Safehold Humor or lack thereof

rocket_scientist wrote:
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Ok! OK! You win Mange! I promise to never again expand in vain the name of the creator of all tree cats! Please spare my while there are still large enough parts of my epidermis for the Pasqualites to find and stitch together back into something resembling a human being.

Oh, and what is that over there in what used to be by back pocket? Some fresh celery stalks? Would you like to share some with me?

Spacekiwi wrote:

BarryKirk wrote:A man should live forever or die trying...

:)

lifes a joke, and the punchlines a killer.....




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its not paranoia if its justified...
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pokermind wrote:Hi all,

What happens when a topic gets too heated? it gets locked. What happens when you get too many warnings for violating the rules?

Duckk wrote:
Ok, that's it, topic over. And namelessfly, you earned yourself a ban for flaming.

Last entry http://forums.davidweber.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3487&start=30

Some times in heated discussions we forget the rules, we flame, we use harsh language (not PG), and get personal with other posters. I'll miss the Fly and hope the ban is temporary not permanent. While Fly's sins aginst the rules were the worst we all share some blame, and I include myself. This is my first year here, and the fourth topic I've seen locked, this is the first non spammer bot I've seen hit with the Mighty Duckk's Ban Hammer, but I've seen him warn Fly on numerous occasions to cool it or get baned.

Let this be a warning, keep it civil.

This was Namelessfly's last PM to me I'll bleep the non PG stuff, he deserves an epitaph IMHO.

namelessfly wrote:I certainly cut loose yesterday. There is nothing that makes my blood boil more than European arrogance, conceit and pseudosophistication. They remind me of the Solarian League. By any rational standards [General religious reference deleted] are barbarians. The US has been fighting a loosing battle trying to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from getting nukes only to be betrayed by our alleged allies.

We have plenty of gas if Obama and his [expletive deleted] don't screw it up. This would be an opportunity to become isolationist. We should withdraw from Nato, cancel f-35 sales and declare open season on Europeans. I am almost angry enough to not care that Israel will be the first to be nuked then invaded. It will be interesting to see the reaction of all the American Jews who put Obama in office.

Last night's debate was pathetic. Romney's foreign policy is just as insane as Obama's. He is beating the drum for the Arab Spring too. With the exception of Ron and Rand Paul who are isolationists, the only prominent politician to oppose betraying our allies to bring Islamofascists to power was Gov Palin. I wish I knew what took the wind out of her sails. Aside from foreign policy, she has the best record on fiscal and energy policy. [description of her feminine attributes redacted.]

Of course miracles can happen. If RINO Romney wins the election then were to get assassinated, the election of the President gets real interesting.

My answer was:


"Hi Namelessfly,

I can only shake my head, Politicians of both parties have been buying votes with our tax money, then started borrowing money to give away more. They have been playing musical chairs with the debt so long that soon the music will stop and the current (who ever wins) administration will have a financial crisis that will make the Great Depression seem a cakewalk. You watch the big boys won't get hurt, but us little people will get crucified. As Will Rodgers said during the Depression, "The United States has the Best Government money can Buy. Unfortunately we're all Poor Folk." I fear for our country.

Poker

PS. As to the Europeans its like the old farmer joke, "You can't teach a pig sense. It frustrates you and, annoys the pig." Liked the joke in Honorverse Humor or lack thereof:

kenl511 wrote:Theme of the SL Bureacrats:

Pigs at the trough, what'll we do?
Pigs at the trough, what'll we do?
Pigs at the trough, what'll we do?
Skip to m'lou my darling.

Keep the slop flowing, that's what we'll do.
Keep the slop flowing, that's what we'll do.
Keep the slop flowing, that's what we'll do.
Skip to m'lou my darling.



Could be Obama's theme song!"


Poker

kbus888 wrote:Hi pokermind

You said in part
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The gauge choice was economics, most railroads were standard gauge four feet eight and a half inches Thus standards were made for interchange with the most popular. The wider the gauge the more stable the car, think of a chair with slayed legs being more stable than one pigeon-toed. Wider large gauge cars can naturally carry wider cargoes. Of course the extremes of gauge broad and narrow gets ludicrous.
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This reminded me of a joke I once heard:

Q-
Why a 4-foot 8-inch railroad guage ??

A -
The first railroad rolling stock was designed by English carriage builders.

The carriage wheels were typically 4'8" apart.

?? Why ??

Many of Britain's roads were build by the Romans and these used war chariots pulled by two horses.

This width was sufficient to accommodate the width of these two horses.

?? So ??

The Chariot wheels wore groves in the Roman built roads.

In order to avoid undue stress on carriages, their wheels worked best when they rode in these groves.

!! Ahhh !!

So Railroad Guages followed the trend !!

Yes, and as a consequence - - -

The Space shuttle program was built in various places in the U.S.A.

As a result, these rockets were transported (by rail) to the launching site.

The rail lines went through tunnels and gullys which had been constructed wide enough to accommodate the railway.

This meant the rocket sizes were limited by the width of these tunnels and could not be made too large in view of the requirement to transport them to the launch site.

- - SOOOOOO - -

Some design considerations for the space technology were influenced by the width considerations of a pair Roman war horses asses !!

*** CONCLUSION ***

Bureaucratic decisions LIVE FOREVER !!!



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pokermind wrote:Ah Medievil cookery recipe for grilled unicorn:

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Grilled Unicorn yumm!

Poker

RHWoodman wrote:

pokermind wrote:Ah Medievil cookery recipe for grilled unicorn:

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Grilled Unicorn yumm!

Poker

This, of course, explains why no unicorns can be found today. They were all eaten during medieval times.