Fun Stuff...Off Topic(O/T)

[peanuts]

I just manually popped popcorn on the stove and there were no old maids (unpopped kernels). It doesn't get any better than that !

----------billyjoe

I thought that this was the bragging thread for a minute

My favorite popcorn are the half-popped kernals that are super crunchy and a little burnt

[IIC]

I just manually popped popcorn on the stove and there were no old maids (unpopped kernels). It doesn't get any better than that !

----------billyjoe

That's nice...reminds me of a story back in the early 80's about my "Idiot" 1st wife...She took regular popcorn...put it in a paper bag...then put it in the microwave...Small fire ensued....I divorced her...But not because of that...IIC

[Gwhiz]

Check out tradesports.com definitely a cool idea.
You can trade future contracts on all kinds of stuff. For example whether the republicans will win the senate or not.

[IIC]

Check out tradesports.com definitely a cool idea.
You can trade future contracts on all kinds of stuff. For example whether the republicans will win the senate or not.

Gwhiz...I had an online gambling site...it was filled w/ afilliate programs...I know that site well...I never made much though....too much competition...The US gov is really down on internet gambling...I've read too much about it to post here...I was careful to keep myself only at the shutdown level...not the prosecution level.

However, the US gov recently made it illegal for US banks to process payments to these offshore internet gambling entities via credit cards...Search for the owner of PartyPoker.com...She was the daughter of a San Francisco Porno 900 # guy...she worked for him and then organized PP...She got nailed...But in the end she still walked away w/ $1.5 bil...Guess all those suits she lost were just "A cost of doing biz"

[IIC]

WHERE DRIVERS ARE FROM

One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: CHICAGO

One hand on wheel, one fist out window: NEW YORK

One hand on wheel, one fist out window, cutting across all lanes of traffic: NEW JERSEY

One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: BOSTON

One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator, gun in lap: LOS ANGELES

Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: OHIO, but driving in CALIFORNIA

Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: ITALY

One hand on 12 oz. Double shot latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on radio game, banging head on steering wheel while stuck in traffic: SEATTLE

One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator and both feet on brake, throwing McDonald's bag out the window: TEXAS

Four-wheel drive pick-up truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna: ALABAMA

Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above windshield, driving 35 on the Interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on: FLORIDA

[Mary]

Mesmerizing Stickman

[Rob]

Mary, that animated stickman is cool! I'll bet it originated in Japan.

Doug, after reading your post about where drivers are from, I can't get a certain Alanis Morissette song out of my head ....... if you don't get this joke, then you probably don't know the song.

[IIC]

Mary, that animated stickman is cool! I'll bet it originated in Japan.

Doug, after reading your post about where drivers are from, I can't get a certain Alanis Morissette song out of my head ....... if you don't get this joke, then you probably don't know the song.

Only song I can remember by her off the top of my head is "Ironic"...Something about a trafiic jam and meeting the man of her dreams...And then meeting his wife...Isn't it ironic?...That's about all I can remember of the song though...Doug

[billyjoe]

Rob,
Didn't she have a song where she had one hand on the steering wheel and the other one giving the peace sign?

------------billyjoe

[ParkTwain]

Demo (video) of non-Newtonian fluid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2XQ97XHjVw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_Newtonian_fluid

[billyjoe]

Park,
Is that how Criss Angel walks on water ?

---------billyjoe

[ParkTwain]

Interesting news about new use for silver metal

Silver commodity lovers take note. A clever fellow has licensed a technique of embedding very small amout of silver in the cloth for sports-oriented apparel to reduce stinkiness and offer anti-microbial benefits.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061123/wearing_silver.html?.v=3

[billyjoe]

In this part of Ohio and probably many other places as well, 10 year payback adjustable home equity loans are approximately 8.75% while 30 year fixed rate mortgage loans are approx. 6.25%. To put this in perspective say you owed 52k with your equity loan and wanted to pay it off and borrow 65k at the 6.25% rate. As long as you had at least 50% equity in your house, you'd pocket 13k and lower your payment by nearly $100 per month. Not too shabby and if you go through the right institution you'll have no pre payment penalty. This shows the difference a percentage point or two can make. Refinance charges were figured into the new payment.

---------billyjoe

[IIC]

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
-- Phyllis Diller

[IIC]

Now you can be an abstract expressionist artist

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/