What the Fark???

[St. Clown]

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A Chinese zoo tries to pass off a Tibetan Mastiff as a lion and a white fox as a leopard.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/15/...dog/?hpt=hp_t3

[St. Clown]

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CNN's homepage has a story headline "Nuclear plants found vulnerable to terror". Nuclear plants can be scared now? Yes, I know what they mean, vulnerable to terrorist attacks, but to read it strictly, the writing of the headline means something else entirely.

And I'm really bored at the office right now. My thumb's not up my a**, but I'm just waiting for things to happen while testing an app, thus this post.





Did you have fun wasting your life while reading that?

[Priceless]

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CNN's homepage has a story headline "Nuclear plants found vulnerable to terror". Nuclear plants can be scared now? Yes, I know what they mean, vulnerable to terrorist attacks, but to read it strictly, the writing of the headline means something else entirely.

Is CNN just now realizing that Nuke plants are vulnerable to attack? There's some breaking news there. Wait until they find out the electrical grid is even more vulnerable.

[FreshFish]

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Don't know if anyone else's neighborhood is becoming infested with those annoying "drive like your kids live here" lawn signs or not, but I saw one yesterday that raised eyebrows: it was outside a cemetary.

[joecct]

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Don't know if anyone else's neighborhood is becoming infested with those annoying "drive like your kids live here" lawn signs or not, but I saw one yesterday that raised eyebrows: it was outside a cemetery.

Seen them in neighborhoods, not in cemeteries. Usually I see get out the vote signs there.

[FreshFish]

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Occasionally we are virtually "required" to go out after work for dining and drinks. One reliable morning-after "cure" for me has always been greasy food, and a McDonalds breakfast burrito or two works well for that.

So I've typically stopped by the one on 6th near 48th on the way to the office from GCT. The "dollar menu" version costs $1.49 there. The other day I went to the one on Broadway near 51st instead, and they wanted $1.99 for the exact same burrito that costs $1.49 three blocks away. what the f*?

[RaceBoarder]

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Occasionally we are virtually "required" to go out after work for dining and drinks. One reliable morning-after "cure" for me has always been greasy food, and a McDonalds breakfast burrito or two works well for that.

So I've typically stopped by the one on 6th near 48th on the way to the office from GCT. The "dollar menu" version costs $1.49 there. The other day I went to the one on Broadway near 51st instead, and they wanted $1.99 for the exact same burrito that costs $1.49 three blocks away. what the f*?

Price and Participation may vary....

[St. Clown]

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Occasionally we are virtually "required" to go out after work for dining and drinks. One reliable morning-after "cure" for me has always been greasy food, and a McDonalds breakfast burrito or two works well for that.

So I've typically stopped by the one on 6th near 48th on the way to the office from GCT. The "dollar menu" version costs $1.49 there. The other day I went to the one on Broadway near 51st instead, and they wanted $1.99 for the exact same burrito that costs $1.49 three blocks away. what the f*?

That happens all the time. I bet you'll find that those two restaurants are franchised by two different people or groups. My brother does work for some of the local McD's, putting together their refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners. He said that - at least around here - you will see the same price points on the menu for places under the same management, but that prices will differ between ownership groups. Of course, you'll also find different pricing between Target stores only a few miles apart. In economics, it's a sign of a monopolistic competition market (not to be confused with a true or pure monopoly).

[AKJD]

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My usual combo at Taco Bell is something like $8.40 or so at the place a couple blocks from where I live. This past weekend I watched my brother's place in the next town over, went to TB there, and it was $6.99. Everything else I knew the price of looked to be the same, except for that.

[joecct]

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from today's Boston Globe..

Cardinals fan John Coulter was ejected from the exhibition game against the Cowboys Aug. 17 after his 15-year-old son was seen holding a cup of beer.

Coulter explained that he simply asked his son to hold the beer while Coulter took a picture. But two undercover officers with the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control approached him, told Coulter that what he had done is a Class 1 misdemeanor, and said he could have been arrested for it.

Instead, father and son were escorted from the game.

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from today's Boston Globe..

They were fortunate. Nobody should be forced to watch an entire Cowboys exhibition game.

Seriously, I can see another side to this. It isn't really necessary to have someone hold your beer. If there's no cupholder available, just put it under your seat. The stadium security crew is looking at tens of thousands of spectators (well maybe not at a Cowboys exhibition; sorry can't resist taking shots at the Jerryboys ) and it might be difficult to make judgements about whether the man and the boy are father and son. And a fifteen year old holding a beer is not like an eight year old holding a beer. I personally think it's stupid when I'm asked for my ID -- I was 21 when Lyndon Johnson was President -- but rather than protest, I just pull out my ID and my AARP membership card.

[RaceBoarder]

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Agree with CLS... I can see the other side of this and how it has to be interpreted...

[joecct]

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Paul Azinger tweeted about this tonight, then deleted the tweet....

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-35040_16...d-cell-phones/

Wasn't there a T-Mobile commercial about a phone dropped in a toilet?

[joecct]

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And one more...

PC Run Amok on the left coast....
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...atus-for-disc/

[St. Clown]

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And one more...

PC Run Amok on the left coast....
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...atus-for-disc/

Mr. Lara has said the Boy Scouts of America has a discriminatory policy because it won’t allow gay adults to be members. Other groups named in the bill are Bobby Sox, Campfire Inc., 4-H Clubs, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, Boys’ Clubs, Girls’ Clubs, Pop Warner football and several soccer organizations.

Wouldn't the specific naming of these various groups make this into a bill of attainder and therefore violate the US Constitution?