TitaniumLegs

I was over at Google again last night (the actual company HQ). In the Bldg 0 lobby (yes, building "zero" - They also have buildings 1, e, and pi.) they have a large flat-screen display with samples of current searches. As I was passing through, one of the queries that scrolled by was "Why was the parachute invented?" I though that was funny. BSBS Peter (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Here's to you and here's to me The best of friends we'll always be And if some day we disagree To hell with you and here's to me! Over the teeth over the gums Look out stomach, here it comes! (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Yeah, we were wondering about that too. I guess one of us should have put out a courtesy "No Paso Robles Boogie" this year. Although, a while back Seb said he had a Porter lined up and Star Farms booked. Seb??? (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

This isn't a personal attack, it's a corporate attack. A few years ago, I bought what I thought was a pretty good Ink Jet - an HP DeskJet 1000C "Professional Series". It's supposed to do B-size paper, envelopes, labels, card stock, etc. Well, I can't get it to print labels any more at all. It just eats the first inch or two while printing the whole page on one line. It should work fine through the rear feed, but it grabs the sheet crooked, or just spits it out without printing anything. I don't know what they were thinking when they came up with not only a new emulation, but their own print engine without which this thing won't even print, so you can forget using it with DOS apps, or from a non-Windows OS, unless they've changed all that or somebody out in Linux land has an engine. At least with XP, it doesn't need a special HP engine, only now it doesn't prompt to insert a page for manual feed. Their laser printers are pretty good, at least the ones we have at work, but I'll never buy another DeskJet. With any luck, the HP - Compaq merger will be as suck-cessful as the Burroughs-Sperry merger. Bwahahaha!!!! (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Or you could go to Pitt Meadows, which is 20 minutes closer to Vancouver. I've jumped at both. Both have their advantages. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

I used to carry McDonald's gift certificates just for the purpose. They're pretty hard to use for anything other than McD's. That practice stopped when I got food poisoning from the local McD's and because I ran out. I stopped handing out anything to the "homeless" because as has been pointed out, they often aren't. There is always work to be had. It's just a matter of what you're willing to do, and what you've made yourself qualified to do. I now give a lot more to registered charities, and I do it through their web sites or through acquaintances doing whatever-a-thons. I remember all the delinquents in high school who thought it more important to work on their car or smoke pot than go to class or even show up for tests. Now these are some of the people who want me to give them handouts, either in the street or through welfare. Sorry. You made your bed, you sleep in it. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Congrats. Anybody wanna place bets on how many pages of D-licensees there will be a couple of Parachutists from now? Nothing like slipping in under the wire! (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

TMI... (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

To be honest, my thought process was "I'll go get my dictionary and ... never mind." This was before I scrolled down, so you had me for about 2 seconds. Did you know that because it's so mountainous in Austria, they've bred cows with front legs shorter than the back so they can graze uphill more easily? (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

So is it on? Do we have enough jumpers for the King Air? Steph wants to ride, so there's another slot... (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Yeah, there are probably some your size!! (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

You're in the CF? What unit? I was in 5th Field Battery (Cadets and Reserve) back when it was 5th Field, then did second language training at RRMC. My dad was staff at Royal Roads for 4 years, too. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

13 years. Some gaps at the beginning, and almost 6 months after a the accident that I got my nickname from. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

... and I thought the guy who almost sideswiped into my lane (and I'm on a motorcycle) and then flipped ME off was whacko! (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Yaayyy!! Steph will be there too! (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Yeah, I shamelessly plagiarized it. I thought it was funny. Mama sez she giggles when she sees it, so if it keeps mama happy, must be a good thing. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Anybody catch this show? I didn't know the NSA kept servers (or at least the consoles) in rooms full of lab rats and secret mutation chemicals. All government computers display the agency logo on all screens. The tech geeks find out about systems being down from their managers who come into their cube all angry and demand they "moove it!" and physically go look at it. Every time I check a server, filer, switch, whatever, I do it from my desk, or wherever I can log in. I woulda thought the NSA could do better. The ironic thing is this is exactly the kind of stuff I loved when I was younger and sillier. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

TUQUE: Wool or polyester (if your grandma made it) head dress worn in winter for warms and let's face it... STYLE eh.. What I can't figger out is why so many Americans wear them when it's hot - like gangstas in Oak-town and L.A. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

OK, I never got the part about "fearing god". If you're really christian, shouldn't you LOVE god? You do what he says because you love him, and it's the Right Thing To Do. But fear him? What's the difference between "Fear God" and "Fear Stalin", "Fear Hitler", "Fear the US Government?" or even "Fear Your Parents?" In those cases, you do what your told for fear of punishment, when with the first two, it's probably NOT the right thing to do, and the third it might be at least a distasteful thing to do. For that matter, most or all of what Allah asks you to do is pretty reasonable. The evil things done or ordered in the name of religion (Christian, Muslim, or otherwise) are based on misinterpretation of the written Word or simple greed on the part of the religious leaders. Of course, given that the word was written by man (even if dictated by higher authority), much could have been lost in transcription or translation. Man, but am I on a weird roll tonight. Musta been because I spent the afternoon at Google (yes, literally at their campus - Building "Pi"). Maybe it was their cafeteria food. Tasted OK, especially the 3.14159.... (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Why, spank you very much! (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

WFFC 97, IIRC. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

He wasn't calling you short. He was calling you gay. Or maybe both. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Big deal. There's a 90 year old tandem master at Lodi. He goes by the name of Frosty.... (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

Why is it that teen drinking is only really a problem in countries that outlaw it? (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.

That's what I was going to say, only simpler: The gas pressure would simply flush the toilet. ...unless (and this is unlikely) you could increase the pressure so suddenly that the inertia of the water in the bowl trapped the pressure long enough to cause another effect. I suspect this effect might be merely to lift the person, or part of the person, to the point at which the seal was broken and the gas escaped. I saw that Discovery show, too. The part about being shot in the head by Pillsbury dough heated in the car was better, and proven possible. (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me.