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The difference between North and South Korea by TB April 18, 2012 8:32 pm

For those of you who don't get it: South Korea is notorious for it's video game players, and for ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 22:56:12
- Thanks! by TB 2012-04-19 07:06:39
  - Not my fault you guys don't understand *pokes at age* :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 19:32:19
    - Hey, I posted the joke! by TB 2012-04-19 19:46:24
      - You do, the others don't. Because noone is as geeky as me. *fistpump* by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 20:54:32
I don't get it. by ER 2012-04-18 21:13:19
- I think it's about the South Korean animation industry.(n/t) by Robert 2012-04-18 22:20:32
  - I have no knowledge of the lore of computer games. I thought "Starcraft" was the brand name of the ... by ER 2012-04-19 04:35:01
    - No, mineral gathering is an important component of the 4X games I described below. I was a big gamer 7-8 ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:23:20
  - To me it is a jab at the NK totalitarian government where "We require more minerals" is addressed to a ... by FrankC 2012-04-19 01:27:49
    - I was not aware of "Triple X" in Starcraft..... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 02:10:13
      - Excuse the memory lapse. It is 4X, explore, expand, exploit and exterminate. Guess I had my mind in the gutter by FrankC 2012-04-19 15:15:43
  - On second thought, I think he's a game designer. by Robert 2012-04-18 22:23:21
    - Another one that is well Known... by FrankC 2012-04-19 01:15:15

The swizzle stick conjecture by ER April 19, 2012 8:54 am

Spoiler Alert by ER 2012-04-19 09:03:43
- Some palettes are more discerning than others...and your OCD friend has taken the cake...sliced with a silver knife...or...stainless steel??? by Jody 2012-04-19 20:21:37
- Your friend was nuts. You can quote me. by TB 2012-04-19 09:15:22
  - Well, to be fair to my friend. We were testing for taste, (specifically, taste of the stick), not the ... by ER 2012-04-19 09:31:00
  - Full disclosure... by TB 2012-04-19 09:18:18
    - Yes, but as Ben Franklin taught us, there are ways to test for asparagus. by ER 2012-04-19 09:36:46

Who is LinkedIN? by ER April 19, 2012 10:18 am

What you're getting is some kind of spam. by TB 2012-04-19 11:10:42
- I know they are legitimate, I guessed as much from its content, and because I've heard it referred to in ... by ER 2012-04-19 11:45:59
  - Stuff floats in from everywhere. by TB 2012-04-19 12:02:26

The Great Cuban Sandwich Smackdown by ER April 15, 2012 10:09 am

I realized after your post I've never seen anything in this area mentioning Cuban food. I must have assumed ... by bowser 2012-04-16 17:47:56
Did you notice the linked article? by TB 2012-04-16 07:36:51
- Yes, my cousin, who originally turned me on to this story, also pointed me to this article. Of course, in Cuba ... by ER 2012-04-16 08:57:37
Cuban food appeared to be too heavy on the digestive tract...I opted out. Cluck cluck by Jody 2012-04-15 19:36:34
- I assume you also stay away from Mexican. Good for you having the will power in a venue that probably ... by FrankC 2012-04-17 19:35:58
  - Hah! Actually after 7 years I went off the Atkin's lifestyle. Feeling quite the martyr, and wondered what it was all ... by Jody 2012-04-17 20:07:36
While I was in Miami, all I had that was Cuban was the coffee. Absolutely wonderful coffee. by Jody 2012-04-15 19:35:13
- We Cubans like our coffee like we like our wimmen. Hot, black and sweet, AArgh. by ER 2012-04-15 20:25:22
Yum, I tried to make a decent Cuban recently. I use deli sliced ham and a pork loin I prepared. ... by FrankC 2012-04-15 14:22:47
- The secret is the mojo for the roast pork. Use lemon juice, crushed garlic (in a mortar and pestle) ... by ER 2012-04-15 14:35:48
The best local Cuban food is here. (I've never been there myself, and wouldn't know authentic if it fell on me.) by TB 2012-04-15 14:03:30
- I think I know this guy! by ER 2012-04-15 14:29:20
  - I think this might be the guy you're talking about. by TB 2012-04-15 14:57:26
    - Could be. But it was a long time ago, and you know what they say, all bald guys look ... by ER 2012-04-15 15:05:50
      - Good question. by TB 2012-04-15 15:31:43
        
        PA Joe's was a superb restaurant and had a small but very classy lounge. I often stopped there on ... by ER 2012-04-15 17:04:56
        
        The guy who occupies the other half of my duplex is a Stanford digital signal processing expert who has worked ... by TB 2012-04-15 18:55:02
        
        It was already "Loral" when I was there, but everybody still called it "Ford" out of habit. And I had ... by ER 2012-04-15 20:21:30
        
        One thing I can say about N California: Folks there know how to eat. There are a lot ... by ER 2012-04-15 17:49:28
Okay, there's one incentive to move to hurricane country. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-15 13:30:11

Kid steals second base in a ball game by TB April 17, 2012 3:55 pm

SWEET!!!! by Jody 2012-04-17 17:55:48

Medical ID Tattoos by Jody April 17, 2012 10:17 am

What would sexual addicts have tattooed? by bowser 2012-04-17 11:04:28
- Your Mom... on their left buttock....and so it is written. by Jody 2012-04-17 11:17:56
  - En garde. by bowser 2012-04-17 17:13:16
    - Awww...Bowsers...ya know ah loves yah...:) by Jody 2012-04-17 17:41:44
The Waffen SS used to have their blood type tatooed on their arm in case they were wounded in action. by ER 2012-04-17 10:49:20
- And numbers on their prisoners. by bowser 2012-04-17 11:04:48

John Cleese on Creativity by Vitruvius April 16, 2012 9:04 pm

Or maybe, just maybe, your father thought that life had a very deep meaning indeed. by TB 2012-04-17 07:30:30
- That's difficult to judge. Although a talkative and social person, he wasn't in the least bit "philosophical". He liked dancing, ... by ER 2012-04-17 07:57:27
Wow...very good youngin'. Actually understand my son more now because of this video. I can't thank you enough for posting this. I ... by Jody 2012-04-17 06:56:29
- Hell VRB...I understand *myself* better for having watched this. To be honest, I feel the Zone closes me. by Jody 2012-04-17 09:48:22
I really liked his remarks on humor. It's taken me a long time, but I think I've finally arrived ... by ER 2012-04-17 06:40:18
- I guess the most important thing is to always look on the bright side of life. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-17 14:42:00
- I believe only the wisest of people are able to watch themselves as they experience whatever it is that life ... by bowser 2012-04-17 12:55:22
  - The brain has two hemispheres. It is a bicameral organ. I suspect that the ability for one half ... by ER 2012-04-17 13:42:42
    - Wonderful. I'd only disagree with one point. I believe those who do have what I call the "Observer" ... by bowser 2012-04-17 16:59:48
- That was lovely ER.... by Jody 2012-04-17 06:59:35

Badass Gadgets: 13 Stellar Examples of Aggressive Hardware Design by bowser April 16, 2012 12:25 am

Tequila makes her clothes fall of but beer makes him smarter by RobVG April 15, 2012 11:35 am

All I know about *to-kill-ya* is that it is bad for my legs. Makes me want to spread them by Jody 2012-04-15 19:32:21
- Hmm...I think shots are in order n/t by RobVG 2012-04-15 21:49:40

For Vietnam veterans by TB April 14, 2012 9:12 am

Thanks, TB. There was someone I had to look up. PFC HWM, US Army, aged 20. He didn't have ... by ER 2012-04-14 09:28:33
- About two-thirds of Vietnam veterans were volunteers, not drafted. by TB 2012-04-14 10:47:43
  - Does that statistic apply to ALL who served? I know a lot of guys volunteered so they could get ... by ER 2012-04-14 12:44:15
    - Without a mandatory draft they would have had a very, very hard time finding ground combat people or Army pilots ... by bowser 2012-04-14 13:41:12
      - As far as I know, the fixed-wing flyboys were all commissioned, in all services. the chopper pilots in the Army ... by ER 2012-04-14 14:08:30
        
        Many commissioned officers were there because of the draft. GWB comes to mind, had he gone there. They ... by bowser 2012-04-14 16:29:33
        
        I can't take full credit for that. As a Reservist, I already had a year of drills, an abbreviated boot camp, ... by ER 2012-04-14 17:21:16
        
        "I could not believe how well the military had their s**t together by the time we went to war in the Middle East." by TB 2012-04-14 14:26:10
        
        They had it together only for the first phase, and they had a long time. The didn't, and don't, have it ... by bowser 2012-04-14 16:33:36
        
        I think ER was talking about the first Gulf War (Desert Storm). by TB 2012-04-14 17:46:27
        
        I don't doubt that my not being there had a lot to do with my opinion of what was going ... by ER 2012-04-14 15:03:53
        
        Agreed on the merits of the volunteer army. Conscription has always gone against my grain. by TB 2012-04-14 15:55:01
    - Good questions and good points. by TB 2012-04-14 12:53:42
      - Check out the "Cold War" and "Vietnam War" sections of this Wikipedia article, which addresses some of your points. by TB 2012-04-14 12:59:31

"Naked woman questioned at Denver International Airport" by bowser April 12, 2012 5:03 pm

Someone needs to hook her up with MR SKIN! by ER 2012-04-13 08:09:14
It was a bitch getting that sweater off though...but I managed. by Jody 2012-04-12 18:29:45

Any *Doomsday Preppers* out there? by Jody April 12, 2012 7:53 pm

If you stockpile, or convince a pharmacist to join your shelter/commune, then he'll have a chance. I recommend learning ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-12 21:24:40

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