Old Man

Re: "Neat" Pictures Hasn't it been banned in some schools?

Re: A Game Of Questions Aren't you demonstrating that for us right now?

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread Like this one?

Re: A Game Of Questions Has that ever stopped you before?

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread Elitist. (Congrats!)

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread The four-year-old asked me to put new batteries in his walkie talkie, so I got them out and opened up the walkie talkie with a screwdriver. I then got distracted by something else for a minute. When I turned around, he had put the new batteries in--correctly--and while I watched he replaced the battery cover, picked up the screwdriver, and screwed the cover back on. Then he switched the walkie-talkie on, and it worked! Four years old and the kid can use a screwdriver. On second thought, maybe I should be frightened.

Re: TUALA MORN -- Interested In More Stuff? Maybe Steve should give you guys the first one at a steeply discounted rate... muahahahaaaaa!

Re: "Neat" Pictures Nick Fury's is the best. I'll take the chemistry set if it isn't wanted.

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster There is no such thing as too much TF2.

Re: Well this just sucks. (Commercial rocket aborts on launch.) Apparently James Doohan's ashes were on that launch. Godspeed, Scotty.

Re: Cool Guns for your Games

Re: The cranky thread Congratulations, you have triggered one of my Berserks. Our water rains out of the clean, unpolluted Pacific air, then filters through hundreds of meters of volcanic rock before settling in what may seriously be the cleanest aquifer on Earth. The water that comes out of my garden hose is literally cleaner than any bottled water you can buy. This is what the golf course owners spray liberally on their greens and fairways. They get a discounted rate from the board of water supply. I'm not worried about their faces, I'm worried about them breaking my stuff with rocks. I am a very learn-by-experience parent, though I'm usually soft enough to warn them first. "I don't think tying that rope to yourself while you ride your bike is a good idea." Pause. "See?"

Re: "Neat" Pictures As did I. Too bad about the cat though.

Re: The cranky thread If appetite is a measure of health, then I am actually too healthy. At least 25 pounds too healthy.

Re: Well this just sucks. (Commercial rocket aborts on launch.) Solid boosters are mainly useful as first stages because they are impossible to throttle or shut off. That's fine for stuff that's coming right back down, but efficiencies are such that maximizing orbital payload requires at least two stages. Furthermore I speculate that SRBs may not have the thrust-to-weight that liquid fueled rockets do.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I have comic books older than that.

Re: The cranky thread Sheep?

Re: "Neat" Pictures I would really, really, really see that.

Re: The cranky thread No HOA, just neighbors who piss me off. However, filling my yard with rocks seems like a bad idea given the number of small boys who live in the house with me.

Re: The cranky thread I had a lawn once. Now I have weeds, and bare dirt.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I saw Aliens and Top Gun in the theater in 1986.

Re: "Neat" Pictures How do I rep this linebacker person?

Re: "Neat" Pictures I find it easier to believe that the Pumapunku people had developed the tooling and geometry necessary to build this themselves, than space aliens coming down from the sky to do it for them.

Re: "Neat" Pictures

Re: The cranky thread What? Mayonnaise has nothing to do with eggs. It comes out of a jar. Duh.