Pity, roast pig can be delicious. You just can't roast one in 4 hours.
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There's drunk, there's Army drunk, then there's Disney Princess drunk.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you rotten avocados, throw them at the moon.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
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Geesie wrote:mmaverick wrote:Geesie wrote:jkahless wrote: Could it simply have broken down?
Air brakes failing open, hand brakes failing, AND uncoupling? That seems unlikely to me.
It wouldn't shock me to find out that it's a disgruntled conductor/engineer wasted off that an american company is running single man crews up here.Local Fire Chief Denis Lauzon said firefighters in a nearby community were called to a locomotive blaze on the same train a few hours before the derailment. Lauzon said he could not provide additional details about that fire since it was in another jurisdiction. Joe McGonigle, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic’s vice-president of marketing, confirmed the fire department showed up after the first engineer tied up and went to a local hotel. Someone later reported a fire.
“We know that one of our employees from our engineering department showed up at the same time to assist the fire department. Exactly what they did is being investigated so the engineer wasn’t the last man to touch that train, we know that, but we’re not sure what happened,” McGonigle said.
Or someone thought that uncoupling an engine fire from the cars was a good idea and the handbrakes weren't enough to keep it immobile on a grade?
It could be as simple as, the guy that uncoupled the cars from the unit closed the angle-cock on the cars instead of the one on the unit. Easy mistake to make in the middle of the night, and if there were no handbrakes/insufficient handbrakes, it would do it.
This post is not racist.
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mmaverick wrote:
It could be as simple as, the guy that uncoupled the cars from the unit closed the angle-cock on the cars instead of the one on the unit. Easy mistake to make in the middle of the night, and if there were no handbrakes/insufficient handbrakes, it would do it.
Last news I heard said one of the locomotives caught fire and the firefighters shut them down.
DukeofNuke wrote: Laura's little brother?
Lawrence Croft
To anyone getting their boxers in a bunch over this, I say: buy the games with the male protagonists. There are at least four of them. They are attractive, virile boy characters with a lot going for them. Show us you mean business by buying those titles. Lawrence Croft is still an icon: that bulging crotch and tight ass, the washboard abs - what more could you want to identify with? He’s everything you aspire to. And those of you who complain we didn’t put any clothes on him - he became an icon because of that lack of clothes! And Lawrence Croft has trousers now, think about that. Women’s interest in a sexy, provocative young male is what gave Lawrence Croft his iconic status. Stop asking for special treatment by the games industry, we are making the best games in whatever way we see fit.

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Geesie wrote:http://www.newstatesman.com/games/2013/07/theres-no-sexism-gaming

Oh, Lord!
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"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts."
-Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Pithecanthropus wrote:Metacell wrote:sturner wrote:Metacell wrote:sturner wrote:ukimalefu wrote:![]()
Oooo, from one jerk to another?
The proper way to do it, is either not leave a tip or tip at a much reduced rate.
This is just showing what a jerk you are.
Depends whether you want be a jerk and still practice generosity or not.
Then simply don't tip. No reason to make a mess.
That would be not practicing generosity.
My fiancee is a waitress, the best you've ever seen. She's had to deal with everything from jerks who loosen the caps on the salt and pepper shakers to idiot parents who change their baby's diaper at the table and leave the dirty one behind for her to clean up. Nobody likes it when some midget makes their job more difficult. If you're the type to pull a stunt like this, stop going out to eat.
I never said I would ever do anything like this. I said if you want to be a jerk, which is not something I do intentionally. But if you're going to be a jerk, it's better to be a generous one. I mean, wouldn't you feel better about cleaning the salt off the floor if there was a $20 in it?
Remember, people, to forgive is divine. In other words, it ain't human.
Metacell wrote:Pithecanthropus wrote:Metacell wrote:sturner wrote:Metacell wrote:sturner wrote:ukimalefu wrote:![]()
Oooo, from one jerk to another?
The proper way to do it, is either not leave a tip or tip at a much reduced rate.
This is just showing what a jerk you are.
Depends whether you want be a jerk and still practice generosity or not.
Then simply don't tip. No reason to make a mess.
That would be not practicing generosity.
My fiancee is a waitress, the best you've ever seen. She's had to deal with everything from jerks who loosen the caps on the salt and pepper shakers to idiot parents who change their baby's diaper at the table and leave the dirty one behind for her to clean up. Nobody likes it when some midget makes their job more difficult. If you're the type to pull a stunt like this, stop going out to eat.
I never said I would ever do anything like this. I said if you want to be a jerk, which is not something I do intentionally. But if you're going to be a jerk, it's better to be a generous one. I mean, wouldn't you feel better about cleaning the salt off the floor if there was a $20 in it?
No. Frankly, that makes it more demeaning.
Somebody that dumps salt, well, that's probably just some stupid kid being a stupid kid. You roll your eyes and clean it up.
Somebody who puts $20 in the salt, expecting you to clean it up and be in any way grateful for the $20, is making a statement about your relative socioeconomic status (at least as they perceive it) and, by extension, your relative worth as a person. That individual needs to be struck repeatedly about the head and shoulders with a monkey wrench.
Metacell wrote: What if it was your last $20? Would that be even more demeaning?
No, that just adds a third dimension of stupidity.
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Ice climbing is amongst the most dangerous of sports. Cool animated gif. I hope he survived.
This is from this video and this particular sequence is featured at (and probably was taken from) the end of its trailer. According to someone who watched the video the climber walked away with only minor injuries.
Black nettles (a jellyfish) are back along the SoCal coast. I'll try to go find these at the beach this summer.
http://www.ibtimes.com/rare-black-jelly ... ies-photos
http://www.hngn.com/articles/7280/20130 ... -video.htm


http://www.ibtimes.com/rare-black-jelly ... ies-photos
http://www.hngn.com/articles/7280/20130 ... -video.htm


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I actually have a whole flip-card book that does that. Hmmm, guess I should use it more often. Fetus-fondler tampon-chunk.
Remember, people, to forgive is divine. In other words, it ain't human.