Bazza Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 An inspiration http://www.businessinsider.com.au/malala-yousafzai-left-jon-stewart-speechless-2013-10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Why hasn't the common cold been cured yet? *cough*. *hack* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Reading back numbers of Aviation from the fall of 1943, I learn that Struthers & Dunn of Philadelphia makes electric relays that have "memory." No matter how complicated the circuit is,the points on Struthers & Dunn relays "remember" which was the last to have current applied to it. I guess that's important if you're an electrical circuit designer. "Honeywell of Minneapolis" has learned a lot about "control" working with the United States Army Air Force. So, when peace comes, bring your control problems to Honeywell! Sperry reminds us of "Elmer, the man who never sleeps." Elmer isn't a man. He's a "gyroscopic autopilot." But he's as good as a man! Ducol, the armour maker, has a new sideline, building rolodex-thingies the size of a desk. "Spare a girl for other work!" With the Ducol rotating filing systems, one file girl can do the work of 3! Control is important, South Bend Lathes reminds us. Why, their new lathe has a central control position, where the lathe operator can set all the conditions for a complex machining operation. It's just like the cockpit of a C-54. (Which also has a lot of controls.) Dowty liveline carburettors (now 100% American owned!) "think for themselves." Guys. I think I have an explanation for why the productivity gains of the information revolution haven't been more dramatic. (Allowing that that is actually true.) You're looking for them about 70 years too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I'm riddled with cold and have to give my doctor a letter aboiut getting me referred to an eye hospital after a trip to the opticians. There will be a 1-3 month wait, then they can test the pressure on my eyeballs. And guess who has a phobia about things going on the eyes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 I find myself desperately hoping that the institutional password is NOT, as shown in the training video, "Password". Please, guys? Prove you're not a bunch of lame, pathetic FREAKING MORONS?!? Please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Oooo, Northern Lights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 The Labor and Delivery Ward is not as interesting at one o'clock in the morning as you might think. It's even less interesting when you get sent back home after seven hours of labor and no delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 I don't know if you've ever bought facial cream, but FYI, it comes in tiny little jars that we retail at $30 per. We sell a lot of that stuff. It's always out on the shelf, and there are always people browsing in the aisles. Now, I know what you're thinking. Wouldn't your typical "How old do you think she is" lady be a bit embarrassed being seen lingering over the Oil of Olay Total Effects? But that's the wonder of it. The shoppers are all unshaven, skinny, agitated men just on the seedy side of 40, with black baseball caps jammed tight down over their faces. They tend to wear backpacks, and carry shopping baskets with light but bulky items that cover the bottom of the basket. Curiously, we often find the baskets later, in out-of-sight nooks and crannies, with the bulky items still in them. Oh, well, time to reorder the Oil of Olay. And the $30 power toothbrushes, and the packs of steaks and the Monster energy drinks.... And tomorrow I am going to launch my own business opportunity. I'm going to cut to the chase and sell money. $20 bills, $50, $100, and maybe combo packs, all small and loose and easily concealed. We'll sell the bills to the stores at, say, $55, and the stores will sell them at $60. We'll have to pay the company a good chunk of our profits to fit them into the schematic, but once we're done that, they'll count against the Out of Stock audit, so that the stores will have to re-order them when they sell out. Er, "sell out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Oh look, the first snow of the season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 I'm sick of hot weather. I wish it would cool down already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Finally making a push to catch up on my archives of unedited photos. Working backwards and April 2013 is the only month to finish for this year. (Sad thing is, I've got stuff going back to 2008 to look thru) tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Oh look, the first snow of the season! I ran around in a tank top today. tkdguy, Bazza and L. Marcus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Poor woman! No frostbites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 I ran around in a tank top today. But what about the rest of the tank ???????!!!!!!! from concerned militarist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 I ran around in a tank top today. Happy for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 You guys are funny ! It has been Indian Summer here till yesterday. Yesterday required a Sweat Shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Has anyone tried a Ancient Egyptian Film Noir? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 That awkward moment when you and your wife are getting busy and media player goes from playing Katy Perry's Extraterrestrial to One Winged Angel. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcUulyx5HM0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 None of you can scare me now. Today I saw a guy cosplaying Yabba Slavegirl Princess Leia. tkdguy and L. Marcus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 There's a reality show on national TV called Everything For Sweden ("Allt för Sverige"). It's about a bunch of Americans of Swedish descent who compete about meeting their Swedish relatives. As reality shows go, it's very sympathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 The local Game Stop (video game chain store) was having a release-night party tonight with a costume contest. One of the entries was a guy in drag. I have no idea if he was cosplaying Dr. Frankenfurter or just a guy in drag... but I'm pretty sure he should have at least shaved if not waxed as he looked like a friggin grizzly in a corset and stockings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 For death tribble and maybe lemming too If one were to start listening to Siouxsie & the Banshees, where is the best place to start? I'm thinking their debut album The Scream and maybe a compilation album for an overview. I have heard Hong Kong Garden a few times now and find it catchy. Cordially, Baz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 First there's a shortage of helium, which is helping kill the Airship Renaissance. Now there's a global wine shortage, and it's going to get worse. My interests are slowly going extinct. The universe really is out to get me after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 "Look, I'm really sorry. What happened to you and your people is horrific, and in particular I'm sorry your wife died. If I had arranged for someone to check on you on a regular basis, then we'd have known about what happened to your planet and maybe saved many of you. But you did try to hijack my ship, and we consider you extremely dangerous, which is why you were left on Ceti Alpha V to begin with. How about if I arrange safe passage for you and the survivors to another planet, and we call it even?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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