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If Frenchy was there he'd just ask you a few questions and in a couple of hours you'd have your eye back ...along with a lecture about how you should either secure it better or don't jump with it.

When I was a kid "helping" my father tune up the car, I remember him asking me how many spark plugs I thought it would take to tune up a B-36 bomber. I was a little incredulous when he told me 336! If you spent a minute replacing each plug it would take over 5 1/2 hours to get them all changed if you didn't stop for a break!

...and the boots finish the look nicely!

I don't get why his mother would object. After all, the girl "has got good sizes". ETA - OK, I googled this girl. It seems that "porn" is the Russian word for "tennis".

Yep. Not picky with beer but I don't seem to drink as much these days. I can do without the frosted glass. (I do secretly like a nice cold can of Old Milwaukee once in a while.) My rig is a Vector II with a nice round serial number. But I haven't looked at it for quite some time .

My understanding is that would make it the law only in the district the Appellate Court is responsible for. Other courts in other districts could rule differently. But, an actual similar case would have to be heard in those other courts and in those decisions a lot of weight will have to be given to the precedent which will have been set. My feeling is that if somehow a conflict between two Appellate circuits was to occur, the Supreme Court would go with the existing precedent. IOW - I think the SC would see the concept of "precedent" as the main question before them rather than some appeal of a lower court decision (one on which they have already "decided"). The vote might not be 4-4 then, even with a politically or ideologically split Court. All speculation. Edit to add: Got a little off track there. I think that the (admittedly speculative) point that the TV lawyer was making was that in a case of a 4-4 split decision, the reversion to the Appellate Court decision would become the de facto or effective SC decision. Anyway, off-topic here.

Interesting, but I think just the opposite. I doubt that Scalia would have ruled in favor of the FBI in this case based on some earlier opinions involving this type of information-gathering. Also, I think the Administration would have secretly wanted the FBI to win rather than secretly wishing for a loss as the writer suggested. Also, I heard an analyst comment on the prospect of an 8-person Supreme Court that is effectively evenly split. He suggested that a lawyer could have a case tried at the Appellate level at a Circuit that is inclined to rule his way. After a ruling in that court, the case might then go the SC, but with a 4-4 split, the case would automatically revert to the Appeals Court ruling, making that the Law of the Land.

If it is true that the password was changed after they had custody, then I think that is the problem the FBI needs to be vigorously pursuing. Someone inside is mucking up the investigation. Who and why!? Any information they could have gotten from that phone likely is not nearly as important or urgent as this.

Always been interested in how various (specific) food prohibitions originated and became encoded in some cultural, ethnic, or religious doctrines and not others. I imagine trial and error over millennia. "Don't eat that! Og tried one of those and you know what happened to him! That's what happened to Oop, too! Better write that down somewhere!" "What you mean 'write' ??"

AFAIC, if it's made in the intestine and eventually ejected, it's poop. Doesn't matter which way it goes from there. Well, there goes one of the last few reasons I go to the beach. I guess all that's left now are fishing and ogling sightseeing. ETA - also, to stay on topic, I don't mind eating the occasional bug.

That right there is funny. Next thing you're gonna say is that women slather whale poop all over themselves so they can smell better.

So you made the Wikipedia edit just before you posted? Smart move. Also, I don't think there's anything that says a lame duck President cannot carry out any of his official duties, including appointments, at any time during his presidency. Nor is there anything that says that any of his appointments must be confirmed by the Senate. There doesn't even have to be 9 Justices on the Court.

I seem to remember that the term "lame duck" referred to a President who had been defeated and was simply finishing out his term between the election and the inauguration of his successor. The reasoning was that his defeat implied a loss of popular support. There may or may not be a "lame duck" period at the end of a second term, depending on the political climate. I think the term has been used more recently (past 50 years or so) in a tactical sense by the opposing party to describe any President's final year or months of service.

For the 1 or 2 folks who haven't seen this yet ..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-z6lLIiGRY

Dam! ...agree with this, too!

Agree!

Just saw this on facebook ..."Peyton Manning has now beaten every team he's ever played at least once in both college and pro football ...except the Gators". Don't know if there's any truth to that, and I'm not going to look it up, but I'm going with it anyway. Maybe someone else can disprove or verify. edit to add: OK, Nebraska too.

Well, I rarely listen to lyrics in these types of productions. I thought the "sound" and the overall production was very good. I usually don't even listen to the words of any song until I've heard it a number of times. About the memes. I thought the one about Newton handing more footballs to the Broncos than to the kids was priceless.

I guess I'm the only one who actually liked the halftime show.

You must have an interesting search history. Steam clean!?

Many comparative pictures here: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=132018

There's a little Bernoulli action going on outside the hole, too. That might be enough, along with rapid decompression, to create sufficient suckage to pull a person out. If not, there's probably enough high speed air to help a small hole get bigger.

"I hope to hell Scotty has my coordinates!"

@promise ....sounds like you better keep an eye on Mom!