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- Friday Yuk
- This is a pretty lame joke, but since there's no Yuk yet, I'll let 'er rip. (Man, disappear for a while and the place goes to hell!)A drunken man staggered into a Catholic church, sat down in the Confessional and said nothing.The priest is waiting and waiting and waiting.The priest...
- Tags: DMambo, priest, card, spaghetti
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- I'm not getting fatter, the kilogram is getting skinnier
- This should shut my wife up!! I'm a victim.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_re_eu/shrinking_kilogramToo bad the standard meter is not shrinking. Then I'd be getting taller and, er, longer. ]:)I thoughtOne Kilo= 1 litre of water, that what we were taught in our metrification indoctrination in high school. JamesYou had me...
- Tags: DMambo, Strat Squire
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- Thinkin' about Mae, (Thinkin' about Mae), ((Thinkin' about Mae))
- OK. In a couple of days, one of our favorites, maecuff, has a job interview. This HAS to be a stressful time for anyone, and especially for someone at her stage of life (family considerations, etc.) We all need to send her all the good,...
- Tags: DMambo, Mae
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Geek Trivia: Lapping the competition
- Quibble with the quibble.The baud Bd rate is a measure of the [i]symbol[/i] rate; and, a symbol can encode for more than 1 bit.Therefore:1) Bd is not in any way a measure of any characteristic of the phone line, or any other physical media; and,2) Bd is [u]equal[/u] to [i]or[/i]...
- Tags: Modems, Notebooks, DMambo, computer, Osborne 1, hard drive, portable computer, battery
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Friday Yuk (So it's a little early, sue me!)
- Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject...
- Tags: DMambo, proctologist
- Discussion threads 2007-04-12
- Friday Yuk
- It's early, but I'm on the road tomorrow and it's Friday in Europe and points east already, so.......TEN THINGS TO PONDER FOR 2007#10 Life is sexually transmitted.#9 Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.#8 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see himwithout...
- Tags: Navajo woman, DMambo, Navajo, friday yuk, off-topic, Number 10
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Sports is a better form of entertainment than Science Fiction
- I'll preface this debate by stating that I really am not a fan of scifi and have little knowledge of it as an art form. I do appreciate that there are many who feel that it's an important genre, and I respect their opinions.Resolved: Overall, Sports is a...
- Tags: DMambo, entertainment
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- It's Waitangi Day! It's Waitangi Day!!
- According to my Far Side calendar (today's cartoon - Aerobics in Hell) today is Waiangi Day in New Zealand. I think that's just great. Now I could google it, but I'd rather have an explanation direct from someone who knows about it.Other interesting international (read English-speaking...
- Tags: Arbor Software, Arbor Day, DMambo, waitangi!!!, off-topic, bank, Bank Holiday
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Well, well, well. The Dawg has returned!!!!
- It seems as though Sleepin' Dawg is back among the living. THAT should add some spice to TR!Dawg, I'm glad to see that you're back and hope all is well with you and yours, especially with your son's recovery.Happy New Year!!I hope you realise DMthat any chance you...
- Tags: Dawg, DMambo
- Discussion threads 2007-01-08
- dealing with a past felony
- dealing with a past felonyI'm a guy who has been programming C, C++/OOP and now PHP open source for about 20 years. I currently own my own business in a non-IT field, and its been doing pretty well for the last 3 years. I am currently...
- Tags: career, career interview, felony, Human Resources, mark@..., TR coffee
- Discussion threads 2006-08-08
- Watercooler - Saw a concert
- On Friday night, a friend and I took a bit of a road trip to see a band. We saw a Grateful Dead tribute band called Dark Star Orchestra. Now these guys did a real nice job. They were technically very good, and while...
- Tags: DMambo, Grateful Dead, off-topic, show tunes, watercooler
- Discussion threads 2006-11-13
- Let's NOT move the party somewhere else
- I've been out of touch for a few weeks, but as I've browsed around the past couple of days, I've seen a lot of threads with people complaining of the new site and considering dropping out or moving somewhere else. Please don't do it!The nature of the business...
- Tags: TR Member, DMambo
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Friday Yuk
- Apologies in advance for the supreme badness of these riddles :)Q: What is a mummy's favorite type of music?A: Wrap.Q: Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?A: Because demons are a ghoul's best friend.Q: What kind of beans do monsters like to eat?A: Human beans.Q: Why can't the boy...
- Tags: blonde, DMambo, Earl, friday yuk, halloween, off-topic, super hilarious, ultra funny
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Do you participate in political polls?
- Since it's campaign season, I've had several dinnertime calls over the past several weeks asking questions about whom I support or asking about political issues. Maybe I get a lot of these because I live in a small state.I have not signed up for the Do Not Call...
- Tags: DMambo, Do-Not-Call
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
- Geek Trivia: Planet X marks the spot
- I can name that planet in.....My suggestion for the name of the probably-never-to-be-found Planet X is Otiosus.According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the phrase deus otiosus is from the Latin for "hidden god". "In the history of religions and philosophy, a high god who has withdrawn from the immediate details of...
- Tags: DMambo, planet x, career, god, Uranus
- Discussion threads 2006-09-06
- Ever been fired from a job?
- Ever been fired from a job?I was thinking the other day about the 4 jobs I've had in my "professional" career; that is the jobs that I've held since striking out on my own 22 years ago. In three of these, I was evaluated highly and felt that...
- Tags: job, DMambo, jobs, careers, fired!, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2006-08-24
- Do you use an IM app? What flavor?
- For the past few months, my daughter has been pestering me to install AOL AIM at home because, apparently, a telephone, e-mail and a very nice bicycle are not good enough tools to communicate with today's high school crowd.After receiving assurances that she'll stick to chatting with actual people that...
- Tags: Gaim, IM, good luck tiggertwo, Yankee, Red Sox, DMambo, off-topic, Miranda, MSN, AOL Instant Messenger
- Discussion threads 2006-08-18
- Geek Trivia: Quite a tail to tell
- Geek Trivia QuibbleI can only assume that the source of this quibble is a plant designed to foster discussions, but I want to ask about your use of the word "eponymous" as it relates to the "Jurassic Park" film and book.When I look it up on dictionary.com, it's defined as...
- Tags: eponym, Brontosaurus, geek trivia, DMambo, career, quibble, tail, Geek Trivia Quibble, Jurassic Park
- Discussion threads 2006-08-16
- Friday Yuk
- Friday YukAgain no Yuk?? And a "humpday" yuk doesn't sound too pure to me, so here goes: (BTW - I'm taking a week off. Everyone have a great week, and somebody take notes for me)A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "If...
- Tags: bartender, rat, friday yuk, DMambo, off-topic, florist, Amal, Juan
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- Friday Yuk
- Friday YukSince we're Yukless at this late hour:There was an old lady and her dog who lived on the coast.Every day she and the dog would take a stroll along the beach. One day she stumbled across a bottle. She rubbed the bottle and a genie popped out, who said...
- Tags: genie, toilet, friday yuk, DMambo, off-topic, bedroom mansion, bottle, Bobbie, mansion
- Discussion threads 2006-07-14
