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      CommentAuthorBuzz
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2005
     

    Aparently, since this threads subject is "Everything you need to know" and has been unposted to since the creation of our forum, I must logically assume that nobody needs to know anything.

    That's sweet.

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2005
     

    the real problem is prob'ly that nobody knows they need to know...

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      CommentAuthorgeek4life
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2005
     

    Do you know that some parts of the world where people eat the placentas?

    Yummy!!!

    NOT

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2005
     

    that's pretty much not something that anyone needs to know.

    thanks, geek

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      CommentAuthorBuzz
    • CommentTimeNov 11th 2005
     

    I'm with cowman. Nobody needed to know that... ever.

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      CommentAuthorgeek4life
    • CommentTimeNov 11th 2005
     

    At least you learn something new every day.

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeNov 16th 2005
     

    Something New:

    Number of pages in the PETA (People for the ethical Treatment of Animals) 234-page children's ecology book that are devoted to tropical rain forests: 3

    Number of pages that explain how to protect insects by propping twigs into birdbaths so that trapped bugs can climb out: 3

    -- LA Times

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      CommentAuthortraci
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2005
     

    Are there a lot of illustrations and directions describing how to set up insect life-savers? But maybe there are a variety of methods.

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2005
     

    but you'd think that saving the rainforest might warrant a page or two more coverage than saving a bug in a birdbath.

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    I always figured the bird bath served as a multi-purpose bird sanctuary including, but not limited to:

    1. A day spa

    2. A night spa

    3. A restaurant with free floating food

    4. An ice skaing rink in the winter

    And now they expect us to take the restaurant portion away from the birds???

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      CommentAuthorSpecialK
    • CommentTimeNov 21st 2005
     

    It would be inhumane to deprive the birds of the necessary exercise they need to go hunt and forage.

    As it is, some of them need to eat half their weight in a day.

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2005
     

    [quote][cite] traci:[/cite]Are there a lot of illustrations and directions describing how to set up insect life-savers? But maybe there are a variety of methods.[/quote]

    i didn't find any. but it turns out that you <b>can</b> find this handy set of diagrams illustrating what appears to be a combination septic system vent cover and bird bath:

    [img]http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4198/convert2jm.gif[/img]

    [img]http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7182/ventdiagram7ju.gif[/img]

    seems like a dirty trick to play on the birds...

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    [Emoticon not found] yeah, a bit cruel. i wonder what kinds of birds would stick around anyway.

    I guess it wouldn't stink ALL the time... unless you ... nevermind.

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2005
     

    look at that poor bird's face... [Emoticon not found]

    surprise!

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      CommentAuthorTO
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2006
     

    [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found] this is a pretty hawt site

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      CommentAuthorTO
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2006 edited
     

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      CommentAuthorTO
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2006
     

    So this is a pretty hawt web site. I'm just trying this out [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found]

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2006
     

    I have to say I did not understand your post in the slightest....

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2006
     

    Pot calling the kettle what?

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2006
     
    bobthecow:

    Pot calling the kettle what?

    Come again?

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      CommentAuthorBuzz
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2006
     

    I think Bob's brain is fried from staying up too late last night.

    Hm... fried cow brain. Sounds liks tacos I used to eat in Mexico.

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2006
     
    Buzz:

    I think Bob's brain is fried from staying up too late last night.

    Hm... fried cow brain. Sounds liks tacos I used to eat in Mexico.

    i was ok with tacos de cesos, but I always thought they tasted a little like fish... I like cow eyeball tacos or cow tongue tacos a lot better.... mmmmm... tacos de ojo... like suadero, just a little more tender.

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      CommentAuthortraci
    • CommentTimeFeb 13th 2006
     

    Where's a pukey smiley when you need one? Blech.

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 13th 2006
     
    traci:

    Where's a pukey smiley when you need one? Blech.

    Lol.... I sent a letter home once when I was about 18 months out with a list enumerating some of the more... unusual... things that I had eaten. My dad wrote me back to say that I should not send any additions to the list for my mother's sake. She was a wee bit disturbed... [Emoticon not found]

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      CommentAuthorBuzz
    • CommentTimeFeb 13th 2006
     
    ElChuy:
    traci:

    Where's a pukey smiley when you need one? Blech.

    Lol.... I sent a letter home once when I was about 18 months out with a list enumerating some of the more... unusual... things that I had eaten. My dad wrote me back to say that I should not send any additions to the list for my mother's sake. She was a wee bit disturbed... [Emoticon not found]

    Ha! I sent a similar letter 6 months into my mission and my mother sent me a care package [Emoticon not found]

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 13th 2006
     

    What a gip! I didn't get no care package! A'course... I actually LIKED the food, so it wasn't that big of a deal.... [Emoticon not found]

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2006
     

    and my parents just laughed. mostly because i was in l.a. so if it was too horrible, i could always hit up taco bell after dinner and get something a little more familiar.

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2006
     
    bobthecow:

    and my parents just laughed. mostly because i was in l.a. so if it was too horrible, i could always hit up taco bell after dinner and get something a little more familiar.

    We had McDonalds and Dominos as we were in the capital, but it still wasn't the same... and seeing as how it was like 10 times more expensive, we usually just ate in the street anyways... :o

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2006
     

    we had the best of both worlds. the ghettoness of a third world latin american country, and the convenience of health department ratings on the doors of restaurants...

    once i found an F.

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2006
     

    for a bit of mildly disturbing reading... click

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2006
     
    bobthecow:

    we had the best of both worlds. the ghettoness of a third world latin american country, and the convenience of health department ratings on the doors of restaurants...

    once i found an F.

    Health dept ratings weren't necessary in my mission... they would have all been the same anyways... heh

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    bobthecow:

    we had the best of both worlds. the ghettoness of a third world latin american country, and the convenience of health department ratings on the doors of restaurants...

    Word. Give it up for the clean water and ghettoness all in the same place!

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 15th 2006
     

    In our mission we didn't drink water when we went out to eat.. the rule of thumb was that if you didn't want to get sick you should drink at least one coca-cola in order to kill the bacteria on the food... hehe... I don't know if there is any validity to the idea (if the acids really are strong enough for that), but every time I drank a coke I never got sick...

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      CommentAuthortraci
    • CommentTimeFeb 15th 2006
     

    i think drinking a coke to kill bacteria falls in the same category as "drinking coke & eating poprocks will make your stomach explode"

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      CommentAuthorBuzz
    • CommentTimeFeb 15th 2006
     

    The human body was my defense. Here's how it went:

    I drank the water and ate the food. I got sick. I continued to be sick for the first two months. I was no longer sick after that.

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 15th 2006
     
    traci:

    i think drinking a coke to kill bacteria falls in the same category as "drinking coke & eating poprocks will make your stomach explode"

    \

    Maybe so, but I never got sick when I was eating in the street (and of course drinking a coke). The only two times I ever did get sick from the food was in a member's house... lol

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    traci:

    "drinking coke & eating poprocks will make your stomach explode"

    really? sweet!

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    bobthecow:
    traci:

    "drinking coke & eating poprocks will make your stomach explode"

    really? sweet!

    Now that I think of it... I think they tested that one out on Mythbusters... heh... I love that show...

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     

    mix mentos and diet coke sometime... that's big fun and excitement.

    although i've never done it in my stomach.

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    bobthecow:

    mix mentos and diet coke sometime... that's big fun and excitement.

    although i've never done it in my stomach.

    Mentos and diet coke????

    Why oh why don't we have a barfing smiley on this forum? I really need one right now...

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    ElChuy:
    bobthecow:

    mix mentos and diet coke sometime... that's big fun and excitement.

    although i've never done it in my stomach.

    Mentos and diet coke????

    Why oh why don't we have a barfing smiley on this forum? I really need one right now...

    don't mix them to eat... drop a couple of mentos into a two liter of diet coke.

    but don't do it in your house.

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      CommentAuthortraci
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    bobthecow:
    ElChuy:
    bobthecow:

    mix mentos and diet coke sometime... that's big fun and excitement.

    although i've never done it in my stomach.

    Mentos and diet coke????

    Why oh why don't we have a barfing smiley on this forum? I really need one right now...

    don't mix them to eat... drop a couple of mentos into a two liter of diet coke.

    but don't do it in your house.

    do it in your annoying neighbor's house?

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    bobthecow:

    don't mix them to eat... drop a couple of mentos into a two liter of diet coke.

    but don't do it in your house.

    Why? what happens? /me rushes out to buy the ingredients for the experiement.... I can do it on my roommates bed!

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    traci:

    do it in your annoying neighbor's house?

    yeah. go over, tell them "hey, wanna see something cool?"

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      CommentAuthortraci
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     

    and then run away

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     

    and lock the door...

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      CommentAuthorbobthecow
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     

    um. to lock your neighbor in their house?

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2006
     
    bobthecow:

    um. to lock your neighbor in their house?

    yes... bwuahahahaha! then they can't escape... no escape!

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      CommentAuthortraci
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2006
     

    so....what does coke+mentos do? explode? fizz a lot? nothing at all?

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      CommentAuthorElChuy
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2006
     

    All of the above..