@Vision said: @MrShrek
In Tennessee, when two people announce to their parents that they're getting married, do the parents have to act surprised when the daughter tells them that she's engaged after their son already has?
This kind of stuff about Tennessee from Pete used to bother me, because I thought he was from Utah. Pretty lippy for a guy from Utah.
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Then I realized he was from Boston, so, I know he just can't help himself.
Still, how does one confuse Tennessee with Arkansas?
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(Just kidding, you know. Full disclosure one of my uncles married his second cousin, in Arkansas because he was 18 and she was 13. Shidt happens. Even in Utah.)
First off.... I'm not on your lawn. Second, if you were part of anything but the Non-cigar related thread you might understand. And third, more material. Thank you!
Whoa there! Seriously, no offense intended. Just being silly, as I thought you were.
Perhaps you've seen my contributions in the other threads? If not, OK, there's the General Discussion, Pipes, etc., I'm there nearly every day. At least every week. It might also be recognized that the Non-Cigar gets the most responses from everyone.
As Jeff has pointed out, tone is difficult to perceive in this medium and is usually added by the reader, not the writer. I've found that what I think is one tone, is changed to quite something else, quite often. Probably works both ways.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
@ShawnOL's post about hard-boiled eggs for breakfast reminded me about some fun I used to have at the factory I 'belonged to'. 30 years and several were spent bustin' my ass on the assembly line.
Anyway, we had a break 2.5hrs into the shift, and because we started so early, I skipped breakfast and ate on that break. I've always been a creature of habit, and I love routine; my motto has long been, "Find a Good Rut and Stay In It". So I'd find what worked for my snack at break and lunch, and it'd be that for years. Then, for whatever reason, I'd switch to something else and that would be good for the next batch of years.
So, at one point, while my job was a position on the line, my break snack consisted of 2 hard-boiled eggs and a small can of V-8. Easy to make enough for the week, easy to grab in the a.m.'s and easy to finish in the 10min. allotted. It always got really interesting about 45min. to an hour after the break when that stuff got to brewing in my gut and the fumes started working their way out.
The assembly line always had pairs of workers at each station, and I got a new guy to train at my station, Vern Eichelberger, this really nice, funny black guy. (I only mention that he was black so you can hear his inflections) It was loud enough in the plant that the farts didn't need to be SBD's and I was free to let 'em rip. I can still hear the disgust in Vern's voice... "Damn! There goes that gd propane truck again!" IIRC, it took him about two weeks to realize that I was the propane forklift at the scene of this crime. Good times!
Last year in the US, 15.9 million new cars (and light trucks) were sold. The population last year stood at 340.1 million. Let's say, for argument's sake, that half of the population are adults (some of you, notwithstanding - you know who you are). That says 1 in 10 adults bought a new car? I suppose fleet sales were in the total-sales number, but still, who is buying all these cars year after year?
I know cigars smokers can't really afford new cars, but how many forum members bought a new car or truck this last year?
@peter4jc said:
Last year in the US, 15.9 million new cars (and light trucks) were sold. The population last year stood at 340.1 million. Let's say, for argument's sake, that half of the population are adults (some of you, notwithstanding - you know who you are). That says 1 in 10 adults bought a new car? I suppose fleet sales were in the total-sales number, but still, who is buying all these cars year after year?
I know cigars smokers can't really afford new cars, but how many forum members bought a new car or truck this last year?
The ole woman did, but she traded in one that was only two years old. I think that is what a lot of it is. People trading around, yet it still gets counted as a sale. I wonder if they consider leases?
@Bob_Luken said:
The subject of Subaru vehicles came up on a recent trip. My son googled them and told me they were a Japanese brand. For some reason I had always thought they were from Sweeden or some other Scandinavian country. I don't remember how I mis-learned this. Recently I quizzed my dad, and he also said he thought they were originally from Sweeden. Maybe I learned it wrong from him a long time ago.
Subaru is owned by Fujicorp.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Wouldn't it be nice for America to use Hawaii as a penal colony as England did with Australia? Just dump our murderers, pedophiles, gang bangers and the like there to fend for themselves.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
@ShawnOL said:
Wouldn't it be nice for America to use Hawaii as a penal colony as England did with Australia? Just dump our murderers, pedophiles, gang bangers and the like there to fend for themselves.
The idea has merit, but your locale is way off. Send the criminals to a tropical paradise where they never experience too much heat or too much cold, food is plentiful, climate lovely. We would have a crime wave on our hands for sure.
Besides, I have relatives that live there, and I'm absolutely sure they'd hate the idea.
No, Greenland is what you're looking for. Cold, rocky, hungry, they'd have to learn to cooperate in order to survive. Make them better citizens. Or, they wouldn't survive. Antarctica might be an option for the especially hardened cases.
But Hawaii? No, not Hawaii.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
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Whoa there! Seriously, no offense intended. Just being silly, as I thought you were.
Perhaps you've seen my contributions in the other threads? If not, OK, there's the General Discussion, Pipes, etc., I'm there nearly every day. At least every week. It might also be recognized that the Non-Cigar gets the most responses from everyone.
As Jeff has pointed out, tone is difficult to perceive in this medium and is usually added by the reader, not the writer. I've found that what I think is one tone, is changed to quite something else, quite often. Probably works both ways.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
@Amos_Umwhat You're not wrong. Font has no emotion.
Just know if I ever come across as being harsh or mean just know I'm not except for @Hawks
I don't have problems, just more work to do.
Just know if I ever come across as harsh or mean just know I’m an àsshole
I'd give that a Disagree, but it's too funny, so you get a LOL.
Whatever, teddy bear. 🐻
Nolite Oblivisci Peniculus Dentes
Except when trying to light the entire Komiefornia attendees on fire. Could be considered mean 🤣
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Just know… I am an a$$h0le !!!
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Found a shirt for @Stubble
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
@ShawnOL's post about hard-boiled eggs for breakfast reminded me about some fun I used to have at the factory I 'belonged to'. 30 years and several were spent bustin' my ass on the assembly line.
Anyway, we had a break 2.5hrs into the shift, and because we started so early, I skipped breakfast and ate on that break. I've always been a creature of habit, and I love routine; my motto has long been, "Find a Good Rut and Stay In It". So I'd find what worked for my snack at break and lunch, and it'd be that for years. Then, for whatever reason, I'd switch to something else and that would be good for the next batch of years.
So, at one point, while my job was a position on the line, my break snack consisted of 2 hard-boiled eggs and a small can of V-8. Easy to make enough for the week, easy to grab in the a.m.'s and easy to finish in the 10min. allotted. It always got really interesting about 45min. to an hour after the break when that stuff got to brewing in my gut and the fumes started working their way out.
The assembly line always had pairs of workers at each station, and I got a new guy to train at my station, Vern Eichelberger, this really nice, funny black guy. (I only mention that he was black so you can hear his inflections) It was loud enough in the plant that the farts didn't need to be SBD's and I was free to let 'em rip. I can still hear the disgust in Vern's voice... "Damn! There goes that gd propane truck again!" IIRC, it took him about two weeks to realize that I was the propane forklift at the scene of this crime. Good times!
fOnT hAs No EmOtIoN...
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
I stand corrected....
Not really
Since I started baking bread I noticed it molds, just like old times. Store bought bread never molds. WTF are we eating.
Last year in the US, 15.9 million new cars (and light trucks) were sold. The population last year stood at 340.1 million. Let's say, for argument's sake, that half of the population are adults (some of you, notwithstanding - you know who you are). That says 1 in 10 adults bought a new car? I suppose fleet sales were in the total-sales number, but still, who is buying all these cars year after year?
I know cigars smokers can't really afford new cars, but how many forum members bought a new car or truck this last year?
The ole woman did, but she traded in one that was only two years old. I think that is what a lot of it is. People trading around, yet it still gets counted as a sale. I wonder if they consider leases?
Data mining...
Flies love to play chicken.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Subaru is owned by Fujicorp.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Wouldn't it be nice for America to use Hawaii as a penal colony as England did with Australia? Just dump our murderers, pedophiles, gang bangers and the like there to fend for themselves.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
That would give the native Hawaiians even more reason to dislike tourists who already act like privileged jerks.
Relocate all residents to the mainland. Criminals only.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
The idea has merit, but your locale is way off. Send the criminals to a tropical paradise where they never experience too much heat or too much cold, food is plentiful, climate lovely. We would have a crime wave on our hands for sure.
Besides, I have relatives that live there, and I'm absolutely sure they'd hate the idea.
No, Greenland is what you're looking for. Cold, rocky, hungry, they'd have to learn to cooperate in order to survive. Make them better citizens. Or, they wouldn't survive. Antarctica might be an option for the especially hardened cases.
But Hawaii? No, not Hawaii.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I came up with Hawaii because we already own it. Would have to buy Greenland.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
I vote for Wake island
Kick the natives out ....... again?
Why change now?
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.