HULK SMASH
first? I wasn't even trying
heh
well, good morning.
Yeah, Carly Fiorina nearly destroyed hp; now, she's doing it for the country!
Merde.
.
Is the Bay Area unsafe?
Five dollar a gallon gas is going to change the equation a bit.
he'll be snatching up a storage space with a cot for during the week
ZOMG, scary black people!
Is the Bay Area unsafe?
for poor people, apparently
Fuck that. Though at one time I did drive 120 miles round trip for my job, so I can feel for him.
Is the Bay Area unsafe?
res ipsa loquitur
Must be teh gaiii.
Pastor Hagee, why is Jeebus sending these tornados to kill folks in the Heartland, huh?
Where is Livingston Cal?
I used to live in that State and I don't know that town's location.
watertiger,
Give Tha Mutha my best today, willya?
There's a phrase, "Drive until you qualify,"
Who wants to go around the world a few times?
I just remembered: I have a Del Taco egg & cheese burrito in the freezer.
Those thangs are HUGE. I ordered two, yesterday morning, and could onle eat the one.
.
There are still people here in SE Michigan who commute from the Detroit area to the Flint area and vice-versa. And a fair number between either of those and Pontiac.
"better off than 8 years ago"-McCombover
With global warming and sea-level riseing, it's only a matter of time till the bay area will come to his home.
Where is Livingston Cal?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&....449707&t=h&
z=9
Livingston is in the central valley, near the latitude of Merced or Modesto.
Back in a few.
Is Livingston safe?
The New American Dream
would have been another apt title
There's a phrase, "Drive until you qualify,"
Given how easy it was to get an ARM in about any amount these last few years, he had his choice of the Bay Area.
Is Livingston safe?
leibniz leibkins
He was OK when Stanley found him.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/liv.../livingston+ca/
"safe", in what sense?
Irony, thy name is "Crawford".
This goes on in the NYC area, too. People used to drive into NY from about 30 miles out on the Guyland when I was a kid. Now they come much, much farther.
He was OK when Stanley found him.
Is Livingston safe?
Depends on the TV ad. If it is pro-Republican, then yes. If it is anti-Democrat, then no.
A candidate for solicitor is claiming that he keeps our families safe.
Solicitor is the same thing as District Attorney.
I shall, res.
JEbus, he so far out in the valley that he almost could have easily commuted to LA as the SF bay area.
It's mother's day here in Dayton, and we've got thunderstorms and a 45 degree windchill.
Buckeye. Dealer of Rare Coins | 05.11.08 - 9:32 am | #
You'll be shocked to hear it's the same story in Columbus.
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ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | Homepage | 05.11.08 - 9:34 am
And looking at the radar, it seems more fun stuff is heading our direction.
Even Spike, my indoor/outdoor cat, decided this morning that perhaps it was a good day to sleep in.
Buckeye. Dealer of Rare Coins | 05.11.08 - 9:41 am |
This goes on in the NYC area, too. People used to drive into NY from about 30 miles out on the Guyland when I was a kid. Now they come much, much farther.
Poconos, for one. Where many gangs have also relocated.
You should see the knife fights in those heart-shaped bath tubs.
3.72?
damn, that's about 35 cents higher than here.
Irony, thy name is "Crawford"
double irony, if that background woman with camera is an atriot
He could hire Gary Condit to look after this family.
It's early in the morning here and still in the 60F's.
I paid $3.499 at the cheap place, yesterdiddy.
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double irony, if that background woman with camera is an atriot
DAMN, watertiger! Great find!
Toles:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...d=roll_toonsvid
ZOMG, scary black people!
watertiger | Homepage | 05.11.08 - 9:38 am |
Cute Overload's now got the cat treadmill video that you featured on Friday.
Copycats.
damn, that's about 35 cents higher than here.
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yeah, prices so variable, it's time to stake out the best bargains, make a trip to just for cheapest gas.
After a day in the 90s yesterday (80s even late last night), it's a glorious and windy 71 degrees here this morning. Should dip into the 50s tonight.
my dogs are out on the deck sniffing the wind deliriously.
This goes on in the NYC area, too.
"hi ____, i have a GREAT opportunity with a multinational financial corp, they are looking for someone with your skillset and i believe you would be an ideal fit"
"umm, i'm about 3 hours by train"
"do you want to make an appointment for this week or next week?"
i get these calls, it's ridiculous
Your mom's in the Montauk/Hamptons area, right WT?
DAMN, watertiger! Great find!
*mwah* darlin'!
Best I did from Tuesday to yesterday was $3.49, but coming home it was a minimum of $3.65, much higher in more rural areas ($3.70-3.83).
Doug, I linked this for you; because that Prickly Pear
Opuntia ficus-indica purpurea deserves to be propagated.
http://www.coopext.colostate.edu...is/
pearcact.htm
Buckeye, those bastards!
Virgotex, yup.
i get these calls, it's ridiculous
Before I hired in at the borg I had an interview in White Plains. The trip involved a subway trip, a Metro North ride, and a cab ride (because the job was six miles from the train station and there was no local transportation). I have no idea why I even went on the interview. There was no way it was going to happen. But there were a lot of people in that office doing that very commute.
You should see the knife fights in those heart-shaped bath tubs.
watertiger | Homepage | 05.11.08 - 9:43 am | #
what an image.
I saw the first gas station with premium at over $4.00 a gallon in NH last night.
McCombover is a hoot. Gotta latch onto that one.
Also, take a look at MYDD today...Jerome Armstrong is doing his best Fonzie shark jumping tricks.
-GSD
Jesus, headline: "Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks."
Opuntia ficus-indica purpurea deserves to be propagated.
I have more than I need- want some? the pads can survive for a long time without water, srsly.
why can't oil be regulated like electricity and natural gas? My husband works for an electric company and by law they can only make a 3% (yes three percent profit) every year.
that Prickly Pear
Opuntia ficus-indica purpurea needs to be propagated.
I can easily find them at the Mesquite grower's nursery.
They have most exotic and common species, and though not exactly cheap they are not terribly expensive to buy from.
Is yours purple like one of doug's?
Jesus, headline: "Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks."
holy fuck.
When I was out of a job a couple of years ago I actually interviewed with a hedge fund in Greenwich CT.
$26 1 way via Metro North.
I said it's too far
They said it's not that far.
I don't have a car. They said well get one.
Last time I bought gas, regular was 3.85 here in the western San Fernando Valley.
Jesus, headline: "Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks."
holy fuck.
watertiger
Kind of Katrina-esque rage going on.
Today Show:
"Coming Up -- a woman who lost a lot of weight without using
a traditional diet! See How She Did It!!"
Lester Holt: "So how did you lose all this weight without
following a traditional diet, what did you use??"
Woman: "A traditional diet."
Holt: "oh"
Irony, thy name is "Crawford".
watertiger | Homepage | 05.11.08 - 9:42 am | #
Oh. My. God.
you mean the fruit, plantsman? or the pad?
They said it's not that far.
That's what they say. They're earning a couple of hundred 'thou a year.
This poor woman who sits across from me a teh borg lives in the Poconos. She does that commute every day.
they'll build the poconos-NYC train soon. promise...
Today's red, "Moderate Risk" of severe weather box is uncomfortably close to where Dad lives, though most of its south of him.
The pads.
In mortgage market, ‘walkaway’ homeowners may be urban myth
Los Angeles Times
So people aren't under the water after all?
they'll build the poconos-NYC train soon. promise...
Will it have a circular tub and mirrored ceilings?
Atrios "they" have been saying that for at least 3 decades.
Or was that snark?
This poor woman who sits across from me a teh borg lives in the Poconos. She does that commute every day.
holee shit. That's a long way.
That's where they take the bears that wander into the suburbs every spring.
That or the catskills.
We used to joke that the stories always ended, "The bear was released in the poconos (or catskills)."
According to Google maps, Livingston to San Ramon is 90 miles and should take an hour and a half. The three hour one-way mentioned in the first sentence doesn't sound right.
Atrios, snark? Nah!
Ms. Paste and I are going to San Francisco next week. Any non-mainstream ideas on what to see or do? Places to eat?
Another junk gardening tip, for Arizonians (and maybe others). I have a few hanging baskets that I am growing flowers on my porch in. Sometimes the combo of heat and wind dry them out so that you no longer want the plants. What I've started to do is to dump them in areas I 'might' want to start gardening in, water them. Sometimes they'll make a recovery after a few weeks or months. I've gotten some nice patches of what appears to be permanent flowers growing in those spots.
She said it's 2-1/2 hours each way.
The pads.
oh, then nevermind, doug. i don't have any of that.
they'll build the poconos-NYC train soon. promise...
and flying cars, too!
On a typical day, he drives 200 miles there and back.
Other days, he drives 7 miles there and back.
they'll build the poconos-NYC train soon. promise...
Atrios | 05.11.08 - 9:52 am
Right after they finish the 2nd Avenue subway.
Stay out of the Bay Area, Paste. It's dangerous.
why can't oil be regulated like electricity and natural gas? My husband works for an electric company and by law they can only make a 3% (yes three percent profit) every year.
foolme1ns
Watch for the unmarked black van circling your neighbourhood, and for god's sake don't answer your door!
Right after they finish the 2nd Avenue subway.
Actually that will happen soon.
There's a lot of other stuff that needs to get done to the subway before the 2nd Avenue subway.
How traffic "should" flow on freeways into the Bay Area is rarely how it "does" flow.
In mortgage market, ‘walkaway’ homeowners may be urban myth
Los Angeles Times
Obviously they were eaten by the alligators in the sewers.
Jesus, headline: "Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks."
holy fuck.
watertiger
Kind of Katrina-esque rage going on.
V for Virginia, discouraged | Homepage | 05.11.08 - 9:50 am
Some of the numbers the aid groups are talking about in terms if final death toll-over 1 million-if aid doesn't get in and distributed, are appalling.
Won't it take about 20 years to completely build the 2nd Ave line?
The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar.
The Myanmar model. It's what McStain has always wanted for this country.
The three hour one-way mentioned in the first sentence doesn't sound right.
Ever been in a California traffic jam?
Took me 55 minutes to drive 16 miles on Friday -- and traffic wasn't too bad.
Won't it take about 20 years to completely build the 2nd Ave line?
John McCain promises to be there for the opening dedication.
She said it's 2-1/2 hours each way.
res ipsa loquitur
When I used to work in the Chicago Loop my commute was 2 hours door-to-door by train. After a while you sort of resign yourself to it.
I like White Plains.
I know someone who commutes from S. Jersey.
Man what a workout. It all happened so fast. I decided I was going to put my garden in yesterday, and the next thing you know I'm wielding a rented rototiller and somebody comes with a truck and dumps 4 tons of horseshit in my driveway. I've got about 250 sq. ft. of plantable bed now, but the lawn prep is still only halfway. Only about half of the shit has been shoveled. With weekends like this, who needs work?
The worst traffic I have ever experienced was Atlanta. In fact, my only memory of the place is traffic.
http://www.delange.org/PricklyPe...le/
Dsc00018.jpg
What I have growing are these.
This picture is not that good in fact it's a bit Toddesque, though not blurry.
Toonscribe | 05.11.08 - 9:57 am
That early in the morning?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...0JSB5.DTL&
tsp=1
losers
I have no sympathy for those who would commute such distances. 6 hours a day in a car doing nothing. One estimate is that we spend 60 hours a month commuting. That is 1 to 1 1/2 weeks of lost productivity, sleep, or quality time with your family. This is guy is up to about 120 wasted hours a month.
If I needed to drive 4 (one way) hours to get to work, I'd be looking for another job. They've got another full time job just commuting to work.
oh, great. now it's a dancing gorilla trying to sell me auto insurance.
The robotic insistence by Americans to own single family homes leads to stories like this. I have no doubt that he could own a condo or rent closer for the same price he's paying way out where he is - he'd have way less stress, his kids could see him hours more each day etc...
That's alot of horse shit.
McCain was there when the sandhogs invented cut-and-cover.
Took me 55 minutes to drive 16 miles on Friday -- and traffic wasn't too bad.
Toonscribe
What used to take me 2 hours to drive to LA, it now takes me all day!!!
http://www.delange.org/PricklyPe...le/ Dsc00018.jpg
What I have growing are these.
This picture is not that good in fact it's a bit Toddesque, though not blurry.
Doug | 05.11.08 - 9:59 am | #
Do you make preserves from the prickly pears?
We forge the chains we wear in life.
pretty, doug.
I love when they get that big.
" I've got about 250 sq. ft. of plantable bed now,"
awesome. we went apeshit this year with pepper variaties...put in 60 plants.
Teh Remote suburbs: The safest place for teenage Boys!
The three hour one-way mentioned in the first sentence doesn't sound right.
La Jolla to Coronado Island via the bay bridge is a minimum of 1 hour in light traffic.
That's alot of horse shit.
Barndog, done gardening
A shitload, to be exact.
It's fucking snowing.
we went apeshit this year with pepper variaties...put in 60 plants
I only did 40 pepper plants - along with the 48 tomato plants (12 tomatillas though..).
Teh Remote suburbs: The safest place for teenage Boys!
(Remembers "Idle hands are the devil's workshop" proverb.)
John McCain promises to be there for the opening dedication.
Actually, John McCain used to get around by using newly formed lava tubes.
That early in the morning?
Unfornunately, yes. Lots of other people coming in from long distances, too.
Do you make preserves from the prickly pears?
I never have. I did try to make some cookies made from mesquite flour recently. They were not that good, though I guess you could eat this if you were hungry enough.
Why is McBush on my teevee delivering pizzas?
Took me 55 minutes to drive 16 miles on Friday -- and traffic wasn't too bad.
Toonscribe
The 5 miles from my home to where I work (in downtown Austin) takes 25 minutes. Riding my bicycle takes the same amount otime, plus I get exercise. I try to do at least half my commutes by bicycle.
I lived in Houston in the early 80s, about 8 miles from where I worked near downtown. It took almost 2 hours to get there in the morning. We had to leave very shortly after 6 to arrive at 8 (I had to be there on time without fail, but it was never less than an hour and a half).
Huggy being Folksy.
Chicken Pho!
Sorry for the blogwhore, but I nominate Tom Petty for Mensch of the Year over at the homepage. And well-deserved, sez I....
The worst traffic I have ever experienced was Atlanta. In fact, my only memory of the place is traffic.
res ipsa loquitur
Atlanta sucks very hard when you're going through the downtown. Going around is suppose to be even worse.
My commute to school - seven minutes. Mrs DWD's commute to the lab? 5 minutes. Young DWD's commute to the prison? 12 minutes.
Well, those small cities are not all bad, then.
Saw this article, Growing Deficits Threaten Pensions
Accounting Tactics Conceal a Crisis For Public Workers in the WaPo. Searched for "Michigan" and found nothing.
"Only" 40 pepper plants. I've got to start thinking big. I've only bought like 5 so far. I just hpe I don't die of exhaustion before I get to the planting part.
My commute, is about 20 minutes each way on a fast bit of AZ freeway. I could move closer to my job though my wife would have a longer commute. We've kind of split the commute. She drives one way and me another.
somebody comes with a truck and dumps 4 tons of horseshit in my driveway
The McCain campaign comes to peoples driveways? Sign me up!
Teh Remote suburbs: The safest place for teenage Boys!
(Remembers "Idle hands are the devil's workshop" proverb.)
plantsman,
Idle hands are the devil's meth lab.
I love Pepper Pots
HBK and watertiger,
Did you read that Vito is not dropping out? He's gonna run to keep his seat. YAY!
It's fucking snowing.
SteveNS | 05.11.08 - 10:01 am |
You live in Canada, isn't it supposed to snow year-round?
An ex-comrade bought a house in the Poconos.
The buses come right down to Wall St. so it's bad but not undoable.
Then he got a job in Jersey City. So he takes the bus to the WTC station and then the PATH.
Crazy.
The McCain campaign comes to peoples driveways? Sign me up!
Mark B. from Austin TX
The Straight Talk Express is now a dump truck.
I only did 40 pepper plants - along with the 48 tomato plants (12 tomatillas though..).
Do you also stick pointy pieces of provolone in your mouth to look like Dracula?
Jest askin'...
I love Pepper Pots
Culture of TrÜth
Tony Stark doesn't know how lucky he is.
HBK and watertiger,
Did you read that Vito is not dropping out? He's gonna run to keep his seat. YAY!
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 0511.08 - 10:05 am |
What an idiot.
at one time i commuted from the lower east side to fort lee n.j. and got to drive by miles of parked cars going the other way each time. but driving fast on the henry hudson was a really scary experience.
Do you also stick pointy pieces of provolone in your mouth to look like Dracula?
No. However, I do have 8-9 pair of fake tEEf to wear on occasions which require them.
driving fast on the henry hudson
does...not...compute
Did you read that Vito is not dropping out? He's gonna run to keep his seat. YAY!
Are you fucking SERIOUS?! Wow, Eliot Spitzer was a complete idiot.
res ipsa I'm not sure who his opponent is going to be but as soon as it's decided I will give turkee.
owls!!!!!!!!
Vito from the Family Values Party?
I knew he was a man of principle.
-GSD
Are you fucking SERIOUS?! Wow, Eliot Spitzer was a complete idiot.
I am totally serious. Check the NYPost. He can't understand why the GOP is pushing him out.
HBK,
Me, too.
Matthews: omg how does Obama back whites and women?!?!?
Hillary: only lazy blacks supports him
Heileman: she can't deliver the archie bunker anyway he's been classy this whole campaign so he can win people back
Mathews: but my white female friends are very bitter
Allen: hey the dood is part-white
Matthews: i agree with you but you are wrong
I love Pepper Pots
Culture of TrÜth
The scene at the reception where she got all dolled up?
My god, she was gorgeous. First time I ever thought she was even better looking than her mom, who is my all-time heartthrob.....
I feel like a real piker with my measly 5 tomato plants, but we have already had our first few tomatoes off of two of them. And my daughter ate our first strawberry from our plants yesterday.
How big are your plots, Barndog and jdw? I have no sense of what I can plant with the area I have.
The myth about Suburban areas to raise kids in is that they can be 'free range children'. This won't happen in most ticky-tack developments, nor in McMansion ones. Parents need to not helicopter so much for the children to be brought up to be able to organize their own activities.
My son has recently told me about his group of friends activities:
Breaking open an irrigation dam lock,
tormenting a bee keeper's bee hives,
going fishing,
'borrowing' a boat on a privately owned lake,
pick-up baseball games,
having a mid-night party deep in the forests.
Some good activities and some shockingly delinquent.
You live in Canada, isn't it supposed to snow year-round?
Buckeye
*sob*
driving fast on the henry hudson
before you cross the bridge into Manhattan.
My god, she was gorgeous. First time I ever thought she was even better looking than her mom, who is my all-time heartthrob.....
I need to see that movie again.
Robert Downey, Jr. needs some sort of award just for the chemistry between him and that robot.
Vito can push this talking point
And push it very spammily:
He follows Gooper values more
With his one extra family.
Kay: i think she will support Obama otherwise she will look like a total crybaby
Cottle: there is no policy gap there is only the white woman, the black man, and the crazy anti abortionist
Matthews: isn't Obama responsible for the opression of all women everywhere
Cottle: yes but now as a woman she must stand by her man
Heileman: she needs to salvage her reputation
Tweety: but Reagan killed Gerald Ford and it helped him - nice guys finish last
Heileman: but those are Republicans they are happily evil