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Have a great birthday! I got a swell cake for you! I get cheap at the darndest times, sorry about that! Since there was a cancellation on this order, it was priced to sell! Just scrape the letters off!

Considering that at the moment, the Hurricane Center's strike probability for West Palm Beach - 2% - is the same as the probability of it hitting New Orleans I think its a tad early to start thinking in those terms just yet. ← Well, who'd a thunk it...5 days later, 2% to about 100% today...don't see many Hurricanes hit West Palm Beach from the Gulf side. We may not hear from Dan for a few days....

FFA (If I may call you that!) Glad to hear nothing out of the ordinary! I know as well, if you don't sleep well at night, your body will fight you all day(No narcolepsy yet) If you find a well balanced diet that doesn't suck, will you let me know what it is? Just cutting soda out will help a lot. More sugar in a coke than a scoop of ice cream.

Jesus! Anyone watching the footage??? Someday a reporter is going to be killed! I mean, the footage is great, but I really don't want to see someone decapitated. CNN shows a cameraman and reporter on their knees to keep from getting blown away, and the fox guy is barefoot, and keeps getting blown back. I know, they get paid to do this, but I doubt they expected it to be this bad with "only" 120 MPH winds...

Brad, I know what you are saying, but I wouldn't call it terrible managing. The Astros really needed to tie the game, to hope for a 3 run homer off of Jenks is asking a bit much, they got him out of the game, which was pretty remarkable, and if Lidge hadn't given up a homer to Scott P. (O homers, 25 RBI all year long!) the Astros might have won the game...gotta tie before you win!

I forgot to mention that the Burger King guy looks exactly like their spokesman in the 70's! I don't remember him at all, but I saw a clip a few weeks ago, just showing old ads, not reminding us of him. Does anyone remember the original ads? Here is more info than you might want about a girl(now a pretty decent looking woman) who was in the ads, and a photo of the Original Burger King. http://www.pop-arena.com/articles/interview.html

Remember this storm? It's winds dropped to about 100 MPH after after hitting the Yucatan Peninsula, but it has gained a little strength and winds are 115, just hitting catagory 3. Hopefully, it won't get any stronger! They say it will still be quite strong when it comes out near Miami....

It's a 'new era' of hurricanes Experts: String of intense storms is part of normal cycle By Ann O'Neill CNN Friday, September 23, 2005; Posted: 1:16 p.m. EDT (17:16 GMT) • Special Report(CNN) -- Hurricanes aren't behaving like many of us are used to them behaving. They're bigger and meaner, and more numerous than many people have seen. Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne tore up parts of Florida last year. After tweaking Florida, Katrina and Rita are wreaking havoc this year along the Gulf Coast from Alabama to Texas. But don't rush to blame it on global warming, experts warn. Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that we're in a period of heightened hurricane activity that could last another decade or two.( See scientists collect data -- 1:33) "The increased activity since 1995 is due to natural fluctuations (and) cycles of hurricane activity driven by the Atlantic Ocean itself along with the atmosphere above it and not enhanced substantially by global warming," he testified. Mayfield's colleague at the National Hurricane Center, meteorologist Chris Landsea, said two recent studies about global warming and hurricanes raise more questions than they answer. He added that the impact of global warming is "minimal for the forseeable future." Landsea said the studies indicate global warming could increase hurricane wind speeds and rainfall by about 5 percent --100 years from now. But, he added, more study is needed, looking back at historical data and making it more compatible with modern reporting techniques. The debate over global warming Brenda Ekwurzel, climate scientist of the Union of Concerned Scientist National Climate Education Program, told CNN that while global warming might not be causing hurricanes, it already is making them more intense. "We would never point to a single weather event and blame global warming," she said. "While hurricanes have bedeviled the Gulf Coast region for years, global warming is making matters worse." Ekwurzel points to recent studies indicating that carbon dioxide is raising ocean temperatures. "And those warmer oceans are converting low-grade storms into powerful hurricanes," she said. "In short, the warm oceans are like fuel to a hurricane. It's like throwing gasoline on a fire." But not all hurricane experts are willing to make the link between global warming and hurricanes. At least not yet. They say the string of major storms that have struck the southeastern United States over the past two seasons signal a return to normal. Return to normal "From 1970 to 1995, there weren't that many hurricanes, and the ones we had were nice, well-mannered, housebroken hurricanes that stayed out to sea and didn't make a mess," said Hugh Willoughby, a hurricane researcher at Florida International University in Miami. "The only thing I can say," he added, "is this run of good luck we had is ending." "This year you can just say nature is averaging out its climatology," said Colorado State University's famed hurricane predictor, William Gray. (See video of the science of the storm --3:55) Katrina and Rita are what Gray calls "Bahama busters," storms that form off the Bahamas rather than near the coast of Africa. They explode after feeding on the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The past century saw 18 "Bahama busters," Gray said. Even Katrina's and Rita's back-to-back pounding of the Gulf Coast has a precedent. In 1915, Gray said, New Orleans and Houston areas were hit by Category 4 storms six weeks apart. "You can't blame that on global warming," he observed. Gray first sounded the alarm in 1995, noting that the surface waters in the north Atlantic Ocean had warmed slightly. 1995 saw 11 hurricanes and eight tropical storms, the highest tally since 1933. By 1997, Gray's annual forecasts warned of "a new era" of hurricanes. He put forth the theory that many climatologists, including Mayfield and Willoughby, now embrace -- that hurricanes are driven by cycles of rising water temperature and salinity that affect the speed of currents in the Atlantic. Warm currents drive hurricanes The technical name for the engine driving the hurricane cycles is the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, or AMO for short. It can cause droughts in the West and hatch hurricanes in the East. "This cycle has been repeating back to the Ice Age," Willoughby said. "It's related to changes in the ocean currents that move heat northward. If it's fast, we get a lot of hurricanes." Studies show the AMO was cool -- and the currents slower -- from 1900 to 1925, warm from 1926 to 1969, cool from 1970 to 1994 and warm since 1995. And so, to a generation of Americans with little experience with hurricanes, it seems like these monsters are coming out of nowhere. Gray and Willoughby are among the skeptics who doubt global warming can be blamed for the trend of the past few years. They are joined by the hurricane trackers at the National Hurricane Center. "We're just entering a busy time here," said Chris Lauer, a meteorologist at the center. "You see a few decades of slower activity, followed by a few decades of higher oscillation," he said. "Our position is the recent increase in hurricane activity is not caused by global warming." Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, suggested earlier this month that more than nature and coincidence might be driving the storms. More study needed In the September's issue of the journal Science, Peter Webster and Judith Curry documented a 60 percent global jump in major hurricanes with winds of 131 mph or more and a 1-degree increase in the tropical ocean surface temperature. But Webster warned on Georgia Tech's Web site that more study was needed before blaming global warming. "We need a longer data record of hurricane statistics," he said, "and we need to understand more about the role hurricanes play in regulating the heat balance and circulation in the atmosphere and oceans." Willoughby said he is keeping an open mind about the role of global warming but believes it won't be a factor for at least another 100 years. "The answer I give everybody, because it has all been so politicized, is I don't know," he said. Gray was more direct. "There are all these medicine men out there who want to capitalize on general ignorance on this subject," he said. "With all the problems in the world, we shouldn't be dealing with this." Willoughby believes the debate over hurricanes and global warming is healthy. "It's good for the science," he said. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/23/hurricane.cycle/

A wise man(Joaquin Andujar) once said, you can sum up baseball in one word, you never know. Remind me again how many home runs he hit this season??? Just keep the tv off Brad, nothing to see!

Oh yeah...I saw that coming.....

Middle row, 2nd from right. He was partnered with a guy named Renko, sort of a southern redneck type, and their dynamic was one of the interesting threads throughout the series. ← Oh, the why didn't you say the token black guy! (Is that a photo from the first season? A few people I don't recognize)One of the best shows ever, but damn it was depressing! Watch that and St. Elsewhere, and you better stay away from sharp objects! Was Bobby Hill's name just a coincidence to the show title?

Sounds to me that some here have issues from their childhood to work thru! I liked most all of them...Barney on the other hand...

Benny Hill, or Bobby Hill?

astronomer/TV personality, quite the combo! Sounds like a cool guy.... Separated at birth???

Ever Heard of Anita Page? She was in Silent films such as Our Dancing Daughters , and talkies such as Our Blushing Brides and the original Broadway Melody of 1929. She retired in the 30's only to make a comback in the last 5 years! She is 95!

Deanna Durbin will be 84 in December. She just about saved Univeral from Bankruptcy in the 30's...some of her films are very dated today, but a few are still quite enjoyable. It Started with Eve (With Charles Laughton) is her best film, IMO. She quit films in 1948, and appearently hasn't even been interviewed since 1949! She now lives in France. As an aside, my Mom's 2 older sisters were huge fans of Deanna's and we have photos of my Aunt Betty meeting Deanna on the set of one of her films. She was the president of a DD fan Club.

Tony Martin had many a pop hit and starred in Films such as The Big Store , and Ziegfeld Girl. Will be 93 in December. Bet being married to Cyd Charisse would make one want to stay around!

Look out Mofos! I'll blow your minds when the time comes for me to do one! So, what year are we up to, anywho? If I am still alive, I would like to do one in 2010, 2011......

Thanks for the info Jim! I checked everything under Sounds and audio devices...can't find anything muted, speakers are set to desktop stereo speakers. SOUNDMAX digital Audio is the only choice under default device. Did a search for drivers...didn't see anything that said audio drivers. I have rarely had to mess with drivers, maybe once or twice for the printer, or networking...Any other suggestions????

They are practically giving them away! http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/studio.cfm?mainStudioid=17

Not if you live in Jacksonville, Oregon! Figure out the odds on all these winners in one very small town! JACKSONVILLE, Ore. Someone has again struck it rich in an old Oregon Gold Rush town. The winner or winners of the largest jackpot in Powerball's history purchased their ticket at one of the two lottery retailers in Jacksonville, Oregon. At the J-Ville Tavern, which sold a multi-(m) million dollar winning ticket a few years ago, the owner hopes another customer has struck it rich. She says she hopes it's one of her regulars "who can really use it." The other lottery retailer, Ray's Food Place, sold one of four runner-up tickets purchased in Oregon _ worth a total of 850-thousand dollars. An employee says it belongs to a couple whom she describes as "so excited." She says the woman was "grinning from ear to ear" and the man was "pretty calm." Whichever store sold the 340 (m) million dollar jackpot-winning ticket gets 100-thousand dollars. http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=4007843&nav=0jsh

Sometimes, you just gotta wonder.... His latest filing, which documents his financial records for the calendar year of 2004, shows that Gregg has assets between $2,697,000 and $9,430,000, mostly in an extensive stock and real estate portfolio.

Somebody has a big check to write to Mozart!

Yeah, I stumbled across it a few months ago. I think it said Matt Drudge and Michael Savage are gay. As anti-Gay as Savage is, it would make sense. But...why name a bunch of other folks, with nothing to go by even. Just a bio of someone, their photo...and they are put in the "other" column. Who cares?

Hopefully, it will "lose" strength like the last two did well before hitting land. It just seems these storms get so big so fast this year, that even with weakening, they have gotten so big, in a way it doesn't matter how bad the winds are. This storm has the smallest eye you will ever see! Get ready in Florida!!!! AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE REPORTED 884 MB...THE LOWEST MINIMUM PRESSURE EVER MEASURED IN A HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN...THIS VALUE SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION UNTIL CALIBRATED... http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATC...ml/190502.shtml