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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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Aluminum pours very well when the steel container is a bright cherry red, or about 1500 degrees Fahrenheit.
Aluminum cannonballs are a hell of a lot of fun.
Iron cannons are really a pain to cast and they are generally so heavy that when your father cleans out his garage and throws away lots of your things, the cannon will usually stay.
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Miles Long
Joined: 27 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Supergirl's supermonkey is named Beppo.
Federico Fellini and Michaelangelo Antonioni had a long standing feud.
I have seen my own insides, and NOT via MRI, xray, or any other device. I saw them the old fashioned way, in a Korean hospital shortly after emergency surgery. And not in a jar either; they were still in my midsection!
I have also taken part in a menage a trois, (thank goodness for female drama students), so I think that cancels out the previously mentioned threeway. Sorry dude.
I know where I can score a pound of the stinkiest chronic anyone on this board has ever seen.
Wow! This is fun! |
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Dazed and Confused
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:46 am Post subject: |
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I know how to roll a perm.
I know the difference between Hemodialysis and CPAD.
I know what it sounds like when bones break into 2 pieces. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:59 am Post subject: |
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I know...why Doraemon has no ears, and why he is afraid of mice; Mike Bossy's jersey number; what it's like to go temporarily blind in one eye; ALL the words to the cartoon Spiderman Song; how to always win at roulette, as recorded by Albert Einstein; the best heavy metal band name ever, still as yet unused by an actual band; how to make an amazing musical instrument out of an oven rack and a long piece of string; and, also, I know the names of Mars' two moons.
I know a lot of useless stuff. |
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| I know all the words to "Auld Lang Syne" - apparently few people do |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| beercanman wrote: |
| I know all the words to "Auld Lang Syne" - apparently few people do |
Yes, but can you pronounce the words correctly? |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| I always struck out. So would that be a menage a try? Sorry. |
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| morrisonhotel wrote: |
| beercanman wrote: |
| I know all the words to "Auld Lang Syne" - apparently few people do |
Yes, but can you pronounce the words correctly? |
Probably not, but if Groundskeeper Willie helped me out I bet I could. |
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rusty1983
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| the ireland wrote: |
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- bookmakers (which a legal in u.k and Ireland) keep a detailed file on the regular high spending customers |
They do?
Never noticed. |
and also with some irregular customers too |
I used to work in a bookies when I was at uni. This is correct, anytime someone with a bit of wellly comes in you have to type their name into the computer and the bet is recorded. Likewise anytime someone bets over �200, you have enter a name and phone head office to authorise it. Often you dont know their name though so you type in something like 'the tall drunk' and 'big black guy'. Also, behind every counter are pictures of suspicious betters from around the area, people who try to rip you off and such.
Once I was working in what is basically Moss Side, next to a tower block grim as. A black guy came in in trackies and started putting on bets of like �300 a time and he stayed for a few hours. He was so obviously trying to wash money that if we had called the police he probably wouldve got sent down there and then.
The worst thing about it though, and I actually feel wrong about saying this is - quite a few of the managers I worked with used to keep hold of discarded tickets and when there was a quiet moment theyd check them. Occasionally you had a mistakenly discarded winner and theyd pocket it. Especially in a shop where there were a lot of drunks this was quite common. Sometimes as well, there'd be a bet put on late which was lost and thus discarded by the punter. If the bet goes on late then they get a refund, that is, if they realise it is late. |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| How to have fun and live life as ridiculously as possible. |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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I know a lot about needles...I can knit a pair of mittens or a hat without a pattern, I can give a shot, I can start an IV, or I can perform a cavity embalming procedure with a very large needle that is called a trocar
I know how to embalm a dead body
I know how to suture with a baseball stitch on a post-autopsy (see above)
I know what the inside of your heart looks like...in fact, I know what most of your insides look like, including the insides of your head.
I know the difference between a sheet metal hammer and a carpentry hammer.
I know the difference between alstromaria and gypsophylia...and that these are flowers, not diseases.
I know how to start a catheter in someone who can't pee after a surgery.
When I go to a fancy coffee shop, I can tell the difference between the ones from Ethiopia vs. the ones from Latin America. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I've read more wikipedia than anyone I know. I always win when watching jeopardy and yelling answers at the tv with my friends. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| rusty1983 wrote: |
| the ireland wrote: |
| Sergio Stefanuto wrote: |
| the ireland wrote: |
- bookmakers (which a legal in u.k and Ireland) keep a detailed file on the regular high spending customers |
They do?
Never noticed. |
and also with some irregular customers too |
I used to work in a bookies when I was at uni. This is correct, anytime someone with a bit of wellly comes in you have to type their name into the computer and the bet is recorded. Likewise anytime someone bets over �200, you have enter a name and phone head office to authorise it. Often you dont know their name though so you type in something like 'the tall drunk' and 'big black guy'. Also, behind every counter are pictures of suspicious betters from around the area, people who try to rip you off and such.
Once I was working in what is basically Moss Side, next to a tower block grim as. A black guy came in in trackies and started putting on bets of like �300 a time and he stayed for a few hours. He was so obviously trying to wash money that if we had called the police he probably wouldve got sent down there and then.
The worst thing about it though, and I actually feel wrong about saying this is - quite a few of the managers I worked with used to keep hold of discarded tickets and when there was a quiet moment theyd check them. Occasionally you had a mistakenly discarded winner and theyd pocket it. Especially in a shop where there were a lot of drunks this was quite common. Sometimes as well, there'd be a bet put on late which was lost and thus discarded by the punter. If the bet goes on late then they get a refund, that is, if they realise it is late. |
Most of the above was true for our shop too.
We had one guy who used to come into our bookies who gambled �97,000 in one day, he ended up being up about �500 but there was one time in the day he was down about �10k. If we ever told him we didn't have the cash to pay him but we could pay him in cheque he used to say he would wait till later in the day to collect it in cash. He didn't seem to understand that gambling winnings are tax free for him and he could have laundered all his money by getting paid by cheque but because he only used cash he was no evidence the money was 'clean'.
We gave our customers 30 seconds grace to put their bets on for a race, (not if it was a short 2furlong race though) our system would tell us if it was too far over the time and if it was we would void it before the race finished and inform the customer in case their horse won and they got angry. We also gave them refunds on losers if they left before we could inform them it was too late. we never (to my knowledge) cashed late bets for ourselves.
We also used alphameric as our computer system, their paper (for the till)is a crazy amount more expensive than other paper but if you use other paper your warranty and maintenance is void so our shop (and the rest of the chain) would keep some alphameric paper in stock and should a problem occur with the computer they would swap over the cheap paper with the proper paper and then call for help.
Some points customers need to know:
when there are only regulars or the shop is empty the staff don't watch horse racing on the tvs facing them, instead we watch normal tv programmes 
we have heard all the stories about what horse you were gonna back but changed your mind at the last second.....we don't care
You have a great tip for the 3:40 at kempton??? we don't care cos we know how much you lose
You tell your mates you won �200 today, but you don't tell them about the �2000 you've lost in the past month
When your wife calls you walk out of the shop so she can't hear the tv
yes, you do need a shower
No, you can not use the staff toilets
the girls behind the counter find you repulsive
your hand writing is shit
don't write your bets at home with red pen, the computer system can't read it
we enter the bets manually, that picture you get back does not mean it's entered so stop writing like a 3 year old
lucky 15's and 21's are a pin in the arse to enter
as is the lotto
there are about 20 bins in the shop, stop throwing your dockets on the floor
adding up your bett on the ott before all the races does not bring bad luck.......horse racing is corrupt, that's most likely the reason your 1/12 on horse fell at the last fence, not because you calculated your possible winnings
we take great enjoyment of idiots putting their entire dole money on one horse only to see it lose
One of the staff members behind th counter always has to go to the toilet, sink, back till etc when you put on your bet?? you either smell, are annoying, they generally hate you or they don't like the fact that you make sexual comments about them
I'm sure there are more things I could talk about but that's enough for now |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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the unique pleasures of a manage-a-trois  |
Mostly I like your posts, but this one...Let me guess: Thailand? |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| reactionary wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| the unique pleasures of a manage-a-trois |
Mostly I like your posts, but this one...Let me guess: Thailand? |
I thought he was referring to the time he tried using both hands. |
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