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"Mark K. Bilbo" |
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14 Jun 2006 11:30:56 AM |
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OT: I try! |
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
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Mark K. Bilbo
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| Title: Re: I try! |
14 Jun 2006 11:48:20 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
Not necessarily, but I guess from your perspective........
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
14 Jun 2006 10:01:41 PM |
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Previously, on alt.atheism, youngopinions in episode
<MrOdnXPazop4oA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
Not necessarily, but I guess from your perspective........
Oh ***** and die *****.
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
14 Jun 2006 12:13:54 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small free
weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
14 Jun 2006 06:07:53 PM |
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Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fau8uF1htorhU1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small free
weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Well, don't play catch with them okay?
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
15 Jun 2006 09:23:52 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:3IOdnRekM81XCw3ZnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@megapath.net...
Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fau8uF1htorhU1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small free
weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Well, don't play catch with them okay?
Hold on, let me write that down <rummages for pen> ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
15 Jun 2006 10:30:37 AM |
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Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fd8m3F1ij7i9U1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:3IOdnRekM81XCw3ZnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@megapath.net...
Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fau8uF1htorhU1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others
because we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google
video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small
free weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Well, don't play catch with them okay?
Hold on, let me write that down <rummages for pen> ;)
And post it on the fridge just in case!
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
15 Jun 2006 11:17:02 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:1q2dnTZO-rSA4AzZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@megapath.net...
Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fd8m3F1ij7i9U1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:3IOdnRekM81XCw3ZnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@megapath.net...
Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fau8uF1htorhU1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others
because we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google
video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small
free weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Well, don't play catch with them okay?
Hold on, let me write that down <rummages for pen> ;)
And post it on the fridge just in case!
Forget that! It'll just get lost in the forest of bizarre magnets, pictures
of nieces, nephews and friends' children, as well as all of the witchling's
drawings ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
19 Jun 2006 06:33:09 PM |
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:07:53 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fau8uF1htorhU1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small free
weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Well, don't play catch with them okay?
I don't intend on having Google's video programme on my computer, so
what happened? Did the floor give way?
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
20 Jun 2006 05:28:46 AM |
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Previously, on alt.atheism, stoney in episode
<vvce92ds1187ie7qnpmrdaumhjgvu9h2f9@4ax.com>...
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:07:53 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fau8uF1htorhU1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others
because we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google
video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small
free weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Well, don't play catch with them okay?
I don't intend on having Google's video programme on my computer, so what
happened? Did the floor give way?
They use Flash, it's not a separate program.
No, the floor doesn't give way. The fish tank doesn't survive...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
21 Jun 2006 11:25:34 AM |
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:28:46 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Previously, on alt.atheism, stoney in episode
<vvce92ds1187ie7qnpmrdaumhjgvu9h2f9@4ax.com>...
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:07:53 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in alt.atheism
Previously, on alt.atheism, Robibnikoff in episode
<4fau8uF1htorhU1@individual.net>...
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others
because we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google
video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small
free weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Well, don't play catch with them okay?
I don't intend on having Google's video programme on my computer, so what
happened? Did the floor give way?
They use Flash, it's not a separate program.
No, the floor doesn't give way. The fish tank doesn't survive...
Ta.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Pat Kiewicz" |
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| Title: Re: I try! |
15 Jun 2006 06:32:51 AM |
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Robibnikoff said:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small free
weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Did you like the way he immediately yelled MA??
--
Pat K. aa#1154 ('someplace.net' is comcast)
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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15 Jun 2006 06:50:20 AM |
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"Pat Kiewicz" <kiewicz@someplace.net.net> wrote in message
news:iLidnSaQ6IT-2AzZnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@comcast.com...
Robibnikoff said:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small free
weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Did you like the way he immediately yelled MA??
LOL - Didn't hear that as I don't have any sound on my work computer :)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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15 Jun 2006 08:14:03 AM |
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Previously, on alt.atheism, Pat Kiewicz in episode
<iLidnSaQ6IT-2AzZnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@comcast.com>...
Robibnikoff said:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote in message
news:8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net...
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others
because we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google
video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
D'oh! Considering I have a brand-new 37 gallon fish tank AND small free
weights in the same room, this causes me some concern :)
Did you like the way he immediately yelled MA??
Yeah, he's gone all Ahnald on us... except when something goes wrong...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "johac" |
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15 Jun 2006 01:07:04 AM |
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In article <8IudnbyGabddpA3ZnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
Oops!
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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15 Jun 2006 03:41:29 PM |
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:30:56 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Its been about forty years ago and I still cringe when I think about
it.
atheist@home#1554
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15 Jun 2006 05:19:36 PM |
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:41:29 GMT, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:30:56 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Okay. How'd you do it?
;-)
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L8r,
Uncle Clover
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The true mark of a civilized society is when its
citizens know how to hate each other peacefully.
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"A disappearance is when someone has vanished.
A tragedy is when they were photogenic."
- a.t-c's Bo Raxo, paraphrased.
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"If you look at the whole life of the planet,
man has only been around for a few blinks of an
eye. So if the infection wipes us all out,
that _is_ a return to normality..."
- Sergeant Farrell, "28 Days Later"
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15 Jun 2006 08:58:43 PM |
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:19:36 -0400, Uncle Clover
<UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:41:29 GMT, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:30:56 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Okay. How'd you do it?
;-)
Damn!
Ok :-)
The guy who taught me how to operate it learned himself in the
military.
I had never seen anybody so good at it.
Incredible actually.
I tried to emulate him by backing out of the trailer, spinning around,
dropping my load, spinning around again and firing the lift back into
the trailer at high speed.
The dock next to the trailer I was working with was empty and I sort
of lost my bearings during all the high speed spinning about.
I dropped my last load too close to the dock too far to the left,
backed up and spun around the last time at too great an angle, shot
forward and off I went.
Everybody else including my foreman thought it was funny but it
naturally scared the absolute bejabbers out of me :-)
atheist@home#1554
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| User: "Frank Mayhar" |
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15 Jun 2006 08:43:15 PM |
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:41:29 +0000, atheist wrote:
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Its been about forty years ago and I still cringe when I think about
it.
Okay, I won't ask. I'll let Uncle Clover do it. :-)
My "most embarrassing moment" was in 1993 shortly before I returned to LA
from Austin, Texas. I had to stay in a temporary apartment for a month
before I moved for real, since the landlord was selling my first one out
from under me. So I had to be at the management office bright and early
that Friday morning to sign a new agreement. Of course, just before
midnight a friend called, told me the Director's Cut of Brazil was playing
at the art theater downtown and did I want to go? I got home at 3:00 AM.
After far too little sleep I went to the management office, which was on
the 20th (top) floor of one of Austin's taller buildings. Weirdly, you
could only ride the elevator to the 19th, then you had to get out and get
in _another_ elevator to get to the 20th. I came out of the elevator,
looked around and saw what I took to be an open entranceway into the
management company's lobby. So I strode briskly forward.
I remember the next second or so very vividly and in slow motion. There
was glass there. Very _clean_ glass.
Well, it was clean before I bounced off of it, anyway.
I remember staggering down the hall nearby and leaning against the wall a
bit until my head stopped spinning. I'm sure the collision was heard
throughout the floor, and _especially_ in the lobby I had tried to enter.
I did finally get there, through the _glass door_ that I hadn't noticed in
my sleep-deprived hurry.
(To make matters even more embarrassing, the woman with whom I was
talking started looking at me strangely, then told me I was bleeding. I
had managed to cut my eyebrow on my glasses frame.)
--
Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/
Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/
http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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15 Jun 2006 10:01:13 PM |
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"Frank Mayhar" <frank@exit.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.06.16.01.43.15.78841@exit.com...
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:41:29 +0000, atheist wrote:
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Its been about forty years ago and I still cringe when I think about
it.
Okay, I won't ask. I'll let Uncle Clover do it. :-)
My "most embarrassing moment" was in 1993 shortly before I returned to LA
from Austin, Texas. I had to stay in a temporary apartment for a month
before I moved for real, since the landlord was selling my first one out
from under me. So I had to be at the management office bright and early
that Friday morning to sign a new agreement. Of course, just before
midnight a friend called, told me the Director's Cut of Brazil was playing
at the art theater downtown and did I want to go? I got home at 3:00 AM.
After far too little sleep I went to the management office, which was on
the 20th (top) floor of one of Austin's taller buildings. Weirdly, you
could only ride the elevator to the 19th, then you had to get out and get
in _another_ elevator to get to the 20th. I came out of the elevator,
looked around and saw what I took to be an open entranceway into the
management company's lobby. So I strode briskly forward.
I remember the next second or so very vividly and in slow motion. There
was glass there. Very _clean_ glass.
Well, it was clean before I bounced off of it, anyway.
I remember staggering down the hall nearby and leaning against the wall a
bit until my head stopped spinning. I'm sure the collision was heard
throughout the floor, and _especially_ in the lobby I had tried to enter.
I did finally get there, through the _glass door_ that I hadn't noticed in
my sleep-deprived hurry.
(To make matters even more embarrassing, the woman with whom I was
talking started looking at me strangely, then told me I was bleeding. I
had managed to cut my eyebrow on my glasses frame.)
Well, damn! I was going to tell the story about the time I accidently drove
into a moving NJ transit train, totaling my Ford Escort, but coming out
without a scratch, but I can't top this! :)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "Frank Mayhar" |
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15 Jun 2006 11:01:29 PM |
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:01:13 -0400, Robibnikoff wrote:
Well, damn! I was going to tell the story about the time I accidently drove
into a moving NJ transit train, totaling my Ford Escort, but coming out
without a scratch, but I can't top this! :)
See, that's why I starting posting here. (Besides Mark, I mean.) All new
victims^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hpeople upon whom to inflict my stories.
--
Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/
Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/
http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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16 Jun 2006 11:55:54 AM |
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Previously, on alt.atheism, Frank Mayhar in episode
<pan.2006.06.16.04.01.29.794872@exit.com>...
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:01:13 -0400, Robibnikoff wrote:
Well, damn! I was going to tell the story about the time I accidently
drove into a moving NJ transit train, totaling my Ford Escort, but
coming out without a scratch, but I can't top this! :)
See, that's why I starting posting here. (Besides Mark, I mean.) All new
victims^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hpeople upon whom to inflict my stories.
And I haven't even *tried to warn them. They're bright, they'll learn. <eg>
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"As hip as it is for outsiders to blame New Orleans
for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| Title: Re: OT: I try! |
16 Jun 2006 01:26:10 AM |
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:01:13 -0400, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Frank Mayhar" <frank@exit.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.06.16.01.43.15.78841@exit.com...
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:41:29 +0000, atheist wrote:
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Its been about forty years ago and I still cringe when I think about
it.
Okay, I won't ask. I'll let Uncle Clover do it. :-)
My "most embarrassing moment" was in 1993 shortly before I returned to LA
from Austin, Texas. I had to stay in a temporary apartment for a month
before I moved for real, since the landlord was selling my first one out
from under me. So I had to be at the management office bright and early
that Friday morning to sign a new agreement. Of course, just before
midnight a friend called, told me the Director's Cut of Brazil was playing
at the art theater downtown and did I want to go? I got home at 3:00 AM.
After far too little sleep I went to the management office, which was on
the 20th (top) floor of one of Austin's taller buildings. Weirdly, you
could only ride the elevator to the 19th, then you had to get out and get
in _another_ elevator to get to the 20th. I came out of the elevator,
looked around and saw what I took to be an open entranceway into the
management company's lobby. So I strode briskly forward.
I remember the next second or so very vividly and in slow motion. There
was glass there. Very _clean_ glass.
Well, it was clean before I bounced off of it, anyway.
I remember staggering down the hall nearby and leaning against the wall a
bit until my head stopped spinning. I'm sure the collision was heard
throughout the floor, and _especially_ in the lobby I had tried to enter.
I did finally get there, through the _glass door_ that I hadn't noticed in
my sleep-deprived hurry.
(To make matters even more embarrassing, the woman with whom I was
talking started looking at me strangely, then told me I was bleeding. I
had managed to cut my eyebrow on my glasses frame.)
Well, damn! I was going to tell the story about the time I accidently drove
into a moving NJ transit train, totaling my Ford Escort, but coming out
without a scratch, but I can't top this! :)
Dang!
That had to be scary.
How did that happen?
I've got another really stupid one.
In my wilder, dumber days I was driving around with some friends in a
Volkswagen late one night in a state park after a hard rain.
All four of us were somewhat loaded and everybody decided we were in
serious need of a bathroom break.
I pulled over to the side and the guy in the front passenger seat
opened his door, jumped out and started screaming and cussing and the
guy in the passenger side rear bailed out and did the same.
I got out with the other friend and we ran around the car to see what
the hell was going on and I had parked right on the edge of a fairly
deep gully and both guys had pretty much jumped out into thin air.
We could hear them both at the bottom moaning and groaning and slid
down to help them.
They weren't hurt too badly, mostly cuts and scrapes but we couldn't
climb out because the sides were too muddy and we got lost trying to
find a way out and wandered about in the woods all night.
Damn near froze to death.
Next morning we had to find a Ranger to help us find the car which
took a couple of hours and he spent most of it telling us how stupid
we were.
We couldn't offer up any honest dispute to his judgement so we just
sat in his car cold and muddy and kept our mouths shut.
atheist@home#1554
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: OT: I try! |
16 Jun 2006 10:11:25 AM |
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<atheist@home.com> wrote in message
news:85g4921mgjmjsghe9lac51qlpo3j0sr8qd@4ax.com...
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:01:13 -0400, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Frank Mayhar" <frank@exit.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.06.16.01.43.15.78841@exit.com...
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:41:29 +0000, atheist wrote:
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Its been about forty years ago and I still cringe when I think about
it.
Okay, I won't ask. I'll let Uncle Clover do it. :-)
My "most embarrassing moment" was in 1993 shortly before I returned to
LA
from Austin, Texas. I had to stay in a temporary apartment for a month
before I moved for real, since the landlord was selling my first one out
from under me. So I had to be at the management office bright and early
that Friday morning to sign a new agreement. Of course, just before
midnight a friend called, told me the Director's Cut of Brazil was
playing
at the art theater downtown and did I want to go? I got home at 3:00
AM.
After far too little sleep I went to the management office, which was on
the 20th (top) floor of one of Austin's taller buildings. Weirdly, you
could only ride the elevator to the 19th, then you had to get out and
get
in _another_ elevator to get to the 20th. I came out of the elevator,
looked around and saw what I took to be an open entranceway into the
management company's lobby. So I strode briskly forward.
I remember the next second or so very vividly and in slow motion. There
was glass there. Very _clean_ glass.
Well, it was clean before I bounced off of it, anyway.
I remember staggering down the hall nearby and leaning against the wall
a
bit until my head stopped spinning. I'm sure the collision was heard
throughout the floor, and _especially_ in the lobby I had tried to
enter.
I did finally get there, through the _glass door_ that I hadn't noticed
in
my sleep-deprived hurry.
(To make matters even more embarrassing, the woman with whom I was
talking started looking at me strangely, then told me I was bleeding. I
had managed to cut my eyebrow on my glasses frame.)
Well, damn! I was going to tell the story about the time I accidently
drove
into a moving NJ transit train, totaling my Ford Escort, but coming out
without a scratch, but I can't top this! :)
Dang!
That had to be scary.
Yeah, pretty much.
How did that happen?
Was going down a road I'd never been down before, had the radio on VERY
loud. Sign said to go left to the town where I was heading, so I turned
left. Suddenly saw that I was in front of rail road tracks and there was a
train moving on them. Slammed on the breaks, but it was icy (early
December) and I slid right into the moving train (which, thankfully, was on
its way to stopping). There was NO barrier there, though, two deaths later,
there is now. I bounced off of the train a couple of times. Driver's side
window exploded. All very dramatic. Escort was totalled - I was fine,
physically anyway ;)
And I was sober.
I've got another really stupid one.
In my wilder, dumber days I was driving around with some friends in a
Volkswagen late one night in a state park after a hard rain.
All four of us were somewhat loaded and everybody decided we were in
serious need of a bathroom break.
I pulled over to the side and the guy in the front passenger seat
opened his door, jumped out and started screaming and cussing and the
guy in the passenger side rear bailed out and did the same.
Oh dear :)
I got out with the other friend and we ran around the car to see what
the hell was going on and I had parked right on the edge of a fairly
deep gully and both guys had pretty much jumped out into thin air.
We could hear them both at the bottom moaning and groaning and slid
down to help them.
They weren't hurt too badly, mostly cuts and scrapes but we couldn't
climb out because the sides were too muddy and we got lost trying to
find a way out and wandered about in the woods all night.
Damn near froze to death.
Oh no!
Next morning we had to find a Ranger to help us find the car which
took a couple of hours and he spent most of it telling us how stupid
we were.
LOL!
We couldn't offer up any honest dispute to his judgement so we just
sat in his car cold and muddy and kept our mouths shut.
Glad you survived! :)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: I try! |
19 Jun 2006 02:43:50 PM |
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:11:25 -0400, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
<atheist@home.com> wrote in message
news:85g4921mgjmjsghe9lac51qlpo3j0sr8qd@4ax.com...
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:01:13 -0400, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Frank Mayhar" <frank@exit.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.06.16.01.43.15.78841@exit.com...
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:41:29 +0000, atheist wrote:
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Its been about forty years ago and I still cringe when I think about
it.
Okay, I won't ask. I'll let Uncle Clover do it. :-)
My "most embarrassing moment" was in 1993 shortly before I returned to
LA
from Austin, Texas. I had to stay in a temporary apartment for a month
before I moved for real, since the landlord was selling my first one out
from under me. So I had to be at the management office bright and early
that Friday morning to sign a new agreement. Of course, just before
midnight a friend called, told me the Director's Cut of Brazil was
playing
at the art theater downtown and did I want to go? I got home at 3:00
AM.
After far too little sleep I went to the management office, which was on
the 20th (top) floor of one of Austin's taller buildings. Weirdly, you
could only ride the elevator to the 19th, then you had to get out and
get
in _another_ elevator to get to the 20th. I came out of the elevator,
looked around and saw what I took to be an open entranceway into the
management company's lobby. So I strode briskly forward.
I remember the next second or so very vividly and in slow motion. There
was glass there. Very _clean_ glass.
Well, it was clean before I bounced off of it, anyway.
I remember staggering down the hall nearby and leaning against the wall
a
bit until my head stopped spinning. I'm sure the collision was heard
throughout the floor, and _especially_ in the lobby I had tried to
enter.
I did finally get there, through the _glass door_ that I hadn't noticed
in
my sleep-deprived hurry.
(To make matters even more embarrassing, the woman with whom I was
talking started looking at me strangely, then told me I was bleeding. I
had managed to cut my eyebrow on my glasses frame.)
Well, damn! I was going to tell the story about the time I accidently
drove
into a moving NJ transit train, totaling my Ford Escort, but coming out
without a scratch, but I can't top this! :)
Dang!
That had to be scary.
Yeah, pretty much.
How did that happen?
Was going down a road I'd never been down before, had the radio on VERY
loud. Sign said to go left to the town where I was heading, so I turned
left. Suddenly saw that I was in front of rail road tracks and there was a
train moving on them. Slammed on the breaks, but it was icy (early
December) and I slid right into the moving train (which, thankfully, was on
its way to stopping). There was NO barrier there, though, two deaths later,
there is now. I bounced off of the train a couple of times. Driver's side
window exploded. All very dramatic. Escort was totalled - I was fine,
physically anyway ;)
Scary.
I remember one call I made on the fire department in which a car was
dragged for quite a distance.
The passenger side was destroyed and the windshield had blown out but
amazingly the woman inside was unhurt physically.
Had to be a hell of a ride though and she couldn't stop screaming and
crying for maybe twenty minutes or so.
And I was sober.
And very alert during the event I suspect :-)
I've got another really stupid one.
In my wilder, dumber days I was driving around with some friends in a
Volkswagen late one night in a state park after a hard rain.
All four of us were somewhat loaded and everybody decided we were in
serious need of a bathroom break.
I pulled over to the side and the guy in the front passenger seat
opened his door, jumped out and started screaming and cussing and the
guy in the passenger side rear bailed out and did the same.
Oh dear :)
I got out with the other friend and we ran around the car to see what
the hell was going on and I had parked right on the edge of a fairly
deep gully and both guys had pretty much jumped out into thin air.
We could hear them both at the bottom moaning and groaning and slid
down to help them.
They weren't hurt too badly, mostly cuts and scrapes but we couldn't
climb out because the sides were too muddy and we got lost trying to
find a way out and wandered about in the woods all night.
Damn near froze to death.
Oh no!
Next morning we had to find a Ranger to help us find the car which
took a couple of hours and he spent most of it telling us how stupid
we were.
LOL!
We couldn't offer up any honest dispute to his judgement so we just
sat in his car cold and muddy and kept our mouths shut.
Glad you survived! :)
And you :-)
atheist@home#1554
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| User: "Ben Kaufman" |
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| Title: Re: OT: I try! |
21 Jun 2006 11:01:21 PM |
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:43:15 -0700, Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:41:29 +0000, atheist wrote:
Lol.
I think maybe the most incredibly stupid thing I ever did that could
have got me hurt was drive a forklift off a loading dock.
Don't even ask how I did it.
Its been about forty years ago and I still cringe when I think about
it.
Okay, I won't ask. I'll let Uncle Clover do it. :-)
My "most embarrassing moment" was in 1993 shortly before I returned to LA
from Austin, Texas. I had to stay in a temporary apartment for a month
before I moved for real, since the landlord was selling my first one out
from under me. So I had to be at the management office bright and early
that Friday morning to sign a new agreement. Of course, just before
midnight a friend called, told me the Director's Cut of Brazil was playing
at the art theater downtown and did I want to go? I got home at 3:00 AM.
After far too little sleep I went to the management office, which was on
the 20th (top) floor of one of Austin's taller buildings. Weirdly, you
could only ride the elevator to the 19th, then you had to get out and get
in _another_ elevator to get to the 20th. I came out of the elevator,
looked around and saw what I took to be an open entranceway into the
management company's lobby. So I strode briskly forward.
I remember the next second or so very vividly and in slow motion. There
was glass there. Very _clean_ glass.
Well, it was clean before I bounced off of it, anyway.
I remember staggering down the hall nearby and leaning against the wall a
bit until my head stopped spinning. I'm sure the collision was heard
throughout the floor, and _especially_ in the lobby I had tried to enter.
I did finally get there, through the _glass door_ that I hadn't noticed in
my sleep-deprived hurry.
(To make matters even more embarrassing, the woman with whom I was
talking started looking at me strangely, then told me I was bleeding. I
had managed to cut my eyebrow on my glasses frame.)
Not my most embarrassing moment but it reminded me of a time I went XC skiing,
had a bad fall during the course of the workout. Finished up and went into the
lodge for some food. I noticed a few people looking at me but nothing too
obvious. Later, I get in my car, adjust my mirror and get the a good shock
when I see blood all over my face from a sun glasses frame cut.
Ben
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| User: "Uncle Clover" |
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| Title: Re: OT: I try! |
14 Jun 2006 12:06:08 PM |
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:30:56 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster>
wrote:
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
LoL! Poor dude. But hey, it's when we make the stupid blunder that we should
be laughing loudest of all. It really helps take the sting out of the
embarassment. :-)
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L8r,
Uncle Clover
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The true mark of a civilized society is when its
citizens know how to hate each other peacefully.
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"A disappearance is when someone has vanished.
A tragedy is when they were photogenic."
- a.t-c's Bo Raxo, paraphrased.
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"If you look at the whole life of the planet,
man has only been around for a few blinks of an
eye. So if the infection wipes us all out,
that _is_ a return to normality..."
- Sergeant Farrell, "28 Days Later"
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| User: "Ben Kaufman" |
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| Title: Re: OT: I try! |
21 Jun 2006 10:52:29 PM |
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:30:56 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster>
wrote:
No, really, I *try not to laugh at the stupid blunders of others because
we all do stupid things right? But, still (this is a Google video link):
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F11144D
We should laugh our asses off. Afterall, he posted it on the net.
Ben
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