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10-22-2007, 02:51 PM
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For what it's worth
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Lions, Tigers and Bears - Oh my
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Think of it as building on a flood plain. You built on a flood plain, or, adjacent to where wild animals who want to kill you (and your cats, meow) are.
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The real questions is do big cats eat little cats? In other words, do cougars eat domesticated cats? With the size of the rabbits around here I think the cougars and the monster jack rabbits are fairly matched. But the red tailed foxes, they are tiny, I don't think they have much of a chance. If you can crawl through a storm drain I don't think a cougar will have much of a problem with you.
My house is infested with skunks. They are everywhere beneath the house. A friend asked me why I didn't get rid of them, but I figure they are the best defence against the cougars, the monstser rabbits, and the stags.
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10-22-2007, 02:56 PM
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#3437
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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Lions, Tigers and Bears - Oh my
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Originally posted by Spanky
The real questions is do big cats eat little cats?
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Thank you for reminding me of this:
- Big fleas have little fleas
upon their backs to bite 'em.
Little fleas have littler fleas
and so ad infinitum
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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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10-22-2007, 03:40 PM
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#3438
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: You Never Know . . .
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Ugh
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
You would drag a kid that age up onto stage?
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The better question is could I keep the kid off the stage if I tried?
Anyway, I thought you were just talking about how they dressed her.
But, if I were a Presidential candidate, yes -- my whole family would probably be on some stages with me. It is what is done.
S_A_M
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10-22-2007, 03:41 PM
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#3439
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Ugh
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Is Fred reaching into his pocket for his cellphone?
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Could be a remote control.
Is the kid wearing a collar?
S_A_M
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"Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace."
Voted Second Most Helpful Poster on the Politics Board.
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10-22-2007, 04:42 PM
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#3440
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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caption, please
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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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10-22-2007, 05:29 PM
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Serenity Now
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Survivor Island
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Good Iraq News
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10-22-2007, 06:03 PM
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#3442
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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caption, please
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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I am here to report to y'all today an important development in the War on Terror.
We now have got squadrons of highly trained birds -- like lil' Hootie here -- ready to go to Iraq and find those weapons of mass destruction.
S_A_M
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"Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace."
Voted Second Most Helpful Poster on the Politics Board.
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10-22-2007, 06:12 PM
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Southern charmer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: At the Great Altar of Passive Entertainment
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caption, please
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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I am here to report to y'all today an important development in the War on Terror.
We now have got squadrons of highly trained birds -- like lil' Hootie here -- ready to go to Iraq and find those weapons of mass destruction.
S_A_M
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- In 1942 behavioral scientist BF Skinner came up with the idea of using rained pigeons to guide weapons. The system worked by training pigeons to earn a food reward by pecking at the image of a ship. Three of them were then placed in the nose of a missle. Once launched, the pigeons would see the ship in their window and peck at it, triggering a corrective mechanism linked to the missle's guidance system.
The closer the ship got, the bigger it appeared in the screen, and the more the pigeons pecked, so that just before they hit the target and were obliterated, [the pigeons] were being showered with grain.
The systems worked well in simulations but the navy eventually balked at putting it into practice.
-- John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know is Wrong, p. 69
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10-22-2007, 06:54 PM
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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caption, please
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Originally posted by Gattigap - The systems worked well in simulations ....
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Not from the pigeon's perspective, so to speak.
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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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10-22-2007, 07:00 PM
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#3445
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Southern charmer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: At the Great Altar of Passive Entertainment
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caption, please
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Not from the pigeon's perspective, so to speak.
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Oh, I dunno. Being showered with grain might trigger feelings of joy in pigeons akin to Hank's finding a non-chain restaurant.
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I'm done with nonsense here. --- H. Chinaski
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10-22-2007, 09:53 PM
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Hello, Dum-Dum.
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Caption, please.
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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
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John Paul II reveals his membership in the Fantastic IV. |
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10-22-2007, 09:55 PM
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#3447
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Hello, Dum-Dum.
Join Date: Mar 2003
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caption, please
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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President Bush introduces his proposal for a "third way" between hawks and doves. |
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10-22-2007, 11:10 PM
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#3448
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Flyover land
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Caption, please.
Quote:
Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
John Paul II reveals his membership in the Fantastic IV.
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Ascension of the Golden Flame?
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I'm using lipstick again.
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10-23-2007, 11:22 AM
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#3449
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 33,049
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Happy Islamofascism Awareness Week, everyone!
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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 10-23-2007 at 11:50 AM..
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10-23-2007, 11:54 AM
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#3450
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Moderasaurus Rex
Join Date: May 2004
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At the risk of diverting attention from Islamofascism, this is pretty remarkable.
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的t was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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