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In my hometown, here's a low train bridge that some truck driver gets stuck under once a year, at least. Backs traffic up for miles... Not really funny, but kinda funny in an "oooooo" kinda way...

That's awesome!

When Muddy's right, he's right...Peter Luger's tops them all!

"That ain't your daddy. Your daddy was hit by a train..." Great flick, no doubt one of the best! My fave: The Fifth Element

Now that's deep... I guess that's why everyone was wrong when they thought the new millenium began 1/01/2000 instead of a year later when it actually began. (Think about it, there is/was no year zero). If you guys have a telescope or even binoculars, here's a great little sight to look for. Just spend some time looking at Orion's "sword" (the 3 stars that hang down from his "belt"). The top star is a star, but the lower 2 consist of a binary star in the middle and a nebula at the bottom. A decent pair of binoculars will show these pretty easily and it may just be me, but I think it's pretty cool to be able to se that stuff at all. Remember what the guy on TV says: "Keep Looking Up!"

I consider myself a voracious reader. I used to try reading a book a week, but nowadays its more like a book a month (getting old sucks in soooo many different ways...). Recently, I read 1776 by David McCullough (John Adams, Truman, ect.) and if anyone here like American history, this is a must read. Catch a Fire by David White is great too if you're into music or ever wanted to know about Bob Marley. Of course, F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby ranks up there as one of my favorites. Hookemdown mentoined my second fave, Catch22, which bears reading at least 3 times to get it all. Other favorite authors of mine include: Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) Nelson deMille John LeCarre Tony Hillerman William Shakespeare Terry Goodkind John Updike Ken Kesey (One Flew Over The Cukoos Nest) Mario Puzzo (The Godfather) Mark Twain Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -MANY, MANY more that just wouldn't fit in here...

How do they come up with this stuff? These numbers have no meaning, they are impossible to comprehend. As a rough calculation, there have been 733,422 DAYs from Year 0 to now. RW, what do you consider Year 0? If you're talking about 2007 years ago, that's just silly talk. We know that the world has been in existance for much longer than that, and the church will agree to this (as I am guessing this is where you're coming from with that date...). That's just the base year for the Roman Catholic Church to start counting their time. By their own admission, they believe the earth was created over 5000 years ago (I'm not sure which year it is on the Hebrew calender), so we're talking about another 1.25 million days to add to your calculation. Not trying to call you out, or anything like that, but just trying to put things into perspective...

Even though he probably won't admit it, Long Mike has some VERY Mook-ish tendencies, so I'm nominating him... Plus, we need to have someone to run against Avid...

That's not the word I would have used to describe him...

Being a bartender I can absolutely tell you that tipping well makes a huge difference. The bar I work for is a "regulars" kind of place, people we see every day or week, and we know who the good tippers are and who aren't. The people who give the better tips get better service. I know, it shouldn't be that way and everyone should be served equally, but when a guy lays down a fifty on a $30 tab and says "Keep the change," we tend to remember him and take better care of him than the guy that lays down a 10 for a $9.50 tab and says "Keep the change." Luckilly, at the place I work, we don't have too much of this, and even if you're a lousy tipper you get excellent service. But if I'm busy and I see the lousy tipper and the good tipper both need drinks at the same time, who do you think I'm going to serve first? Just remember what TIPS stand for: "To Insure Prompt Service."

The dealership where I bought my truck is a Rhino-lining dealer as well. When I bought my truck, I told them I wouldn't buy the truck unless they put in the liner. I love it! Nothing moves around in back, and it add a little more weight to the bed which gives me a little more traction and stability. For my truck, a Ranger, the process would have cost about 400 dollars the salesman said. One word of advice, get the liner sprayed to the top of the bed walls and over the edge so that you can lay stuff on top without killing the paint.

OMG! That was soooo funny! I loved the whole swinging on the tire part, gives it that good ole country feel! And is it just me, or does Cletus look an awful lot like Kevin Smith (ak. Silent Bob)?

Just another reason to stay in the relatively sane area of NYC... I'm just glad the cops never stopped at my house, or I'd have had plenty of MWIs (Mowing While Intoxicated)!

While I haven't done any goose hunting in about 15 years, I do still have my Faulk's call just in case I get back into it one day. I don't know if they're the same as they used to make them, but this call was involved in one of the most productive seasons my dad and I had. I just looked at the Cabelas site and they seem to have the same one...

Its these kinds of things that makes me think, "Hey, the world isn't such a bad place after all." Keep 'em coming, Russ!

you're the Italian not me translation? I think that pending degree is up-ing your vocabulary to those $5 words you spoke about others posting Iffa youa canna speaka d'italiano, howa youa gonna be a mook? Capisce? Good little recipe, tho... Pretty easy and sounds like a nice meal. I'd have to add some garlic to it, but hat's just me...

So basically, this is like tag and release for money, eh?

Once again I am reminded of the Blues Traveller song "But Anyway:" "The newsman said not to sit on strange toilet seats It's my life he's trying to save, but anyway I found out that I've got eye cancer From too many television waves, but anyway..." Sums up how I feel about the news...

To be honest, as I write this, I don't know much about CAST apart from the few odd posts I read from the guys involved around here (Next stop in this IMMENSE site...lol), but from what I've gathered, its about as clean and wholesome an organization as there is. I would love to see an event down here on Long Island, but I think the organization would be better served a bit upstate or closer to New York City where the population and the media are greater. I'm not sure of the fishing, but I wouldn't doubt that Westchester County has that potential, not to mention Duchess County. Anyone from that area have any input?

I voted for shark, but truly we can never know what it is. I have seen plenty of dolphins and sharks in their natural environments (i.e. not SeaWorld) and it can be hard to tell the difference through the water. Water plays tricks on the eyes in a lot of different ways (ever put a pencil in a glass of water and see it "broken"?). Some salient points to consider: -The issue with the tail may be that it is horizontaly attached like a mammal, or the tail may be away from the camera from side-to-side movement -Follow this logic: If the tail is horizontally aligned, the swimming motion of the animal would be up and down (kinda like an inch worm. When the tail is vertically aligned, the animal swims with a side to side motion, which would account for the higher visibility of the dorsal fin in the picture. When dolphins and whales turn, the whole body moves at the same time, like a skateboard leaning into the turn. The animal in the picture is moving forward, it seems, but a bend in the body is deffinately visible. -A picture taken "later that day" means nothing. I have seen both dolphins and sharks in the same exact spot within minutes of each other I don't know if I am right or wrong, I just know what I can deduce from a picture...

People spend too much time looking down and rarely take the time to just look up for a while. On any given night you can see plenty of shooting stars if you are patient enough to just sit and look up. On nights we'd be steaming out to the fishing grounds, I'd actually expect to see at least one shooting star. If you're at all interested in the "heavens", get a good pair of binoculars and just scan around. You'll be surprised at some of the stuff you'll see...

I saw a program on Discovery channel that discussed either these fish or a relative of it. They live in exceptionally deep water, just below the twilight zone and are amzingly graceful swimmers. It was amazing to see the fish in its natural environment! I think maybe the program was "Blue Planet," but I am not certain...

You saw what's called a "Moon Dog." When there is the right amount of moisture in the atmosphere and the light reflecting off the moon is just right it produces a halo around the moon. Many times its a good precursor to rainy weather. Generally, the bigger the ring, the more rain you're likely to get. I'm betting it rained pretty good within the last 36 hours, but I know that more from watching the Steelers game last night http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/ This link gives a much more detailed and scientific explanation...

Best one I've seen in a while...funny

Nice gear bag, dude! Happy birthday!