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Wacka

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  1. It's got to be something in the water -

     

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060309/...eshiptheheaveho

     

    The battlewagon that sailed the seven seas could end up in Stockton, CA -

     

    but I would still go there  :D

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    Actually this happened several months ago. The Hornet (it picked up the Apollo 11 and 12 astronauts) is berthed across the bay in Alameda and is open to the public. Since it is somewhat off the beaten path in the former Naval Air Station, the tourist traffic isn't that great and the group that runs it is having trouble paying the electric bill among others. they were talking about moving it across to Sf where a lot more people would tour it, but those plans look to be shelved due to the SF Bored of Stupervisors idiotic rantings.

  2. It appears to me that members of both parties aren't studying this thing at all. People here and elsewhere talk about the DPW running the ports. From what iIhave heard and read. they are only in maybe one or two terminal buildings in the ports mentioned. They are not going to be running the whole port. These ports are big. I have seen the Port of Oakland (the 5th biggest in the US) and it is run by the US with companies either leasing or buying berths there, There are at least several companies that offload ships with those big cranes that look like the Imperial Walkers from Star Wars.

    This is all moot, since DPW said they are going to divest the US part of the company.

    A possible US company to step in and take their place?

     

    Halliburton. :)

  3. On a not so related note, I've got luxury suite tix for the Islanders/Thrashers tomorrow at Phillips arena.  I guess that's what happens when you buy 600k worth of disk drives =)

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    What an exciting game.

  4. Nobody at ESPN likes Olbermann either. He had a head injury as a kid that messed up his depth perception, so he can't drive. Bristol, CT is a nice place (I lived about a quarter mile from ESPN), but as like most places, it isn't if you can't drive. He spent most of his time at ESPN bitching about how bad it was and how he wanted out of there. When asked about ESPN, he once said" The best thing was seeing Bristol in the rear view mirror."

  5. I guess when someone younger passes  away from a stroke (especially in this steriod age) that kinda of thought enters your mind.  But did you ever see Kirby Puckett?  He wasn't exactly a phyiscal specimen.  He was a little round guy who got the most out of his abilities.  He was a great player who I believe had a very difficult upbringing.  It's so sad because he had a roung last couple of years.  First, he has to retire because he goes blind in one eye and then he gets falsely accused of sexual harassment.  I hope he is finally at peace.  :blink:

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    It was said today that he was packing on the pounds in the last few years. One report I saw said he may have been >300 lbs.

  6. Three years ago I saw three sittilng at noon on the old rail line that is now a hiking trail about 100 ft from my window . They were watching all the joggers go by. They are also in the hills across the street. There are two cats missing in the neighborhood. Whenever I see one running around I say "Hi coyote chow!".

  7. Brought to you by the last few people who don't think Iraq is f*cked up.  Did this guy work for Saddam's Ministry of Information?

     

    So, the idea that Iraq has the makings of a civil war is complete fiction?  Is that what you are saying, Wacka?  I get it.  It's like Disney World in Iraq and it's only the media's fault for our belief that Iraq situation may not be ideal.

     

    No, thanks.  I'll take the word of most of the world's experts on Iraq and the Middle East -- including most of the Republicans who are not currently working for the President.

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    No, there could be a civil war, but it would take a lot more than what is happpening. MOST of the country is peaceful. Notice how the reports are always from the same areas. The mosque blast was the Hail Mary for the terrorists and it fell incomplete. They were hoping to ignite a civil war and it is not happening. It's their last big gasp.

     

    The guy I linked to was there. Have these "experts" you mentioned been there?

     

    I read an interesting fact today. In all the wars we have been in, about 1 million Americans have died. Since the invention of the car (late 1890s), about 2.5 million Americans have been killed in auto accidents

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