the random thoughts thread

by **VoxOrion** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 14:18:52

The building has been vibrating on and off for the past six hours due to construction next door. I don't think I can handle this much longer.

by **swishnicholson** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 14:35:29

VoxOrion wrote:The building has been vibrating on and off for the past six hours due to construction next door. I don't think I can handle this much longer.

Are you sure you don't just need to cut down on the coffee?

by **VoxOrion** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 15:00:21

I wish. It's stopped now, probably for lunch. I feel numb.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 18:04:36

philliesphhan wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:When I was a kid, I think I was pretty sure that by now someone would have invented a replacement for the shovel. Some kind of "personal earth extractor" where you could just set the depth and width of the hole you wanted and pretty much let it go on its own. But forty years later, there are still a lot of shovels being used, and not just by individuals but by professional diggers. Is there really no replacement for the shovel or has the development of p.e.e.s been squelched due to the massive reduction in the labor force it might cause?

Wasn't the flying car supposed to be right around the corner 40 years ago?

meatball wrote:

Wiki entry

And how much more stressful would the daily rush hour commute be with the addition of being airborne?

Just imagine, the idiot that cut you off in traffic would have the potential of sending you plummeting with just a mere fenderbender, leaving you to ponder the downside of gravity... "it's not the fall, it's the sudden stop"

by **bleh** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 18:19:22

I'd be more worried about drunks crashing through my bedroom roof when I'm asleep.

by **swishnicholson** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 18:44:32

bleh wrote:I'd be more worried about drunks crashing through my bedroom roof when I'm asleep.

Or drunks leaning out of the car door to throw up when I'm awake.

Seriously, though, the Segway as the most modern form of individual transport is a bit of a letdown. Where's my jetpack?

by **smitty** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 19:06:30

swishnicholson wrote:
bleh wrote:I'd be more worried about drunks crashing through my bedroom roof when I'm asleep.

Or drunks leaning out of the car door to throw up when I'm awake.

Seriously, though, the Segway as the most modern form of individual transport is a bit of a letdown. Where's my jetpack?

The jetpack was the one I thought of too. That thing has been around since the sixties at least. When do we get them at Wal-Mart and stuff? They should be able to sell workable jet packs for about $150.00.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 19:07:22

smitty wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
bleh wrote:I'd be more worried about drunks crashing through my bedroom roof when I'm asleep.

Or drunks leaning out of the car door to throw up when I'm awake.

Seriously, though, the Segway as the most modern form of individual transport is a bit of a letdown. Where's my jetpack?

The jetpack was the one I thought of too. That thing has been around since the sixties at least. When do we get them at Wal-Mart and stuff? They should be able to sell workable jet packs for about $150.00.

What's the problem? All you need are some jets and some duct tape.

by **smitty** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 19:10:14

TenuredVulture wrote:
smitty wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
bleh wrote:I'd be more worried about drunks crashing through my bedroom roof when I'm asleep.

Or drunks leaning out of the car door to throw up when I'm awake.

Seriously, though, the Segway as the most modern form of individual transport is a bit of a letdown. Where's my jetpack?

The jetpack was the one I thought of too. That thing has been around since the sixties at least. When do we get them at Wal-Mart and stuff? They should be able to sell workable jet packs for about $150.00.

What's the problem? All you need are some jets and some duct tape.

If you can't pick one up at Wal-Mart for $150.00, I don't trust it.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 19:36:45

smitty wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
smitty wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
bleh wrote:I'd be more worried about drunks crashing through my bedroom roof when I'm asleep.

Or drunks leaning out of the car door to throw up when I'm awake.

Seriously, though, the Segway as the most modern form of individual transport is a bit of a letdown. Where's my jetpack?

The jetpack was the one I thought of too. That thing has been around since the sixties at least. When do we get them at Wal-Mart and stuff? They should be able to sell workable jet packs for about $150.00.

What's the problem? All you need are some jets and some duct tape.

If you can't pick one up at Wal-Mart for $150.00, I don't trust it.

I'm pretty sure duct tape is under $150 at Wal-Mart.

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 20:27:37

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Flying car? You mean like a plane?

you'll have to ask Jerry Seinfeld

by **Bucky** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 01:24:38

Code: Select all: 23:44 1 VEHC VS DEER 23:44 DEER PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE 23:44 CORRECTION DEER IN THE ROADWAY 23:44 VEHC OFF TO THE SIDE

by **Goomeister** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 06:16:00

Monkeys performed about as well as college students at mental addition in a recent study. The study pitted two monkeys against fourteen Duke University students.

In all fairness, after the study the college students routed the monkeys in a game of Quarters.

by **td11** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 08:07:55

hey guys, i came back alive!

my knee feels silly.

by **Phight On!** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 09:02:06

Congrats on a successful surgery.

You ready for my story now?

by **td11** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 09:21:29

yesyesyes. i hope it's gross.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:19:21

http://www.theguyfromboston.com/

by **philliesr98** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:21:28

somebody jacked one of our banks up the other day, bought a piece of pizza and a beer and barely got them done before he got caught, money in hand missing 3 bux... smert

by **Phight On!** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:24:02

td11 wrote:yesyesyes. i hope it's gross.

A little gross... but extremely painful. During my 6th surgery on my back (to have a spinal cord implant put in) I woke up just as they were making the incisions- one is about 3 inches not far from my right ass cheek (where the generator/battery goes) and then another one is about 4 inches in the middle of my back where the leads from the battery go.

I remember laying there and I heard people talking so I assumed they were done. All of a sudden I felt extreme cold and then the worst burning feeling/pain that I ever felt. I guess I must have jumped when they started to cut because someone said, "I think he can feel that." And I said, "Yeah I can fucking feel it!" Everybody in the room started freaking out. At that point I was still half doped up so I didn't know what I was doing and I tried to stand up to make them stop. I felt someone jump across my legs and then one or two people were holding each arm down. A small woman nurse was holding my right arm and I got it free and threw her halfway across the room. After that I don't remember anything until I woke up next to a pile of my own vomit. Apparently the anesthesiologist didn't give me enough meds to keep me knocked out and then gave me too much so I started getting sick in my sleep. Obviously they are not going to work on your spinal cord while you are getting sick so I had to go through the surgery again the following week. If they didn't have me on every med known to man I would have never even had it done the second time. I don't even remember getting chest x-rays to make sure I didn't have some kind of pneumonia where vomit gets in your lungs but luckily that didn't happen. I literally don't remember that week of my life.

The worst part is the damn thing doesn't even work but I'm not really up to having it removed yet. I'm pretty much done with surgeries for now.

by **Phight On!** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:33:31

About an hour ago there were landscapers on the roof of my building cutting down tree branches and all of a sudden I heard a loud crash and a sliding sound and then I saw a blur go past my window. Someone started screaming Holy Shit! and Jesus Christ!. Sure enough a poor guy fell about 20-30 feet to the ground. He just missed landing on the roots of this big ass tree. If he would have landed on those he would have broken his back or neck for sure. At first he was unconscious but by the time the ambulance got there he was moving his arms and talking so that is a good sign.

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