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1 Adam-12, 1 Adam 12....Man, I watched this all the time as a wee one...Coming out this Tuesday. Did you know Martin Milner made his first film in 1947?

Yes, that is so true. Seems that it would be easier to put out an excellent 90 minute movie, than to "crank" out a half hour/hour show every week(Well, 22 weeks) with more budget constraints, but that ain't the case.

What level are at, advanced, expert?

I won't say at what level I started to have problems! http://fordtorino.com/games/Rushhour/rushHour.html

You would have thought Billy wounda had better taste!

An explanation of the writeoff for heavy vehicles , those with a GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Ratings of 6000 lbs or more(Weight of vehicle plus passenger and cargo capacity) http://www.selfemployedweb.com/suv-tax-deduction.htm By the way, there has been a gaz guzzler tax for quite some time, but only for cars.

Al, I really don't think your team is as bad as you do! A lack of good pitching puts a strain on a team, if you can get rid of an offensive(In more ways than one) player or two for pitching this offseason. It can be done, hell look at how the Yankees got a pitcher from the pitching starved Rockies (Shawn Chacon) who had a respectable ERA around 4 in mile high. Why aren't the Rangers trying to do things like that? Ok, you may have front office issues, but if you guys gave up Soriano and yes, one of the kids(Who has Boros as his agent?) and get two quality starters, no reason in the world your team can't compete next year...everyone seems to hit when they come to the Rangers, hell trade Teixeira and Blalock, and get 3 good arms!

It's amazing how popular those suckers were back in the day, they made Ford a lot of money, too bad Ford, which always prided itself on safey allowed them to be bombs just waiting to go off. You know what I see from time to time at car shows in Atlanta that still look suprisingly good? Mavericks! (At least the sporty ones)

Don't forget folks, higher fuel prices that many here seem to want mean airlines will run into even more trouble,(Do you all want to see a government run airline, amair?) prices will go up on EVERYTHING you buy since everything whether by train or truck needs to be shipped to the final destination. I heard how make-up has petroleum in it...cds, plastics, well everything it seems is petroleum based. The poor and middle class will suffer mightily this winter if they have a fuel oil based heating system. I imagine bus fares will go up some as well later on....

Yeah, I saw that on the today show..today. It really doesn't make sense. Like what was mentioned before, check tire your tire pressure, run the car AC(As was mentioned after this report on the today show, driving with the windows down creates such a drag that fuel economy is worse!) and get a tune-up, and wait till you see hybrids that really get better milage.

Study Describes Bar at Center of Milky Way By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago MADISON, Wis. - After creating the most detailed analysis yet of what the Milky Way looks like, astronomers say a long bar of stars cuts on an angle through the center of the galaxy that includes the sun and planet Earth. ADVERTISEMENT Some scientists have suspected the presence of the stellar bar, but the survey led by two Wisconsin astronomers shows the bar is far longer than previously believed, and at a specific angle. The skinny bar is made up of old and red stars and is about 27,000 light years in length, about 7,000 light years longer than previously believed. The bar is at a 45 degree angle to the line between our Sun and the center of the galaxy and may put the Milky Way in a small class of galaxies with the unusual shape, researchers say. "We're pretty certain the extent and orientation of this bar because we got more data than anybody else that has ever brought to bear on the problem by a long shot," said Ed Churchwell, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of astronomy who collaborated on the project. The team of astronomers used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to survey more than 30 million stars in the center of the Milky Way. The orbiting infrared telescope allowed the astronomers to see bright stars through clouds of interstellar dust to draw a vivid portrait of the center of the galaxy. The new portrait will help astronomers understand how our galaxy looks from the outside and "how it forms together in the big picture," said lead study author Robert Benjamin, a UW-Whitewater professor of physics. "The stronger the bar the more influence it has on everything going on in the galaxy," said Benjamin. The study will appear in an upcoming edition of Astrophysical Journal Letters, a leading astronomy journal. The study should put to rest the idea held by some astronomers that an ellipse is at the center of the galaxy's swirling arms, Churchwell said. "We've largely been ignorant of this very major structure in our galaxy for all these years," he said. The hardest work in the study was not observing the stars: the NASA orbiting telescope took about 400 hours of observations. Researchers spent five years preparing for the observation and almost one year making sense of all the data. The telescope, launched two years ago, is the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space and is trailing the earth in an orbit around the sun. It uses infrared light to penetrate clouds of gas and dust that block astronomers' views from Earth. The Milky Way is a large, spiral galaxy that contains the sun, solar system and billions of stars that make a luminous band as seen by the naked eye. Its precise size, shape and mass are still unknown. Billions of galaxies make up the universe and are mostly spiral or elliptical in shape. Galaxies that have stellar bars cut through the center is rare, but not unheard of, scientists say. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050817/ap_on_sc/milky_way_bar

Yeah, windows units don't bring the robust $50 these were going for!

Nonsense, we should all drool over the sexy Ford Focus instead!

How come it's aok to saying fucking in the topic box this time? Or is in because it is in the sub topic box? Congrats, I am sure you will force your viewpoints down the throats of many an undeveloped mind!

I'll agree with that. If anything, it should be extended to those folks that run their tires below recommended inflation levels and don't have tune-ups at regular intervals. Seriously, though -- Audi's A4 station wagon gets 15 mpg. Pitiful. We can do better than that. This isn't 1972. The technology is there, Mr. auto-maker, lets use it. ← I don't know WTF the auto companies are doing wrong, but it is something....Of course, I was saying years ago with all the SUV's being built, and with more and more people driving all the time, we were going to use a ton more fuel than we ever had before. Would y'all believe that cars like the 1939-40 Nash could get up to 25 MPG??? A lot of the car companies then bragged about their fuel economy in coast to coast tests they performed with supposedly stock cars. Cars then were not that light, and the engines were low compression motors(Usually the higher the better for economy) but many had overdrive back then, and did quite well. Hell, the 1969 Buick in my Garage with the "small" V-8 350, with a 4 barrel gets anywhere from 16 to 20 on the highway, which beats many a car or SUV today!(To show I ain't so crazy ass liar, the only car with working air right now is my 1971 Cadillac, and it only gets 11-12 MPG ) But why are the cars and trucks today doing so poorly? Most have overdrive, are much more aerodynamic than the vehicles of the past, there is much less internal friction in the engines as well, and the engineering advancements that should have been made in the last 30 years should have meant that those big bad SUV's were getting 30 MPG. Hell, to my layman's way of thinking, just put in a 7-8 speed transmission in, and have any vehicle running at 900 RPM at 70, and it should get excellent mileage, but what do I know?

Coffee does NOT have to be that hot...when I would cover occasionally in the cafe at the bookstores I have worked at in the past, the Lattes and stuff would only be heated(steamed) up to around 160-170...still too hot to really drink right away....I think if anyone here dropped a cup of coffee on their genitals and burned the shit out of their penis, they would think there was a difference between "hot" and scalding.

Look at what they make people do!(damn, spelled evil, even! ) Va. Laptop Sale Turns Into a Stampede By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. — A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line. "This is total, total chaos," said Latoya Jones, 19, who lost one of her flip-flops in the ordeal and later limped around on the sizzling blacktop with one foot bare. An estimated 5,500 people turned out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks, which retail for between $999 and $1,299. The Henrico County school system was selling 1,000 of the computers to county residents. Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some already had been waiting since 1 a.m. When the gates opened, it became a terrifying mob scene. People threw themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little girl's stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to drive his way through the crowd. Seventeen people suffered minor injuries, with four requiring hospital treatment, Henrico County Battalion Chief Steve Wood said. There were no arrests. "It's rather strange that we would have such a tremendous response for the purchase of a laptop computer — and laptop computers that probably have less-than- desirable attributes," said Paul Proto, director of general services for Henrico County. "But I think that people tend to get caught up in the excitement of the event — it almost has an entertainment value." Blandine Alexander, 33, said one woman standing in front of her was so desperate to retain her place in line that she urinated on herself. "I've never been in something like that before, and I never again will," said Alexander, who brought her 14-year-old twin boys to the complex at 4:30 a.m. to wait in line. "No matter what the kids want, I already told them I'm not doing that again." Jesse Sandler said he was one of the people pushing forward, using a folding chair he had brought with him to beat back people who tried to cut in front of him. "I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,'" the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station. "They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said. http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/shared-gen/a...ter_Frenzy.html

Thing is, you will use more electricity with a car like that...we will need to burn more coal, oil, or will have to have more Nuclear plants....Hybrids that can recharge themselves seem like a better idea...

Did the Hawk push Tom Paciorek (Boy was it hard to figure out how to spell that name!) out of broadcasting booth? He does Turner South games now I think...

Web sperm sites crackdown planned Websites offer donor eggs and sperm to women who want children Proposals to crack down on internet sites that trade in human sperm and eggs are set to be unveiled this week by the government. The plans are part of a consultation on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The websites currently fall outside existing regulation, and so do not have to comply with the same safety and quality procedures as clinics. But the head of one of the sites said he would welcome it being accredited. We want to ensure that we can continue to reap the benefits of the latest scientific developments within a system that continues to inspire public confidence Health minister Caroline Flint The Department of Health has said there are a number of concerns regarding how internet sites currently operate, including the fact that internet sperm donors do not benefit from the same legal protection as that given to donors at regulated clinics. This means website donors are regarded as the legal parent, unlike those who donate via clinics. The consultation on the HFE Act will ask whether the law should be changed to make sure companies selling eggs and sperm over the internet are meeting the same standards as fertility clinics or whether the practice should be banned altogether. Public confidence' Health Minister Caroline Flint said: "The HFE Act was a landmark piece of legislation which has stood the test of time well. "However, we never expected the act would remain forever unchanged in the face of major developments in science and medicine. "We want to ensure that we can continue to reap the benefits of the latest scientific developments within a system that continues to inspire public confidence." British Fertility Society secretary Dr Allan Pacey welcomed the review. There are real health dangers to patients treated with, and any children born from, fresh sperm obtained in this way British Fertility Society secretary Dr Allan Pacey He said: "In licensed clinics, sperm donors undergo a raft of tests to minimise the risk of passing on genetic diseases to any children conceived and to make sure their samples are clear of infections such as chlamydia and HIV. "Fresh sperm, obtained from these unregulated sources, simply cannot be tested and quarantined in the same way. "This means there are real health dangers to patients treated with, and any children born from, fresh sperm obtained in this way." He added: "Clinics are currently finding it harder to recruit men who are willing to be donors and so it is understandable that patients may turn to these online sources, but they should be aware of the dangers in doing so." But John Gonzalez, chief executive of the Man Not Included website, said he had been suggesting there should be a system for regulating sites since his had been established three years ago. He said: "I have told the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Department of Health that we would welcome some sort of accreditation, although not at the same level as fertility clinics. "That would be like trying to saying you could have the same regulations governing the use of a tricycle to those for a Ferrari." Mr Gonzalez said his site carried out stringent testing of donors, and added: "The majority of babies conceived every day are conceived using fresh sperm." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4145378.stm

Yeah, staring at a 17 inch monitor wasting time is so much better than staring at a 27 inch monitor wasting time!

Try starting on the last page, and working backwards...at 4:27 AM! I made it back about 4 pages...then colors started to melt.

Haven't heard much about it yet, but sounds interesting.....I know Penn Jillette is a fairly recent convert to jazz.... 'The Aristocrats': Comedy in the raw By HAP ERSTEIN Palm Beach Post If the comedians sitting around at the Carnegie Deli in Broadway Danny Rose were able to talk as they really do while we are not listening, the result might be a movie like The Aristocrats. Definitely not for the easily offended, yet laugh-out-loud, did-he-really-say-that funny, here is a documentary look at the art of comedy with a few salient points to make about the power of the spoken word — profanity division. THINKFilm 'The Aristocrats' B+ The verdict: An insider's look at the mechanics of comedy, as seen from repeated versions of a single classic dirty joke. Director: Paul Provenza Starring: Whoopie Goldberg, Robin Williams, Phyllis Diller, Don Rickles, George Carlin, Steven Wright, Jon Stewart, Drew Carey and many, many more. Run time: 106 minutes Release date: July 29, 2005 Rating: Not rated, but contains massive amounts of nasty profanity and detailed descriptions of sexual perversity. See showtimes For those who are jaded and disappointed by what they usually encounter in their local multiplex, it is fair to say that comics-turned-filmmakers Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette (of the subversive magic act Penn and Teller) have created a movie unlike any you have ever seen or heard. Their initial purpose, they claim, was to illustrate how stand-up comedy is similar to jazz, likening verbal riffs to musical improvisation. That is an interesting enough notion, but it has been eclipsed by the decision to have the more than 100 comics interviewed talking about and telling the same joke, a consciously gross, tasteless anecdote which dates back to the days of vaudeville and yet is little known by the general public. With the selection of the joke, The Aristocrats — it would be ruining nothing to tell you that the title of the movie is the joke's punch line — also becomes about the outer limits of what is deemed lewd today, what it takes to shock an audience in 2005. So comics from George Carlin to Drew Carey to Robin Williams to the animated kids of South Park all deliver their versions of the joke, ad-libbing their way through its expandable middle section like jazz vocalists. They put the scat in scatological. So OK, the joke: Into a talent agent's office walks a guy, eager to land a booking. He proceeds to describe his act, an unspeakable series of disgusting bodily functions and sexual interactions with family members. The incredulous agent asks what in the world he calls such an act and the guy responds, with a flourish, "The Aristocrats." You're not convulsed with laughter, are you? But when you see Mario Cantone tell it in the persona of Liza Minnelli, you will be. Or Sarah Silverman's autobiographical, intimate version. Or as told by Billy the Mime or adapted into a card trick by Eric Mead, and on and on. Comics we never considered very funny, like former Saturday Night Live regular Gilbert Gottfried, rise to the top of the pack. Gottfried's whiny rant version of the joke is told at a Friars' Club roast for Hugh Hefner as the bewildered guest of honor looks on. The collective roster of comics, not knowing when to leave well enough alone, dissects and analyzes the joke endlessly. Does the punch line gain by being delivered with a jaunty finger snap? Isn't calling the act "The Sophisticates" funnier than "The Aristocrats"? And what if the act were clean, but the name of the group were a string of obscenities? There is nothing special about the way Provenza films these interviews, though Emery Emery's editing gains a few extra laughs with some clever juxtapositions. Still, a few segments in the movie feel repetitive and the overall effect could have been improved with some tightening. But just when you are sure the joke has run its course, someone like Steven Wright — shot from afar down a long hallway — deconstructs it anew and catches us offguard with his sly, deadpan delivery. Too bad Lenny Bruce is not around to give the joke its definitive spin. http://www.accessatlanta.com/movies/conten...ocrats/pbp.html

this might be pretty good.... The Dick Cavett Show - Rock Icons