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6 foot, 250 pounds, (1.8 meters, 113 kg) but I think I fall more into the "muscle chub" category, I have some fat but also a lot of muscle.

Jimi Hendrix, Axis: Bold As Love.

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rogerskg1979 posted...

VixYW posted...

Technically speaking, you can't be sure about anything you eat.

Sure you can if you are a farmer and only eat the plants you grow and animals you raise.

My dog keeps peeing on the soybeans.

Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters on Johnny Carson. (long video)

They would always do two takes on the Carol Burnett Show. The first take Tim Conway would do according to the script, but the second he would ad lib which would usually cause his castmates to lose it.

Chuckles the Clown's funeral was one of the most hilarious scenes ever shown on television.

The video isn't old, but the subject matter is, does this still count?



(The person who voiced the Daleks also did Zippy on the kids show Rainbow.)

It's time for another Good Idea, Bad Idea.

Good Idea, watching this video with your kids.

Bad Idea, watching this video with your goat kids.

Whenever a recruiter asks why I'm interested in a job, I reply, "Money can be exchanged for goods and services."

I didn't get the alert either. Stock Galaxy Note (4) Edge on Sprint.

Maybe I'm slipping into an alternate universe where there's a good president.

Wii Wii

Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true. Facts schmacts.

I went into a uni-sex bathroom yesterday. It was really disappointing. I didn't get any unicorn sex at all.

Because it's both a top and a bottom.

A pirate walks into a bar.

The bartender asks, "Why the long face?"

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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the pirate was also a horse.

What bugs me is when places have separate single-user bathrooms for men and women. I'm stuck standing around waiting for someone to finish in the men's room while the women's room is completely empty. There's a lock on the doors, just make them both unisex and get better throughput.

Just don't get the translucent version. While it sounds really hot to be able to see yourself inside and is great for taking photos or video, the material used is kind of sticky and just feels totally gross to handle.

Cleaning is actually pretty easy because they can be taken apart. Both the top and bottom unscrew (hehe, screw), and the sleeve can be pulled out. Just jam the back of the sleeve onto the end of the faucet, turn on the water, then giggle at the water pouring out the front.

Back in the 1980s Jack-In-The-Box almost sold burgers and tacos made with horse and kangaroo meat. The problem was mislabeled beef provided by their supplier, which was caught before being distributed.

And in the 90s they sold undercooked meat that was contaminated with fecal material. Hundreds of people got sick and 4 kids died from E. coli.

Jack's tacos are currently made with a mixture of beef and "textured vegetable protein" (a.k.a., soybeans).

In the UK, Taco Bell and Burger King both sold "beef" that contained horse meat.

Thrombosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery.

I went to a convention a long time ago and made the mistake of not booking a room in advance. I got there and every hotel and motel in the area was full. So I stayed up for 4 days straight.

By Sunday, my brain kept falling asleep while I was awake and it was really trippy. I was doing crazy stuff like throwing paper airplanes from the balcony in the hotel lobby and climbing over the furniture. I think I spent at least an hour staring at the ceiling in front of the elevators.

And then I had to drive home from Buena Park to San Diego. Luckily I'd decided to leave at like 2 am, so there was very little traffic on the freeway. But my brain kept telling me I was asleep and if I'd thought that I could drive off the road, I probably would have. I don't remember anything about the drive, but I managed to make it home in one piece and then I slept for about 16 hours straight.

Bend up a paperclip or a piece of wire and jumper pins E1 and TE1 on the diagnostic port, turn the key to ON not RUN then watch the check engine light blink. Count the number of blinks and it will give you the error codes which you can look up online. Each code is 2 digits long with a short pause between digits, then there's a longer pause between each code, then when all codes have been displayed, there's a very long pause and all the codes will repeat. If there are no trouble codes, it will just blink on and off constantly.

https://troubleshootmyvehicle.com/toyota/2.2L/retrieving-trouble-codes-1

(This also works on pre-96 GM cars, just use connectors A and B. Each code is flashed 3 times and it will always start with code 12, which means the computer is working.)

Cooking isn't a problem for me, it's washing the dishes afterwards.

I'd rather spend the entire day scooping horse poop in the barn than spend 10 minutes washing dishes.

I have a vegetable powder (LIVfit Superfood Blend) that I add to my cookies. It doesn't really taste like anything, so you'd never realize there are peas, carrots, beets, spinach, tomato, broccoli, etc in my chocolate chip cookies. I also use Kodiak Power Cakes flapjack mix instead of flour, it's made with whole grain wheat and oat flour and has extra protein. (Both of these are available at Costco.) And I replace half the chocolate chips with dried cranberries (craisins); the change is barely noticable. These cookies are almost good for you! Or would be if they didn't contain an entire cup of butter.

Here's the recipe:

2 cups Kodiak Buttermilk Power Cakes flapjack mix
cup LIVfit Superfood Blend powder
1 cup butter, softened
cup sugar
cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup craisins

Mix together the flapjack mix & superfood blend. In a separate bowl, cream the sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract and butter. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then slowly add in the powder mix. Stir in the chips & craisins.

Drop by the tablespoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet & bake at 375F for 10-12 minutes.

Allow to cool for 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.

You can try replacing the white sugar with cup of agave syrup and slightly increasing the flapjack mix; this will make a moister cookie that stays soft longer and reduces the glycemic index slightly, but you'll never achieve a crisp cookie.

Don't try to replace the butter with margarine, that was an unmitigated disaster.

ReginaldClovis posted...

captpackrat posted...

I feel so sorry for that guy. I can't imagine what went through his head that night.

Apparently he was brought in at the absolute last second with no time to prepare and then the teleprompter malfunctioned just a few seconds after the segment started, which is why he starts out OK but then things break down and he just did the best he could. Then he started ad libbing during the basketball footage. And boom went the dynamite.

I've done work at a wide range of hotels from 1 to 4 stars and here's what I've seen.

The lower end hotels tend to have a breakfast area that isn't monitored, but they generally don't have a particularly great selection, maybe some bacon or sausage, scrambled eggs or pre-fab omelets, potatoes, waffles, various breads, oatmeal and cereal and fruit.

The middle level hotels will often have cook to order omelets and a bigger selection of foods, but they check room numbers or issue tickets at check-in.

The high-end hotels usually don't offer a free breakfast, you've got to pay for it.

I install computer systems for hotels and I've seen notices on the bulletin boards in back with photos of people who keep coming in and stealing breakfasts. So they know you're not supposed to be there.

green dragon posted...

Filk?

Filk is a cross between folk music and science fiction/fantasy

Banned From Argo is probably one of the most famous and is my personal favorite.

I've always been partial to the Wild Oats, but I used to work with like half of the band.

When I worked at the Corps of Engineers recently, the PC used to program the keycards to get into the building still ran Windows 95. It even had an AT power supply. But it was a completely standalone machine with no connection to the network at all, so security wasn't a concern, and if it works, don't fix it. The power supply finally blew a cap or something and quit working.

I get neurotic if I can't wash my hands after I poop. I don't want to touch anything at all until I've washed up.

I'll sometimes skip washing if all I did was pee. After all, I didn't just pee on my hands, and my junk should be clean, hopefully.

Dropbox, free for 6.2GB. I mostly use it for work documents. I like their automatic sync feature, plus the fact that I can use their app on my phone and tablet.

Amazon Drive with 5GB video storage plus unlimited photo uploads free with Prime membership. I mostly use it so I can put porn on my TV with a Fire Stick.

I have a Google Drive with 17GB, but hardly ever use it. And I have a Box account with 50GB but don't use it either. And I also have a 5GB OneDrive which I guess is used by OneNote to store my notes.

And I've got an FTP space that theoretically has unlimited storage.

Voat is where Reddits go when they are killed.

For great justice, the greatest meme of all time:



You have no chance to survive, make your time.

I'm still dry.

First boss fight I ever really had trouble with was Apollo in Final Fantasy Legend 2.

He sits there and taunts you for 6 turns while you wail on him, then he transforms and alternates between Flare and Masmune attacks. He has 25,000 HP and is protected with Aegis so he's immune to all magic.

I finally figured out the key is to have everyone use SpeedUp (AGL+10) every turn until Apollo transforms then use CatClaw daggers (AGLx13 damage) and you can do 10,000+ damage each turn.

Never tried it with steak, but I have used it on a pork roast and it was amazing

I had a motorcycle cop pull along side me while I was speeding on the freeway and he wagged his finger at me, then he took the exit ramp. I think it might have been the end of his shift and he didn't want to bother with writing a ticket.

An inventory where I can carry around like 20 swords/guns/whatever.

I used to love Rally's, but I haven't eaten there since I was in college.

The only band I've ever heard live was a folk group called the Wild Oats.

LinkPizza posted...

captpackrat posted...

Been registered since I turned 18, and I've voted in every single election since then.

How many times has that been?

I can't count that high.

Been registered since I turned 18, and I've voted in every single election since then.

I drive a car with the gas cap behind the license plate, so I can use either side!

Why'd they ever stop making them like that?

Yes, get the Note.