tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4362419795172978587..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Non-crisis of Health Care.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12464028074150866942009-05-18T09:28:00.000-04:002009-05-18T09:28:00.000-04:00Buzzzzzz SawBuzzzzzz SawDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70624634580197166442009-05-18T05:38:00.000-04:002009-05-18T05:38:00.000-04:00Just take a nap as you're floatin' along, al-Doug....Just take a nap as you're floatin' along, al-Doug.<br /><br />You'll be sawin' logs.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13865289648697093212009-05-18T05:32:00.000-04:002009-05-18T05:32:00.000-04:00Happily Ever Laughter
Jay Leno: My mother was fr...<A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/features/la-mag-may032009-weddingleno,0,3712880,full.story" REL="nofollow">Happily Ever Laughter</A> <br /><br />Jay Leno: My mother was from Scotland, had a horrible childhood—came to the country by herself when she was 11. My grandmother had run off with a younger guy, and my grandfather was stuck with six kids.<br />Mavis Leno: His mom was the youngest.<br /><br />JL: But he could only afford to take care of five, so they took her around the neighborhood as a servant girl to try to see if people would keep her for a few weeks. <br />ML: Jay, how are you telling this story? Her father took her there but not as a servant!<br /><br />JL: But it gets to the comedy angle. My mother was not a depressed person, but I always sensed a sadness. Every time I could get my mother to laugh, it was like a huge gift. <br />My dad was Italian and very outgoing. He would say, “Show people you’re Angelo’s boy.” <br />My mother would say, “Whatever you do, don’t call attention to yourself.” So it was hilarious to be stuck in the middle. When I made it sort of big, I bought my dad a Cadillac, and of course, he had to get the white Cadillac d’Elegance with the red velour interior. <br />My mother was mortified. They would drive down the street, and she would sit below seat level, and people would say, “I saw your father driving and yelling at somebody.” Sometimes if she saw people looking, she would roll down the window and go, <br />“<STRONG>We’re not Cadillac people. My son got us this</STRONG>.” <br /><br />My father would yell, “<STRONG>Of course we’re Cadillac people! We’ve got a goddamn Cadillac! We’re driving the goddamn thing. It’s paid for!</STRONG>"<br /><br />SS: And they were together their whole life?<br />JL: My dad was never sick a day in his life, but when my mother died, he was gone in nine months.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8475594603832749422009-05-18T05:05:00.000-04:002009-05-18T05:05:00.000-04:00"a man that was for witholding care for those that..."<I>a man that was for witholding care for those that against all odds manage to survive an a abortion</I>"<br />---<br />And what were President BHO's most inspirational words regarding the miracle of New Life?<br /><br />"<I>Kick em When They're Down! </I>"<br /><br />Chicago Style Warm Fuzzies.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40763464973684445752009-05-18T04:59:00.000-04:002009-05-18T04:59:00.000-04:00"just slip the tag inside the mark."
Yeah, that on..."<I>just slip the tag inside the mark.</I>"<br />Yeah, that one works in other places besides blogger.<br />Always the safest way to do it,<br />so sometimes I do.<br />But that's just me, as everyone already knows.<br />I'm very selective when it comes to my anal retentive nature.<br />Do a few things well, I always say.<br />Then I do them again, and...Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81299939890738595132009-05-18T04:54:00.000-04:002009-05-18T04:54:00.000-04:00Bob,
Any idea how I'm going to saw that lumber whi...Bob,<br />Any idea how I'm going to saw that lumber while drifting down the Klamath?<br />Some people have ridiculous expectations, don't they?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41898910992828768162009-05-18T04:06:00.000-04:002009-05-18T04:06:00.000-04:00HADRON
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Doug's got the Hardon Penetrator.HADRON<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Doug's got the Hardon Penetrator.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35410757845507005432009-05-18T03:43:00.000-04:002009-05-18T03:43:00.000-04:00In picture number six, why do they have all those ...<EM>In picture number six, why do they have all those limbs piled on each side of the mini pier, al-Bob</EM>?<br /><br />It's a trick they learned from CalTrans, Doug. Pile your crap down on the shore and wait for highwater to wash it away. Saw it many times down the Klamath.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7394845085530743002009-05-18T03:25:00.000-04:002009-05-18T03:25:00.000-04:00Followed by two taps on the [return] key to give y...Followed by two taps on the [return] key to give you the spacing that used to be automatic, until some kids started fucking with the code.<br /><br />Like I'm sure happened with Firefox 3. They ought to have adult supervision.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27498445903021083762009-05-18T03:17:00.000-04:002009-05-18T03:17:00.000-04:00Doug,
If your quote or whatever object ends in a...Doug, <br /><br />If your quote or whatever object ends in a punctuation mark, just slip the tag inside the mark. Where there's no mark, just add whatever floats your boat.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45064440767046639092009-05-18T03:14:00.000-04:002009-05-18T03:14:00.000-04:00Art Bell is saying the Large Hardron Collider may ...<EM>Art Bell is saying the <STRONG>Large Hardron Collider</STRONG> may eat us up after all</EM>.<br /><br />Oh, boy! Had to read that three times. All I could think of was Bob on a hot date behind the wheel of that old Cadillac.<br /><br />Maybelline!linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6361973677584254152009-05-18T02:48:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:48:00.000-04:00Without the moon we'd have a four hour day.
Two h...Without the moon we'd have a four hour day.<br /><br />Two hours sun, two hours stars.<br /><br />Bless the moon.<br /><br />Giver of our good weather.<br /><br />Slower of our rotation.<br /><br />Giver of our kind of life.<br /><br />C2CBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77801360252812113722009-05-18T02:44:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:44:00.000-04:00Those are big wine barrels, alrighty.
I think the...Those are big wine barrels, alrighty.<br /><br />I think they're just made to <I>look</I> like wine barrels.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3951576338793855272009-05-18T02:42:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:42:00.000-04:00Picture # 6--
Budget cuts, al-Doug.
Otherwise th...Picture # 6--<br /><br />Budget cuts, al-Doug.<br /><br />Otherwise they'd use real cut timber.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54533689615616355072009-05-18T02:30:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:30:00.000-04:00Phoenix's housing bust goes boom<A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-phoenix18-2009may18,0,7979477.story" REL="nofollow">Phoenix's housing bust goes boom</A>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90840474275673487882009-05-18T02:27:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:27:00.000-04:00John Burns Real Estate Consulting in February iden...John Burns Real Estate Consulting in February identified Phoenix as "the most unique market in the nation," where affordability was better than at any time since 1981 and buying a house was once again cheaper than renting.<br /><br />Since then, said Chris Porter, a manager at the Irvine-based firm, there have been signs of life in the Sacramento and Washington, D.C., housing markets.<br /><br />"You'll start to see some markets emerge, and it'll be the ones that went into the downturn first," Porter said. "But it's going to be a slow recovery."<br /><br />Phoenix experienced one of the most dramatic real estate crashes in the nation. Median home prices for resold homes peaked at $268,000 in June 2006. Now the median price is $120,000. It is the biggest decline in the top 20 metropolitan areas tracked by the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index.<br /><br />The collapse was devastating in a city that has long depended on housing to power its economy. In the last year, Phoenix lost 41,000 construction jobs and 136,000 overall, accounting for 7% of its workforce.<br /><br />Home building came to a halt. Many illegal immigrants, discouraged by the sudden lack of jobs, returned to Mexico. Realtors cut staff. Home prices dropped faster and faster each month for two years.<br /><br />Until March. For the first time in two years, the decline in home prices slowed -- from 37% in February, compared to the previous year, to a still-painful 36%.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26101982410194169852009-05-18T02:19:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:19:00.000-04:00In picture number six, why do they have all those ...In picture number six, why do they have all those limbs piled on each side of the mini pier, al-Bob?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62937528666983222742009-05-18T02:14:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:14:00.000-04:00Some cool stuff about the Salton Sea here, linear....Some cool stuff about the Salton Sea here, linear.<br />al-Bob will link it to some mysterious hole somewhere.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-quake18-2009may18,0,490840.story" REL="nofollow">Quake near LAX shakes county</A>The quake hit at 8:39 p.m. and was centered near Lennox, a community between Inglewood and Hawthorne and east of Los Angeles International Airport. Lasting about 15 seconds, the temblor could be felt as far away as the High Desert, Indio, Carpinteria and San Diego County.<br /><br />The earthquake was "a bit deep," said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough -- originating 8.4 miles below the surface. "That tends to make it less sharp -- less of a jerky, abrupt motion," Hough said.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30280306473378157972009-05-18T02:13:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:13:00.000-04:00Don't know if it merits the term "work around" if ...Don't know if it merits the term "work around" if you're refering to my lame return dash return.<br />Sometimes I forget sometimes I decide it's not worth the effort.<br />That's three operations, ya know.<br /><br />Just so special it deserves the OT treatment:<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-offbeattraveler11-pg,0,4802706.photogallery" REL="nofollow">Hotel made from wine barrels</A>Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren in the Netherlands features four rooms made from giant wine barrels.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58355758340664646102009-05-18T02:04:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:04:00.000-04:00Somebody around here should have quessed---Pakista...Somebody around here should have quessed---Pakistan diverting development money to make more nukes.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82024290230530873212009-05-18T02:03:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:03:00.000-04:00I forget to do it sometimes.
Art Bell is saying...I forget to do it sometimes.<br /><br /><br /><br />Art Bell is saying the Large Hardron Collider may eat us up after all. Some of the scientists at Oxford having some doubts about some of the calculations. Those mini-black holes may last longer than thought. May take in more than they expel. <br /><br />What a revoltin' development this is.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86454748389646885522009-05-18T01:39:00.000-04:002009-05-18T01:39:00.000-04:00Do you suppose we should give the tip to sinless?Do you suppose we should give the tip to sinless?linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51112633535123503162009-05-18T01:34:00.000-04:002009-05-18T01:34:00.000-04:00Rat found it too.Rat found it too.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65547398934550345412009-05-18T01:33:00.000-04:002009-05-18T01:33:00.000-04:00I see you and Doug have found the work-around for ...I see you and Doug have found the work-around for quotes in italics garbling the format, Bob.<br /><br />Congratulations.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24209653346322354592009-05-18T00:51:00.000-04:002009-05-18T00:51:00.000-04:00What a revoltin' development this is.--
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Chester...<I>What a revoltin' development this is.</I>--<br />/<br /><br />Chester A. RileyBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.com