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WWGD said:
No kidding, that can of beans I just had me hoisting plenty of petards. They won't let me eat at the diner any more.
The main thing about petards is to maintain a low particulate count, otherwise there can be complications
 
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Ah, interesting, another nut referring to himself in the 3rd person. You know, Joe Blow saying things like " Joe Blow is an outstanding speaker", or " Joe Blow is an honest man".
 
I've ridden around on some exotic vessels before, but I've never even seen an ice breaker.

I think they are cool.

 
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WWGD said:
Ah, interesting, another nut referring to himself in the 3rd person. You know, Joe Blow saying things like " Joe Blow is an outstanding speaker".
3rd party view is good except in video games. It could be we're all tired :sleep:
 
1oldman2 said:
3rd party view is good except in video games. It could be we're all tired :sleep:
3rd party is too much if you have all of them on the same night. WWGD doesn't do 3 parties on the same night -- and I am not just being hoisted...
 
fresh_42 said:
WHAT? A Google search without stupid results?
That's why I stick with duckduckgo :smile:
 
WWGD said:
Ah, interesting, another nut referring to himself in the 3rd person. You know, Joe Blow saying things like " Joe Blow is an outstanding speaker", or " Joe Blow is an honest man".
Here it is epidemic that people being interviewed refer to themselves as 'we' or 'one': "We have done our best, but the race car wasn't fast enough", "One wasn't focused enough."
Oh, how I hate this cowardly language.
 
WWGD said:
Or Cuil, which does not track you either.
Interesting, that's new to me. :smile:
 
fresh_42 said:
Here it is epidemic that people being interviewed refer to themselves as 'we' or 'one': "We have done our best, but the race car wasn't fast enough", "One wasn't focused enough."
Oh, how I hate this cowardly language.
Together with other euphemisms like "passing away" , or "S/he is no longer with us" . Look at people's reactions when you just say " He is dead".
 
WWGD said:
Together with other euphemisms like "passing away" , or "S/he is no longer with us" . Look at people's reactions when you just say " He is dead".
People have a hard time with the"reality of the finality of the mortality" or the three "ality's as I call them
 
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1oldman2 said:
People have a hard time with the"reality of the finality of the mortality" or the three "ality's as I call them

Agree, but you want to be careful not to detach yourself too much from difficult situations either.
 
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fresh_42 said:
What is it that you make my music program this night?


Caught that live once long long ago,great show :wink:
 
WWGD said:
Ah, thanks, I had the meaning wrong by a long stretch.
An analogy might be "patting ones own back" or "tooting ones own horn" only with a twist to it.
 
fresh_42 said:
WHAT? A Google search without stupid results?
Hey! Don't quote other people and attribute it to me.
 
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OmCheeto said:
I've ridden around on some exotic vessels before, but I've never even seen an ice breaker.

I think they are cool.


I'm still waiting to catch the "Tiki bar" boat. :wink:
 
Entropy increases. Chaos wins.
 
WWGD said:
Maybe you should look at the size of the small portions of food in the fast food places in the U.S for an answer. Small portions today are around twice as large as they were some 30 years ago. Tho I don't know if this is a cause, an effect or maybe a bit of each.
I should probably look at it. I don't know, I've never being in the US. But I didn't mean big as in fat, I mean big as a whole. To me it appears Small shirts in the US are made for like almost 6 feet tall people. And I'm not that tall. Americans are tall.
 
Psinter said:
I should probably look at it. I don't know, I've never being in the US. But I didn't mean big as in fat, I mean big as a whole. To me it appears Small shirts in the US are made for like almost 6 feet tall people. And I'm not that tall.
I think that may have been the case a few years back, but it seems most of the world has caught up, at least the 1st and 2nd worlds. The Dutch are, on average, the world's tallest people, averaging at least 6'.