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OONJERAH

Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:27 PM

I don't know cars, so this is based on what I read yesterday.

The car is not built for the Street, apparently. It can't handle small bumps
or other imperfections in the pavement. It's almost, but not quite, a race
car. So what's it for? For collectors like Leno to drive on a track?

Anyways, the car's rep is well known.
So ... how come the fellas took it for a joy ride? Duhh!

It seems to me now that the accident was totally unnecessary. They pushed
their luck. And it's infuriating to think of it that way.

See also "Greatest Car Chase on film" in Talk Story.

OONJERAH

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:11 PM

At least four Marlboro Men have died of smoking-related diseases
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-marlboro-men-20140127
,0,5415405.story#axzz2rfgVrz7G

"For the longest time, the Marlboro Man was synonymous with America's
image of itself -- tough, self-sufficient, hard-working.

"In one of the 20th century's most famous ad campaigns, which began
in the 1950s, he was a rugged but handsome man who did the jobs that
needed to be done, and he almost always had a Marlboro cigarette in
his mouth.

"Today, the reality about the Marlboro Man is darker: At least four
actors who have played him in ads have died of smoking-related diseases."
......................

When I was a kid, smoking was really cool & sexy.
Cartons of cigarettes were quite inexpensive back then, too.
Nicotine is one of my favorite addictions. Let me count the
ways I love nicotine! Some folks have told me it's more
addictive than heroine. ... I believe it!!

OtoH, since cigs now cost way more than food, and I'm
pretty sure I don't have another Quit left in me, guess I
won't start again.

I'd never look like a sexy cowgirl anyways. :(

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All I suggest is a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. ~Paul Simon

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. ~George Orwell

NIKI2

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:17 PM

Okay, here's my offering:

Quote:
ALERT: CATNADO
This is not a drill.

In the southern United Kingdom a few days ago, there was a real, live catnado—a tornado filled with kittens instead of, you know, sharks. Seriously.

According to the Belfast Telegraph stable-owner Shirley Blay described a “mini tornado” that lifted up a shed her granddaughter was inside. After destroying the shed, the tornado went on to suck up four feral cats in the yard. “They just went round like a big paper bag,” Blay said. (A rough rendering of the catastrophic event created by TIME is at right.)

This is clear evidence of the world’s first catnado. Fortunately, no one was killed in the resulting whir of fur, claws, and teeth, unlike the shark version. We’re still waiting on an octonado full of octopi, a sluggish slothnado, and a dogenado full of semi-literate Internet memes. http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/28/alert-catnado/#ixzz2riZS3vG7

Happily, "Ms Blay added that none of the people or animals involved were injured during the storm" ( http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/tornado-lifts
-group-of-feral-cats-into-air-as-storms-and-floods-sweep-across-britain-29951579.html), otherwise, I wouldn't have offered it.

OONJERAH

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:46 AM

I almost looked at that story. Didn't cause thinking, cats might have
been smashed into stone buildings by tornado ... or tornado whisked
them away, never to be seen again.

However, recalling the cat that survived a +40 story fall a couple
years back ... cats are still built real good.

USS Monitor work goes dark as US dollars dwindle
http://helenair.com/news/national/uss-monitor-work-goes-dark-as-us-dol
lars-dwindle/article_6acd4325-f386-5998-bb0b-b53a00ee14da.html

"When the turret of the USS Monitor was hoisted from the ocean floor
in 2002, the real heavy lifting was just beginning: conserving and
restoring more than 200 tons of Civil War ironclad artifacts.

"The task went to The Mariners' Museum. Now, diminishing federal
dollars have darkened a lab containing the revolving turret and
other large pieces, closing to the public a window on the nation's
maritime history and delaying possibly by decades their public
display."

NIKI2

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 7:49 AM

No, Oonj, as I wrote, I wouldn't have posted it if the cats had been harmed. I'm too much of an animal nut to enjoy such a story...

OONJERAH

Saturday, February 8, 2014 2:06 PM

Leonard Nimoy has lung disease, urges fans to quit smoking
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-leonard-nimoy-lun
g-disease-copd-star-trek-20140207,0,4936327.story#axzz2siamjyiC

"Leonard Nimoy, best known as Mr. Spock of "Star Trek," has
been diagnosed with a lung disease and is lobbying fans to
quit smoking in order to prevent a similar fate of living
less and not prospering.

"The 82-year-old actor announced the news on Twitter last week
after a photograph of him being wheeled through an airport
wearing an oxygen mask startled fans, according to E! News.

"I quit smoking 30 yrs ago. Not soon enough. I have COPD.
Grandpa says, quit now!! LLAP," the living legend tweeted ... "
.......

Maybe he lives in a City or breathes Earth air. :(

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Live long and Prosper.

OONJERAH

Sunday, February 9, 2014 1:02 AM

If Life is good, Death is the Great Villain.
If Life is too hard, Death is the Great Escape.

As for Leonard, I hope he has a long way to go before he rests.

When asked by Frank Mancuso to executive-produce the
proposed new series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987),
Nimoy said, I thanked him and wished him well with the
project, but explained it simply couldn't work. I felt the
original Star Trek (1966)'s success was due to many factors:
the themes, the characters, the chemistry between the
actors, the timing (the future-embracing 1960s)... There
was simply no way, I told him, that anyone could duplicate
all those things and be successful with a second Star Trek
show. And so I opted out. While my argument sounded per-
fectly rational at the time, my ego was certainly involved.
When I said to Frank Mancuso and the assembled execs,
"How can you hope to capture lightning in a bottle again?",
part of me was really saying, "How can you ever hope
to do it without us?"...
You know, crow isn't so bad. It tastes like chicken.

OONJERAH

Monday, February 17, 2014 11:23 AM

44 Stock Photos That Hope To Change The Way We Look At Women --
Who run the world?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/stock-photos-that-hope-to-change-t
he-way-we-look-at-women

OONJERAH

Monday, February 17, 2014 11:30 AM

Of even more importance, please check out
Discussion, Reboot? for Tim Minear interview link.

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57502

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"There's no place I can be since I found Serenity."

OONJERAH

Sunday, February 23, 2014 12:36 AM

Obama to award Medal of Honor to two dozen veterans, including
19 discrimination victims
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-ward-medal-of-honor-to
-19-soldiers-who-were-overlooked-because-of-their-ethnicity/2014/02/21/209594e8-9b10-11e3-975d-107dfef7b668_story.html

[On March 18,] President Obama will correct a historical act of
discrimination next month when he awards the Medal of Honor,
the nation’s highest commendation for combat valor, to a group
of Hispanic, Jewish and African-American veterans who were
passed over because of their racial or ethnic backgrounds.

The unusual presentation will culminate a 12-year Pentagon review
ordered by Congress into past discrimination in the ranks and
will hold a particular poignancy when conducted by the nation’s
first African-American president. ...

The recipients, whom the White House announced Friday afternoon,
served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
[Three are still living.]

*Scratching my head* OK. Did someone look at Medal of Honor
recipients and notice that they were all *WASps? Then did
someone look thru a list of guys who'd been recommended
for the medal - but didn't get it - and see ethnicity?
*Soft P there; I feel sure Catholics have received the Medal.

Why am I surprised that this happened?

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History is a set of lies agreed upon. ~Napoleon

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