Son of "Don't Drift this Thread"'s long lost cousin...

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Bob Beamesderfer is close behind with 8%!

I have no life.

[Larry Andrews]

Once again, K-Mo calls it flawlessly.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

I'm puttin' this on my Christmas list:

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[Sebastian Rios]

Best I could was 20 because the zoomed way back. Harder to count the "specks".

Harder to count the what? BTW 1975 called, they want their racial slur back.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Best I could was 20 because the zoomed way back. Harder to count the "specks".

Harder to count the what? BTW 1975 called, they want their racial slur back.

Speck isn't a racial slur.

[Steve Ekstrand]

Here's another one for you Steve!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/30/deer.c ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Deadly animal-vehicle crashes on rise; sprawl cited as factor

The always say use caution.

Happens so fast. I was in a very alert state and driving the speedlimit. Certainly can't claim that at all times. But I was when it happened. Didn't have a prayer. Might have been able to avoid but the risk of ending upside in the ditch was too great.

[Sebastian Rios]

Speck isn't a racial slur.

I guess it depends on how it pronounced, like with an i. }:)

P.S. Since I'm fully 1/2 Mexican, I get a pass.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Speck isn't a racial slur.

I guess it depends on how it pronounced, like with an i. }:)

P.S. Since I'm fully 1/2 Mexican, I get a pass.

Main Entry:
Pronunciation:
\ˈspek\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English specke, from Old English specca
Date:
before 12th century

1 : a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay 2 : a very small amount : bit 3 : something marked or marred with specks

The word with an 'i' instead of an 'e' was used as a slur against Puerto Ricans when I was growing up in Chicago, although the etymology covers all Spanish-Americans. I have never heard of any variant pronunciation of the s-p-e-c-k. Also, 'speck' in meaning 2 means exactly the visual effect I was describing when the camera zooms out. Sus-specks is a play on suspects, nothing more, nothing less.

[Sebastian Rios]

Geez loueeze it was a joke, a tasteless one for sure, but I wasn't seriously calling you a racist.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Geez loueeze it was a joke, a tasteless one for sure, but I wasn't seriously calling you a racist.

Sorry. Wasn't quite sure. I would never call Chicanos that word, and I consider Chicano a term of respect, as in Chicanos por la Causa.

That was niggardly of me. ;)

[Sebastian Rios]

Happy Halloween!

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[Bob Beamesderfer]

[Tom Denham]

Happy Halloween!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.j ... der122.xml

I see your spider and raise you with a Rock python

[Curt Luther]

Happy Halloween!

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I see your spider and raise you with a Rock python

...and I go all in with me at the Rio buffet in Vegas next Thursday after SEMA...

...no pictures will be allowed for that and they would be WAAAAAAY scarier.

[Steve Ekstrand]

CHICANOISMO!!!!

Just like shouting that in the fields..... Ah, my misguided youth.....

[Mike Simanyi]

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And to keep this post even more OT, one Q & A from the interview... about the election! (See? That's on-topic in other OT threads. Can it get more OT?)

C.L.: We are doing nonstop election coverage this month. Any thoughts on whether there will be an election?

S.A.: There will be an election, followed by rioting, the complete unraveling of society, and, I assume, a zombie problem. And everyone will agree it’s an improvement.

[Mike Simanyi]

Mushed muffins!

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[Bob Beamesderfer]

So, in the mail on Saturday was my 2009 SCCA membership card. And three free decals! WOW!

But, despite this being the 21st century, the card is still two pieces instead of one with printing on both sides.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Hot, we've officially passed Papa Cal Club's boards in post count.

[Jeff Shyu]

Hot, we've officially passed Papa Cal Club's boards in post count.

I'd like to thank, first and foremost, God. Without him, none of us would be here.

further, I'd like to thank all the little people in the OT forums, without whom, this would never be possible..

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Hot, we've officially passed Papa Cal Club's boards in post count.

I'd like to thank, first and foremost, God. Without him, none of us would be here.

further, I'd like to thank all the little people in the OT forums, without whom, this would never be possible..

in order of contribution...
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[Marshall Grice]

man i'm way down the list. I need to pick up my game.

[KJ Christopher]

Man, Isley and Avard post more than I do? Got to work on that.

[KJ Christopher]

Man, Isley and Avard post more than I do? Got to work on that.

that was the first step in my plan.

this is my second....

Of course, momma always said, if you don't have anything good to say....

[KJ Christopher]

just three