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QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 03:13 PM) has anyone ever stood eggs up on their end at spring equinox? There's one myth in serious need of busting. If you are patient and nimble enough, you can balance an egg any day of the year, and the equinox thing is a myth. Snope It Out

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 02:41 PM) no, that's Galveston... Mike was talking about Galvestion...which is clearly an imaginary place in his warped mind. I thought that was the name of Ray Rayner's pet duck?

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 01:50 PM) It's only really worth mentioning and being called "longest night" if they add a couple hours to it to really make it the "longest". Otherwise it's just dark for a longer perion, but its the same damn number of hours between getting off of work and having to head back to work. Sure, but now you have the most dreary darkness you can possibly have in between shifts at the salt mine.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 12:37 PM) Harry Potter? I thought we were talking about something else... Ah, so that's PA's "release date" then, eh?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 11:55 AM) 6/24/07 Yeah, I've not seen an official date either and I've been looking. Where did this one come from? I hope it's on the money.

Kewl. Now we just need a release date.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 10:10 AM) But then, all the people objectfying the pictures of this young lady are objectfying 2 dimensional images. Whoah. . . You just blew my mind.

Longest night, longest noontime shadows, and the promise of gradually lengthening days from here on out. Happy Solstice Night all you closet Druids. Crack a nice old ale or doppelbock and drink long from it. Now is the solstice of the year, Winter is the glad song that you hear. Seven maids move in seven time. Have the lads up ready in a line. Join together beneath the mistletoe. By the holy oak whereon it grows. Seven druids dance in seven time. Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming. Praise be to the distant sister sun, Joyful as the silver planets run. Seven maids move in seven time. Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming. Ring out these bells. Ring out, ring solstice bells. Ring solstice bells.

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QUOTE(mr_genius @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 08:59 PM) so you guys going to this? https://www.dccc.org/contribute/events/celebration_concert it's only $1000 per ticket $1000 and no Phil Lesh?!? No thanks. What is the deal there? Is Phil on the outs with the other Other Ones/Dead?

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 10:09 PM) You've mentioned Betty before...a few times if I am not mistaken. You might want to look into a psychiatrist. I'd recommend: But you would probably spend your whole session hitting on her. You think my obsession with an animated cavewoman might be a warning sign? My take on it is that I'm simply not overly concerned with how, er. . ., deep a woman is. In objectifying a 2-dimensional character I'm indicating that having no depth whatsoever is OK by me.

QUOTE(Be Good @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 11:58 PM) I always wear a Santa hat at work around Christmas. As long as you don't work at a funeral home or something like that I guess you can get away with it.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 06:11 PM) Put the Ramadan back in the Ramadanalinglong? Put the Soul back in Winter Soulstice!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 07:51 PM) unless the driver used the hat to openly advocate for the specific santa-worshipping religion, both he and I have no legal problems whatsoever. Flying Spahgetti Santa??

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 05:47 PM) I'd hit it. And so would the rest of you. See, Boz is a Betty Guy.

You know who's hot is that Rubble chick. Barny is one lucky Stone-Age dude.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 04:36 PM) If I have a piece of equipment that states on it's power label the following: Power: 480V 60Hz 3phase Line Current: (amps per phase) 33.0 Does that mean it needs 99.0 amps (33.0 x 3 phases) or 11.0 amps (33.0 / 3)? I think it is 99.0 amps. Am I correct? I was told there would be no math in this thread. . .

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 02:36 PM) Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Krazy Kwanzaa, solemn Ramadan and a tip-top Tet. Help put the Kwan back in Kwanza! Michelle Kwan = The Reason Asian for the Season

QUOTE(NUKE @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 01:12 PM) Did I not just say that and do you not agree that reforms which would enable the military to get more capability from the same number of soldiers is a good thing. Its called efficiency. Mind you that the plan to transform the military predates Iraq by a couple of years. The 2 issues are not related. You can debate till the sun goes down ( and I agree with you ) whether or not to increase the number of troops is a good idea or not but the need for reform was evident. I agree with you on both counts. And I think that with Rumsfield gone we are starting to see those two separate issues unbundled as they should have been. Temporary fixes like extending tours, Stop Loss orders, and Individual Ready Reserve recalls were presented as answers to meeting worldwide troop needs without having to actually increase troop levels – because according to the Bush 2004 campaign doing that would have made us "less safe." Increasing troop levels was presented as being antithetical to Rumsfeld's strategy for restructuring the military into a more modern force. You and I know these were separate issues, and now the White House is conceeding the point as well.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 01:04 PM) Step 1) Santa Skeptics Step 2) Jesus Skeptics Step 3) White Sox Skeptics look at the road you're heading down Jim... Ach, my kids buy the whole Jesus thing lock, stock, and barrel. As did I as a kid. Their spirituality is theirs to figure out as they grow up. As for that last item on the list, they know they will be tossed out in the cold if ever they turn their backs on the Way of the White Sox.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 12:58 PM) Transforming the military and haggling over what is an appropriate troop strength are seperate issues and you should get them straight before voicing your opinion. But they were NOT presented as separate issues when the administration dismissed the Kerry proposal, nor when it defended it's position on keeping the troop strength at sattus quo back in June: Translation: We don't need to increase troop numbers because Rummy's restructuring of the military makes current levels sufficient for our needs. I have my issues plenty straight. It's the administration that has bundled them together.

What, then, has changed in two years that made increasing armed forces by 40K something that "would us less safe" if it was a Kerry idea, but now increasing them by 50K or more is the right idea? A key part of the Administration's earlier opposition (voiced just 6 months ago) was that "increases in minimum active Army and Marine Corps end strengths in Title IV. . . could require DoD to maintain a higher personnel level than is needed." It was the wrong strategy before, but now it's the way to go? The Administration voted against the troop increase before they voted for it? We all know full well who is fraught with ignorance. And we have to suffer through two more years of it.

QUOTE(BDavisFutureHOF @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 12:34 PM) Are you insinuating that Santa is not real? Of course not. I just hope the Big Guy has my back in case I can't find this stuff on the shelves.

I can't wait for my kids to become Santa Skeptics because they're killing me. Several items on the Santa list, while not particularly expensive, are just sold out everywhere. The way the kids see it, that mattters very little because SANTA IS SANTA and only the chumps who need to buy the stuff at the store need to worry about sold out. I need an egg nog.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 12:17 PM) John Kerry proposes adding more troops to the U.S. Army Bush campaign responds Kerry Campaign proposal to add troops to the army would make America "Less safe". 2 years go by George W. Bush proposes adding more troops to the U.S. Army. Republicans, media thank God that they kept that flip-flopper John Kerry out of the White House. Just another day... Now that Rummy's lean and efficiant "modern military" apparently isn't the answer, it's time to punt in another direction.