the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[SD_Eagle5]

be thankful you didn't blow out your acl

[paco]

http://www.slydial.com/

Allows you to call people and go directly to voice mail.  Eliminates TXTing and the danger of social interaction.

Looks interesting. Have you used it and is there any catch, Paco?

I use it all the time on FF.

Only catch is you have to listen to a 15 second commercial before you enter in the # you want to go to voicemail.

[Seabiscuit36]

I got to drive this yesterday  
My dad's buddy has one, i have pics but havnet uploaded them yet.    We were out yesterday in the C&D Canal and Chesapeake Bay in this thing, so much fun. 
Here's a similar boat that's for sale.

[SD_Eagle5]

that's the exact kind of boat I want to get to drive back and forth from my island

[Eagaholic]

cool building demolition fail

http://www.viddler.com/explore/failblog/videos/211/1.835/

[MURP]

i got a large bottle of this Iron Chef General Tso sauce the other day.  Its amazing.  I've put it on chicken, broccoli, eggs, buttered dill carrots.. EVERYTHING..... it hasnt failed me yet. 

[BigEd76]

no more facebook for Sarge?

[Sgt PSN]

not even sure why this is news now when this is actually something that's been in place for about 3 years.  the marine corps blocked access to social sites like myspace and facebook back in 05 or 06 because marines were wasting too much time during the workday chatting online and chasing tail. 

[shorebird]

i got a large bottle of this Iron Chef General Tso sauce the other day.  Its amazing.  I've put it on chicken, broccoli, eggs, buttered dill carrots.. EVERYTHING..... it hasnt failed me yet. 

I've been looking all over for that stuff. What store did you buy it in??

[shorebird]

I friggen' luuuuuuuuuuuuuvv General Tso's chicken.

[MURP]

got it at BJ's Wholesale Club - but their site lists all:

http://www.ironchefproducts.com/index.php?mod=page&id_pgs=8

[Eagaholic]

nm

[Diomedes]

http://www.startribune.com/local/east/52798827.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUF

When Link Christin boarded a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to the Twin Cities on Friday night, he expected to be on the ground in about three hours and ready for a comfy bed.

Instead, he was among 47 passengers who spent the night trapped inside a small airplane, parked at the Rochester airport, complete with crying babies and the aroma of over-used toilets.

The ExpressJet Airlines that operated the plane says the flight was diverted to Rochester because of Twin Cities thunderstorms, and that airline regulations prevented passengers from getting off the plane.

Christin is incredulous that the airline couldn't figure out an option besides trapping passengers on the plane for nine hours.

"It's not like you're on a [Boeing] 747 and you can walk around,'' said Christin, a professor at William Mitchell College of Law. "This was a sardine can, with a single row of seats on one side of the plane and two rows of seats on the other. And they've got about 50 people inside, including babies, for the whole night. It was a nightmare.''

Continental Airlines, which issued the tickets for Flight 2816, referred inquiries to ExpressJet Airlines. ExpressJet spokesperson Kristy Nicholas said the flight ran into several problems.

The airline crew on the plane reached their maximum work hours in the air, so another crew had to be flown in. The alternative of chartering a bus didn't work out. And letting the passengers into the Rochester airport was not possible because they would have to go through security screening again, and the screeners had gone home for the day.

What about just letting the passengers sleep in the airport terminal? "That was not provided as an option by ground services personnel at the airport,'' said Nicholas.

These stories mystify me.  How is it that not one of the 50 passengers on board didn't lose his mind and force an evacuation of the plane?  If I'm on that flight, I'm pulling the emergency door, farg all.

[Sgt PSN]

the downer is that they'll probably throw some "terroristic" charges at you and put you in jail.  the positive is that ass rape is probably more appealing than being stuck in a small commuter plane with screaming babies. 

[Diomedes]

I'd gladly take and fight those charges.  No jury in America is going to convict me of terroristic crimes for throwing the emergency door after being trapped in an oversized coffin for six hours.