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ThunderThighs wrote:I think he's posting more now after lurking for a while.

I think it's a she. And she can't resist us.

Mavyn wrote:USGS.gov has fault line maps.

But it won't help for the OK quakes--those aren't happening on fault lines. They're from injection wells in the area.

Injection may have triggered them, but you can't have quakes without faults. This explains OK's shaking.

pooflady wrote:I think it's a she. And she can't resist us.

He's not female, but his "Bubba" persona is.
I've only been posting actively since I started following shirt.woot a few months ago.

Resistance is fertile.

dontwantaname wrote:How do people remember passwords that long?

I sometimes write them down and then lose the paper.

I use about 4 base password seeds depending on strength required coupled with site specific modifier.

For example, a medium strength password for shirt.woot would be something like "Putinesca_W00tabix" (please don't attempt this as I just made it up for demonstration purposes)
but....for those sites that allow it, I'm moving to this model

kdccrosby wrote:Please Please Please don't send me any money. Just wouldn't be good for you...

A check for $25,000 drawn from my Nigerian bank account is on the way, cash it, send me $15,000 and keep $10,000 for your trouble.

Iceback wrote:A check for $25,000 drawn from my Nigerian bank account is on the way, cash it, send me $15,000 and keep $10,000 for your trouble.

aww.... your'e so sweet! I'll also share part of my Euro lottery winnings with you just out of the goodness of my heart.

Every time I see the HR director on the floor I work on I start to get nervous. Layoff's are happening today and it's much more real when it's people you know... (rather than the abstract we are going to lay off x number of people)

j5 wrote:I can't decide....Am I an apologist, or a wannabe?

I guess I choose wannabe, as it at least implies aspiration.

"aspiration: a drawing of something in, out, up, or through by or as if by suction"

... sucking?

kdccrosby wrote:Every time I see the HR director on the floor I work on I start to get nervous. Layoff's are happening today and it's much more real when it's people you know... (rather than the abstract we are going to lay off x number of people)

watch out for the turk!

Howdy! Leaving the west tomorrow at dawn. Just printed out boarding passes and saw that weather is forecast at 86 for the rest of the week in my area! I must say, however, that except for the cold at night, having the sun out for most of my time here has been really beautiful. Those fall colors - brings back many memories of living in New England. But, wow, that storm and all of those days without power up there - unprecedented. Read that the state and municipalities had been cost cutting by not triming around power lines as they used to. Figures.

no1 wrote:"aspiration: a drawing of something in, out, up, or through by or as if by suction"

... sucking?

klozitshoper wrote:Howdy! Leaving the west tomorrow at dawn. Just printed out boarding passes and saw that weather is forecast at 86 for the rest of the week in my area!

Seattle weather for the rest of the week starting tomorrow:
rain, rain, partly cloudy, rain, partly cloudy
Temperature range: 40 (night) - 52 (day).

So, take the above to mean "light gray, with a chance of dark gray and a smaller chance of icy cold blue for an hour before the sun sets".

j5 wrote:

... those aren't the fingers i was expecting to see!

kdccrosby wrote:Every time I see the HR director on the floor I work on I start to get nervous. Layoff's are happening today and it's much more real when it's people you know... (rather than the abstract we are going to lay off x number of people)

I'm not sure which is worse, knowing about them or the sudden coming out of nowhere variety. Either way, hoping your job stays intact!

no1 wrote:... those aren't the fingers i was expecting to see!

Your logic was irrefutable.

inkycatz wrote:I'm not sure which is worse, knowing about them or the sudden coming out of nowhere variety. Either way, hoping your job stays intact!

I haven't seen my boss since 10 am. We have a staff meeting in 15 minutes. I guess if he's not there we will know who from our group was cut....

Afternoon, folks.

$%#@ Just got back from the store. Forgot a major ingredient for dinner tonight. Baguette would be hard as a rock tomorrow night. Arghhhh!

AZGman wrote:Afternoon, folks.

Hello!

AZGman wrote:Injection may have triggered them, but you can't have quakes without faults. This explains OK's shaking.

Sorry, should have said 'on active fault lines'. I know, there is a fault there, the injection is what's pushing them into a active state. These faults aren't ones that move like the ones in California, for example.

http://ontario-geofish.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-fracking-injection-well-starts.html And then read the other more recent posts, compares VA and OK.

Mavyn wrote:Sorry, should have said 'on active fault lines'. I know, there is a fault there, the injection is what's pushing them into a active state. These faults aren't ones that move like the ones in California, for example.

http://ontario-geofish.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-fracking-injection-well-starts.html And then read the other more recent posts, compares VA and OK.

I understand. My degree is in geology. Salt water injection wells have been used for decades to increase well-head production. And other experiments use injection methods in attempts to incrementally relieve stress in faults as opposed to larger more destructive releases.

AZGman wrote:I understand. My degree is in geology. Salt water injection wells have been used for decades to increase well-head production.

Ooo, cool! Geology and hydrology fascinate me. One of the biologists I worked with in WY was a geologist for a while, I really loved going on field excursions with him as he'd talk about how the geology affected the habitat. Learned a lot.

The earthquake rumor mills are driving me nuts right now--hearing people say that these tremors are actually underground nuclear blasts, etc.

Fascinating!
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No, really.

AZGman wrote:Well, it's not up there with, say, semi-pro t-shirt design!
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No, really.

I suppose you're talking about n01 in particular, or did I miss a dig that would otherwise be hilarious?

disclaimer: I have a degree in Engineering, it really was fascinating. Now, is what you described the same as Hydro Fracturing?

j5 wrote:I suppose you're talking about n01 in particular, or did I miss a dig that would otherwise be hilarious?

disclaimer: I have a degree in Engineering, it really was fascinating. Now, is what you described the same as Hydro Fracturing?

Not initally intended to fracture, but to increase pressure in the strata where the petroleum was located. In turn oil is forced out of pockets where natural pressures have diminished to a point where it is effectively trapped. Fracking artificially fractures the strata enhancing the injection process.

kdccrosby wrote:Every time I see the HR director on the floor I work on I start to get nervous. Layoff's are happening today and it's much more real when it's people you know... (rather than the abstract we are going to lay off x number of people)

Even more so when they knock on your door.

Back in Canada I had a lot of friends who worked for Exxon. They would be waiting until you left your desk to go to the restroom, tap you on the shoulder, hand you your coat and two burly security guards would escort you to the gate. We called a tap on the shoulder "The Exxon Stress Test".
Not to be confussed with NYC CPR. Someone drops on the sidewalk you walk up to them and yell in their ear "GET UP YOU MO RON OR YOU'RE GONNA F***ING DIE!!!!"
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inkycatz wrote:Seattle weather for the rest of the week starting tomorrow:
rain, rain, partly cloudy, rain, partly cloudy
Temperature range: 40 (night) - 52 (day).

So, take the above to mean "light gray, with a chance of dark gray and a smaller chance of icy cold blue for an hour before the sun sets".

Makes you want to cut your wrists just to see color.
-Lewis Black

Getting back on track after an actual interesting topic:

The poop outside is cold and wet.

There's your combination report.

j5 wrote:Getting back on track after an actual interesting topic:

The poop outside is cold and wet.

There's your combination report.

the poop inside is warm and steaming.

no1 wrote:the poop inside is warm and steaming.

the weather outside is frightful
but the poop reports, delightful
and since we've no place to go
let us whore! let us whore! let us whore!

no1 wrote:the weather outside is frightful
but the poop reports, delightful
and since we've no place to go
let us whore! let us whore! let us whore!

Oh! Holiday tunes, I can do this!

Posting whores, posting whores, posting all the way!
Oh what fun it is to hang
out on EBW all day

inkycatz wrote:Oh! Holiday tunes, I can do this!

Posting whores, posting whores, posting all the way!
Oh what fun it is to hang
out on EBW all day

good ol' Johnny5 hung out
on Woot forums all day.
Then his angry boss came by
With some words to convey
"We don't pay you to sit there
posting for no reason.
Get your ass back to your job,
Or leave by Christmas sea-ea-son"

Perhaps an interesting weather update. We're under a tornado watch.

Iceback wrote:Perhaps an interesting weather update. We're under a tornado watch.

On the news watched the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Is that what's headed your way?

pooflady wrote:On the news watched the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Is that what's headed your way?

i'm not sure what would be worse, tornadoes heading his way or oklahoma heading his way.

stay safe ice!