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The IBM Selectric was built in Lexington, KY at what is now Lexmark International. Part of the sprawling main assembly building is now called Building 1 and serves as a cube farm for their marketing and software development groups. The remainder of the old IBM manufacturing and warehouse buildings on Lexmark's campus were torn down years ago, with the help of some nice government subsidies (aka corporate welfare) as their manufacturing of printers and ink and toner cartridges was moved offshore, mainly to Mexico.
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Such pretty post. Much like.
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I hope the guy won't end up in the doghouse over these photos.
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Nothing ever good comes from "I don't know what it is, so I'll poke it!"
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I'm gonna be the guy who points out that those aren't actually spiders...
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This so needs a rainbow and a cat.
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As a young boy, I'd go across the street to where my Great Grandfather (yes-Great) lived and listened to the Lone Ranger on radio with him as he played solitaire at his kitchen table. I had one of those sparking gun rings. Also had a Lone Ranger board game. Ate a lot of Cheerios. Great memories.
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The average American woman may be overweight, but she doesn't have three chins.
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And not just squirrels. MOOSE and squirrel!
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That sheep's bladder thing isn't a haggis. What you've been eating is the infamous "false" haggis that was invented in 1844 to make up for the shortage of the true haggis after it was almost hunted to extinction in the aftermath of the outbreak of the Burns Night craze. The common or garden variety haggis is, in fact, a shy little globular animal that lives in the highlands and whose planitive, squealling bleats can be heard over the lonely hills as it roams from distillery to distllery to beg a wee dram. It's much prized for its bright tartan pelt, which is used to make bag pipes and its platypus-like beak that was once the basis of the sporran industry.
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I love Haggis.
The Haggis Booth is my first stop at the Highland Games--then its off for an IrnBru!
Unless it is homemade, Haggis in America is different. Commercial makers cannot use the lungs.
For those really sqeamish folks, there are less "offal" varieties. Including vegetarian haggis!
http://www.thehaggis.com/EZ/sh/sh/page01.php?PHPSESSID=2dluqcbirj13tjg4fonckl4hg6
The Haggis Booth is my first stop at the Highland Games--then its off for an IrnBru!
Unless it is homemade, Haggis in America is different. Commercial makers cannot use the lungs.
For those really sqeamish folks, there are less "offal" varieties. Including vegetarian haggis!
http://www.thehaggis.com/EZ/sh/sh/page01.php?PHPSESSID=2dluqcbirj13tjg4fonckl4hg6
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Got to try haggis in college, and I thought it was great.
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Some people will believe anything. When I was a kid, we convinced my sister that naugahyde came from small South American animals called naugas. She believed it until she was a teenager!
Our Scottish neighbour used to make haggis when I was growing up. Living on a farm, we were used to eating sweetmeats and other offal, so haggis wasn't much of a stretch. It's basically like loose hamburger, just a little chewier. No biggie, except our neighbour made hers so salty you needed to drink gallons of water with it. We were too young for whiskey!
Our Scottish neighbour used to make haggis when I was growing up. Living on a farm, we were used to eating sweetmeats and other offal, so haggis wasn't much of a stretch. It's basically like loose hamburger, just a little chewier. No biggie, except our neighbour made hers so salty you needed to drink gallons of water with it. We were too young for whiskey!
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The symbol is also probably more well known as the "devils horns" popularized by Ronnie James Dio, which is actually what I thought it was before reading the text.
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For your convenience I've highlighted him ;) : Space Pope! Woohoo!