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by Ang
Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:50 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Health question for some of the other old guys here
Replies: 24
Views: 2624

Re: Health question for some of the other old guys here

Mace,

Glad to read that you found out what was happening. That's kind of scary shit turned into a hopefully good fix. I hope it works out well for you.

Ang
by Ang
Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:21 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Auto bailout modern day Civil War
Replies: 30
Views: 1780

Re: Auto bailout modern day Civil War

Good for Ford for not asking for the bailout, just a parachute in case they need it. One thing no one mentioned...Chrysler is a privately held company. No one buys stock in Chrysler unless they are on the board or works there. It is not on the NYSE or anywhere else. GM is a publicly traded company. ...
by Ang
Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:16 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Arrogant Prick
Replies: 15
Views: 1509

Re: Arrogant Prick

If people were waiting for a post from me to drink, there would be a whole lot of sober people round here :).
by Ang
Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:39 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Arrogant Prick
Replies: 15
Views: 1509

Re: Arrogant Prick

Just make sure this guy doesn't poison the workplace. If all the reps work independently and his crap is his crap, then he has to sink or swim in that. But if others have to spend their time dealing with it, not a good thing.
by Ang
Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:18 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: If you are honest...
Replies: 157
Views: 7116

Re: If you are honest...

This is a fun read, but it is still down to what we all believe in and who we vote for. I just love that everyone I talk to wants to vote this election. In our office, we had two people leave at noon to vote early...and they could not get in the parking lot at all, and came back after waiting an hou...
by Ang
Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:17 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: If you are honest...
Replies: 157
Views: 7116

Re: If you are honest...

Another thing you will never see in the press...old time hardcore feminists supporting Palin. Yeah, right...hearing from old time feminists is EXACTLY what everyone was looking for here :), but I have been amazed and surprised how Palin has been treated by a portion of feminists that has nothing to ...
by Ang
Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:47 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Sarah kicks ass
Replies: 77
Views: 6123

Re: Sarah kicks ass

pooldoc,

So nice to see you here. As you remember, we have never had a point bet. It's win or lose, football and basketball. Glad you are still in for it :).

Ang
by Ang
Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:16 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Sarah kicks ass
Replies: 77
Views: 6123

Re: Sarah kicks ass

I missed the debate live because I taught a night class til 10:00 pm, but watched it all on on line video. And I came around with a much better impression of both Biden and Palin. And I do think it comes down to what anyone wants to see. They both showed strengths, Biden with his history of the mech...
by Ang
Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:45 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Well whaddya make of this.
Replies: 77
Views: 3223

Re: Well whaddya make of this.

I don't think it was just the ARM. The home mortgage industry made a huge change in the mid to late 90's, which is catching up with us on every economic downturn. It was to open the housing market to folks who didn't have a down payment. You have an income but no cash? No problem! Let us give you th...
by Ang
Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:41 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Neighborhood Going to the Dogs?
Replies: 11
Views: 1346

Re: Neighborhood Going to the Dogs?

Mikey, Great photo of the bobcats lolling on the wall! Beautiful animals. The only time I have seen one close up was in San Diego county at Singing Hills golf course. Great course btw. Our group was walking up to putt and the green had a huge boulder on one side, with about a 20' sheer face and at t...
by Ang
Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:37 am
Forum: ARCHIVE!
Topic: McCain's Veep
Replies: 722
Views: 76123

Re: McCain's Veep

Terry, I'm so glad you brought up Biden. I haven't voted Democrat for like forever, but I have been very up on Obama. I like his message and the idea of change and all that, was running right with it. As soon as he came out with Biden as his VP pick, I thought...this is not the person I was going to...
by Ang
Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:48 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: The Great Global Warming Swindle
Replies: 40
Views: 2712

Re: The Great Global Warming Swindle

Great, we can all cluster around our discussions about polar bears, and believe me that just warms my heart... But there is a step between what is now or the future that has thrown everyone off the mark. Seems at both ends of the discussion there is the idea that we need to get off oil, which we do....
by Ang
Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:43 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Consensus?
Replies: 48
Views: 1889

Re: Consensus?

Mikey, Great photo of the skink. I really didn't know what they were until last year...found one while pulling out an old retaining wall in our yard, and happened to have a biologist right there (a friend who was helping with the project) to tell me what it was. I had never seen it before. After we ...
by Ang
Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:35 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Order...ORDER IN THE COURT!
Replies: 76
Views: 3837

Re: Order...ORDER IN THE COURT!

Banning stupid people reeks of not being able to defeat them in real ways. Oh, I can just hear the antelopes on the savannah...damn, you see that one limping along, that one with a hoof disease is slowing us down on the edge of the pack...where are the lions? Oh, no lions around, where the hell are ...
by Ang
Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:45 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Big W Final - Federer v. Nadal, Call it
Replies: 35
Views: 1956

Re: Big W Final - Federer v. Nadal, Call it

Late getting in here, but have to agree that was the best tennis I've seen just about ever. I was just glad I had desk work to do today so I could stay indoors and watch the whole thing. Simply awesome, and the best player of the day won.
by Ang
Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:51 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Big W Final - Federer v. Nadal, Call it
Replies: 35
Views: 1956

Re: Big W Final - Federer v. Nadal, Call it

Kind of surprised to see this on here, because I didn't think people followed tennis round here. I don't agree that Nadal just has it, as a lot of people have said, but I don't think Federer just has it either. Some would say the grass favors Federer, but Nadal has raised the ante, thumping Federer ...
by Ang
Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:12 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Feeb Foundation/League of Losers
Replies: 113
Views: 7052

Re: Feeb Foundation/League of Losers

Just one more correction on all this...Ana_NG and myself should not be confused with each other, even though we do agree on a few things. Ana doesn't post on this board and I just occasionally do. We have met up on occasion and talked about the confusion because our board usage spans a few years and...
by Ang
Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:22 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Those weird, wacky Christians
Replies: 38
Views: 1631

Re: Those weird, wacky Christians

Yea, you can say it's the wierd wacky Christians, but this is the kind of guy who gets rejected from teaching in a Christian school in the first round of applications. That is why he is doing his particular "brand" of weirdness in a public school. Cause I'm sure he applied to a ton of Chri...
by Ang
Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:45 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Just a damn shame
Replies: 4
Views: 571

Re: Just a damn shame

yep, kinda like this...

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and this...

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aged into this...

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years happen, I guess.
by Ang
Tue May 20, 2008 6:49 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: I guess they gotta blame somebody
Replies: 21
Views: 2218

Re: I guess they gotta blame somebody

Probably should have put a few smiley faces on... screw michigan, I know that my son won't die playing baseball...it's ok. Now, he's driving, and I think he's probably a better driver than I am, but if a steering wheel hits him between heartbeats...what's a mom to do? Y2k, the casserole thing was a ...
by Ang
Tue May 20, 2008 6:11 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: I guess they gotta blame somebody
Replies: 21
Views: 2218

Re: I guess they gotta blame somebody

I can't imagine how sad the parents are that their kid is in the shape he is. And I guess the main idea here is the same as the topic, they gotta blame somebody. My kid pitched in little league and early teens, and he struck a lot of batters out but he also had some line drives going at him that sca...
by Ang
Sun May 11, 2008 4:50 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Comerica Park PET
Replies: 21
Views: 1838

Re: Comerica Park PET

Great pics! Makes me miss living in a city with MLB.
by Ang
Thu May 08, 2008 4:53 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Do you wear a tie to work?
Replies: 24
Views: 3195

Re: Do you wear a tie to work?

Dan, it's this simple. If you are looking at bow ties, it means that you don't want your tie to compete with your cleavage. If you don't have a cleavage disruptor issue, then just choose a colorful and however inventive long tie you want. If you keep this up, I'm going to have to invite you go to sh...
by Ang
Tue May 06, 2008 5:16 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Your favorite Olympic moment
Replies: 25
Views: 2175

Re: Your favorite Olympic moment

Good point, smack. Never really thought of it that way, but very true.
by Ang
Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:48 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Dallas
Replies: 72
Views: 2928

Re: Dallas

Check out the Deep Ellum area, close to the west end but more fun. No chain restaurants, many little places with live music going on, good streetlife...basically a bunch of little dives all within walking distance.
by Ang
Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:23 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: The way Americans, er, most Oklahomans see the world
Replies: 52
Views: 4151

Re: The way Americans, er, most Oklahomans see the world

SunCoastSooner's thought that most grads leave Oklahoma for more job opportunity is right on the money. My husband and I both found better jobs right out of college by leaving, first to STL and then to San Diego. 15 years later we came back, and even with experience and all it's still much slimmer p...
by Ang
Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:09 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Earthquake This Morning
Replies: 44
Views: 2111

Re: Earthquake This Morning

Dang...Mikey nailed the Northridge quake time and came up with Carole King smak? The rest of us are simply not worthy :)
by Ang
Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:21 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: As if confirmation of the depth of my dumbness was needed...
Replies: 30
Views: 2792

Re: As if confirmation of the depth of my dumbness was needed...

S-Sam, You seem to be a bit like my husband, able to take long, wonderful and challenging trips on a motorcycle with no qualms and only minor mishaps...but then do really stupid things on smaller lawn and garden vehicles. When we lived out in the boonies, I came home one day to a note on the garage ...
by Ang
Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:39 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Name my Band
Replies: 69
Views: 4231

Re: Name my Band

We have done a few exercises like this in our house for our kid's hypothetical band, and it has nothing to do with any kind of music but this name always comes up because it makes us laugh...

The Winking Sphincters
by Ang
Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:10 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Pretty Cool Obituary
Replies: 10
Views: 665

Re: Pretty Cool Obituary

The BYOB thing is a fun twist in an obit. So, did David Earl hang out with a bunch of leeches or was he just a genial host that insisted that no one bring drinks if they were at his house? When we have people over, I would much rather them bring food than drinks because I’m good with going for beer ...
by Ang
Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:46 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: B42 is 50
Replies: 13
Views: 712

Re: B42 is 50

Happy Birthday, B42. 50 is good. It’s old for some people, but hell…35 is old for some people. Some folks just sit down at whatever point and decide their time is done. I have seen folks that do that early in life. Then there is my dad, who is 82 and he still hasn't sat down for anything at any poin...
by Ang
Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:29 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: An Interesting Editorial in Support of Obama
Replies: 59
Views: 1601

Re: An Interesting Editorial in Support of Obama

BSmack Getcha popcorn indeed. I've never really followed the Democrat nominating process at all, because in former years it was a class of clowns. In my years of voting, there was always at least one Republican or Libertarian who was saying what needed to be done in this country. This time, I'm loo...
by Ang
Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:09 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: An Interesting Editorial in Support of Obama
Replies: 59
Views: 1601

An Interesting Editorial in Support of Obama

I thought this was fairly amazing since Caroline Kennedy, even though she is a scholar on so many things constitutional and political, has distanced herself from making any statement over the years on presidential politics. The link for the original article is http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/opin...
by Ang
Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:42 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Wonder what his dream was about
Replies: 15
Views: 702

Re: Wonder what his dream was about

I liked how he tried to turn one of the nod-offs into something that was an attempt at a nod of agreement for the speaker. Just to show, politicians are politicians even when they are sleeping.
by Ang
Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:48 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Time for a new rig.
Replies: 284
Views: 15355

Re: Time for a new rig.

I think someone mentioned already that long term is not what is really so important with looking for a car for a kid. But long term is important when I spend dollars for a car, and as much as I appreciate WW's ideals of buy American, the only car I've bought in my adult life that crapped out on me e...
by Ang
Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:13 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: My eyes! My eyes!!!
Replies: 37
Views: 2305

Re: My eyes! My eyes!!!

Mike, About Lasic...it can be very good. I was extremely nearsighted, to the point wearing the last 'over the counter' contact lens before having to order custom. I had Lasic about 8 years ago, and had 20/20 vision the next day. A little cloudy vision on the first evening because of the whole recove...
by Ang
Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:22 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Another Nick Frisco abortion, commenting about Bill Maher
Replies: 69
Views: 4328

I am not a fan of any type of conspiracy theory, be it 9/11 or any other. But the collapse of WTC building 7 makes no sense at all from the reported accounts, and the analyses on what and when and why. It is the one thing that makes me wonder about the whole deal.
by Ang
Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:38 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Fire Again...
Replies: 220
Views: 10993

Good luck to all of you in San Diego county. The thing that always made me nuts about the place, out in the areas that burn, is that in some places you just don't have very many choices of roads to go. Call me claustrophobic, but if a fire with the momentum of about a zilliion acres behind it is goi...
by Ang
Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:28 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize - liberals jerk-off all over
Replies: 92
Views: 4181

What really amazes me is that people either seem to love or hate Al Gore, a person that I can't dredge up anything but indifference about. I kind of liked his first book, Earth in the Balance, because he addressed the whole idea of keeping the genetic purity intact of native stands for plants that a...
by Ang
Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:54 am
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Big trouble in T-town
Replies: 12
Views: 552

ORU considers itself the high and holy hillbilly Vatican, unfettered by the silly moral and legal issues about which those in a mere city or even a democratic country spend their unimportant time worrying. What in the hell were you thinking to bind these apparent saints to the rules of mere mortals?...