Every time I get a call from the Value Village truck-people that asks if I have anything to leave out for the truck that will be in the neighborhood - I say 'yes' and then find a bag of stuff to donate. It keeps me going through my stuff and I always seem to find something else for them to pick up.

But, but - this would ruin my 'genetic banana' trick:

They will have nice, sterile 'sleeves' so you won't have to touch them just like the gloves food-workers use (and the the a@@-gaskets on toilet seats).

I remember a SciFi short story about a time-traveling big-game hunter proudly walking towards his kill when he is jumped by fleas looking for a new host.

Arrgghhh! What did they do to that poor woman's belly button? I kind of looks like it was moved to the side

Thank you - you are a wonderful person. What a nice, cogent point well made.

But inertiak is wrong and so are you; the body is homeostatic and tends to maintains its current state. For most of its evolutionary history, the body has had to defend against weight loss so selection has been for bias in favor of regulatory systems that defend against deficits of body fat. There has been less…

That seems to fit one of the 3 mentioned categories. What I would like to hear/see is something like "Xena is one hell of a female" whereas, the usage I normally run across is more like "don't start acting female". Two females and a male is statistical usage.

Oops - I changed topics without warning, the engine reference was actually to locomotives not to put-puts/speeders. As you are probably aware, the locomotives/engines weigh so much that the PSI load when the drive wheels slip creates enough friction to melt the steel rails.

Take it for what it is and let it go. Why the hell do you have to come up with something better to do? They did it for this little girl - you don't get to second guess their act of kindness. The possibilities of what else could have been done and for whom is limited only by your imagination and all you could think…

Interesting thought - many of the things we did in our youth could easily now be considered more than just youthful hijinks. Evel Knievel grew up in Butte MT and could not go to the opening of the movie about him because there was still a warrant out for blowing up the jail. I never got into explosives - er, except…

Let's see, I was walking from school, across the tracks and up the hill so i was about 9 years old (1957-8) - we were pretty wild kids. I still put nickels on tracks because they get squished pretty thin.

I have a sleep number bed and the air pump started leaking so I replaced it and now I have a spare air pump that can be controlled remotely - any suggestions on what I can use it for?

@jesse morrison: This is for you:

You have no idea what a load of crap you are spewing. The database that those cops were using are specifically designed for official use only and every time they log in they have to click on a 'yes' button to agree to the rules and regulations for the use. If they looked up anyone without an official reason, they…

Me too! It is the first game in years that I paid full price for - heck, I pre-ordered for the bonus and Steam took it onto the cloud and I never actually got my bonus. Plus my system is so old I have to degrade the game and the damned font does not read at all well but it is still the most fun I have had in a long…

When I was growing up in Livingston MT, there were modded station wagons that had the drop down 'trucks'. There were also small vehicles we called 'put-puts' but also called speeders, jiggers. We used to half-throw the switches to watch the put-puts fall over; we also use to put oil on the tracks on this really…

@corrections:

You know that duck (or other fowl) fat is what kosher Jews use as schmalz; in fact, many Jewish restaurants keep a pitcher of schmalz on the table.

And yet he had to use the weasel-y "... and apologize to anybody who has taken offense." Just effing apologize, for gawd's sake.