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well, the OP is supported by this Business Week article: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-06/costco-ceo-craig-jelinek-leads-the-cheapest-happiest-company-in-the-world

and this one on...

Yet another reason to be proud to be and American. USA! USA! USA!:p

I'm not looking for my socks to be knocked off. I am however looking for something with some flavor to give me some reason to eat them. The ones I had had very little favor and an odd texture of...

A couple of quick thoughts:

Re: the emergence of a Steve Jobs or J.K. Rowling in a world of perfect income equality - I think that in such a world the allowance could be made for income inequality...

I don't get brats...the few I've eaten (made by "brat enthusiasts") had no real flavor or other appealing qualities. Maybe I just haven't had the "good" ones.....

It's typical marketing and sales strategy stuff. As such, it's no more nefarious or objectionable as what businesses do.

Personally, I think that ALL of this kind of marketing is objectionable,...

In gerneral, I have no problem with consuming genetically modified food. Pretty much every food source we consume is 'genetically modified" through selective breeding and hybridization. It's all...

Oh Lord Most High, Creator of the Cosmos, Spinner of Galaxies, Soul of Electromagnetic Waves, Inhaler of Inconceivable Volumes of Vacuum, Spitter of Fire and Rock, Trifler with Millennia - what could...

Only an idiot would believe that it was ever an all or nothing situation - that the problems would all be solved by reducing greenhouse emissions and that by doing so we'd avoid having to adapt to...

Three more to consider:

Wittholz dinghy : http://www.woodenboatstore.com/product/plan_Wittholz_11_Dinghy

Edson Schock: http://www.dngoodchild.com/5369.htm

Atkin "Catbird":...

From: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Jury-acquits-escort-shooter-4581027.php



So the takeaway message from all of this is that it's OK to kill someone who steals your stuff...

From the article: "Overall, 56 percent of Americans consider the NSA’s accessing of telephone call records of millions of Americans through secret court orders “acceptable,”...

I don't know if...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-americans-support-nsa-tracking-phone-records-prioritize-investigations-over-privacy/2013/06/10/51e721d6-d204-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html



We...

It's a difficult question.

I am very glad that he exposed the program becasue this stuff needs to be discussed and debated but he broke the law and possibly aided and abetted the enemy in doing...

I forgot one one more entry - the most important entry - on my list of who to blame:

4) the American voter.

Face it folks: we get the government we deserve.

Orlando (1992)

I think that it is fair to blame many people for this:

1) Bush and his cronies for coming up with the idea
2) Congress for supporting it, and
3) Obama and his administration for continuing the...

oooohhhh I got this one.....

That's because the liberal lamestream media doesn't care about the infringement of rights, especially when it comes to anything gun-related and it sees nothing wrong...

Why on earth should we care about the transcript of ANY event attended by any member of the White House family or staff in an unofficial capacity?

First ladies rarely have an official government...

Yes, i guess i won't buy it if they won't tell me what it is and enable me to make my own educated decision regarding it's suitability for my intended use. Oh well...

ETA:

the thing that...

I asked about what species of wood they use and I specifically told them that I wanted to know that because I want to know the durability/rot resistance of the material.

I don not ask them if the...

Yes...but I still wish they answered the question I asked....

So, I was at Lowe's the other night and noticed that they stock "revoltuion Ply" plywood in 1/4" thickness. The stuff looks beautiful - three equal layers, no patches, nice uniform surface, flat, no...

Why are you considering only those two options? Are you willing to consider other designs?

You're welcome.

Now may I ask why you asked the questions? They're not particularly provocative or controversial and the answers are not really debatable in any way, particularly the second one,...

I had a similar problem with plywood I used for a cheap canoe build. The bow across the width of the panel probably won't cause you any problem if the pieces you cut out of it run the length of the...

Now now, folks. The man asked two questions and he wants answers to them. So I'll step up and answer them directly:

1) As Mr Obama is not seeking re-election, is he not worried by the public...

The transom is not curved or bowed. The lines can be found here:

http://atkinboatplans.com/Oar/images/Ration-2.gif

Is it legal to sell fertilized human eggs?

It seems to me that any road sign that causes so much confusion and head scratching to figure out what it means is going to INCREASE accidents because of all of the drivers who are distracted by...

I just bought volume 20 of Motor Boating magazine's Ideal Series titled "40 Designs for Postwar Boats" (copyright 1944) and it's chock full of designs by William Atkin. One of them is the rowboat...

A button to start a car? Meh...that's nothing. My dad had a car (a 1960-something Dodge) that had a push button SHIFT! Now THAT was something!

http://news.yahoo.com/woman-run-over-three-times-her-own-car-195210498.html?pt=BureoF3GVB

That "Keeee-arr" call that Hollywood and pretty much everyone else associates with all varieties of hawks and eagles is actually made only by the Red Tailed Hawk.

The shape reminds me of the traditional rowing Amesbury Dory Skiff as described by John Gardner. Something like this but with two strakes instead of three:


:...

What about products that didn't sell but advertised a lot? New Coke and Pepsi Clear come to mind...

Two years ago it took me 8.5 hours to get from Boston to my home 46 miles away - a trip that usually took about an hour at that time. Of course, it was snowing like crazy that day (16+ inches).
...

That's a PERFECT summation of my feelings about Brahms (except forthe Requiem which I think is OK). THANKS!

A Wagner opera is like a a continuous four and a half hour orgasm.

agreed. So I assume you feel the same way about hardcore sports fans and political junkies and devoutly religious folks and Grateful Dead fans and vegans and anyone and everyone else that identifies...

I know that US politics and the folks that obsess over them are screwed up, so I guess I shouldn't be casting aspersions on anyone else...but I do find it strange that anyone would judge a politician...

Four questions:

Is the existence of "fanbois" indicative of a problem with the company or with the consumers?
Should we condemn or praise a company for inspiring such deep brand loyalty?
Isn't...

A little sensitive, aren't we? Take a deep breath and try to relax.

i did follow the like and the guy that tweeted the reference used the word "turtle", so my answer was completely appropriate to...

Maybe, but I have little doubt that they would also insist that their views are based on facts.

In any case your opinions may be fact-based, but you seem just as obsessively driven to post...

Skip Sea World. It's crowded, hot, boring and very $$$$$$....However the Zoo is excellent!!!!!!!!!!

Spend time in Balboa Park and the museums there. The park is beautiful, there's a million...

Oh...one more observation in the form of a quiz:

In this forum, pcford is to Apple as ________ is to Obama.

The answer is:

a) Rum_Pirate
b) HanleyClifford
c) both a & b

C. Ross -

thanks for 'splainin "booya". I understood "meat raffle" immediately (well, understood might be a stretch. Let's just say I'm familiar with the concept), but "booya" is entirely beyond...

Lesson two: Don't question Mister Science ! :p

The answer to the question is that you wouldn't help the turtle because it's obvioulsy a mirage. Turtles don't live in deserts.

You're off base a bit here. It's entirely reasonable to be skeptical of the "evidence", but not because it's not good evidence. Rather, it is the conclusion "...could ONLY have been caused by..."...