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For those who have injured themselves while they DID have insurance: Did your ins. company know how you got hurt? Or do they think it happened "falling off a ladder" or "tripped in the yard" or something like that? Elvisio "just wonderin'" Rodriguez

Awright guys, call the match. My thoughts: The Oxyclean dude (Billy?) will start out strong, laying down the law. But in the final round the Shamwow dude will come back strong and eventually choke Billy out using his ultra-cool headset microphone. Elvisio "ringside seat wanted" Rodriguez

For all those who posted the "if there was a camera-free zone I'd hide a camera there" posts... This has been a largely self-policing sport. No reason that can't continue... Elvisio "can't pick an emoticon" Rodriguez

Dude (or rather, dudeette) what the hell did you do to your toilet that you needed visegrips to fix it, and broke them? FIBER! You need more fiber! Elvisio "terminal turd" Rodriguez

Meh, I think that while certain people may slow down a bit, there will still always be fuckery because, if nothing else, alcohol is a very impressive social lubricant. I'm a fan of some of the discussions here, like the idea of a "camera free zone" at SkyFest or whatever. Elvisio "I just bit into a red pepper seed, DAMN!" Rodriguez

Historically, I don't announce my plans. In the past, said plans have blown up in my face. But: Elvisio is weary. The past year has worn on him. He is a shattered, broken shell of his former self. He is afraid that only one thing can awaken his soul and return him to his former state of jubilant contentedness. That one thing is absolutely as much time possible spent boogieing his ass off at SkyFest this June. I don't know how many days it'll be. It may be a bunch of days, it may be a long afternoon. But it will be what it will be and I will be FUCKING STOKED! Elvisio "eleven years in this damn sport and I still don't know how to spell the gerundial form of 'to boogie'" Rodriguez

The Rack. Elvisio "you're hired!" Rodriguez

Just dealing with stress through humor: C'mon now, I've heard "the dog ate my homework" before, but did you have to tell your boss "the dog puked on my TPS reports?" Hope the pooch is OK... Elvisio "gotta go, class starting" Rodriguez

Me too. During the battle scene (not a spoiler, everyone knew it was coming) I was thinking "awright, it's gonna be a badass two hours! ...and then things just got stuck in the slow lane. The ending was a good end for those who had emotional investment in the characters, but not so great for the type-A, "BLAST 'EM"-type sci-fi fans. But, OTOH, they say this is a show that was trying to break boundaries, so maybe the touchy-feely is what made it so appealing to a large audience. Elvisio "Dradis, dradis, dradis, I made you out of clay... wait, no, that's not right..." Rodriguez

Craps. Lots and lots of craps. Elvisio "YO ELEVEN!" Rodriguez

But it seems that all I hear about renewable energy sources are things like "it's coming, it's just a few years away, we just need to plan a little more" like you say. When the hell are we going to get our thumbs out of our asses and DO some of this shit? Yeah, it's happening. I'm sure posters here can point to this facility or that installation that's using some form of renewable energy. Last I heard, BillVon's house alone was supplying his entire subdivision's energy needs, right (seriously, good job, Bill)? But compared to the country's (or better yet, the world's) needs, these renewable resources are small enough to round down to zero. I appreciate your desire to protect what we have for future generations, but if we don't get moving on this stuff then future generations are FUBAR anyhow. Hey, that's a good point: if the desert conservationists get their way and keep stalling on renewable energy, there will be even more desert for them to care for in the future. Lots more. Elvisio "that's what they're up to" Rodriguez

Negative, Ghostrider: the pattern is poisonous. There's a reason your body is trying to get rid of that stuff. Especially after (as in the scenario) two days of water deprivation, your urine would be crazy concentrated. You'd be making yourself sicker by ingesting all the urea and other nastiness your body is trying to dump off than you would ever improve yourself with the little bit of water into which all that crap is dissolved. Elvisio "Survivorman was wrong" Rodriguez

CHRIST that damn thing is small. But hell, they were putting them in Oakleys years ago. I'm surprised they haven't developed an over-the-ear design that stashes half the bulk of the overall player behind each ear, and just a cord between the two. Kinda like two hearing aids or whatnot, then no more cord dangling down to your waist. Put the memory on one side and the battery on the other, or whatever. Elvisio "somebody get cracking on that and give me half the royalties" Rodriguez

Before you sink a big pile of cash into such a radio, do a little homework in your area and see what kind of radio system is in use around there. A lot of communities are moving to "trunking" (I think that's what it's called, I'm sure some of the more techno-savvy users here will be able to give more detail. The issue at hand is that a bank of frequencies will be used by a community; the same frequencies will be used by police, fire, and EMS for example. It allows a community to get by while maintining fewer frequencies. But, the transmissions are encoded so that if an EMS call goes out, only the EMS folks hear it. If a Fire call goes out, only the Fire folks get bothered. If your individual radio isn't "given permission" to decode the transmission, you're out of luck. We used to run everything on 800MHz here, we just started using a trunking system a few months ago. We still tone out our calls on the 800MHz (so everybody's personal pagers still work), but from that point on it's all trunked. That means that in this neighborhood, everyone in Scannerland can hear the original toning, but nothing after that. It's kind of like sitting in a movie theater and watching only previews. Later; Elvisio "wrangler of useless info" Rodriguez

Because it points down. If it pointed up, you'd drown in your own snot! Elvisio "lesser of two evils" Rodriguez

Sheesh... amateurs. I've never had to lie. I'm just so fucking shit hot that I have a hard time cutting out the less important stuff to keep it down to only one page! Actually, no, never lied. I figure the only thing worse than not getting the job is setting the bar too high for myself! Elvisio "HA!" Rodriguez EDIT: I've heard of folks "leaving" their resume on the shared drive at work. They might try to play it off and say "whoops!" but it was always really intentioned to be a thinly veiled hint to management. Typically, mostly always, management was NOT impressed. But for this joker to have left four different copies with different information is proof that either it was a complete brainfreeze OR he was REALLY trying to say something to management. WHAT he might have been trying to say, I have no idea whatsoever. (said in my best Rodney Dangerfield voice)

...OR let the economy sink to the point that U.S. workers realize that dirty work is their only choice. Then just watch the attitude of "honor" return to manual labor. I was spoiled early: I worked as an engineer in a plant in Kentucky and had the pleasure of working with some of the hardest-working people I will ever meet. I hope they're doing OK right now. Elvisio "if you aren't dirty at the end of the day, you haven't done your job" Rodriguez

Probably about as much as I lose to those same immigrants in government support and free healthcare at your friendly neighborhood emergency room. Elvisio "dunno for sure, but one way to find out" Rodriguez

OH CRAP! Bolas and Wally, out in public, TOGETHER! I'd give my left arm to be there with you two; that being said, I have nothing but the deepest sympathy for your waitress! Tip well! Elvisio "C'mon Skyfest!" Rodriguez

Are you registered on the National Do Not Call List thingy? Elvisio "works like a charm for us" Rodriguez

you sir, are a bastard! Elvisio "not really a PA" Rodriguez

Does my hand count? Elvisio "much pumpin'" Rodriguez

Worked as a waiter in a nearby retirement home. Crappy pay and no tips. But hey, at least I got to work with the same cranky residents (customers) every damn day. Elvisio "glad to be done with it" Rodriguez

I'm sure you'll find the Police/Fire/EMS providers on this website are not the LEAST bit surprised by this. Welcome to our world. or or or maybe , depending on the time of the night at which the call comes in. Elvisio "no ma'am, your stubbed toe does not mean you're having a heart attack" Rodriguez

and hey... you know the airframe can handle a real-world gear-up landing! Elvisio "ouch" Rodriguez