It’s time for Hunky Hump Day, and we need warmin’ up. Several suggestions were made this week, and as always, I am grateful for the help.
First, our song this week is some jazz for a change of pace. The band is called Fourplay.
First up this week, Marco Dapper. A little bit of ink, check.
Redhead for Carin, check.
This is Steve Sandfoss. I dig this pose.
Hmmm, brown eyes?
Or blue eyes?
Feeling warmer yet?
And last but not least, because I feel like it, and I know it will make PattyAnn happy, Sam Elliott. He’s winkin’ at ya, PA.
Thank you for your attention, and y’all have a good day.
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Hubba hubba hunks! Great job!!!
Gheyer than Rosetta’s alternative prom night.
There aint nuthing ghey about this poat. Best poat eveh winner!!!
YEA!!! LONG LIVE HHD!!!! WOOT WOOT WOOT.
Who is West and Revvy?
Is West the same as Sick in Mass?
EYEBLEACH! http://tinyurl.com/4oycddd
Never mind, I remember now.
We all thought his girlfriend was a little young for a while.
Nice to see you guys again.
Offered w/o comment *
Morning, cats & kittens.
Morning. Why would a girl want to turn into Norm, from Cheers?
Good morning!
Thanks to the HHD, I feel much warmer now 😀
Shorter SOTU: Obama’s going to give Car in high-speed Internet. And trains.
TTTTRRRRRRAINS!
Gah. They predicted 1 to 5 inches of snow, so the schools called for a delayed opening. How much did we get? NOT A SINGLE FLAKE. Dumbasses.
Plus side: I got to sleep in then cook oatmeal for everyone. Steel-cut oats with cinnamon and brown sugar.
Shorter SOTU: Obama’s going to give Car in high-speed Internet. And trains. And new teacher’s lounges with cut-pile carpeting and flat screen TVs. But no oil, natural gas or nukes. Those are bad for you!
FIXT!
Roamy – I put dates and chopped almonds in my steel-cut oatmeal – FTW!
Carin, I’m thinking Chaz hasn’t missed many meals in, say … the last 40 years.
Mmmm…oatmeal sounds comforting today.
Clint! How are you doing?
Aggie – How’s things in SA?
They are at 32* F, MCPO.
On the upside, I got me a mini laptop yesterday, so that’s a plus. I have to wait for an iPad/ iTampon for my birthday, though.
Did anyone watch Bachmann’s speech? Erickson at RedState says it was the best one of the night. Axelrod made fun of it at TheHill, so it must have scored a couple of points.
I’m fine, aggie, thanks for asking. About to shower and head to a spine specialist w/my MRI to determine what to do about the mess of a neck of mine.
26F on the patio. We got about 1.5″ of snow this morning with more on the way. Looks pretty on the mountains.
J’Ames, if it got under Axelrod’s skin, it must have been good.
Clint, I hope you get good news on that front, my friend.
Jay – Provide me a link to the video and I promise to watch it and give you a full report.
Here’s a link to both those speeches, Jay in Ames:
http://nation.foxnews.com/michele-bachmann/2011/01/25/ryan-bachmann-release-excerpts-state-union-responses
Thanks, Aggie.
If I were a woman…….I’m just saying IF. The only man on this page that would make me wet in my swimsuit area would be that one at the top. The very top……Dick Cheney.
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The girl…..or at least the one who still strongly resembles a girl, is semi-good looking. Why’s she hanging out with a fucking freak show like cher jr?
Thanks Clint! I didn’t even try to search for it, cuz most video is blocked at work. This one isn’t. Something to watch on break.
PG, you have a point with Dick Cheney. The HHD is very nice, but Cheney is delish, IMO.
Obama gives America a gift . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtttx6P7kg&feature=topvideos
Is West still around. I wanted to gloat about kicking the shit out of him in the’97 Shriner’s All-America East West bowl game. His quarterback was for shit that day.
What’s everyone’s feelings on the Tea Party? Seems there’s a lot of hatey hate for Bachmann’s response, and the airing of it by CNN. I was wondering why Fox didn’t carry it, or any other outlet, but didn’t follow up on it last night.
Seems to me they are holding the Pubs feet to the fire, so that’s a good thing. I don’t see it as trying to take over the spotlight, as others seem to be saying.
I think I need more booze. . .
http://tinyurl.com/4a82tl6
Pass you shall not!!
http://tinyurl.com/45ru6rd
I watched Bachmann. It was good.
Like I said yesterday, my only complaint is that it’s being labeled as a tea party speech when it was really a Tea Party Express speech.
I don’t recall electing the asshats at that organization to anything.
Andy – I watched the Bachmann thing. I have only two questions; Where was Turner and will the train have overdrive?
*testing my mini*
Hahahahaha. Well it’s a high-speed train, isn’t it?
Related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIx7k2gYT1I
Hmm, guess I can tell why the Bruce Randolph School, lauded by Obama in the SOTU last night, was so successful. Two events really stand out to me, in the school timeline:
1) Bruce Randolph Gets DPS OK To Operate Autonomously
12/20/2007
Denver Public Schools tonight approved Bruce Randolph School’s proposal to operate autonomously from the district.
2) Randolph Teachers Displeased By Union
1/24/2008
Teachers at Bruce Randolph School on Wednesday called their union’s response to their autonomy request “unacceptable” and said they’ll consider other options to run the north Denver school their way.
Hey Obama, need any more proof that unions don’t work, anymore?
http://randolph.dpsk12.org/about.asp
Wonder what xBrad is doing today?
http://tinyurl.com/48tz8k9
I am getting spam from my dead brother’s hotmail addy. Someone needs an asskicking.
That’s really creepy, Roamy.
“Hello? Hello?”
*tap* *tap*
“Is this thing on?”
Man. I know I’m getting old when half those boys look way too young for me to perv on.
Well, another horrible day at work beckons. Today I have to explain to the customer that our overrun isn’t as big as it looks. Then tomorrow, I have to tell a different customer that they actually don’t have the underrun they appear to have. (For the same reasons, pretty much; people are charging the wrong customer.)
I hate this crap so much.
No, MCPO. You need to plug it in.
Roamy, any way to trace where the spam is coming from?
I am getting spam from my dead brother’s hotmail addy.
I get those from my dead sister’s Yahoo addy from time to time as well. The hardest part is that my parents get them as well, because we are on the same distribution lists from my sister’s account.
You can contact hotmail admin and let them know about it; they usually are very good about taking care of that.
Plug it in?! Obama said it was powered by wind. You know, unicorn farts.
Hope yuour day isn’t as bad as you predict, Peel!!
*hugs*
Man. I know I’m getting old when half those boys look way too young for me to perv on.
Please – I have shoes older than you, kid! But yeah, all of them except for Mr. Elliott (RAWR) are probably young enough to be my sons……
I’ve got a carrot cake to bake.
But first, I need to go to the store.
sigh.
Listen UP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlE33bQRws4
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE COFFEE!?!?!?!
Listen UP:
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Trippy.
*runs to kitchen barefoot*
*pours cup of coffee*
*runs carefully back*
Here you go, Brad!
Oh yeah, almost forgot – when Obama was in debt, didn’t he get out of it by getting a book advance and/or corrupt money via his political position, or something? So he quite literally has never had to get or stay out of debt the way normal people do, right?
*tries to figure out which slot to put xbrad’s cup in*
*gives up, sips coffee*
Peel, he got the book advance based on the premise that he write about law (IIRC). He found the topic boring, so decided to write about himself.
Hahahaha. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258030/sotu-president-channels-failed-michigan-governor-henry-payne
Oh, Aggie, dear.
Thank you so much.
I’ll kill you last.
BTW, very, VERY nice pic you emailed me last night.
Did you want me to upload it to the bubble tab for you?
Anyone wonder who sat where last night?
*tries to figure out which slot to put xbrad’s cup in*
Give me a try.
If you think it’s innocent enough, Brad, go ahead.
You should have seen the others… 😉
**runs to check email**
I didn’t SEND them. They have been deleted!
Wow. Just saw the possum run by in broad daylight. He never comes out during the day.
Dummy, you should at least have saved them to send to your hubby in a couple months.
Just saw the possum run by in broad daylight. He never comes out during the day.
In Georgia, we call that “lunch.”
I’m going through some of my dad’s papers and files. He’s got a bunch of old official photos.
Damn, he was a handsome guy.
He’s getting plenty of pics, Brad. Don’t you worry.
I’m sorry, Andy, there is no conceivable way I could ever eat that freaky looking thing.
**shudders**
He looks like a giant rat. Well, I mean, so does Keith Olberman, but you know what I mean.
For PattyAnn –
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1456852792&aid=3157#!/photo.php?fbid=1060845054572&set=a.1047154392314.9270.1629304715
Me and my wife with Sam Elliott. He was a really nice guy, my wife couldn’t speak…
Teresa, thanks. My nephew is already on it. It was just an unwelcome, non-caffeinated jolt this morning.
Mrs. Peel, good luck with the customers.
Damn, he was a handsome guy.
Sure he was your dad? 🙂
T2D,
1. What movie set was that?
2. Duuude, your wife is hawt.
Hahahah, AD.
Actually, I look an awful lot like my Dad (except for the handsome part. Missed out on that somehow).
I sound just like him, too…
After he died, people were calling to extend their condolences to mom. I’d answer the phone and say “Hello” and people would freak because they thought it was him. I had to let my sisters answer the phone for a while.
This post has helped remove some of the taint of Obama speaking last night.
T2D – Why does Sam have his hand on your Missus’ ass?
Obama put his taint on the blog?
GROSS!!
T2D,
1. What movie set was that? Rough Riders – The Teddy Roosevelt movie
2. Duuude, your wife is hawt. – I know!! That’s why I married her!!!!
T2D – Why does Sam have his hand on your Missus’ ass? She put it there…
XBrad, my grandfather’s brother showed up to my grandfather’s wake. My mom answered the door, screamed, and almost fainted, they looked so much alike, and it had been so many years since she had seen her uncle.
Laters, time to take Mini-me to school.
Xbrad, where’s the picture of your dad?
The tea party deal is exactly what Rubio said it would be, hijacked by politicians. They need to be careful. It could get divisive.
Once again, T2D wins the name dropper contest!
Why were you on the set, T2D?
T2D, my comment at your blog is in moderation….
*taps foot impatiently*
>> Once again, T2D wins the name dropper contest!
Yeah, I’m beginning to get jealous.
Brad, you are such a liar. You are very handsome.
Once again, T2D wins the name dropper contest!
Penis fish for everyone!!!!
Why were you on the set, T2D?
A friend of mine is a Texas Ranger and he was doing security for the actors – he invited us on set for the day.
Mare, I haven’t scanned the pics yet. It’ll have to wait until I get back to the desert in a couple days.
T2D, my comment at your blog is in moderation….
how do I turn that off?!
Much better than Car in’s iTampon:
http://tinyurl.com/4mr37ls
WordPress blog, T2D?
If so, it’s in the “Discussion” menu under “Settings”.
Glad to see that Michael is keeping busy.
http://tinyurl.com/4oosnbu
how do I turn that off?!
Hell if I know 😀
Hell if I know 😀
Hahahahahaha
*Emails Akismet*
*Emails Akismet*
HAHAHAHA!!!
STFU 😛
Anyone here, besides me, ever work on the railroad?
Nice roundup of STFU speech reactions on the Senate GOP website: http://tinyurl.com/6yhpf97
I had a Lionel train set when I was a kid. Does that count?
If so, it’s in the “Discussion” menu under “Settings”.
thanks!
Does that count?
No.
I was promised space pens, dammit!
If I can’t trust a Hotstage, then I may as well vote Democrat and be done with it.
I was disappointed in the GOP responses, both Bachmann and Ryan.
Not one mention of FYNQ. FAIL!
I’m thinking of posting about the high-speed rail proposals. I wanted someone to look it over before I post it.
>> Not one mention of FYNQ. FAIL!
Hahahaha. I agree.
Bachmann should have charted that!
Jay – Really? I thought they were both excellent.
I like dogs, but I agree with Vanderleun, they aren’t children:
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/religion_of_chew_everythi.php
>> I’m thinking of posting about the high-speed rail proposals. I wanted someone to look it over before I post it.
No one better to do this than you. They’ve been making the same proposal since you were a teenager.
Chief, I was just riffing on the absence of FYNQ. I thought they were both good responses, although I just read the Bachmann one.
Any particular issue you want reviewed, MCPO? Technical? Right of Way issues? Old rails vs. new railbeds? Ridership?
I’m thinking of posting about the high-speed rail proposals. I wanted someone to look it over before I post it.
Shoot me an email, Chief. I’ll be a shorter read than I’m used to, so it shouldn’t take me long.
Ok, time to go cater to hubby. His birthday today!
Y’all have a good one!!
Nice of you, Aggie!
For my last birthday, my wife bought pizza, gave me a movie (Iron Man 2), watched it with me, then left me alone to watch Band of Brothers on blu ray for the rest of the day.
Best day ever!
Thanks, guys. It will probably take me a day to pull it together. Herself didn’t go into work today and I’m getting the hairy eyeball for sitting on my ass in front of the computer.
A seriously funny post over at Ace’s: http://minx.cc/?post=311253
NASA jokes abound!
Did you remind herself that your are a retired disabled vet?
How’d that work out for you?
scottw on January 26, 2011 8:41 am
“Never mind, I remember now.
We all thought his girlfriend was a little young for a while.
Nice to see you guys again.”
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Thanks, Scott. It’s nice to get such a great welcome. I gotta go out now and shovel. Again. Oh, well, that’s why only REAL MEN live in new England.
So I was talking with a friend from High School on FaceChimp last night.
He is an “educator” (has that ED degree and everthing) back in Michiganistan, and a BIG Obama supporter. He started chatting me up about law school. I asked him what he wanted to know.
He asked what he should know. I told him that it was a LOT of reading, and that the process will teach him to think like a lawyer, and that it is a LOT of reading. Then I asked him if he was thinking about practicing law.
He said no, that he just wanted to do it for the knowledge. I said that it is a sizable investment of time and money if he wasn’t planning on practicing, and I suggested that depending on what knowledge specifically he was looking for, he might be able to teach himself far more effectively.
He asked what I meant. I told him that for example, if he really made a serious study of the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Papers, and the Constitutional Debates, he’d know far more on the subject than most “Constitutional Lawyers”.
He responded by asking me what the Federalist Papers were.
He’s an educator.
It’s one thing to supress knowledge. It’s another to just not have it.
We’re doomed.
Is it
snowingGlobal Warmening there already, West?That shiite is headed this way, and I plan on being long gone from the office by the time it hits.
Thanks, Scott. It’s nice to get such a great welcome. I gotta go out now and shovel. Again. Oh, well, that’s why only REAL MEN live in new England.
Real men have an affinity for nanny state governments and confiscatory tax rates?
Who knew?
BiW………sigh.
He responded by asking me what the Federalist Papers were.
http://tinyurl.com/2vw9llu
BisW, my eldest has an FB account, and one of the pages I requested she subscribe to is The Federalist Papers. She told her teacher about it, and her teacher asked her why she is bothering with reading that stuff.
*cries for humanity*
Andy, that doesn’t even come close, but I can’t think of an image that turns that up to 11.
Damn, he was a handsome guy.
So, what you’re saying here is, you’re adopted.
How dos that make you feel?
I should record the sound of me banging my head against my desk. That’s a little closer.
We are soooooo screwed. But, hey, a high-speed train in every pot. Or something.
Really? Why bother reading the underlying arguments for ratifying the Constitution?
Shit. I haven’t read them for almost 30 years, but it was one of the better reads I’ve ever had.
BisW, my eldest has an FB account, and one of the pages I requested she subscribe to is The Federalist Papers. She told her teacher about it, and her teacher asked her why she is bothering with reading that stuff.
*cries for humanity*
The good news is that when the Ministry of Truth (a Division of the Department of Homeland Security) gets around to banning such tomes because of their doubleplusungood thoughtcrime content, we will be free of the unbearable burden of governing ourselves any longer. The truth will be whatever they tell us. Rejoice! I said Rejoice! You don’t want to go to the reeducation camps, do you?
So, what you’re saying here is, you’re adopted.
How dos that make you feel?
This is why Daddy drinks and we can’t have anything nice, dammit.
More like this one?
Stick guy beats his head on keyboard
Besides a money suck, could someone succinctly tell me why socialists are in love with high speed rail? That no one rides. That can be blight. That have a minimum of 10x cost over runs.
I like dogs, but I agree with Vanderleun, they aren’t children:
I agree. Our dogs have a level of freedom and self-determination that most dogs probably don’t get, but that is because ours have a level of training that most don’t get (at least we like to think so). But we don’t lose track of the fact that our dogs are dogs.
It would be very easy for people as immersed in the life of dogs as we are to lose sight of that – I feel that many of my fellow competitors in the dog agility (and obedience) world do just that. The success of “dog communicators” is one sure sign of that.
Maybe, Jay.
That is probably less painful than living with the knowledge of how much we’re fucked.
, could someone succinctly tell me why socialists are in love with high speed rail? That no one rides.
1) Because they have no other ideas
b) Because it uses someone else’s money
Next) It’s SOOOO European
iv) It has the possibility of controlling others. How they travel, where they live, etc.
Mare:
http://twitter.com/#!/TheH2/status/30292789132525568
Ha. Andy just proved my third argument.
Agile, I posted that knowing we had dog trainers and dog lovers. I love my pets but it’s good to see that you, who are constantly working with these beloved creatures have a healthy outlook toward them.
Yoga with your dog? Lord help me.
Although massaging a dog or cat with an injury seems more practical.
Well done, Carin.
Car in, your third argument should be #1. Remember, it’s our Sputnik moment!
I read somewhere that “baby massage” actually helps the massager. They had older folks (in homes) massage babies, and I don’t know if it just affected their sense of well being, or perhaps improved the pain in their hands … but it helped them.
I image “pet massage” would work the same way.
I do pet massage all the time.
If by “pet massage” you mean “masturbate furiously”
I gove this poat one of these thingies: #
also, suppeth unto all you all
Good one, Andy.
I don’t get it, really, who the flip wants to be like europe? I’ve been there, it’s fine for a visit but pushing America to be like europe would be a sin against God and everything great about the United States.
Every discussion on education, EVERY negotiation with unions, etc, should begin with the following (from Michelle Malkin)
If by “pet massage” you mean “masturbate furiously”
That’s not what I meant at all.
Can someone run to the grocery store for me?
Yes, Carin and then it should continue….and pumping money into the educational system has not significantly improved education. It’s not the money people. Catholic schools prove that every day.
Although massaging a dog or cat with an injury seems more practical.
Yup. And even chiropractic care. I used to think that chiropractors were witch doctors, but after my wife talked me into going to one, and I got relief for pain/discomfort from such visits, I accepted them. So our dogs, which are effectively semi-pro atheletes, get chiro care occasionally. Especially the oldest – he has some spinal issues, and he gets clear relief from such treatment. If one of our dogs starts limping, the first stop is the chiro, not the vet.
Can someone run to the grocery store for me?
If by “run to the grocery store” you mean…..
eh, fuckit. Even I don’t think it’s funny.
I do pet massage all the time.
So you think of “it” as a pet? Did you get it neutered?
MCPO?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350453/Hit-run-mobility-scooter-driver-escapes-prosecution-legal-loophole.html
I’m sure there will be arguments about it, but my husband while in high school had near miraculous sessions with a chiropractor concerning back pain from football.
To me it’s common sense, manipulate the spine, muscles, nerves around the spinal cord to put back into place that which has been jarred or slowly moved into a poor position.
Delta Force update: The C-130 accident in the Iranian desert.
I was a bit young when that happened.
Anyone get banned today?
I need a new nic.
Well, asked Hubby what he wanted to do for his birthday.
“I’m going to finish that level of HALO: Reach, ok?”
Fine by me 🙂
lawl nice aggie
mine last year was, I want to finish the top end on the harley
Great book, isn’t it, Car in?
Though I’ll admit. I always thought Carter got a bit of a bum rap over Desert One. He was given shitty options by the military and not surprisingly, it had a shitty outcome.
Like Wiser says, it’s still early.
High Speed Rail:
“Because trains require rails and can move only forwards and backwards, many rail projects are tied to “comprehensive redevelopment” plans that work against the claimed environmental benefits of trains vs. roads, even if the locomotives in question emitted zero pollution. In addition, these plans necessitate central planning on a grand scale, increase eminent domain abuse, and incentivize assaults on property rights. Buses, in contrast, can depart and arrive virtually anywhere and re-route at will given road conditions.”
« Comprehensive development »
My favorite part was the training elimination……it’s a lot like a Chinese mom.
I need a new nic.
I vote that we call you “Cupcake”.
162.
My favorite part was the training elimination……it’s a lot like a Chinese mom.
You’re just trying to pick a fight.
Cars = freedom, individuality, etc.
Trains = control, uniformity, etc.
It doesn’t take a genius to guess a liberal’s position on both.
BINGO, MJ.
While I was in Hawaii, the jackholes voted to have high speed rail. Over and over experts explained it would NOT reduce the traffic from Eva to Honolulu, but they’re doing it anyway. Imagine that blight.
” Buses, in contrast, can depart and arrive virtually anywhere and re-route at will given road conditions.”
The above was proven by experts but those in charge didn’t care. Mayor Hannamann pushed this thing and I think, he thinks, it will be his magnum opus.
Lord, save us from those that think they know what’s good for us!
“It doesn’t take a genius to guess a liberal’s position on both.”
Are you calling me a dumbass?
“You’re just trying to pick a fight.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA….No, I was kind of taking your position.
I vote that we call you “Cupcake”.
Seconded 😀
Anyone get banned last night?
Train travel is just not an American fit. If you were a student or something. But, why would anyone take a train someplace?
I could take a train to Chicago and then what? Rent a car to get around.
New York is one of the only places in the US where that is even feasible – mass transit working for the traveler.
If the distance is long – people would rather fly. If it’s short (like Detroit to chicago) it justmakes more sense to drive so you’ll have transportation while there.
They want a High speed train from Ann Arbor to Detroit.
For … what?
Oooo…that’s a good one AD.
Yes, mare 🙂
(actually, I was agreeing with MJ)
Honestly. someone run to meijers for me.
dang. it’s cold outside.
They want a High speed train from Ann Arbor to Detroit.
For … what?
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all the better to take the “Look at the new farmland” tour
They want a monorail here in downtown San Antonio. A town that has buses, trolleys, and where everything downtown is within easy reach.
When someone asked why, the councilman said it was “too complicated” to explain in the meeting.
I agree, Carin, so commuters get to a stop point like you said, then what? Walk 27 blocks to you destination?
“from Ann Arbor to Detroit.” That’s just crazy. So college students can get drugs?
Car in, I actually have to run to Costco later.
Whatchya need?
When someone asked why, the councilman said it was “too complicated” to explain in the meeting.
Then they probably shouldn’t be doing it.
and by probably I really mean, if you do this, I’ll personally make sure you lose your fucking cushy councilman job.
“…the councilman said it was “too complicated” to explain in the meeting.”
He deserves a “Dick like” response.
*cue catchy Simpsons tune…
Monorail!
Anyone get banned today?
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Day ain’t over, iTouchbeasn.
Yep, Car in. DC-NY-Boston is Amtrak’s only profitable route (IIRC).
I find it much more convenient to take the train to NYC than to fly or drive, but that’s about it.
There’s a rail line planned for Chicago to Iowa City. 5 hour drive.
I wouldn’t mind that, but at what cost? For all the times I go to Chicago I can drive. And it’s probably easier on the environment.
If you’ve ever ridden Amtrak, and that is the train Carin references from A2 to Chi, you’ll know why having a government run railroad is a bad idea.
The station is right across the street from my office. Frequently in the tavern next door I’ll hear someone say, “I need something fairly quick, my train is due at 6.”
My standard reply: “Relax, it’s never on time.”
Haha, the CBO deficit numbers were just on the news. $1.5 trillion deficit. The reporter informed me that this added ammunition to the Republican’s argument for massive spending cuts.
1) Really?
2) Ammunition? I thought that was so yesterday.
UF, the fucker was re-elected, and they are still pursuing the plan.
Mare, I miss Dick.
SYWM!!
Anyone get banned last night?
No. Why? You looking for trouble, sailor?
So, Hasan has been declared competent.
Watch for human rights activists to wig out.
Car in, I actually have to run to Costco later.
Whatchya need?
That won’t work.
I need a grocery store.
We are having the same discussion about high speed rail between Tampa and Orlando.
I can’t fathom why tourists would come to Tampa, or why people who actually live in Tampa would take a train to Orlando. The parks maybe, but at $20-$30 per person I’ll drive; fuck you very much.
So me, Mrs MJ, and my niece go to Disney: $75 for train tickets, $225 for Disney, $75 for food, $50 for Disney crap.
I’ll put that $50 I’ll save using my surprisingly fuel efficient new SUV in the ‘liver damage fund.’
Trains could be useful IF you could drive your car on and then sit inside. Have the ability to get out to take a potty break and go back to your “car”. That way, when you are at your destination you can drive! Bums (SORRY!, Urban Pioneers) do it with new ones, why can’t we?
No. Why? You looking for trouble, sailor?
Sailors are always looking for trouble.
I need a grocery store.
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Does your teenage boy eat you out of house and home? My mom still talks about the amount of food my friends and I would consume. I don’t remember it too well.
MJ, wasn’t that idiot Crist pushing that?
If we can send men to the moon, and we can elect a phony, affirmative action dupe to the Presidency, why can’t they make a coffee pot that doesn’t drip when I pour?
I love it when that box from Amazon comes.
Yes, he was. Basically his theory was that if the rail was built tourists could move easier between Orlando and Tampa. Also that the federal dollars (about 50% of the total cost) would help the state get their federal tax revenues back.
Umm, why don’t we just not build the rail and save the 50%, and lower taxes?
As you can see, his logic didn’t stand much of a chance against Rubio.
Amen! Mare.. My damn Cuisinart (which I love otherwise) is worse than an 18month old boy!
who the flip wants to be like europe?
The CIC
If you lived in Washingtonistan, the talk is about “light rail” …like the trains that run from Seattle to two miles from the airport. I guess you’re just supposed to walk those last few miles. With your luggage.
coffee pot that doesn’t drip when I pour?
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Ha! So true. Mrs MJ leaves drips on the counter EVERY morning.
“why can’t they make a coffee pot that doesn’t drip when I pour?”
Ours does that, a lot. Is it a Cuisinart?
Andy,
We’ve got a fresh inch on the ground, it is snowing right now, and somewhere between 5-8″ expected tonight. On top of that, I have water runnnig out the soffets and down the inside walls on the second floor. I just came in for a break, I’ve been out on my ladder, cutting some channels through the ice berms to let the water run out.
I could kill the assholes who did my roof several seasons ago. They CUT off my heat tape I had installed along all the roof edges and ruined it all (you can’t splice that stuff), and now I am paying double for a lousy roofing job that did not have to be done in the first place.
OK, back out again.
If we can send men to the moon, and we can elect a phony, affirmative action dupe to the Presidency, why can’t they make a coffee pot that doesn’t drip when I pour?
Because that communist Mr. Coffee thought that Juan Valdez was getting screwed by the Man, that’s why.
HA HA Catman confirmed.
I’ve had several different pots and they all do this. My husband thinks it’s funny to say,
“it’s obviously, you.”
Wow, a Rand Paul plan to cut $500 billion from the budget in one year?
LA Times story, via Hot Air
Don’t know if that can pass but I like the direction it’s going.
Mare, my German Braun coffeepot never dripped, but the American one did.
Hm….
Wait, doesn’t high speed rail also come with, HIGH SPEED HOBOS?
Mr. Coffee doesn’t drip, nor does the Hamilton Beach. Just sayin!
If we can send men to the moon, and we can elect a phony, affirmative action dupe to the Presidency, why can’t they make a coffee pot that doesn’t drip when I pour?
+14,727 Nobel Peace Prizes and a nomination to the H2 Comment Hall of Fame.
Mine is a Mr. Coffee, which I really like otherwise. I’ve had lots of different brands. I don’t get it. Could one of our mathematicians figure it out and send me the algorithm necessary to pour correctly.
Jay, don’t give my husband any fuel.
No fuel, mare. Just coffee.
Too soon?
Mare, my German Braun coffeepot never dripped, but the American one did.
I was gonna say, I lurve my Braun.
Plus that snappy martial music helps me to wake up in the morning.
http://twitter.com/#!/TheH2/status/30327375803715585
Oh, yeah, om the High speed rail shit the o coughed up last night, all we have to do is look at EVERY SINGLE HSR project in this country that has been attempted in the last 50 years, and observe that not a single one has ever made any money, and still suck up subsidy money like water. HSR is a great idea if your entire f-in country is the size of Rhode Island.
Another thing is that in every major city in the US, the bus stations are ALWAYS on the other side of town from the train stations. If we were serious about rail, the first thing to do would be to move every single bus station to the same location as the train stations. Then people might actually use ’em both, and we wouldn’t have to spend a shitload of federal money to build trains that nobody would use because private enterprise would build around a resource that people actually wanted and would pay to use.
But none o’ that is going to happen.
I lurve mine too, BisW. Even if it does drip once in a while.
Another thing is that in every major city in the US, the bus stations are ALWAYS on the other side of town from the train stations.
Government: There is no problem that we can’t make worse.
West, did you change your moniker to “Wast”? Or is that a typo?
Comment by unclefacts on January 26, 2011 1:26 pm
“Wait, doesn’t high speed rail also come with, HIGH SPEED HOBOS?”
That’ll make them harder to catch. On the bright side, maybe the price for hobo organs will go up from the resulting tightening of supply.
>> Another thing is that in every major city in the US, the bus stations are ALWAYS on the other side of town from the train stations.
FWIW, they’re right next to each other in Boston.
I like the cuisinart:
A: Cheap
B: Coffee Brews HOT .. problem with Mr. Coffee IMO
C: Stays HOT- adjustable plate temp.. from Michelle’s stare to Christina Hendricks wink
What part of the constitution that calls for the state of the union specifies that they always have to mention high-speed rail.
I can’t remember a SOTU that doesn’t mention it…
Washington. New York. I long ago got out of the bus riding demographic, but in my younger days, the bus station was always a long ride from the train station. You wanna lug 3 suitcases and a carry bag from Grand Central to Port Authority through the SUBWAY?
The reason rail works in Europe is two fold. One, you can throw a rock from one side of the countries to the other. Second, the train stations ARE the bus stations. Hub and spoke. It is absolute silliness to throw money at trains with the critical flaw of non-integration of long and short transport facilities. Fix the latter, and the former will take care of itself.
You folks are WAY behind – they are now called “Intermodal Centers”, or “Intermodal Nexus” now. “Bus station” and “train station” is just so 20th century.
“If we can send men to the moon, and we can elect a phony, affirmative action dupe to the Presidency, why can’t they make a coffee pot that doesn’t drip when I pour?”
NASA should stop what they are working on and address this.
>> NASA should stop what they are working on and address this.
Java? Get the muslim outreach team on it!
http://twitter.com/#!/bobbycrumpley/status/30335062880817152
NASA should stop what they are working on and address this.
Hell no! That muslim outreach that they are working on is VITAL to national security.
In europe, most of the airports have a train station.
My percolator doesn’t drip when I pour. I lurv it.
NASA should stop what they are working on and address this.
Besides, we don’t want to miss the opportunity to spend billions on Department of Agriculture studies on this issue. C’mon man! DO IT FOR THE ECONOMY! Why do you hate job creation?
Java? Get the muslim outreach team on it!
Get out of my head, dammit! It is waaaayyyy too dark and scary for you to be bumbling around in without a guide.
Does Percolator coffee take less coffee to make per cup?
The horse is out of the barn, though, on the whole “mass transportation” dealo in the US.
We’ve developed our entire society around the idea of freedom. To live where you want. Spread out. We get in our cars and drive to the store or the ball park or the neighboring town for some event.
The only folks who “want” trains and light rail and all that bullshit are singles or married /wo kids living in Urban areas. Or couples with that one (perfect) child. My NYC friends carry their one bag of groceries they bought a block away and wonders why everyone else isn’t as wonderful as they.
So me, Mrs MJ, and my niece go to Disney: $75 for train tickets, $225 for Disney, $75 for food, $50 for Disney crap
Huh? When we went ten years ago, it cost me $50 for a sweatshirt (we went in February).
There is a new non-homoerotic post up.
Actually maybe the new post is homoerotic too.
if you’re a freak.
*looks at Car In*
Comment by beasn on January 26, 2011 12:37 pm
I need a new nic.
Your new delta tau chi name is……….cakeslut.
Rosetta pushed this poat down like Elton John’s Boyfriend … NTTIAWWT
Mare, how did Mr. Coffee get teh
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