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by: JayinPortland

Wed Sep 01, 2010 at 19:00:00 PM PDT


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Less than 20 hours... (4.00 / 2)
...until the return of college football!

Presbyterian and Wake Forest kick off at 6:30 Eastern tomorrow.

Rutgers opens their season tomorrow, as well, 7:30 Eastern, hosting Daniel A. Grout Elementary School Norfolk State.

#15 Pittsburgh at Utah is the game of the day.

Game of the Week goes to #24 Oregon State at #6 TCU on Saturday night.  Jay's Pick - TCU 21, Oregon State 17.

#3 Boise State and #10 Virginia Tech on Monday night will be another great one.  Jay's Pick - Virginia Tech 21, Boise State 20.

Upset pick of the week - Connecticut 42, Michigan 6.

One week ago... (4.00 / 1)
...after it finally became clear the Mets season was over, I adopted the San Diego Padres as my bandwagon team for this year's playoffs.

San Diego has since lost 7 games in a row, and they now only lead San Francisco by 3 games in the NL West.

The lesson, as always - don't let me endorse your baseball* team!

*I'm known for being extremely good at picking college football, sometimes to a scary extent, like predicting three exact final scores in the same week as I did once last year, for whatever that's worth at least...

Ear bugs... (4.00 / 2)
Gha!  Just stumbled across this seemingly unassuming business article - nothing new there, one struggling supermarket chain is thinking of selling off some of its stores.

However, one of the chains being sold by the big company, as anyone who has ever lived in NJ, NY or CT and has listened to local radio surely knows, has one of the most annoying jingles ever dreamed up by what must be the most sadistic ad agency to ever exist on earth.

I thought that thing was out of my head forever.  I thought wrong.

Ear bugs, one of the most underrated pests in the history of mankind.  How do you deal with them organically?

Lol (4.00 / 2)
Ear bugs, one of the most underrated pests in the history of mankind.  How do you deal with them organically?

Ear plugs?

And here I thought "It's a Small World" was the worse. Harold was the plan checker and fire inspector when they built that ride at Disneyland. He had to go over there every day and when the ride was close to completion and they were doing the tests, that song would play over and over and over and over, all, day, long.

No wonder they retire all the firefighters down there on disability.....

Normal people scare me.... But not as much as I scare them.

[ Parent ]
But wouldn't ear plugs... (4.00 / 2)
...only serve to drive the noise even further into your brain?

I think I now know what's behind The Scream.

;)

[ Parent ]
You're right (4.00 / 2)
they're more of a prophylactic strategy. Not much good to close the barn door after the horse has gotten out, er, in.

Normal people scare me.... But not as much as I scare them.
[ Parent ]
A and P (4.00 / 1)
SuperFresh is another A&P store group.

One of my life lacks is, I never heard that jingle. Should I be grateful?

When did A&P become the GREAT Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company?

[ Parent ]
Food Emporium, Food Emporium! (4.00 / 1)
That's the store with the deadly jingle, and yes you should absolutely consider yourself lucky you've never heard it...

;)

[ Parent ]
My girls got new digs! (4.00 / 4)
I've gotten supremely tired of playing easter egg hunt every day. To say nothing about the lowered egg count in the bucket causing the poultry operation to hemorage money like a hemopheliac can hemorage blood.

I still plan on eventually moving the girls into a large flight pen with a new coop. But untill that happens, I needed to do something to make the existing coop more attractive to egg laying, which means outfitting it with more nest boxes and roosts. I was planning on building the boxes out of lumber, and then I saw that the local Fred Meyer had those plastic storage crates on sale for $3.99 each. More spendy than lumber, I could have built plywood boxes for 1/4 of what I spent on the crates, but the crates I could set up in a couple of hours, and building the crates from plywood would have taken a couple days. Plus, when the plastic crates get dirty, all I have to do is take them out a few at a time, soak them in bleach water to clean and disinfect, then put 'em back in the line.

So I went out yesterday and bought 30 crates, which the guys at the store palletized for me and loaded onto the pickup with the forklift. Got home, cut out entry holes with my side grinder and a diamond blade (already had the equipment), and a half hour later I was installing them in the barn. I used 2"X2" fir for the shelf they sit on, which is covered by a layer of old feed bags. Then feed bags are placed in between and folded over the top of each crate. The whole thing is held together with baling twine lashing (I save all of the baling twine from the hay and use it for tieing, braiding into rope, it's very useful). I save all the hay sweepings from the barn and use that as bedding for the next boxes and other nesting areas.

The girls were very curious yesterday as I was setting everything up, and this moring I've had half a dozen holed up in the new boxes. They seem to like them more than the other nest boxes I have or the other laying areas.

My next project is to install slanted banks of roosts in the back of the coop. I'm going to hinge the banks and attach a rope/pully rig so that when I go to clean under them and rebed the roosting area, I'll just have to pull on the rope, and the banks of roosts will swing up to the ceiling of the roosting area. Then when I get done, I can lower them back down. Right now half the birds are roosting in the trees with the nice weather, but come winter, they're all going to want to be in the barn, sheltered from drafts, and, in really cold weather, hanging out around their heating lamps. The indoor roosting areas I have right now are fine for the number of birds I had last year, but not for the big flock we have right now.

Normal people scare me.... But not as much as I scare them.

How They Do Homeless in Portland (4.00 / 2)
Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa

AP

Beaverton police say Mark Eskelsen called 911 from his cell phone, identified himself as "the sheriff of Washington County," and asked for medical help. He later admitted he wasn't the sheriff but informed the dispatcher he'd been "yelling for about an hour and a half."

The man said in his Sunday morning call that he'd been in the water about 10 hours and his towels had gotten wet. As he put it, "I just need a hug and a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows in it."

The Oregonian newspaper says arriving officers arrested Eskelsen for investigation of second-degree criminal trespass and improper use of 911.



"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi
That's Beaverton... (4.00 / 2)
Not Portland.

;)

But seriously, here's an article you might be interested in...

[ Parent ]
The article said a suburb of Portland (4.00 / 2)
I wasn't thinking clearly, thanks for the correction.

Can't get your link to load, it times out, alas.

"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi

[ Parent ]
Yeah, that site's having trouble... (4.00 / 2)
Hope I didn't break it!

;)

Try again if you get a chance, it's worth a read.  Great insights into Portland's homeless community and the culture here.

[ Parent ]
it's still messed up (4.00 / 1)
I did read the first page in Google's cache.

Reminded me of a fellow I was acquainted with in West L.A., who had a bike with a HUGE trailer, upon which he kept an inordinate amount of stuff, including a tent in which he slept. I was impressed.

"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi

[ Parent ]
Actually a pretty cool site... (4.00 / 1)
They've had a few good pieces up lately.  Just started up about 3 months ago.

They may have overextended their original bandwidth, or something?

I'd check tomorrow.

[ Parent ]
And Now, From Seattle (4.00 / 2)
New idea to encourage bicycle use: Clothing optional bikes

The Bremerton Patriot (via the PI) reports that a woman near Bremerton was just riding around naked and prompted a slew of 911 calls. When officers found her, they simply asked her to put her clothes on and then let her go.

Another call, at 4:20 p.m., reported the woman near the Bremerton Airport. The caller said she was now wearing pants and pasties.

Two thoughts. One: Who calls the police when they see a naked biker? Who are they hurting? Two: Good job, officer, for not making a bigger deal out it than it needed to be.



"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi
[ Parent ]
The same thing happened in Portland a few (4.00 / 3)
years ago. A naked woman was riding her bike downtown along the river walkway through Tom McCall Park, then over the river and through SE Portland. The police got several calls, all of them from people who expressed concern that the woman might get hurt. Fall off the bike or, worse yet, get attacked by some jerk. None of the callers were outraged, just a bit worried.

IIRC, the police found her and suggested she think about putting something on, anything, for safety's sake.  And then they let go on her way. Turns out it is not against the law to ride your bike naked in Portland.

[ Parent ]
I'll bet it chaps Beaverton's butt (4.00 / 1)
every time they see themselves described as a suburb of Portland.

Normal people scare me.... But not as much as I scare them.
[ Parent ]
worse yet (0.00 / 0)
it was actually described as a "Portland suburb," which suggests it has no other name at all.  

"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi
[ Parent ]
That article needs (4.00 / 2)
SO MUCH followup.
[ Parent ]
Made me think of that song (4.00 / 2)
by the Suicidal Tendencies (rant, rather) called "Institutionalized."

I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my mom came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming "Mike, Mike!" And I go "what? What's the matter?" She goes "what's the matter with you?" I go "there's nothing wrong, mom." Shes all "don't tell me that! You're on drugs!" I go "no mom, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?" She goes "No! You're on drugs!" I go "mom, I'm ok. I'm just thinking." She goes "No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!" I go "mom, just get me a Pepsi! Please, all I want is a Pepsi!" And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!


"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi
[ Parent ]
Rutgers #1 in Academic Progress Rate... (4.00 / 3)
Take that Governor Douchebag, incessant basher of all things public education in New Jersey -

Rutgers finished No. 1 in the most recent four-year cycle of the APR released on Wednesday, doing so in record-setting fashion with a score of 992 out of a possible 1,000. That broke the mark of 986 set by Stanford in 2008.

Air Force (988), Rice (987), Northwestern (986) and Duke (983) rounded out the top five of the APR among FBS programs. Rutgers is the only state university on that list. [...]

Rutgers was cited one month ago by the NCAA for being the only state university to finish in the top 10 of the APR for three straight years.


Haggis (4.00 / 1)
One of my sons just returned from visiting Scotland and Ireland. He eschewed all opportunities to sample haggis. He figures he did OK, because his roommate had it a couple of times and was not impressed.

Keith made the interesting comment that Scotland reminded him of northwest Montana, just with older, more eroded, lower mountains.

I'd do haggis... (4.00 / 1)
...and I'd do it first thing as soon as I got there!

Jay &hearts Offal*

;)

I just found a new recipe I want to try soon - Trippa alla Romana...

*Yes, I was a years-long vegetarian less than a year ago

[ Parent ]
Your tag line for the product could be - (4.00 / 1)
Jay & Hearts Offaly Good!

Normal people scare me.... But not as much as I scare them.
[ Parent ]
flirting (4.00 / 2)
10 fascinating flirting facts

1. Flirting is good for you. Studies show that people who flirt have higher white blood-cell counts, which boost both immunity and health.

2. Think batting your eyelashes is enough? Wrong! All told, scientists say there are 52 "flirting signals" used by humans. Of these, the hair-flip technique is the most common.

3. In some places, flirting is illegal. In Little Rock, AR, an antiquated law is still on the books warning that engaging in playful banter may result in a 30-day jail term. In New York City, another outdated law mandates that men may be fined $25 for gazing lasciviously at a female; a second conviction stipulates the offender wear a pair of blinders whenever he goes out for a walk.
...


LOL (4.00 / 3)
In New York City, another outdated law mandates that men may be fined $25 for gazing lasciviously at a female

All the male construction workers in the city would go broke if that one was enforced.

When I was working on one of the buildings in Portland, the guys I was working with up on the scaffolding (about 2 stories up) called me over all excited. One of them pointed across the street at a bank of windows on the next door building. He said that if I watched for a minute or two I'd see a naked man walk in front of the window.

Yeah, right. But I watched to humor them. And what da ya know? A naked man walked past the window. Then another, and another. There was a gym up there and they were going from the showers to the locker room.

I hollered "Finally! Something for me to look at!". One of the marble masons laughed so hard I thought he was going to pee himself.

I'll bet those guys still tell that story. I know I do. I really miss doing commercial work. The guys aren't as genteel as they have to be on a residential remodel.

Normal people scare me.... But not as much as I scare them.

[ Parent ]
New York's laws are interesting... (4.00 / 2)
A football player shoots himself in the leg in a nightclub, and gets the book thrown at him.

Thousands of New York drivers recklessly menace the streets (oftentimes on a multiply-suspended license) every single day, and sometimes even kill people, yet as long as they wait at the scene and are not drunk, they get off with no more than a traffic ticket...

I still wonder why the mafia doesn't use "traffic accidents" to carry out hits?

Yeesh, "gazing lasciviously at a female" is illegal in NY... while killing people with a car still isn't necessarily an illegal act in and of itself?

[ Parent ]
Burress... (4.00 / 2)
Bloomberg also urged that Burress be prosecuted to the fullest extent, saying that any punishment short of the minimum 3½ years for unlawful carrying of a handgun would be "a mockery of the law."[23][24] Burress had an expired concealed carry (CCW) license from Florida, but no New York license.

New York law = shoot yourself in the leg without a gun license, go to jail for years.

Kill somebody without a drivers license, pay a small fine.

????????

[ Parent ]
He should take it to SCOTUS (4.00 / 2)
Be good timing on his part.

"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi
[ Parent ]
other places, they outlaw burqas (4.00 / 2)
Decisions, decisions.

"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi
[ Parent ]
Siskiyou County (4.00 / 2)
just got declared a disaster area by the feds; they're getting aid money.

Prolly will still bitch about sucker fish, though.

"If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare to appear in any other form than food." - Mahatma Gandhi

Iowa eggs (4.00 / 1)
Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

By MICHAEL J. CRUMB, Associated Press Writer

State inspectors could examine egg packaging areas, but not areas where hens laid eggs because of rules prohibiting people from walking back and forth between buildings that are aimed at preventing contamination.

David Werning, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, said state inspectors can cite operations if they note problems, but he couldn't recall that the agency had ever done so. Until this week, he said, the agency had never received a complaint about an egg farm.


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