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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #50 on: January 29, 2011, 08:59:02 AM »
Sorry for changing your post I tried to put my answer or question in color but it did not work.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #51 on: January 29, 2011, 10:22:24 AM »
You know you can edit and correct them in a certain amount of time, do you not?

Again, thank you for once again proving my point.

And YES, given my life experiences, I think I'd know exactly what to do if I was stupid enough to be caught out on a boat where I shouldn't be when the shit hits the fan.  Damage control and all that.  They didn't give me those dolphins out of a Cracker Jack box.  Now the "water wings" they give to surface pukes, those are a different story.

And no, you cannot blame the Massholes for your predicament.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #52 on: January 29, 2011, 01:37:07 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 29, 2011, 10:22:24 AM
You know you can edit and correct them in a certain amount of time, do you not?

Again, thank you for once again proving my point.

And YES, given my life experiences, I think I'd know exactly what to do if I was stupid enough to be caught out on a boat where I shouldn't be when the shit hits the fan.  Damage control and all that.  They didn't give me those dolphins out of a Cracker Jack box.  Now the "water wings" they give to surface pukes, those are a different story.

And no, you cannot blame the Massholes for your predicament.

I stand corrected here and you are correct that your earned Dolphins is something to be very proud of. Both my sons are oh so proud their dads won them at a very young age.

  Both of my boy were eligible to go into the Sub service by their scores on tests ,one went to Maine Mariten Academy and the other into the Army-----Who knows why, their fathers,grandfather and great uncle had rode the boats, they marched to their own drummer.

Tell me  sparky, did you drink your Dolphins or pass that tradition go by.??

We are off subject here, and yes I do find fault with the outsiders that invade Maine and expect it to change to their own benefit.

I love the home State of mine and I get a huge laugh out of the new Governor that tells it like it is.    BTW I live in New Hampshire and I would never move back unless they drop the State income tax.----Not all of us Mainers are stupid.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #53 on: January 29, 2011, 02:47:07 PM »
All that "reclaimed" oil they poured on those dirt roads through the years sure took it's toll on them Maine-cells 'ey gang?

This thread seems like old times at SCC. :argh:
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #54 on: January 29, 2011, 03:10:40 PM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on January 29, 2011, 02:47:07 PM
All that "reclaimed" oil they poured on those dirt roads through the years sure took it's toll on them Maine-cells 'ey gang?

This thread seems like old times at SCC. :argh:

All we need now is Athena and Cooj claiming we're liars and racists, and it'd be old home week.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #55 on: January 29, 2011, 03:30:57 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 29, 2011, 03:10:40 PM
All we need now is Athena and Cooj claiming we're liars and racists, and it'd be old home week.

Roger that.  But  I always figured they both posted at the dumporama.(and Cujo at Stormfront fer sure).

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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #56 on: January 29, 2011, 06:32:40 PM »
We like our food in MS!! We are worst is a lot of things, but I see it could be worse. Bestiality? Glad that one belongs to another state.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #57 on: January 29, 2011, 08:17:59 PM »
Quote from: soleil on January 29, 2011, 06:32:40 PM
We like our food in MS!! We are worst is a lot of things, but I see it could be worse. Bestiality? Glad that one belongs to another state.

 :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #58 on: January 30, 2011, 04:33:51 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 29, 2011, 05:58:54 AM
http://www.cabelas.com/

FAIL.

Thank you for once again proving my point.
Well I humbly apologize...but going 65 mph, it's hard to tell dammnit!!! :argh:
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #59 on: January 30, 2011, 04:43:09 PM »
Cars on the highway travel 65 mph.

Stupid on the Internet travels at the speed of light.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #60 on: January 30, 2011, 04:59:08 PM »
well I pass it everyday on the way to work, in us highway 95 at 65 mph
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #61 on: January 30, 2011, 05:04:18 PM »


Hmmmmm...nope, no "O" in there.  Guess you weren't paying attention all those days to and from.

There are those who know, those who don't, but those sad few who don't even SUSPECT.
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« Reply #62 on: January 30, 2011, 05:13:00 PM »
I made a mistake I am sorry!!!!! I even admitted I wasn't 100% sure..Cut me some slack will ya???
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #63 on: January 30, 2011, 09:01:48 PM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on January 30, 2011, 05:13:00 PM
I made a mistake I am sorry!!!!! I even admitted I wasn't 100% sure..Cut me some slack will ya???

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Sparky, #1 it's Cabelo's, not Cabela. (now I am not so sure....hmmmmmmmm)

Rule #1 of the Innerwebz...(and of life)...come correct.

Cooj loved to make bullshit claims too.  Look where that got him when people (me) called him on his bullshit.  It's a rough and tumble world out there, toots.  It's okay to just sit on the sidelines and let someone else do stupid shit.

Bottom line, if you can't defend your actions/statements/ideas, best you don't put a target on your back until you can.  When your mental machete is about as sharp as a butter knife, it's not going to go well for you.

Does that make me mean?  Heartless?  Rude?  Hey, life is all of the above and so much more.  Sorry if not everybody is into playing pattycake with people who do stupid things, but you put it out there.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #64 on: January 30, 2011, 09:10:29 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 30, 2011, 09:01:48 PM
Rule #1 of the Innerwebz...(and of life)...come correct.

Cooj loved to make bullshit claims too.  Look where that got him when people (me) called him on his bullshit.  It's a rough and tumble world out there, toots.  It's okay to just sit on the sidelines and let someone else do stupid shit.

Bottom line, if you can't defend your actions/statements/ideas, best you don't put a target on your back until you can.  When your mental machete is about as sharp as a butter knife, it's not going to go well for you.

Does that make me mean?  Heartless?  Rude?  Hey, life is all of the above and so much more.  Sorry if not everybody is into playing pattycake with people who do stupid things, but you put it out there.

no, you say it like it is, and yes I did....sigh.I guess that cake ain't gonna bake....
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #65 on: January 31, 2011, 10:12:12 AM »
Quote from: Boudicca on January 28, 2011, 05:55:39 PM
Godot, if you want to end up in AZ, AVOID Tucson like the plague.  Sheriff Dumpdick is not at all the only looney tune in town.
Sierra Vista, OTOH, is a good, God fearing, conservative small city, for the most part.  With significant nutbag exemptions who make reading the SV Herald's On Your Mind comments once a week simultaneously  :rotf: and  :argh:
Mostly though, I find myself sympathetic to moronic liberals.  I'm sure Mama dropped 'em on their pointy little noggins more than once during their formative years, which is why they were knocked senseless for life.
Ah, crap, don't let the lib lawyers hear that theory.  They'll be hunti' down all the ****ing idiot Dems out there and many a forest will be sacrificed for the paper needed to contact every idiot Dem in this country, which means contacting every Dem.
Yes, I have had grandma babysitting duty all day so if this makes no sense, I blame the kiddo.


Thanks for warning me off Tuscon, Boud; I'd kind of already figured out that they're more than a little Madison, WI-like there. Anyway, I want to get away from big cities, period, anywhere. The suburbs of a small city would be fine, and Sierra Vista is definitely that (small). I checked the population; around 44,000. Imagine that. A city that doesn't even hit 100,000--now that's my idea of sane living. I am DONE with large cities (well, when I retire). It's not normal, living pressed in with millions, always seeing people everywhere you turn.


I like your style, Boud--when in doubt, blame the one who can't talk. But no head dropping! Don't want to turn the kid into a lib.  :tongue:
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #66 on: January 31, 2011, 11:09:26 AM »
Well, depends--how small you wanna get?  I know a lot of folks retired to places like Show Low, etc.  Depends on how much you like cold, you could try out Flagstaff.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #67 on: January 31, 2011, 11:14:58 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 31, 2011, 11:09:26 AM
Well, depends--how small you wanna get?  I know a lot of folks retired to places like Show Low, etc.  Depends on how much you like cold, you could try out Flagstaff.

I'm thinking (dreaming) of a house, surrounded by trees and wooded area, about 10-20 minutes away from a city/town about as big as Sierra Vista, although even as small as 10,000 would be fine. (In that respect, Show Low sounds good, and I like the name. 6 perfect!)

Don't really want cold, though.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #68 on: January 31, 2011, 03:34:05 PM »
Quote from: Godot showed up on January 31, 2011, 11:14:58 AM
I'm thinking (dreaming) of a house, surrounded by trees and wooded area, about 10-20 minutes away from a city/town about as big as Sierra Vista, although even as small as 10,000 would be fine. (In that respect, Show Low sounds good, and I like the name. 6 perfect!)

Don't really want cold, though.

Well, you would like Sierra Vista very much, except for the powerlessness of our local populace to have an effective conservative voice in Congress.  We have parts of liberal Tucson to thank/curse for our representation by Giffords. :argh:
However, today it's a high of around 60, low around 30, give or take several degrees.  I have the heater running and set to 72, but only because my grandson's bedroom gets colder than the rest of the house if I don't turn it on.

Personally, I LIKE the cold and snow and totally relished our tours in Germany.  Maybe though, as I'm over 50 now, the sunshine in summer and the mild winters aren't such a bad thing for the old bones....we have been known to have a snowfalke or two drop on us in summers past since we're up in the mountains but it's not so bad.
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« Reply #69 on: February 01, 2011, 12:52:47 PM »
And for our newer members, a picture of Vesta discussing, well, whatever she discusses...

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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #70 on: February 01, 2011, 01:03:41 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 01, 2011, 12:52:47 PM
And for our newer members, a picture of Vesta discussing, well, whatever she discusses...



Sparky, sparky sparky......shaking head(I was thinking of someonelse myself)
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #71 on: February 01, 2011, 04:01:22 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 01, 2011, 12:52:47 PM
And for our newer members, a picture of Vesta discussing, well, whatever she discusses...




Awww. Truly, Vesta is the Queen of the non-sequitur, but she's a good egg.
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #72 on: February 01, 2011, 08:59:23 PM »
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And YES, given my life experiences, I think I'd know exactly what to do if I was stupid enough to be caught out on a boat where I shouldn't be when the shit hits the fan.  Damage control and all that.  They didn't give me those dolphins out of a Cracker Jack box.  Now the "water wings" they give to surface pukes, those are a different story.

Are you sure those are dolphins?  They look more like two carps kissing a shitcan.
 :fuelfire:

I've only been to Bath, ME, but I was quite impressed by the yard birds there.  Miles of difference beyween them and the buttdarts in Pascagoula.

Blecch!

Bath had lots of friendly people, was very clean and beautiful, and I am looking forward to going back. 

The women did seem to be rather large, though....
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Re: The United States of Shame
« Reply #73 on: February 01, 2011, 11:41:55 PM »
Quote from: wasp69 on February 01, 2011, 08:59:23 PM
Are you sure those are dolphins?  They look more like two carps kissing a shitcan.
 :fuelfire:

I've only been to Bath, ME, but I was quite impressed by the yard birds there.  Miles of difference beyween them and the buttdarts in Pascagoula.

Blecch!

Bath had lots of friendly people, was very clean and beautiful, and I am looking forward to going back. 

The women did seem to be rather large, though....

Bath is a beautiful place, if you get a chance , visit the maritime museum a few more miles down the road
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A man should prefer his own company to that of others, because no matter where he goes,he'll find himself there..

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« Reply #74 on: February 02, 2011, 06:41:58 AM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on February 01, 2011, 11:41:55 PM
Bath is a beautiful place, if you get a chance , visit the maritime museum a few more miles down the road

We were driving the coast at one time north of Bath I believe and just happend to glimpse of a stone fortified complex flying the American flag in 3-4 places.    We got off the highway and meandered around until we found FORT KNOX.    We drove in, parked and began to look around to find this Fort had been a prison for the Confederates captured.  Huge underground vaults that housed everything from a medical dispensary to Officer quarters.  Big hundred + year old cannons pointing out to sea, lots of signs explaining what was what. 

Some of the underground chambers we could not explore as we had no flashlights but plenty of others had come equipped to do so.

I began to wish I had brought my metal detector with me and noticed tourists with maps of the area.   I asked someone where they got the map and they told us they are given out when you get to the entrance and pay to get in.---Pay to get in??????

We both felt so guilty about driving in before the staff had set up that we found the gift shop and bought $30.00 worth of souveneers and signed up for monthly news sent through the mail.
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