"I told them what they could do with their connection charge, and went all electric."
Ouch...I gotta have gas to cook with.
That, and isn't it usually much more expensive to heat your house with electric than with gas? This might come to bite you in the ass later once you are finished with the remodeling and are living in the place?
"As they should, since bicycles are suppose to go on the road, not the sidewalk."
It should not be that way, though, in this day in age. Just too dangerous to have these slow moving things on the same roads that are filled with big, heavy, fast moving cars with people that are in a hurry.
They back up traffic going too slow...and you just can't see them when driving. I've almost killed a couple of bicyclists on the roads in the past years....and "I" try to look for single riders since I tend to often ride a motorcycle myself...
" The reality is that increasing populations force increases in emergency room spending..."
Especially when so much of that 'growth' is due to illegal immigration...people who work often for cash under the table, no taxes....are a drag on the educational system, welfare system and emergency rooms. I'm shocked how bad it is now in Tucson compared to about 15 years ago when I lived there....wow. I counted more MX plates on cars there than I did AZ plates. Actually hard to find someone to speak English with....
Ok, slight exaggeration there at the end, but, not THAT much of one.
"I'll grant you that pumping your food full of hormones is a bad thing, but I fail to understand why everyone always brings up the antibiotics as well. Wouldn't you rather eat a healthy cow instead of a sick cow? What am I missing that makes antibiotics bad in livestock?"
Well, one reason is that overuse of anti-biotics in ANY animal (humans too) is a bad thing.
This is one reason we are starting to see more and more anti-biotic resistant strains of 'bugs' out there. Over use selects for the resistant strains, which them proliferate and cause a lot of problems for us.
"Right, because there are no people that incorporate their farm business, or work for farmers who have incorporated their business. Incorporated businesses are Teh Evil! "
You take me wrongly, I'm quite in favor of the small guy, incorporating, to take advantage of tax laws, etc. I myself am incorporated.
I was speaking in terms of the huge conglomerate corporate farms that somehow still gets subsidies from the US govt.
I was hoping that most people got my intent when reading my post.
"Then either you're being robbed, or your taste buds have died. What has happened is that a lot of supermarkets have started carrying crap beef (USDA Select grade or equivalent), and some of them give it names with "prime" in it. The USDA grades are still judged by the amount of marbling, and USDA Prime has plenty of it. It also costs $15-$20+/lb for cuts used for steaks and most places don't carry it."
I go by the USDA grading system...not that market talk of "angus" this or that.
I recently bought a whole USDA Prime grade boneless rib roast and cut my own steaks from it. Yes, it was good...yes it was better than the choice or (ugh) select stuff.
But todays Prime grade beef, does not have NEAR the same marbling that Prime grade beef had say in the 60's and 70's.
"There is no claim that organic foods are more nutritious. Organic foods are intended to be free of poisons like insecticides. "
Not to mention livestock....the commercial stuff is pumped full of hormones and anti-biotics. Hell, no wonder little girls these days are starting to grow tits at 10 years of age, so many McBurgers filled with growth hormones...and in the milk that goes with it too.
Girls sure didn't look that mature when I was growing up....
"Agreed... May I also add... I find a lot of supermarket fruit and veg is odourless.... you buy by weight. So, like our meats, it is grown to produce weighty produce. They taste watery. Go to Asia, fruit and vegtables just smell better.. Some premium packaged fruit and veg do smell what I call "green", full of flavour."
That, I think, is really the true damage that tech has done to food. They left it flavorless.
Hell, no wonder people get obese these days, junk food has more flavor than natural foods. Tomatoes are my pet peeve. I no longer can stand to buy tomatoes at a grocery store, especially for something like home made salsa. They are bred for transport only I think...and picked so early, they don't mature enough on the vine. I remember back when I was a kid, and tomatoes had GREAT flavor, they really let you know summer was here.
Not long back, I went to a tomato type 'festival' where they had all these heirloom varieties raised by people (not corporations), and it took me back to the old days. FLAVOR!! They were good...and I'd forgotten, real tomatoes aren't perfectly round, they are often knarled up, blemished, and sometimes weird colors other than bland dull red colored.
About the only way to get a good one is to grow them yourself. I learned to can so that I can grow some, and have that fresh flavor also during the winter months.
I won't even go into how the fscking jalapeno has had the heat bred out of it, and you can't tell in the store what the heat level of a jalapeno is....I now still 100% to serrano chiles...at least they haven't fucked with those yet.
Produce...we've killed the flavor of it. Then, there's meat. I remember what a good steak tasted like. Even today, if I lay out cash to get a prime grade cut...it barely has the flavor of the old days. They've bred out the marbling, the little flecks of fat within the meat fibers that is where the flavor comes from. I saw the other day, a picture they used to use like in the late 50's early 60's to grade prime beef...compared to one today. What a difference, the old ones had meat that was downright almost pink in color due to the fat content in it. That was flavor.
I'd rather have that every once in awhile, that 100% lean and flavorless every day.
I still love to cook, and I buy when I can at farmer's mkts to support the local economy and get quality produce...but, when I have to used grocery store bought stuff, I really have to season things higher to bring out what hidden flavors remain in today's corporate farmed produce and meats.
Can someone tell which is the best netbook for installing Backtrack (3 or 4)?
It appears they're moving the remote-exploit forums over, and hard to get a good read on what works the best out of the box (both for OS install, as well as which has the best (Atheros?) built in wi-fi.
The older wiki I found seems pretty outdated, etc.
Can someone give some good examples of what they think is the best, cheap netbook/laptop to install Backtrack onto, to learn pen testing?
I had an old Toshiba that I got working with a linksys usb wireless, but, it went tits up the other day, so looking for a replacement.
"I don't frequent coffee shops, but when I see someone with a laptop in McDonald's They're almost always at least having a cup of coffee."
Geez...why would you go to a coffee shop, when the local bars all have free Wi-Fi?
For example, one of my fav. local bars, The Bulldog (I like the mid-city and uptown locations), actually has signs up advertising they have wi-fi, fax and phone you can use if you want to set up your 'office' there.
Better than just drinking some damned coffee and doughnuts....good beer, and decent bar food.
"IMO, that is absolutely, without question, the BEST part of "settling down". Maybe you just haven't met the right woman. Or maybe you're the unusual one who really isn't cut out for a long-term relationship."
Strangely enough...I started out life having multiple LONG term relationships. In high school through college I had girlfriends for 5 years, 5 years and 3 years at a time.
I was engaged once and that fell through (upon reflection, THANK GOD, while she was hot and great...she had problems that have really surfaced later in years)..etc.
I feel at this point, unless you ARE going to have kids...what reason is there to get married? I love having women around, but, I love it when they LEAVE to go home too. I now enjoy my private space, time alone. I like to have their company when "I" choose it. And I like variety...the thrill of the hunt, etc. I like when I see something new in a skirt that interests me, I can go for it, and not have to worry about risking half my worldly possessions.
I've seen plenty of my friends do the parent thing. I saw so many of them get married right out of highschool...and never leave town or anything...just stopped their personal growth right there, got jobs and had kids. Man, to me, that is NO life at all.
I, on the other hand, have worked around the US, done so many different things (waited tables, bartended, sold clothes, head chef in my own restaurant, medical research, computer programming, data modelling, DBA work...etc. Hell, I missed med school by the skin of my teeth. I've lived in different states in the US, I've actually travelled outside the country some....I have a large number of very close friends, that I am very close to....people I actually trust with keys to my house in New Orleans. I've had so many life experiences and financial opportunties that I'd never have had if I'd 'settled down' and had kids.
No, I won't know what it is like to raise a family...but, from what I've observed from the outside it seems highly overrated,and you have to sacrifice so much, with no guarantee of what your offspring will turn out like. I've have fun, and still am having fun doing new things in life.
I won't even get into the thoughts of being stuck with the same chick for the rest of my life....[shudder]
"I'm going to guess that, based on your selfish outlook on life (in this regard) you're also a proponent of socialized, state-run healthcare. How exactly do you think that's going to work? Do you think it's "fair" or even appropriate for others' kids to foot the bill for your aged, decrepit health care?"
Of course I'm NOT for govt. healthcare. While I do think we need some reforms, like somehow doing away with discrimination against pre-existing condidtions....I'm in favor of doing things yourself. With no kids...I have disposable income. When I'm not doing W2 gigs and do my own thing...I do the high deductibe insurance thing, and set up a HSA to max out pre-tax annually.
I very much dislike govt. intrusion into our daily lives.
"It used to be said that you should never trust a man who didn't like children or cats. I think it still holds true, to large degree."
Never heard that saying. I'm not a fan of kids, no....especially when people bring them out to public places, and don't keep them quiet, disciplined and from disrupting others....I love dogs, but am allergic to cats. What the hell does that have to do with anything. I'd always heard a way to judge someone was to see how they treated people waiting on them, and I do quite well at that.
"...while ignoring your responsibility to produce at least enough children to replace yourself."
What responsibility did I come into this world with again?? Man..that's a new one on me. I have no responsibilty to anyone but myself....that's all anyone has. What you do beyond that is what you are remembered for. Fucking and having kids is pretty easy for anyone to do. There's plenty of other things to do that matter....
"Yeah see, that's my point. I agree with you now, but if you had asked me that same question twenty years ago (pre-internet), I would have said floppy is okay with me. With age and exposure to more female photos, I've grown more picky."
Hell, with age and more exposure to real women's tits....I've definitely come to that conclusion. Ick...I've actually just left the bedroom when a chick took off her bra, and the things just dropped like fried eggs hung on a wall with a thumbtack...I couldn't do it. Some bras are just WAY too deceptive in what they are holding up.
"Dude, the picture is stamped "Worth100", the famously (or apparently not) site for Photoshop manipulation. That's about the worst evidence you could post for any purpose other than Photoshop manipulation."
I just grabbed the first pic that came up from Google.
But, I've seen lots of pics...hell, they had film of her in concert awhile back..and she is HUGE, go look for yourself.
She used to be hot, but, of late, she's starting to look like a chubby Anna Nicole Smith clone...
"Most men still find "healthy" body type, ala Marilyn Monroe, Ginger from Gilligan's Island, an attractive body type, despite what current fashion and media tries to tell us is attractive."
Nope, gotta disagree with you.
My long term, scientific polling has indicated that Mary Ann is the clear winner over Ginger.
"Having a child will actually completes you and make you happy."
Hey, whatever floats your boat man...I've spent my entire life trying my BEST to avoid having the little 'milstones' around my neck. That's what contraception is for (and abortion if those still fail).
I'm glad people like having kids, but, it just isn't right to say it "completes" you. I've never wanted any, and I feel very complete! I'm not tied down to kids and a wife, I can date as I please, trade to a new 'model' of woman when I feel like it, and I don't have to worry about what I spend my finances on, because little Suzy needs braces. I can come and go as I please, travel, experience life and all it has to offer.
I don't look down on your for your choices, but, to say one must have that 'traditional' home with wife and kids to be a complete person is just plain nonsense. Different strokes for different folks...
"I blame the internet. Whereas I used to think "girl == hot" and I really didn't care if she had saggy breasts just as long as she had some, now exposure to literally millions of photographs has made me prefer small, firm breasts. i.e. I'm more picky and shallow."
Nope..I can NOT do saggy, floppy titties. 100% turnoff.
I have friends that like huge breasts, but, I like you know...that those will be dragging near their kneecaps in a few years (or after having a kid)..so, I go for the smaller, perky ones...and I try to make sure she is the type to stay in shape and exercise and hopefully keep her figure and looks as long as possible.
"This seems like a controversial topic. Is it really that bad if people forget to write with their hands? Last time I had to (aside from quick notes for myself) was in college."
I find that I VERY often take quick notes at work too...in meetings, on phone conversations, teleconferences...easier to just whip out a pen and paper than bring a laptop everywhere (meetings), or open up something to type on...I also find it harder to type with a phone cradled on my ear than to just jot things down.
It may be that..with getting older, what I used to be able to just sit, listen and remember isn't working as well..and I have to write things down.
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Ouch...I gotta have gas to cook with.
That, and isn't it usually much more expensive to heat your house with electric than with gas? This might come to bite you in the ass later once you are finished with the remodeling and are living in the place?
It should not be that way, though, in this day in age. Just too dangerous to have these slow moving things on the same roads that are filled with big, heavy, fast moving cars with people that are in a hurry.
They back up traffic going too slow...and you just can't see them when driving. I've almost killed a couple of bicyclists on the roads in the past years....and "I" try to look for single riders since I tend to often ride a motorcycle myself...
The above had me laughing quite a bit... ;-)"
Yeah, but reading STOP signs will still be dangerous, and painful.....
Especially when so much of that 'growth' is due to illegal immigration...people who work often for cash under the table, no taxes....are a drag on the educational system, welfare system and emergency rooms. I'm shocked how bad it is now in Tucson compared to about 15 years ago when I lived there....wow. I counted more MX plates on cars there than I did AZ plates. Actually hard to find someone to speak English with....
Ok, slight exaggeration there at the end, but, not THAT much of one.
A great deal of it is going to funding and subsidizing illegal aliens.
I prefer rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock.
Well, one reason is that overuse of anti-biotics in ANY animal (humans too) is a bad thing.
This is one reason we are starting to see more and more anti-biotic resistant strains of 'bugs' out there. Over use selects for the resistant strains, which them proliferate and cause a lot of problems for us.
You take me wrongly, I'm quite in favor of the small guy, incorporating, to take advantage of tax laws, etc. I myself am incorporated.
I was speaking in terms of the huge conglomerate corporate farms that somehow still gets subsidies from the US govt.
I was hoping that most people got my intent when reading my post.
I go by the USDA grading system...not that market talk of "angus" this or that.
I recently bought a whole USDA Prime grade boneless rib roast and cut my own steaks from it. Yes, it was good...yes it was better than the choice or (ugh) select stuff.
But todays Prime grade beef, does not have NEAR the same marbling that Prime grade beef had say in the 60's and 70's.
Not to mention livestock....the commercial stuff is pumped full of hormones and anti-biotics. Hell, no wonder little girls these days are starting to grow tits at 10 years of age, so many McBurgers filled with growth hormones...and in the milk that goes with it too.
Girls sure didn't look that mature when I was growing up....
That, I think, is really the true damage that tech has done to food. They left it flavorless.
Hell, no wonder people get obese these days, junk food has more flavor than natural foods. Tomatoes are my pet peeve. I no longer can stand to buy tomatoes at a grocery store, especially for something like home made salsa. They are bred for transport only I think...and picked so early, they don't mature enough on the vine. I remember back when I was a kid, and tomatoes had GREAT flavor, they really let you know summer was here.
Not long back, I went to a tomato type 'festival' where they had all these heirloom varieties raised by people (not corporations), and it took me back to the old days. FLAVOR!! They were good...and I'd forgotten, real tomatoes aren't perfectly round, they are often knarled up, blemished, and sometimes weird colors other than bland dull red colored.
About the only way to get a good one is to grow them yourself. I learned to can so that I can grow some, and have that fresh flavor also during the winter months.
I won't even go into how the fscking jalapeno has had the heat bred out of it, and you can't tell in the store what the heat level of a jalapeno is....I now still 100% to serrano chiles...at least they haven't fucked with those yet.
Produce...we've killed the flavor of it. Then, there's meat. I remember what a good steak tasted like. Even today, if I lay out cash to get a prime grade cut...it barely has the flavor of the old days. They've bred out the marbling, the little flecks of fat within the meat fibers that is where the flavor comes from. I saw the other day, a picture they used to use like in the late 50's early 60's to grade prime beef...compared to one today. What a difference, the old ones had meat that was downright almost pink in color due to the fat content in it. That was flavor.
I'd rather have that every once in awhile, that 100% lean and flavorless every day.
I still love to cook, and I buy when I can at farmer's mkts to support the local economy and get quality produce...but, when I have to used grocery store bought stuff, I really have to season things higher to bring out what hidden flavors remain in today's corporate farmed produce and meats.
It appears they're moving the remote-exploit forums over, and hard to get a good read on what works the best out of the box (both for OS install, as well as which has the best (Atheros?) built in wi-fi.
The older wiki I found seems pretty outdated, etc.
Can someone give some good examples of what they think is the best, cheap netbook/laptop to install Backtrack onto, to learn pen testing?
I had an old Toshiba that I got working with a linksys usb wireless, but, it went tits up the other day, so looking for a replacement.
Geez...why would you go to a coffee shop, when the local bars all have free Wi-Fi?
For example, one of my fav. local bars, The Bulldog (I like the mid-city and uptown locations), actually has signs up advertising they have wi-fi, fax and phone you can use if you want to set up your 'office' there.
Better than just drinking some damned coffee and doughnuts....good beer, and decent bar food.
Ok, so how about Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards?
Strangely enough...I started out life having multiple LONG term relationships. In high school through college I had girlfriends for 5 years, 5 years and 3 years at a time.
I was engaged once and that fell through (upon reflection, THANK GOD, while she was hot and great...she had problems that have really surfaced later in years)..etc.
I feel at this point, unless you ARE going to have kids...what reason is there to get married? I love having women around, but, I love it when they LEAVE to go home too. I now enjoy my private space, time alone. I like to have their company when "I" choose it. And I like variety...the thrill of the hunt, etc. I like when I see something new in a skirt that interests me, I can go for it, and not have to worry about risking half my worldly possessions.
I, on the other hand, have worked around the US, done so many different things (waited tables, bartended, sold clothes, head chef in my own restaurant, medical research, computer programming, data modelling, DBA work...etc. Hell, I missed med school by the skin of my teeth. I've lived in different states in the US, I've actually travelled outside the country some....I have a large number of very close friends, that I am very close to....people I actually trust with keys to my house in New Orleans. I've had so many life experiences and financial opportunties that I'd never have had if I'd 'settled down' and had kids.
No, I won't know what it is like to raise a family...but, from what I've observed from the outside it seems highly overrated,and you have to sacrifice so much, with no guarantee of what your offspring will turn out like. I've have fun, and still am having fun doing new things in life.
I won't even get into the thoughts of being stuck with the same chick for the rest of my life....[shudder]
Of course I'm NOT for govt. healthcare. While I do think we need some reforms, like somehow doing away with discrimination against pre-existing condidtions....I'm in favor of doing things yourself. With no kids...I have disposable income. When I'm not doing W2 gigs and do my own thing...I do the high deductibe insurance thing, and set up a HSA to max out pre-tax annually.
I very much dislike govt. intrusion into our daily lives.
"It used to be said that you should never trust a man who didn't like children or cats. I think it still holds true, to large degree."
Never heard that saying. I'm not a fan of kids, no....especially when people bring them out to public places, and don't keep them quiet, disciplined and from disrupting others....I love dogs, but am allergic to cats. What the hell does that have to do with anything. I'd always heard a way to judge someone was to see how they treated people waiting on them, and I do quite well at that.
"...while ignoring your responsibility to produce at least enough children to replace yourself."
What responsibility did I come into this world with again?? Man..that's a new one on me. I have no responsibilty to anyone but myself....that's all anyone has. What you do beyond that is what you are remembered for. Fucking and having kids is pretty easy for anyone to do. There's plenty of other things to do that matter....
Hell, with age and more exposure to real women's tits....I've definitely come to that conclusion. Ick...I've actually just left the bedroom when a chick took off her bra, and the things just dropped like fried eggs hung on a wall with a thumbtack...I couldn't do it. Some bras are just WAY too deceptive in what they are holding up.
I just grabbed the first pic that came up from Google.
But, I've seen lots of pics...hell, they had film of her in concert awhile back..and she is HUGE, go look for yourself.
She used to be hot, but, of late, she's starting to look like a chubby Anna Nicole Smith clone...
Nope, gotta disagree with you.
My long term, scientific polling has indicated that Mary Ann is the clear winner over Ginger.
Yes, I do actually.
Well, as long as she doesn't speak. She's rich, blonde, skinny, decent figure, knows how to dress/makeup. yeah, I'd do her.
Strange too...I usually go for brunettes.
Hey, whatever floats your boat man...I've spent my entire life trying my BEST to avoid having the little 'milstones' around my neck. That's what contraception is for (and abortion if those still fail).
I'm glad people like having kids, but, it just isn't right to say it "completes" you. I've never wanted any, and I feel very complete! I'm not tied down to kids and a wife, I can date as I please, trade to a new 'model' of woman when I feel like it, and I don't have to worry about what I spend my finances on, because little Suzy needs braces. I can come and go as I please, travel, experience life and all it has to offer.
I don't look down on your for your choices, but, to say one must have that 'traditional' home with wife and kids to be a complete person is just plain nonsense. Different strokes for different folks...
Nope..I can NOT do saggy, floppy titties. 100% turnoff.
I have friends that like huge breasts, but, I like you know...that those will be dragging near their kneecaps in a few years (or after having a kid)..so, I go for the smaller, perky ones...and I try to make sure she is the type to stay in shape and exercise and hopefully keep her figure and looks as long as possible.
Apparently you have not seen her lately have you?
Jessica Simpson has definitely porked out...
I find that I VERY often take quick notes at work too...in meetings, on phone conversations, teleconferences...easier to just whip out a pen and paper than bring a laptop everywhere (meetings), or open up something to type on...I also find it harder to type with a phone cradled on my ear than to just jot things down.
It may be that..with getting older, what I used to be able to just sit, listen and remember isn't working as well..and I have to write things down.