TheAnvil

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Happy B-day Timmae and Mike! I refuse to believe Hookit is actually 40 though. He looks younger. I hear FlyMySky has a REALLY cool b-day coming up soon.......hehehehehehehehe. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I'm in. This sounds fun. Wasn't there some company in Britain that was firing people out of a trebuchet onto a trampoline or something? that would be cool too. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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We vertically challenged folk are creative. Would you believe that if you kick someone in either the knee or their nuts hard enough, their ass comes down to a much more kickable level? LizzieB taught me that. Thank you, O Ninja Master. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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I am drinking coffee and enjoying being a techno-geek.

Oh I'm sure you get a lot of use and enjoyment out of it. It's probably a good system. I just consider it a frivolity as I make do just fine with my dumb-bells and bodyweight for what I want to do. They are good systems, I just don't recommend them. Beers, Vinny Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I agree on principle but disagree on your cost estimates - they're way low. I mean WAY low. I don't even think you'd get the necessary infrastructure on that scale regardless of who did it, regardless of your cost model. X-prize is a good concept though. I think it will be won in the next 18 months too. That was a damned good book on the orion project. Really interesting reading. It has TheAnvil seal of approval. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

A good set of dumb-bells, a heavy bag, and some imagination are all you need. $$ for frivolities is all you're getting otherwise. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Congrats! Nothing about addiction in that waiver.....hehehehehehehe Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Yes, we could do it now. Check out the costs. I like ion engines - DS1 showed what they can do. Very nice. VASIMR has some promise as well. I don't think we have the will to go however, so I doubt we'll do so anytime soon. good book - THE ORION PROJECT - describes some of the research on nuclear propulsion done way back when. Quite interesting reading. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Political posturing was a major driver in the 50's/60's advances in the space industry. However, saying we're behind in ANY area of space technology with the exception of heavy lift is stretching things WAY WAY WAY too far. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

A few late night thoughts from TheAnvil on the space situation. Random and such. Space Race - China has managed to do something we did years ago. With help from the Russki's. Good for them. Great achievement, don't get me wrong, but even if they were to send a man to the moon, they would be doing something we did YEARS AGO. They are welcomed into the first grade. We're in high school. Chinese Moon Base: 2010 is optimistic as HELL given the fact that they first orbited in '03. Possible? 50-50. Likely - hell no. Also - look at the logistics and resupply. A 'cycler' type resupply ship could POSSIBLY be built, but could China afford such an undertaking? Look at the % GNP they put just to getting to that first orbit. Also look at how intent they are on modernizing their military. I don't think the 2010 goal for a lunar base all that realistic. Add 10 years to that and - perhaps. Mars. Isp, my friends. Isp. It takes a ton to get there. I think that we COULD actually do such a thing, and also think that if we were to set such as a national goal and had the will to actually reach it, good things would come out of it. Unfortunately, I think it unlikely to happen. THe travel time, $$, will, and technological feats combined make this an unlikely venture anytime in the near future. I really think some advance in propulsion technology will be required to make this a palatable option for some folk. Space industry. We're in the hurt locker here. Look at the age demographics of many of our space comapanies. Scary. We're going to be losing a lot of 'tribal knowledge' due to retirements pretty soon with few replacements in the works with a lot of experience. Lockheed has been doing some new hires as of late - kudos to them. Some of them are even hot-chick skydivers. Yaawn. I'm tired. I could talk about this all day/nite. Early AM run in the works for TheAnvil to start the week off right. Beers to all, Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

If you were rubbing my belly and feeding me grapes, your hands would be too busy to post whore! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I'm a student pilot and skydiver. Don't know if I would generalize like that. I've seen nutcases in both groups and calm, cool, and collected folks in both groups.

All of these frivolous lawsuits and judgements against manufacturers of a legal product are disgusting. I'm an ardent gun rights advocate in most cases. The epithets and lies hurled from/by Mrs. Brady's organization are expected, but are still revolting. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Not only set up an environment, he led the cheating charge. NAACP and NEA both file as tax exempt organizations exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(5) yet expend MILLIONS during each election cycle in support of the DNC. Prove it. What federal agency is tasked with monitoring the books of private corporations? What law was put in place by the Bush administration that fostered this environment? Which executive order? There's not one. No - they were allowed to give input for the national energy policy - up until this point there was none. I don't like the energy policy as written for many reasons, but believe having one is better than not. And they would have known via crystal ball perhaps? What indicators? HOW praytell? By claiming dictatorial fiat over the markets illegally? ...and by not doing so himself. No it makes far more sense, but was meant as a sarcastic form of humor to show my contempt for the garbage that results from his rhetoric rather than as an actual course of action. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Ha! Time to rub my belly! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

They fostered a climate that led to their behavior. - at least you admit it. So may I equate this to a call on your part for the DNC, NAACP, and Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to reimburse the gun manufacturers for ALL COSTS of their recent lawsuit? After all, the gun manufacturers were accused of marketing a product that fostered a climate of violence in minority neighborhoods. How many millions did the gun manufacturers spend defending against this frivolous lawsuit? And supporting Enron in any way does not in any manner mean fostering a climate of cooking the books and shady accounting practices. Price caps wouldn't have worked and you know it. Throwing around 'Enron' in an attempt to smear the right is nothing more than an attempt to mislead the ignorant - such as Rep Waxman (D) did the day after the scandal broke. #14 Bill (see my last post)

Really? The Bush administration forged the books at both Enron and WorldCom? Surely you know better. I suspect the lefties will use such lies in their upcoming campaign. Each time they mention Enron I shall think of the # 14 - that's the # of times Ken Lay spent the night in the Clintonista White House. In comparison, the DNC and the NAACP have for YEARS fostered the reparations hogwash and the attitude that folks of African descent here in America are owed something. Haven't you heard Kucinich's latest round of stupidity? When have Republicans fostered an attitude of cheating on the books and screwing the share holders? Certainly not The Heritage Foundation - they were audited FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS during the Clintonista years. Now Mark Rich, on the other hand.....but oh....he was pardoned. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Listen to Timmae, Lany! Vinny deserves his belly rub! Vinny deserves his belly rub! Vinny deserves his belly rub! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

We love you Shannon!

Timmae wants you to rub HIS belly! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

it's a cross between a plum and an apricot - no shit. quite tasty....... My three legged couch can handle anything! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!