With or without school demonstrations, the meth labs seem to running just fine. Maybe if pot were legal, the rual kids would have jobs growing legal dope instead of singing their eyebrows in nasty ketamine labs.
I'm glad I visited the website before ranting about how awful I thought the show was. The site has has some pretty cool stuff (although I disagree with some of their answers on the regional tests). It's sort of a Linguist List for us commonfolk.
I saw the PBS series, though, and thought it sucked out loud. Especially the show on the California contributions to slang--sorry, but most of the so-called Cali slang came there from people who resettled there. Yes, some of the surfer slang was original (or at least sounded original--I am not an expert) but most came from elsewhere.
And if I saw the lady in the bayou play her "shirt accordion" one more time, I was gonna gag. Momma's got a squeezebox, indeed!
Looks like I gotta make a new name in Shotsy's CDX forum. Didn't read the fine print--I have a different name here. OK, I'll change that & then mail the info.
And puh-leeeze don't put me in a group with js. It's not that I have anything against him or his mixes, but since he uses MY computer to burn them, I pretty much figure I have a copy already.
Count me in. Message to Wurwilf: I may have heard every tune in your collection (doubt it), but I can guaran-damn-tee I probably don't have a copy of it. You serve the purpose of spreading mainstream joy on those of us who have lived under the rocks of obscurity (though quite happily and willingly.
Well, it ain't on Snopes yet, but I gotta sneaky feeling it will be. Can't wait to see whether she sells his Porsche for $25. Smells like Urban Legend to me....
I almost never read news pages on the interweb, unless I'm led to it. On TV though, CNN may have slid, but I only watch in the morning, and they are so much better than the advertainment at CBS, NBC and ABC. I catch BBC World for the half an hour we get and used to check out the International Channel for Deutsche Welle (those guys wear AWESOME ties--a foot wide it seems sometimes). So yeah, CNN is light news, but whaddya want--they've all been bollocked.
Squid, if you haven't bought yet, let me echo and emphasize the "beware of online auction deals" on Macs. I nearly got burned and suffered six months of stress for a deal that would have saved $300 vs the educational prices. Reconditioned units are a decent way to go, but you really won't save much.
Below are the going "deals" on new units through University of Michigan, just so you've got a price point reference:
Showcase Item 996901 Apple Powerbook 12" 1.5MHz Combo drive(announced 1/31)
12.1 inch TFT Display, 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 512MB DDR333 SDRAM (2), 60GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce FX, Go5200 (64MB DDR), Full size keyboard, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, FireWire 400, Analog audio in/out, Mini-DVI out, Trackpad scrolling capability, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0 Sudden Motion Sensor, 2 USB ports M9690LL/A MSRP=$1,848
Showcase Item Number: 996901
Add to CartShowcase Sale Price: $1,499.00
Showcase Item 996777 Apple Powerbook G4/15"/Superdrive/1.67GHz/ 3 Yr AppleCare
15.2 TFT Display, 1.67GHz PowerPc G4, 512MB DDR333 SDRAM 996777, 80GB Hard Drive, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (64 MB DDR), Back-lit keyboard, GB Ethernet, FireWire 400 & 800, Analog audio in/out, DVI & S-Video out, Scrolling Trackpad capability, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0, autosensing harddrive shutoff if falling M9677LL/A (MSRP = $2648)
Showcase Sale Price: $2,246.00
1885 on my fourth try. I'm sure there's a predictable pattern, but I have never been good at picking those up on "go" type board games anyway. Cool ricochet sound. I think I'm going to go toss some penguins.
Like most everyone else, I didn't directly find the link. But I did find a story about the Evil Empire of Gates vs. Undergrad Peon. How do we resolve these idiotic eula confrontations?
With or without school demonstrations, the meth labs seem to running just fine. Maybe if pot were legal, the rual kids would have jobs growing legal dope instead of singing their eyebrows in nasty ketamine labs.
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "Do you speak American?"
I'm glad I visited the website before ranting about how awful I thought the show was. The site has has some pretty cool stuff (although I disagree with some of their answers on the regional tests). It's sort of a Linguist List for us commonfolk. I saw the PBS series, though, and thought it sucked out loud. Especially the show on the California contributions to slang--sorry, but most of the so-called Cali slang came there from people who resettled there. Yes, some of the surfer slang was original (or at least sounded original--I am not an expert) but most came from elsewhere. And if I saw the lady in the bayou play her "shirt accordion" one more time, I was gonna gag. Momma's got a squeezebox, indeed!
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "MoFi CD Swap 4!"
Looks like I gotta make a new name in Shotsy's CDX forum. Didn't read the fine print--I have a different name here. OK, I'll change that & then mail the info. Andpuh-leeeze don't put me in a group with js. It's not that I have anything against him or his mixes, but since he uses MY computer to burn them, I pretty much figure I have a copy already.
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
Count me in. Message to Wurwilf: I may have heard every tune in your collection (doubt it), but I can guaran-damn-tee I probably don't have a copy of it. You serve the purpose of spreading mainstream joy on those of us who have lived under the rocks of obscurity (though quite happily and willingly.
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "Married woman does her own PI work on craigslist.org"
Well, it ain't on Snopes yet, but I gotta sneaky feeling it will be. Can't wait to see whether she sells his Porsche for $25. Smells like Urban Legend to me....
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "Do we really care?"
I almost never read news pages on the interweb, unless I'm led to it. On TV though, CNN may have slid, but I only watch in the morning, and they are so much better than the advertainment at CBS, NBC and ABC. I catch BBC World for the half an hour we get and used to check out the International Channel for Deutsche Welle (those guys wear AWESOME ties--a foot wide it seems sometimes). So yeah, CNN is light news, but whaddya want--they've all been bollocked.
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "Curious George: There are two kinds of people"
pets or meat
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "Now, where did I put the very dirtiest parts of last week's TV?"
I am concerned that js is watching too much television. Without James Dobson & his cronies, how would I ever know what crap to watch?
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "Curious George - deals on ibooks?"
Squid, if you haven't bought yet, let me echo and emphasize the "beware of online auction deals" on Macs. I nearly got burned and suffered six months of stress for a deal that would have saved $300 vs the educational prices. Reconditioned units are a decent way to go, but you really won't save much. Below are the going "deals" on new units through University of Michigan, just so you've got a price point reference: Showcase Item 996901 Apple Powerbook 12" 1.5MHz Combo drive(announced 1/31) 12.1 inch TFT Display, 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 512MB DDR333 SDRAM (2), 60GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce FX, Go5200 (64MB DDR), Full size keyboard, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, FireWire 400, Analog audio in/out, Mini-DVI out, Trackpad scrolling capability, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0 Sudden Motion Sensor, 2 USB ports M9690LL/A MSRP=$1,848 Showcase Item Number: 996901 Add to CartShowcase Sale Price: $1,499.00 Showcase Item 996777 Apple Powerbook G4/15"/Superdrive/1.67GHz/ 3 Yr AppleCare 15.2 TFT Display, 1.67GHz PowerPc G4, 512MB DDR333 SDRAM 996777, 80GB Hard Drive, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (64 MB DDR), Back-lit keyboard, GB Ethernet, FireWire 400 & 800, Analog audio in/out, DVI & S-Video out, Scrolling Trackpad capability, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0, autosensing harddrive shutoff if falling M9677LL/A (MSRP = $2648) Showcase Sale Price: $2,246.00
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "How many reactions can one click make?"
1885 on my fourth try. I'm sure there's a predictable pattern, but I have never been good at picking those up on "go" type board games anyway. Cool ricochet sound. I think I'm going to go toss some penguins.
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
In "What ever happened to picket signs"
Like most everyone else, I didn't directly find the link. But I did find a story about the Evil Empire of Gates vs. Undergrad Peon. How do we resolve these idiotic eula confrontations?
posted by beelzbubba 19 years ago
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