DavidB

You mean "SOS" aka shit on a shingle. Yea, lots of pepper! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

You forgot "Salisbury steak." When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Me neither. High maintenance, half neurotic, needs platinum floor tiles. I remember the beautiful young woman on Tool Time years ago, but she's let life drag her down the wrong roads too many times. I like nice women better.

Invisibility Ability to pass through solid objects at will Super-speed When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Coast Guard! No, it's obviously not all small-boat stations & running into storms to save lives. I spent almost 3.5 years in the engineroom of an ocean-going buoy tender, maintaining aids to navigation & occasional ice-breaking duty (one winter). 45 crew members total so you know everyone & either be a team player or get your ass kicked. The Guard has changed. Since 9/11 they've taken on even more responsibility. When I joined 35 years ago you really needed to be proficient at at least two different jobs to get by, so I can imagine things are a bit more, I don't know... hectic...? intense...? Sounds like he'd enjoy "Machinery Technician" (MK) school in Yorktown, Va. It was 14 weeks for the Class-A school, & when I graduated & stayed over for a couple weeks for a class-C outboard motor repair school. Attached is pic of a burnt exhaust valve from one of the ship's main engines. Been in my possession since the mid-70's. Makes a great door stop. It's a 4.25" X 14.25" X 7/8" stem. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Yep, loved Soupy, the pies, the silliness, the sock puppets, & the insanity. I think my favorite Soupy Sales story is the time the crew got a stripper for him. He answered a knock at the door, the camera (on the air) never saw the stripper, but Soupy did, & his reaction is just so damn funny (& yes I've seen footage of the stripper shot from back stage that confirms it really happened). A quick Google would likely turn it up as it's a classic. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Winter 1973/74 during the "first Arab oil embargo" daylight savings time stayed in effect over that winter. Personally I loved having an extra hour or daylight in the evening & didn't mind going to work in the dark in the AM. There was, however, a big outcry about THE CHILDREN having to catch their bus to school in the dark, so it hasn't happened in the US since. I suppose the most logical thing to do would be to adjust the clocks 30 minutes & split the difference. It'll never happen; makes too much sense. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

besides the obvious And realize that this kind of shit happens all the time in THE CITY... When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Those, & the "celebrity/real people" Gieco commercials are among my top-5 "most annoying" picks. Little Richard screaming like an idiot was sad, & depressing, plus I couldn't help think that most of the rest of those "celebrities" must have been pretty damn desperate if they were doing those commercials. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

4WD truck or tractor? Have fun, hope you don't break anything (of yours), & fleece one for me! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Climb Mount Fuji with Gonzo. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

So? Different time. Different needs. Different place. Then; one needed to be smart AND strong to survive. Today; one need be neither. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Which is why I watch TV with remove in hand, mute button at the ready! I've watched many commercials since, but have heard few. It's a fun game too: Guess what we're trying to sell you! Sometimes it's too easy, & sometimes it's a total mystery! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Yep, sure have. That's why I stopped watching that monumental waste of me time called local & national "news." Locally produced news programming started down the slippery slope of "appealing to the lowest common denominator" when television ratings expanded to include news programming. Prior to that news & entertainment ratings were separated. Once they were combined, the specialized "talents" developed & used to create higher ratings in the entertainment division were slowly instituted into the news divisions. About this same time "reporters" became "journalists" & this seemed to further inflate their egos to the point where they couldn't remain unbiased while doing their jobs. The result: Today's locally produced news programming. It starts with 10-13 minutes of uninterrupted reporting of the "top stories" (which are more likely to be about some entertainment personality or only of local interest), 2.5 minutes of commercials, followed by (the only thing people REALLY want to know about) the weather (even if the weather was "the big story"), followed by more commercials & self-promotion, followed by a feel-good "fluff story" (can't have all that negative news because people will get depressed & tune to another station), followed by more commercials & self-promotion, followed by another 30-second fluff-story to fill some time, then a 10-second recap of the weather followed by more commercials (which by the way are usually car companies advertising another "SALE", or furniture retailers advertising their latest sale, or any one of a half-dozen different drug manufacturers muttering about side-effects & "ask your doctor if ZYX is right for you!"). In the end, during a "30-minute news broadcast" one can expect about 5-6 minutes of "news" & 2-minutes of weather between the commercials, the fluff stories, & the self promotion. Of course, I could just be old & cranky... When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Like my Granny used to say: Be good! And if you can't be good, BE CAREFUL! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

DD gets turned on by turtle porn!?!?! I'm shocked! SHOCKED, I tell's ya!!! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

I'm very happy with both the Pioneer QX-949 & SX-1010 through an earlier set of JBL-88's. The 1010 & the Dual 1209 turntable are out getting tuned up & a couple transistors replaced in the 1010 (evidently they're a little difficult to find now days). Vinyl is, IMHO best. Tape depends on the player & tape quality. The Nokamichi cassette we have sounds as good as any reel to reel I've ever heard, & the higher quality the tape, the better the sound. Not that my ears are THAT good, but I prefer analog sound & amplification. Digital seems a little too "clipped" & "abrupt" to me. BTW, in the office with me now is a Pioneer SX-727 & a small pair of Pioneer 6" bookshelf 2-ways playing XM-74 (blues) in the background. Even though this amp is rated at a modest 20 watts/channel, it must earn that rating with 0.000% distortion because it will fill this space with wonderfully rich, loud & clear sound (I suspect if this was rated with today's standards instead of 40 year old standards, it would be somewhere around 50-75 watts/channel, which boggles the mind when one considers the SX-1010 is rated @ 110 watts/channel). The QX-949, although not ideal, will be used for TV audio (4.0). When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

The video was great! Bunch of demented old fucks... Damn, I finally found a really good use for the pilot chute pouch (in the small of your back) of a Handbury rig: Rubber chicken storage compartment! Can you imagine reaching back & whipping a rubber chicken out in the middle of a jump?! When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

I had one (in a lifted crewcab longbed 4WD) crawl right up my tailpipe (i was only doing 45 in a 40 zone) Sunday morning, then pass me so he could turn into a business 1/4 mile up the road. He did about 60 in a 40 MPG zone so he could make up 4 seconds. Funny thing was, the car following him also turned into the same place (they were going to work). I know the owner of said business, & his general manager is a friend of mine also. I'm thinking about making things a little uncomfortable for Speedy. Suggestions? When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Last time I was sick was 6 years ago. I believe I got the flu. Haven't been that sick in 40 years! Anyway, after 10 or 11 days of feeling like hammered shit things got really fun when the sinus infection set in. In 2 days I was 90% deaf & longing to feel like I did at day-9; simply hammered shit. Now, not only could I not eat, or sleep, & my whole body ached, now I had a POUNDING head, can't breathe, & can't hear on top of it! That's when I finally decided to see a doctor. It was another week before I felt well enough to go back to work, & the only reason I did was because the boss was begging me in spite of my insisting I'd be dangerous because I still can't hear. I show up at work & the first thing the boss says is, "HOLY SHIT! How much weight did you loose? You look like shit!" (I went from 195 to 165 in 3 weeks!) Then he was amazed at how loud he had to be in order for me to hear him (guess he didn't believe I was still nearly totally deaf). Given the choice between 2-weeks of feeling "off" or 3-days or "hammered shit" I'll choose 3-days, thank you. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

We call them "hydraulic sammiches" or having a hydraulic meal. From the drunks I worked & drank with back in the early 70's. Fridays were most likely to have a hydraulic lunch followed by a short afternoon. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

"Ignorance is bliss!" I gave up on TLC years ago when they started going to "reality programming" & away from anything educational. Today it's a joke, yet I still keep the channel in my line-up in the hopes that some day it might return to it's roots & be slightly educational once more. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Here's one for you truly ancient east-coasters! The ONLY thing on TV Sunday mornings a 4-5 year old would enjoy (& damn did we enjoy it!). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuOxEEU1rM When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Actually, Kool-Aid was first. Funny Face didn't come along until the mid 60's (67 is what I want to say). The first generation of Funny face didn't last very long at all before they renamed a few flavors & dropped others. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.