Tales of Interest [Archive] - Page 7

TKGAngel

11-14-12, 05:45 PM

I just stumbled on the below but it looks like Pres. Obama personally presented him with his purple heart and used his story as part of his Veteran's Day speech yesterday.

I'm woman enough to admit that I cried when I saw the full series of pictures on Buzzfeed. A Love Story in 22 pictures (http://www.buzzfeed.com/txblacklabel/true-love-in-pictures-only-28m7)

To lighten the mood, the NYT eviscerates (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/dining/reviews/restaurant-review-guys-american-kitchen-bar-in-times-square.html?src=me&ref=general) Guy Fieri's Time Square restaurant.

And when we hear the words Donkey Sauce, which part of the donkey are we supposed to think about?

trish

11-15-12, 10:41 PM

Parade route over operating railroad track = tragedy.

Midland, TX (http://news.yahoo.com/4-dead-train-hits-vets-parade-004909712--abc-news-topstories.html)

Gnam

11-20-12, 01:49 PM

Accuser changes story, clears Clash of wrong doing.

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/television/article/Man-recants-story-of-teen-sex-with-Elmo-puppeteer-4035538.php

Glad to hear it. :thumbup:
Second accuser files lawsuit. Clash resigns from Sesame Street.

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/television/article/Elmo-actor-Kevin-Clash-resigns-amid-sex-allegation-4053429.php

Brought to you by the number 18 and the age of consent.

nrc

11-26-12, 06:51 PM

If you've ever considered entering a roach eating contest to win a snake you might want to read this cautionary tale. :yuck:

Roach-eating contest winner choked to death (http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/us/florida-roach-eating-death/)

TravelGal

11-26-12, 08:36 PM

If you've ever considered entering a roach eating contest to win a snake you might want to read this cautionary tail. :yuck:

Funny, but that never occurred to me to try. :p

Don Quixote

11-27-12, 10:58 AM

Sometimes when you are eating roaches, you get a bad roach. Then it's game over.

Rex Karz

11-27-12, 09:55 PM

Roaches are better when they are smoked. :rolleyes:

gerhard911

11-27-12, 11:42 PM

Roaches are better when they are smoked. :rolleyes:

Isn't everything?

Napoleon

12-10-12, 05:33 PM

What to get your hunny for Christmas (http://www.driveatank.com/index_BGY6.php)

Elmo T

12-13-12, 08:19 PM

The 9YO victim was from my son's elementary school and her grandmother suffered a traumatic brain injury. Crash was about 2 miles from my house and I know all of the responders. They said it looked like both cars exploded.

I like fast cars as much as the next guy, but seriously, WTF :flame::rolleyes:

Mustang Driver Faces Murder Charge (http://doylestown.patch.com/articles/mustang-driver-faces-murder-charge)

Driver of Deadly Crash Driving Up to 150 mph: Cops (http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video/#!/news/local/Driver-of-Deadly-Crash-Driving-Up-to-150-mph--Cops/183432881)

Bodden, of Plumstead, was driving his Ford Mustang Cobra that night north up the Rt. 611 Bypass around Doylestown. He was in the left lane, speeding at 142 to 154 miles an hour, said Bob James, assistant district attorney in charge of the case.

Two other drivers on the road that night told police they saw Bodden driving fast and thought he might have been racing a black Cadillac, James said. The driver of that Cadillac told investigators he sped up to about 70 miles per hour to pass a car before moving into the right lane to get out of the way of the Mustang, according to court papers filed Thursday.

Cops said the speedo was reading just under 160MPH and that impact speed was at least 142MPH.

:shakehead

Gnam

12-14-12, 02:19 AM

In an interview from his hospital bed, Bodden told investigators he "accelerated to at least 75 mph" and that the car in front of him "looked like it had stopped in the road without its lights on."
Yes. When you are moving at 145 mph toward an object traveling at just 70 mph it will appear to be stationary as you approach it at 75 mph. But in fact you are huge wanker who should ride a bus for the rest of his life.

Cars are big and heavy and safe, but they are not designed to withstand a 75 mph rear impact. I don't know if I would call his actions malicious, but he definately turned his vehicle into a deadly weapon.

Elmo T

12-14-12, 08:46 AM

I don't know if I would call his actions malicious, but he definately turned his vehicle into a deadly weapon.

The DA is going with this:

“This was a volitional act — a choice — by Mr. Bodden to drive at the speed that was beyond reckless,” District Attorney David Heckler said Thursday in announcing the third-degree murder charges against Bodden.

“The thing that sets murder apart from manslaughter is a concept called malice, and one of the classic definitions of malice … is that malice is shown by actions which demonstrate an extreme indifference to the value of human life.”

150MPH on a public road at 6:30PM? I am inclined to agree.

Andrew Longman

12-14-12, 09:06 AM

What a mess Elmo. I am surprised I didn't hear about.

I am not sure that qualifies as murder, given that he didn't intend to crash, but it is definitely manslaughter and he deserves a long time out away from society.

That is a stretch of pretty open road. I am always surprised that people can crash at any speed on open straight roads. Like Ryan Dunn. I guess people don't realize that 150 mph is actually 150 mph

Indy

12-14-12, 09:39 AM

He is currently at home. If I were the father of that girl he would be dead today.

This sort of thing is really not good news for racing. At some point people are going to realize how ****ing dangerous driving is, even without asshats like this driving around in their deathmobiles. A rational society with today's technology could install speed limiters in all vehicles. With a little creativity and investment we could have cars that are limited to the speed limit in any particular speed zone. We could save, what, 30,000 lives per year in the US alone? That and mandatory blood alcohol detection devices are awaiting us in the future.

datachicane

12-14-12, 03:00 PM

Don't have to be fast to be stupid and kill someone. Just sayin'.

Indy

12-15-12, 01:25 AM

Yeah, I agree, but speed plays a very large part in it.

Gnam

12-18-12, 09:33 PM

Article on the US Air Force drone program:

Dreams in Infrared

A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit of the United States Air Force in New Mexico. He kills dozens of people. But then, one day, he realizes that he can't do it anymore.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pain-continues-after-war-for-american-drone-pilot-a-872726.html

It sucks that the drone pilot has PTSD, but I'm glad there's a small piece of humanity left in the machine.

Gnam

12-19-12, 08:28 PM

Drug reverses damage from a stroke.

The 25-milligram shot at renewed independence is the brainchild of Boca Raton, Fla., physician Dr. Edward Tobinick. His patented method for delivering the anti-inflammatory medicine etanercept to the brain is getting notice around the world as a "radical breakthrough" in the treatment of chronic neurological dysfunction.

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/How-etanercept-is-aiding-stroke-victims-4128887.php
That's cool. Might bail the NFL out of its concussion problem too.
Couple of issues though:
* not FDA approved
* not covered by Medicare

emjaya

12-20-12, 06:27 AM

Very hi-res pic of Everest. :cool:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/Gigapans/EBC_Pumori_050112_8bit_FLAT/EBC_Pumori_050112_8bit_FLAT.html

mapguy

12-20-12, 06:31 AM

Yeah, I agree, but speed plays a very large part in it.

"Speed never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you." - Jeremy Clarkson

Gnam

12-31-12, 04:58 PM

Why A German Pilot Escorted An American Bomber To Safety During World War II

This is the remarkable story of a crippled American bomber spared by a German fighter pilot. After the two planes' pilots had a mid-air moment of understanding, it didn't seem likely that they'd ever see one another again. Only they did, and became closer than brothers.

http://jalopnik.com/5971023/why-a-german-pilot-escorted-an-american-bomber-to-safety-during-world-war-ii?

cameraman

01-03-13, 06:46 PM

Busy day in Norfolk...

http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/50d857c5eab8eaa164000017-975-786/1-1464.jpg

Gnam

01-03-13, 07:14 PM

wow. That's a lot of hardware in one spot. :eek:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-largest-naval-station-is-packed-tight-for-christmas-2012-12

I don't know why, but it feels like one of those photos just before everything goes wrong.
Fire ships, Zeros, Cylons, something is coming...

SteveH

01-03-13, 07:47 PM

Impressive

Andrew Longman

01-03-13, 08:23 PM

As a taxpayer I must raise an eyebrow why five of our eleven carriers are "out of service". I am reasonably sure the navy brass know what they are doing though.

TKGAngel

01-03-13, 08:26 PM

At the end of the story in Gnam's link, there's this one, which is also pretty cool.

Life Aboard the USS Eisenhower (http://www.businessinsider.com/photo-tour-of-the-uss-eisenhower-iike-imcmex-2012-persian-gulf-2012-11)

Gnam

01-03-13, 08:59 PM

In the photo essay on the Eisenhower, one of the F-18s had what looked like (5) drop tanks under the wings for extra fuel capacity. Wonder what they were for?

cameraman

01-03-13, 10:28 PM

Well the Enterprise (CVN-65) is being decommissioned.
The Eisenhower (CVN-69)just got into port on December 19 for a Christmas break for the crew.
The G.H.W. Bush (CVN-77)is still undergoing sea trials.
The Truman (CVN-75)is doing training and test operations and is in and out of port.
And the Lincoln (CVN-72) is beginning refueling and complex overhaul.

and for some reason I can't see the original photo so...

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Cynops/1-1464_zps6e5e648d.jpg

The others are:
USS Bataan (LHD-5) is already redeployed.
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) Got back a little while ago.
USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) Just barely got back from the Med along with the New York (LPD 21) really hard to see behind the Kearsarge and the Gunston Hall (LSD 44) which should be there but I can't see it.
USS Wasp (LHD 1) is the test bed for the F-35b and isn't going anywhere any time soon.
The Mesa Verde (LPD 19) probably is the other LPD in the picture. Or the San Antonio (LPD 17) they're about identical.

Gnam

01-14-13, 03:07 PM

Garbage raid:
Sally Coghlan McDonald was a bit taken aback to get a knock on the door about 6 p.m. recently from four members of San Francisco's "garbage police."

The Department of the Environment crew members announced that they were there to "educate" her on the proper use of her garbage, recycling and compost bins.

McDonald had already suspected something was up, because about a month earlier she had awakened at 5:30 a.m. to the sound of an inspector "with his head all the way in my garbage can using a flashlight and writing things down on a clipboard."

She later received a notice, complete with pictures, showing the sorting mistakes she was making.

"I threw a napkin with food on it into the recycle bin when it should have been composted," McDonald said.

Department of the Environment spokesman Guillermo Rodriguez confirmed that as part of the city's effort to achieve "zero waste," 10 inspectors and outreach "ambassadors" have been assigned to flip the lids to look into how folks are sorting their garbage - at an annual cost of $1 million.

So far, nobody's been ticketed.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Muni-arrives-in-S-F-s-top-overtime-spot-4191067.php

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Elmo T

01-14-13, 03:52 PM

outreach "ambassadors" :rolleyes:

Sounds like some folks need a hobby.

cameraman

01-14-13, 06:18 PM

San Francisco has to spend a rather insanely large fortune to landfill their solid waste. They are recycling Nazis because any contamination of their recycling stream costs them serious coin as does not recycling what can be recycled. It all comes down to revenue streams.

nrc

01-14-13, 06:24 PM

San Francisco has to spend a rather insanely large fortune to landfill their solid waste.

Why? It's all going to end up in the ocean eventually. :gomer:

dando

01-14-13, 06:32 PM

Good lord....please don't come by my hizzy. I still can't edumicate the Mrs. on what gets recycled and what doesn't. Can't count the # of times I pull 'plastic' wrap out of the recycle bin. :saywhat: Apparently what a partial education/flunking out @ UC will buy you. :shakehead :irked:

-Kevin

dando

01-14-13, 06:33 PM

Why? It's all going to end up in the ocean eventually. :gomer:

'tis why Don Q. is buying up 'beach front' property in Denver. :D

-Kevin

cameraman

01-14-13, 07:12 PM

Why? It's all going to end up in the ocean eventually. :gomer:

Actually not so much. It isn't a subduction zone, San Francisco is just slowly immigrating to British Columbia. The current landfills are east of the fault, the damn hippies are leaving their trash behind.

TravelGal

01-14-13, 08:42 PM

United Airlines Launches New Baggage Delivery Service
United Airlines has launched a new baggage delivery option, enabling customers to have their checked bags delivered directly to their final destinations, within 100 miles of their arrival airports, and skip baggage claim upon arrival. Baggage delivery by BagsVIP will initially be available to customers departing from any domestic airport and arriving in Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles and Orlando. The airline plans to expand the service to more than 190 domestic airports in the coming months. Standard rates for bag delivery within a 40-mile radius are as follows: 1 bag $29.95, 2 bags 39.95, 3-8 bags $49.95. Delivery is available up to a 100-mile radius for an additional charge that varies by distance. Delivery pricing is in addition to any standard checked-bag charges that might otherwise apply. Customers can order the service directly from BagsVIP online, or by calling 1-877-847-0045.

dando

01-14-13, 09:11 PM

Andrew Longman

01-15-13, 05:28 AM

Why? It's all going to end up in the ocean eventually. :gomer:My trash is shipped by rail to Ohio and they are happy to have it. And while we have had curb side recycling for decades for about five years recycling has all been combined with trash because there is no market for recycled glass, plastic, paper or cardboard.

Napoleon

01-15-13, 07:24 AM

My trash is shipped by rail to Ohio and they are happy to have it.

No we are not!

cameraman

01-15-13, 12:17 PM

No we are not!

Only because you don't own the landfill:p

Andrew Longman

01-15-13, 12:22 PM

No we are not!I am not surprised to hear it, but SE Ohio doesn't have much in the way of jobs/economy and they are apparently happy for the fees. Terrible use of land though that become headaches for centuries.

dando

01-15-13, 12:25 PM

I am not surprised to hear it, but SE Ohio doesn't have much in the way of jobs/economy and they are apparently happy for the fees. Terrible use of land though that become headaches for centuries.

Yup, which is also why they take in the waste water from PA fracking. Plus, the family trees don't really fork much down there. :gomer: :saywhat:

-Kevin

Napoleon

01-15-13, 02:10 PM

Only because you don't own the landfill:p

That is for sure. True story, I am an attorney who does nearly all commercial real estate and finance and to this day this day I believe the largest transaction I worked on (other then as the lender where I have an over $1B transaction) was over 20 years ago in the sale of what is called the American Landfill (google it). Our client got an ungodly amount of money for a hole in the ground. The seller was exactly what you would expect of a guy who started, owned and operated a landfill for something like 40 years (think white Fred Sanford). I remember him saying after he got his money something like "I feel like the Beverly Hillbillies" (you couldn't help but feel good for the guy).

Wow, looks like he did not live that much longer then after he got his big payout:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51755945

Elmo T

01-23-13, 03:58 PM

NJ Men Sue Subway Over Short Footlong Sandwiches (http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/New-Jersey-Men-Sue-Subway-Short-Footlong-Sandwiches-188080011.html) :rolleyes:

Elmo T

01-23-13, 05:02 PM

15 Amazing Photos Of Beautifully Icy Aftermath To Chicago Fire (http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/15-amazing-and-beatiful-photos-of-icy-aftermath-to)

Gnam

01-23-13, 05:18 PM

The photo of the truck's engine coated in ice was cool. Very apocalypse.
Winter waste land!

indyfan31

01-24-13, 11:02 AM

NJ Men Sue Subway Over Short Footlong Sandwiches (http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/New-Jersey-Men-Sue-Subway-Short-Footlong-Sandwiches-188080011.html) :rolleyes:

Suing for not getting your money's worth from a FIVE DOLLAR sandwich?
Next, someone has to sue McDonalds for selling a quater pounder that doesn't weigh 4 oz.

Subway should come back and say it's a "foot long" sandwich, not a 12-inch sandwich, and not everybody's foot is 12 inches long.

Elmo T

01-29-13, 10:40 AM

More Navy news:

Secret Nuclear Redesign Will Keep U.S. Subs Running Silently for 50 Years (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/secret-sub-design/)

The heart of the planned ballistic missile Ohio Replacement (OR) program will be built around a drive that will not need to be refueled for the 50-year life of the boats and cuts out potentially noisy direct mechanical connection to the drive train. In other words, the Navy’s next-gen subs could be almost silent, and keep running for a half-century straight.

And I missed this in the news:

Armed clashes over trivial specks in the East China Sea loom closer (http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21569757-armed-clashes-over-trivial-specks-east-china-sea-loom-closer-drums-war)

It is against this backdrop that televised military punditry is booming in China. On current-affairs programmes, armchair warriors pontificate about the Diaoyus. Newspapers propagate a uniformly jingoistic analysis of the increasing likelihood of armed conflict.

They are not making it up. Last month a small aircraft of China’s State Oceanic Bureau flew into what Japan considers its territorial airspace over the Senkakus. Flying too low to be detected by Japan’s land-based radar, it was spotted too late for a scramble of eight F-15 fighter jets to prove effective. Since then, Japan has deployed Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS). On January 7th Chinese patrol ships spent more than 13 hours near the islands—longer than ever before, said Japanese officials. On January 10th, when two Japanese F-15s scrambled to intercept a Chinese plane flying near the islands, China scrambled its own fighter jets.

Now the Japanese air force is weighing whether to fire warning shots if Chinese aircraft come into its airspace, for the first time since 1987, when the former Soviet Union intruded

emjaya

02-05-13, 08:54 PM

Tulips. (http://www.petapixel.com/2013/02/02/colorful-photographs-of-tulip-fields-as-seen-from-an-airplane/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29)

:cool:

Gnam

02-06-13, 03:03 AM

I can dig it. :thumbup:

Gnam

02-11-13, 09:22 PM

Nerd fight.

Tesla CEO to NY Times: You're driving it wrong

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Tesla-s-Musk-slams-N-Y-Times-review-4270134.php

Elmo T

02-15-13, 06:50 AM

Lots of good video out there on the Russian meteor, but this news blurb surprised me:

Meteorite hits Russian Urals (http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/)

According to unconfirmed reports, the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense unit at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk. A missile salvo blew the meteorite to pieces at an altitude of 20 kilometers, local newspaper Znak reports quoting a source in the military.

:confused::eek:

Finding that hard to believe.

dando

02-15-13, 08:16 AM

Lots of good video out there on the Russian meteor, but this news blurb surprised me:

Meteorite hits Russian Urals (http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/)

:confused::eek:

Finding that hard to believe.

I find that very hard to believe. The Today Show just a physicist on and he said the meteorite exploded over the city that was affected and the resulting shockwave caused the damage (blowing out windows, etc.). He also stated that it was traveling @ 13K mph. No way they could have shot it down based that speed.

Of course the timing of this and the asteroid DA14 passing Earth today @17K miles and inside the orbits of most of the satellites is a bit unnerving.

This also conjures up the Tunguska meteor hit.

For sky watchers, the reports bring to mind the famous Tunguska event of 1908 in remote Siberia, in which an asteroid entered the atmosphere and exploded, leveling trees over an area of 820 square miles -- about two-thirds the size of Rhode Island.
About 80 million trees were felled, radiating out from the center of the blast, but no crater was left.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/europe/russia-meteor-shower/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

I remember watching In Search Of with Leonard Nimoy learning about that strike.

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-Kevin

nrc

02-15-13, 08:59 AM

Nerd fight.

Interesting back and forth on this. Initially it looked like the Tesla nerd had a slam dunk based on the data. NYT so-called auto journalist had plausible responses to the complaints.

Even if you accept Tesla's complaints as the truth, the best case for them is that the journalist failed to drive their $100k vehicle according to a set of constraints that nobody really wants to suffer in a car.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415473,00.asp?google_editors_picks=true

Napoleon

02-15-13, 09:09 AM

Nerd fight.

I missed your original post and almost did a stand alone post on this. It has been an interesting back and forth.

Gnam

02-15-13, 12:49 PM

This also conjures up the Tunguska meteor hit.

-Kevin

"You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross-rip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!"
[/ghostbusters]

Napoleon

02-15-13, 04:57 PM

dando

02-15-13, 05:15 PM

By the way, on that meteor over Russia, I read that the reason there is so much video of it is apparently basically every single driver has a dash cam in Russia for fear of hit and runs, insurance fraud and crooked cops.

Yup. I was amazed there were so many videos of it.

Oh, and another interesting thing I read earlier this week is that the sarcophagus they put over the reactor in Chernobyl is coming apart. :saywhat:

-Kevin

cameraman

02-15-13, 07:29 PM

Pish posh that whole Chernobyl thing is amateur hour compare to Lake Karachay (only 40 miles from Chelyabinsk). The Russians in all of their Soviet brilliance dumped about 4.5 EBq of liquid strontium-90 & cesium-137 waste into this pond and just let it sit. It is still there today, totally uncontained, a pond so radioactive that standing on it's shore for 1 hour would kill you. It is the most polluted spot on the planet and no one is doing a blessed thing about cleaning it up or even containing it. The really neat thing:rolleyes: is in dry years the pond dries out and the cesium & strontium wastes dry out and blow away on the breeze. To kind of stop that from happening they have dumped a layer stone and concrete in the lake to help hold the sediments in place in dry years. Beyond that, it is so radioactive that no one can get near the place and that meteor came oh so close to a hole in one...

Andrew Longman

02-15-13, 07:42 PM

Dang straight cameraman. The sarcophagus they put over the reactor in Chernobyl was never meant to last. Several firemen and soldiers walked into that mess knowing it would result in miserable and certain death just to clean it up enough to build it.

I think the idea is they hoped that given enough time robot technology would advance enough to build a permanent one by remote control.

I have know idea what they were thinking about with Lake Karachay. Russia has rotting nuclear subs and toxic spots all over the place. It is what happens I guess when there isn't any accountability politically or otherwise.

cameraman

02-15-13, 07:54 PM

That's loud...

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cameraman

02-15-13, 08:04 PM

Aaaaaaaaaaand it seems that we are not a whole lot better...

The tanks, which are already long past their intended 20-year life span, hold millions of gallons of a highly radioactive stew left from decades of plutonium production for nuclear weapons.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy said liquid levels are decreasing in one of 177 underground tanks at the site. Monitoring wells near the tank have not detected higher radiation levels, but Inslee said the leak could be in the range of 150 gallons to 300 gallons over the course of a year and poses a potential long-term threat to groundwater and rivers.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/energy/article/Hanford-nuclear-tank-in-Wash-is-leaking-liquids-4282616.php#ixzz2L12J2cWI

Gnam

02-16-13, 04:22 PM

That's loud...

:eek: I don't speak Russian, but I know what that guy was saying. :D

So cool. I love how the universe is so unimpressed with mankind. "Oh, you've got Hulu and democracy? Ok, here's a random 150 ft rock going 18,000 mph. Deal."

Pilgrims Drop

02-17-13, 01:50 PM

That's loud...

It packed a punch as well...

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KLang

02-17-13, 02:02 PM

Imagine one of those things exploding over a major US city. :saywhat:

dando

02-17-13, 02:30 PM

Imagine one of those things exploding over a major US city. :saywhat:

Any major city. :eek:

-Kevin

stroker

02-18-13, 01:08 AM

I dunno 'bout you guys, but if I saw one of those things streaking across the sky I'd be sorely tempted to pull over and dive headlong into the nearest ditch. I might not know exactly what it is, but I'd know it's time to "Duck and Cover"...

SteveH

02-18-13, 01:22 AM

Imagine one of those things exploding over a major US city. :saywhat:

Chelyabinsk has over 1 million inhabitants. So this was pretty major.

Napoleon

02-18-13, 11:56 AM

Chelyabinsk has over 1 million inhabitants. So this was pretty major.

Yeah, but didn't it explode something like 50 miles away? I don't think it was actually over the city.

By the way, someone up thread mentions duck and cover. Per the NY Times yesterday I guess one teacher is being hailed as a hero when she went full cold war attack status and immediately had her kids duck and cover under their desk. She was the only one injured because she never left her feet.

dando

02-18-13, 12:18 PM

Get your meteorite fragments here!

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/21232248/meteorite-fragments-spark-gold-rush-in-russia#axzz2LGgmCywz

:shakehead

-Kevin

dando

02-19-13, 11:17 AM

Dayum!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/9879331/Armed-robbers-snatch-50m-in-uncut-diamonds-from-Brussels-airport.html

Armed robbers snatch $50m in uncut diamonds from Brussels airport
Eight armed robbers disguised as police officers and brandishing machine guns have disappeared into thin air with diamonds worth £32 million after pulling off an audacious lightening raid at Brussels airport.

:eek: Reads like a movie.

-Kevin

emjaya

02-20-13, 10:50 PM

National Firewood Night

The TV program, on the topic of firewood, consisted mostly of people in parkas chatting and chopping in the woods and then eight hours of a fire burning in a fireplace.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?ref=global-home&_r=0#commentsContainer

Gnam

02-21-13, 02:57 AM

Love the Christmas Yule log on tv. I wood watch this show. :thumbup:

datachicane

02-21-13, 03:04 AM

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-czmJJKWaW_M/TzLnV_i4S-I/AAAAAAAAGC4/CI2i0AwPxtE/s1600/0804081041352881546.jpg

chop456

02-21-13, 03:08 AM

Wood eye?!?!

Elmo T

02-21-13, 09:12 AM

Love the Christmas Yule log on tv. I wood watch this show. :thumbup:

Verizon FiOS has a fireplace channel on demand. Over the holidays, you had your choice of with or without music. :D

dando

02-21-13, 12:49 PM

Verizon FiOS has a fireplace channel on demand. Over the holidays, you had your choice of with or without music. :D

Same with TWC. Frankly I wish they had that on year round. Probably better for making out than Led Zepp IV </fast times> :D

-Kevin

Ruok

02-21-13, 01:11 PM

Wood eye?!?!
Big nose!

TKGAngel

02-21-13, 02:30 PM

Sounds like Log from Blammo! might be a popular toy in those parts.

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TravelGal

02-22-13, 12:42 PM

Cruise On World's Largest Container Ship
No idea how one books this but it sounds like a gas. If you have the time and money---
Container giant CMA CGM is marketing passenger cabins aboard its new Marco Polo, the world's largest container ship. With space for 16,020 TEUs, the vessel stretches more than 1,299.21 feet compared to Oasis of the Seas at about 1181 feet and Queen Mary 2 at about 1132 feet. There are five double passenger cabins of 215 sq. ft., a lounge shared with the off-duty crew, library, fitness room and swimming pool. Europe-Asia route: Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Yantian, Port Kelang, Tanger, Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Malta, Khor Al Fakkan, Jebel Ali and back to Ningbo. Learn about the life of merchant seafarers and take meals with the captain. You can create your own route, ranging from two to 85 days. Among other routes are North Europe-Asia, Asia-Mediterranean (including Jeddah, the Suez Canal, Malta), Europe-Brazil, Europe-India, USA-Asia (including Singapore and southern China), around the world (Europe-US-Panama Canal, South Pacific, Australia/New Zealand) and the West Indian road (Le Havre to the West Indies including Guadeloupe and Martinique).

stroker

02-22-13, 01:44 PM

^^^^^^^^ Price?

nrc

02-22-13, 10:54 PM

My cookies are here. :gomer:

TravelGal

02-23-13, 03:25 AM

^^^^^^^^ Price?

No clue. I simply assumed it was expensive because freighter cruises these days generally are. Spent some time today talking with the owner of the Aranui (freighter around the Tahitian Islands). Not particularly luxurious but it's pretty $$$$. I've always wanted to do it but I a travel agent rate doesn't seem to be in the offing. I did have lunch on it once......... :D

TravelGal

02-23-13, 03:26 AM

My cookies are here. :gomer:

Nice. Tell me more about the fish tank. :)

nrc

02-23-13, 12:47 PM

Nice. Tell me more about the fish tank. :)

That's actually a friend's house whose daughter is our cookie dealer. Most of those aren't actually ours. :) So all I know about the tank it that it's big, it's salt water, and it requires a lot of time and effort.

TravelGal

02-23-13, 01:18 PM

it's big, it's salt water, and it requires a lot of time and effort.

True dat.

Glad those aren't ALL yours. Spare a few for the rest of us. :D

nrc

02-23-13, 03:26 PM

Interesting back and forth on this. Initially it looked like the Tesla nerd had a slam dunk based on the data. NYT so-called auto journalist had plausible responses to the complaints.

Even if you accept Tesla's complaints as the truth, the best case for them is that the journalist failed to drive their $100k vehicle according to a set of constraints that nobody really wants to suffer in a car.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415473,00.asp?google_editors_picks=true

The funny thing is that the EV true believers feel deep in their hearts that this mess was a resounding victory for their side.

http://insideevs.com/new-york-times-automotive-editor-needs-3-part-tweet-to-rip-into-tesla-ceo-elon-musk/

As you say, the truth is that Tesla isn't helping their cause by calling attention to the fact that their 100 grand pinnacle of EV development has to be driven according to a strict set of parameters and then still takes an hour to fill up every couple of hundred miles.

Gnam

03-15-13, 05:48 PM

Know your Tesla Model S emergency safety training.

http://blog.sfgate.com/energy/2013/03/15/teslas-model-s-meets-the-jaws-of-life/

Includes high voltage disconnects and passenger extrication.

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emjaya

03-16-13, 07:28 AM

^ porn for Elmo. ;)

dando

03-16-13, 07:56 AM

^ porn for Elmo. ;)

PrOn for Elmo == WDW news. ;) Well that and changing batteries in smoke detectors. :gomer:

-Kevin

Elmo T

03-19-13, 12:55 PM

^ porn for Elmo. ;)

:thumbup::laugh:

TKGAngel

03-26-13, 06:42 PM

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs to debut urinal gaming system. (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/game-streaming-live-phillies-minor-league-park)

It's all fun and games until someone aims the wrong way and shorts the thing out.

Andrew Longman

03-26-13, 08:22 PM

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs to debut urinal gaming system. (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/game-streaming-live-phillies-minor-league-park).Elmo? Wanna pee off? Folks this is only about 45 minutes from us.

EDIT: According to the local paper this morning this is sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Health Network to promote prostate awareness http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/03/coca-cola_park_to_host_video_g.html

OK, maybe.:rolleyes: