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you and your satchel have a time of it don't you? Asians don't play around, let me tell you. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

With your complexion, you'd better go with the black jacket and white tie. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

I'll pass that along to Cora right away. Hopefully I won't get kicked in the satchel. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Yay!! Hope you have a wonderful birthday, Renee!

Holy CRAP! I was about to suggest the entire trilogy, including "A Wind in the Door" and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet"! I LOVED those books! Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

The Tripod Trilogy by John Christopher was an amazing tale of a fictional (obviously) future on earth. I was enraptured by it as a kid. She might enjoy it. Also, The Magic of Xanth series by Piers Anthony was good, starting with "A Spell For Chameleon". I've always had a soft spot in my heart for that series...and it's set in an alternate version of the Florida peninsula. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Squeak.. go ahead.. but I do believe that the atom bomb was dropped on Aug 6th to Hiroshima and Aug9th to Nagasaki.. so those days are days of remembrance as well.. [B]but those arent today[/B] Exactly, Kel. So Squeak, can we expect threads from you on those two dates you'd prefer to honor? I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for hypocrisy, in case you forget in your haste to the next online scuffle. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Most VPN's are point to point, be it via a "dial-in" basis where people use a client software to create a secure tunnel to a protected resource behind one or more firewalls, or via routers or other VPN devices at either end that create the encrypted tunnel between resources. For instance, I install and maintain VPN connections for grade and middle schools to access each other and the Internet via a much larger backbone. We don't want the traffic from either side, theirs (the schools') or ours, to "touch" each other, so I create tunnels across our backbone that allow their traffic to pass across our network infrastructure to each other and beyond without actually touching our network traffic. But even with "dial in" access via a client piece, you must know the end piece you are trying to connect to and either have an account at that end or otherwise have access to that distant end by way of their policies. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Getting back to the original and intended tone of this thread, apart from the angst ridden folks looking for a fight and ignoring the fact that you're ALLOWED time to go work out on your shift, good for you! there's nothing like noticing all your hard work and perseverance is paying off. I love it when I can see that my usual workout routine needs adjusting to make it more challenging.

And there it is, proof that there are some lumps of coal about to be unnecessarily rendered into diamonds in some sphincters this morning. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Amen to that, brother. It's almost as if there's an Internet itching powder that's found it's way into a few panties this morning. Not that it's anyone's business but hers, but while the negative assumptions were flying like pollen in the spring, did anyone bother to assume that this might have been a delayed lunch for Kelly, or that perhaps the word "sneak" was her cutesy way of letting on that she's really ALLOWED to go running to keep in shape for her employment? I mean, negativity for negativity's sake is utterly inane. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

I did something less inflammatory in that sense, but no less edgy, at a meeting about a new time card system. There were some anti-change fogeys griping about how the union should be at the meeting and how these people weren't going to let this change stand without a fight with the union on their side. When the room got quiet from the utter disbelief of the rest of the participants and the instructors, I used my best Ralph Wiggum voice and said loudly, "Change scares me. I'm calling the UNION." That went over like a turd in a punchbowl with the complainers, but everyone else loved it. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

You're in quite a contentious mood today, huh? Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

That rocks, my friend! Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

"Better watch out, you don't know if you're eating his old nuts or not." From an impromptu outdoor meeting yesterday. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

I got the gist of your thread and understood it's drive and direction. I think, beyond one mod's opinion, most of the rest of the people reading this understood it as well. Infusing your original intentions with someone else's personal angst wasn't part of your plan. I think this post was properly placed. It's sad that I don't remember any stories that my grandfather has about that time of his life...but that may have been when he was doing secret squirrel stuff. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

That's a gorgeous pic! Thanks for sharing it! Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

HAHAHAHAHA! Even better! Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Fucknose? What the hell is a fucknose? Ever see "Nothing to Lose"? Think Dan Akroyd's character's nose. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Speaking of the former, I'm meeting up with him for tunnel time the end of this month. Should be a hoot. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Here's two from that jump: one with you and Tony, and one with just Tony. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

I LOVE that pic, Arvel! I think I've got at least one salvageable one from the bottlebrush helmet jump with you and Tony. I'll post it later. Good seeing you at the DZ this weekend, my friend.

Ooh! Good one. I imagine you'd be a bigger draw for boogies than hot air balloons, midgets and walking trees! What if swoop ponds formed at your merest gesture? Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

What if you could make hair sprout out of their teeth? Wouldn't that be just as good? Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.

Ah come on! I know you're more creative than that! Originality counts, darlin'. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school.