"It's news to me!"

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:00 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
Canoe wrote:
ygmir wrote:now, if they'd only recognize women in the same way.
Strangely, they are progressing. Used to be it would never make it into the press, let alone the courts. Without it making it into the press, we can't know about the rates. But it is improving progressing for tourists.

Standard practice back in the 80's and 90's, at least with tourists, was to threaten to jail all victims & witnesses (typically their travel companions) - 'to ensure their availability for court' - but if you don't want to make a formal complaint, then we won't have to "keep" you.
In the North, groups of tourists were subject to armed R&R, with the appearance that frequently the guides, while not scared of, were tolerant of or receiving a kickback from the gangs.
If only we'd recognize women as people here...

how can you even compare?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:59 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/bicyclist-pleads- ... 20301.html

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:44 am

glorious cyclists have the run of the city at "Critical Mass"
time to recognize the cult
check out the bylaws .. many are being ticketed for red light infractions
one of my own sons is concerned that his fav ride on the mt. is being taken over after someone wrote about it

C187 · Post by **C187** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:50 am

2005-2006, old enough?

Jackass · Post by **Jackass** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:07 pm

This story reminds me of this ad

http://www.kcra.com/news/feds-man-flew- ... index.html

[media]

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:12 pm

ygmir wrote:now, if they'd only recognize women in the same way.

Canoe wrote:Strangely, they are progressing. Used to be it would never make it into the press, let alone the courts. Without it making it into the press, we can't know about the rates. But it is improving progressing for tourists.

Standard practice back in the 80's and 90's, at least with tourists, was to threaten to jail all victims & witnesses (typically their travel companions) - 'to ensure their availability for court' - but if you don't want to make a formal complaint, then we won't have to "keep" you.
In the North, groups of tourists were subject to armed R&R, with the appearance that frequently the guides, while not scared of, were tolerant of or receiving a kickback from the gangs.

theCryptofishist wrote:If only we'd recognize women as people here...

ygmir wrote:how can you even compare?

I'm pretty horrified by our indigenous gang rapes, and the subsequent "slut-shaming". What kind of person answers the phone of the teenaged girl who's being used by multiple men and say to her father (and I paraphrase) "Wow, she's good." Just because there are women much worse off than we are, doesn't mean that we are experiencing perfect justice and respect.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:45 pm

And yet we're proud not to eat tasty cetaceans.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:58 am

so very very cool...

Roberto Dobbisano · Post by **Roberto Dobbisano** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:05 am

kevin costner was right...

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:03 am

It is estimated that the total number of people that have lived on this planet since the beginning of time is 100,000,000,000.

7% of that number are living now!

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:13 am

FIGJAM wrote:It is estimated that the total number of people that have lived on this planet since the beginning of time is 100,000,000,000.

7% of that number are living now!

Where the "hell" are all those souls stored for judgement day.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:36 am

unjonharley wrote:
FIGJAM wrote:It is estimated that the total number of people that have lived on this planet since the beginning of time is 100,000,000,000.

7% of that number are living now!
Where the "hell" are all those souls stored for judgement day.

Fernley.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:50 am

FIGJAM wrote:It is estimated that the total number of people that have lived on this planet since the beginning of time is 100,000,000,000.

7% of that number are living now!

Pretty sure I have read that the 7 Billion living now are more than the total number who ever lived before. Of course, it would depend entirely on the definition of "human".

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:57 am

It's why I don't believe in ghosts.

We would be sooooo outnumbered!!!

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:01 am

Here we go!

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowMan ... Earth.aspx

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:43 pm

Very good. I must have read one of those rumour-mongering quacks referred to in the first paragraph. Let that be a lesson to me!

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:07 pm

Gibraltar border traffic delays
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23482549

nearly six hours of delays
temperatures of 30C (86F)
authorities searched "practically every vehicle"
"It's taking about four hours for people to get through,"
"It blocked the whole town,"

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:20 pm

So that's where that name came from!

In 1824, Joseph Aspdin, a British stone mason, obtained a patent for a cement he produced in his kitchen. The inventor heated a mixture of finely ground limestone and clay in his kitchen stove and ground the mixture into a powder create a hydraulic cement-one that hardens with the addition of water. Aspdin named the product portland cement because it resembled a stone quarried on the Isle of Portland off the British Coast. With this invention, Aspdin laid the foundation for today's portland cement industry.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:12 am

"On the road again!"

http://inhabitat.com/man-attempts-1200- ... c-transit/

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:43 pm

Feel safe yet?

http://news.yahoo.com/google-pressure-c ... 00667.html

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:08 am

Interesting. I don't see a way to achieve parity for Oscar, however.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:10 pm

no breakfast for you!

Roberto Dobbisano · Post by **Roberto Dobbisano** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:52 pm

meanwhile, in LoveLock Cave...

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:59 pm

Hey, nice knife.

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:34 pm

worst C&H ever

DrewDubious · Post by **DrewDubious** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:18 am

tatonka wrote:worst C&H ever

bad pills...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:30 am

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/80-years- ... 56847.html

DrewDubious · Post by **DrewDubious** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:34 am

gyre wrote:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/80-years- ... 56847.html

Yea. Just imagine the unemployment rate if they brought all those boys and gals home...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:43 am

We're already seeing that.
In some rural areas, the only employment is military and prisons.

DrewDubious · Post by **DrewDubious** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:51 am

gyre wrote:We're already seeing that.
In some rural areas, the only employment is military and prisons.

Not to worry, I'm sure the teabagging for great justice will continue.

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