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GregoriusM

09-01-2005, 03:08 AM

It was flip filler Gordon, and yes, it was funny I thought. If you failed to see the humor in it, well, maybe your being to serious about it. regardless, I take it back, and will not use that style humor to you in the future- In fact, no humor at all, we'll just be serious to one another, perhaps that's best.

I DO hope you're saying this with "tongue in cheek", Doug!

One man's joke is another man's groaner. I know! I laugh at ALL of my jokes, and am pleasantly surprised when someone else laughs too. I go for quantity, since I enjoy my own jokes, and from time to time I throw out a quality one that everyone can laugh about.

The cool thing is that I can laugh at my own jokes AND at myself, although it is much more fun when you have someone else laughing.

So, seriously, I hope you weren't being serious about always being serious! :T

GregoriusM

09-01-2005, 03:14 AM

Too all members: If you wish to link to questionable sites, please indicate that it is "NSFW" Not Safe For Work.

I would greatly appreciate it, I'm not worried about getting a visitor, or having my IP logged. But this may be an issue for other members, and lurkers that visit our little page here.

Thanks

Good idea. I'd just put NSFW in the Title of my message.

I DO hope to see a goodly number of NSFW's posted! :W

Gordon Moore

09-01-2005, 07:09 AM

Doug, you can be worse than the 'old lady at the end of the month sometimes ;)

(that's a joke).
Off to workout (I'm behind this morning....watched 50 first dates last night).
L8r guys.

Lex

09-01-2005, 07:28 AM

Didn't you know Gordon, I am the old lady at the end of the month, as of yesterday I was anyway. Today, I'm a new woman since it's the 1st! :)

Well, it is true sometimes you don't know who to joke with, and how far to go. I guess I was just exadurating that fact more than anything in my rebuttal, it was sort of like a Saturday Night Live s[poof at reality. Flip filler has to be at somebody's expense, even if it's at Brooke Burke's or Carmen Electra's. It just happened that time it was Gordon's turn. Then the flip filler fillee was flung dung in his face for something that meant nothing to begin with. It was just a friendly poke at a recent TTP event, the red light photoshoot scam. As you can plainly see, you'll get no straight answer from me. I'm as slippery as a Republican at the Democratic National Convention, or a Democrat at the Republican National Convention. (No one can say I favored one area of political rebuttal over the other)

Lex

Snap

09-01-2005, 07:31 AM

Made for a very interesting barracks routine at lights out and when going from that sound sleep to full speed when some sob comes in turning on lights and beating on garbage cans. Hey wait Isn't that guys like you Snap.

No taz not me any more! ;) Only every once in a while when I have Duty and I have to do bed checks at 0100. :D It is a kinder More Gental Marine Corps!

Waking Up the Marines a Lesson in History:

Old Method: Sgt Kicks in Door, Throws trash cans, Marines, any thing that he can get his hands on. Makes a ton of noise and yells a lot!

Last Years Method: Sgt KNOCKS on the door and ask if he can be let in to wake up the Marines. Speaking in a calm voice.

This Years Method: Sgt sends out a text message to all his Marines cell phones, and sends them an email just in case thier cell phones are not on! And he goes NO were near the baracks.

Lex

09-01-2005, 07:34 AM

bed checks at 0100.

I didn't know the Marines cared so much about their enlisted men to take care of their bad checks. That's a really nice gesture on your part! I mean they do have a lot of banking issues what with the beer and women.

Snap

09-01-2005, 07:42 AM

Some Morning humor!

This explains why the Air Force enlisted personel are so much smarter than all the other forces!

Navy: Sailor gets woke up out of the rack at 0600 by a bunch of bells and whistles. Bumps his head on the rack above him. Fights with the other 4 sailors that are sleeping in the same 6 feet of space that he is in. Rushes to the chow hall after a shower and shave with cold boat water. Chomps down some chow, runs to his battle station. The Capt comes over the 1MC and gives a big speach....ended with Give em hell Sailors!

Army: Pvt. Gets out of the rack in the baracks. Puts on his boots. Shaves and showers at the baracks. Gets some chow at the chow hall. Goes to a formation. The Capt comes out and gives a speach ....followed by give em hell!

Marines: Pvt gets up off the dirt in a hole some place he has no idea where in the world he is at. No need to put on his boots cause he had to sleep with them on. Shaves with his knife cause there is no shaving gear. And he has to dry shave cause the only water that they have is for drinking. No chow cause they only have enough chow for dinner. No formation cause they are at the front lines. The Capt walks back and forth giving a big speech ended with.....give em hell marines!

Air Force: Airmen gets a call on his phone at his appartment out in town. Gets up, takes a long bubble bath. Gets dressed in a fresh dry cleaned uniform. Checks his email at home before getting into his car to drive to base. Stops at Starbucks for a coffee on his way to work. Shows up 2 hours after the initial call to work. Grabs some tools, walks out to the plane and goes to work. 20 minutes later a young Capt walks out to the jet. The Airmen gives the CAPT a good speech followed by.......GIVE EM HELL SIR!

Just some morning armed forces humor for you!

Snap

09-01-2005, 07:50 AM

I didn't know the Marines cared so much about their enlisted men to take care of their bad checks. That's a really nice gesture on your part! I mean they do have a lot of banking issues what with the beer and women.

No Lex I am at a training command. All the Marines have never been to a "Fleet Unit" And they are for the most part very young Marines. So the CO has issued an order that all students will be in thier rooms by 2400 on school days. And 0100 on weekends. So the Duty every night at 0100 or 0200 has to go and pick several rooms at random and check and make sure that the Marines that are in that room are there! That is all.

taz13

09-01-2005, 08:33 AM

So thats what I did wrong, I was supposed to stay pigeon (air force) instead of just getting a bunch of take offs from them. For some strange reason those pigeons would always ask us to leave before the plane landed. ;)

Kevin P

09-01-2005, 08:39 AM

Mornin' troops...

Not much to say except that if gas prices get much higher I'll have to take out a 2nd mortgage to fill my tank.

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 08:50 AM

Morning Gang :later:

Snap, I suppose that old song with "The Navy gets the Gravy and the Army gets the beans..." didn't take inconsideration the Air force ;)

I run red lights all the time and pay exorbent gas prices. I put Premium in my lawn mower and mix it with 2cyl oil just because it feels good to do all that.. I don't know what you guys are even complaining about.

I place micro cameras everywhere I can, on the street corner, on my lapel, in my pens. Makes me feel good and secure.

Snap

09-01-2005, 09:24 AM

see taz there is no good reason to jump out of a perfectly good airplane! SCREEEEW that! You definatly have more guts that ole snappy that is for sure! I seen guys like you all the time. HALO jumps doing back flips off the ramp. You guys are NUTS!

Speaking of nuts.....those para fire fighters are nuts! "Lets go jump into a forest fire with a E-Tool!" WOW they have some serious NERVE!

Snap

09-01-2005, 09:30 AM

Snap, I suppose that old song with "The Navy gets the Gravy and the Army gets the beans..." didn't take inconsideration the Air force ;)

Yep it now goes....

"The Navy Gets the Gravy, and the Army gets the Beans. Marines get MRE's While the Air Force Eats Steak and potatos, and sips on some tea" :rofl:

Andrew Pratt

09-01-2005, 09:33 AM

Morning gents. Today's my last day before I start holidays :T We're flying out to Ontario for almost a week tonight so see my family and introduce them all to Haley.

Snap

09-01-2005, 09:59 AM

Who is to blame? The Pilot, or the MP?? And who gets the ticket??
http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4272

Snap

09-01-2005, 10:00 AM

have a good time and a safe trip!

Snap

09-01-2005, 10:05 AM

The Air Force new stealth Plane!
http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4273

Snap

09-01-2005, 10:08 AM

This guy is not to smart.
http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4274

Gordon Moore

09-01-2005, 10:17 AM

Who is to blame? The Pilot, or the MP?? And who gets the ticket??

uhhhhhh 8O :scratchhead:

Doug :T

Have a good time Andrew :later:

Crappy ride into work today....but that didn't stop me, just made me a little slower that's all :storm:

Trev, Bing....labour day....you know what that means :td:

Snap

09-01-2005, 10:24 AM

With all the Debt and stuff that this country is facing. The DOD has released this new cost effective weapon system! :rofl:
http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4275

Kevin P

09-01-2005, 10:24 AM

That last guy looks like a potential Darwin Awards candidate.

Edit: Snap posted another one... last TWO guys look like potential Darwin Awards candidates... :)

taz13

09-01-2005, 10:25 AM

Snap
The worst was I went one step further and volunteered for SAR Tech (search and rescue ) flying in some of the oldest relics in exsitence. They took 5 from that course and I was number 7 on the list, oh well what could have been.
Then again even with my heritage, if you put salt in the water I am going elsewhere thank you. So we all have our places we don't like.
:P :lol:The DOD has released this new cost effective weapon system!
Nah I think the marines have been doing that since the sixties. Where do think the term smart and dumb weapons came from.

Snap

09-01-2005, 10:39 AM

Snap
Nah I think the marines have been doing that since the sixties. Where do think the term smart and dumb weapons came from.

:laughat: I think that is a Marine in the picture. It has Naval Signs on the plane, but the guy looks like he is wearing the old Marine Desert Cammies.

This is the link to some funny pictures that I have been posting.
http://images.military.com/Shock/0,14287,SA_Image_Archive,00.html

taz13

09-01-2005, 11:34 AM

Snap
You shouldn't give me ammo like that. Looks like, sounds like
http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4277&stc=1

Shane Martin

09-01-2005, 11:46 AM

Flip

As seen in Atlanta yesterday:
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050901/capt.gagb10409010035.katrina_oil_gagb104.jpg

Lex

09-01-2005, 11:49 AM

Of course, it was a Marine. That is Marine flight school. :)

My offiice mate was going to send that to his Dad a retired Marine and tell him they found a new use for Marines.

taz13

09-01-2005, 11:54 AM

:laughat: :laughat: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Sorry Snap but :rofl: :rofl:

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:00 PM

Taz- You know darn well that you and your mates have done some SILLY stuff in the off time! hahaha.

I am an equal oportunity offender! So that means even my beloved Corps is up for the chopping block some times!

You are not allowed now days to do as much as the old guys talk about. I hear some stories from retired Marines and to do the stuff that they did back in the day....well lets just say you go to jail now! Some of the stuff I am glad we got rid of. But some of the stuff really helps moral! :T

still a favorite is putting hot sauce on the pilots mic. After about 5 minutes of talking on the radio his lips are....well it is some time funny. I don't think you can do that any more.

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:05 PM

Like send the new guy to the Power line shop and ask the Sgt for a stack of 6216's. Well he does not know that 6216 is the Power Line M.O.S (job number for those guys) So then every one then dog piles on the poor guy and laughs all around. But some were in time some one got hurt and now...no can do.

I think just about every trade has some mess with "nick the new guy" stuff. Firemen, Police, contruction workers etc. As long as it does not get carried away it can be funny at times.

That all stopped around here in the mid 90's.

Bent

09-01-2005, 12:06 PM

Taz, you mentioned SARtec. Have you ever been involved with MAnitoba's CASARA?
(Civil Air Search and Rescue)

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:07 PM

Of course, it was a Marine. That is Marine flight school. :)

My offiice mate was going to send that to his Dad a retired Marine and tell him they found a new use for Marines.

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

That is good man. Tell us what he says.

taz13

09-01-2005, 12:07 PM

Pepper in the flight mask used to be popular, jatos on cars, det cord, as well as a whole pile that will remain in the Regiment, thank you. Oh yes, however silly doesn't quite cut it. Stupid, insane, about to die. Crawling on to the load in the back of a herc and going to sleep isn't smart either. Lets just say after that episode, before any H drops are done, passengers are counted. :oops: :conveyer: :rollhead:

Gordon Moore

09-01-2005, 12:10 PM

Well looks like we 180'd our movie choice and are going to see RedEye instead.

I'l let you know what I think tomorrow.

back to work :drinker:

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:13 PM

[QUOTE=taz13Crawling on to the load in the back of a herc and going to sleep isn't smart either. [/QUOTE]

Dude a load is a GREAT place to sleep man! The best place in the house! No one kicking you while you sleep. The whole thing is just awesome!

aud19

09-01-2005, 12:13 PM

Morning all :later:

Yoiks! You must be as old or older than I am!!! :E

Nope Greg, if my memory serves it was after the Gulf War. Stability lowers oil prices ;) Plus we had wicked price wars with the local stations :B I bet Paul would remember :yesnod: I think the lowest I saw it was $0.329 but it was hovering from about $0.349 to $0.429'ish during the period. MAN that was good times! :P ... :cry:

Bing's watching all of us from his "spy-van" burning 94 octane! :E :p: :B

taz13

09-01-2005, 12:17 PM

Dude a load is a GREAT place to sleep man! The best place in the house! No one kicking you while you sleep. The whole thing is just awesome!
Not when the doors open and the chute goes out and you see a big tall grey tail disappearing as you open your eyes and then you are skidding along and wondering how long you are going to be volunteering to be the first man out to check the wind.

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:39 PM

Not when the doors open and the chute goes out and you see a big tall grey tail disappearing as you open your eyes and then you are skidding along and wondering how long you are going to be volunteering to be the first man out to check the wind.

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: that would SUCK!

There is a old KC-130 story that has been going around for years. Not even sure if it is true but here it is.

Marines are doing HALO ops. The flight engineer ask the pilot if he minds if he jumps out with the troops. The pilot says sure. A few hours later the plane is landing and the pilot tells the flight mechanic who is sitting in the Engineers seat, "hey go get the FE time to land" The mech looked at the pilot and says, "Sir you told him he could jump....the Gunny jumped!" Don't know if it is true or not but it is a story that has been told for years.

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:49 PM

Looking around for miltary humor I found this on a website.

Maintenance Write-Ups
AF Form 781 is aboard all Air Force aircraft to record any malfunctions so maintenance personnel can fix the problem before the next flight. Here are some of the problems (P) as posted by the aircrews and solutions (S) of the maintenance personnel to clear the write-up:

(P) Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
(S) Almost replaced left inside main tire.

(P) Test flight OK, but autoland very rough.
(S) Autoland not installed on this aircraft.

(P) #2 propeller seeping prop fluid.
(S) #2 propeller seepage normal, other three propeller lack normal seepage.

(P) Something loose in the cockpit.
(S) Something tightened in the cockpit.

(P) Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
(S) Evidence removed.

(P) Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) volume unbelieveably loud.
(S) Volume set to more believeable level.

(P) Autopilot in “altitude hold” mode produces 200 fpm decent.
(S) Could not duplicate on the ground.

(P) Dead bugs on windscreen
(S) Live bugs on order.

(P) IFF inoperative.
(S) IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

(P) Friction lock causes throttle levers to stick.
(S) That’s what its there for.

(P) #3 engine missing.
(S) #3 engine found on right wing after brief search.

(P) Aircraft handles funny.
(S) Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

(P) Target radar hums.
(S) Reprogrammed target radar to sing.

For those of you that fly, some of these are even more funny.

taz13

09-01-2005, 12:53 PM

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:56 PM

:roflmao: :roflmao:

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~kem9593/grace/new_AF_uniform.ppt

Andrew Pratt

09-01-2005, 12:58 PM

Yeah my new S-N P965 just arrived....but I'm at work and then away from home all week :(

Snap

09-01-2005, 12:59 PM

Yeah my new S-N P965 just arrived....but I'm at work and then away from home all week :(

Sorry to hear that Andrew.

aud19

09-01-2005, 01:00 PM

Yeah my new S-N P965 just arrived....but I'm at work and then away from home all week :(

Ouch! :confused: That'd be a bit frustrating! :evil:

Well enjoy the trip anyways :T

Snap

09-01-2005, 01:01 PM

Gunny = Marine gunnery Sargent Major Right. Do not Marine corp Sargent Majors sit at the right hand of the almighty, like all the other Sargent Majors I have dealt with. I did not make it quite that high as I only had 3 Chevrons with a maple leaf in them.

Yes and No.
Sergeant Majors do sit at the right hand of the all mighty. But Gunny (Gunnery Sergeant) is an E-7 2 ranks below the Sergeant Major.

aud19

09-01-2005, 01:05 PM

So Snap/Taz should we start a "military" thread for you guys? :lol:

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 01:24 PM

Flip

As seen in Atlanta yesterday:
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050901/capt.gagb10409010035.katrina_oil_gagb104.jpg

S'cuse my ignorance, but just how much is regular gas in that picture above?

is the 9/10 equal to 0.9?

Snap

09-01-2005, 01:25 PM

Shane- Were did you get that pix from about the gas?

Snap

09-01-2005, 01:26 PM

yep bing. you are seeing that right.

Snap

09-01-2005, 01:28 PM

So Snap/Taz should we start a "military" thread for you guys? :lol:

oh sorry guys. did not mean to hijack the thread! :oops: kind of manning the phones today here in the office and basically have down time today.

and if chris was here he would be in too. Oh yeah and Jimmy as well.

GregoriusM

09-01-2005, 01:34 PM

Have a great trip, Andrew! :T

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"Mornin' " guys! :later:

aud19

09-01-2005, 01:36 PM

No worries Snap, just giving you a bit of a :poke: :p: :B

aud19

09-01-2005, 01:37 PM

Have a great trip, Andrew! :T

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"Mornin' " guys! :later:

Top o' the marnin ta ya as well my fine wee man :B

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 01:38 PM

yep bing. you are seeing that right.

OK, but I still don't understand how much that is.... :scratchhead:

$587.90 per gallon?

$5.879 per gallon?

$58.79 per gallon?

Yeah my new S-N P965 just arrived....but I'm at work and then away from home all week

Should have sent it to Gordo and let him unpack and break it in for you :lol:

Have a safe trip Andrew :T

Snap

09-01-2005, 01:39 PM

$5.879 a gal

Shane Martin

09-01-2005, 01:43 PM

Snap is correct. $5.879 per gallon for 87 regular. The picture was taken yesterday in metro Atlanta and posted on Yahoo news.

aud19

09-01-2005, 01:51 PM

OK, but I still don't understand how much that is.... :scratchhead:

$587.90 per gallon?

$5.879 per gallon?

$58.79 per gallon?

No different than when ours says 112.9 (per litre) Bing ;) They're just using them thar fractions instead of decimals and gallons instead of them new fangled litre things :B :p: :rofl:

aud19

09-01-2005, 01:52 PM

well looks like unless someone else posts I can't go for a flip...

Snap

09-01-2005, 01:53 PM

No different than when ours says 112.9 (per litre) Bing ;) They're just using them thar fractions instead of decimals and gallons instead of them new fangled litre things :B :p: :rofl:

I wish we went metric. It would take a little while to get used to it. But I think we are one of the few nations that use our system. Not to smart if you ask me.

Shane Martin

09-01-2005, 01:53 PM

Metric system be damned here in the states.

Shane Martin

09-01-2005, 01:53 PM

Flip
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040820/040820_Smartshowroom.h2.jpg

Smart cars are coming to the US. The 40mpg the Scions are getting are looking better by the day.

Snap

09-01-2005, 01:55 PM

really Shane? Why is that I am wondering? Isn't the metric system easy to use vs our system? (What the heck is ours called? Standerd for tools) but what is our system called in 12's??

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 02:06 PM

No different than when ours says 112.9 (per litre) Bing ;) They're just using them thar fractions instead of decimals and gallons instead of them new fangled litre things :B :p: :rofl:

I understood the fraction thang, I just didn't see a decimal, so was clueless to how much gas was. Given that the police and fire services didn't have any to use, I thought it quite possible that Gas was Stratospheric as $587.90.

At $5.879 that's just slightly more than what we pay here now :lol: ;)

aud19

09-01-2005, 02:06 PM

I blinked and you flipped :lol: Now where's that pic! :twisted:

Paul Wu

09-01-2005, 02:08 PM

Gregor: I remember $0.39 per liter and that was only a few years ago. We had some serious gas wars going on.

I worked out the gas prices today. $1.16 per litre for regular. @ 3.78541 l to 1 US Gallon that's $4.39 and using an exchange rate of $.84 that works out to US$3.69 per gallon.

I need premium in my little go fast car. :B So I pay a lot more, FYI gas is always cheaper in the evenings around here. I mentioned that fact to some people and they were amazed that I figured out the 'system' :??

So new car talk is dead now. I got the appraisal for our rental up in Fort McMurray. It was a bit lower than what I had expected, well only by $4,000. It's not going to make a big difference, but still every $4,000 counts!

Shane: Flip pic? ;)

Snap: Thanks for the millitary funnies.

I believe it's the "Imperial" sytem. But the gallons are measured differently, and so are pints.

The metric system is easier to use, everything is based on 10.

However, I remember a story years back that when building the Airbus, instead of using metric, they used inches, feet, and yards, as that was more accurate. :? Don't know if it's an urban legand or not.

I think only England and the US are left using 'imperial' measurements.

Pr@: You have a PM.

aud19

09-01-2005, 02:10 PM

Actually I think even England has switched from Imperial to Metric... Now that's funny :lol:

Snap

09-01-2005, 02:11 PM

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 02:13 PM

Metric is awesome! Everything is based on 10's. :T

Water freezes at 0C and boils at or near 100C, depending on water purity and atmospheric pressure.

Snap

09-01-2005, 02:15 PM

yeah we use C for temp use on the aircraft. That I dig. I like the "even" number thing. Much-mo-better

aud19

09-01-2005, 02:17 PM

Bing-How in the world can you all survive with those fuel prices? I had heard that that is why a lot of stuff is more money in Canada, is that the reason? My Brother-in-law lives in Western Canada and he wants to get all his AV gear here cause it is so much cheaper he says? :scratchhead:

Really? I usually find we tend to pay equivelant or less for electronics/computer stuff after you figure exchange. Our CD's are also cheaper here usually. We tend to pay between $10-$15 Canadian for new CD's in store. After exchange that's quite the deal compared to you guys :B

And if Paul's math's right :p: at $3.69US/gallon, that compares quite well with the almost $6US prices in Atlanta Shane posted! I think Doug posted some low ~$3 prices earlier though. Keeping in mind we pay a LOT more fule taxes than you yanks, that isn't bad either.

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 02:19 PM

Bing-How in the world can you all survive with those fuel prices? I had heard that that is why a lot of stuff is more money in Canada, is that the reason? My Brother-in-law lives in Western Canada and he wants to get all his AV gear here cause it is so much cheaper he says? :scratchhead:

Hard to say Snap, I suppose we are acclimatized to it? :scratchhead: We (I) do buy a lot of stuff from the States or out of province to save some money or taxes, however you do have to pay attention to the Customs duties applied to country of origin or item type.

If it's not the gas, it's the natural gas, or taxes. I suppose as Canadians, we just put up with it knowing that this is life, deal with it or move on.... ;)

My perspective may be more poignant than actual fact, maybe my brother Pauly can shed a more Analytic view as to how we deal with it.

Snap

09-01-2005, 02:22 PM

Have to leave that to you all. He lives in Calgary. I know he got his computer here. And when he comes this Christmas he is going get his AV gear. :confused:

what is the exchange rate now? I know that when I was in Halifax in 1998 the rate was crazy. And it was very expensive for use to buy stuff there. Who knows maybe they raised all the rates cause the "yanks" were in town. It was the most US forces to be in Canada since WWII. I think that is what the papers said. It was a cool training mission. We had a BUNCH of canadians on the boat with us. I will tell you this, they had the COOLEST people (Halifax), and the nicest people there that I have EVER MET! Just down right cool to be honest.

aud19

09-01-2005, 02:26 PM

Well the canuck buck seems to be lingering in the low 80's Snap so figure somewhere around there ;)

Paul Wu

09-01-2005, 02:31 PM

Snap: Well I'm not Bing, but I'll take a stab. How can we survive? I honestly don't know how some people are doing it. It has been very tough the past year as gas and disiel cost have taken off. For regular people working, they are taking a big hit. I'm lucky in a way as I've got a business that allows me to deduct my fuel expenses. But I still don't like paying that much for gas!

As for getting AV gear, the strength of the Canadian dollar against the US green back is amazing. We went from a $0.64 dollar to a $0.84 in less than 2 years! That is virtualy unheard of. So in the past buying from the US has been cost prohibative, now it's like getting a huge discount. Everything is always cheaper in the US, and now it's even better.

Here's a 5 year chart of the Canadian Dollar and how much it has gained.

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/5y?cadusd=x

Check out 2003! That was huge, 2004 was pretty good as well. We'll see what happens in 2005.

Citibank release a report that they expected the dollar to go to $0.87.

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 02:33 PM

Most times Computer equipment is comparable or even cheaper in Canada. General electronics can be a different matter depending on the brand name and application. I know when I was looking at a Denon receiver, it was cheaper to buy from the states and have it shipped here, than to buy it locally at A&B sound.

Digital cameras, are slightly cheaper in the states, however most companies like Canon or Nikon will not honor a out of country warranty, so the lower cost may not be a benefit if service is required.

New Cars, are generally the same or equal. The government has that locked up so that taxes and required inspections level the playing field. Selection not withstanding.

Clothing can be cheaper in the states, again depending on what brand name you are buying. However with my typical local retailers giving me a 20%-30% discount, it makes better sense to supoort the local industries. I know that food costs are the same if not more in the States. A typical meal out here could be around $10 per person, I think its the same in the US, so if exchange is applied, it could cost more. Although I'm speculating here.

Good to hear you enjoyed the Canadians :T

The Canuck dollar is doing very well right now and favors US purchases at 1.18152 Cdn dollars to equal a US buck.

aud19

09-01-2005, 02:39 PM

Here's a good example:

I just looked up my price for a ASUS EXTREME EN7800GTX (Nvidia) video card. My price is $650CA or about $550US. I found it online for about $530US (from more questionable stores) up to about $610US... ;)

Kevin P

09-01-2005, 02:47 PM

Pr@, don't feel bad... I have another month or so to wait before I can play with my P-965. :cry:

On the upside, I was at the house earlier, and the priming is finished, the kitchen cabinets came in, and the jacuzzi tub is fixed so the plumbers can come in and do their stuff. Progress, me likes! :B

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 02:53 PM

yeah we use C for temp use on the aircraft. That I dig. I like the "even" number thing. Much-mo-better

I'll say it again, Metric is awesome everything is based on 10's. :T :T

1 cubic centimeter is equal to one milliliter

1000 ml = 1 liter

1 gram is 1 gram

1000 grams in a Kilogram

Water freezes at 0C and boils at or near 100C, depending on water purity and atmospheric pressure.

Water happens to have a specific gravity of 1 gram per cubic centimeter (actually 0.99823 grams/cubic centimeter at 1 atm pressure, close enough), Coincidence? :W

Forget about how many pints in a ounce, inches in feet, oz in pounds, liquid ounce verses weight oz, 32F & 212F for the water :lol: :rofl:

Paul Wu

09-01-2005, 02:55 PM

Snap: In 1998 the rate was crazy good for you! I remember it cost me $1.50 Canadian to get $1 US. I was in Vegas at the end of '98. You can't make it out in the chart, but end fo 98 beginning of 99, you can see the exchange at about $0.675.

That chart is for banks. For normal people like us, we pay a few points higher when buying and take a few points off if we are selling.

It just seemed more expensive, but I bet you probably got some good deals. Let me give you an example. You go to McD's for a Big Mac Meal, that's fries and a coke. It will cost you C$5.00 back in '98. Well it would have actually cost you only US$3.33, I'm using a $0.66 exchange rate.

Now the same meal would cost you US$4.20, using a $0.84 exchange rate.

Oh and we are all nice people in Canada. :T

There are some things that are cheaper in Canada, and especially on the west coast. CD's are the top of my list, as well as DVD's. We have cut throat competition here, so that's why it's better to buy those here than in the US. You can pay CDN$14.00 for a CD or you can pay US$15-$20 for a CD. Same with DVDs.

Computer parts, hands down, is cheaper in Canada. Especially in around where Jason and I live. It is crazy pricing, as Jason has demonstrated. There are a lot of computer stores that get OEM type pricing and just pass it on to the consumers.

I think that cars are cheaper in the US. Applicance, AV gear, clothing, and some food items as well.

Paul Wu

09-01-2005, 02:57 PM

Another urban legend. Imperial makes it that much harder for dumb criminals. They have to remember how many feet in a yard, and yard in a mile. How many ounces in a pound, etc.

Time for lunch as 12:00 pm is pretty much universal!

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 02:59 PM

Another urban legend. Imperial makes it that much harder for dumb criminals. They have to remember how many feet in a yard, and yard in a mile. How many ounces in a pound, etc.

:laughat:

Time for lunch as 12:00 pm is pretty much universal!

Com'mon Pauly, don't be playing, You know we are running on metric time here too... Metric Daylight saving time in Alberta, and Metric Pacific time in BC :B

aud19

09-01-2005, 03:00 PM

I never pay retail though for electronics so I have no problems with US vs Canada in that regard :D

aud19

09-01-2005, 03:03 PM

:laughat:

Com'mon Pauly, don't be playing, You know we are running on metric time here too... Metric Daylight saving time in Alberta, and Metric Pacific time in BC :B

We actually had a client from down south ask us what the time difference from California to "Canada time" would be 8O :roll: :lol:

Then again there was another woman who was labeling a shipment and our instructions said "write your name here" etc so guess what she wrote on the box....? :roll: :lol:

Snap

09-01-2005, 03:17 PM

Yeah the rate was good for us in 1998 Paul. We just had huge expectations of stuff. Like I paid 4 bucks or something US for a beer. We were just used to 2 bucks a beer back here in the states. CD's were a good deal then and I got a bunch. Much more I could tell about that cool trip... but I am getting drug into something here at work. :rant:

:a> ;zx

:hb :bash: :frypan:

:storm::storm::storm::storm::storm::storm::storm: :storm:

Got to go....... :roll:

aud19

09-01-2005, 03:31 PM

Ok I just heard that people are shooting at the helicopters that are trying to rescue people and bring water/food in and that they've actually labeled some areas no-fly zones?!?!? :wtf:

Paul Wu

09-01-2005, 03:33 PM

I totally forgot about booze! It is so much cheaper down in the US!

Time difference is a pretty complicated formula. Okay you have a pen and paper handy? Good, so what time do you have right now? Write that down.

Okay. So right above that write down 'California' right above the time. Now here's the tricky part, the time that you wrote down is now incorrect. Right? cause it's a couple of minutes later, so write down that time now and cross out the old time. Got it? Good.

Okay so right next to 'California' write down Canada and then write down British Columbia. Okay got that?

Now look to the left, where you wrote down the time. Did you write it on the left hand side? What no! Man we'll have to start all over.

Okay, On the left hand side of your paper, write down the time. Above the time write down 'California' okay? Good

Now right next to it, on the right, write down 'British Columbia, Canada'.

Now right under it write down the time right now...and that's how you do the conversion to Canada time in BC. If you need it for the other provinces, you're on your own! :)

"write your name here" etc so guess what she wrote on the box....?

Your Name Here?

aud19

09-01-2005, 03:45 PM

I totally forgot about booze! It is so much cheaper down in the US!

Time difference is a pretty complicated formula. Okay you have a pen and paper handy? Good, so what time do you have right now? Write that down.

Okay. So right above that write down 'California' right above the time. Now here's the tricky part, the time that you wrote down is now incorrect. Right? cause it's a couple of minutes later, so write down that time now and cross out the old time. Got it? Good.

Okay so right next to 'California' write down Canada and then write down British Columbia. Okay got that?

Now look to the left, where you wrote down the time. Did you write it on the left hand side? What no! Man we'll have to start all over.

Okay, On the left hand side of your paper, write down the time. Above the time write down 'California' okay? Good

Now right next to it, on the right, write down 'British Columbia, Canada'.

Now right under it write down the time right now...and that's how you do the conversion to Canada time in BC. If you need it for the other provinces, you're on your own! :)

Your Name Here?
Hahaha good one Paul!... And yup, you guessed it! That's what she wrote :lol: You win a beer!!! Of course we'll have to drive down to the US for it because booze are way too expensive up here! :lol:

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 03:45 PM

Labor Day classic Gordo, But the riders are in pretty crappy form this year. Even the local radio stations are roasting them hard :lol:

:td:

aud19

09-01-2005, 03:46 PM

Lions are doing "ok" Bing :lol:

Snap

09-01-2005, 04:24 PM

Just madness. A bunch of buddies just got the you have 3 hours to pack kiss your wife and be back here orders. They are heading to the Big Easy in about 20 minutes.

Yeah freeking stupid if you ask me about them shooting at the copters. Just freeking dumb. They also shot a National Guard Member! It is simular to the whole drowning person thing. They try and kill the swimmer comming to save them! Just stupid. It is a little bit different I agree. (They are SHOOTING at them, but sort of simular I guess) Just stupid if you ask me!

Snap

09-01-2005, 04:25 PM

You a Lions Fan Bing? My boss is a HUGE lions fan! Just Stupid huge fan!

Snap

09-01-2005, 04:25 PM

well off to my other job! See ya later hope that you guys have a great day!

aud19

09-01-2005, 04:41 PM

ooooh

aud19

09-01-2005, 04:41 PM

I think

aud19

09-01-2005, 04:41 PM

I'll go

aud19

09-01-2005, 04:41 PM

FLIP it!

That'd be the BC Lions Snap ;) CFL, not NFL, you brobably haven't the foggiest who they are :lol:

http://www.news1130.com/images/EVENTS/LionsLogo.jpg

Paul Wu

09-01-2005, 04:43 PM

Wheres' that flip pic? ;) :rofl:

I'm not even going to comment on the shooting the chopper thing. :??

:td:

That's the BC Lions!

http://www.bclions.com/themes/bc/graphics/header.jpg

http://www.bclions.com/mediagallery/bcl_05week03/g2_3.jpg

Nick M

09-01-2005, 04:47 PM

Hey guys, listen to this...

After I solo'd last month in the Cessna 152, Chris asked me for my address. Today I received a pair of military style wings in the mail with the following message...Nick-
Every soloed pilot needs his own pair of wings. These are the first pair I wore after graduating from pilot training.
Congratulations Buddy!
-Chris Haven't heard from Chris in awhile. Hope he's ok! I'll keep these wings forever! :-y ;x(
-----
Snap - I almost busted a kidney laughing at the last round of P/S logs. I'm printing them out and bringing them to my flight instructor (former military air-tanker pilot) on Saturday.
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As far as the metric system goes, we have people here who have yet to learn the standard American system yet. Introducing a system based on tens instead of 8's and 12's would cause us to implode... :B

Nick M

09-01-2005, 04:58 PM

Hit some stores and brought my younger sister out to eat who is heading off to college next weekend. Went to a great restaurant called Cha Cha Cha's. It's an ethnic blend of Latin and Indian food. Sounds odd, but oh man is it good! It's been my favorite eatery in that area of Mass for the past couple years. Left behind $100+ at Barnes & Noble. Damn it that place gets me everytime. Picked up a couple cookbooks, some kitplane magazines, another book/cd package to help me with my desire to learn Japanese, and season 2 of Macgyver! Also grabbed some tasty 70% chocolate from the Whole foods store next door.

Put together my Carada screen. It has a couple wrinkles, but they are slowly smoothing out now that the screen is tensioned. Nice quality! Have to hang it and play with it tomorrow though, I have 5hrs to sleep before heading to work... :java:

Also got my seafood in from San Diego. Cleaned/divied that all up and got it in the fridge/freezer.

Pooped. Have a good one boys!

aud19

09-01-2005, 05:26 PM

Nice on the wings from Chris! :T Hope we hear from him soon. Between the middle east and the hurricane I bet he's keeping busy though...

Can't wait to see some shots of the PJ/screen Nick ;)

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 06:55 PM

That Chris, what a class guy :T Very nice Nick, those are special :)

BTW, Christine loved her knife :T It literally falls through tomatos all by itself at paper thin thicknesses. It really is sharper than our Henckels ever was. It's awesome in use!

Now, that sushi your fixing to make, can only imagine... Yummmm! :drool:

Cool on the screen 8)

Snap, take it easy down at the big easy. Hope it all goes well for you.

I'm not a Detroit Lions fan :lol: "Go Raiders!" ;)

http://webgalaxe.com/sports/NFL/Raiders/raiders.jpg

taz13

09-01-2005, 08:29 PM

That is a pretty big honor Nick.
Man back home after doing orbits in the clouds and rain for far to long. :(

Hey correct me if I am wrong, but did not the US officially adopt metric in the 70s and then shelve it?

Got some reading to catch up on I'll be back when I am up to date, plus we are doing the preplanning for the game this weekend. 8x) :beer: :blah: :blah: :blah: 8x) 8x) ;b> :^x :^x :boozer: :boozer: :throwup:

In the 1970's there was a major effort to increase the use of the metric system, and Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to speed this process along. However, American consumers generally rejected the use of metric units for highway distances, weather reports, and other common measurements, so little was accomplished except for the encouragement of faster metric conversion in various scientific and technical fields.

In 1988, Congress passed the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act, which designates "the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce." Among many other things, the act requires federal agencies to use metric measurements in nearly all of their activities, although there are still exceptions allowing traditional units to be used in documents intended for consumers. The real purpose of the act was to improve the competitiveness of American industry in international markets by encouraging industries to design, produce, and sell products in metric units.

The debate over metric conversion continues. Although metric units have become more familiar and more widely used, the United States remains a "soft metric" country. (The phrase "soft metric" refers to designations like "1 pint (473 mL)" in which metric equivalents are simply tagged onto traditional measurements.)

Proponents of the metric system in the U.S. often claim that "the United States, Liberia, and Burma (or Myanmar) are the only countries that have not adopted the metric system." This statement is not correct with respect to the U.S., and probably it isn't correct with respect to Liberia and Burma, either. The U.S. adopted the metric system in 1866. What the U.S. has failed to do is to restrict or prohibit the use of traditional units in areas touching the ordinary citizen: construction, real estate transactions, retail trade, and education. The U.S. has not made the crucial transition from "soft metric" to "hard metric", so that "1 pint (473 mL)" becomes "500 mL (1.057 pint)", with the traditional equivalent fading into smaller type sizes and finally disappearing.

Snap

09-01-2005, 09:02 PM

Nick that is very cool man. That is a big deal in the miltary. You never get promoted with NEW chevrons, some one always gives you a set of old ones. Same thing when I got my wings. BIG BIG Deal that is very cool.

Snap

09-01-2005, 09:05 PM

we need a dish washing smile guy. That is what I am off to do. Momma's bathing the kido, snappy is washing the dishes.

Got some Hurricane Surviors next door now. Pretty crazy some of the stories that they are telling us. Post more about them tomorrow.

Bing and the rest. Sorry for my ignorance...I totally forgot that you all have American Style foot ball. (Not to be confused with the real foot ball we call "soccer" in the states) So sorry.

Have a good night ya'll

Bing Fung

09-01-2005, 11:19 PM

No problemo Snap, most Canadians would submit to you that the NFL kicks the CFLs ass. It just our game has some likable quirks over the NFL as well ;)

Time outs are not as much as a strategic play in the CFL, most of our games are played right to the wire, unless it's a blow out, even then they play to the end as if there is a chance to win.

The CFL game can be more of an aerial show because with the 3 downs, you have to pass to gain yardage. Of course this also can lead to a lot of punting because the 1st down is harder to achieve.

Our ball is a lot fatter, making it harder to throw.

Our Playing field is wider and longer, making the constant Blitz a risky play.

Most times our Grey Cup final is played in the bitter cold snow feilds of November (unless the final is played in BC or Toronto) :lol: Mind you Green Bay and Buffalo can be just as cold in January ;)

Lex

09-01-2005, 11:51 PM

Gas price update- We hit 3.29 9/10 today. Up 20 cents from yesterday's high that I saw.

GregoriusM

09-02-2005, 06:59 AM

Gregor: I remember $0.39 per liter and that was only a few years ago. We had some serious gas wars going on.

I know about those price wars. I'm talking about 39 cents per Imperial Gallon!

I can remember my Dad filling up and looking at those prices and complaining!

In fact, if I remember correctly, I think I can remember as far back as twenty some cents per Imperial Gallon.

Don't forget. I'm 50 bucks old! :T

GregoriusM

09-02-2005, 07:10 AM

No problemo Snap, most Canadians would submit to you that the NFL kicks the CFLs ass.

I'll be long dead in my grave before I think the NFL has ANYTHING over the CFL!!!

Lots of biggers guys, yes. Boring games. Also yes. The CFL game is a much better brand of football. If they had it in the States, along with the bigger guys, THEN you'd have a Football League! :T

Sorry, Binger, but that's the way I've always felt. Most NFL games are BORING!!! :roll:

Snap

09-02-2005, 07:12 AM

:later: Good morning Ya'll.

Snap

09-02-2005, 07:17 AM

I personally am no longer a big fan of Football. Real Foot ball yeah, Hockey, HECK Yah (Go Sharks and Stars) And the best for last......GOLF!

Nick M

09-02-2005, 07:47 AM

Morning guys! http://mysite.verizon.net/nicholasmosher/morning.gif

Heck with football, RED SOX ALL THE WAY! :-y :B
http://www.yankeessuckonline.com/dl/tex_arod_fight.jpg

Snap

09-02-2005, 08:08 AM

:blah: :buyanm:

Dude....throw the ball, catch the ball, run around. Throw catch, sit, wait.....The only time baseball is fun TO ME is if I am at the ball park then it can be fun. Dad used to take us to the Doger games all the time when we were little.

I will admit that Golf is not very thrilling either, but I watch golf to learn more than anything. Watching how they do shots, and what the TV guys say about how to do those shots really can help out ones game.

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 08:16 AM

Morning Gangstas :later:

I'll be long dead in my grave before I think the NFL has ANYTHING over the CFL!!!

Lots of biggers guys, yes. Boring games. Also yes. The CFL game is a much better brand of football. If they had it in the States, along with the bigger guys, THEN you'd have a Football League! :T

Sorry, Binger, but that's the way I've always felt. Most NFL games are BORING!!! :roll:

Now like any good Canadian, I like my CFL, but, I'm no ostrich with my head in the sand. I like both.... But the NFL has a slight edge to me.

I like the CFL for the aerial assault, and the down to wire games, however I hate how if a offensive team can not mount a drive, the game is nothing but back and forth kicking. And whats with the "No Yards" penalty? They kick the ball to the receiver, all run like hell down to the IR and have to stop 10 yards from him or incur a penalty? Those 2 things Bore me about the CFL on top of the low talent pool.

While NFL boring maybe true, there are great games as well just as the CFL. I find I like the NFL for the talent of the players. They are so much faster and stronger then the CFL. The defensive play seems so much more aggressive and integral to the game than the CFL game. The sheer power and speed of those guys leave the CFL looking like a training camp at times.

And since the Riders Suck, I don't watch the CFL (much) but love watching the NFL in Hi-Def :T

That's my take on right or wrong ;)

I personally am no longer a big fan of Football. Real Foot ball yeah, Hockey, HECK Yah (Go Sharks and Stars) And the best for last......GOLF!

Golf is not a sport, it's a pastime ;) :lol:

Baseball, borders on that too :lol:

Don't get me wrong, I like both of the above, but TV basball puts me to sleep. TV golf can put me to sleep as well :lol:

Snap

09-02-2005, 08:23 AM

Golf is not a sport, it's a pastime ;) :lol:

Baseball, borders on that too :lol:

Golf :nono: Baseball :yesnod:

Bing don't make me start quoting Bagger Vance on you bro! :rofl:

I am a firm believer that Golf is the one sport that truely test the character of a man. (or woman) "It is the only game that you call a penalty on yourself"

That game will make a preacher cuss. :rofl:

Snap

09-02-2005, 08:24 AM

Oh yeah foot ball in High Def is starting to make me watch it a little bit more. But I do not have TONS of time to sit around and watch TV. So I have to choose my TV watching wisely.

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 08:39 AM

Snap, as much as I love golf, I have to admit, never has one single sporting action been so over hyped, over analyzed and marketing talked than the golf swing.

The golf swing it's self takes all of 3-4 seconds to execute, yet the resources put forth in monitoring that single event would have cured cancer by now. Not to mention all the latest rounds of club design guaranteeing a better golf shot, when they are mainly designed to separate you from your money.

Sure there have been good advancements in equipment design, however for the most part, it's mostly marketing driven for the White collared masses.

Then all the resources poured in to better technique, there is the arms, here, here, here. Head there, there, there...... Sure fundamentals are important, however most golfers would just play a better game if they didn't think about everything and focused on just a few simple things such as rhythm and timing.

Ever throw a wad of paper towards a basket and be surprised how close you get with out even thinking about the mechanics of it? That's the purity Golf should have, with out all the other noise the golf industry has built up.

And Golf on TV does put me to sleep, it's one of the best TV sedatives around :lol:

Many sports can test the character of man, golf just happens to be self serving character test because the white ball takes on epic proportions to encompass a players universe for 4 hours. There is no physical pain, or athleticism required to play the game. A person doesn't have to reach deep down inside to pull out the last bit of energy or will to win in golf. Golf is in the mind only, just like many other sports that also require muscles, ability, endurance and heart.

Bings rant of the day..... :B

"Golf is a good walk spoiled" Mark Twain

Lex

09-02-2005, 08:58 AM

Was that a glovectomy Nick? It looks painful. It looks like he held the glove up to his face and said, zing that fast ball right in here! lol.

Off work today, for a change-

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 08:58 AM

BTW, I love playing golf too :D

Snap

09-02-2005, 09:09 AM

I used to play 3-5 times a week. Then I went to Flight Enineer Training, and that dropped it down to 1-2 times a week. Got married and that dropped to .5-1 times a week. Had a baby, and my golf dropped to 1-2 times a month. Opened up a business and my golf has dropped to 1 month, give or take 1.

I figure once I get older.....and more wise...... I can get some funny color pants, and play once a week. Oh yeah I need my "old man" start up kit as well. IE the goofy hat with the Pane Stewart socks! :T

hmmmmm may be buy some Kenny Rogers or Neil Diamond CD's to listen to in the golf cart! :roflmao:

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 09:16 AM

:laughat:

Or get a Golf Cart like Snoppy Dog in those Chrysler ads :lol:

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/news/newsmakers/Iacocca_snoop/snoop_golf_cart.jpg http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/news/newsmakers/Iacocca_snoop/snoop_iacocca_chrysler.03.jpg

"Fo shizzle, I-ka-zizzle,"

Shane Martin

09-02-2005, 09:47 AM

While NFL boring maybe true, there are great games as well just as the CFL. I find I like the NFL for the talent of the players. They are so much faster and stronger then the CFL. The defensive play seems so much more aggressive and integral to the game than the CFL game. The sheer power and speed of those guys leave the CFL looking like a training camp at times
At times is being generous. ALL the time to me. I've seen quite a bit of the CFL and at best it's minor league compared to the NFL. There is a reason that CFL stars fail in the NFL. Doug Flutie and Rocket Ismail are 2 good examples. 2 stars in the CFL who failed like no tomorrow on the NFL. One thing I can appreciate about the CFL is they play in the weather. Football isn't meant to be played indoors. This is the main reason why dome teams suck. I have no respect for them.

if you guys love the CFL, You might enjoy the arena league. It's fun but it's not football.

It's good to see Iacoca doing Chrysler commercials. I thought they had a falling out. I have alot of respect for that guy.

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 11:48 AM

At times is being generous. ALL the time to me. I've seen quite a bit of the CFL and at best it's minor league compared to the NFL..... if you guys love the CFL, You might enjoy the arena league. It's fun but it's not football.

Wait a second there Shane, Only Canadians can bash the CFL game :smackbutt: :twisted: :lol:

I was cleaning out a memory card and came across this picture of my family and I hiking out in Jasper.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2213/bb5yk.jpg

What a glorious day that was :T

aud19

09-02-2005, 12:45 PM

OK CFL vs NFL.... Honestly I'm not a big football fan so neither really holds a candle to hockey for me but I have to say the CFL is more entertaining football played with low-caliber players. The NFL is super high caliber players but a comparitively boring game. I agree with Greg, if we had NFL calibre players playing CFL football or CFL style football being played int the NFL with their players, it would be a much better sport IMO. Of course CFL players are lower calibre though. I mean seriously, if you're a good enough player, where are you going to go? The CFL where they make the same salary as me or the NFL where the lowest paid player makes my salary in a few games? :lol: I think it's pretty obvious where the better players go and why but IMO the structure of the CFL game makes for more entertainment even if they have less talent.

Sorry Nick, baseball makes me :Z like no tomorrow! I don't even find playing it very exciting. It's like sports for choma patients :lol:

Mostly agree with Bing on Golf too. I never really got in to it though (I already have enough expensive and time consuming hobbies) At least the atmosphere and scenery in golf is pleasing though :B But yeah, if you can be overweight, generally out of shape and easily drink a few beers while still playing pretty well.... Not a sport :lol:

Anyhoo... the BC Lions I mentioned are 9-0, so as I said, they're doing "ok" :lol: I bet Bing and Trev wished their uniforms were green though :B :p:

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 01:03 PM

Actually I have often thought that if the CFL adopted just the 4 downs our game would be Excellent!

I really grow weary of the back and forth punting, but then I suppose with the extra down, we would see even higher scoring games :E

OK, if the Riders didn't sux, the CFL would be the best game evar ;x( :rofl:

One more thing, we may sux, however we are not alone as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers also sux along with us :roflmao: However that could all change this weekend :lol:

aud19

09-02-2005, 01:07 PM

Maybe BC could lend the Riders their 3rd string QB who's still winning us games when their 1st and 2nd string QB's are back :p: :poke: :rofl:

taz13

09-02-2005, 01:09 PM

One more thing, we may sux, however we are not alone as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers also sux along with us However that could all change this weekend 1/2 of me is :a> ;-x ;zx :k> :2guns: The green 1/2 is :laughat: :laughat: :roflmao: :roflmao: :^x :agree: :T

I have a real problem on labour day :(

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 01:12 PM

This is a Rider Fan's Game Seat

http://www.saskriders.com/gallery/3/134/toilet.jpg :lol:

Ohhhh, those previous post brought out the calvary :lol:

Tough Choices Taz, kinda like being a Sutter Parent during hockey playoffs :P

aud19

09-02-2005, 01:15 PM

oooh

aud19

09-02-2005, 01:15 PM

aud19

09-02-2005, 01:15 PM

runing

aud19

09-02-2005, 01:15 PM

to flip!

Last guy to sign to get the Canucks "Cup-ready" IMO. I'm starting to get a little worried though...should have been done by now! :evil: Not to mention he's my favourite Canuck...

http://www.canuckscentral.com/images/wcooke800.jpg

Paul Wu

09-02-2005, 01:17 PM

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 01:18 PM

http://www.saskriders.com/gallery/3/123/DSC_0129.jpg

taz13

09-02-2005, 01:22 PM

Great pic Bing :T

aud19

09-02-2005, 01:23 PM

Where's that flip pic? :rofl:

I'm just catching up on the devastation down south. Pretty scary stuff.

Busy day today, need to get some things done to leave 'early'

What's the deal with 3 of our ferries out of commission? :??

Glad I'm not going to the island this weekend. I feel for those that are in the line up with no reservation.

Geez Paul can I have 5 seconds to find a pic?!?!?! :p:

Ya the Ferry's are getting pretty rough, when are they supposed to get those new boats on order/being built...something like 2008 :roll: Gonna be a tough couple of years for them/the passengers :confused:

aud19

09-02-2005, 03:08 PM

We've been furiously discussing SED over at another forum when someone mentioned:

SED will rule the world! mu-ha-ha. :B

So I made this!: :rofl:

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7325/elvish0xo.jpg

Ken Makela

09-02-2005, 05:15 PM

flip?

SHIT!

Must be braindead, I thought i was in line, I must have been on previous page. LOL

aud19

09-02-2005, 05:21 PM

:lol: Hey Ken :later: :lol:

Lex

09-02-2005, 05:32 PM

Hey Ken, shit right back at ya, lol.

Nice images. Been busy busy today, unpacking some stuff in my garage and putting a lot of boxes back in the attic, undoing a lot of stuff I did preping for a move. (eye roll here), I'm such an idiot.

The good news is, some things will be improved over what they were when I started, as I have gotten rid of some stuff. Bad news, more stuff is out and in the picture because of everything I moved around, and a lot more work remains...

I had 1 builder out looking at my property for an addition today, no cost estimates as yet.

Lex

Ken Makela

09-02-2005, 06:54 PM

Hi Jason, Hi Lex :)

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 08:03 PM

Hey Ken :later:

Quiet around these parts lately...... Whats up with that? :scratchhead:

Quit yer luking and post something already :lurk:

Lex

09-02-2005, 08:19 PM

I was pretty darn busy today, worked my butt off really, no time to post, and this is a holiday weekend here.

As I understand it, my niece's husband is planning to take food down to the hurricaine area with his 2 semi trucks. That's a nice gesture on his part, and a substantial expense as well I might add just to cover the trucks and fuel. I hope he can get them full up here.

Gas went to 3.45 today.

Bing Fung

09-02-2005, 11:20 PM

Quite the tragedy down in Louisiana. It seems like one of those kind of disasters that didn't seem too terrible until the fallout of the days progressed.

It's unbelievable watching CNN 8O

Snap

09-03-2005, 12:49 AM

It's unbelievable watching CNN 8O

Bing don't watch the "Communist News Network" :nono: MSNBC is more down the middle. You have on one corner Fox, and the other you have CNN. MSNBC seems to be more down the middle as far as fair reporting. I can not stand CNN. Seems to me that they just report stupid stuff. They are more biased than Fox! 8O

No more TV for us for a while....to much bashing going on. There was one guy who finally got it right on MSNBC. When he had the guts to actually remind people how the government in this Nation works! Starts at the City, then County, then State, and finally the Federal. To say that the Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Air Force did not get there fast enough is silly. :nonod: The state of LA is who dropped the ball. They KNEW that a CAT 4 or Higher was going to cause the levies to flood! It is in thier report in 2000, 2003, and this year! 8O

Then the city tells every one to go to the dome, and then does not send 1 freeking dude there! 8O Some local and state people need to loose thier jobs!.

Well any ways....momma says I have to come to bed....so night night all!

Gordon Moore

09-03-2005, 06:29 AM

Morning all :later:

Picked up my steaks last night.....sterling silver quality steaks (very low marbling)....

Picked up some Rib Eye's, Striploins (New Yorks), Top Sirloins and T-Bones.
Then picked up corn on the cob and some lobster tails. Will probably grill up some tiger prawns while I'm at it and some veg (grilled sweet peppers are nice :yesnod: )

For Sunday nights game I picked up some Fred Flinstone size pork side ribs and there's a package of back ribs in the fridge and some chicken breast....so grilled chicken breast, ribs and nachos are the order of that day.

It's a canivorous weekend this weekend http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/images/smilies/chomp.gif

I think most Winnipeggers have as much green in them as they do Blue and Gold ;)

The ADD in me simply does not allow me to watch NFL :lol: . Big flashy high calibre players who play a game that moves with the speed and efficiency of golf. Yeah , no real love for the NFL here. I don't have my life to waste watching tv anyway so I have to pick and choose the few things I'm willing to sit down and watch.

Sure the NFL is better, so what? I mean who cares....what does it prove anyway? Like most things in the States they definitely have mo' money....but that doesn't instantly make it better....in many ways (like money usually does) it simply and eventually corrupts the thing you loved about it. The one thing about the CFL is it's played with heart. Sure it's low caliber but it's got heart.....Hell pee-wee and amateur sports are played with more heart sometimes because they WANT to be there and not for some fat-cat paycheque. I love watching ameteur and lower caliber sports most times because the mistakes add to the drama.

Players that simply try to play their best....I have a full appreciation and admiration of that aspect of any game or sport.

Hopefully we never lose that aspect of our game like so many other sports already have.

Should be a good last big meal of summer before school, work and chaos ensues for the next 6-8 months.

jimmyp58

09-03-2005, 06:47 AM

You are dead-on Gord...most pro sports in the U.S. are played without heart. Sure, there are some that play the game the way it was/is meant to be played (e.g., Brett Favre) but most athletes simply want their paycheck and if their team has enough talent to make it to the playoffs, then and only then do you really see the true games. I see this a lot in pro basketball hence the reason college basketball is so much fun. With so many teams making the playoffs, all you need to do is watch the last few weeks of the season to see who is going to make the playoffs (especially if there is a tight race) then the playoffs themselves.

Busy day today as we are demo'ing the new NuForce amps at a couple of different venues.

Have a great day guys...

Nick M

09-03-2005, 08:26 AM

Damn, alot of people need to lose their jobs due to this fiasco. Some should be criminally prosecuted as well. White collar "Planners" from the Town Engineers to the Mayor of New Oreleans to the White House. I've been following reports on the BBC closely over the past few days (I don't watch or read any US or Canadian press, but I'd agree with Snap that MSNBC is the best of the three poisons) and the conditions for those people are terrible. Absolutely unacceptable.

The gouging of gasoline prices are completely out of control. Thank god I only burn ~5 gallons a week. It's $3.50/gal down the street. I'm just not seeing how market prices can increase $0.75-$1.00 in places like the Pacific Northwest. Supposedly it's going to continue to increase to $4.00/gal with Labor Day weekend. A great way for Oil companies to make a quick mint. :roll:

Bought another printer today at Walmart. My fourth printer in three years. Last on that broke was a Lexmark, so I went with HP again this time. Each of my parents and one of my sisters has this model which has proven to last atleast 3+yrs so far. It's a Printer/Scanner/Copier combo. We'll see how it goes... :|

Finally we're supposed to have a nice weekend. Going to make a couple cross countries today and tomorrow. I'm gueesing my rental fee on the 152 will be going up today given fuel prices.

Going to do some more experimentation with Ethiopian and Sudanese recipes. I've been making up some African fusion recipes that have been coming out pisser. Given the relative inexpense of ingredients for African recipes, I might have to tone down the amount of Japanese foods I eat the way prices are soaring.

Oh, here's a quick shot of the new Carada screen. I'll post some actual screen shots and what not later tonight/tomorrow. I normally only get 1 night a week off from work, but with labor day I have a "normal" 2-day weekend! :-y

http://mysite.verizon.net/nicholasmosher/carada1.JPG

EDIT: Go to a Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway and you'll see emotions out the wahzoo. You can feel the energy in the air. Hell, you can feel the stadium shake when everyone stomps and screams after a homer! :T

Bing Fung

09-03-2005, 10:06 AM

Morning Gang :later:

Sounds like a great feed going to happen Gord :drool: Gord for CFL Commissioner ;x(

Jim, Pro basket ball is one sport that certainly is rife with individualism, and self personal gain. It's sad really :(

Snap, I don't get MSNBC in my cable package, but when I was getting it for free, I too liked it more than CNN

Looking good Nic. The mayor of New Orleans sure was cussing up a storm on CNN the other day. I like that "Raging Cajun" General that is out in the streets taking the bull by the horns.

Snap

09-03-2005, 11:12 AM

Snap

09-03-2005, 12:43 PM

errrr. Just saw on the news that some one was fighting with the buss driver while he was trying to drive and they crashed! *&)(#*&_)@ *U$_)(@*$#

That goes with the stupidity of shooting at the rescue choppers! :mad:

Well that does it. No more TV for Today!

Bunch of Jar Heads are heading to LA now. Some are already there. Combat Air Trafic controlers from my church have been there for several days. They specialize in controlling air traffic with out radar and all the stuff we control air traffic normally.

well hope that all are having a good weekend! Off to a B-Day party!
:party:

taz13

09-03-2005, 12:54 PM

Just a quick thought on the universe of football, while each one has simalarities, they are all different. And as with all team sport, individual talents will only succeed when they work with the team. Our game is based on smaller faster players with a lot more territorie to cover 110 x 56 with end zones almost twice the size. Different talent skills are needed. Different team skills are needed when your roster is only 35 players and your salary cap is 2 mill and that includes all team salaries.
Summer and fall until the end of November call me a CFL fanatic. The Monday after the Grey Cup I am wearing my Church of Monday Night Football duds and am kneeling at the football altar of the NFL. When that ends, my hockey season starts. And in June the CFL pregames are starting, so the vicious circle starts again.

aud19

09-03-2005, 12:55 PM

Yup definitely agree with Snap and Nick. CNN and Fox are jokes, MSNBC looks good by comparison and when I want news I watch one of our local stations or the BBC :lol:

Sounds like quite the feast Gord! :drool:

Have fun Jimmy :later:

Nick, sadly it seems unless you spend ~$300 and up on an inkjet printer thses days, they just make them as "throw away" models. Especially with the price of ink re-fills, lot's of times it's cheaper to buy a new printer than buy the refills!!!!??? :E :evil: SOOO wasteful just to make a buck :evil: If it were up to me there should be some government regulations implemented for inkjet prices as the consumers are getting fleeced and our landfills must be filling up with cheap $50-$75 non bio-degradeable printers! :evil: If I had the money I'd just get a nice colour laser printer from say Epson/Toshiba/HP etc :P Better quality and both the machine and the toner last wayyyyyy longer. They're just so expensive to buy and while they cost less per sheet to print on.... that replacement toner isn't cheap either! :E

Screen looks great BTW :T Can't wait to see some screen shots :yesnod:

Bing Fung

09-03-2005, 01:30 PM

Yup definitely agree with Snap and Nick. CNN and Fox are jokes, MSNBC looks good by comparison and when I want news I watch one of our local stations or the BBC :lol:

Hey, What the Hell.. ? :tts: I too said MSNBC was better.... :scratchhead: It's just that I don't get it in my cable package, so CNN is all I have to get real time coverage of the events, no need to continually piss on that :B

Taz, I hear ya on the sports cycle, and follow the same pattern when I do watch sports, which is not always.

taz13

09-03-2005, 02:58 PM

> No Sex Tonight...!?!> No Sex Tonight...!?!

Message ;And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing.

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>>>> I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.
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>>>> One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed.
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>>>> I said "WHAT??!! What was that?!"
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>>>> So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear...You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man." She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?
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>>>> Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
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>>>> The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on
>>>> several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'd just buy them all.
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>>>> She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit.
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>>>> We went onto the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I said, That's fine, honey."
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>>>> She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement.Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier."I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it."
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>>>> Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled,
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>>>> "WHAT?!"
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>>>> You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she
>>>> was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
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>>>> Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.
What :B :D :D

Nick M

09-03-2005, 03:09 PM

Went on a 2hr flight today up to a nice Class D airport in northwest New Hampshire. Lot's of bumps from thermals, but all we had were the accompanying patchy puffy cumulus clouds so the visibility was excellent. My instructor is going to a 50th reunion for his military flight school squad (He got his ticket in 1955!) so he'll be gone from the 5th 'til the 12th. No more flying until the 13th... :cry:

So now I'm just going to kick-back until Monday night when I go back to work. Doing some cooking, studying for my written exam, probably watch a couple flicks, then I'm supposed to go on a hike Monday morning.

Got the printer/copier/scanner hooked up. It works... hopefully it will remain in that condition of positive function... :D

A great aviation story -
A few years ago, another of my flight instructor's students took the little Cessna 152 into Logan Airport, the big Class B horror-show in Boston (he used about 1/10th of the runway to land). A huge Boeing taxied up behind him when he was getting ready to leave. The captain told him "Cessna XXX, you better set your brakes, I'm advancing the power to straighten out, I don't want you to take off from a stand-still!", after all the mocking laughs and without missing a beat, the student said, "Boeing XXX, please advice your passengers to fasten their safetybelts, I'm preparing to advance throttle to 1700RPMs for my runup". Apparently the entire flightcrew of the Boeing and Ground/Tower control errupted in laughter to the point where the people were in tears. Wish I could have been there for that one...

My next flight is going to hit Manchester, New Hampshire, my first Class C airport. Hopefully a big airliner won't mistake me for a pigeon and run me over... :rofl:

Have a great day boys! :T

EDIT:LOL! Great joke Taz! :lol:

Lex

09-03-2005, 04:34 PM

I have a copier printer etc that's an HP, but I don't make that one my computer printer. It's copier, fax only, I have a separate flatbed scanner I like, and had a good printer I liked, (HP 1215 series)

I will say, last time I tried to do a fax, I never did get it to work, not sure why. I can't even recall if that was send or receive though right off.

I always felt it was a clunky piece of gear really.

The copier style is an HP Officejet d135, it wasn't cheap as I recall.

Kevin P

09-03-2005, 05:20 PM

I have a HP PSC 2355v all-in-one scanner/copier/printer. Works great. I've had good luck with HP stuff. Lexmark inkjets are CRAP. I actually have a Lexmark, new in box, never been used. After the fire, when I bought my temporary PC at Best Buy, I had to take the printer to get all the rebates. The printer was supposed to be free after rebates. I got all the rebates back from Best Buy, eMachines, etc... but Lexmark, those sh*ts, refused to honor their rebate, claiming I didn't provide the information off the box that they requested. I wrote back, providing a copy of the material (since I sent them the original the first time around), showing that I had provided everything they requested, and they refused it again. So I'm out 50 bucks and have a POS printer in a box that I didn't want.

I should have smashed the printer to smithereens and then mailed it back to them with the rejection letter. :twisted:

Nick, I live in Manchester. You should fly up and pay us a visit sometime!

Nick M

09-03-2005, 06:51 PM

I bought another $75 unit. Some family members use the same unit (HP PSC-1410) and have had good luck with it. Decided to take a chance. HP units have lasted me the longest (a few months) over the Lexmark (a few weeks). :roll:

http://hpshopping.speedera.net/www.shopping.hp.com/shopping/images/products/q7920a_400.jpg

Kevin - I'll have to come up and see your new theater after it's finished (once I have my license)!

Getting tired, I've been up since last night at 10pm which is... 21hrs. Off to bed... :tired:

Kevin P

09-03-2005, 07:16 PM

Kevin - I'll have to come up and see your new theater after it's finished (once I have my license)!When do you think you'll have your license? I wonder which will come first... your license or my theater! ;)

GregoriusM

09-03-2005, 08:53 PM

Then picked up corn on the cob and some lobster tails. Will probably grill up some tiger prawns while I'm at it and some veg (grilled sweet peppers are nice :yesnod: )

Am I too late for the leftovers? :B

I think most Winnipeggers have as much green in them as they do Blue and Gold ;)

Yep. If the Blue doesn't get the Gold then the Green should! :T

The ADD in me simply does not allow me to watch NFL :lol: . Big flashy high calibre players who play a game that moves with the speed and efficiency of golf. Yeah , no real love for the NFL here. I don't have my life to waste watching tv anyway so I have to pick and choose the few things I'm willing to sit down and watch.

Sure the NFL is better, so what? I mean who cares....what does it prove anyway? Like most things in the States they definitely have mo' money....but that doesn't instantly make it better....in many ways (like money usually does) it simply and eventually corrupts the thing you loved about it. The one thing about the CFL is it's played with heart. Sure it's low caliber but it's got heart.....Hell pee-wee and amateur sports are played with more heart sometimes because they WANT to be there and not for some fat-cat paycheque. I love watching ameteur and lower caliber sports most times because the mistakes add to the drama.

Players that simply try to play their best....I have a full appreciation and admiration of that aspect of any game or sport.

Hopefully we never lose that aspect of our game like so many other sports already have.

What you said, Gord, EXCEPT that the NFL is better.

Why? For the very reasons you mentioned. Just because the guys "may" be bigger and faster, etc., it's THE GAME that they play and HOW they play it that makes the CFL GAME better.

Someone said about changing the CFL to 4 downs to make it better? HUH? If the CFL had 4 downs, the scores would be like 132 to 109, 99 to 71, etc.

We'd just walk up and down the field scoring touchdowns.

Anyway, I had to call you on that one Gord AND anyone else who like the NFL better. IMHO!!!

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In more important matters.................... (not withstanding the Katrina devastation)

I GOT MY ZUK BACK!!!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

And in less than 3 months! ONE DAY less! :E

Tunes on the ol' Alpine deck, sub and amp, R-series speakers with 100 w/ch 4 channel amp.

Mmmmmmm....... mmmmmmmmmm....... mmmmmmmmmm......

Also, thank the powers that be for raising gas prices just in time for me to get my car back so I can't go cruisin', listening to tunes, without the "ching ching ching" sound coming from the $$$ meter in the EPU. Doh!

Bing Fung

09-03-2005, 10:49 PM

Good to hear Gregor... How does it look?

I was the dude that said 4 downs in the CFL, however then the points might get racked up... How can you forget, it's no tlike we have a bazzillion posters here :lol:

I have always been a Blue Bomber fan as well, just because I always thought they had the coolest logo when I was a tad ;)

Wheres, Trev been? :huh:

GregoriusM

09-03-2005, 11:24 PM

Yes, Binger, how could I forget you? My bad! :W

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Yes. Where is Trev? Hmmmmmmmmm.... you think maybe he's doing something memorable with his long weekend? 8O

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Binger: The Zuk LOOKS great but there has to be a bearing or something wrong in the right front where the accident occurred. It does some whining at some speeds, with the odd growl at other speeds.

It is okay to drive in the city, but I'll be taking it back next week to have the boys looks at it. Thank goodness ALL of the work done by the auto body shop has a lifetime guarantee to the owner who had the work done.

But, TUNES!!!

And, best of all, NO DRIVING A CHEVY CAVALIER FOR THREE MORE MONTHS!!! :B

jimmyp58

09-03-2005, 11:51 PM

Hi guys...tough day at the office... ;)

What a day, really. Had a blast and learned a lot about two lines we are now carrying. I have talked a lot about the new NuForce amps in other posts so I will try to not repeat what has already been said. What I will say is that these amps are unbelievably awesome (darn it, I think I said that already!).

This is really corny but I am honestly giddy about these little giants. This technology will really take the market by a storm and while there will always be a place for a Bryston, Krell, Rotel, HALO, etc., amps, those manufacturers really need to take notice because these fellas will give them a run for their money. Much smaller, hardly get warm, don't need a dedicated circuit, WAF increases, wallet loves you, etc. Oh and perhaps an unbelievable find in all this is that you probably don't ever need to buy a sub. These amps get full range speakers so deep and lush it is indescribable!

We also spent considerable time with a tube CD player --- the JoLida JD100A. I never knew what all the fuss has been about with tube players --- until now. Wow, what a difference they make.

Hope everyone else had a great day.

Jim

Andrew Pratt

09-04-2005, 01:18 AM

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't been around much lately and I'm now on a 24 bps dial up account at mum's that's painfully slow :( Went to the Toronto Zoo today which was great. I'll post some pics when I get onto a slightly faster line :B

Bing Fung

09-04-2005, 01:55 AM

Running

Bing Fung

09-04-2005, 01:56 AM

Flipper! :P

Gregor, sounds like it is something that needs to corrected from the accident yet. Good to hear that the body shop will look after it, as well they should :T The Cavalier was that bad huh? :lol: Sorry you had to endure that :lol:

Actually my BIL just bought a 2004 Cavalier at a dealer Auction for his daughter. It's in great shape, has 2-3 years or warranty yet, and best of all, she really loves her car :T

Jim, those sound like very interesting amplifiers. Lots more bass extension afforded to the speakers, so much so a Sub may not be required? How is that accomplished, unless it is boosting the lower frequencies? I'll have to go read the posts for that is interesting. Nice to know you have a product that excites you, you are fortunate.

Hey Andrew :later:

So I went for a bike ride today and while I was out, I met up with another rider who was a total stranger. We introduced each other and ended up riding together for a 50 mile ride allover the north end and south end estates around Saskatoon. He use to be a hard core racer and what was amazing was in the time we rode together, we never ran out of things to talk about :T It was a good work-out, as we found hills to climb and descend. Yes Saskatoon has Hills :lol:

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/1973/dscn1861ess7jl.jpg
My new friend

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4897/viperz5000e6ia.jpg
A self portrait for you guys

Watched some US Open Tennis on Hi-Def, the Girls sure are pretty :yesnod:
Good Matches were played as well, I missed Agassi's however was able to see James Blake's match

http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/large/b_0903_021Blake.jpg
I hope he can make it into the final and maybe win it all.

Trevor's sweetheart is still in it. I hope they show her match in Hi-Def tomorrow, actually today :yesnod:

http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/large/b_0902_022sharapova.jpg http://www.usopen.org/images/players/wtas961.jpg http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/large/b_qual0825001.jpg

Oh, yeah, and we can't forget about the Labor Day Classic between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Rough Riders :T

http://www.saskriders.com/resources/contentgraphics04//ridersbombers.jpg

Bing Fung

09-04-2005, 02:44 AM

One more for my buddy Trev :yesnod:

http://www.strangesports.com/images/content/104260.jpg

Beautiful form while serving :E

Nick M

09-04-2005, 08:40 AM

Morning fellas! http://mysite.verizon.net/nicholasmosher/morning.gif
This past week I've only been catching 5hrs of sleep a day. Made up for it with 12hrs last night. I feel like a freshly tuned machine!
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Gregor - Congrats on getting your vehicle back! Damn, 3 months seems a helluva' long time to fix a car! 8O
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Kevin - I have about 30hrs of recorded flight time now. Legally you need atleast 40 to go for your FAA checkride, but most people take between 50 and 60hrs. I'm guessing I'll be average at about 55hrs. I'm currently flying 3-4hrs/wk (all I can afford), so I should hopefully have it around Thanksgiving the latest.

I'm guessing you'll' have your home theater up and going with time to spare. How is the building going by the way?
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Bing - Looks like you guys had fun. He looks like he was ready to race alongside Lance Armstrong!
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Damn! I stubbed my toe hard! I think I might have busted something. Almost screamed like a girl... :E :lol:

Lex

09-04-2005, 09:13 AM

A few people were singing the gasoline blues at the local car show last night. But for the most part, it was a pretty large turnout, considering gas prices. I drove the M3 out there last night.

Kevin, I've been burned on rebates like that before, saying I Sent them after the date allowed or such when I know I met all conditions. Real pisser. In fact, I HATE rebates. Just discount my merchandise in the store so I don't have to pay sales taxes on the stupid rebate, and so I know I get my discounted price! Right now, I am waiting on rebates from Linksys. Will I get them? Maybe.

I had one company once try to stiff me on a rebate. I phoned their rebates number, and what do you know, they sent me out a rebate after I beoched and complained and they sent it out QUICK.

Doug

jimmyp58

09-04-2005, 09:40 AM

Ironic you fellas are talking about not getting rebates. Yesterday I received two notices in the mail saying my rebate requests were denied because I was missing pieces of required info. What a bunch of CRAP! EVERYTHING they requested was included, I mean everything and yet they say this or that wasn't included. This is an utter marketing scam to get people to buy (the allure of the rebate vs. a competing product without one) then to deny is to me, theft. I am with you Doug, knock the money off where it counts --- the register. They can do it as an in-store rebate and keep whatever tracking info they want as the customer can fill the info out before proceeding to the check out lane.

Bing Fung

09-04-2005, 10:25 AM

Thanks Nick :T

I would cry like a girl too if I stubbed my toe, I hate it when that happens :M :oops:

Morning Gang :later:

Snap

09-04-2005, 11:29 AM

Rebates SUCK! :M I have had more problems just like Jimmy was saying than I care to admit! Did not have the right bar code! :confused: Well I threw the other parts of the package away! How was I to know that I needed the other bar code. I thought the store receipt was good enough! :roll:

I think that it is a communist plot to keep our hard earned money! :rofl:

Well the Father-In_law is buying my round of Golf today so that is going to be cool! It is a nice 81 outside and I am going to love playing.

Let me see.....Oh yeah I need to start with my excuses for having a bad score. My arm is hurting, I did not get 8 hours of sleep, I was worried about all the people of the world. My dog was barking at 0600 this morning.....Oh yeah and last but not least....I did not get any breakfast this morning. So if I shoot in the 90's or higher.... please see the above list of reasons! :rofl:

:later: have a good day ya'll

aud19

09-04-2005, 12:53 PM

Sorry Bing, I wasn't trying do disagree with you re: CNN, just re-emphasizing Snap and Nick's comments :T

I tend to like HP's printers as well. I think if you stick with the bigger companies like Epson, Canon, HP etc you should be fairly safe. It's the cheaper brands like Lexmark that you have to look out for. Generally not only is their build quality and reliabilty lower but so is there print quality. Kev, I say you donate your Lexmark to a charity or something ;) Good for the soul :T As for the rebates, I'm still waiting for mine from a month ago for the Behr paint we bought..... :roll:

Greg, glad you got your car back finally!! :banana: Sucks it's still not fixed though :evil: I dunno man, I'd be looking long and hard at the option of taking cash....... Just make sure you get all the stereo gear out! :lol:

Great joke Taz! :rofl:

Sounds like a tough work day Jim! :p: :lol:

Jazz's birthday yesterday :T We had a great time and I took her on a shopping spree and out for dinner later. I tell you SIX HOURS :thud: in a mall with her and Tasha, I MUST love her!! :rofl:

Shane Martin

09-04-2005, 01:52 PM

Just bach'ing it here while the wife is in Chicago.

Been watching a few movies and taking care of the dogs.

Speaking of gas, it went down 14 cents a gallon. It's still 3.05 here but not as bad as $3.20.
Watched some US Open Tennis on Hi-Def, the Girls sure are pretty
Ditto. Universal HD's coverage has been spectacular but not in 5.1. I can accept that though.
Bought another printer today at Walmart. My fourth printer in three years.
There's a pattern there somewhere ;) The only but good saying "Walmart Fall Apart" is definitely true.

Bing Fung

09-04-2005, 02:02 PM

I know Jason, I was just bust'in yer chops, and it was fun to post like that :lol:

GregoriusM

09-04-2005, 02:08 PM

G'day! :later:

Andrew Pratt

09-04-2005, 06:19 PM

Played a round of golf with my BIL and father today...didn't play well at all but considering its only the second time I've been this year I shouldn't be too hard on myself. Still it was a good time racing around in the carts :yesnod: Currently at my sisters on their wireless network so life is good again :lol:

Snap

09-04-2005, 07:04 PM

Darn the bad luck! I wish I was still flying in Frogs. (CH46E helicopters) DARN DARN. Some times I hate orders! Most of my friends are either in LA or Iraq.

I tell you the truth the best I have ever felt as a Marine was when we did humanitarian rescue for the people of NC durring the hurricane Floyd disaster. That was by far the highlight of my career in the Corps.

I saw some of my buddies on the news. Darn it.

Played golf today. Good on the front nine, the back nine....not so good.

Snap

09-04-2005, 07:09 PM

Jason you are good to go. :T Bing you need to back off of Jason. :poke:

:wtf: Ok 8 armed THUGS just shot at the army guys that were trying to fix something! :wtf:

That is just down right stupid!

Bing you rock bro. Just had to take Jason's side for a minute.

:M :M Shooting at the guys that are there to help. :M :M

:wtf:

Lex

09-04-2005, 07:21 PM

I believe the nasty underworld side of New Orleans, once they got guns, they saw this as an opportunity to cash in, taking everything of value they could to sell it on the black market, weather guns, gucci bags, Hilfiger, Nike, jewelry (biggie) etc... Once the military takes control, then the cash robbing days are over. So, yeah, they fought the establishment at every turn, but I can't see them fighting at the hospitals. Good grief, is there no respect for humanity left?

I played 18 today as well Snap. I played pretty cruddy on the front except for a chip in out of a deep grass bunker from greenside. I was particularly proud of that shot since I didn't even ground the club behind the ball. I just sort of dug it out in a controlled fashion, got it to the hole and boom it dropped! I even found a ball in the grass bunker as well, lol.

I did play better on the back nine after joining up with a man and his 2 sons. I had several pars then. :T

Had a strange thing happen on number 3. I wasn't finding my ball after checking the hole, a bunker, grass around it, then whala, it was sitting square on top a sprinkler head beside the green down in what amounted to 3" hole that the sprinkler popped up out of.
Lex

Lex

09-04-2005, 07:27 PM

Hey Greg!

Snap

09-04-2005, 08:03 PM

Lex- Good to hear you got to play as well. I shot a 94 and that was with 3 birdies, and 8 pars. Yeah I posted a 9 on one of the par 4's! I just hate it when I play by the rules and the people that are trying to beet me are NOT! just cause it is on a tree root does not mean you get a FREE drop! I played off of rocks and roots and my friends are getting free drops. :M I was hitting 6 off the tee on one of the par 3's and the guys that I was with just dropped on the other side! Even though it was yellow staked! :evil:

Edit: I had lots of trouble getting off the tee.

Any ways I need to just get over it. I know that in my heart I played right. And I probaly won in real play. Even though they said they shot a 86 and 91.

Any ways.....I will always say that golf is the only sport that changes every one integrity!

Going to play with my little girl.

:later:

Lex

09-04-2005, 09:04 PM

Oh, Bing, great bike riding shots, and a solid ride. Excellent tennis images. I like to see good breast strokes. lol.

Lex

Nick M

09-04-2005, 09:14 PM

Rebates - I don't even consider them unless their "Instant" at the register. Best Buy had Season 2 of Macgyver for $31.95 with a $5 mail-in rebate. Target had it for $29.99. Bought it at Target.
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Shane - I'm kinda limited by my printer options when looking in the $100 or less bracket. Hopefully this one will last...
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Snap - I'm not sure which was more stupid, the thugs shooting at people trying to help them, or choosing to shoot at elite soldiers who are trained to kill. Some people are morons... :roll:
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I did indeed break my toe this morning. Nice n' sore... n' blue. All I can do is wait for it to heal.

Spent all day at the hot rod club I'm in. One of our buildings is a huge place that use to be a chicken coup. We converted the 1st floor into eight car bays for projects, and use the top floor for our meeting room and storage spots for member's junk. We limited the membership to 40 people, but only had about 25 spots up top. So after everyone removed their stuff (a major project which included me, as I had a bunch of junk up there) a guy and I measured the whole upstairs, moved some walls/supports, and chalked out 40 equal 4'x7' areas. Then painted 'em up today. Looks like a giant parking lot, lol. Some other guys layed a whole new plywood floor beforehand which looks beautiful by our depression-era coup standards. Last year I did the same thing for our land out back, giving everyone a spot to park a project/parts vehicle. Now nobody can b*tch that they don't have a vehicle parking spot or storage area... :roll:

Shane Martin

09-04-2005, 09:31 PM

Shane - I'm kinda limited by my printer options when looking in the $100 or less bracket. Hopefully this one will last...
Up the budget? :demon:

I also played golf this week. We hit around 100 balls at the driving range. I haven't played in a good while and on top of that I was tired. After those 100 balls, my shoulders were in PAIN and on top of that my back was hurting. It's fine now but I'm definitely out of shape.

Lex

09-04-2005, 10:18 PM

100 balls is to many to hit in a row if you have not been playing. That's asking to be very sore using a lot of muscles you haven't used in a while. I'd top that out at about 25-50 balls the first time back out, or just playing 9 holes maybe.

I played 18 first time out, and was still pretty sore. But then I am nursing some different problems than most people with this thyroid situation and meds I am on. So, maybe I am not a good one to advise at all right now. I'm sore tonight after 18, especially around my knees. I do recall twisting 1 knee today on one swing.

Trevor Schell

09-05-2005, 12:39 AM

Hi Guys! :later:

Two ol' boys from Saskatchewan were sitting around talking one afternoon...
After a while the first fellow says to the second, "If'n I was to sneak
over to your trailer Saturday and make love to your wife while you was off
huntin', and she got pregnant and had a baby, would that make us kin?"

The second fellow crooked his head sideways for a minute, scratched his
head, and squinted his eyes thinking real hard about the question.
Finally, he says, "Well, I don't know about makin' us kin, but it sure
would make us even."

Trevor Schell

09-05-2005, 12:44 AM

This is pretty funny!

The difference in definition between "guts" and "balls"!

GUTS - is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being
assaulted by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask:
"Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?"

BALLS - is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling
of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on
the ass and having the balls to say,
"You're next fatty."

Trevor Schell

09-05-2005, 12:45 AM

One more!!

Hillbillies

Three Hillbillies are sitting on a porch shootin' the breeze.
1st Hillbilly: "My wife sure is stupid! She bought an air conditioner."
2nd Hillbilly: "Why is that stupid?"
1st Hillbilly: "We ain't got no 'lectricity!"
2nd Hillbilly: "That's nothin'! My wife is so stupid, she bought one of them new fangled warshin' machines!"
1st Hillbilly: "Why is that so stupid?"
2nd Hillbilly: "Cause we ain't got no plummin'!"
3rd Hillbilly: "That ain't nuthin'! My wife is dumber than both yer wifes put together....!
I was rummag'n through her purse the other day lookin' fer some change, and I found 6 condoms in thar."
1st and 2nd Hillbillies: "Well what's so dumb about that?"
3rd Hillbilly: "She ain't got no pecker!"

Bing Fung

09-05-2005, 03:46 AM

Hey Trev :later:

Thanks Doug & Snap. Good to hear you guys were out wapping too :)

Breast stokes indeed :lol:

Today was Saskatchewan's 100th birthday, so we were treated to a huge fireworks display, it was incredible :E

Alos this is the week end a year ago that my father passed away so it's been a bit hard. It tought to believe in a blink of an eye it's been almost 1 year on the 7th.

jimmyp58

09-05-2005, 06:32 AM

My thoughts are with you Bing!

Lex

09-05-2005, 09:33 AM

Bing, I've been there.

I feel for you and your family and my thoughts are with you.

Snap

09-05-2005, 10:55 AM

Bing our thoughts and prayers are with you bro.

aud19

09-05-2005, 12:17 PM

Sorry to hear that :confused: Happy memories Bing, happy memories ;)

On a good note, I just read a review in Car and Driver on the new 750i, they fixed the styling!!! :banana: :party:

http://images.163car.com/NewsImages/2005-3-24/200532417031520.JPG
http://images.163car.com/NewsImages/2005-3-24/200532417836706.JPG

With the not-wretched 3-series and now this, hopefully it's a sign of things to come!! :P

Snap - I'm not sure which was more stupid, the thugs shooting at people trying to help them, or choosing to shoot at elite soldiers who are trained to kill. Some people are morons...
All I can say is.... natural selection ;) Good luck with the toe Nick, keep it elevated... good excuse to put your feet up and watch some movies on the new gear :T

See Bing, I brought backup, punk! :p: :rofl: Thanks Snap :B

:later: everybody

EDIT: Oh and good jokes :T

Andrew Pratt

09-05-2005, 01:07 PM

Bing I'll be thinking of you.

Cute Jokes Trev :T

Bing Fung

09-05-2005, 01:41 PM

Thanks guys :)

Thinking about it, it is strange. Life has progressed, and really what is the significance of the the same date one year later? It should just be another day in time. However I find myself thinking back to the events of the day, the day before, the day after and some how correlating time as it progresses this weekend, overlaying last year with this year.

The human mind is a strange animal indeed.

Thanks for your thoughts again guys.

Trevor Schell

09-05-2005, 03:29 PM

Take Care Bing!

GregoriusM

09-05-2005, 05:43 PM

Alos this is the week end a year ago that my father passed away so it's been a bit hard. It tought to believe in a blink of an eye it's been almost 1 year on the 7th.

My thoughts are with you as well, Binger! It's tough. I know.

Trevor Schell

09-05-2005, 10:39 PM

Here is an expensive car for only $439,000 CDN..

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/Rolls%20Royce/images/dsc01765.jpg

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/Rolls%20Royce/images/dsc01769.jpg

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/Rolls%20Royce/images/dsc01774.jpg

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/Rolls%20Royce/images/dsc01777.jpg

Trevor Schell

09-05-2005, 10:46 PM

This would be a sweet one to own!..

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/03-M3%20Blue/images/m3_blue_001.jpg

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/03-M3%20Blue/images/m3_blue_008.jpg

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/03-M3%20Blue/images/m3_blue_003.jpg

http://www.richviewfinecars.com/03-M3%20Blue/images/m3_blue_015.jpg

ht_addict

09-05-2005, 11:04 PM

With the price off gas what it is we should all be getting SMART cars.

http://www.smart.com/is-bin/intershop.static/WFS/smart-Site/-/Editions/Root%20Edition/units/smart/en_CA/Media/images/cabrio/cabrio_home.jpg

Bent

09-05-2005, 11:28 PM

http://www.usopen.org/images/pics/large/b_qual0825001.jpg
you guys keep showing pics of her playin tennis...
I don't want to see her play tennis, I'd want to see her box!

Gordon Moore

09-06-2005, 06:54 AM

Not much to say other than good morning :)

Nick M

09-06-2005, 07:42 AM

http://mysite.verizon.net/nicholasmosher/morning.gif

Picked up MacGyver Season 3 this morning on the way home from work.
Going to stretch, lift some weights, answer some eMails, and possibly rent "Crash" which came out today.

Andrew Pratt

09-06-2005, 08:49 AM

funny Ben :lol:

taz13

09-06-2005, 11:46 AM

Nick
Try some of this as well;
4 chord Rock and Roll, 50s & 60s rock progression.
key of C = C, Am, F, G
key of G = G, Em, C, D
Use whichever suits your voice and play some Oldies.
Duke of Earl 4 strums/chord
Little Darlin' 8 strums/chord
Why do Fools fall in love 2 strums/chord
etc, etc, its fun and addictive practice. Get the lyrics of the internet and have fun. Find some oldie CDs in the clearance bin and try and play along.

Ben :twisted:

Trevor
If I am going to spend that kind of money, then I want this:
http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4288&stc=1

aud19

09-06-2005, 12:19 PM

Morning all :later:

Ben! :rofl: I'd like to see her "box" too :W

Trev, how come that BMW is under a Rolls Royce banner? :scratchhead:

Wow, been pretty slow here over the long weekend! 8O

Still on holiday Andrew?

Nick M

09-06-2005, 12:19 PM

Taz you went completely over my head on that one. 8O :B
"Yeah, use the the G key on the A to the D".
Right now I'm in the kindergarten stage. I know which strings/frets correspond to which notes on the page (not tabs, I decided to try the "hard" way). I can play a few songs and a but-load of nursery rhymes. I need to find a great book/DVD that is seperated into lessons that I can learn from. I'd love to have a DVD that is interactive.

Hey guys, just finished watching "Crash". Right up there with Cinderella Man as my two favorite films of the year thus far. Check it out! Amazing film.

taz13

09-06-2005, 12:59 PM

Okay Nick go out and get Guitar for Dummies(has CD) and the DVD of the same name.
In the mean time look up the chords that I gave you in the progression. Play them in the order given strumming the number of times per chord that I gave for an example. Another is Runaround Sue which uses 8 beats to the measure. So strum 8 times per chord and change in the progression given.
You have just played the rhythm guitar part of so many oldies and many modern songs. You will still have lots of strum work and all. but being able to do progressions means that you can play rhythm guitar to many songs.
Next is positional play. One finger plays all the strings of a fret so here is C in the second position. 5th string 2/3 (finger#/fret#) 4/5, 4th string 1/2 2/3 4/5, 3rd string 1/2 3/4 4/5. Play them just like you have been learning. 1 guitar plays position C scale and one plays the C progression and you have the start of ryhthm and lead.
:)

aud19

09-06-2005, 01:48 PM

Just found out Tasha got in to her interior design course that she wanted. (It was quite full and questionable if she was getting in) :banana: :B Then she also stayed behind to volunteer helping with the Grade 8's :T Way to go Tasha :T :T (Funny how those "obnoxious" teens manage to make you so proud of them :oops: :D )

Also found out my Best Buy order of Pet Sounds and disc carrying-case arrived! :B

GregoriusM

09-06-2005, 03:07 PM

I'm here

I'm here

Let the bells ring out and the banners fly

It's too good to be true

But I'm here, I'm here!

:B :B :B :B :B :B :B :B

:later:

Lex

09-06-2005, 03:36 PM

That's a very symmetrical post Grego, good job. :)

Way to go Tasha! :)

Lex

aud19

09-06-2005, 03:38 PM

Greg, you been drinking again....? :lol: Just kidding buddy :D your here and we're glad to have ya :T

Thanks Doug :T

Sort of what I meant by that too is that it's funny how kids go from one second of being a "typical obnoxious" teen to doing stuff that makes you so happy for them and proud of them. One second you want to locck them in their room, the next you wanna give them big hugs! :lol:

Lex

09-06-2005, 03:53 PM

Yeah, my girl at 20, well, she's still growing up. But I figure she will make it someday. At least as much as her Dad ever grew up anyway. (scary thought)

I'm always proud of her. I'd like for her to please me a little more at times.

Snap

09-06-2005, 04:13 PM

Hey ya'll been super busy. Marines gave us a rather big holiday. Monday and Tuesday off. :party: but I spent all of today working on my side business. A church I did some up grading, and EQ adjustments had some problems. Come to find out one of the amps that they did NOT want to upgrade went! :( Told them that the Peavey Amp was trash! ( I did not say it like that! But I talk free and open with you all!)

My Laptop is DIEING! :evil: it just has NEVER recovered from the 3 foot fall that it had a few weeks back! (Laptop case was not zipped. Picked it up, and the laptop came out!) The fan is making some terrible noises, and the stupid thing keeps heating up and shutting off! And as all the fellas know the P4 gets real HOT! Buuuuuut no have the $$$$$$$ to get another one!

Well I hope that every one had a wonderful weekend!

See ya later!

Andrew Pratt

09-06-2005, 04:21 PM

Yes I'm still on vacation. We fly back home tomorrow afternoon.

The astute among you may have noticed that my status here changed today from a Moderator to "Moderator Emeritus" denoting the fact that I've stepped down from my role here. I want to thank Doug and the rest of the staff here for providing me with a fantastic group of collegues and more importantly friends. I won't be leaving though so you can all stop cheering as I'll still be posting here and elsewhere on the board ;)

Snap

09-06-2005, 04:45 PM

Doug I say you change all the things to something extra cool. Like... "argu-us-Stop-Us" "Spam_killer" "Forum Defenders" Or better yet.......for all of us miltary guys go with ranks! Like Doug you can be the General! All the moderators can be officers (depending on how long they have done it determins, Col, LT, Maj etc) And then for the rest of the forum we can go Pvt, PFC, CPL, Sergeant, etc! :T And for people like Pr@ he can be a Warrent Officer! :rofl:

YEAH that would be cool! :rofl
OK I need to eat something, I think that the lack of food and water has effected my limited brain power!

aud19

09-06-2005, 04:57 PM

I won't be leaving though so you can all stop cheering as I'll still be posting here and elsewhere on the board ;)

Just when I thought we were finally going to get rid of you! :poke: :p: :rofl:

Good luck with the laptop Snap :confused:

taz13

09-06-2005, 05:15 PM

Snap
So who is the Sargent Major, RSM or whatever each force calls their top NCO?

Snap

09-06-2005, 07:14 PM

Taz,
The Marine Corps has 2 top enlisted ranks. Master Gunnery Sergeant and Sergeant Major. The Master Gunz stays in his MOS, and the Sergeant Major is the CO's right hand man. Both are E-9's as far as pay goes. But the Sergeant Major has a higher position. Like a Master Gunny Flight Engineer still fly's on KC-130's while the Sergeant Major is next to the Co's office and pretty much runs the whole show! Either way not some one that you want to piss off that is for sure. I would rather piss off the master Gunns than the Sergeant Major that is for sure! We have the BEST sergeant major that I have ever had in 11 years at this command. The dude is awesome! I would charge hells gates with plastic spoons if that guy asked me too!

I am starting to beg tonight to get momma to approve the funds to get my new laptop. She is very well aware of my tachtics. So progress is SLOW. I am having to regroup and come at it from another approch.

Snap

09-06-2005, 07:18 PM

This is the link to the laptop that I am wanting to get. A few upgrades ofcourse! 2 gigs of ram. SATA hardrives x2, and much more!
http://www.shopprostar.com/index.cfm?mainpage=productdetail&model=9097

I get a good deal on these. But still it is going to cost me a BUNCH! a little less that 4K

Watching the History Chan right now! That is the best chan on tv today. IMHO! :T

aud19

09-06-2005, 07:24 PM

You could always just go buy it and take the beating Snap :D :lol:

aud19

09-06-2005, 07:27 PM

Woah just saw that post! If you're gonna spend that kind of $$$ why not get one of the "mobile" processors?

Lex

09-06-2005, 08:43 PM

I did a little edit on the car of the future.

http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4289

Andrew Pratt

09-06-2005, 09:42 PM

I much prefer your version Doug :yesnod:

Trevor Schell

09-06-2005, 11:46 PM

For those who have not seen this yet.

http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/rake_bush4.html

Click here if you get a 404 error on the above link.
http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/rake_bush4.html

Trevor Schell

09-06-2005, 11:50 PM

I would love to have a Smart Car!
$15 gets you 450km..:E

Trevor Schell

09-06-2005, 11:53 PM

Now this is the best Blonde Joke I have read so far!
Too Funny!!! :rofl:

A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had great
seats right behind their team's bench. After the game, he asked her how she
liked the experience.
"Oh, I really liked it," she replied, "especially the tight pants and all
the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were killing each
other over 25 cents."
Dumbfounded, her date asked, "What do you mean?"
"Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it and then for the rest of the
game, all they kept screaming was: 'Get the quarterback! Get the
quarterback!
I'm like...Helloooooo? It's only 25 cents!!!!

GregoriusM

09-07-2005, 12:26 AM

That joke is priceless! :rofl:

Snap

09-07-2005, 07:11 AM

OK I will bite....what is the "mobile" processor?

Disregard...Nick fixed me. :java: need help!

:banghead:

Nick M

09-07-2005, 07:29 AM

The Pentium "M" centrino chipsets.

Better battery performance, but I still believe they take the backseat to the P4 so long as the P4 has the same bus speed and cache.

Snap

09-07-2005, 07:33 AM

DUHHHH man it is early in the AM! What a nerd I am! :banghead:

Yeah I will agree Nick, the P4 does a lot better with video, and graphics. That is what I will be doing with it. As well as this, and other normal stuff.

Kevin P

09-07-2005, 09:41 AM

Howdy folks... been busy so not much posty posty from me the past few days...

That's some laptop Snap. P4 is better for raw performance but Pentium M is more laptop friendly (power consumption, heat). Have you considered an Athlon64 in a laptop? These run cooler than P4 and have similar performance. I don't know how many laptops are out there with A64s yet.

That smart car looks neat but where do you put your groceries? Golf clubs? Dates? ;) I thought my Saturn was lacking for space.

Shane Martin

09-07-2005, 09:56 AM

Very few make an AMD 64 laptop. They make a mobile chip now. Not sure how good it is or how it compares to a Centrino.

I'd go the Centrino route myself..

Shane Martin

09-07-2005, 09:56 AM

Lookie

Shane Martin

09-07-2005, 09:56 AM

A Flip

Been thinking about getting a Diesel version of the new Golf
http://www.nctd.com/sneakpreviews/06s-gti-1.jpg

The GTI version has 200hp but it doesn't get the 40-50mpg like the Diesel.

Right now it's just a thought going thru my head. Spending $50 a month on gas compared to $200 seems better to me

Snap

09-07-2005, 09:57 AM

Kevin they have this with 64 chip.
http://www.shopprostar.com/index.cfm?mainpage=productdetail&model=4764

Pretty bad @&# computer. Funds are still LOW. I am issuing a "calling all cars" at my house. Starting with Back rubs, house cleaning, ladies night out, I mean I am pulling out all the stops!

E-Cards are comming, real cards are comming, flowers, I am even going to see about hardwood floors. Maybe I can sneek the laptop in with the hardwood floor purchase.

Tell me what you think. "No honey the hardwoods costed 2 grand more than we thought. I had to get supplies, glue, knee pads, trim. It takes a lot to install these floors. Plus we saved 2 grand by me installing them instead of Lowes!" "Oh the laptop...well they had a sale, and I figured with the money that you were willing to spend on having some one install the floors, I paid myself and got the laptop!"

How long do you think I will be sleeping out side in my Marine Corps Tent? It does not get as cold as Canada but in a few months it is going to definatly to cold for my "pampered" butt to sleep out side!

Snap

09-07-2005, 09:58 AM

Darn it I missed the flip. Crap.....

taz13

09-07-2005, 10:58 AM

Hope you get WiFi because I think you are going to need it from your new barracks. :rofl: :rofl:
http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachment.php4?attachmentid=4290&stc=1

aud19

09-07-2005, 12:39 PM

Morning :later:

I recently found out Acer is using AMD chips in their laptops but still none of the "big-boys" that I'd want to buy from ie: Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu. Also, unless you're solely using your laptop as a desktop replacement AND need major processing power for processor intensive work like 3D rendering, animation and graphics work... IMO you'll be better off with the mobile Centrino, the new mobile AMD or the AMD 64. The 64 is especially powerful vs power consumption. Otherwise the "mobile" chips offer like 95% of the performance with WAY lower power consumption and heat. Now where's the prblem there...? :)

Funny on the wifi Taz :rofl: