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Post by Geekthras (The Gizmo of Yore) on Aug 25, 2007 19:58:48 GMT -5
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Post by Blastgirl on Aug 25, 2007 23:32:22 GMT -5
I don't think you can prevent topics from changing directions Brick. They're basically staying on task the off topic points on everybody's part so far is to try to reinforce why or why not immigration is a problem.
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Post by Slayzie on Aug 26, 2007 3:36:23 GMT -5
A Pentium III isn't going to catch fish. A Pentium III isn't going to do much else either. |
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Hmm.. It looks like I set my birthday off by a year... Oh well. I've done dumber things.
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Post by cactus1 on Aug 26, 2007 6:49:34 GMT -5
Managed to do about two thirdths of those listed last summer, didn't manage to crush my leg at any point in time. Wouldn't the branch break from the bending if the boulder was heavier than you could lift?
I'm able to find an open circuit, and I'm fine with walking 20 miles.
If you tore off the metal terminals and used them as lures, yes, possibly.
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Post by edlin on Aug 26, 2007 12:52:27 GMT -5
Matches! Can you? I've never tried, but I've at least read wilderness survival books since I was seven. Well, it's a little unlikely that you'll be able to reach a tree branch if you're trapped by a boulder, especially not one that is long or strong enough. Depends on the model year, but anywhere from 38-45 mpg.  It's true that if you only have "white collar" knowledge, you won't be able to do anything useful. But neither will you if you only have "blue collar" knowledge. Assume that you're at home. Your son is working on a paper and asks you for the birth date of Blaise Pascal. Assuming "blue collar" knowledge only, would you be able to find the answer quickly? This is considerably more likely than being trapped in a forest underneath a boulder. |
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Post by Kimm on Aug 26, 2007 13:53:45 GMT -5
Although we are a camping family we bring conveniences I could not live off the land so to say.
Admittedly my life has been pretty easy in the whole outlook of things.
We are not a rich family but my sisters, my brother and I never grew up having to worry about where our next meal is coming from of if the roof is going to stay above us.
The rest of thats trivial in most reality.
The immigrants who sneak in are looking for a meal and a roof. Some of them like already mentioned have a job lined up or as Dan said they try out for baseball teams knowing they wont get picked but maybe they can make the right impression on somebody who will sponsor them and bring them back.
Classicblast got his brother to sponsor a couple guys in that position.
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Post by Mahnarch on Aug 27, 2007 2:05:49 GMT -5
SlayerX said:
Ha! Touché, man.
High five.
Cactus1 said:
Not necissarily. It's a matter of density and the point of the fulcram.
It's how a 3lb prybar can move a 500lb engine to the side.
A 10lb tree branch would be able to move a 200lb boulder.
You realize that's a 4.5 hour walk....
60 minutes an hour times 60 seconds a minute is 3600..
Divide that by 5,280 feet per mile.
That's 1.47 (rounded) feet per second/mph.
If you walk at 3 feet per second that's 4.41 miles per hour. (4.5 hours)
If you walk at 4 feet per second that's 5.88 mph. (3.4 hours) [cut an hour by walking briskly]
Try it out in your car: 60mph at 1.47 ft/sec is 5,280 feet per minute.
1 mile - 1 minute.
Use this in traffic court against a speeding ticket and blow the judges mind away.
It's awesome.
Ok, where was I?
Yo ho! Good one.
That's smart thinking. I give you that.
Now, how many 'white collar' kids would touch a 'nasty, icky worm' to attach it to the processor?
.....damn, that is a really good one.
Edlinfan said:
hehe. You got me, there, too.
High five!
But, what if the matches got wet?
Eh?
I've been slingin' and foragin' since I was but 7, myself.
I know which berries to eat, and which ones require leaf toilet paper. *Red usually means "Stay away"*
I've harvested many a squirrel and deer in my day and can run away from a skunk in a moments notice.
I went on an Elk hunt once, but was unsuccessful.
It would've been nice to have a mount like that on my wall.
Who is this? Still Edlinfan?:
Edlinfan said:
Assume you live in Atlanta, Ga. Someone asks you where Zippie's is on Main St. You easily give him directions.
Assume you still live in Atlanta, Ga and that same person asks, "When I get off I-96 onto M-6 in Grand Rapids Michigan, will that bring me near the Beltline?
Depending on where you are standing in the country depends on your knowledge of life. - Bandit. Smokey and the Bandit.
Blue or white. You can't know everything.........unless you're me.
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Kidding.
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You know, I'm seeing all these responses about the white and blue, and I've taken a step back and realized that, yes. I AM approaching this the wrong way.
There is a clear line between office and floor. And neither could live without the other, but I'm coming in in that 'grey-in-the-middle' area, myself.
I've lived a semi-long life.
I'm mechanically inclined and...from what mental hospitals have told me, I'm quite well in the head.
Yes, I can strip any engine out there and put it back together.
Yes, I can code in DOS (just dated myself)
Yes, I can repair home wireing.
Yes, I can modify all my system sounds
Yes, I can play a few instruments.
Yes, I can fly an airplane.
Yes, I can run a fire engine.
Yes, I used to be a cop.
Yes, I can write a 30 page thesis on the theory of relativity and time travel.
Yes, I can write my name in the snow when I pee.
And, yes. I've actually been on the 'Bozo the Clown' TV show [April, 1984]. (Bozo was a jerk to me - pulling on my inner tube so the other team could catch up.....that jerk.)
There I was, cruisin' along on my tricycle with an inner tube 'relay baton' around me and rounded the cone on the far end, headed back to the finish line when, all of a sudden, I wasn't moving.
Peddle, peddle, peddle - nothing.
I look back and this huge clown face is laughing at me as he's holding the inner tube.
The competition is rounding their cone and heading this way.
I'm like "WTF, Clown?". (in my head)
Finally, he let's me go and I finish first!
My mom has the VHS.
My family is hard core and hi-tech.
We're rednecks with I-pods.
Perhaps you haven't seen my 'Childhood Lesson's' thread?
I realize that I know so much because I've tried so many different things and have been able to experience a huge amount of different aspects of life - though not always by choice.
...how many 9 year olds can say they've pulled up to the scene of an accident, with their father as a first responder, and saw a freshly dead body in a car on the highway while a baby cried in the back?
How many 22 year olds can say they've responded to a medical emergency only find two minor kids killed by their own mother?
[Edit: I've decided that the world doesn't need to be reminded of the story I posted in this spot and I don't want to force too much on unsuspecting viewers - article removed.]
I apologize to everyone.
I've been an ass for believing what I've seen in my own life - that a lawyer can't change a lightbulb and a fisherman can't split an atom.
Spartan, Cactus......Otherguy....Edlin......
Good debate, guys.
I want to buy you all some cold ones.
Pepsis for the minors.
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