A guy took a dive off (suicide) a 28 story building and hit the sidewalk 30 feet from me! I was in traffic on a motorcycle at the time, I didn't even know what happened, I just heard a big boom and wondered why all the people were reacting so strangely! Then heard about it later! I've always wondered if the guy changed his mind on the way down.
Wow miter, what a thought. Talk about "too late" to change your mind about something. It's too bad some people go to such extremes, when maybe if they just waited a little while, they may feel differently the next day. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. As I have said about anorexia, the same could be said about suicide. Just because it's a very strong idea, doesn't mean it's a good one.
Miter, right back at ya, I know what you feel. I crossed the street (a busy one called Broadway) one day and I heard a loud thump with a couple of bumps after. I was going downhill heading to work after crossing a very major road in Vancouver. I looked back, the world had stood still. In slow motion I remember walking back towards the sound (I somehow knew something really bad had happened, I hadn't had time to fathom what) It was unreal. I walked back up the hill and as the street came into view a lot happened at once. Multiple images of 1. body on the ground askew at a really bad angle (in a split second I remember thinking to myself I'm glad I have really poor vision) 2. A lot of people coming to help (a part of me, regretfully thinking, oh, maybe I won't be late to work again, maybe I'm not needed (I have felt awful about that thought for a very long time and before any of you vilify me, trust me, I still hate myself for that thought)) I have not repeated that since.......I kept walking towards the heap on the ground (sorry, but honestly, at that point, that's what she looked like.....remember we are talking seconds here). The closer I got the more the people surrounded her. By the way I knew it was a girl because there was a skirt and a heeled shoe beside me. When I saw the huge group surrounding her I knew I couldn't help any more than they were. I turned back to my original direction, still doubting if I should or could leave and I went to work. I will never forget the sounds or the fact that for an instance I thought about my job security. Well I said a lot more than I meant to, but my heart goes out to you miter for what you witnessed and I hope that the lady on Broadway is at peace.
riza, don't for a minute think we would put you down for your honest reaction. Tough spot for anyone to be in, hard to judge what we would do unless we were there. Not to mention, a shocking situation, no one could predict how they would react in the same circumstances. Damn, don't feel bad about it anymore. There was nothing you could do anyway. You didn't cause it, you couldn't fix it, so let it go.
Eeeew. Feel for all you guys who've witnessed stuff like this first-hand. My understanding of 'jumpers' is that anything falling from above a certain height onto a hard surface tends to result in the body...well... kinda exploding on impact.
Had the misfortune to open a jpeg sent to me by a gore-loving friend of mine some years ago. It was the remains of someone who'd gone off something like the 50th floor of an office building. His remains were 'spread' across a much larger area of pavement than he would've if he was lying down alive!
Horrible.
An ex-girlfriend's father comitted suicide - went off a bridge onto concrete below. So sad. So avoidable but sometimes people who seem ok are genuinely so ill / emotionally introspective that they can't seem to ask for help.
Well I hate to say it (my friends would say "Yeah right") but I've been to some of the goriest scenes... besides that jumper, there was another jumper that went off Burton Tower in Ann Arbor, a woman who survived for 1/2 hour after, that was really bad! Then the goriest of all, "The plane crash" when I was 15. A twin engine Cessna did a "controlled flight into ground" (pilot disorientation in the clouds) in our neighborhood. My friends and I were damn near first on scene...two men on woman on board, parts strewn all over (I'm not talking aircraft parts either) leg on roof, burning head in wreckage, half torso in bushes, biggest splat on brick house you ever saw, dog running away with a chunk of human...bad scene, lots of carnage..got home later to Mom serving spaghetti!!
I could go on and on but wont! EMS work and all, adds up to a lot of gore..
riza don't beat yourself up on the issue of not doing something. For one thing, there's nothing you could have done and to deal with that type of carnage you need to be "hardened" to it. Something you really don't want in your personality! Unless of course you have a job that requires it.
Thanks for the sentiment guys, but I think I'll hold onto this 'sour' bit. I had a moment of cold heartedness, antipathy, disassociation, desensitization....well whatever you want to lable it....I had a blip of 'cold' and I hope I never forget....that way I won't slip into it again. Sometimes we gotta remind ourselves to care. (every day)
Japanese have a stange sense of humor but the more I watch of their vids the more I'm starting to get it. I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.
How would you like to be sitting in the building and watch it fly down past you, not knowing what was going on. Awww shit, another executive committing suicide! Better than a samurai sword to the gut, i guess!
Back after a weeks worth of R-and-R (although in reality, with all the holiday rushing about, it didn't seem like either).
I see Streamlined and his nutty, frothing-at-their-mouths posse have more or less kept a low profile, after getting the living shit kicked out of them last week. Hey Stream! Have you declared war yet on all those cars that are killing Americans? LOL! Fruitcake. Looking back over the weeks postings, I also see that Mr. Mako, Randy-Man, Billy-B, Riza, Skids, mitercut, podster, Mr. Bug and Chaz-Man (have I missed anyone?) have been adding some pretty lively posts, and sprucing the place up quite nicely. Nice to see you all again!
The past few videos have been lacking in a lot of respects, haven't they? The three main issues that usually galvanize everyone on these threads, are any videos having anything to do with Iraq, religion and all matters dealing with "patriotism" (whatever definition THAT falls under). I'm actually kind of surprised that the Glumbert Administration hasn't seen this pattern, and thrown more fuel onto the flames of debate and discussion. Too bad.
I see that I still have my stalker lurking about. Good. I would hate to think my popularity was waning, if it were otherwise.
hey guys! (and gals!) You're all gonna love this! True story! Last week, on my first day off, I was huddled underneath my pile of warm blankets and comforters. The doorbell rings. This was, like, oh about 9 a.m. or so. I do NOT like being up at that hour on my day off. At all. The kids are off to school; it's quite in the house; just me and the wifey. So I get up to see who the fuck is bothering me, right? Up I go, unruly hair and pajamas and all. I already decided if it was any kind of salesman, he was gonna say buh-bye to his liver. I open the door, and some young fella is standing there, dressed smartly in a dark suit (even though it was fuckin' snowing around him, and freezing).......and he was holding a.....bible...in front of him.
He smiels broadly, sticks out his hand and says : "Good morning, Sir! I'm here on behalf of the Assemblies of God, and I'd like to know if you like to help in not only spreading the word of God and the Scriptures, but in also trying to put the "Christ" back in "Christmas".
Any guesses as to what my response/reaction was? I've given you all the scenario.
Insert your answer here.
(closest match/guess/answer will recieve a VERY special holiday gift from Canuck Enterprises Inc.)
C first tries to be nice, and politely says "now is not a good time son" to which the young man replies, but sir, it's always time to spread the word of God, god loves you, you know, his only son died for you, you know, Jesus saves, you know.... C says, I'm sorry so...But sir, you must let Jesus into your heart, I used to be all messed up on drugs, and now I'm all messed up on the lord, I mean now...( looking at the front of Canucks house toward the front door) two neighbors walking by hear a door slam, they see a smartly dressed young man in a dark suit upside down in a snow bank legs flailing with some dark rectangular book like object protruding from his ass!
Canuck you haven't missed much since you've been gone.
I'm surprised they weren't Mormons. Then again they'd have a bicycle. So apparently the storm troopers of diversity have declared war on Christmas, which is no surprise to hear Papa Bear Bill OReiley talk about it incessantly. *sigh and shakes head* It's America, as a result, people have the right to be stupid and think that "Christ" is out of Christmas. They just need a candy cane shoved up their ass if you ask me.
Religious guy: "Are yall be knowin that Christmas is a celebration of our Lord Jesus Christ?" Canuck1963 : "First let me ask, do you think the Iraq war is a good thing, and the world is 6000 years old." Religious guy: "Yessa, that-a be correct." Canuck1963 : "You know that confederate flag pin on your jacket is offensive?" Religious guy: "The Lord be watchin and, um an, heeb love us all. I za hab ah pamphlet on the wurd of Christ." Canuck1963 : "Fine. Now go away. " (Door closing Canuck glances down at the the web address on the pamphlet. ) CONTACT ME ON LINE WWW.GLUMBERT.COM [User name: STREAMLINED]
Canuck1963 : "OH! -- MY! -- GOD!" (From some distance away, and fading away into the snow)
Religious guy: "PRAISE BE! I saved another un Lord!"
"Happy Xmas sir, c'mon in! Let me get you an egg nog..."
C turns on his computer and boots up Ziegeist...
"Now just watch this, don't move, I'll be back in a couple of hours..."
C shuffles off to bed and starts dozing again...
Two hours later he awakes to the sound of sobs from downstairs. Wanders down, consoles the gobsmacked little chap with another glass of egg nog, opens the door and lets a born-again realist out into the community
Job done, C, in his dressing gown pauses by the front door, yawning happily whilst gently scratching his nuts. He looks up and down the street... all is good... he glances down to pick up the paper, farts a little louder than perhaps he should and then shuffles back inside to continue his relaxing day at home
You've gotta be fucking kidding me. You little twat, let me tell you what's be happening in my life. I know who I love, I know how I love, I know what life I lead, and I know what life to lead, I have a heart which hurts a lot, I have a wife I love a lot, children are the life I lead, for them I would bleed, a bright red heart on Valentines, an Easter Egg so sublime, on Birthdays I run around alot with a big fat smile among the lot, on Christmas Eve I stay up late, to make sure everything is bright and light. I love so many who love me back..............my name is Canuck.
So much for my train of thought, sounded better in my head. anyhow, Merry Chrstmas, or Happy Holidays......whichever you prefer. (P.S. At the time I really thought Canuck ryhmed with back....don't ask me why)
Guess #1. You invited him in for some cocoa....
then gave him 4 hours of non stop political and religious debate... than yelled something about a sports team when you let the screen door hit him in the ass on his way out?
Guess #2. ....wait....do we only get 1 match/guess/answer each???
because you have really started something here...albeit funny.
You took him Christmas shopping with you and showed him the true meaning of "Christ"mas?
Oh no...wait...you captured his image on video...watching 2girls1cup vid?
geeez...I will need to do a lot of posting to win this VERY special holiday gift since I was unable to win FIRST posts...Laptop took a crap...had to send it away...just got it back...good luck to all you FIRST posters!
I would also like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season.
That should cover all the bases..(Merry Christmas, Joyous Kwanza, Mele Kalikimaka, Happy Hana...) you get the picture...
Whatever your religion or belief / non belief...
That was friggin hilarious. Trying to jazz up 2 girls. I am sorry, but if the teacher didn't put a limitation on presentable material he certainly deserves more than a 0%.
I would think it would depend on what other students presented as far as paper quality and length as to determine the grade. C'mon he should gt a minimum of a D for that paper. There was some thought and creativity put into describing the vid.
Remember how Stream and his posse were all up-in-arms over screaming about "victory" and "winning" and blah-be-dee-fuckin'-blah-blah? Well, I guess he and they finally found their niche:
Hey Stream! Do you think your Saudi friends would ever do something like this for ya? (in between breeding/fomenting/creating the extremists who love to kill Americans, that is).
Well?
Ah, screw it.
I'll save you the trouble of saying it, by saying THIS:
Read the article more closely. It's not reflecting the views of nurses, it's reflecting the views of UNIONS who hope to represent (aka- make money) off of them. Not the same. Unions are worse than lawyers....bloodsucking scum....but that's a topic for another day.
If you live in America and don't have the brains/education to get a job that provides healthcare benefits (or can't pay for them on your own) then you deserve to be screwed. It's the process of Natural Selection. We all ready pay for the deadbeats now. (Think Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, etc..) We don't need universal healthcare..............we need people in this country to be accountable for their own actions and do something to improve their lives instead of sitting on their butts and waiting for the taxpayers to give them a handout. Free healthcare should be given ONLY to those that have no other options. For them I can symathize. All others- tough luck. Laziness is not an excuse for a handout.
Anyway, I'm getting off track. Universal Healthcare- Not needed
Tort reform- we NEED it today!!!!
BS lawsuits are what's driving the cost of medical care through the roof. We don't have qualified people who want to be doctors anymore because of all the damn lawsuits brought on by the bloodsucking leeches of this society. Everytime someone sues a doctor because their laproscopic surgery or bunion removal goes bad the cost is passed on to the rest of us........
That being said- I sure hope I get to sue someone for millions someday. No really, it would be awesome! I'd be RICH, BYEOTCH!!!!
Hey, Big C, what be shakin' brother? Missed you around these parts. No sign of your nemesis Stream, but Chummin WAS being a minor annoyance with that "caMuck" crap until he got outed.(Yes,outed I say, of the closet no less) Welcome back, we, for the moment at least, seem to have raked the cat crap out of our coveted sandbox.
I sense you're pretty firm in your beliefs, and that's okay.
We (and by "we", I mean most of the personalities you see on these threads) have already been down this road before. It became quite heated, actually. In the end, people are going to believe what they want to believe. It's as simple as that. The only pity, of course, is that some folks hereabouts insist on using a VERY broad brush to advance their warped views.
And yes, of course I DO see that this little item I posted was on behalf of a union, so you take it for what it's worth. Having said that, we've had arguments around here as well, as to the merits of unions (although if said "union" encompasses the views/opinions of its membership who consist of nurses and other health care practitioners, I'd be inclined to give it some consideration....wouldn't you?). Besides, having legislated 40-hour work weeks with accompanying overtime protocols, women not getting fired if they're pregnant as well as assorted other health and safety laws passed....well, I guess SOME union objectives are laudible. Unfortunately, others have literally shot themselves in the foot with their demands.
See my point?
So, in the end, it again boils down to whether they are better than nothing at all? Or do you take the good with the bad? And if you have NO unions, per se, than I'm very sure that all of the major corporations will ABSOLUTELY treat ALL of their employees with fairness, dignity and respect and give them a fair shake each and every single time. Right? Are YOU willing to give them that trust?
Anyways, as far as your views on health care go, like I said, if you have those beliefs, then all the power to you. But I will leave you with one question:
Why is it that a man who's worked hard all his life, payed his taxes, obeyed the law, went to church, raised his family, etc., suddenly look at having to declare bankruptcy because he or one of his family had, say, surgery because of a serious illness or an accident? And because his HMO is suddenly not covering ALL of the expenses, because a beaurocrat says so?
Or would you look at saving this mans life (or one of his familys) as a "handout"?
Or is it his RIGHT....as opposed to his PRIVILEDGE....to survive without having these issues heaped on him?
And if you look at the article I posted, you'll begin maybe see how a PORTION of it might have some merit, i.e., mr. Cheney will ALWAYS have better health care than you or your kids.
And if you think THAT is okay by YOU...then all the more power to you.
Streams posse and "camuck" are one in the same, huh? Golly, you mean all these self-professed "analysts" and edoocated folk have resorted to using an alias to engage in schoolyard namecalling/insults???
canuck- I guess I am firm in my beliefs but I certainly don't "toe a party line". Call me a conservative with an open mind. Better yet call me a Libertarian!
Anyway,
I'm for health care reform, but not without tax reform. (The Fair Tax proposal would easily pay for it while eliminating national debt at the same time. Not to mention the total elimination of the IRS. May they rot in the lowest levels of Dante's hell.)
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I had a much longer reply typed up outlining the pro's/con's of both universal healthcare and unions but then realized that my viewpoint, although heartfelt, is also very boring to read............so I figured I'd spare you the agony of reading my rants and deleted it.
In short- differing view points are good. It provides checks and balances and keeps any one particular viewpoint from becoming dominant and dictatorial.
I did vote for G.W. (both times) but that doesn't make me a radical righty. I simply had not yet realized that the man was retarded. Really, really, really, retarded........................In the fashion of "Yay, I'm goin to Disney Lan" retarded. I wish he would just stop talking.............................
Weiner - liked the test and got Centrist first and then Libertarian on the second round. Douche - how did you get to 'Fuckin Commie' ROFLMAO
Quick question here on the part that asks about the draft.
I personally am in favour of national service ie ALL spotty little teenage oiks should do a year or two in service of their country and get some discipline and self respect instilled whether the country is at war or not. After their two years they can then volunteer to continue, or bang out into civvy street.
This is NOT the same as a draft or conscription, where the goverment ONLY will call upon men / women of fighting age IN TIME OF WAR right?
I kinda think a mandatory 12-18-24 months being trained to work with people closely and effectively would be a good thing for the 'yoof of today'
Surfer,as long as he took his "posse"(oh, so many jokes,so many, can't stand it), with him, well then THANK THE LORD(or whoever you choose, Will Farrell, Yahni, that guy from 'Who's the boss", Yasmin Bleeth, Bob Barker, Ron Jeremy.........well, whoever churns your butter)
Sorry surfer - I was misleading just then. I'm actually in Thailand right now - which is kinda down under from where Bill is, but not quite as down under as Oz is! My apols
Have not yet been to Oz but thinking of relocating to Sydney at some point.
Yup - was great. Lots of longfin and skipjack tuna. Plus one real nice wahoo and a couple of mahi-mahi, one of which was the best of the day. All sold by the crew to local restuarants of course!
No sail fish this time around tho but saw manta rays breaching and a pod of whales (dunno what type but medium big - say 35ft). Beautiful time
Bill-B. You're in Canada I think? Yup cold as hell there at this time of year I guess, but beautiful too right?
Having spent time in the US in 'New Joisey' on the Penn state border the winters there were fuckn freezing! Wind chill took it down to about minus 40 at times (prob not a patch on what you guys get further north I admit), but the best thing about your part of the world is the four highly defined and beautiful seasons. Fall especially was absolutely stunning!
Here we essentially have two seasons. Hot/dry, and hot/VERYwet so I miss those four defined seasons sometimes. That said as I am a self confessed sun worshipper (which I think stems from being brought up in Africa) here's better for me!
I recently did my annual bit of 'cold' though! Was in northern Thailand up near the Burma border a few weeks ago and I needed to wear a fleece at night! It was an ungoldy 4-5 degrees! No doubt you'd be on your shirt sleeves LOL!
Happy Xmas
My take on things is that we all have a tendency to say the grass is greener on the other side. So whilst you may think you wanna move south and get away from the cold, I think you guys have some of the best salmon and trout fishing in the world (altho NZ runs you close on the trout) and would happily move there!
Coupled with the sheer size of wilderness in Canada and Alaska I would LOVE to spend a few months working as a fishing guide!
I for one am envious Mako! I have a friend who goes over to Thailand to see his dad every year around this time and always comes back raving about it. I've never been to the Far East and I'm probably getting too old now to be able to enjoy it properly, but I may give it a try some day.
Oh, and if you ever see Camuck down that way, torture him a little please!
Cheers Arse. It certainly makes a change from colder northern climes!
You're never too old to enjoy the place if the many retired people I see here are anything to go by (not saying you're retired of course, just that you said yourself you might be too old - nonsense! ;-)
If you think it will just be too hot then I'd suggest you come around Nov-Jan period as then it gets cooler - was in northeastern highland provinces a couple of weeks ago and it was down to 4 degrees at night, but then it is at altitude. Daytime is a nice balmy 25-30 degrees
You know what tho? At Xmas time I miss the snow...a bit! Guess some people are never satisfied LOL
Personally I won't be the one doing this as I can't ever see an opportunity where I'd want to be within a block of this abberation, but it shouldn't be too tough to find a ladyboy who'll jump at the chance to go with a guy who likes to be tied down for hours on end and attacked by said ladyboy wearing an elephantine strap-on!
I can probably arrange for that to be posted on Glumbert too!
Remember what Streamlined and his posse said about that NIE report on Irans nuclear program (where it basically says it has none) ans Stream and his posse said it was all lies? Well, I guess IMPORTANT folks don't share his/their view:
Has anyone else noticed problems with glumbert today? This morning, couldn't even get to the site at all. Now, the pictures don't show up next to the description of the vid, and when I click to go to the vid, it won't play, it's already at the end where it says "replay" or "share". Strange. Am I the only one?
Nope - They had the site down, and then it came back up, but all screwed up. My video plays, but like you the images are blanked out now. I would do more investigation, but like Internationaltimes says: "I don't give a
By-the-by.....I dunno if anyone else has been following this, but seeing as how I don't have all that much time to watch T.V. and all (regardless of what some folks think!), but I noticed last week that season 3 of the T.V. series "Lost" was released, and I've been catching up on it. Fuck, what a great show! I love it! Anyone else around here been watching it? And oh man-oh-man, did I EVER start replacing the cast on that show, with some of the personalities amongst us here on Glumbert...and...and....(I'm laughing here)...wouldn't Streamlined fit the role of "Benjamin" (the leader of those dreaded "Others")? And his posse would, in fact, BE those "Others"? Oh gawd! That's HILARIOUS! Here's my choices for the rest of the casting:
Jack: Podman
Sayid: Mitercut
Sawyer: Useddouchebag
John Locke: Chaz
Kate: Rizamoon
Charley: barnsleyfc
Desmond: Me
Mr. Eko: Mako100
Hurley: surferbum22
Benjamin: Streamlined
The Others: The Posse
Whattaya all think?
Of course, you have to be familiar with the show to know what the eff I'm talking about! LOL!
LOL! Don't watch it but have heard it's worth doing so - think we're probably about three series behind you here though...
BTW Douche, apols for all emnity in the past you are truly one of Glumbert's star posters now; especially that love hate relationship you have with RF.
Canuck.....I don't know what to say.......the character and look aren't far off....it's kinda freaky. Ummmm....I definately have no delusions (of myself at 36 (I'm still fantastic, however I no longer weigh 120 pounds and I'm not 19) however I have a picture of when I was younger, and it's not that different. Same look in the eyes. No secrets or any diabolical intent, just to show you I have the same look on my face as she does, why don't you set up a temporary yahoo (or some such other account) tell me where to send the picture. (You'll probably have a bunch of other yahoo's responding but ignore them). You can see the picture, go "geez, that's weird" and delete your account after. Seems like a safe thing for me to do. If someone knows a reason why I shouldn't do that, or couldn't feel safe doing that, feel free to comment. (Remember, I'm happily engaged for many years, I am so not trying to hit on him or anything like that). Why can't we treat the internet like a penpal. Why does it have to be such an ominous (hey douche, I bet I spelled that wrong) thing. Oh well, I got the picture on file, and no amount of doctoring could turn it into a porno.
I thought the name of "John Locke" had permanently been assigned to the philosopher, the Two Treatises of Government philosopher...and then I realized, oh, its a character on Lost too.
I love LOST. Best TV show since the Twilight Zone. It requires a good memory, and attention to detail. This may be it's last season (starting Jan 2008, maybe). The only TV show I try not to miss.
I'm not a Doctor, but I always wanted to be one and studied hard in biology, physiology, and chemistry. But alas, in the end, too much family stuff destroyed any chance at that.
C - I think you pegged the assignment of "the others" though.
Mako - Lost has lots of beautiful women in it. It makes it easier to got past the 'soap opera' like moments in the program, but overall I give lost 5 stars.
You should watch the opening 2 hour episode of lost (BTW, the most expensive pilot in TV history), and Kate will give you memory burn when she is standing in the ocean, all wet, and in just her underwear.
Alright C, now I have to watch the show... I haven't got a clue what It's about, I don't get to watch much TV, my girlfriend watches the food network waaay too much!
canuck, not familiar with Lost, I don't watch much TV either. Although I've heard the buzz a little bit, it's a good show I guess. Maybe I'll have to catch it.
What's an ISP? by the way? I'm not completely technical. I don't seem to be having any other computer problems, internet in general is fine, any other sites I go to are normal. It's just Glumbert that's screwed up for me.
Strange thing though. This morning, I was waiting for a phone call from my daughter, so I placed my cell phone on my desk, right next to my monitor. At the very second I clicked to go to Glumbert, my cell phone rang, which is also on vibrate. My monitor screen vibrated along with my phone. Everything went screwy for a few seconds. How weird is that? It just happened to be Glumbert I was going to at that very second, and it just happens to be Glumbert is the only site I've had problems with today. Do you think there could be any connection? I only mention it because, just in case it had something to do with my problems on Glumbert today, I want to warn people, don't place your vibrating cell phone next to your monitor! What it did, if anything, I don't know, but it sure did at least make my monitor screen crazy for a bit, and I don't think that could be good for it.
Have a great night, a great weekend!
Hey FTB - think it's something to do with microwaves emitted by your cell.
Try putting it on top of the TV then calling it from your landline and a similar thing may happen. Also try putting it next to your landline then call your mobile - you may hear a digital clicking sound coming through the landline when you connect with the mobile
I don't really know why - it's just interference from the microwaves sent out by the mobile
Pods, RF, Bug and Mitercut may know more. If memory serves they can collectively show Dr Spock a thing or two science-wise (the Trekkie Spock, not the expert at raising children although maybe he could help too)
Sorry FTB - to clarify, the weird clicking sounds on your monitor were caused by your mobile phone
The fact that Glumbert is not working properly has nothing to do with your phone at all! Didn't mean to make you think that you were personally responsible for screwing up Glumbert globally!
FTB - an ISP is your Internet Service Provider I think. Basically whoever you pay money to in order to access the internet. May well be your local phone or cable company, not sure
I'm no techy either so if anyone else can help FTB?
ftb the distortion you experienced was due to magnetic interference. the image on a crt screen is actually a stream of orderly electrons the order is effected by the electromagnetic pulse given of by an activated cellphone. LCD screens are not effected by it. you can create the same effect with a magnet...no problem will result
FTB - The interference on your monitor can be caused by anything that emits a magnetic field (Assuming you have a CRT). I would guess that the majority of what you saw was from the tiny vibrate phone motor. (Ye there really are very tiny motors in there with a offset load)
P.S. Mako, I've sent, honestly, probably about 20 videos and I've seen neither hide nor hair of any of them.....I've seen videos a lot more boring here than what I've sent (completely objective). They don't look at our videos.......it's a corporation based on advertising. If there are glitches it's probably due to the fact we aren't idiotic robots (like on Youtube). We don't click to the sites they advertise, and I for one never will....not for any great political statement....I just don't have the time or money to go there. I dare all of you to send in videos (pick the day) and I'll bet 100 kisses none of them get posted. You'll see.
Oops....this was supposed to go below mako's comment of
'Oh...and if we all send suggestions and good links through to Glumbert for the vids we WOULD like to see here then we should do so'
What's really funny is. when I couldn't find my post initially, and I got all excited thinking I had actually pissed off the powers that be enough that they didn't let me post my shit....then I got a little mad....then I laughed my ass off when I found out I had just mis-posted. BIGGEST FLAW IN PERSONALITY.....add, scatterbrained, gullible, ego-centric, Leo, etc. etc. etc.
Mind you it was more of a discussion causer video than a simple 'enjoy for 30 secs and laugh' video
Let's see.
ps forgot to put Lost Boys on my fave films - made me wanna be a vampire when I saw it - but I think that was more from the point of low level flight than ripping peoples throats open and having to live off blood ;-)
I dunno where to find a new home on the web, there are plenty of places and plenty of subcultures. But here on glumbert everyone's different... so that would be hard to find a place to accommodate those aspects.
I dunno, I think we should give glumbert a fighting chance for a little while longer. Its getting pretty thin, though.
Over Thxgiving Glumber were probably on holiday too so I can understand the lack of vids
Could it possibly be the same during the Xmas period?
Oh...and if we all send suggestions and good links through to Glumbert for the vids we WOULD like to see here then we should do so!
And Riza:
Babe, I love you so
I want you to know
That I'm going to miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
(Chorus)
So please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go
Don't go
I'm begging you to stay
If you leave
At least in my lifetime
I've had one dream come true
I was blessed to be loved
By someone as wonderful as you
(Chorus)
Hey, hey, hey
Yeah
Babe, I love you so
I, I want you to know
That I'm going to miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
So please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Hey, hey, hey
I need your love
I'm down on my knees
Beggin' please, please, please
Don't go
Don't you hear me baby
please don't go
Don't leave me now
Oh, no, no, no, no
Please don't go
I want you to know
That I, I, I, love you so
Don't leave me baby
Please don't go
Ahem... crappy song if KC and the Sunshine Band ain't your cup of tea, but hey! The sentiment's there
Ohhhhhh, mako, you know what's really kinda cool, I stumbled on your love note while I was just starting to listen to 'the world is a vampire' so, lyrics and music overlaid with your printed lyrics in a very enticing combination..........so, You'll have to excuse me for about an hour....I'll be in the shower a while. (P.S. I'm really not a stalker of all of you......really!.......I dunno) :-)
So just to know more about everyone, Canuck has partially suggested it after naming out lost characters. We should give a mini-biography/demographics thread going on here. So I'll start off:
AGE: 23
OCCUPATION: Student/Bullshitter in Political Science-Masters degree What do I want to do with a PSCI masters degree? I have no clue. Possibly work for the feds overseas in the State Department. My career goals are so ever fleeting, so we'll see about that.
LOCATION: Virginia, USA
WANT TO BE LOCATION: Cali or Australia, or any warm weather is preferable
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Outdoors, hiking, swimming holes, surfing, anything involving water like kayaking, etc, etc, etc. Richard Nixon. Hunter S. Thompson. Computers/Internet. The History Channel.
MUSIC: Any kind is fine, for the most part.
TV SHOWS: Heroes, Nip/Tuck, Daily Show, Colbert Report, The Tudors
MOVIES: Forrest Gump, Point Break, Dumb and Dumber, a whole lot more
And to answer Canuck's question about characters on tv shows....
I WOULD COMPARE MYSELF TO: Hiro off of Heroes WHY (IF SOMEONE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE CHARACTER): Hiro - Not the looks or anything, but because of Hiro's personality. Willing to help out others, kind of geeky in a lot of aspects, I'd like to freeze time. Kind of normal, but outspoken about certain issues.
BIGGEST FLAW IN PERSONALITY: Either I lose important things, or I procrastinate. You choose.
OKAY, I'm ready to hear what others say about themselves?
Alrighty then, (although I think anyone could steal my identity at this point from all the honesty I have exhibited thus far):
AGE: 36
OCCUPATION: OMS (unfortunately, I'm actually doing Dance Retail at the moment, long story.....selling leotards, pointe shoes, children's dance attire Jazz, Ballet, Tap etc.) and being a mom.
LOCATION: Vancouver, B.C.
WANT TO BE LOCATION: Queen Charolette Islands, any Jungle, Camping anywhere really, really, really far from anywhere or anyone else.
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Spanking my child (ha, ha, remember my joke from another thread.....I hope....otherwise I sound evil) Major hiking, singing with my daughter, intense music I can lose myself in, going on adventures (things that include the unpredictable) and I dream of traveling the world...........literally.....that's my dream.
MUSIC: hard core and/or intense.
TV SHOWS: X-files, Dark Forces, Twilight Zone, Mythbusters, Nanny 911 (cuz I feel like the greatest mom in the world after I watch it), Charlie and Lola, Benny Hill, Old SNL, The Riches, La femme Nikita (really), I've lived to long to list them all....but know this, I have never been a huge fan of t.v......I've always prefered climbing a tree (really).
MOVIES: Hell Raiser, The Thing, Lost Boys, Alien, Heathers, anything with Robert Downey Jr., Natural Born Killers, California, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Excorcist, Wild Orchid, Bound, (damn I watch a lot of movies) any period pieces
Pride and Prejudice
Tess of the Durbervilles
Jane Eyre
etc.
and a whole lot more
BIGGEST FLAW IN PERSONALITY: I worry too much, I trust too much, I love too much, I put myself down too much, etc. etc.
I singed up on myspace cause i wanted to write USAranger a letter on a little more personal note! so I had to register to do that. under the same name I think Or under my real name Eric..I can't remember? Well I just logged in there and its my real name tat I see! Not much on there either,except a picture!
I'm also on youtube. But I pulled my videos,got a few middle eastern gents upset at me and decided that they were not in the best taste! LOL!
Looked you up on myspace, and you know what I got.....bupkiss.....nada.....couldn't find ya. Eric brings up 1 page of 500, and Randalflagg brings up zip. I guess if I break a leg and get housebound for 6 months I'll be able to hunt you down. Or, am I missing something?
NO RANDAL! I was scarred when I saw you in person, so please don't do it to others! I am not very good at describing people, but here goes:
Have you ever smelled a rotting corpse that has been decaying for months in a hot cellar? The corpse smells better than him.
His head is shaped like an SNL conehead with eyes so far apart that he has fish eyes. His nose is twisted for the countless beatings he took from having his lunch money jacked by the other kids. His mouth is crooked and off to the side. Alf has more teeth.
Almost like a cross-breed of Chunk and Sloth off The Goonies.
I think we should all agree on another place to meet, at some point in the future, in the event glumbert goes belly up completely. I know I would sorely miss conversing with all of you. Let's hear some ideas!
I think glumbert will be around awhile though. But it wouldn't be a terrible idea to have a back-up. When I couldn't access glumbert at all yesterday morning, I felt a little upset, How will I ever talk with mako again, riza, canuck, skids, used, miter, grp or usaranger, many others. Anybody know how we could keep in touch?
Hey, I threw out the idea to Canuck to set up a temporary yahoo account, to be shortly shut down thereafter. It gives me the idea now, pertaining to the current dialogue, Randal..............oh, Randal, my cyber love, my virtual sweet, my farflung friend, I bet you could set up a very cool, contemporary, up to date 'Web Site' (with low maintenance), for my friends and yours to get together on when we're desperate for the touch of your love........no, really, can't you or someone else in our crew set up a safe house for our banter (at least as back up)? I don't know much about computers and such, but can't you do that?
surfer, totally just now noticed your post! I was really concerned we may lose touch, those of us in Glumbert, so was concentrating on that.
I could add a little more info about myself, if anyone is interested.
Age: 45
Occupation: Quality Assurance
Location: Upstate NY
Want to be location: Hawaii
Hobbies/interests: definately not surfing! Too scared for that! But understand why you might find it fantastic! I've never had an opportunity. But I am an (insofar, unpublished) author, a great Mom, love dancing, singing, dicking around on the computer, an avid reader of all types of books, I can sometimes create the most beautiful of blankets, when the mood strikes me (blankets are the ultimate of gifts, cherished for years, give warmth and comfort), a hard worker, and a good friend.
Music: only really like something to dance to, don't care for the tear jerker, heart wrenching stuff. Why deliberately make yourself sad? Music is supposed to make you feel good, not make you feel like puppies are being tortured.
TV shows: None, except to channel jump and catch an occassional re-run of a comfort show (Mary Tyler Moore, Waltons, something like that). If I watch TV, usually Discovery channel, History channel, Animal Planet, or National Geographic.
Movies: Terminator, Aliens, Armegeddon, First Blood, Silence of the Lambs, Titanic, Vacation, The Truman Show, The Green Mile, Apollo 13, Jaws, Independance Day, many others.
My biggest personality flaw: Too accomodating.
My biggest personality asset: Too accomodating.
I like to get along with people. I always try to do the right thing. I'm so disappointed in myself if I feel I can't be "perfect" for everyone. I like to make people feel good. I'm too hard on myself, and too easy on others. But I can recognize when people deserve special treatment, and when they are assholes. I'm pretty astute, and very intelligent. And as I get older, I have learned more about finding some kind of balance between what other people expect from me, and what I am willing to give. I like to get along, but I realize, that isn't always possible. I can't take responsibility for everyone else.
I would love to hear more from our Glumbert "family".
OCCUPATION: Paid layabout, deflowerer of virgins, lord of the realm and all round raconteur / pisshead. My card says something about strategic planning but I don't know what that actually means. They pay me to do it though so may as well stick at it
WANT TO BE LOCATION: Low earth orbit, or low level supersonic in B1-B, or more realistically beer in hand on a 30ft Bertram off Cape Verde with a 1200lb blue marlin doing 60mph and ripping a mile of 80lb class line off the reel as it grayhounds furiously over the deep, blue ocean
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Rugby - the sport of kings. Fishing (fly and big game - takes you to the most beautiful places on the plant). Motorsports. Flying - not yet but entering ground school training when I have the spare time and money! Movies. Socialising. Sure there's other stuff too but I was socialising last night and am hungover so this'll do for now. Oh...and of course...GLUMBERT
MUSIC: Anything from Mozart to the Bloodhound Gang, Moby thru to Pink Flloyd, Van the man through to Dandy Warhols. I'll be one of those really annoying people who goes into a store and hums (badly) the tune of the track coz I always forget the name of the song or group.
TV SHOWS: Boring I know but mostly News flicked between channels. For fun it's Daily Show, Mythbusters, Animal Planet, most Nat Geo, Discovery and History Channel stuff and whenever the world cup rugby, soccer or cricket is on then I monopolise the google-box and woe betide anyone touching the remote!
MOVIES: Avid filmy so there are really too many but the ones that first spring to mind include; One flew Over The Cuckoo's nest (great analogy for Glumbert actually), Clockwork Orange, Shawshank Redemption, Deer Hunter, Star Wars (the proper ones of course), Fargo, Rain Man, Hotel Rawanda, Trainspotting, American Beauty, Killing Fields, Big Lebowski, LORT trilogy, Usual Suspects, Wicker Man, Jaws, Apocalypse , Life is Beautiful, Blade Runner and then my silly frivilous ones are Ferris Beuller, all the Terminator and Aliens, Tarantinos stuff has normally been good and of course there's Blues Brothers, ET, Spinal Tap (recently Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz made me chuckle)
Just realised I've listed far too many but...movies are cool
BIGGEST FLAW IN PERSONALITY: Addiction to Glumbert and have been told that I may be a little anti-authority at times. Hey-ho - fuck 'em I...
If you can define yourself in here you aren't much of...well, much more than what most annoys you. Like Cammuk or whatthefuck. This is just a test of posts. There is a relevance regarding a time frame in this room that I am investigating relating to who is here doing what. There is also the variable of remarkability of statement. I would like to participate in further discussions for we have an intense variation of opinions in here.
#1 - I had hoped we agreed not to remark caMuck...it is notice he wants, and thrives on, and certainly does not deserve.
#2 - I'm "in" on another site, if you'd permit me. You folks are so well informed, intelligent...I really enjoy your posts (referring, of course, to those who actually are, and do).
#3 - my ego enjoyed Canuck's including me in his roster. I will try to continue being intelligent and moralistic...until it pisses me off, of course. Hey...I'm here for fun too, in addition to entertainment. Crudity doesn't work for me. I can be as good (bad) at it as the worst seen here...after all, it is only a question of knowing the words, and we all know them...just that most of us choose not to use them. And the mainstream posters on this site do exactly that. Good stuff, here, mostly.
#4 - There was a golden phone in the Cathedral in Toronto, and alongside it was a printed notice: "$10,000 per call, direct to God".
A visitor from New England noted to the tour-director that there was a similar phone in a Boston Cathedral, golden and accompanied by a notice that calls directly to God were 35 cents.
When questioned, he explained: "well, with the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Bruins, the Celtics, and Boston College...obviously, this is God's home town...so it's a local call".
Sadly I only get a weekly rundup on Sunday nights. It's once a week here via UBC cable - I assume the 'Daily' in it's title actually means that, or is it a weekly show in the US being ironic about its name?
Either way it's the best newsparody I've seen coming from the US, although would love to see more of the Onion
Merkin? What gives? There's some well written stuff in your post, I just don't really understand your point:
*There is a relevance regarding a time frame in this room that I am investigating relating to who is here doing what. There is also the variable of remarkability of statement*
From this I get: some people are on here posting at the same time together, others aren't, and what people are saying, and how they say it, differs a lot
Erm...it's a vid posting site / mini forum online available to the whole world through the interweb so wouldn't that be the case anyway?
Someone sent me a link to a glumbert vid, from then on I just checked for new vids every so often... saw the comments heating up and decided to get in amongst it myself.
Someone told me about it and I read the comments a bit. Then on one video I decided to throw out some of my "kind and gentle" remarks to a certain someone. Before I knew it another fan jumped in and I got into it with that person, and finally a third person jumped in and they were circling the wagon so to say.
2 of those Indians are posted right above me. The third person knows who they are!
I read randal's comments for awhile, sat back, reached my hand between my legs, and eased the seat back
"Yeah, were runnin a little bit hot tonight.
I can barely see the road from the heat comin off of it.
Ah, you reach down, between my legs,
Ease the seat back.
(he's) blinding, Im flying,
Right behind the rear-view mirror now.
Got the feeling, power steering,
Pistons popping, aint no stopping now!
Panama, panama
Panama, panama"
After that, I was hooked on Glumbert. Excuse me while I date myself.
Randal's only pissed because I took the good stuff and left his wife for him to deal with. I'd rather sniff the used paper then listen to her friggin mouth nag. Let's just say she can make a normal man understand why people commit suicide.
pretty basic really. 2 of the mothers started insulting me on here. they're geeks. all their country ever gave us is vampires and retard kids. the place is full of gypsies who rob you and its fucking cold. pretty soon theyll be all over the world ripping people off. they should be banned from the iternet. they have oxcarts and smell like shit.
something has gone horribly wrong. i actually LOL reading camucks posts re: Anyone dating should keep away from romanians. Unless you want to get the clap or stabbed.
ME - 40. Biggest personality flaw - too nice to people. Biggest personality asset - huge shlong.
HOBBIES/INTERESTS - ALIASING CANUCK, MASTURBATING, SHOOTING MICE WITH MY CROSSBOW, HITTING PEDESTRIANS WITH MY WING MIRRORS, STEALING SMALL CHANGE FROM MY MOTHER'S PURSE
50 years. Libra. The sciences are my god. Went to school as EE, but it was a boring career, so drifted into CS which I have little training in, but have made most of my living at. If it can be programmed, I can program it.
I should have been and would have been a fantastic doctor GP, Surgeon, or Internal Medicine, as everyone knew I had a gift for it, and I agree, but fate had other plans.
If its technology I know it, or want to know it. If anything is broken, I can fix it. I love engineering of every kind, and read as much about it as I can.
Favorite movies : Groundhog Day, 2001, Apocalypse Now, Shawshank Redemption, etc. (Basically good sci-fi, or reality based with value)
Pretty much tolerate music, but could live without it. I have Glumbert muted 99% of the time. If I had to listen to someone sing it would be like Karen Carpenter or Moya Brennen. My radio is on more than my TV. And I like video games with high definition reality like Far Cry, or Crysis (They are technically and physiologically challenging).
Worst quality: I'm bored with something as soon as I understand it.
I don't look like Jack on lost though (wish I did), but I'm only 5'5" high (my brothers are much taller), due to my lack of food during those critical growth years. I have advancing arthritis in my fingers, which I must say just SUCKS, and makes typing very difficult now. I have the worst memory of anyone you will ever meet for names, and numbers. After loosing my spleen I had total amnesia three times, (its quite stressful), but I can remember every trail I have ever hiked, and never get lost.
Dream jobs: Forest Ranger, Geologist, Doctor, Physicist, Dream locations: Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia (south)
Well as you say, it isn't a confessional. I for one will just accept you as you from now on. You could be anybody else on here, and you remind me of my brother who says outrageous things just to see what the reaction will be.
One of my favorites of his is when my mother had prepared a fancy meal and everything was just perfect, he would take a bite and say: "You don't expect me to eat this slop!"
Rude, Insulting, and disrespectful? Yes. Funny, yes again.
Thats because you kinda write like him, and he is no longer posting. You are a little darker than Throb I think. But you are just as tenacious as he was.
So maybe you have confessed your past identity? Maybe?
We are all wearing our cloaks here, and even the biography's above reveal nothing because they can be completely false. So, in the end it is all meaningless anyway, and in the Glumbert world anyway, you will be what you write, and everyone else will be what they write.
I don't recall saying that...what the fuck camuck, you coming out of your shell? You actually have something to add now...I love it! I think pod is right, I will just accept you as you from now on!
It gave me a long howl just reading some of the comments!
To be brief, here's why I chose whom I chose:
Surferbum: I pegged you as "Hurley", because Hurley is young, has a very insightful approach to things and people around him and is generally downright likeable (it also helps that everytime he talks to people, he he addresses them as "Dude"...LOL!). So, all of that, coupled with your name, as well as your brief biography there which re-inforced my casting choice, made you the perfect choice. And no, physical appearance had NOTHING to do with it; I'm going by strictly perceptions about personalities here.
Podman: I chose you for "Jack Shepherd", because as Jack is the M.D. amongst the survivors, he tries to do his best to provide not only care, but leadership for the others, in spite of his own "issues" he's trying to deal with. He'll even give medical care to his own worst enemy, because that's the oath he took. And that's kinda how I see you.
Mitercut: I chose "Sayid" for you. Sayid is amongst the survivors who is an Iraqi, who was an officer in the elite Republican Guard during the first Gulf War. Now before you go all haywire on me, hear me out: this character is THOROUGHLY LIKEABLE. Very intelligent; has deep regret about the things he did during his time there; tries his best to do what he can to help his fellow survivors, and has genuine depth and warmth. I guess because of your very honest views about military matters and things dealing with the plight of soldiers, I kinda thought you fit this one nicely.
Useddouchebag: I chose you for "Sawyer", and you know what? This was my most ACCURATE choice. LOL! I couldn't stand Sawyer in the beginning, because he was a career con artist who tricked and bilked people out of money, emotions and goodwill and eventually left them high and dry. This, coupled with his incessant sarcasm and smart-ass attitude, served only to raise the ire of the other survivors.....in the beginning. Now (especially after the episode I watched last night), he's actually become a character I'm starting to like, and is starting to gel more with his fellow castaways. Sound familiar? I thought so. LOL!
Chaz: I chose you for "John Locke" because John is probably the most intellectually intriguing character on the series to date. Very articulate; very intelligent; filled with as much awarness as he is with mystery. I see him as the sort of "intellectual leader" of the group. Even when it appears as if he's got his own agenda, you just can't help but like the man. And even still trust him.
Mako100: No, Mr. Mako, I did NOT choose you for Mr. Eko because of race. LOL! Rather, it was because of ONE profound moment this character experienced in the entire series, that made me sit up and think, "That's Mako. Mr. Eko is.....Mako". Sorry Amigo, you'll have to watch the series to see EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Start renting. LOL!
Rizamoon: I chose you for "Kate", mostly because througout your threads, I've seen you display an even sense humour, warmth and compassion.....but balanced with your occassionally startling scenes of anger and sheer pissed-off attitude. Exactly the way I percieve the character of "Kate". As for physical appearances? I'm sure Evangelinne Lilly couldn't even BEGIN to hold a candle to you. And you can take THAT to the bank.
Barnsleyfc: Even though we haven't seen Barnsley around in a long while (thanks to Throbdipshit pissing him off), I couldn't help but see the character of "Charley" as him. Could it be because they're both Brits? I dunno. This one was more first instinct, I guess.
Me: I put myself in the role of "Desmond", because my wife says he reminds her of me. LOL! Swell, I'm a laissez-faire, burnt-out Scotsman, who has a brogue and calls everyone "Brutha". LOL! Great.
Streamlined and his Posse: 'Nuf said. The casting speaks for itself.
And that's about it guys. As for sharing a whole bunch of personal info, I'm afraid I'll have to take a pass on that one. You see, since in the past, with what little personal info I have shared has become the object of either scorn, ridicule or outright obssession by a disturbed few, I'm somewhat gunshy about giving he/them any more ammo. I've always maintained he/them are quite unhealthy with their obssessions, and need some serious help. I think the long-time posters around here will know what I mean.
However, if anyone wants to start up a group community, or some such thing, I'd be more than happy to join (as long as a STRICT membership admittance was enforced, in some way). I also agree I'd LOVE to keep in touch with many of the personalities I've met on Glumbert. Some I could do without, and I don't have one bit of desire to converse with them. They are pretty fuckin' useless. But, for the most part, I do enjoy most of the unique and funny folks who inhabit this small corner of the Internet Universe.
And it is THEY....who make it a rewarding experience.
Being a smart-ass and sarcastic is what I do best. It pissed several people off in the beginning, but over time it becomes apparent that I am here to have fun. Randal takes the brunt of my jokes at this point, with an occasional pot-shot to the folks of other countries.
what a load of pointless and patronising horseshit! who cares how this egomaniac casts them in a second rate tv show? and you tell ME to get a life?!
By the way - i want to be the polar bear.
dahlings, dahlings, dahlings! luvvies luvvies.
Scene One - Canuck in the director's chair. Camuck sneaks up behind and whacks him with a fire axe. Canuck dies. The End.
Pretty good eh?
how about - "im sorry for boring the crap out of everybody on Glumbert with my meaningless navel-gazing and childish fantasies."
that would be a start towards self-knowledge. you have a serious ego problem bud. you sure youre not romanian?
im very happy you havent given us any more "personal info". what we already have is enough to make most of us vomit. a middle-aged security guard prancing about at the weekends in tights while setting the world to rights on the internet with obvious opinions and platitudes.
By the way - does anybody think me and Canuck might be the same person? After all, we are a schizophrenic. Think on it....
I HAVE been watching Glumbert for some time now, and decided I'd like to comment on this video. The Japanese are strange people, but quite inventive. A pretty cool video.
What is all this Camuck/Canuck stuff? Is it an in joke?
actually they aren't all that inventive but they can back engineer anything most cutting edge technological development comes from us or europe or russia....it never ceases to amaze me that the ussr was the inventor of laser eye surgery technique of reshaping corneas
Great to see you guys ! You just wouldn't believe me if I told ya! But here go's....I was on this Island and was totally lost! :)LOL! Mr.C, Always a hoot to see all the great links you post! Pod. a fellow simpsons enthusiast I'm delighted when I see your comments! La'Douche The latest video you posted was fantastic! You and your homies doing the human jump rope was most excellent.
And I'm just waiting on the sequel,Double dutch'n wit douche, 2gl and a teacup!LOLOLOL!
Sorry Randman, the teacup video was cancelled. We had technical difficulties as the 450 pound babes we were using weren't able to aim into the teacup. We had to use buckets. Its now 2girls2buckets. Coming soon to a fine theater near you.
We're starting to get bitch-slapped by that severe storm heading this way, up from the U.S. Midwest. They say it's gonna be a bad one.
Went outside a bit ago, and the temps dropping faster than my stalkers IQ. Jesus, we're gonna have some digging to do; they say this mutha's gonna rage for the next 36 hours.
KEEEEEE-RIIIIIIST!!
Mako, I hope you're enjoying those beaches and palm trees, you sonofabitch. :-)
I think I heard that a lot of the New England states are gonna get hammered, too.
If so, you can all come up and hunker down in my cabin (keep all of your hands of my booze, though; that's mine.....along with my collection of Beatles tunes).
I may try to tune by swiveling the old rabbit ears on the TV and get the Pats game. It will be more interesting in the middle of a blizzard, plus it the most hated Jets.
Mr. Merrick, Here in Glumbert land the videos are of little significance. Mostly is is a free-for-all general forum. Sometime the video does play a role in getting a thread started, but stupid videos are generally ignored in favor of more interesting comments, insults, etc.
So jump in anytime if you have something to say, as long as it's not about the video.
canuck it might time to break off the chase even if the entire posse were to completely capitulate and abandon it's position it would be about as rewarding as proving the world is not flat..... if you continually beat the shit out of them they will leave and then were will we be,,,,no antagonist = no fun
canuck, looking at the same here. (upstate NY). Gonna be ugly the next couple days. Had to make a provisions run to the store this afternoon, and some last minute Christmas shopping. What a zoo. I don't do crowds all that well, but most everybody seemed to be in fine spirits, politely working our way around the stores and parking lots. It's amazing what one smile and a well placed "excuse me" will do to improve a mood when dealing with overwhelming amounts of people and activity. Makes it a little easier, and a lot more pleasant.
I wouldn't mind hunkering down in your cabin, but really, do we have to stay away from the booze? That takes all the fun out of it!
Stay warm, stay in, wait it out. And really, although gettin slapped with a snowstorm sometimes causes problems, maybe lose electricity for a day, or makes the roads impassable, there really is no better excuse in the world for hiding out at home a day or two, relax, do the things you enjoy, take a day off work, spend extra time with your family. It really ain't all bad!
Best to you C, talk soon.
And, we really should enlist randal, or whoever may be best qualified or willing, to set up a place to go and talk, just in case.
Podman, I haven't followed all of the posts to this point, but from the tone of your posts it seems the bar is closing and you're getting us a cheap room...ok..I have U.S.$200!
merkin - You are correct. I have found a cheap room and I'm seeing what it can do. I actually have it built already, but you are correct it's cheap. For $200 it could be really nice, I will see what that buys as well.
ftb62 i currently live in a place that has no really drastic change in seasons no real winter or summer christ we dont even get any good thunderstorms....i grew up in the north east went to school in amherst massachusetts and i miss the snow, i love the fall (sweet sorrow) and the unmistakable first real day of spring (,,yeeehaw party time!!!!)
i worked in san diego ca for 2 years of relentless boring sunshine... maybe we never know how lucky we are, why is that?
POD I was wondering, is there any way that if and when the safehouse,,(love it when you talk like that riza),,,is fully operational; could you program it in such a way that the initiator of the post could edit it for a period of time... i frequently suffer from posters remorse but it might detract from candid spontenaity you be the judge ,,,,i also propose to the Glumbert Nation, that you be compensated for you service,,,,,
Podster, if you can pull this off it would be most excellent. I think of it as an "Our gangs" playhouse. We could even post our OWN lame videos, if that's possible. Let us know if you need any finance.
After so many years being my own boss, I decided to take up with a friends company.
I can't be my own boss. I'm way to nice to me. When I come up with an excuse why I can't make it to work, I cave in like some wimp and tell me not to worry about coming in at all and to take care of whatever personal problem I dreamed up that particular day/week! I also thought about firing myself. but I tried that and it didn't work.
I just said to me if I tried to fire me I would bring sexual harassment charges against me! I thought this was the best course of action.
RF i remember you said something about being an overseer...isn't that one of those guys in the old south who ride around on horses whipping people. man that's gotta be a lot of neg karma
#1 - I had hoped we agreed to ignore CaMuck...notice is what he/it wants, and thrives on, and does not deserve. Can we simply ignore this festering boil?
#2 - my ego was stroked by being included in Canuck's roster...thanks C - good to see you again.
#3 - I commit to continuing intelligent, and even more cerebral contributions, to this "mother" site, until, of course, it pisses me off. Wait for a moment while I get my tongue disengaged from my cheek. I am here for the fun, and the surprising level of information you posters provide is just an amazing plus...referring, of course, to those who wish to do so and then actually do.
Crudeness doesn't work for me. We all know the words, and assembling them in a sequence of base grossness is not that difficult...so, is not a positive comment on the writer's IQ.
Hey Englanders....have you read "English - The Mother Tongue...and how it got that way" ? Bill Bryson. American writer, married and lived in 'England, moved to New Hampshire a while back, and is now returned to England...several great books, but this one is his best, IMHO.
We are priveleged to employ, endure, enjoy, the most expressive language in the world today. We have so many different ways to speak the same sentiments...unequaled in the world (I am advised). Love it. Don't need scat.
Happy Christmas to all the peaceful Glumberters....what the heck...to ALL GLUMBERTERS....wish you each and all warm and happy times this
Christmas.
read it, surferbum...how 'bout his "Walk in the Woods".
Bryson has an ease with the whole expanse of the english language that is simply enlightening to experience. And he is as witty as...well, think of someone who is quite entertainingly witty...actually, super witty ...and that's the one.
its on my really long list of books to read. bryson is great.
I like travel book memoirs like what bryson read. Im starting on a book called "No Touch Monkey" ahhh I found it in Barnes and Noble randomly and said, looks interesting.
If only my damn professors wouldn't give me 1 book per class per week to read then maybe I'd actually have time to read a bunch of things that I'd like to like..some Kurt Vonnegut. I still havent finished the collection of works by him but its on my "to read" list.
Hey Billy, wanna share that robe baby, I earned it. ha, ha, who woulda thunk I would have landed smack dab in a psych test with Nelson Mandela, the Dali Lama (ya, I know I spelled that wrong), Ghandi.......and oms.....with billyboy. I guess I'm not so evil after all.
well i think the point of it wasnt to compare yourself to , but the point of it more was to see where you were on the social-economic scale. Social being the Y axis and the Econ being the X axis. Last time I took it, and I've taken it many times, I was somewhere in quadrant 3 near ghandi...
And I'm glad that most people are fellow robe wearers with bare feet cause I'm in the same boat! Maybe thats why we get along so well? Im glad I have an internet family...
Hi everybody. Just checking back in, and lots of great comments. canuck, always feels great to hear from ya.
podman, I would be impressed, and proud to be part of whatever you could arrange. I'm only minimally adept at anything technical, so I know I couldn't do it myself, but I'd love to be there. If I can help in any way???
chuck, you poor baby. Seasonal changes are what makes life interesting. Yeah, we all bitch about the snow and ice, the freezing cold, but it would be kind of hard to never see any snow if that's what you're used to. My brother moved to Georgia, almost five years ago, after spending most of his life here, in upstate NY, where the season changes are definately noticable. Georgia, as I understand, has lovely weather, almost year round. He loves it, but I can't help thinking, maybe he misses a snowflake or two now and again. Oh wait, Nah, guess he doesn't. That's why he moved! LOL.
randal, let me toss out some names, see if any of them ring a bell with you. Elmira. Utica. Binghamton. Johnson City. Vestal. Sidney. Herkimer. Otego. Unadilla. Oaquaga. Owego. Susquehanna. (as anyone can probably see, many of our town and city names in this area are Native American, been around for centuries). Of course, upstate NY is a large area, and I've only mentioned a few. I've only hit the west coast once in my whole life, for a week, last June. Walked in the Pacific Ocean, and what a thrill that was for me! Just beautiful.
chaz, always a pleasure to read your posts. So many people on Glumbert are so much more clever than I am! Actually, almost all of you! LOL.
surfer, like your style. You're a young 'in, in my terms, but that's the great part about Glumbert. I share the wisdom of my years, you share the enthusiasm of your youth. Awesome!
And bill? Always great to see you here too Baby. Friends.
As an afterthought, does anyone else think Johnny Carson was the greatest? That guy was unique, no one could ever replace his wit, his timing, his sincere and genuine amusement in himself, and those he conversed with.
Keep me posted (no pun intended, LOL) about the "new" site. I really would hate to have this site blast into the stratusphere, and no way to keep in touch.
Kennesaw, Georgia, Cherokee NC, etc. etc. that list goes on.
Free, you're pretty cool. pretty cool. keep up the posts G. I sometimes wonder why the hell I was born with this generation.....because I would have TOTALLY planted myself in front of the tv during the whole Watergate Committee Hearings. I could picture myself being a "activist" but not a "free loving hippie" with the drug use and weird psychedelica. I saw Ozzy on the Osbournes wear a shirt that said "Hippie Killer"...I want one of those, just cause it's hilarious. But anyways, that whole era was so amazing. And the music, like no other. Never will be an era as amazing as the late 60s early 70s, culturally, politically, economically....every way shape and form.
I'm sure Johnny was the man, I've heard great things about him...him and what the old SNL used to be like. But I remember watching 90's era SNL when I was younger, those were the days. After it got to like err, 1999, or whenever Molly Shannon left, it went down the drain! I think it also had to do with writers on that show retiring, though, mostly.
I'm a pretty big fan of standup comedy. I like Seinfeld, what an awesome show that was. But I love all kinds of comedy. Lisa Lampanelli, and the like. I like watching those Comedy Central roast shows, except I HATE HATE HATE Jimmy Kimmel. What a real idiot.
surfer, yeah, I was around for all that stuff, but really don't remember thinking about it all that much. I was just a kid, and not too interested in politics. I wasn't a hippy, I missed that by just a little bit. Although, I wore the bell bottoms, the bigger the better, and absolutely had the "Marcia Brady" hair! When I hit my teen years, the hippy thing was dying out, tie-dye, beaded, scruffy look. I do remember still wearing bell bottoms in high school though, but it was just starting to be cool to wear the straight leg levi's. Those are what I wanted the last couple years. But you should see the pictures I have of me and my siblings from the 70's! When I was 11, my favorite pair of pants were purple polyester bell bottoms with big white stars all over them. Yeah, go ahead, try to picture it. I wore them proudly and frequently. My brothers wore plaid pants, I have proof. And sometimes they even wore striped shirts with them. All perfectly acceptable at the time! That was such a long time ago!
LOL free, you sound like so many girls I knew back in "the day". I was a young hippie kid growing up in Ann Arbor, a hotbed of student protest and unrest. We had the anti war protests, riots, the protest against pot laws (when it was only a $5 fine) the "co-ed killer" was loose in the area...
I was a long hair, army jacket wearing kid with bell bottoms that had shiny rivets up each leg..Oh gawd I hate those pictures! Got into big trouble with my dad after he woke up one Sunday morning to a picture, in both morning papers, of me standing in the middle of a giant "bomb crater" a bunch of us hippies dug in the front yard of the "rainbow peoples party" to protest John Sinclair being jailed for a joint (damn I wish I could get a copy of that picture) and to protest the bombing in Indochina. Those were the days!
I'm just slightly post-hippie. My older sister had happy face stickers on everything, wore the crazy clothes(I may have, but was only 4 and don't remember it all) and the next door neighbours VW bug was covered in peace signs.
FTB, as far as Carson, he was and always will be the king. This is not just nostalgia talking. Bought my father the Best of Carson to watch when he was in the hospital. We both sat there and laughed so hard we got in trouble with the nursing staff.
miter, I never had a chance to do any protesting, and the small town I lived, nobody really did I guess. My sister is six years older than I am, so I think she was more into the bona-fide "hippy" stuff, that was right up her alley. I was still too young at the time to get much involved. I floated just on the outskirts of it, not really understanding any of it. By the time I was of an age to understand any of it, times were a-changin. I graduated high school 1980, a new decade.
Has your Dad forgiven you yet for making front page news? That must have been something.
Read your post below, to camuck. I'm with ya. Nothing at all wrong with connecting to other people, having a sense of friendship and communication. We don't all have to agree on everything, we don't all have to be nice every second. But, it should be expressed in a more constructive way.
Hey FTB, Ya know what? The odd typo really ain't a problem - the essence of the message is more important than the spelling used to convey it...and you're one of the more heartfelt posters here
Hey! the new website is a good idea!
All you guys who are up each other's asses and agree with each other can have a nice safe place to play. Canuck's dream. everybody reading his fatuous crap and nodding "What a clever man."
I think Glumbert will be a better place without you all - the self righteous, egotistical, fantasising cretins an leave it to the new breed - that is ME!!!!!!!
See Camuck...for everything there is ying (intelligent, sometimes angry and forthright, but normally pretty witty and on the level) and yang (usually vapid insults with little wit - although there seems potential in some posts)
Canuck = ying
Camuck = gently retarded yang
You are indeed a new breed... can't remember the name of that cloned sheep...Dolly?
Gee thanks. I really ook up to you big time so will obviously be flagellating myself furiously over my error. one extra 'g' and I'm in Mr Muck spreader's bad books. Boo hoo.
Quick question, do you REALLY feel the need to be such a knob? Chuck was right above, some of your stuff can be funny, most of the rest is just playground.
why do you people all buy into this Canuck thing anyway? he takes time off, then comes back with these "here i am gang" posts which youre all supposed to admire, as if hes Mr Glumbert, when in fact he just spews out obvious anti-Bush crap that any idiot could do. its obvious Bush is a retard, so what the fuck is the point in saying it over and over again? With canuck its ME ME ME ME, listen how smart I am my little people. The great Canuck has spoken - Lord of Glumbert, Mr Nice Guy, Mr fucking shitface if you ask me.
Sorry Miter, I will need to correct you. I had mine stitched up a few years back when Randal and I were roommates. He kept trying to ass rape me so I took alternative measures. How our dog Fido sure suffered from my surgical decision. RIP Fido.
Anti social behavior begets this type of action, you did start it by the way (as far as I know). One of my principles is not to start a "fight", but if one comes my way, I will end it...quickly! Verbally or physically, same rules apply. If your comments are due to someone trashing you, end it..let it go...you've made your point!
Let's get out the three foot "bfc" (big fucking crowbar) and open up the roof....
camuck, I have a question, how is it that you can find any type of enjoyment out of pestering, offending etc, people here? Does it really make you feel good? I can understand a once and a while good natured ribbing, (which at times I know I deserve) to which most will think, yeah real funny ha ha ha...but this unending "style" of yours, full of insults, hate, racism, bigotry, etc, can't be good for YOUR head! Don't you want to be accepted? liked? Don't you want to know the "good feeling" of a kind word from someone you don't even know? I bet you're a good person inside and you use anonymous bashing here as a "vent". Now that some of the "regulars" here express a connection or a friendship you have left yourself out with all that alienation. Everyone wants and needs to be accepted, don't you? A few of your posts seemed to have a hint of potential, I say cut the attitude and the alias name and you just might not get pounded on, which in-turn, might, just might, have people here letting up on you. I just don't believe you like the "feeling" you get after a round of antagonism with persons here. If you actually like it, I would call that a bit sadistic and can't be good for your real world attitude. How often do you walk away from an exchange here and feel shity, snap at someone, kick the dog, whatever? Think about it, none of us here are bad people, I betting you aren't either!
So camuck this is it, your last real chance for redemption....
I'll go out on limb here and say from us all, you have two choices...
1. Change the name, cut the insults, hate, racism, bigotry, etc, (at least to a dull roar) and we'll see what comes of it.....
2 Keep up the vitriol and we will all totally ignore you. We will inform others who reply to your insults, hate, racism, bigotry, etc, of this "standing policy".
Just who the hell do I think I am to make such an "ultimatum"?
Just someone who has a suggestion for you that's all. I have no control over you, only YOU have control over you. I don't really care what you do either way, the choice is all yours, I know you aren't really all those nasty things I've painted you to be, I can tell by some of your recent post's that the neurons do fire, so come on man do the right thing, It'll feel good!
I agree camuck, I have read your posts, you're not a dummy, by any means. I've seen a lot of nastiness sometimes, but I just flip by on those ones. I just look at it as kind of "shock" value, and try not to think you actually feel that way.
miter makes some good points, he really does.
Well, I don't know about anyone else, but, thanks to the MASSIVE dump of snow were getting, I am solidly stuck here today (and maybe tomorrow) Oh well, forced relaxation. No point even shovelling until it stops. Coming down so fast it covers your footprints. Mako, you lucky lucky bastard! Ah hell, this is kinda cool (no pun intended) in it's own way. Snowball fight anyone?(no rocks in the snowballs Camuck)
right! less of the pretentious bullshit from everybody - let's have a laugh at the vids and ourselves. This is my last post as camuck1963. i'm changing my name to reformed. by the way, romanians arent all bad. just the ones Ive met.
reformed, a heartfelt welcome to you, we can all only go toward the future, not the past. Look forward to more posts from you, your intelligence and humor.
I'm kinda curious though, not just reformed but all here.... who's getting all this snow? I'm currently looking at about 10-12 inches...and my ATV plow is stuck in the barn (big f-ing snow drift) the little woman wants out of the house to do some shopping (I thinks she's nuts) but you know those Romanians! Hell I should strap on the helmet cam and take a run in the snowy woods and video this winter wonderland for you poor soles in warmer climates to see what you're missing! Oh oh, there she goes again...time to get to that snow!
I have 10 inches! (of snow), here in the middle of New England. And its still snowing. The Pats are on, and I'm having some good hot spaghetti, after shoveling my driveway. I'm staying in for the rest of the day.
About a foot and change so far. Coming down like the ash after Mt. St. Helen's. Still like to see the helmet cam though, if you can keep the lens clear.
Here's a clue. We haven't got any snow at all here, apart from in the hills! Hoping for some for Christmas though. And that it fucks off after Boxing Day!
Oh, and the "hold on bald eagle" bit was a catchphrase from some cartoon I vaguely remember. Long time ago. Was it that insane Rooster? Cleghorn Leghorn/Foghorn or something?
miter, where I am, it's mostly sleet and freezing rain at the moment, although expecting more snow accumulation in the next day or so. Perfect opportunity to snuggle down on the sofa, put in a favorite movie, and forget about the world for awhile!
reformed, what's Boxing Day? Hope you get a little white stuff for Christmas. Doesn't seem the same without a little snow.
FTB, you know, Boxing day, the day after Christmas when people go out and buy all sorts of useless crap that they normally wouldn't buy but have to, because it's on sale. Like we don't get enough of shopping BEFORE Christmas.
Boxing day is the 26th December. So called because it is when the gift boxes are disposed of - at least, that's what they call it where I come from. It's usually the day when the turkey leftovers are made into curry or sandwiches, depending on how adventurous the cook is.
My grandmother (rest her soul) used to make a dish called curry chicken. It was delicious, and my sister has made it a time or two, following Gram's recipie. Never used it myself though, curry has a pretty distinct flavor.
I'm heading for that comfy sofa, a favorite movie, let the wind blow and the ice do what it will. That's out there, I'm in here. I wish for all of you to be warm, safe, and comfortable.
Later.
Get your passport, apply for a visa, and come on over. And thanks to the crazy US immigration policy, once you're here, and if you want to stay, you don't have to leave.
Hell bill, I buy all sorts of useless crap all year round! LOL. That's just the woman in me I guess. It's a genetic flaw. Not my fault. Although "sale" does bring it out more than just a normal day. I didn't know it was called "boxing day" though. Learn something new every day. I like that.
My mother explained to us as children that the name came from the act of fighting your way to the sales counter through an aggressive mob of shoppers. Yes, she had an excellent sense of humour.
I watched two videos this morning while I was hacking some software to make it stream videos. The first one was some kind of nutty thing about "the new world order", and how the wealthy class is going to exterminate 90% of the rest of us, and the second one was about UFO's. I don't know which of these videos were more bizarre.
I will post the links here if anyone is into conspiracy government cover ups of Global dominance or UFO's
I do remember this Alex Jones guy on the radio one night, and he was being blanked out with noise on a very clear channel. Over the past 6 years, only his programs experience this interference. He is nuts. Or... is he?
alex jones is a very interesting guy. he is hated by the Israeli lobby APEC for his exposing of the neocon agenda before anybody even knew who they were. among oyher things he was behind the successful opposition to the NAFTA superhighway (which is now totally denied by it's former ardent supporters). he is outspoken in his support for strict border security. he is one of the first people to say bush is an incompetent draft dodger and should probably be behind bars, not only for his transgressions in office but for his drug arrests in texas prior to becoming prez, what other president has had his court records sealed? people are always trying to mess with his show,,,,,his buddy jeff rense has a similar program that has been named by the state dept as the #1 disinformation site on the web. funny thing though alot of the time they are right. see rense.com it's really interesting
It does give some pretty interesting food for thought, tho a lot of it is also pretty tongue in cheek you have to admit! Didn't realise State Dept had their eye on it tho! Funny
I liked the recent vid about the objects orbiting earth larger than the International Space Station. Didn't necessarily postulate UFOs, but had some more down to earth rationale regards the star wars program and its continued development
From a personal perspective (and given the way this thread's going ie anywhere!) I'm pretty certain space is weaponised already. Too big a strategic advantage not to; hence the Chinese desire to demonstrate ground based satellite shoot-down capability.
pod, at the risk of undermining my credibility as a "normal" glumbert poster, I saw something really strange, a long time ago. I watched a good part of your link, the UFO coverup, and I am one of those people who experienced a strange sighting. It was so many years ago, about 1991 or so. But I saw an unexplainable light in the sky, just hovering, for quite awhile. It was greenish/white, not too far away but not too close. I watched it for a half hour or so, it didn't move, just stayed in the same spot, which indicated it wasn't a "moving" object. Then all of a sudden, it began to move in a straight line, upward, very quickly, after it had only hung in the sky for a long time. When it went straight up, it then shot out of sight in the space of two seconds. All the way across the night sky, in two seconds. There, then gone. What was it? I don't know. Still don't, all these years later. Don't talk about it much, never have, because people don't believe you. They say, oh, must have been an airplane, must have been a weather balloon. I know what airplanes and weather balloons look like, that wasn't it. But, I don't argue with them, I don't try to convince them. I do know, what I saw was a UFO. Not to say from another planet or galaxy, but it was definately an Unidentified Flying Object. I don't know what it was, so that qualifies it as unidentified. It was in the sky, so that makes it flying. And, it was an object. Hence, UFO. An alien species? Couldn't say, and probably would never know. But, it was strange, to say the least. So many people, including myself, have seen things that are difficult to explain.
ftb - Nothing wrong with knowing what you saw. That's all there is to it. I believe there may be something flying about, because too many have seen these things.
As for me, the only thing I cannot explain is a single event. I was driving to Vermont on a rural road along the Connecticut river. It was dusk, and just starting to get dark, and a large black object like a flattened blimp with sharp edges slowly drifted across the road in front of me. It was at tree top level, and was going way too slow for anything I can explain.
As I drove on I passed just under the trailing tip, as I approached I could see my headlights reflecting off the underside. It was completely silent, and slowly drifted across the river. It was a dull black, and about 250 feet long by 50 feet wide.
I heard Art Bell discuss the sighting he had of one of the triangles that everyone sees out west. I have to say, to hear him describe the event, I believe he saw something very strange.
As for UFO's- Their MUST be other life in the universe. The mathematical probability of it makes it almost certain. The sheer number of stars in our universe make it highly likely
Who knows, perhaps God was an alien and we're just his lab experiment.
Or maybe I just watched too much of the Twilight Zone when I was a kid.
Thats interesting, you all have some interesting UFO tales. When I was about 10 years old I THINK I saw something but I'm not sure. I saw something in the sky that had multicolored lights at dusk, when I looked a way and looked back it was gone!
I'm a big X-Files fan...there are some pretty cool episodes about UFOs. Especially that Jose Chungs From Outer Space episode..damn, those aliens look creepy!
CLEVELAND -- Congressman and Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich's acknowledgement that he's seen a UFO is sparking lots of talk back home. The comment came at Tuesday night's Presidential debate in Philadelphia.
Moderator Tim Russert asked about a story included in actress Shirley McLaine's book about the incident, "Have you ever seen a UFO?"
Kucinich seemed to anticipate the question saying, "Yes I did."
He joked about opening a campaign headquarters in Roswell, New Mexico a community with many alleged UFO sightings.
He claimed that more people have seen UFO'S than approve of President Bush's performance.
Oh yeah, that's old news about Kucinich. You know Jimmy Carter has admitted to seeing one too as a peanut farmer. He also got attacked by a "bonzai bunny" while fishing...look it up, its hilarious. Dontcha just love presidential politics. I do!
You're killing me man...........this is some of the funniest shit I've read in a long time!!!!!! I've only been here a few days but I can all ready see the set up coming.
Just came in from outside, and it's STILL snowing. Everything's buried in white. Incredible, even by Canadian standards. No sign of letting up, either.
Mako in Thailand? Weinerdog in Florida?
A plague on both your houses! LOL!
Anyways, Podster! How are you and your other New Englanders making out? Has this crud passed you? Or are you still getting residuals?
This rivals the blizzard we had back in '77 (remember that one, Billy-B?)
Finally finished catching up on the rest of the thrid season of "Lost" last night.
WOW!
What a fuckin' show-stopper!
(Damn, but that tropical beach they're on looks SOOOOOO good!)
Randal, I think you, Podster, Miter, Chaz, Surferbum, Chuck, Useddouchebag and Mako should get your asses up here and hook up with Billy-B and myself and we'll all get hammered and then play some good ol' fashioned street hockey in all this lovely snow.
mako I'm with you keeping the fire stoked...after my collision with a tree last night (slow speed on ATV w/helmet) I wouldn't be worth a damn at hockey...besides I'm the fire-master with a "hobo can"! My secret to a good can is to give it good ventilation...two mags of .45 at mid level, 5 rounds 12 gauge at the base and one 30 round mag of .223 for the balance...produces a perfect fire every time!
Dear posters....I am thrilled (actually less than that, but this is so meaningful) to see "caMuck" has retired from the battlefield. Our effort to shun him was not all that that succesful anyway (rejoinders to his preposterous postings being so tempting)...so his voluntary decision to join normalcy should be much celebrated. I welcome his new id and personna.
Here, we have more rain than snow...didn't even bother to crank up the snowblower as last night's snow was disappearing even as early as Patriot game-time.
The Patriots played probably their worst game of the season today, at least offense-wise. Defensively, we were good, fortunately.
Brazil has a newly found and vast oil source, off shore. Probably our good relations with them will now get screwed up. Coffee is one thing, oil, another.
chaz,,,brazil's project total output~8 billion barrels... the yearly demand ~40 billion barells , add 3 to 4 year lag for production with the resulting increase in demand, and you are gonna have one hell of a rate of return...
So I'm pissed about my final grades that were posted.
I got an A- in political theory. I seriously thought I had potential to get an A! Only 2 more points or something and I would have had it...DAMMIT!
And I got an INCOMPLETE so far in my research methods class! DUDE I TURNED IN EVERYTHING! An email was sent to the professor. We'll see how that turns out. I seriously thought I had a 4.0. Damn theory whores in political science. :-(
Oh God I so don't miss school. Not that the working world is a non-stop, yee-hah, dwarf bowling bowl full of giggles, but it beats school. I still have to take upgrade courses from time to time but they are in my area of expertise and I find them interesting. School was just so f'n boring.
I mean, I have a job, but not a REAL job. Real job as being defined as something I actually LIKE doing and get a salary and benefits package. Oh well, I guess I won't know the feeling of having a real job until I get this damn masters out of the way.
"The singer Donovan, 61, announced plans to open the Invincible Donovan University in his native Scotland to advance Transcendental Meditation teachings, which assert that a critical mass of practitioners, concentrating in unison, can cause society to reduce its crime, violence and stress (and, he said, the critical mass for improving a small country like Scotland would be only 250 meditators)". [Google News-AP, 11-05-07]
it's hard to smoke drink watch tv and post getting back to donovan it's a joint project with movie producer david lynch "Blue Velvet,,,etc" weird but true
A job you really LIKE doing is almost certainly NOT the job you'll end up doing, at least initially!
Unless you're real lucky and bust your balls hard enough to turn your hobby into your business, most times the salary and benefits package is attached to a rat-race kinda existence at the corporate coal-face.
Don't mean to sound too disparaging so on the plus side there always IS that chance to do exactly what you want if you're willing to knuckle up and realise it won't be plain sailing. Anyway, fuck it, it's Xmas!
"Hear ye, here ye, the first meeting of Glumberters Anonymous shall come to order"
"Hi everyone, my name is Bill, and I'm a Glumbertaholic. I've been addicted to it ever since a friend sent me "Douche Cologne". It's been 39 seconds since my last post"
So Surfer, Virginia. Only been through Norfolk delivering a yacht a few years back. Right after 911. Sailed right through the Navy yard. Little tense I must say, being watched so closely. Damn those carriers are huge. You anywhere near there?
"Hi everyone, my name is free, and I'm a Glumbertaholic. I've tried and tried to stop on my own, but I guess I finally realized, I need some help. My first vid was "can you make your horse dance like this?" and I was hooked from there. Throw in the obsession with other posters, the constant checking for new vids, avidly absorbing thoughts, ideas, arguments and alias comments, well, I just can't break away. I've also come to respect and enjoy so many people here. That's my story, a Glumbertaholic. It's been nine hours since my last post".
Now Free, would you like to enroll in our cessation program. It's not the usual 12 steps. It's actually only one step. Simply send your computer(s) to Mitercut, postage paid and he will shoot/blowup/demolish your addiction once and for all (well, until you get a new computer).
bill, would you believe, I can hardly believe, because I didn't realize it until just now, I went to "Can you make your horse dance like this", kind of nastalgia, and I, freetobe, was the FIRST viewer on that video, six months ago! I wasn't the first poster, because at that time, I wasn't posting, didn't even know about it. Go check, really, I was the first one to watch it. And, it's an awesome video. I was honestly floored to see my name as first viewer on that, haven't seen it in months, but there it is. Cool!
Well, let me add, this has not helped me break away from Glumbert. I was way more delighted than I should have been to see my name as first viewer! LOL.
The funny thing is, when I first came here, the whole "First" thing seemed kinda goofy to me. Even got my back up about it at first. But then, ah, I scored one of my own. I was elated, and also kind of surprised that I found it so cool. If you think about it though, other than a good natured little contest, this site is viewed worldwide, by literally millions of people. To be the first of all those, well, that is pretty cool. I find this whole Glumbert thing a lot of fun, and, I'm ashamed to admit, I probably spend way more time on here than I should, but it is addictive. The opportunity to converse/read/squabble or whatever with people all over the world. I, like you, have learned a lot here. I would say that I have even had my opinion changed on some very key subjects. There are a lot of incredibly intelligent people who post here. I may not often wade in on the political topics but, I most certainly am reading and learning. Would miss the hell out of all of you if this ever went south. Maybe someday we WILL have the "Great Glumbert Gettogether". Who knows, be pretty interesting to put a name to a face. Maybe we should take Riza up on her Birthday in BC offer.
I will be there, have no doubt. Incredibly selfish of me really. You will see me hauling my ass up a very steep incline. I've bought my t-shirt. On the back it says "Glumbert Rules!" On the front it says "Rizamoon lives here" if you don't believe me cum see on August 7, 2008 top of Stawamus Chief (or wait for me at the bottom if that's your preference). I don't lie.
If I might suggest a get together in New York. (sorry Riza) It would be central to a large number of the group. Canuck and I are in Ontario, Pod, Randal, you, Chaz and some others are New England or vacinity. Miter is Michigan(not far from us), and anyone overseas, NY is a major airport. Just a thought. How 'bout New Years in Times Square next year.
Surfer, looks like a young mans sport to me........ah hell, I'd give it a shot. I can drink beer, I can (probably) do a hand stand. Just never thought of combining them. Crazy kids,lol.
You are right, I desist. It is much more convenient and affordable to do the thing in New York. Hope you guys have a helluva game of hockey and think of me. I'll think of you.
Bill, I share your sentiments, really. It would be so cool to meet everybody. Maybe someday, huh?
Did you, or anyone, by chance go visit the horse dancer? It really is an awesome video by the way. It's a must see. Nothing political, or controversial in any way. Just a great watch. I love horses, even though the one and only time I was perched upon one, it almost killed me. Long story. But what the heck, I have the time!
Once upon a time, a young girl, newly married, was visiting the new in-laws farm. There were horses about. This young girl had always wanted to ride a horse. So she, in all of her ignorance, jumped up on a sprightly young filly, who was known to have a bit of fun with her inexperienced riders, such as myself. Once aboard, I was no longer in the least bit of control of the situation. The filly took off at a dead run, and with no clear direction from her rider, ran around at will. This included the back yard, where there was a clothes line strung. The terrified rider (me) only just barely managed to avoid being "clotheslined" straight through the neck by the barest of margins. Almost lost an ear though. The next obstacle was a barbed wire fence, dead ahead, and racing toward it at great speed. My options ran through my head in the space of about two seconds. Either leap the fence, or go through the fence. Both options could quite easily mean the end of me. I quite suddenly decided I was in charge, and almost broke the poor horse's neck, yanked on the reins as hard as I could, screaming "Whoa!" at the same time. She stopped on a dime, a few feet away from the fence, and stood there like a docile child, and allowed me to dismount, not a whimper or stomping of foot. I still think she was just having fun with me, but she would have jumped that fence, no problem. My teenage sister in law thought it was a lot of fun to jump fences with the horses. Me, I probably would have been killed! Wasn't my time to go I guess.
Never been on a horse since, but still love them.
My name is surferbum22, also known as surfer. And I am an addict of glumbert. (Hi surfer.)
It has been 1 minute since my last post. Man, it's so hard not to go without a day. I've tried, and tried. But it just keeps bringing me back!
I don't recall the very first glumbert video that I saw. But I do remember that horse dancing one. Wow that was a while back, like 10 months ago?
Among my favorites are: Back to the Future with a Cell Phone Camera, ALL of the daily show/colberts, Reverse Exploding Sand Castles, "What is wrong with people from Alabama? This blew my mind" (LMAO!, still laughing about that one), Elevator Disco, the Sylvia Browne "Psychic Gone Wrong" ones, Hipster Olympics, Artic Surfing, Surfer Gets Mad Eloquent, Baseball Manager with a Temper, How to Eat Watermelon, Extreme Chair Jumping, ahhhh, the list can go on forever!!!
How to eat a watermelon. - This is the only one I have a visual memory of, and the comment by someone who said something about the video setting his race back 100 years. LOL
Yeah surfer, can't help remembering Sylvia Brown's faux paus. "I'm seeing water, he died in water......" At which time, grieved audience member tearfully informs us, he died in the towers, 911. Sylvia tries to backtrack, well, must be the water the firefiighters were using. No redemption there. Not to say there aren't some people who have some extra abilities, but Sylvia isn't one of them.
kinda off track..A friend of mine has a "psychic" where she works, she was recently dumped by her boyfriend and she came to work all sad and actually said..."I never saw that coming"!
You BASTARD! Just kidding, but I wish someone had bet me. Notice all the new videos today? Wonder if they were on vacation or if all the going elsewhere talk began to worry them.
I don't remember the first video I watched, I don't even remember what this video is about. The first video I really started commenting on was Angry American, no easing into Glumbert for me, I jumped right into the fire.
"camuck1963" you are a pussy - changing your name to reformed ... you could have easily walked like a man into your new reformed life with the same name. Who is now going to challenge the "Great Canuck"? He is wise, but now also unfetterred in his comments.
Mitercut - you should be a minister converting the unguided
reformed, you ain't no pussy. When you make a change, it's best to get rid of old baggage, start fresh. You would be laboring under the old name. Now, you can do what you want.
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