Where the fuck does this go?

[Deb Prothero]

Wouldn't you just love to have this for the playa.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/vw-van-stolen-35-years-ago-found-in-shipping-container/article1353296/

looks pretty sweet.

[Shambala]

Wouldn't you just love to have this for the playa.
looks pretty sweet.

Sure Deb, one week on the playa and it will look likes it's been on the road for 35 years. Just think how people look after being in the dust for a week.

[Deb Prothero]

Um, yes, I suppose you're right, Shambala. Still I've always wanted one of those.

[littleflower]

you should move to southern california, deb ... we have lots of them here!

[Dr. Pyro]

Henry, you're only four away from 8000 posts!

[Elorrum]

the first car I got to drive on my own was a 64 bus. It looked a lot like that. It was stolen from an airport parking lot in 1977... I admit I was hoping it would be the one when I saw the headline. dang.

[Elorrum]

Even when that car was young, it was never a reliable vehicle for long roadtrips that involved climbing any mountains. Spent memorable days in Willits (Skunk motel) and Dunsmuir (best tasting water in the world) as a child waiting for VW parts and repairs, while on the way to Washington for summer vacations.

[gyre]

Easy to make a reliable van.
Just put a porsche or any other engine in one.
I hear subaru is good.
And there are others.

http://www.kennedyeng.com/
http://www.kennedyeng.com/sub_van.htm
http://www.kennedyeng.com/earlyvan.htm
http://www.kennedyeng.com/vw_por.htm

[gyre]

I found this too.
Vanaru

http://www.blabberon.com/convert.html
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/forums/ ... /822609161
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1252551&page=2

[theCryptofishist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremophile

[Deb Prothero]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremophile

I wonder how many of these live at BRC while we are away.

Alkaliphile
An organism with optimal growth at pH levels of 9 or above

[theCryptofishist]

Exactly. I hear that there are brine shrimp/sea monkeys there. I get a little tired of the old "nothing lives out there" thing, because it's not true.

[ygmir]

Exactly. I hear that there are brine shrimp/sea monkeys there. I get a little tired of the old "nothing lives out there" thing, because it's not true.

I bet, it would amaze us all, to see what really "lives" in places......deep crust, oceans, playas, etc........
not only biology as we (assume) we know it, but, "atypical" life, that, we've just not recognized, yet.......

[theCryptofishist]

Exactly. I hear that there are brine shrimp/sea monkeys there. I get a little tired of the old "nothing lives out there" thing, because it's not true.

I bet, it would amaze us all, to see what really "lives" in places......deep crust, oceans, playas, etc........
not only biology as we (assume) we know it, but, "atypical" life, that, we've just not recognized, yet.......

What we've found already and have only been studying for 20 years is already pretty amazing.

[ygmir]

Exactly. I hear that there are brine shrimp/sea monkeys there. I get a little tired of the old "nothing lives out there" thing, because it's not true.

I bet, it would amaze us all, to see what really "lives" in places......deep crust, oceans, playas, etc........
not only biology as we (assume) we know it, but, "atypical" life, that, we've just not recognized, yet.......

What we've found already and have only been studying for 20 years is already pretty amazing.

one of the myriad reasons I'd like to live forever, just to see what's discovered........

[theCryptofishist]

Exactly. I hear that there are brine shrimp/sea monkeys there. I get a little tired of the old "nothing lives out there" thing, because it's not true.

I bet, it would amaze us all, to see what really "lives" in places......deep crust, oceans, playas, etc........
not only biology as we (assume) we know it, but, "atypical" life, that, we've just not recognized, yet.......

What we've found already and have only been studying for 20 years is already pretty amazing.

one of the myriad reasons I'd like to live forever, just to see what's discovered........

The irony in that being that if we lived forever we'd no longer have the kind of world in which extremophiles evolve.

[ygmir]

Exactly. I hear that there are brine shrimp/sea monkeys there. I get a little tired of the old "nothing lives out there" thing, because it's not true.

I bet, it would amaze us all, to see what really "lives" in places......deep crust, oceans, playas, etc........
not only biology as we (assume) we know it, but, "atypical" life, that, we've just not recognized, yet.......

What we've found already and have only been studying for 20 years is already pretty amazing.

one of the myriad reasons I'd like to live forever, just to see what's discovered........

The irony in that being that if we lived forever we'd no longer have the kind of world in which extremophiles evolve.

yeah, I know, but still...........

[gyre]

Every sound system needs one of these.

http://www.rane.com/pdf/old/pi14dat.pdf

[malikaziani]

[quote="littleflower"]i was thinking of dressing up as bad debt for halloween ... but the wall street lemmings idea is excellent...! instead of a cliff, they could look for a skyscraper to jump out of.[/quote]Irony is the essence of life. I love it and try to embrace it. Sad to say the lemming effect is a quote we can apply to human behavior...not the little critters themselves. Apparently its an urban myth. Animals are not stupid, just brave. Check it out. Google it, wikipedia it...go and watch a colony full of lemmings for a season. Its not the blind leading the blind. They migrate in mass quantities. And some die in the process. Give the lemmings the credit they deserve. "nuff said.
Oh yeah...sorry to say...to any san franciscan out there....the coit tower is not a replica of a fire nozzle. I know...I know... But it looks like one! I know!
Viagra started out as a heart medication (an arterial disease) . By accident, it increased venous flow to the penis. Go figure.

[theCryptofishist]

go and watch a colony full of lemmings for a season.

The population cycle of the lemmings is, I recall, a four- or five-year one, so "a season" may not be long enough.

[gyre]

And the walls fell.

This is the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
And the start of the velvet revolutions.

This song was the soundtrack for those events.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXCEaeqZDnA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKNMt-J7Zhs[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZtAw1xOR8k&NR=1[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxobuyB4H38[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KcRl1p2waM&NR=1[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Eyao-2KWo[/youtube]


It has already been adopted for other versions.
This may not be up long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_oP4m66VY&

[can't sit still]

Yeah, well one wall went down,,, another went up.

[Kinetik V]

And now for something completely different: A virtual cow butt!



http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/haptic-cow/

[can't sit still]

-
Subject: Your phone number goes public this month...!!!

REMEMBER:
Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this month.

REMINDER.....
all cell phone numbers are being released
to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.

.... YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS

To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone:

1-888-382-1222 .


It is the National DO NOT CALL list.
It will only take a minute of your time.
It blocks your number for five (5) years.

You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked....
You cannot call from a different phone number.

HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON ..
It takes about 20 seconds

[theCryptofishist]

I think this is one of those internet rumors. I remember going through this recently.

[ygmir]

I googled the number, it looks legit

[can't sit still]

I called the number. It is legit.

[theCryptofishist]

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/celldirectory.htm

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cell_directory.htm

http://youthinkwhat.com/hoax-cell-phone-numbers-go-public-dismiss-as-seasonal-rumor.html

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

[gyre]

They call unpublished numbers.
Why wouldn't they call mobiles?

[can't sit still]

When you call the number, "they" identify themselves as the Ca attorney general. Regardless of the current situation there has been a program by the A.G to keep telemarketers from calling people who want to be off the lists.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-122329326.html