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Uhh...Belle... where is the country of Engine? If you have Vietnamese from Vietnam, Colombians from Colombia, then Engineers must come from Engine...sorry - couldn't resist

Goodness all of the gourmet chefs here - all the recipes sound good and the ones I have tried were excellent. Unfortunately however I have no such accomplished kitchen talents. So here is my recipe for a fine sandwich Lay a slice of rye bread down - any hearty rye - Russian, Jewish, dill, etc but no new age rye or anything of the sort. If you are gluten sensitive I'm sorry - stop here. Lay on it some spicy mustard - your brand of choice - but nothing that is the color yellow Lay on it some spicy horse radish - not the cream style snot in most stores Lay down a gob of roast beef or pastrami - sliced so it is shaved - falling apart Lay down some slices of pepper jack cheese Lay down some GOOD saurkraut Lay down a gob of Black Forest ham - sliced as above Lay down some slices of lacey Swiss cheese Top with some good Cajun spices such as Tony Cachere's Fix top slice of rye the same as the first...mustard and horseradish NO OTHER NONSENSE LIKE MAYO OR 1K Island Dressing or you will prove that you are possessed Slice sandwich in half in whatever direction your cult dictates. Now some key points follow. Get a couple of beers out of the fridge. Nothing cheesy like a lager. Must be an IPA or something akin to Stone Brewing Company's "Arrogant Bast$rd Ale" Take the first bite with gusto. Sure...there will be mustard on your lips - so what - wipe it off on your shirt sleeve or the back of your arm...DO NOT use a daintily applied napkin or surely you will spend the rest of your days in hell. Dorothy Owens will spend eternity reminding you of manners and how eating is nasty at best and Groucho will be taunting you from behind. Oh and if your cult calls for the first bite out of the center or out of the corner is of no matter - just take a good first bite fer Christ's sake. Take a hefty swallow of ale and reflect on how fortunate you are to not be in TWI anymore. Take out an old pack of retemories or perhaps a page from a TWI book and casually throw on the fire in the fireplace. Take another hefty slug of ale and another bite of the Dagwood. Smile to yourself as you watch remnants of TWI commit to flame. High five your son who is eating an identical sandwich and make fun of 20 years of wasted time in a cult. Take another hefty slug of good ale. Keep eating... and drinking... As you start the second half of the sandwich take a martini glass and pre-chill with ice cubes. As you near the finish of the sandwich toss out the ice cubes and pour a half cap of DRY (READ DRY) Vermouth into the glass. Swish around and toss the excess out. Same with either some olive or onion mud - again it doesn't matter which church you belong to - olive or onion - I attend both. Fill shaker with ice, quality vodka such as Grey Goose or similar - shake and strain/pour into martini glass. Toothpick a couple of olives, onions or both and insert into martini glass. As you finish the very last bite of the sandwich - toss down the drink in one large gulp. Sit back, belch and again reflect on how good it is NOT to go to twig tonight - and hey if it is Sunday or Monday then turn on a game, have another ale and high five your son again (sorry for all you genderists out there - my son likes games - my daughter does not - but she likes the sandwiches all the same...)

wonder if the colors are like nametags - correlation between what women get to where blue, lavender or tan blouses and what men get to where red, black or yellow ties...

Heya Excie. Hey Rhino - I just tried to give you 5 stars but it would only let me give you four. I guess that is proof that you do not have the correct nametag and are probably a spawn child of some evil plot. He(( I don't even know you but WTF since you upgraded 25 others I thought I'd try and get ya those free drinks and feed served in the first class cabin...

I think it is supercilious to the height of the definition of that word. While nametags are being busted in another topic, ratings are supported, or at least accepted, here?!?!

You mean this fish story about Johnny Lingo?!?! http://youtube.com/watch?v=NoV40Wg12CY From: melidea Our sucker fish Johnny Lingo died after having him for a week. We had a proper flushing..

To your point Rhino... 0.99999 (to infinity) can indeed be proven to equal 1.0. Case in point: X = 0.9999999 (etc) 10X = 9.9999999 (etc) Subtract 1X yields 9X = 9.0 Divide by 9 yields 1X = 1.0 Hence 1X = 1.0 and also = 0.9999999 (etc) So while the algebra is flawless it fails to take into account the "law of density of natural numbers" Much like politics - I can give you a "flawless" argument - and by simple omission of one or more boundary conditions I can prove anything I want...

Why thank you Krys. I do get annoyed however at "ease of calculation" for students. As I have always taught; the science is in the numbers. Eighth graders, at least in my kids school district, have already had one year of algebra and, hence, should be able to handle 9.8 vs 10. It's a simple formula based on what is called the two body gravitation problem. And comparing the gravitational attraction of a "stone" as compared to the earth the smaller body's attraction becomes negligible and simplifies the calculation even more. I used pi as an example because the state of Indiana once passed a vote in the legislature to define pi = 3.1 for ease of calculation (interesting to think one could presume to legislate the value of pi). Would you drive across a suspension bridge which someone used pe = 3.1 for the calculation of the curve fit for the suspension cable lengths? Better yet, and more to the point, would you boost or reenter on a shuttle for which someone used a uniform GC error of 2 percent on the ballistic calculation? Might have a few problems on orbit insertion and reentry. Nice to see you too.

Thanks Suda. Nice to see you too.

I think - given the choices - you can presume final velocity is at time of impact which is 100 m/s**2 (using their flawed GC). Assuming the stone was not pumice the final velocity would be zero since the stone would rapidly decelerate on water impact and then slowly come to zero as it hit the sea floor. The rate of descent between surface and sea floor will vary with salinity, etc (i.e. density) of the water itself.

A reasonable test except that the earth's gravitational constant is not 10 m/sec (squared) it is 9.8 on average with the understanding that the earth's gravitational field is not uniform over the entire surface. Gravity anomalies have been mapped extensively from space and vary widely as much as +/- .2 m/sec (squared). I assume they used 10 m/sec (squared) for ease of calculation which is about as scientifically honest as calling pi = 3.1

I strenuously disagree. While Google maps is very powerful it requires a knowledge of KML to make it extensible. We work both with Google and ESRI in my business. Because we have programmers with geo-coding knowledge we can make it look good. But Belle's line of work would be far more amply suited using Arc-Info. Not to "dis" your husband at all - just don't want Belle to have to go through the learning curve of KML.

The undisputed Cadillac is Arc-Info from ESRI Corp. Plainly put nothing comes close. Don't be put off by the jargon of the GIS business - it is designed for applications like you are talking about. The CEO is a bit of a dork but he sure put together a good product and it is the gold standard around the world.

Hilarious - anyone notice that the name on the snail mail addy was Stanley Goodspeed? Wasn't that the name of Nicholas Cage's character from the movie "The Rock?" And appropriately, Sean Connery's line from that movie, Goodspeed, Godspeed, Godspell, you just better hope you don't get us all killed.....

It's a good cine...fairly accurate rendition of the young years of Homer Hickam. Google his name for more info. Went on to become a NASA engineer in the shuttle program. If you remember Sputnik you'll enjoy this movie a good bit. Completely safe for kids of any age as well.

Go rent the movie "October Sky"

Dooj's recipe sounds great (except for the curry). One thing I've learned about using dried beans is to soak them overnight. Since they vary in size, their rate of water absorption will vary. So... I cover them with water - about an inch over the top of the beans - bring them to a rapid boil and boil for 10 minutes. turn off the heat - let them cool - them refrigerate overnight. Check after an hour or so to make sure they are still slightly covered in water. That inch of extra water will be absorbed pretty quickly. Don't keep an inch all night - you want the water to be just even with the top when done soaking so if you need to add water do it sparingly

Don't get your hopes up LU - you remember we were never a corps that socialized much anyway. The naysayers that show up here to take shots at the 8th are wannabes anyway

Awfully quiet here LU...are we the only two 8th still breathing?

Congrats both to you and them. Best, RR

Wasn't it Topo Geego? (the puppet)

Animal fighting is indeed cultural. I cannot make a direct comment on most of your post since I consider "black" to be a race not a culture. You can find east Indians who are black, Hmong highlanders who are black. I make a distinction between race and culture. That being said so I (hopefully) don't come across as racist; you will find animal fighting in cultures all over the world. In most of east Asia there is dog-fighting, cock-fighting, lizard-fighting and even bear and boar-fighting. Cock-fighting and boar-fighting is common in many South American countries...and...in some countries you can still see humans playing Russian roulette as a betting sport. I find it as repulsive as you but nonetheless it does exist as a "cultural event" in many parts of the world.

Thanks again one and all for your best wishes. The same back to you all!! Best, RR

Homebrewed for years - fire any questions you want to at me. Didn't read the rest of this thread though so you may have already had your questions answered

Thanks everyone for all of the good thoughts!!! I took the day off from work and decided to just hang out. A fine day... Best, RR