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QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 03:04 PM) does the McRib actually come with the rib bones? no wonder they're getting rid of it.... No, no bones. Extra gristle. Possibly some meat, not entirely sure.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 02:55 PM) Just so we're clear... I got chastised and banned for using this same kind of "omission insults". I love the disparity. Ah, the Sin of Omission. . . That was always my problem back in the confessional box as well (Father Guido Sarducci called my biggest post-adolescant affront to God a cheap sin anyway. . .).

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) These people never have the wrapper it came in. That alone will shed alot of doubt on this story. And the whole "how the hell did a turtle get packaged in coffee" thing No, this one is straight up. The AP piece on it last week had a lot more details. the big missing detail in the foreshortened version here is that Folgers packs coffee in New Orleans. How hard is it to imagine that a turtle escaping Katrina high water somehow made it into the coffee at some stage of tthe packaging operation. The larger story also said the woman had been consuming the coffee from the package in question for some time (weeks I think) before the turtle was discovered, so it's not surprising that the original packaging is not available. Mostly, there's this refreshing bit that did make the short vesions: "According to the AP report, Morris, of Ainsworth, Iowa, said she does not plan to sue Folgers." Why go to the trouble of concocting a contaminant-in-the-food story if you are not looking to profit by it?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 12:55 PM) Nice kids, nice postal dude, nice ups dude, nice hillbilly... Yeah, it's the superfecta of stereotypes.

QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 12:28 PM) I've never had one.. isn't it just a bbq rib sammich without the bones..? Technically I guess so. But the meat is processed so it's basically to real ribs what Mac Nuggitzis are to real chicken.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 12:13 PM) You would think, but instead he's once again trying to just help his "friends" aka white people. It's all about him and his rich friends. Kanye West had him pinned right. Oh wait....it seems there are some poor white people in this country. I bet they could benefit from this scholarship. In fact, there are way more poor white people in this country than poor black people. approx 24,000 to approx 9,000. So excluding whites is excluding a pretty dam good chunk of poverty stricken people. Color of skin should have nothing to do with this....If it's a scholarship to help the poor, then make it about the poor not about race. See, Bush's policies must be working because they seem to have cut poverty across the board by THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE!

This seems like a bad idea on so many simultaneous levels. Maybe it's just me. http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/CSM/story?id=1297552

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 11:51 AM) No. I think you were pointing out that you don't ____ basic logic such as: A = B, B = C so therefore A = C. It's pretty obvious in that thread path. Here is the thread path: JUGGS: The absence of logic drives the people to insanity. See France. Rex: It's nice of you to understand that a tipping point reached after decade upon decade of ignoring, disenfranchising and systemically discriminating a large segment of the population can be chalked up to the absence of logic. I'm sure you thought it would have just been logical for Rosa Parks to follow the rules too. And this leads to your assertion that Rex has equated mentioning God in the classroom to discrimination of blacks in the south nearly 1/2 a century ago??? OK, now I get it. You are making an object lesson of yourself and showing us first hand what the absence of logic looks like.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 11:46 AM) I fear the Burger King more than any of the McDonald's crew. That guy is truly creepy. The Grimace will not play second fiddle to a plastic-headed pretender to the fast food throne.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 11:34 AM) Nope, next I go after their "chicken" nuggets. You risk the wrath of The Grimace with all your McBashery. Don't taunt The Grimace.

I fear I will be alone in quiet outrage that that show with the Zen sloth is going toi put an anteater - a non-arboreal animal - in a tree. Otherwise that show sounds really good and I hope my kindergartener doesn't feel he's too old for it. That show with the dog doing the kids' reality show on the other hand sounds pretty stupid.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) Only in these forums would someone be _____ enough to equate a firestorm of rioting spreading across 300 French towns to discrimination of blacks in southern America nearly 1/2 a century ago. These Frenchies (who probably would all vote for Democrats if giving the chance) were just looking for an excuse to engage in civil unrest. If you believe they were all acting under a noble cause you're a bigger ____ than I thought you were. I was only pointing out your apparent struggles with understanding of content context in your misrepresentation of what Rex had written.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) I guess this makes the Shamrock Shake the runaway winner of the "Worst Item on the McDonald's Menu" contest. HERETIC!! Shamrock shakes are . Now those crappy Arctic Orange shakes they used to bring around every year. . . :puke

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 11:04 AM) Only in these forums would someone be _____ enough to equate mentioning God in the classroom to discrimination of blacks in the south nearly 1/2 a century ago :rolly The comparison was between France today and the social tension in the American south 1/2 century ago, in response to your chalking the entire current French situation up to an absence of logic.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 10:28 AM) by the way, kyle....thanks for the hotpocket.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 10:24 AM) Apparently you are missing the point of the tap. You should go and check it out. The quality of the tap has NOTHING to do with speed IMO. It dispenses beer with the perfect amount of head. It wont foam up on your with new keg pressure, and it pours the beer with perfect foam. its a great piece of tech. I agree it's a great bit of beer tech, and it does what it's supposed to do. But I'll save my $200 and use it on better ingredients - imported Marris Otter and Moravian malts, fresh whole hops etc., and brew the best beer I can and not worry if I can draw a pint in 2 seconds.

I'm not betting on it. Much like, the Eagles, the McRib will be back.

A beer that isn't worth waiting for is a beer that isn't worth drinking. I understand the need in a concession situation, and certainly the laminar flow technology is wicked cool. But in a home situation I think it's overkill. use 3/8" beer line instead of 1/4", push the beer with beer gas (CO2/N mix) instead of straight CO2, or if you have to use CO2 then knock the dispense pressure down to 12 psi or less and you should be fine. I guarantee I have never wasted 20 glasses of beer out of a keg. The guilt would be unbearable.

A quiet but fun T-Day at home. Last year at Christmas I discovered the art of brine-soaking and then smoke grilling the turkey, so we will probably do that over the traditional oven method or the all teh rage s*** kicker deep-fryer method. I like all three though, so maybe we need to cook three small birds instead of one huge one. YUMM.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 09:43 AM) All I want to know is when did I become not the boss of my applesauce? PETER BRADY is the Boss of Applasauce.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 08:31 AM) For those that do not do much backpacking, when you are carrying everything you will need,. weight becomes an issue. So dehydrating food removes a substantial amount of water weight. Yep. The biggest adjustment we have to make going from car camping to backpacking was the move from beer to hard liquor to save weight.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 09:38 AM) I remember a story my grandfather told me right after my grandmother passed away... he said: My grandma and your grandma were sitting by a fire... My grandma says to your grandma, "I'm gonna set your flag on fire" Talkin' 'bout Hey now Hey now Iko iko an nay Jockomo feena ah na nay Jockomo feena nay Look at my king all dressed in red Iko iko an nay I bet you five dollars he'll kill you dead Jockomo feena nay CHORUS: Talkin' 'bout Hey now (hey now) Hey now (hey now) Iko iko an nay (whoah-oh) Jockomo feena ah na nay Jockomo feena nay Some day after a beer or three I may have to post my rendition of that song – It's called "Hey Moe Hey Moe!" and it's an ode to the 3 Stooges. All SIX of them.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 14, 2005 -> 09:24 AM) Or don't leave one without fanning the flames higher. . . Apparently, not everyone's grandma told them the best way to avoid a fight was to stay away from people that fight. . . My Grandma was hell on wheels. No doubt her advice for avoiding a fight would have been to land the first punch and make it count.