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At 2/22/10 05:02 AM, fli wrote: Scotch is for drinking, and its flavor isn't all to pleasant. At least, it's an acquired taste (as all alcoholic beverages.)

Lollyphile bourban lollipops, anyone?

I'd like to get my hands on some of those white russians they make...

I've found that alcohol is more tolerable the more you're willing to spend on it. It probably helps I live in a state that has state-owned liquor stores that don't have a sales tax and I save nearly 50% on liquor.

I swear one of the episodes of the first couple of seasons of myth busters they checked to see if using whiskey as mouth wash was as effective as Listerine...I can't remember what the outcome was, though. It was probably disappointing.

At 2/22/10 04:44 PM, Malachy wrote: I swear one of the episodes of the first couple of seasons of myth busters they checked to see if using whiskey as mouth wash was as effective as Listerine...I can't remember what the outcome was, though. It was probably disappointing.

It was Vodka. I kind of wonder what the results would have been like if they had used good vodka instead of that plastic bottle brand (certified cheapo brand).

At 2/22/10 04:44 PM, Malachy wrote: I

I swear one of the episodes of the first couple of seasons of myth busters they checked to see if using whiskey as mouth wash was as effective as Listerine...I can't remember what the outcome was, though. It was probably disappointing.

I thought that was vodka. But then I could be thinking of one of the million other myths they've done with vodka.

At 2/22/10 06:10 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote:

At 2/22/10 04:44 PM, Malachy wrote: I've found that alcohol is more tolerable the more you're willing to spend on it. It probably helps I live in a state that has state-owned liquor stores that don't have a sales tax and I save nearly 50% on liquor.

What I miss about Ohio is the ability to buy booze at a gas station or grocery store. Here you have to head to a state store. State stores sell the strong stuff, but if you want beer or malt liquor there's the occasional warehouse that sells it.

You're absolutely right about the price though. The better stuff is more expensive. It's also more expensive to get the better stuff in larger bottles. There's a vodka I really want but I wonder how much the large bottle will cost. The smaller one I bought just to try it was reasonable.

whenever my dad visits he has a grocery list his friends give him and a wad of cash they gave him to pick up some cheaper nice stuff and he's found that what normally costs $60 back home, he can get an even larger bottle for $50 here.

Almost every town has a state liquor store here, and they have reasonable hours. Since NY didn't allow liquor sales in grocery stores (they don't even allow wine from what I can remember) I've always had to go out of my way while grocery shopping if I wanted to pick up a bottle of whiskey.

Here at least, wine is in the grocery stores. Hell, even the super walmart in town has a good selection of wine. Obviously, alcohol is taxed in grocery stores, but since all the other groceries don't have a sales tax, it's not that huge of a deal.

Wonder where a state with no sales tax or income tax makes revenue? Well, my car registration this year was $72 to the state and $320 to the town! There's sticker shock in that, but without payroll or sales tax on everything I do, I wind up saving more than that a year.

At 2/22/10 06:27 PM, Proteas wrote:

I kind of wonder what the results would have been like if they had used good vodka instead of that plastic bottle brand (certified cheapo brand).

Well they could have just taken that cheap vodka and run it through 8 water filters.

At 2/22/10 06:44 PM, stafffighter wrote: Well they could have just taken that cheap vodka and run it through 8 water filters.

Funny you mention that, because they did test that myth.

It made very little, if any difference to the taste. They considered it busted.

At 2/22/10 06:53 PM, BrianEtrius wrote:

At 2/22/10 06:44 PM, stafffighter wrote: Well they could have just taken that cheap vodka and run it through 8 water filters.

Funny you mention that, because they did test that myth.

It made very little, if any difference to the taste. They considered it busted.

Clicky.

Which just goes to show, you can't really polish a turd... or can you?

At 2/22/10 07:56 PM, Proteas wrote: Which just goes to show, you can't really polish a turd... or can you?

I love that episode.

Dorodango is just awesome on its own. I really want to make a couple of them myself (out of dirt, not poo).

I just had a really evil though while re-watching the dorodango video from mythbusters.

Make dorodango balls from fecal matter (the family pitbull's), but instead of making them pool ball sized, make the 1" in diamter and use them as slingshot ammo. That way when a neighbor's dog walks up on the lawn, I can just grab one and *PAFF* scare the dog AND make him smell bad.

Yay or nay?

At 2/23/10 05:50 PM, Proteas wrote: I just had a really evil though while re-watching the dorodango video from mythbusters.

Make dorodango balls from fecal matter (the family pitbull's), but instead of making them pool ball sized, make the 1" in diamter and use them as slingshot ammo. That way when a neighbor's dog walks up on the lawn, I can just grab one and *PAFF* scare the dog AND make him smell bad.

Yay or nay?

You want to spend several hours drying, shaping and polishing dog crap? I say go for it.

At 2/23/10 06:57 PM, stafffighter wrote: You want to spend several hours drying, shaping and polishing dog crap? I say go for it.

You're right, that does sound kind of dumb...

Besides, I finally managed to get my hands on .50 lead balls for use against neighborhood dogs anyway. What do I need dog-crap-bombs for?

I've got a question
Why do some topics get locked, but some other topics , completely disappear ?

Why are they not simply locked as well ?

There was one here earlier about rights of American citizens... & its vanished ??

At 2/22/10 08:25 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote:

At 2/22/10 07:56 PM, Proteas wrote: Which just goes to show, you can't really polish a turd... or can you?

I love that episode.

Dorodango is just awesome on its own. I really want to make a couple of them myself (out of dirt, not poo).

On a less disturbing note: win

At 2/23/10 08:00 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 2/23/10 06:57 PM, stafffighter wrote: You want to spend several hours drying, shaping and polishing dog crap? I say go for it.

You're right, that does sound kind of dumb...

Besides, I finally managed to get my hands on .50 lead balls for use against neighborhood dogs anyway.

O_O
I'm not getting anywhere near your lawn ever.

At 2/23/10 08:53 PM, SevenSeize wrote: It's supposed to snow again tonight!

11ºC IS NOT SUMMERRRRR
>=(
also, massive amounts of rain.
Kewl and short video about it.

YES TRAINS.

At 2/23/10 09:33 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: O_O
I'm not getting anywhere near your lawn ever.

Weren't you the one who asked me for a list of what weapons I had a while back?

At 2/23/10 09:41 PM, Proteas wrote: Weren't you the one who asked me for a list of what weapons I had a while back?

Implication being; and he's scared of me firing a slingshot in his direction?

The reason I have lead balls is because the heavier weight will help them travel farther (in theory) and hit with a little more impact, in addition to flying truer.... normally I fire little 3/8" steel shot, or half inch glass shot, neither of which fly very well or are terribly accurate. Not that I'm an accurate shot to begin with, I do need practice.

Even then, I doubt it would do much damage at the range I'm firing at, usually out to about 50-70 yards (which I have been able to acheive with the power-draw bands I have on it). At that range even buckshot fired from a shotgun is useless, I'll probably just sting a stray dog at the most with it more than I will do serious damage.

Although, I do wonder what it would do to a truck tailgate... I've got a friend who "decorated" the tailgate of his pickup truck with bullet holes... maybe I should give him a call.

I definitely need to tweak my commute - today was my first day reporting to the new job, and it was a perfect storm of terrible traffic, track delays on the subway, and the reverse on the way home. Wound up being a 12-hour day. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Blegh.

Now, admittedly, this is probably the worst I will ever see, so I guess there's some benefit to going ahead and experiencing how shitty it can be. The commute was the only reason I was even remotely skeptical about this position, and although I am exhausted and got home and felt like doing absolutely nothing, the workday itself was good and I have no regrets.

At 2/23/10 09:41 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 2/23/10 09:33 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: O_O
I'm not getting anywhere near your lawn ever.

Weren't you the one who asked me for a list of what weapons I had a while back?

Yes, and given the list I got, I confirmed the assumption that it was best never to make you angry in any way.

At 2/23/10 10:29 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: I definitely need to tweak my commute

:\
How far is your job from home?
Tops here is going to Buenos Aires, ie 60km of highways.

At 2/23/10 08:29 PM, morefngdbs wrote: I've got a question
Why do some topics get locked, but some other topics , completely disappear ?

Why are they not simply locked as well ?

There was one here earlier about rights of American citizens... & its vanished ??

pretty much the same as seven said, if it's not worth two shits, it gets deleted. The thread that you mentioned was simply a copy/paste of the bill of rights and then after yours and somebody else replies, the OP came back in with a string of ALL CAPS posts of pure retardation. For the most part, I try to delete anything that I don't think belongs because it keeps the place tidier. other times, I may think a lock is necessary if say the same person makes a number of crap threads in one day and after deleting the others, I leave one with a lock message to let him know that what he was doing wasn't kosher.

I have peanut butter klondike bars.

Can I win yet?

At 2/23/10 10:35 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Yes, and given the list I got, I confirmed the assumption that it was best never to make you angry in any way.

I'm not independently wealthy, so it's not like I'm going to go jay and silent bob strike back on somebody who pissed me off online, dude.

Besides, I'm not the kind of guy to just snap and kill people, despite what everyone might think. I keep the slingshot handy because of neighborhood strays and coyotes that like to frequent my area... I've got two small dogs and several cats to think about, the last thing I want is for one of them to get eaten if I can help it.

Now, if someone were to try and break into my house and harm me or my family? You'll probably hear about it on the evening news, because somebody will wind up in the Intensive Care Unit if they manage to make it out alive.

At 2/23/10 09:33 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: On a less disturbing note: win

IT'S THE JOKER!!! That was an awesome video.

At 2/23/10 08:53 PM, SevenSeize wrote:

At 2/23/10 08:29 PM, morefngdbs wrote: I've got a question
some other topics , completely disappear ?

To me, if a topic is complete crap and useless, I delete it.

;;;
Thanks for the answer to my question Seven & Malachy. I've wondered about that for awhile & never bothered asking.

It's supposed to snow again tonight!

How much snow has it been this year Seven?
Is this the most your area has seen, since you've been there ?

We've been having snowing ,then warming trends, so the snows only 4 or so inches deep, but its sitting on a layer of ice that's an inch or so ,which makes for difficult travel on foot in the country. But its still better than several feet of snow.
With snow & cold just below freezing, everywhere you go people are in light jackets & sneakers (I'm still in shorts) it's a rather odd thing to go outside in February & the temp. is around 30-34 degree's...feels like spring.

Hope I don't jinx us, but it has been a relatively good winter, with below average snowfalls & the really bitter cold was only with us for less than 2 weeks & February is usually one of our worst months.

I wonder what happened to all the snow ?

At 2/24/10 06:54 AM, Proteas wrote: Besides, I'm not the kind of guy to just snap and kill people, despite what everyone might think. I keep the slingshot handy because of neighborhood strays and coyotes that like to frequent my area...

;;;
IF its a stray cat or dog, & you want to.... ahhh get its attention, but not really hurt it.
I used to use shotgun shot.
I'd use a number 2 or 3 & put about half of what's in a 12ga round into a little plastic food wrap(no namebrand pushing by me ) twist it up & put a piece of tape to keep it together, & I kept them on the fridge. If I seen a stray out around my garden or trash cans ,I'd put a wraped load into my slingshot, give the little pocket a twist to bust the wrap, & shoot. The little balls scatter just like a shotgun blast & all you hit the animal with, is some of the little balls.
I had good results up over 50 to 60 ft. (my slingshot was a wrist rocket with dual (modified it) surgical tubing )
IT always made them take off, & the advantage was, it made missing almost impossibe, plus it wouldn't break a bone like a marble or ballbearing can.

On the subject of locking, I have to say that I think Mal wins the awesome award for his lock of the Africa topic. I had a damn good chuckle over that one.

Also: penis.

At 2/23/10 11:55 PM, BrianEtrius wrote: I have peanut butter klondike bars.

Can I win yet?

No. You need 1100 of them and eat them in parallel.

At 2/24/10 06:54 AM, Proteas wrote:

At 2/23/10 10:35 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Yes, and given the list I got, I confirmed the assumption that it was best never to make you angry in any way.

I'm not independently wealthy, so it's not like I'm going to go jay and silent bob strike back on somebody who pissed me off online, dude.

WIN.

Besides, I'm not the kind of guy to just snap and kill people, despite what everyone might think.

I'm joking, dude. You are actually quite cuddly :3

At 2/24/10 01:30 PM, Ravariel wrote: On the subject of locking, I have to say that I think Mal wins the awesome award for his lock of the Africa topic.

hahahaha, that's awesome.

At 2/24/10 02:48 PM, Der-Lowe wrote:

At 2/24/10 01:30 PM, Ravariel wrote: On the subject of locking, I have to say that I think Mal wins the awesome award for his lock of the Africa topic.

hahahaha, that's awesome.

;;;;
Actually, besides the fact the ignorance of the OP is unbelievable !

It saddens me that our schools teach so liitle about that continent, that someone can come to a conclusion or actually believe.... that Africa's a country ~:(

At 2/24/10 03:39 PM, morefngdbs wrote:

It saddens me that our schools teach so liitle about that continent, that someone can come to a conclusion or actually believe.... that Africa's a country ~:(

I can remember in like 5th or 6th grade our social studies teacher used to give us quizes which were just unlabeled maps of continents where you you put the name of the country in the approprate shape. For the African one we were allowed to work in groups because there were so many. So really all we knew about Africa, other than that one bit, was that it wasn't one country.