FlaSoxxJim

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 04:38 PM) I don't like bologna, so I doubt I'd like it any better fried. Miracle whip is another ingredient in that sandwich someone mentioned that I don't like. Well, that's just me. No, Miracle Whip is an abomination of nature. It also should have been the punchline to a Karnac The Magnificent bit, imo... Ed: What is Miracle Whip. Karnac: What do you call successful masturbation by a 90 year old man?

QUOTE(knightni @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 01:06 PM) World's Biggest Dumbass Damn, I didn't even think to check if any of the NOLA cams were up and running through the storm. Go figure, since those are the first things I tune in to come Mardi Gras time. I guess it's official. Strangers flashing boobies holds more sway over me than a major hurricane.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) Well, you usually have toothpaste around. You know, instead of going to an Ace or something I figure if a whole dorm floor pitches in, they can handle the purchase? Since in college I think I used gel toothpaste I'd jhave had to borrow sombody else's anyway.

Is toothpaste really that much less expensive than a small package of spackle? Remind me never to move in after any of you.

When are they going to officially change the name of the event to the Thinning of the Idiots?

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 09:23 AM) Is there any way to find out how the hotels are holding up? I am trying to decide if I should call Cathy to see if she has heard from Chris or not. One of the big French Quarter hotels that had a few hundred people in it pretty much lost all its windows, and everybody has been moved into a large, window-less ballroom. Another area hotel is in the process of losing a huge glass atrium. A large freighter of some sort has plowed into some shoreline structures in the Mississippi as well, but I didn;t get any more info. We saw qhat that freighter plowing into Jackson landing did a few years ago though, so if large vessels tear away from their moorings it'll be bad. We had one of our research vessels tear loose in our ship channel last year during Francis. There was a volunteer crew on board willing to ride the storm out in the channel in case that happened, and they were able to save the ship and surrounding structures. It was pretty impressive.

I'm getting mixed information from everywhere as well. But the 1 million figure HAD TO BE a predicted homeless figure and not anticipated deaths. There have been reports of 30+ waves offshore. The worst of the storm surge, as we knoe by now, is going to be Biloxi area at, I've heard 14-20+ft and The surge in coastal LA may only be 10-14ft. The Mayor of New Orleans this morning was being cautious on the flooding, but had indicated that some of the levee pumps had already crapped out. He was confident the Superdome was going to hold but admiteed he was concerned at the early leaking reports. One of the on site reporters was overly optimistic about the flooding situation because he hadn't seen it happening as yet. But if the waters overflow the levees along Pontchartrain, if they fail, or if the pumps all go out, flooding will be catastrophic. As far as the difference between this and FL last year, it's too early to tell. But as far as New Orleans is concerned, when you're already sitting 8 feet below sea level and depend on pumps, levees, and luck to get through the best of times, it could certainly be bad. Good thoughts to all in the path, now and in the coming days and weeks.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 08:39 PM) I was telling her to lay off my friends if she wanted me to lay off of hers there professor. Ah, my mistake. Silly Me.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 06:58 PM) ME: "Look. I dont talk s*** about those stuck up, petty, b****es you call friends so Id appreciate the same courtesy about mine." Are you calling the fine S&R crew stuck up, petty, b****es?!?

I'd do it simply because I could pretend I was Wyle E. Cyote looking down to the bottom of the canyon after he runs out of road and right before he holds up the sign that says 'Gulp!' and starts to fall.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 12:15 PM) Well, I had Maxwell Street cheeseburgers last night. Cheap and seemingly terrible, but I still like them. Maxwell cheeseburgers = Yummy Maxwell polish = Yummy X2 maxwell porkchop sammich =

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 12:03 PM) Jim, I'll have you know that two days ago for an interview I had I got taken out to this seafood place and didn't order the Chilean Sea Bass for that reason. My mom drills me with that type of stuff if I go out to dinner with her so now Its starting to take effect when I'm not with her. I had halibut, I'm assuming thats an alright fish to still eat (aside from the mercuy I'm sure I'm ingesting)??? Halibut can stay on the menu.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:11 AM) Now i'm hungry.... I want some chicken nuggets... They had a character for them too if I remember right... Yesiree.

Einstein: Now where the hell did I leave that damn hairbrush?

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 11:37 PM) Oh man...I think I know where this one is going. But sequels are rarely as good as the originals. Well, usually that is the case. But now that I've again linked this McMasterpiece (not for the Kiddies, work, yada yada...), I'd fairly say we've wone over even the harshest critics. P.S. I see this particular piece is still up for sale.

Make it a good one!

Good luck to your house for one another season, Sonik. We got te littlest bit of breeze and spit from Katrina yesterday, then started checking in ith our Alabama friends to see that they have a plan. No sense trying to reason with hurricane season. But I agree I think we all deserve a pass this year.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 07:48 PM) And props for the latin lesson Yeah, we biologists like our jargon. Is the southern industry focused on the Pacific white shrimp as well? One of the viruses that wiped out most of Galvaston in the 80s was called Tora virus, and it came from the Tora River in Mexico. Likely, however it did not come up from Mexico. Rather, it probably infected brrod stocks in a Hawaiin operation and the postlarvae sent for growout to Texas were sent infected.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 07:19 PM) We have a battle here about farm raised shrimp and their impact on the environment, but so far the environment in question seems to be all economic and taste bud orientated. I know a good deal of the Galvaston Bay Panaeus vannaemi (Pacific white shrimp) story, and several of the farmers and scientists who have been involved. There definitely is a cause for concern growing a non-native species in coastal ponds, because there is 100% certainty of escape. As with the South Carolina white shrimp ops though, although escapee shrimp have been seen in the whiled, no evidence of a reproductive populatin establishing itself ever was found to my knowledge. Nutrient waste pollution inputs to natural receiving waters are also a concern in any aquacultuer operation. Viral epidemics, bad farm management, etc., have all played a part in really hobbling the Texas industry. And honestly, if I had my way, they'd abandon coastal ponds altogether and go with intensive recirculating (closed) systems, which would greatly lessen problems with both escapes and pollution. That is how we grow Pacific whites at my institution, btw.

QUOTE(winodj @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 07:30 PM) Grimace used to have six arms and steal your shakes too. There was lots of theft in McDonaldland before Mayor McCheese got Big Mac to clean it up. Then McCheese got Big Mac fired in a political power grab. McChese is currently being investigated and an indictment is expected to be handed down soon.

Also, the Fry Guys were originally called "The Gobb'lins" (I think that is how it's spelled), because their favorite activity was gobb'lin up your fries.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 06:21 PM) Dont forget about the Fry Guys! And who is the Duck girl, I cant remember her either I don't think she is a duck, just a generic bird. and hername is Birdy the Early Bird. When the character was launched the idea is that she would be the breakfast mascot I guess.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 04:53 PM) Why don't they stop them from catching them...? There's the rub. There can be clear evidence that a fishery is in decline or even on the verge of localized extinction, and teh fisheries managers can know that, but the politics of commercial fishing often keep them from being able to do anything about it. On a global scale it is that much worse, with rogue nations fishing in disputed waters, and with some of the worst offenders using the threat of WTO sanctions as a way to keep us from barring their products from import to the states. Lots of headaches. And of course, very often after years of fisheries scientists saying there are problems and restrictions need to be tightened and fishing fleets ignoring them, when the fishery finally does collapse the fishermen always cry and say the managers should have done more to protect the stocks.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 26, 2005 -> 02:21 PM) I'm the same way, but I'm not a shelled fish type of person. I love seafood, but when it comes to lobster, crab, and shrimp or for that part anything shelled it just isn't something I enjoy. But swordfish, halibut, ahi tuna, salmon, chilean sea bass...now were talking I'm the EnviroCop, coming to bust yer ass. Do NOT eat swordfish or Chilean sea bass ever again. I'm surprised the Cali Earthcookie fish huggers (my peeps) haven't caught up with you yet. Eat farmed salmon if possible (and even that has its own environmental issues), and enjoy your ahi as long as it is yellowfin and not bluefin. As you were.

I need to quickly clear up a popular Hollywood myth: