Cheeseburger in Paradise

I think Don Henley wrote that song after he was caught with an underage girl in a hotel by some local TV station. He makes some good points with oits lyrics, but his motivation was hardly some "rage against the mainstream media", rather it was driven by his own anger at getting caught.

Clark Hall is on the Main St. campus and used to be where the Bulls played basketball. Very small venue (less than 5K seats, probably built in the 30's or 40's. I imagine it is still standing, at least it was while I was there (79-82, yikes!!!).

I think one of the reasons the Boeing Aircraft Company was located in the Pacific Northwest was the easy availibity of spruce lumber, a key part of early airframes. The continued presence of the Boeing Co. during the WW2 buildup led to construction of the Columbia and Grand Coulee Dams on the Columbia River, which is the largest source of hydroelectric power in the US.

One of the better PPP posts in some time.

That was the first concert I went to as well!!! Saw Black Sabbath at the NF Covnention Center a month or so afterwards, I think I was in 9th grade at the time!! Probably the best was Commander Cody at the Tralf, sometime in the mid 80's. I remember seeing The Bachman Turner Overdrive (!!!!) at the Salty Dog in Buffalo, got totally hammered and had a great time. I think the music was pretty good also.

A sensible response (strangley enough) to a somewhat strange question. As if a football score should have a lasting impact on a persons life. This is TBD, however.

One of the happiest days of my life was when I finally sold my house in the DeVaux area. This after owning it for 17 years, but trying to rent it out (successfully, kind of) for fifteen. Talk about having an albatross removed...... I still miss the place.

I think the turbine car was required to restrict its air intake port, it made the car uncompetitive and other driving teams stopped using it. I think the l;ast person to use an Offy powered car in the Indy 500 was Jim Hurtibise from North Tonawanda, it was also the last front engine car that qualified at Indy.

Maybe it ought to be harder for the high school graduate to get ahead. Few, if any, society's will reach thier full potential by relying on a minimal education expectation for the majority of its citizens. As was stated in a previous post, universal college education may be difficult. Encouraging people to attain that college eductaion by having it be hard to get ahead without would probably benefit our society in the long run.

Buy plugs for both you and your kid. NASCAR races are louder, but both types will be louder than any other sporting event you have been to, especially if you are sitting close to the track. Both types of races are fun to go to, but NASCAR puts on a better "show". Racing is like hockey, it's best experienced in person, rather than TV. I'd recommend going to the Ford 400, a good time.

You are a "diick", but you are also somewhat perversely proud of it. Go with your strengths.

Don't flatter yourself, you are neither that important or interesting to warrant "stalking".

Standard NRA talking points. Now try to tell us how you think for yourself. Lemming.

Absolutely a classic. You have captured the essence of the PPP circle jerk perfectly.

I highly doubt if you could pull out 5 better looking women 43 years old. I am reasonably confident that any attempt on yours, or anybody that posts on TBD, to approach such women would result in police involvement. Any "pulling" egarding this topic would most likely be done solo by the posters here.

Please don't take this post as evidence I support either the Ramius / DCT side or the HA / wooley side. I think in your example where you manuipulate the environment, and consequently get a lower raw IQ score, you would find the same variation in scores across the general population if each subject took the second test in the altered enviroment. I believe that is what IQ tests measures, the variance across the general population. A subject achieving a score two standard deviations above the mean in prime test taking conditions would likely achieve a score two standard deviations above the mean in the altered test taking conditions, as the entire population would have lower scores. If that was to be the case, I think it would strengthen the validity of the IQ (or whatever you want to call it) test. You probably need a better example to discredit IQ tests, I am sure they are out there. Regarding crayonzquestions, I recall reading somewhere that yong men,(ages 20 - 25, or so) are now having imlpants being placed under the skin on their skulls so it looks as if they have small devil horns. Perhaps Ed can tell us something about that. (haven't heard from him in a while)

Anybody drinking Piehls, in any amount, is a problem.

90%. When I first moved to the Virgin Islands I was required to take a written test, which I failed (significantly, I might add.) It was a test based on the written test from the Puerto Rico, adpated for the VI (we drive on the right side of the road, maximum speed limit is 35 mph and some other nuances) The actual test, however, had been orginally written in English, translated into Spanish for Puerto Rico, and then translated back into English for the VI. Reading the questions was like reading an owners manual for a Japanese motorcycle back in the 60's..."all your bases are belong to us" type of stuff. I still haven't tried to get a VI license yet, and probably never will.

Your points are well taken, but would benefit from historical perspective. After the completion of the Erie Canal and the subsequent development of hydrpower in Niagara Falls, Buiffalo was among the ten largest cities in the United States. Certainly it falied to maintain that status, and by the 1960's had dropped considerably in stature. Many of the things that led to the city's downfall had little to do with the benefits of it geographic location. Unfavorableworkmens compensation laws, local high wages for manufacturing employees, a manufacturing infrastructure that had had little capital investment since the 1940's, and significant improvments in transportation and power infrastructure that opened the west and south for lower cost manufacturing activity all contributed to Buffalos ongoing demise.

Bob Kalsu was the player, not sure of the number

About 25 years ago (Yikes!), my next door neighbor was receiver wioth UB (when they were playing Div III ball), he was one of their leading receivers in pass happy offense. He got a shot at the Bills training camp as a free agent. He lasted until the first cut. His statement back then was that he got very few reps in training camp (not that he would have gotten many anyway, the coach at the time Chuck "three runs, and a cloud of dust" Knox. He said that the top draft pick at receiver for the Bills that year was Perry Tuttle out of Clemson. They had very similar 4o times, they were about the same size, etc, etc. I think we all knnow how well Perry Tuttle turned out for the Bills I think it is pretty tough for an undrafted free agent from a small program to get noticed in an NFL camp.

No open container laws in the Virgin Islands. In fact, most convenience stores have bottle openiers adjacent to the cash register so you can open your beer as pay for your gasoline!!

"Love Hurts" was written and originally recorded by Roy Orbison in the early 60's. The Big "O" was a master at the "slow / sad" song.

Too right, many people think radio stations are in business to inform / entertain / agree with viewpoints of their listeners. Radio stations are in business to make money, nothing else. I think I recall reading that WHLD will sell hour long bolckis of programming where the purchser can detremine the content. Your opinion is so damn important that you have to broadcast it??????, the you will have to pay for the privilege. I listen to NPR, support it, but I think its subsidy from the government is out of line.

I think Paup was a member of the Bills when he won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award.