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"I wonder if there will any noticeable changes on its return."
Yeah! Very noticeable I would say. LOL
And.........does it have anything to do with IHub's "news". LOL
We "graduated" to a refrigerator around 1950 and by then they were hiding them coils on the back. The iceman cometh no more...
Hey...back to that other place, nerdling. :)
"Refrigerators with the open coil on top."
Can't say that I remember that, but that's probably because we had a real "ice box." :)
I know, I know. LOL! Most of my friends are "liberals" and they consider the Times to be unbiased....no matter what I say. So I was giving them a break. :)
I hope you are right. Thanks, that link works.
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I'm I the only Ihubber playing this one, lol."
The link doesn't work.....but if you are referring to SIRI, you are not alone. :)
Having just read a similar story in the New York Daily News, I went searching for it on the web. Accidentally, I went to the New Times site instead. There I found multiple stories about the subject, but I didn't notice any that mentioned the downsizing of the loss - but, I admit, I didn't read them all. Here's the one from the New Daily News:
"Iraq museum looting called exaggerated
"BAGHDAD - The vast majority of the Iraqi trove of antiquities feared stolen or broken have been found inside the National Museum in Baghdad, according to U.S. investigators who scoured ransacked galleries over the weekend.
A total of 38 pieces, not tens of thousands, are now believed to be missing. Among them is a single display of Babylonian cuneiform tablets that accounts for nine missing items. The most valuable missing piece is the Vase of Warka, a white limestone bowl made in 3000 B.C.
The inventory, compiled by a military and civilian team headed by Marine Col. Matthew Bogdanos, rebuts reports that Iraq's renowned treasures of civilization - as many as 170,000 individual artifacts - had been scattered or lost during the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
Investigators found that intruders had taken some less-valuable artifacts from a storage room in the basement of the museum. That theft, in a little-known storage area, has raised suspicions that the thieves had knowledge of the museum and its storage practices.
Over the weekend, the investigators, armed with sledgehammers, broke through barricades built by Fedayeen Saddam gunners who fled to the museum just before the fall of Baghdad.
Important artifacts, apparently obscured in some instances by the rubble left by looters, emerged largely unscathed, they said. Investigators counted 17 display cases out of 300 to 400 cases there as destroyed.
In addition, investigators have counted 22 items that were damaged, including 11 clay pots on display in corridors. Most of those damaged artifacts are restored pieces and can be restored again, museum officials told investigators.
The most significant of the damaged pieces was the Golden Harp of Ur. But investigators determined that the golden head on the damaged antiquity, feared missing, was only a copy.
Museum officials confirmed to investigators that the original head is in a storage vault at the Iraqi Central Bank.
Knight-Ridder Newspapers"
I mention this only because while some people consider the New York Daily News to be "conservative", I consider it to be less biased than the Times, which as we all know is "somewhat" Liberal. :)
Bill
How much is the ransom?
Hmmmmm....the edit function seems to be left out. That link is from the home page of IHub (Take Off above)
Did you see this link.....
http://www.funphone.com/canatout/grief.html
Only a guess on my part, but his past hijinks tends to cause me to think he had something to do with it.
Somehow I doubt that Matt and Bob had anything to do with it. More likely KW
All this talk of retrieving dogs reminds me of my retrieving cat, Sadye. In her early years (she lived to 19) I would throw crumpled paper (i.e. cigarette pack) across the room and she would bring it back to me. This would go on for several rounds until my other cat, Clyde, got tired of it all, and would grab the paper and shred it into little bits!! That would put an end to our play.
Both Clyde and Sadye were persians - Clyde a silver, Sadye a blue. After they had gone on to their reward, I said I would never have another cat (don't we all say that?). Well...after a year, I went to the ASPCA to see if I could find a SHORT haired cat - I swore off persians after twenty years of cat hair everywhere.
Of course you can guess what happened next. There, just waiting for me was this 5 year old, forlorn looking but beautiful red persian. I couldn't resist. Now, at the age of 17, Chad got his first lion cut last week. At first he looked like a real freak to me, but now I have gotten used to it even if he hasn't (he spends a lot of time chasing his funny looking tail). But at least I won't have to spend this spring fighting with him to get the mats out.
That trip to the ASPCA that day proved to be a great decision on my part. Chad has been a great companion for over 12 years now. At times he is quite annoying, but so what, so am I. LOL!
Origin of Pets
Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us."
And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves."
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal." And God said, "No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG."
And dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them. And they were comforted. And God was pleased.
And dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well."
And God said, "No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be with them forever and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.
And cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings.
And Adam and Eve learned humility.
And they were greatly improved.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn't give a damn one way or the other.
We "Old Timers" tend to be a little slow. LOL
Bill
"After Six bears..."
That looks like Goldilocks with the THREE beArs! LOL!
Bill
dpb5,
I couldn't find anything in the story associated with your link concerning "female circumcision." I assume it is because the link was from yesterday, and the "story" changes daily. I can't think of anything about female circumcision - actually, female genital mutilation (FGM) - that is good news, except, of course, the elimination of it.
I have seen several stories on TV concerning it and I can only say that it is barbaric and it is difficult to realize that it still goes on in the world in this day and age. I don't know the date of this "statistic", but it is mind boggling:
"....The operation is forced on approximately 6,000 girls per day, worldwide -- about one every 15 seconds. Since FGM is practiced when the girls are young, they are unable to give their informed consent....."
http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_cirm.htm
Bill
"....it'll be more than enough to keep me in smokes for a month."
Here in NYC where the cost of "smokes for a month" is substantial, that sounds like a pretty good "income." :)
Bill
"...even if it is only a lip or retaining bar (even a curtain rod) across the face of the rack. $3 for materials, and 10 minutes."
Hey? Wouldn't duct tape take care of the problem? <g>
Bill
See! I knew it. I'll never be as creative as your son, but hopefully I have a few years left in which to find ways to use duct tape, at least in some mundane manner. I keep thinking and looking!
Bill
Ya know..... As long as I have been around, I have never given much thought (actually none) to duct tape. But, since this board was started I see it all around me.
There is some renovation going on in an apartment building across the street from me. Every morning when I go out to get my newspaper, I see the workmen "building" a temporary ramp into the cargo containers with plywood, boards, etc.... all held together with duct tape.
Yesterday, I was National Wholesale Liquidators and ran across a display of duct tape. I was quite tempted to buy some, but finally talked myself out of it since I am not much of a handyman.....and don't need a tuxedo (or a prom dress for that matter!). But I'm still thinking about it. Ah, how I wonder what my life might have been like if I had discovered duct tape when I was younger..... :)
Bill
"...one that John took of me...that's a wider view..." :)
"His prank was a bust
Z100's Fratboy arrested
By RICHARD HUFF
DAILY NEWS TV EDITOR
Greg J. Tyndorf, known to listeners of WHTZ's morning show as Greg T. the Fratboy, found himself on the wrong side of the law yesterday.
Tyndorf was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct by Carteret, N.J., police after he was duct-taped to a utility pole in a busy intersection while holding a sign that read "Save Ira Joe Fisher."
"I understand it may be a good publicity stunt, but the fact is, all I need is one person to look at that and not the road, and there's a strong possibility for an accident," said Carteret Police Chief John Pieczyski........"
Excerpted from NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/10894p-10285c.html
"37.M heist a cushion to retire on"
By RICHARD WEIR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
William Robinson was sitting on a fortune.
The former security chief of the Versace boutique on Fifth Ave. looted its safe of $3.7 million in diamond rings and gold jewelry — and stuffed most of the booty in the cushion of an easy chair, police said yesterday....."
"......"The seat cushion weighed, like, 50 pounds. So we thought the jewelry might be there," said Detective Gerard Gardiner.
Stashed inside the foam cushion, secured with duct tape in a cut-out space, were envelopes containing all the jewelry — minus the two diamonds sold to Afzal — along with certificates of authenticity.
"It was like finding a pirate's treasure," Fahey said......"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/8977p-8436c.html
"...how much is land within driving distance of...." Civilization!
"Find the Bob"?
Huh? How does one play?
Bill
"It's called Silicon Investor."
LOL! I didn't realize it went so far back in history....a far better suggestion than mine.
Bill
Bob,
"Any idea where I can find historical quotes?"
Try BigCharts.....
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/
Bill
"My God, my nineteen year old won't even eat onions. Why am I being punished?"
I don't know why, but for some weird reason that struck me as very funny. LOL
Bill
Actually, he probably meant Fernco Cap, but there probably isn't one large enough to fit your head anyway! :)
http://doityourself.com/store/caps-qest.htm
Speaking of duct tape......
Klug Survives Wild Runs
For Bronze
"....In every round except the semifinals, Klug managed to hang on to his board and beat his opponent down the mountain. In the first run in the bronze-medal round against Nicolas Huet of France, Klug broke a buckle on his right boot. He had no time to replace the boot, and jury-rigged the buckle with duct tape."
http://www.nydailynews.com/today/-/-/default.asp
Never mind.....I was testing the preview and hit the wrong button.
"Penguins in Sex Flap
Aquarium lust on rocks
By BILL FARRELL
Daily News Staff Writer
Promiscuous female penguins have transformed the New York Aquarium into an ornithological "Sex and the City" episode.
The problem is numbers: There are 22 males in the black-footed penguin colony — and 10 females.
The usually monogamous females have become fair-feathered love machines, aquarium officials say.
Do I Make You Orni, Baby? Penguins get cozy at the New York Aquarium.
"It's definitely the females who are initiating the activity," said Gina Fisher, a caretaker at the Coney Island aquarium. "Some of them share time with as many as three or four males in a day."
One of the most footloose is Gomez, who spends her days nest-hopping before returning to the home carved in a cliff she has shared with her mate, Giovanni, for three years.
"She'll approach their nest and they'll start ... prancing around and puffing up, showing their interest," Fisher said. "Then one thing leads to another."
One reason for the lopsided population is the aquarium's decision two years ago to give the penguins' newly laid eggs to other aquariums.
While the experts say the females are simply making the most of their numerical advantage, others see opportunists squawking for a nicer nest.
Take Clarice, who lives with Albert in a penthouse hutch but is angling for Dollface's sunnier digs two doors down.
Unruffled by all the funny business are Wendell and Cass, two 15-year-old males who have shared the same nest for eight years.
"They are totally devoted to each other," Fisher said. "They never leave each other's side and have the neatest nest in the colony.""
http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-02-14/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-141347.asp?last6days=1
Hmmmmm....22 males and 2 are in a long term, same sex relationship. Does this mean the 10% factor applies to penquins too?! :)
Bill
"Not Just for Candy Anymore
We all know chocolate tastes good, and some of us even know that there are some healthy aspects of it. But did you know chocolate may also be able to help you look and smell good?
By Jeanie Davis
WebMD Medical News
Feb. 11, 2002 -- Like champagne on New Year's Eve, a heart-shaped box of bonbons is the quintessential symbol of Valentine's Day. We do crave the taste of le chocolat.
Amazingly, this melt-in-your-mouth indulgence is good for you. Who knew? There's copper in each and every bite, which helps plump up skin and gives it a more youthful look because it promotes collagen formation, according to the American Academy of Sciences. Chocolate is also full of antioxidants -- from copper and from catechins -- which battle heart disease and cancer.
Chocolate whips up the endorphins (the pleasure chemicals in your brain), as well as serotonin, an anti-depressant. Bite into a bonbon, and you're also getting a bit of caffeine -- that wonderfully all-purpose brain booster.
And if you're lactose intolerant, here's a special note: milk is more digestible when you add a healthy dose of chocolate.
But bonbons do have their downside -- that unattractive fat content. To help us indulge our passion sans those extra pounds, the beauty industry has spun some magic.
Teasing, tantalizing eau du cacao is the essence of fragrances and shampoos, lip icings, and toe creams.
And just imagine this: A long soak in a whipped cocoa bath. A head-to-toe swathe of chocolate fondue. Maybe a body massage with chocolate oil. Or a cocoa butter scrub.
That's what you find at The Hotel Hershey -- where else?
The whipped cocoa bath: "It's our variation of the milk bath," says Jennifer Wayland-Smith, director of The Spa at The Hotel Hershey in Hershey, Pa. "For centuries, women have been taking milk baths to soften and soothe the skin. Milk has lactic acid in it, so it's an exfolliant. Cleopatra was famous for milk baths."
But the chocolate fondue wrap? It's a warm mud painted onto your body from neck to toe -- warm mud mixed with essence of cocoa, that is. "It looks and smells like melted chocolate," she tells WebMD.
The cocoa butter scrub is virtually a cookie recipe: pure cocoa butter (for moisturizing) mixed with oatmeal (an exfolliant) and sugar. Slathered on every inch of skin, it's a 20-minute treatment that leaves skin "very soft and smooth," she says.
Essence of the experience: "that comfort factor," says Wayland-Smith.
It also makes people, well, nuts for chocolate.
Whether it's made by Ghirardelli, Godiva, Cadbury, or your local chocolatier, le chocolat indeed conjures up pleasant emotions, even takes us back to childhood, to Mother's kitchen, whether we realize it or not, says Marcia Pelchat, PhD, a flavor psychologist at Monell Chemical Sciences Center in Philadelphia.
Vanilla scents have a similar effect, she tells WebMD. "It's that pudding type of smell."
Chocolate's complexity makes it an enduring favorite and a good mixer -- it blends well with fruits, nuts, and other flavors. That complexity also makes chocolate a popular fragrance, Pelchat adds. "That aroma, that taste, just can't be duplicated. There are no good synthetic chocolates."
When you respond to that chocolate smell, it's with an ancient part of the brain that has survived evolution. "It's your 'reptile brain' -- the smell brain -- the part of the brain that is intimately involved with emotion," she explains.
"Reptiles probably relied on olfaction for the same reason anybody else would -- to find foods, avoid danger, find mates," Pelchat says. "So [smells] tend to be important in emotion and learning and memory."
If you're trying to kick the chocolate-eating habit, it won't be easy, she tells WebMD. Eau du cacao is so alluring that it's hard to resist, at least in those first few weeks of deprivation.
Stick to your guns, she says, if you're really serious about saying good riddance to Godivas. "If you stick it out for a long time, craving will decline. After that, the mere scent of chocolate won't be enough to lure you back -- it'll take "the full sensory experience" -- an in-your-face chocolate intervention.
"That's the cruelty of chocolate," says Pelchat. "It's so easy, once you have that one little bite. You're right back where you started."
But can rubbing cocoa butter do great things for your skin? That's another matter, says Bernett Johnson, MD, professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania.
"I've known patients to use cocoa butter for everything from moisturizing to lightening up dark marks," he tells WebMD. Your skin likely won't break out in zits. "I've never seen anyone have a reaction to it. But as a moisturizer, it's probably not any better than Crisco, lard, or butter. You can put that on your body just as well."
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1687.51320
The Joe Bob Report - B Movie Guide
http://www.joebobbriggs.com/bmovieguide/index.html
Bill