the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Father Demon]

Got to Philly yesterday with the family as Part II of Important American History Family Vacation.  Walked all over the place, went on the Haunted Ghost Tour of Old City, and also the horse and buggy tour.  I've eaten three cheesesteaks, plus some awesome pizza. 

I want to move to the city.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Speaking of my truck...it has been a week and there is no word from the Police. I went dealer hopping on Saturday to kind of gauge the market and I'm pretty confident that I can find a pretty good deal.

found this j...

The deduction for state, local sales and excise taxes on new cars, light trucks, motor homes and motorcycles is allowed from Feb. 17 through Dec. 31, 2009. The deduction is phased out for joint filers with modified adjusted gross income of $250,000 to $260,000. For other taxpayers, it's phased out if your modified adjusted gross income is $125,000 to $135,000.

The deduction is limited to the tax on up to $49,500 of the purchase price of an eligible motor vehicle.

Sweet, thats some good info...and I may take that into consideration if I can find a new truck that I actually like.

Thanks

[Diomedes]

Bentley and Ferrari consider the tax break discriminatory (against the "successful" companies),  a socialist hindrance to free trade (which solves all), and just another example of the big government takeover.

[Father Demon]

Oh yeah..  Two more things:

Tastykakes
Yuengling

God I love this place.

[phillymic2000]

Oh yeah..  Two more things:

Tastykakes
Yuengling

God I love this place.

[Sgt PSN]

philly, chicago and kc are my top 3 favorite cities to eat in. 

[Diomedes]

However many hundreds of gallons of beer I've drunk in the last year or so..90% of it was Yuengling.

[Father Demon]

philly, chicago and kc are my top 3 favorite cities to eat in. 

This may be the rightest and truest thing you have ever typed.

[phillymic2000]

philly, chicago and kc are my top 3 favorite cities to eat in. 

Never been to K.C. I would put it imo #1 philly #2 Chi-town #3 Austin Tx. They got some fargin great tex mex places.

[phillymic2000]

However many hundreds of gallons of beer I've drunk in the last year or so..90% of it was Yuengling.

I'm very jealous, cant find that shtein pout here in the sticks

[phillymic2000]

Oh yeah..  Two more things:

Tastykakes
Yuengling

God I love this place.

I've taken my kids 5 times now to philly. All over thanksgiving break. I am dying to go to a home game in any of the new stadiums with my two oldest. I got tickets for the Brewers series when they come to milwaukee in September. Can't wait for that, but God would I love to have my kids see a game in philly. Best fargin city on the planet. Mama's on Belmont ave. they love and Jim's on fourth and south is another spot we hit everytime we are in town. And I always freak my wife out when I take my boy down the steps to Funk o mart on Market across from the Gallery. Farg yeah I love Philly.

[Eagaholic]

excerpt with interesting forensics on that Air France plane crash

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31410033/

Pattern of fractures
...A spokesman for Brazilian medical examiners told The Associated Press on Wednesday that fractures were found in autopsies on an undisclosed number of the 50 bodies recovered so far.

"Typically, if you see intact bodies and multiple fractures — arm, leg, hip fractures — it's a good indicator of a midflight break up," said Frank Ciacco, a former forensic expert at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. "Especially if you're seeing large pieces of aircraft as well."

The pattern of fractures was first reported Wednesday by Brazil's O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper, which cited unnamed investigators. The paper also reported that some victims were found with little or no clothing, and had no signs of burns.

That lack of clothing could be significant, said Jack Casey, an aviation safety consultant in Washington, D.C., who is a former accident investigator. "In an in-air break up like we are supposing here, the clothes are just torn away."

Casey also said multiple fractures are consistent with a midair breakup of the plane, which was cruising at about 34,500 feet (10,500 meters) when it went down.

"Getting ejected into that kind of windstream is like hitting a brick wall — even if they stay in their seats, it is a crushing effect," Casey said. "Most of them were long dead before they hit the water would be my guess."

When a jet crashes into water mostly intact — such as the Egypt Air plane that hit the Atlantic Ocean after taking off from New York in 1999 — debris and bodies are generally broken into small pieces, Ciacco said. "When you've had impact in the water, there is a lot more fragmentation of the bodies. They hit the water with a higher force."

Man, I can't imagine the kind of forces at work that just rip clothes right off, or how water just breaks bodies into small parts. I sometimes rank by preference superpowers, if I could have just one, like invisibility, flying, mind reading, etc.  Now I have to reconsider with the clothes ripping off thing. Or breaking bodies into pieces, with which you'd excel at sports and rapidly advance up the corporate ladder.

[shorebird]

philly, chicago and kc are my top 3 favorite cities to eat in. 

Never been to KC, but when my son graduated from Great Lakes, we went into Chitown and hit a great steakhouse. When you walked in the first thing you saw was this gigantic charcol BBQ grill with a awesome copper exhaust hood over it. When you ordered your steak which was corn fed black angus, you had the choice to walk over to a big meat case and pick it out. Then you could watch the cook do it up. Man, that was one excellent NY strip I had.

Also, Philly cheesesteaks with the wiz are the best.

[Seabiscuit36]

excerpt with interesting forensics on that Air France plane crash

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31410033/

Pattern of fractures
...A spokesman for Brazilian medical examiners told The Associated Press on Wednesday that fractures were found in autopsies on an undisclosed number of the 50 bodies recovered so far.

"Typically, if you see intact bodies and multiple fractures — arm, leg, hip fractures — it's a good indicator of a midflight break up," said Frank Ciacco, a former forensic expert at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. "Especially if you're seeing large pieces of aircraft as well."

The pattern of fractures was first reported Wednesday by Brazil's O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper, which cited unnamed investigators. The paper also reported that some victims were found with little or no clothing, and had no signs of burns.

That lack of clothing could be significant, said Jack Casey, an aviation safety consultant in Washington, D.C., who is a former accident investigator. "In an in-air break up like we are supposing here, the clothes are just torn away."

Casey also said multiple fractures are consistent with a midair breakup of the plane, which was cruising at about 34,500 feet (10,500 meters) when it went down.

"Getting ejected into that kind of windstream is like hitting a brick wall — even if they stay in their seats, it is a crushing effect," Casey said. "Most of them were long dead before they hit the water would be my guess."

When a jet crashes into water mostly intact — such as the Egypt Air plane that hit the Atlantic Ocean after taking off from New York in 1999 — debris and bodies are generally broken into small pieces, Ciacco said. "When you've had impact in the water, there is a lot more fragmentation of the bodies. They hit the water with a higher force."

Man, I can't imagine the kind of forces at work that just rip clothes right off, or how water just breaks bodies into small parts. I sometimes rank by preference superpowers, if I could have just one, like invisibility, flying, mind reading, etc.  Now I have to reconsider with the clothes ripping off thing. Or breaking bodies into pieces, with which you'd excel at sports and rapidly advance up the corporate ladder.

It's clear they hit a UFO

[ice grillin you]

id like to know where in philly is good pizza...philly has abominable pizza whenever ive eaten it which admittedly is rare...its just not a pizza place

also...yuengling sucks...yuengling light is tolerable...kenzinger is a much better philly beer if thats what youre looking for

this too....any city that focuses on bbq as a staple food is wack....bbq sauce is wack...keep that shtein in the south and midwest

plus...if you say any city other than ny is the 2nd best food city in the country then youre MA