZMAT awareness has gone way up since I first pull on a pair of boots. Gone is the tough guy attitude, HAZMAT is treated very carefully these days.


    Thank you, JCM, for your service!

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  67. PBJ said...

    If it is Delaware county I may have found a frequency. They are talking about hazmat and wanting to give somebody's phone number to a federal agency.


    Yes, it is Delaware County. The fire is in Folcroft

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  68. The father is a bit of nut, Mars civilization, aliens, paranormal type stuff. Family has been on a couple of TV shows. Lot of early chatter it was just a publicity stunt.

    That'd be something, wouldn't it? I would think they could get charged for emergency services if that were the case.

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  69. outsidephilly

    And others will see your post, and also pray for your heroes.

    May G-d bless them.

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  70. http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=2263

    They aren't saying a whole lot but here is the frequency for Delaware County Fire.

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  72. PBJ said...

    http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=2263

    They aren't saying a whole lot but here is the frequency for Delaware County Fire.


    Thank you JCM - I can't bear to listen. I am afraid of what I might hear, if that makes any sense.

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  73. Outsidephilly - my son in law has only been on the Maryland force for a few months, and is still trying to get in to the helicopter paramedic team. But he is determined to, and is volunteering EMT work to help in that effort.

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  74. Oh, outside philly - I'll pray for you guys too! (Lots of praying going on tonight, about all kinds of things.)

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  75. Hi JCM! Hey, I didn't know you are or were a firefighter!! Where and when?

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  77. Outsidephilly, I know how you feel. Our daughter was a police officer for two years.

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  78. sb5k said...

    The crews on the Maryland force are a well oiled machine! Please, keep me up to date on your son-in-law's progress. Wouldn't it be totally cool if he decides to take part in next year's bike run? Because he'll get to meet me if he does!

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  79. Hey CC - What happened to all the avatars?

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  80. G'evening all! Just woke up.

    So the boy was never in the balloon, and the Puffington Host and Rick "Dirty" Sanchez retracted their allegations towards Rush Limbaugh?

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  81. PBJ said... I know how you feel. Our daughter was a police officer for two years.

    I ran volunteer EMT, Paramedic for many years, the police officers are often the first on the scene of a medical call. It was always a relief to see the officers, especially, if it was a domestic matter!

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  82. Hye Finally Free - I've been a little bit preoccupied recently, what did you mean when you said the Puffington Host and Rick "Dirty" Sanchez retracted their allegations towards Rush Limbaugh?
    Do y'all have link(s)?

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  83. outsidephilly said...

    I ran volunteer EMT, Paramedic for many years, the police officers are often the first on the scene of a medical call. It was always a relief to see the officers, especially, if it was a domestic matter!

    I'll bet you were glad they were there. They don't like the domestic calls either but it's their job.

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  84. Realwest, look at the Big Government site on the side bar.

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  85. outsidephilly said...

    Realwest,

    Out of the business. Spent 20 years doing it.

    Started as a volunteer at 16 years old, as soon as I got my drivers license. Back then we did everything, and I mean everything but drive the rigs.

    In my first district if you had a call during the day, we had some retirees guys show up to drive, but the crew would all be high schoolers who wore pagers to school and would leave class.

    Our chief held us to high standards, we met and exceeded them.

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  86. realwest, I don't know what happened to them - it's a Blogspot thing. They'll be back approximately whenever Blogspot feels like it, I guess.

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  87. Outsidephilly, I'll keep you informed, especially if he's on the bike ride.

    Trying again, blogspot ate the first attempt

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  88. Hi Realwest: here, here, and here.
    The damaging PuffHo post now contains this postscript:
    "Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this post contained quotes attributed to Rush Limbaugh, which Limbaugh has since denied making. As is our policy when a fact in a blog post is called into question, we gave its author 24 hours to substantiate the quote. Since he has not been able to do so, the quotes have been deleted from the post."

    And "Dirty" Sanchez twittered: "i’ve know rush. in person,i like him. his rhetoric,however is inexcusably divisive. he’s right tho. we didn’t confirm quote. our bad."

    New modus operandi: publish an unsubstantiatable character assassination, wait for it to do maximum damage, then retract.

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  89. My closest, most nerve racking call was a domestic. We had confirmation the husband had left so we went in.... husband came back with a shotgun and was PISSED... luckily cops showed up right after he did.

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  90. JCM said...My closest, most nerve racking call was a domestic. We had confirmation the husband had left so we went in.... husband came back with a shotgun and was PISSED... luckily cops showed up right after he did.


    ...which is why we all wear bullet proof vests!

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  91. CC

    You are most welcome!I can't wait to watch it, and also to get the DVD.

    Here they are last night on Jimmy Fallon.

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  92. outsidephilly said...


    ...which is why we all wear bullet proof vests!

    I've worn bunker gear, and ballistic vests.....

    I can't image wearing both....

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  93. Oops, comment got reposted when I hit refresh. Blogger seems to be bloggered up tonight/this morning...

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  94. g'night friends!
    I will share up dates the re: fire status tomorrow, if not in the next couple of hours

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  95. Grand Ol' Gang

    /when our country was in the very best of hands

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  96. Good night, outsidephilly. You will all be in our thoughts and prayers.

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  97. Bodies the Exhibition is coming to Seattle.

    Instead, Ross says some of the bodies may have come from a doctor at the college, running his own outside company, that got bodies from the black market.

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  98. Hey PBJ - how about that! Big Government got the same story from the same source - too bad I posted the comment FIRST! LOL!
    ;'
    And Finally Free - thanks for the links, much appreciated!

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  99. outsidephilly

    Take care, and I am sure that you will have good news!

    Please let us know when you find out.

    Waiting is so damned hard on you, but you care so much, and could not help but worry.

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  100. OMG, JCM that's creepy about the bodies. Reminds me of a case in Pasadena years ago where this mortician was selling body parts. He also reportedly killed another mortician. They ran an ambulance company too, really convenient, don't you think.

    Will see if I can find a link.

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  101. This was all I could find quickly in re that mortician and his family. The son was the biggest freakshow. I didn't see anything about them trying to kill another mortician, though, but apparently the son tried to kill a DA.

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  102. Hey Killian - thanks for that link - when our country was in the best of hands, indeed. I have to admitt, though, that I was surprised at the image of good ole Jerry Ford sneaking a peak at Abe's cards through the pipe smoke!
    LOL!

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  103. For those that might be interested, I have posted my Spaghetti Sauce Recipe at my blog. It is a bit off topic for what I normally put up over there but what the heck. I was having fun.

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  104. I'll check it out Syrah. BTW, did you see where little old lady is going to have a "domestics" forum at the new CC?

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  105. First hard stimulus data: "Stimulus" created or saved only about 30,000 jobs.

    787 billion to create or save 30,000 jobs? That's, hang on, US$26.2 million per job?

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  106. PBJ said...
    I'll check it out Syrah. BTW, did you see where little old lady is going to have a "domestics" forum at the new CC?

    I did see that. I am looking forward to it.

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  108. Hi there Syrah! I hadn't noticed you out here before! Course I haven't been out here much lately or else I'd have made sure to say Welcome to C2!!
    I read you link to the Spaghetti Sause and then wandered around your blog a bit and came across this quote (in your Nobel Prize column
    "For the record, I generally agree with the President's approach on foreign policy, but the Nobel Committee did him no favors by giving him the award before he had anything to show for his efforts."
    And while I certainly agree with you about the Nobel Committe doing Obama no favors, I am curious about your general agreement with Obama's approach on foreign policy.
    It has been, ah, difficult for me to see a true "policy" or the outline of a true policy from President Obama and wondered if you'd be kind enough to enlighten me on what it is?!

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  109. Good middle-of-the-night, folks! Syrah ...c'est bon! Guess what I'm cooking for dinner tomorrow night? ; )

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  110. Hey there Pink! Good evening to you! How are you doing?

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  111. Hi Real! I'm good, Real ...been out of the loop all day and evening but I'm doing to best to get back in it. Lots I've missed .....

    Grrrrr

    Real life intervened etc etc.

    How are you!?

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  112. Hi Pink! Doesn't that spaghetti sauce look yummy! I always thought I made it pretty well myself but Syrah's recipe looks delicious!

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  113. Hi RealWest,

    That quote is from Bob Schieffer, not from me.

    I haven't found much that Obama has said or done that I agree with yet.

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  114. Syrah, I cried over the song.

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  116. Hey Pink, I've been better, lots better - when y'all get through all your e-mails today you'll understand much better!

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  117. Ah, Syrah I should have known better! My mistook!
    Sorry about that!

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  118. Realwest, I've been busy with my quarterly bookkeeping and getting ready for our Halloween Party so I have't been here enough but did you note that LoFlyer came over here specifically looking for you?

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  119. Pink Freud said...
    Good middle-of-the-night, folks! Syrah ...c'est bon! Guess what I'm cooking for dinner tomorrow night? ; )

    The primary secret to the mix is the two meats and the El Pato Hot Tomato Sauce. If there are any Mexican Mercados near you, they might have it. Otherwise, adding a bit of mild hot sauce might be a good substitute.

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  120. and friends while it's been fun - well, having fun again for a while, I must leave and get some sleep!
    I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING, and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

    Good night, all.

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  121. PBJ said...
    Syrah, I cried over the song.

    I nearly did as well.

    It was the most gentle way I could think of to say something that I thought needed to be said.

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  122. Sweet dreams Realwest. Take care of yourself.

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  123. It was a perfect song. Wish I had thought of it for my little facebook page. I put up "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". LOL

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  124. Good night RealWest.

    It is good to be among friends.

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  125. Hi PBJ! It does, it looks scrumptious! Like I said ...guess what I'm cooking tomorrow night?

    Waiting to hear back from outsidephilly ...

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  126. Goodnight, Realwest. Sleep well, my friend. You are in my thoughts.

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  127. Heh: I know of MainStream Media (MSM has another meaning as well these days ;-)), lamestream media, drive-by media, dinosaur media, state-run media,... but first time I heard the term kamikaze media.

    Nothing "divine" about that "wind" though ;-)

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  129. The primary secret to the mix is the two meats and the El Pato Hot Tomato Sauce. If there are any Mexican Mercados near you, they might have it. Otherwise, adding a bit of mild hot sauce might be a good substitute.

    Ok Syrah, got it. I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm out of olive oil also so that's on the list now.

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  130. I've had that Delaware County, PA, Fire Dept scanner on all evening. It doesn't seem to be the main frequency but about a half an hour ago they had to foam it down since the fire just kept starting up again after they thought it was out. Now it sounds like they are letting some, but not all, firefighters clear. Something is still going on there, though.

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  131. Man, I miss those avatars!

    I keep remembering you telling me about the new site ...."the avatars are what people will be seeing" .....you were RIGHT!

    /so do I

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  132. PBJ ...one of my favorite old songs too.

    Thanks for updating on the Delaware county situation, I kind of figured you'd be listening. (I'm still way behind here, but slowly catching up.)

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  133. Pink, even something other than a white square would be welcome to me. My eyes are not what they used to be.

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  134. Delaware County update: they are getting air instead of foam so checking equipment but the fire doesn't seem to be flaring up.

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  135. Pink, even something other than a white square would be welcome to me. My eyes are not what they used to be.

    Tell me about it, PBJ! Mine are giving me fits. After two days of heavy book reading (and a not-bright-enough reading light), things seem worse than usual for me. That old contrast effect is getting me.

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  136. I keep remembering you telling me about the new site ...."the avatars are what people will be seeing" .....you were RIGHT!

    Thank you. You are so sweet!

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  137. They don't make reading lights like they used to, that's for sure. I don't mind those new ones for the hallways, bedroom or whatever but dang, I hate them for reading.

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  138. More firemen are going home so I am going to sleep. Good to be among friends here. Love you all.

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  140. Delaware County, PA, Fire Dept

    WHAT?! What's going on in Delaware County PA?

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  141. Hi littleoldlady!

    Outsidephilly's son and grandson are fighting a fire ...details are above

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  142. Oy. (It's where I live, you know. Other end of the county though.) I just checked "KYW1060newsradio". This story only made the traffic report, not even the headlines.

    I hope it's equally not a big deal for the firefighters!

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  143. I've been out of commission for much of the day. Good to hear that little boy was found okay.

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  144. Hi, lol! Little boy was found okay, but he said something to the media about the family wanting to put on a show, or some such thing - OOPS. LOL

    I haven't completely kept up on it, though - I saw also that the father said he didn't know what the child was talking about. Ahem.

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  145. Sounds like the family was...um...a little strange. KYW said they run around looking for extraterrestals.

    /wheee!

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  146. Hi, lol! Little boy was found okay, but he said something to the media about the family wanting to put on a show, or some such thing - OOPS. LOL

    Sounds like the family was...um...a little strange. KYW said they run around looking for extraterrestals.

    Oh my. I hadn't heard any of this. All I heard was that they participated in Wife Swap.

    LOL!

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  147. Oh, I guess I never gave a thought as to how this might look...Mt. Rushmore from the Canadian side

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  148. Good morning, Everyone! No Avatars?

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  149. Pink! :-)
    CC! :-)

    KYW said they were on the wife swap TV show...TWICE!

    /you would think ONCE would have been enough...;-)

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  150. Hiya BatGuano! :-)

    Oh yeah...I knew something was missing! WHA' HAPPENED?

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  151. Hi, littleoldlady!

    "Oh yeah...I knew something was missing! WHA' HAPPENED?"

    It wasn't me! I just got here.

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  152. @Syrah: good catch, that Bob Schieffer quote!

    A priceless exchange on unearned accolades occurs between Mr. Dubois and his pupils in "Starship Troopers" by Robert A. Heinlein:
    "You! I’ve just awarded you the prize for the hundred-​meter dash. Does it make you happy?”
    “Uh, I suppose it would.”
    "“No dodging, please. You have the prize - here, I’ll write it out: ‘Grand prize for the championship, one hundred-​meter sprint.’ ” He had actually come back to my seat and pinned it on my chest. “There! Are you happy? You value it - or don’t you?”
    I was sore. First that dirty crack about rich kids - a typical sneer of those who haven’t got it - and now this farce. I ripped it off and chucked it at him.
    Mr. Dubois had looked surprised. “It doesn’t make you happy?”
    “You know darn well I placed fourth!”
    “Exactly! The prize for first place is worthless to you . . . because you haven’t earned it. But you enjoy a modest satisfaction in placing fourth; you earned it."

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  153. Good night to all those not on the graveyard shift or Euro time!

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  154. Let me get this straight... there's a US reality show called "Wife swap"?

    I think I need Alka-Seltzer... ;-)

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  155. What about us Insomnimaniacs?!

    Hi Finally Free! :-)

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  156. I don't know what it CALLED, but yes there is such a show.

    Two women trade places, and usually the conflict is about mothering someone else's kids or dealing with someone else's messy house.

    I think. I watched it once, a long time ago. It's disgusting.

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  157. Oh my. I hadn't heard any of this. All I heard was that they participated in Wife Swap.

    That would have been enough, I think. LOL

    BAT! F2! Blogspot has a poltergeist that steals avatars. They've been off and on since this afternoon! It's kind of crummy without them - you have to read more!

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  158. Now I'm going to have to look up this story and get the skinny on what they DID do exactly...sheesh! ;-)

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  159. The boys' parents are storm chasers who appeared twice in the ABC reality show "Wife Swap," most recently in March. The show promoted the Heene family as storm chasers who also "devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm."

    Linky

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  160. Sounds like they put the FUN in dysFUNctional! ;-)

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  161. Hi CC. I backtracked and got the answer.I'm OK now. :)

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  162. Anyone know how the hoaxing Heene's earned a living?

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  163. The article says...

    n a 2007 interview with The Denver Post, Richard Heene described becoming a storm chaser after a tornado ripped off a roof where he was working as a contractor and said he once flew a plane around Hurricane Wilma's perimeter in 2005.

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  164. Pursuing bad weather was a family activity with the children coming along as the father sought evidence to prove his theory that rotating storms create their own magnetic fields.

    Although Richard said he has no specialized training, they had a computer tracking system in their car and a special motorcycle.

    They're Professional Nuts.

    /God Bless America!

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  166. @littleoldlady: Hi! "G-d watches over fools, drunks, and the USA" (Bismarck). Looks like He's got His Hands full with that family.

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  167. I hope Bismark was right ... :-/

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  168. Falcon Heene: "We did this for the show". Has everyone seen that with Wolf Blitzer?

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  169. Yeah, well anyone who appears on Wife Swap TWICE just may be a publicity seeker...

    /Ya think? ;-)

    ...or an exhibitionist!

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  171. I hope they can be prosecuted. Every "emergency" always puts rescuers in some kind of danger. It is wrong to mobilize responders to phony emergencies.

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  172. Finally Free said...
    @Syrah: good catch, that Bob Schieffer quote!

    A priceless exchange on unearned accolades occurs between Mr. Dubois and his pupils in "Starship Troopers" by Robert A. Heinlein . . .

    There are two levels to the problem of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.

    1. It was unearned. Like the example from Starship Troopers, the prize does not represent an accolade for anything that Obama has actually accomplished. Awarding it to Obama so prematurely has done more to highlight what Obama hasn't done than anything that his or our nations enemies could have managed. It mocked him.

    2. The unearned prize will now be used as a bludgeon by our nations enemies, such as Hugo Chavez, who will try to make Obama earn it in their favor.

    The Nobel Prize Committee has done real harm to the cause of Peace with this one ill considered act. They have mocked the man that they have pinned so much of their hopes on and they have pulled out the rug from under him against those that he may rightly have to deal harshly with.

    They have made the world less safe.

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  173. Finally Free said...
    @littleoldlady: Hi! "G-d watches over fools, drunks, and the USA" (Bismarck). Looks like He's got His Hands full with that family.

    I remember hearing a slightly different version of that on the "Contagion" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation:

    "Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise"
    -- Cmdr. Riker

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  175. BatGuano said...
    I hope they can be prosecuted. Every "emergency" always puts rescuers in some kind of danger. It is wrong to mobilize responders to phony emergencies.

    It also diverts resources from legitimate emergencies, which, for my money, is worse.

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  176. Syrah, nice analysis.All true.

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  177. Howdy, everyone!

    Littleoldlady, BatGuano, Syrah and Finally Free!

    Howdy to Pink and C2, as well, but I'm not sure they're still here.

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  178. HI Pi Guy,I agree. It is a classic example of opportunity cost with lives a stake.

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  179. From Instapundit:

    RANDY BARNETT: “I just received another urgent message from the Democratic National Committee, which continues its civil discourse on the merits of health care reform. It seems that someone else is a lying liar who is telling lies but the DNC does not identify what exactly is being misrepresented. Neither does the video to which it links.” They’ve outsource identifying liars to Rachel Maddow, and Rachel Maddow has outsourced identifying the lies to . . . nobody.

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  180. My day draws to a close.

    lets all be glad that we are not Presidents mocked by unearned prizes and not strange families with ballooning publicity problems.

    Goodnight all.

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  181. Syrah said...
    My day draws to a close.

    lets all be glad that we are not Presidents mocked by unearned prizes and not strange families with ballooning publicity problems.

    Goodnight all.

    Goodnight, Syrah!

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  182. It must be the time of year where kids start getting into trouble.

    It was October 16th, 1987 when the world watched Jessica McClure being rescued from the well. She's now a 23-year-old Jessica Morales, who will be getting her trust-fund from well-wishers in less than 2 years.

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  185. Pi Guy,

    My daughter's 21st birthday is tomorrow. So far she's locked her keys in the car and (probably) flunked a math test.

    I have to remember to tell her to have cab fare on hand wherever she goes...

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  186. Pi Guy, I watched the rescue with my then 5 year old daughter.I explained to her what was happening. I'm glad the rescuers were not out chasing a balloon.

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  188. littleoldlady, please tell her that someone named BatGuano wishes her a happy birthday.

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  189. Oh, I am SO stealing that, Pi Guy! :-)

    BatGuano,

    I will, thanks! :-)

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  190. Gnight, Syrah!. And yes, I agree with both your points. (Ross Douthat made your point 2 some days ago.)

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  191. Just in the nick of time!

    /we were about to page...

    Everybody UP! ↑

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