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Jokes aside, what caused the bag to catch fire ? 35 seconds seems harmless enough but what caused the contents to heat up so much so fast ?

What's wrong with using the diesel powered generator to charge the battery ?

I think the aliens (the ones from outer space) must be looking down with similar sympathy and disdain from their UFOs and deciding this poor species is best left alone.

Actually, I was hoping one was Becker and the other Fagen. Or should I be asking 'oh by the way, which one's Dan ?'

Any way I can use that theme for my own page ? I would also like a Bills theme for Firefox.

I read a more extensive article on this sighting. What stunned me is that after first contact with such tribes, it is not unusual to see upto 50% of that tribe wiped out within a matter of months. This is because they do not have resistance to a few illnesses common to us outsiders. They catch a cold and flu and it is fatal to them. What exactly do we hope to achieve by contacting them ? Impose our perception of a happier living when such is purely subjective ? It is okay to fly by and take pictures but I think they are best left alone.

I think the reason your sister behaves the way she does with you, is because you sound like a passive person who is perceived as being easy to push around and boss over. Years of 'training' have reinforced her attitude and behavior towards you. You can deal with such personalities in two ways (1) Ignore her and distance her completely from your life (2) Give it back to her in the same fashion she does. If you make the choice to ignore, it is likely she will not let you be. You may have to resort to choice (2) Doing (2) is difficult for a passive personality (I am one also until pushed beyond a point) but sometimes you have no choice. By your preamble, it appears that you have a bit of inferiority complex towards her. If so, be confident about what you are and how you perceive life. Finances do not dictate happiness in any family and obviously you are happy where you are. If you reduce your contact with her, I think you will be a much happier person as you do not have to be bombarded with her constant drive to prove herself superior. Some psychologists may argue that she is the one with the hidden inferiority complex and trying to compensate for it. See if you can use this latest example as a means to reinforce to yourself that you are better off maintaining minimum contact with her. But before you do anything, talk the matter completely with your wife and make sure you are both on the same page. If your wife bypasses you and tries to talk to your wife, she has to display implicit support by taking a similar attitude to yours and deferring to you for any conversations your sister tries to have through her. Good luck, man. Too often people try to trample a person who wants to get along with everybody. Luckily, there aren't too many of such people out there.

Congrats ! A job well done.

That's the part I am not sure about. I has a similar feeling after POTC 3 and it continued to make money in subsequent days & weekends. Indy has no real competition in the next 2 weekends. Sex and the City and Indy are skewed by gender and SATC doesn't appear to be a traditional chick flick to which makes women want to drag their SOs (thankfully).

Agreed. NT followed the Pirates of Caribbean formula of milking a perfectly good franchise and getting away with it (read: dishing out crap but still making a lot of money) . Now Lucas/Spielberg seem to have taken a similar path.

Thank you. Pretty much every action movie defies physics in some way but this movie has more than its fair share of ridiculous scenes. To the point that I was groaning at the start of every action sequence as I knew there will be some new level of absurdity. I don't know if Spielberg seriously underestimated the audience's intelligence or he is smarter than we think and marking this movie as a break into a new saga/style of Mutt-led Indy series. The latter would cater to a new audience and this movie is expected to make money (which it is doing) due to the strength of nostalgia.

Are you serious or is my sarcasm detector not working ?

I think I did not state my point clearly. I meant the fondness is for the Indy franchise as a provider of movies with adventure and fantasy blended together entertainingly. This movie did not hurt how I feel about those two movies - but it did dent the feelings I had about the Indy character and the campy, entertaining movies he appeared in. ToD I forgave especially after Last Crusade. But I felt cheated by this movie and in general go the feeling that Spielberg & co. went the Gore Verbinski way (Pirates of the Caribbean) by passing off idiocy under the guise of entertainment. This movie did not entertain and definitely did not provide a payoff for the Suspension of Disbelief concept. If you want to use a possible analogy about the Bills, I will feel this way if overnight Ralph were to move the franchise to some other town ala Browns.

SPOILERS LIKELY BELOW I agree with you and yall. It is a close third with ToD still being the fourth. The key point that yall made is what stayed with me. I have no problem with supernatural or extraterrestrial storylines. But when the action goes way over the top, ridiculous and unbelievable (within the realm of the suspension of disbelief) I stop enjoying what I am watching. The story had no heart, Indy and friends are indestructible and Shia is just not suited for the tough/punk role. I feel cheated and has hurt the fondness in my heart built by the Last Crusade and Raiders. I disagree this time with both the professional critics and fans who have made this now the second highest grossing Memorial day movie. BTW, I hated the movie thats the highest grossing also.

Saw it. Didn't like it. Posting a review would mean spoilers so I won't. It is barely better than Temple of Doom

My basic question is how anything first come into existence ? Imagine, everything came from nothing. Who, what, how ?

I disagree regarding Preston. I think Preston will not be on the team on opening day.

Driving sensibly (no jack rabitting, no idling when in grocery store etc.) and hypermiling are different ofcourse. Hypermiling may be fine and dandy on a secluded back road in Montana, but is a traffic hindrance in Chicago. Biggest difference is ofcourse if you make a smart choice in the first place by buying a car only a bit bigger than you usually need.

I know of a friend who was hooked on to a psychic who made a lot of money off of her over a 2 year period (last I was in touch with her). Hearing my friend's description of what they used to talk about convinced me that the psychic was a combination of a very good observer, mind reader conversationalist (read: bull$hitter) and scam artist.

Yup ... http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patrio...ead.php?t=82291

I am not sure what point you are trying to make. I do not subscribe to the 'no-tax' theory. However, I am paying my fair share of taxes and have a right to complain when I see that money wasted. Example - subsidies for producing ethanol.

I know I am going to get blasted for saying this. But if no proof is presented, all we will be left with is a bunch of conspiracy theories and feel-good discussions about how we all know the Pats* cheated.

Accounting was never my strong point, but it appears that you have calculated the percent based on gross income and total taxes paid. There are several 'deductions' (and I use the word very loosely) that a company can take before calculating the taxes owed such as depreciation etc. To make a very basic statement, I think it is like calculating taking your gross salary and taxes paid without accounting for standard deductions. Am I missing your point ? Nanker's point is very powerful. Companies such as XOM pay enormous taxes to the government which pays their officials to talk smack about them. Nice.

If Hardy fulfills the first part (maybe a few more TDs) and Evans does the second, I will be happy with the progress.

K-9, nice post and I agree with it. However, we don't have enough depth along the OL. A bit much on the d side and not much on the OL.