The Bar

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:26 pm

you DO have surge protection on your comp, RIGHT stuey??

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:27 pm

I remember when I lived in Southern, CA and there was thunder, it made it on the 11:00 news. "That wasnt an explosion, folks, that was THUNDER!" and people would call in to the radio station and tell what they were doing when they heard the thunder. Like they do when there is an earthquake. People down there need weather for often, I think.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:29 pm

uh,

err,

no,

besides, surge boxes can't do shit if'n yer power gets hit by a strike. Had a friend show one of his that was turned to slag by a direct hit on his line out in Vt. Still, good things to have when the power gets spikey.

stupid, stupid, stupid

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:30 pm

yeah, electrical storms are pretty rare here. When they do hit though they are often accompanied by wacky shit like water spouts in the bay.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:31 pm

Ah...the joy of a laptop on batteries with a wireless connection. Worst that can happen is my cable modem dies.

How about a drink? Anything. Really.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:33 pm

I had come her direct from NYC after the great noreaster of the early nineties. You know, 'the perfect storm' basically a low grade hurricane hitting manhattan. So, I come to La La land and they are getting some rain after a long drought and the local news is all 'STORM WATCH'. Cracked me up til I started noticing how folks drive here when it gets a bit wet.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:33 pm

It's been raining since Christmas night here ... not hard and not consistantly, just an on-again off-again sprinkle for several days now. The kids got some outside toys that I would love for them to be able to get out and play with. Weather forecast says rain all the way through next weekend too.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:33 pm

I say we light the hot tub, wait for the lightning and just see what happens.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:34 pm

stuart wrote:I had come her direct from NYC after the great noreaster of the early nineties. You know, 'the perfect storm' basically a low grade hurricane hitting manhattan. So, I come to La La land and they are getting some rain after a long drought and the local news is all 'STORM WATCH'. Cracked me up til I started noticing how folks drive here when it gets a bit wet.

Funny, I didn't think that was called driving.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:35 pm

reminds me of arkansawyers and snow.

Sput, uh......drink this {brain refuses to think of anything specific}

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:36 pm

http://www.brightpathvideo.com/Monterey ... terey.html

storms are everywhere it seems these days......

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:41 pm

stuart wrote:I had come her direct from NYC after the great noreaster of the early nineties. You know, 'the perfect storm' basically a low grade hurricane hitting manhattan. So, I come to La La land and they are getting some rain after a long drought and the local news is all 'STORM WATCH'. Cracked me up til I started noticing how folks drive here when it gets a bit wet.

I moved up here in the SF Bay area after the Blizzard of '96

But yeah, the first time I experianced a Southern California storm was in 89. People were talking about the "storm" and I commented that all I had seen was some mist and drizzle. The looked at me like I was crazy ... that WAS the storm.

The first good rain is a mess because since they dont get a good rain for months and months (and sometimes even YEARS), the first good rain floats all the oil that has dripped off the cars onto the roadbed and it is slicker than snot on a marble floor. Oh, and then there are the dumbasses that pull over under the nearest overpass and smack their foreheads with their hands going "windshield wipers! I KNEW I forgot SOMETHING this year!"

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:43 pm

Send some of those LA "drivers" here, but wait until tomorrow, I could use the overtime.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:47 pm

gigglesnort wrote:Sput, uh......drink this {brain refuses to think of anything specific}

Oh...this is a PanGalactic Gargleblaster. Yum.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:53 pm

oyah

you can hear the sirens running around like crazy mopping up the stupidity

sucky thing is if this rain continues through friday some of my planned festivities will be a bit scuppered

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:02 pm

Ya' know, it's funny, but people in Portland can't seem to drive in the rain, either. Dunno' why... it's rain, you slow down a little.

People, eh?

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:07 pm

I think it is fascinating that people think they can drive, and talk on the phone while watching a video and reading the newspaper and fixing their makeup and/or hair and pick their noses and eat a Carls Jr burger and yell at the kids and the driver in front/rear/side and call OnStar for directions and try to use their GPS and shift gears and chew freekin gum all at the same time. Did I mention that my truck has these nifty little handles on the door that if rotated, move the window up and down?

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:10 pm

Wow heli! I thought *I* was the only one that had those! {except the driver side one broke off and now is sporting one of those locking wrench-type gadget things (whatever it's called, I know how to use it).

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:13 pm

damn, giggles.. you are so damned cute!!

anyway... um yeah. drivers. in MN, on the first snow, people act like they've never seen it before. they completely forget how to drive.

it's like they don't see it 9 months out of the year or somethin'!

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:14 pm

Vise Grips, the ultimate old truck survival tool next to duct tape(real duct tape not the plastic Wal Mart shit) and bailing wire.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:16 pm

come on people,

let's move this along

we all know what we are waiting for

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:18 pm

~~~~~~heli lights hot tub in anticipation of page 1000~~~~~~~~

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:19 pm

and with the way I'm feeling, there is no way I'm going to see it if we actually get through 12 more pages tonight.

What is your favorite cure for a sore throat and tiredness?

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:20 pm

well, fuck, Stuart. Let's have a drink, then!

You pick: you have exquisite taste...

Me, I'm going to prepare a little rice, some spider rolls, some unagi, some tataki, himachi... mmmm... and a nice little veg roll for those non-animal consumers...

here's some pickled ginger and some wasabi...

soy sauce...

what else do we need??

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:21 pm

warm jameson's and a good bath... hot tub should be the perfect cure!

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:23 pm

GuinvereElise wrote:

anyway... um yeah. drivers. in MN, on the first snow, people act like they've never seen it before. they completely forget how to drive.

it's like they don't see it 9 months out of the year or somethin'!

HEY! Are you 'dissing Mini-soda-ins?
Funny thing is...You are EXACTLY right!!

AH-hahahaha!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:23 pm

Sushi....mmmmmm

I'm bulking up on vitamin C, echinacea and zinc right now. No Jameson's in sight, so this well have to do.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:24 pm

GE, I'm salivating.

Sput......warm salt water gargleblaster.

Dammit kids, I'm gonna go type a medical report or two. Be back in a bit (if I don't nod and fall off this ball first. I can't believe I'm still (relatively) coherent.)

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:31 pm

well, Martiansky, I spend the first 23 years of my life there... I have a pretty good idea about "Minna-SODans"

Giggles.. we'll miss you...

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:31 pm

GuinivereElise wrote:

what else do we need??

Marley on the jukebox.