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orthodoc · 11-21-2012, 05:44 PM

Hoping to enjoy and not endure. As long as tempers stay under control and there isn't an incident requiring 911 intervention, we'll be good ...

First time not cooking in, oh, forever ... that'll be sort of cool, anyway. I get to see the adult kids take over and stretch their culinary wings. They're making stuffing tonight. I can get used to this!

infinite monkey · 11-22-2012, 07:33 AM

Just in case anyone thinks I've gone all rogue nice, please to let me say "get your head out of your ass for pete's sake."

This has been a public service announcement.

bluecuracao · 11-22-2012, 02:10 PM

Sitting here waiting for 4PM. That's what time I'm supposed to meet a friend of mine, to go to the place to eat Thanksgiving grub (ya know, the place).

Been waiting a couple of hours already. No booze in the house. So. Bored.

Lamplighter · 11-25-2012, 07:12 PM

PDX's latest contribution to holiday traffic tie ups...

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<snip> Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.

Crimson Ghost · 11-25-2012, 10:31 PM

The hell you say...

What is this 'alcohol' of which you speak?

Going to investigate further...

xoxoxoBruce · 11-25-2012, 10:36 PM

There was one on the news today where the guy had a count of 0.5... not 0.05, 0.5. The sumbitch should be dead.

Clodfobble · 11-26-2012, 04:10 PM

That means fully half of his circulating blood was alcohol. You aren't born with that kind of skill, you have to train for it. Goddamn.

orthodoc · 11-26-2012, 04:25 PM

Um, 0.5 is 0.5% by volume, not 50%. That said, a level of 0.5 (or 500 in old units) DOES take practice, if you're conscious and walking around. Some people actually cruise at that level and start withdrawal by the time they hit 200/0.2.

Clodfobble · 11-26-2012, 05:27 PM

You are totally right. I blame poor anti-drinking campaigns in my high school health class.

orthodoc · 11-26-2012, 05:44 PM

You were right about having to train, though - most people couldn't reach 0.5, they'd pass out well before even getting close. We definitely aren't born with the capability of driving around (for however short and disastrous a time) with a blood alcohol of .5.

Lamplighter · 11-26-2012, 07:00 PM

Washington Post
Reuters
11/26/12

WWII code found on long-dead pigeon in England may never be broken

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LONDON — A World War II code found strapped to the leg of a dead pigeon
stuck in a chimney for the past 70 years may never be broken, a British intelligence agency said Friday.
The bird was found by a man in Surrey, southern England,
while he was cleaning out a disused fireplace at his home this month.<snip>

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The Curator of the Pigeon Museum at Bletchley Park, north of London,
Britain’s main code-breaking center during World War II, is also trying
to trace the identity numbers of the pigeon found in the message, according to GCHQ.

Pigeons were used extensively in the war to carry vital information to Britain from mainland Europe.
Flying at speeds of up to 50 mph, they can travel distances of up to 620*miles .
But they are vulnerable to hungry hawks; during the war, bored soldiers used to take potshots at them.

Griff · 11-26-2012, 07:04 PM

Neat. Beats finding unexploded ordinance.

DanaC · 11-27-2012, 04:41 AM

I love that Bletchley Park has a Pigeon Museum.

Lamplighter · 11-27-2012, 07:58 AM

Code breaking and Bletchley Park have been some of my favorite readings.
We owe an awful lot to the men and women who served there.

And, I still can not rationalize that mathematicians can break a code
without even knowing how to speak/read the language !

infinite monkey · 11-29-2012, 09:14 AM

Who do these little girls think they're fooling?

I see your beady little over-made up eyes going up and down in your rearview mirror, or in my rearview mirror. I see you weaving back and forth to the edges of your lane, drifting aimlessly, at 75 mph.

I see your smug little grin because Susie said Bobby will be at the Malt Shop after classes and you just KNOW he wants to marry you and have your babies.

(Or rather: B sez u b 2 MS @ 4 him 2 k?)

Put. Your. Freaking. Phone. Away. And. Drive. The life you save may be mine.

11-21-2012, 05:44 PM	#3256
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Hoping to enjoy and not endure. As long as tempers stay under control and there isn't an incident requiring 911 intervention, we'll be good ... First time not cooking in, oh, forever ... that'll be sort of cool, anyway. I get to see the adult kids take over and stretch their culinary wings. They're making stuffing tonight. I can get used to this! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

11-25-2012, 10:31 PM	#3260
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	The hell you say... What is this 'alcohol' of which you speak? Going to investigate further... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

11-25-2012, 10:36 PM	#3261
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There was one on the news today where the guy had a count of 0.5... not 0.05, 0.5. The sumbitch should be dead. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-26-2012, 04:10 PM	#3262
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	That means fully half of his circulating blood was alcohol. You aren't born with that kind of skill, you have to train for it. Goddamn. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-26-2012, 04:25 PM	#3263
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Um, 0.5 is 0.5% by volume, not 50%. That said, a level of 0.5 (or 500 in old units) DOES take practice, if you're conscious and walking around. Some people actually cruise at that level and start withdrawal by the time they hit 200/0.2. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

11-22-2012, 07:33 AM	#3257
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Just in case anyone thinks I've gone all rogue nice, please to let me say "get your head out of your ass for pete's sake." This has been a public service announcement.

11-22-2012, 02:10 PM	#3258
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Sitting here waiting for 4PM. That's what time I'm supposed to meet a friend of mine, to go to the place to eat Thanksgiving grub (ya know, the place). Been waiting a couple of hours already. No booze in the house. So. Bored.

11-26-2012, 05:27 PM	#3264
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You are totally right. I blame poor anti-drinking campaigns in my high school health class. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-26-2012, 05:44 PM	#3265
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	You were right about having to train, though - most people couldn't reach 0.5, they'd pass out well before even getting close. We definitely aren't born with the capability of driving around (for however short and disastrous a time) with a blood alcohol of .5. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

11-26-2012, 07:04 PM	#3267
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Neat. Beats finding unexploded ordinance. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-27-2012, 07:58 AM	#3269
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Code breaking and Bletchley Park have been some of my favorite readings. We owe an awful lot to the men and women who served there. And, I still can not rationalize that mathematicians can break a code without even knowing how to speak/read the language !

11-29-2012, 09:14 AM	#3270
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Who do these little girls think they're fooling? I see your beady little over-made up eyes going up and down in your rearview mirror, or in my rearview mirror. I see you weaving back and forth to the edges of your lane, drifting aimlessly, at 75 mph. I see your smug little grin because Susie said Bobby will be at the Malt Shop after classes and you just KNOW he wants to marry you and have your babies. (Or rather: B sez u b 2 MS @ 4 him 2 k?) Put. Your. Freaking. Phone. Away. And. Drive. The life you save may be mine. Attached Images

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