analog_kidd

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I remember helping my mom stick S&H Greenstamps into a booklet, and saving them up, taking them into the local redemption store. I don't think they even have those any more.   I remember the hottest TV show was the Six Million Dollar Man. Now the star is hawking hearing aids or something, on TV.   You used to have to get a licence to operate a CB radio.   Banana Seat bicycles, with a playing card clipped to the forks with a clothes pin to make it sounds like a motorcycle.   Anyone remember the electronics sets that had a bunch of electronic parts on a board with little springs attached to them. They came with a hundred wires and you would clip them into the springs and make something, like a radio. 

I recently learned that the movie Home Alone was released closer to the MOON LANDING than to now.   and...   The original Karate Kid is now the same age that Mr. Miyagi was in the first Karate Kid. He’s 51.   More things here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/things-that-will-make-you-feel-really-old

http://youtu.be/esEdC0c3YI4     I'm only Happy When it Rains!   I'm a Whitewater Kayaker, and let me tell you this has been an unusual summer. Usually we go kayaking in the winter when it rains a lot and the ground is hard, and the trees don't drink it all up. But, it's usually 35 degrees out too. Being able to kayak on these same rivers during the summer, wearing nothing but a lifejacket is AWESOME!

Yeah, the first time he got skunked, a year ago, I used the Peroxide mixture and I expected it to have made him a platinum blonde, I couldn't tell the difference in his coat color, but I'm color blind and don't see shades very well.   It did make his skin all dried out and I had to use some kind of pet lotion on him.     I forgot to mention in my OP, that he is a Dachshund. So, the long story short is: I was looking for some love, but what I got instead was a small, stinky, wiener.   :stunned:   Yeah, we got a million wiener jokes in my house.

  I did add the Dawn, but I forgot to mention it. The recipe I used was two pints hydrogen peroxide, 1/4 cup baking soda and two tablespoons of Dawn dishwashing detergent. 

We have a nice restaurant within walking distance to our house (Market House near Jackson Square in Oak Ridge) that my wife and I like to go to. Not only is the food really good, but they have a nice selection of beer. So, my wife and I decided to go on a date to the restaurant last night. We decided to walk so we could partake of the adult beverages.   We had a really nice dinner, drank a bit, laughed a lot, drank some more. It was a great evening. We walked home under the stars, the temperature nearly perfect, holding hands, giggling like a couple of school kids. I'm thinking this night is just going to get better  :devil:   We get to the house and I see my stupid dog rolling around in the grass. Not just rolling, but plowing the ground with his face. That's when we noticed the smell of the skunk. I go over to the fence and, yep, he got it.   So, now it's 10:30 at night and I'm outside giving my dog a peroxide and baking soda bath. The beer buzz is pretty much gone, and my hands and arms smell like skunk.   Let's just say my dog was not the only one that got skunked last night!  :mad:

Public Notice from the GSMNP:   The Great Smoky Mountain National Park Service is advising hikers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and be alert for bears while in the field. ...We advise that outdoorsmen wear small bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them, and to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter....   It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear droppings. Black bear droppings are smaller and contain lots of berries and fur. Grizzly bear droppings have little bells in it and smell like pepper.

I built a PC and attached it to my entertainment center. There are PC cases available that look very similar to other A/V equipment, so it fits right in with the rest of my stuff. I got a video card that has HDMI out and it connects right into my stereo, which connects to the TV. With a wireless card, I can browse the Internet and play content from most broadcast station (ABC, NBC, etc.) Most content looks pretty good, but some is a little over compressed. It is a pain to browse and find the show, however.   There are several applications that are available for free that you can use to stream content to the PC that makes it a little easier. I use XBMC (http://xbmc.org/), which does a lot right out of the box, but there are a bunch of add-ons that you can load that will get you even more channels.So far, I have been able to find every show I wanted to watch.   On a PC, you can also install the NetFlix app, use Hulu, Amazon, Boxee. It kind of opens up a lot more than limiting yourself to what one proprietary box can do.

A friend of mine has a Mini Cooper, and there isn't even a spot for a spare tire on the car. He says the cars come with Run Flat tires. The bad thing is they only lasted him something like 20,000 miles and then it cost well over $1000 to replace them. Twice! This last time, he just replaced them with regular tires and says he prays he doesn't get a flat.

We have a crazy neighborhood lady that puts her trash out in the back yard to attract the wildlife. (She actually had her house overrun by raccoons at one point and she was sleeping in her van in the driveway, but that is another story). Anyway the animals that came for dinner attracted a coyote. Her house borders one of the Oak Ridge Green Ways.   Her next door neighbor has a few cats and she was worried about the coyote killing them. She didn't know what to do, so I called the city Animal Control, which is actually a division of the Police Dept.   They told me that the coyote was wildlife and not their responsibility. they would be happy to come if it were a dog or cat. I should call a trapper and pay to have it removed. I was pretty annoyed, like you, that they would allow citizens to be endangered because they didn't want to do their job. Since I knew they were the police, I thought I'd at least get a rise out of them and asked if I could shoot it with a .22 since I felt threatened for my safety, and that of my grandkids and neighbors. He got real serious and said "It is illegal to discharge any gun in the City. What did you say your name was?" I already knew it was illegal and would not have done it anyway. So then, just to keep it going I asked if I could shoot it with an arrow. He didn't answer right away, so I jumped in and said "I'm going to take your silence to mean you just don't want to know about it. Thanks, Bye" and hung up.   My next call was to the TWRA, who also said it was not their responsibility, and I should call a trapper or trap it myself. I asked if I trapped it, would they come and pick it up and relocate it, and she said "No, I had to get rid of it myself". I told her the City said I could not shoot it, so how was I supposed to get rid of it? And since I'm such a smartass I said, "What am I supposed to do, club it to death?" She got all serious on me too and said, "Sir, clubbing an animal to death.....is a perfectly acceptable form of euthanization".  :stunned:   I guess she got me.   Anyway the coyote finally moved on, or someone else got rid of him, since he is not around anymore. I swear I didn't do it.

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Hello America, my name is Analog_Kidd. On behalf of ALL media talking head types, I would like to apologize for them being arrogant, self serving, publicity whoring, ambulance chasing, race baiting, left leaning, Obama loving, America hating, flatulent blowhards. They didn't ask me to apologize, but it needed saying. They'll thank me later.

Quick, someone call the Westboro Baptist nut cases and tell them some soldiers are going to be there. Perhaps they'll start a fight and we can kill two birds with one stone.

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Looks like Stevie won't be doing many shows in the states. By this graphic I count 15 states that he can visit:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/2012/04/07/gIQA82t61S_graphic.html

Hey, Stevie, the 80's called. They were wondering where you've been.

  Apparently, great minds think alike  :up:

The only thing that would have made that video better, is if the ice broke while he was kneeling there in pain.

Got mine on the back of my truck. I was leaving work one day and noticed on the way out that another employee had a sticker on his vehicle. I recognized him, but did not know he was a member here. Sent him an email the following day and made sure he knew we were TGO brothers.

Unless you are camping out in the back country, I wouldn't worry about bear spray.They usually stay away from the populated areas most folks visit. The rangers take bear sightings very seriously. If there is a bear seen in a campground, they get right on it and trap and relocate the bear. A bear that gets into the habit of eating people food is usually a dead bear. They will try to relocate it once or twice, then it gets put down. The park does not want any bear attacks or people freaked out over their campsite being ransacked.   Plus, on the rare occasion I have seen a bear, they have always been about the size of a large German Sheppard, and were very timid.

  Sorry, I don't have the time or money to go to court to teach the cop what he should already know. There are a ton of laws and I don't expect cops to know all of them, but I expect them to know most, and I certainly expect them to be fully aware of what a citizens civil rights are.

I'm PADI certified, but have not dove for over 15 years. I had all my own gear when lived in Florida, but I sold it all when I moved to TN. I don;t think I would feel comfortable diving again without getting re-certified, or at least taking some kind of refresher.     I did all my diving in that area too. I grew up in Boynton Beach.

  I don't really know how they are with open carry, as I have no experience with them in that regard. I do know that every one I have met has been extremely professional, and they all appear to know the law very well. Plus, in the back country they travel alone, so if you were to meet one, and you are polite, courteous, and friendly, they will likely not have a problem with you. Of course it goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway) never use the opportunity of being in the middle of nowhere in the GSMNP to do a little target practicing. It will not end well for you. THAT the rangers would not  be OK with.

A guy I know went to have his kids names inked onto his arm. Only thing is, the artist misspelled the name. The guy caught it right after the wrong letter was inked on around the middle of the name. No problem, let's do it again on the other arm. He probably should have made sure the artist knew the correct spelling, because he did the exact same thing on the other arm.   Moral of this story is make sure the artist knows how to spell the name you are having tattooed on your body.