bmwracer wrote:
That's 'cause you're an enigma. :)
Musashi with an internet connection, you said. :beaten:
Musashi with an internet connection, you said. :beaten:
Interesting/Weird Stories in the News
Started by blender1184 · 8 Jul 2005 · 1,969 replies
General Discussion
Musashi with an internet connection, you said. :beaten:
Tu_triky wrote:Musashi with an internet connection, you said. :beaten:
Yup.
Thing is, who's you're equivalent Kojiro?
bmwracer wrote:
Yup.
Thing is, who's you're equivalent Kojiro?
applications being accepted, please submit by Jan. 25.
Tu_triky wrote:applications being accepted, please submit by Jan. 25.
Just don't mention the part about getting killed by a bokken. :beaten:
bmwracer wrote:
Just don't mention the part about getting killed by a bokken. :beaten:
hehe.....
I thought used panties vending machines were weird, but I'm not sure what to think about his one. :sweat:
Only in LA: Pot Vending Machines
Always on the leading edge, LA is now the first city to have 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. The bulky black boxes scan patrons' fingerprints and a prepaid card, dispensing neat green envelopes of pot. The machines provide "convenient access, lower prices, safety, anonymity," the inventor tells the AP. • Federal drug officials, who don't recognize California's medical marijuana laws, may not be cool with the contraptions. "We'll look into it and see if they're violating laws," says a DEA agent. But the machines' customers say the new gadgets help prevent illegal use. "You have kids that want to get high and that's not what marijuana is for," says one.
http://www.newser.com/story/17744.html
Only in LA: Pot Vending Machines
Always on the leading edge, LA is now the first city to have 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. The bulky black boxes scan patrons' fingerprints and a prepaid card, dispensing neat green envelopes of pot. The machines provide "convenient access, lower prices, safety, anonymity," the inventor tells the AP. • Federal drug officials, who don't recognize California's medical marijuana laws, may not be cool with the contraptions. "We'll look into it and see if they're violating laws," says a DEA agent. But the machines' customers say the new gadgets help prevent illegal use. "You have kids that want to get high and that's not what marijuana is for," says one.
http://www.newser.com/story/17744.html
tabana wrote:I thought used panties vending machines were weird, but I'm not sure what to think about his one. :sweat:
Only in LA: Pot Vending Machines
Always on the leading edge, LA is now the first city to have 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. The bulky black boxes scan patrons' fingerprints and a prepaid card, dispensing neat green envelopes of pot. The machines provide "convenient access, lower prices, safety, anonymity," the inventor tells the AP. • Federal drug officials, who don't recognize California's medical marijuana laws, may not be cool with the contraptions. "We'll look into it and see if they're violating laws," says a DEA agent. But the machines' customers say the new gadgets help prevent illegal use. "You have kids that want to get high and that's not what marijuana is for," says one.
http://www.newser.com/story/17744.html
I saw the video on CNN...the guy at the store was showing off some nice trees....healthy, green, and full of crystals. :mrgreen:
:hehe:
For some unknown reason, they'll be installing the machine near krim's house. :headscratch:
:P
For some unknown reason, they'll be installing the machine near krim's house. :headscratch:
:P
tabana wrote::hehe:
For some unknown reason, they'll be installing the machine near krim's house. :headscratch:
:P
:hehe: :rofl: :hehe:
Of course, kids won't dare try knocking those down to get at what's inside. It's only medicine, after all. :shakehead: :mrgreen:
tabana wrote: "You have kids that want to get high and that's not what marijuana is for," says one.
Er, it's not? Potheads everywhere will be disappointed :nut:
Yahoo! News headline:
Back problem forces Dolly Parton to postpone 13-show tour
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Should this be surprising? :beaten:
Back problem forces Dolly Parton to postpone 13-show tour
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Should this be surprising? :beaten:
Anime Dad wrote:
Er, it's not? Potheads everywhere will be disappointed :nut:
they sure would they might accually quite
lololol
that would be the day haha :beatyou: :beatyou:
Obama, Japan, roots for accidental namesake
by Shaun Tandon
Tue Feb 12, 2:15 AM ET
Barack Obama, who has been credited with tapping support in unlikely places, is enjoying a groundswell of enthusiasm in a small city in western Japan, which is delighted to share his name.
Obama, Japan, is rooting for candidate Obama, hoping that if he becomes the US president he will put this ancient fishing town of 32,000 people firmly on the tourist map and, just maybe, choose it for an international summit.
Supporters in Obama -- which means "small shore" in Japanese -- have held parties to watch election results, put up posters wishing the senator luck and plan a special batch of the town's "manju" sweets bearing his likeness.
"At first we were more low-key as Hillary Clinton looked to be ahead, but now we see he is getting more popular," Obama Mayor Toshio Murakami said.
"I give him an 80 percent chance of becoming president," the 75-year-old said with a proud grin.
Murakami sent a letter last year to Obama, enclosing a set of lacquer chopsticks, a famous product of this town on the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in Fukui prefecture's Wakasa region.
"I will present you the chopsticks of Wakasa paint and I am glad if you use it habitually," Murakami said in the English-language letter. "I wish you the best of health and success."
Murakami noted that Barack Obama's birthday, August 4, happens to be "Chopsticks Day" in the city.
Obama, who is also a hero in his father's native Kenya, has been gaining in a neck-and-neck race with Clinton, in part by winning over voters in states that rarely back members of their Democratic party.
Murakami is now preparing another package for the candidate that will include a good-luck charm from the local Obama Shrine.
"For the first letter I found his address on the Internet, so I don't know if he got it," Murakami said. "But this time I asked the (US) embassy for his exact address, so I'm sure he'll get it."
Lest cynics find the city's efforts naive, it was Obama himself who first drew attention to the connection.
Obama, speaking to Japan's TBS network in December 2006, said that when he flew once to Tokyo, an officer stamping his passport told him of the town.
"He looked up and said, 'I'm from Obama,'" the senator said.
A professor saw the footage and contacted the mayor, who insists that his support for Obama goes beyond just his name.
"It seems to me that President Bush isn't aggressively addressing global warming, but Obama would. And I like how he opposed the Iraq war," he said.
Murakami also hoped a President Obama would sign a peace treaty with North Korea. It is no small issue in Obama, one of the seaside towns where agents from the communist state kidnapped Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s, setting off a long row between the countries.
The election is being closely followed by many in 1,500-year-old Obama, a port nestled by snowy hills that in ancient times supplied food to the emperor when he lived in Kyoto some 75 kilometres (40 miles) to the south.
"When you look in Obama's eyes and hear his voice, he's very impressive," said resident Rieko Tanaka.
"Hillary is a bit old-fashioned and she's the wife of Bill Clinton, so I think a new person should lead the USA," she said.
Tomoyuki Ueda, 40, a company worker dining at a restaurant serving the town's celebrated mackerel, said it would be healthy for the United States to elect its first African-American president.
"I think both Obama and Hillary are qualified, but if Obama becomes president he could correct problems of racial discrimination," he said.
Seiji Fujihara, a head of the local tourism board, said he has only met a black person once, but believed Obama's election would make the United States "more equal" on racial issues.
Fujihara started a club for self-styled Obama supporters in the city and plans "I love Obama" T-shirts.
"We know we can't vote. But if we send out a message, we can help push him to victory," he said.
by Shaun Tandon
Tue Feb 12, 2:15 AM ET
Barack Obama, who has been credited with tapping support in unlikely places, is enjoying a groundswell of enthusiasm in a small city in western Japan, which is delighted to share his name.
Obama, Japan, is rooting for candidate Obama, hoping that if he becomes the US president he will put this ancient fishing town of 32,000 people firmly on the tourist map and, just maybe, choose it for an international summit.
Supporters in Obama -- which means "small shore" in Japanese -- have held parties to watch election results, put up posters wishing the senator luck and plan a special batch of the town's "manju" sweets bearing his likeness.
"At first we were more low-key as Hillary Clinton looked to be ahead, but now we see he is getting more popular," Obama Mayor Toshio Murakami said.
"I give him an 80 percent chance of becoming president," the 75-year-old said with a proud grin.
Murakami sent a letter last year to Obama, enclosing a set of lacquer chopsticks, a famous product of this town on the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in Fukui prefecture's Wakasa region.
"I will present you the chopsticks of Wakasa paint and I am glad if you use it habitually," Murakami said in the English-language letter. "I wish you the best of health and success."
Murakami noted that Barack Obama's birthday, August 4, happens to be "Chopsticks Day" in the city.
Obama, who is also a hero in his father's native Kenya, has been gaining in a neck-and-neck race with Clinton, in part by winning over voters in states that rarely back members of their Democratic party.
Murakami is now preparing another package for the candidate that will include a good-luck charm from the local Obama Shrine.
"For the first letter I found his address on the Internet, so I don't know if he got it," Murakami said. "But this time I asked the (US) embassy for his exact address, so I'm sure he'll get it."
Lest cynics find the city's efforts naive, it was Obama himself who first drew attention to the connection.
Obama, speaking to Japan's TBS network in December 2006, said that when he flew once to Tokyo, an officer stamping his passport told him of the town.
"He looked up and said, 'I'm from Obama,'" the senator said.
A professor saw the footage and contacted the mayor, who insists that his support for Obama goes beyond just his name.
"It seems to me that President Bush isn't aggressively addressing global warming, but Obama would. And I like how he opposed the Iraq war," he said.
Murakami also hoped a President Obama would sign a peace treaty with North Korea. It is no small issue in Obama, one of the seaside towns where agents from the communist state kidnapped Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s, setting off a long row between the countries.
The election is being closely followed by many in 1,500-year-old Obama, a port nestled by snowy hills that in ancient times supplied food to the emperor when he lived in Kyoto some 75 kilometres (40 miles) to the south.
"When you look in Obama's eyes and hear his voice, he's very impressive," said resident Rieko Tanaka.
"Hillary is a bit old-fashioned and she's the wife of Bill Clinton, so I think a new person should lead the USA," she said.
Tomoyuki Ueda, 40, a company worker dining at a restaurant serving the town's celebrated mackerel, said it would be healthy for the United States to elect its first African-American president.
"I think both Obama and Hillary are qualified, but if Obama becomes president he could correct problems of racial discrimination," he said.
Seiji Fujihara, a head of the local tourism board, said he has only met a black person once, but believed Obama's election would make the United States "more equal" on racial issues.
Fujihara started a club for self-styled Obama supporters in the city and plans "I love Obama" T-shirts.
"We know we can't vote. But if we send out a message, we can help push him to victory," he said.
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thankz for the information
wow that is interesting
now we have to wait and see how it goes back here
thankz for the information
wow that is interesting
now we have to wait and see how it goes back here
Papers reveal Mao's view of women
source
The US state department has released documents from 1973, shedding light on relations with China - and on then leader Mao Zedong's attitudes to women.
The papers include transcripts of talks between Mao and the then US National Security Adviser, Henry Kissinger.The talks covered a range of issues, including the Soviet threat and Taiwan. But during the talks, the Chinese leader made a surprising offer to send what he described as an excess of 10 million Chinese women to the US. The discussions between Mao and Mr Kissinger in February 1973 took place at a villa in Beijing.The Chinese leader smoked cigars and the two men talked and joked into the early hours of the morning.
Apology to interpreter
The papers show that Mao's comments about Chinese women were a recurring theme.He lamented the dismal state of trade between the two countries but remarked that China had an excess of women. He suggested sending tens of thousands to the US, but later in the conversation increased his offer to 10 million.
The remark provoked laughter and was clearly meant as a joke, but Mao went on to complain that Chinese women were giving birth to too many children. If they were sent to the US he said, they would flood the country with disaster. When discussing the possibility of a Soviet invasion of China, Mao complained that too many Chinese women didn't know how to fight.
A Chinese official warned that his comments would incur public anger if they were released. Mao later apologised to a female interpreter and he and Mr Kissinger agreed to remove his comments about women from the records.
Damn. :sweat:
source
The US state department has released documents from 1973, shedding light on relations with China - and on then leader Mao Zedong's attitudes to women.
The papers include transcripts of talks between Mao and the then US National Security Adviser, Henry Kissinger.The talks covered a range of issues, including the Soviet threat and Taiwan. But during the talks, the Chinese leader made a surprising offer to send what he described as an excess of 10 million Chinese women to the US. The discussions between Mao and Mr Kissinger in February 1973 took place at a villa in Beijing.The Chinese leader smoked cigars and the two men talked and joked into the early hours of the morning.
Apology to interpreter
The papers show that Mao's comments about Chinese women were a recurring theme.He lamented the dismal state of trade between the two countries but remarked that China had an excess of women. He suggested sending tens of thousands to the US, but later in the conversation increased his offer to 10 million.
The remark provoked laughter and was clearly meant as a joke, but Mao went on to complain that Chinese women were giving birth to too many children. If they were sent to the US he said, they would flood the country with disaster. When discussing the possibility of a Soviet invasion of China, Mao complained that too many Chinese women didn't know how to fight.
A Chinese official warned that his comments would incur public anger if they were released. Mao later apologised to a female interpreter and he and Mr Kissinger agreed to remove his comments about women from the records.
Damn. :sweat:
tabana wrote:Damn. :sweat:
Wrong nationality, dude. :beaten:
:rofl:
How can a country have too many women? Good thing he didn't go out with his plan, you have like 3 guys for 1 women in some villages.
Mao probably saw into the future, and wanted to send 10 millions women at Aho's place. :hehe: :beaten:
How can a country have too many women? Good thing he didn't go out with his plan, you have like 3 guys for 1 women in some villages.
Mao probably saw into the future, and wanted to send 10 millions women at Aho's place. :hehe: :beaten:
tabana wrote::rofl:
How can a country have too many women? Good thing he didn't go out with his plan, you have like 3 guys for 1 women in some villages.
Mao probably saw into the future, and wanted to send 10 millions women at Aho's place. :hehe: :beaten:
LOL! Mind you, when a woman is bitchy, one is enough.
hmmm.. not sure if this belongs here, but I found this super interesting
http://www.wwar1.blogspot.com/
This retro blog is made up of transcripts of letters sent home by a British WWI soldier named Harry Lamin. The letters are posted exactly 90 years after they were written. There is no set timetable, so you dont know when the next post will show up, or when the last one will arrive.
If this sounds interesting to you, there's a link on the left side to take you back to the first posting.
http://www.wwar1.blogspot.com/
This retro blog is made up of transcripts of letters sent home by a British WWI soldier named Harry Lamin. The letters are posted exactly 90 years after they were written. There is no set timetable, so you dont know when the next post will show up, or when the last one will arrive.
If this sounds interesting to you, there's a link on the left side to take you back to the first posting.
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