What stoketh thee...

[Spider]

that's the coolest doghouse, chop!

vishnu is jealous.

[smithgrind]

I just went to the store without wearing a belt.

I had to keep a hand on my pants to keep them from falling off.

That's so gee.

[Major Domo]

When lightning strikes the ground, it will sometimes fuse the soil into a hollow, glass-lined tube called a ‘Fulgurite’, especially if it strikes a sandy area such as a beach.

[Betty]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/rnr/680786308.html

[gills]

I'm stoked that Betty is a right wing nut job all of the sudden.

You don't think there is racism in this country? Or morever, you don't care? And that black people should be grateful to us whiteys because they're assimilated slaves? Do you actually embrace the substance of that craig's list rant? Do you realize that's a neo-nazi rant? Do you think jews should be grateful to germans since Auschwitz gave them Israel? WTF? You don't have to like Obama but holy crap, that's some crazy, horrible shite you posted there.

[Spider]

oh my! betty, back away from the bong!

[budster]

ease up there fellas. if your gonna ride a girl that hard at least have the common decency to pull her hair! the general population of this country indeed has their head up their @ss if you don't think Obonga isn't going to fill all possible political positions with as many blacks as he can muster. the so called "oppressed" masses will demand such action.

[Trula]

I guess you don't want the roll of vote for Obama stickers I picked up for you today Betty. I am feeling jipped, Obama and Clinton come to Oregon but I don't get to go to any McCain rallies.

[Wilbur Kookmeyer]

There is some truth in that CL Rant. Some. not a lot.

I liked it.

i like it whenever peole speak their minds without just regurgitating what they think others want hear, or what others are telling them, guilting them, or forcing them to say.

Whether I like what they are saying or not.

I happen to agree that the actions taken for the "minorities" were actually actions taken against Whites.

Equal rights are just that...equal.

Remember that.

[Betty]

I did not write that Gills. I just thought it was crazy so I shared it. I guess I was right. I try to stay back from any political conversations you guys have on here because I respect your views and I get intimidated when I have to stick up for my own. That rant does not respect your views or mine. And it definitely does not reflect mine. I just thought it was amazing that someone took so much time to write somethig so far fetched and ignorantly educated. Reminded me of sailingsurfer. You dont know my political views and you probably never will because every time I have ever talked to you about anythig I am remotely passionate about you start talking to me like I am a flee on a hairy cock.

AS far as bong hits, its been a couple years....and if you touch my hair I will friggen kill you.

[Spider]

i knew you did not write that craigs list thing.

personally, i am not that convinced by obama. words like "hope" and "change" are not cutting it.

not that i can vote.

[Betty]

I dont have any confidence in any of the candidates. Now which wing of my maxi should I fold?

[gills]

then betty, it's my bad----- I thought because you but it in the stoke me thread that you were endorsing it in some way--- because of that and few comments of late--- My regrets and apologies, sincerely.

There is a lot a stake here.

And when have I ever treated you like a flea?

[Betty]

Well that was fun.

[nm]

Countdown to Beijing.

World records dropping left & right.......before Olympic teams have even been selected.

Performance enhancing equipment? .....who needs steroids?

Japanese swimsuit makers race Speedo

23 hours ago

TOKYO (AFP) — A Japanese fabric maker says it has the secret to make the world's fastest-ever swimsuit as the country races against time to catch Speedo's high-tech, record-breaking LZR Racer suit.

Japan's Olympic swimmers, obliged to wear their own country's products, have been in uproar over the LZR Racer, going as far as to liken its use to doping because of the advantage it gives wearers.

Now Japan's Yamamoto Corp., which has supplied a super-fast synthetic rubber fabric to wetsuit makers around the world, has come to the rescue with the Olympic Games just three months away.

The company has offered material, called the Biorubber Swim-SCS Fabric, to challenge Britain's Speedo, saying it is the "the world's fastest swimwear material."

"The decision is not aimed at all at business. It's aimed at helping Japanese swimmers fight to their heart's content in fair conditions at the Beijing Olympics," said the company's president, Tomizo Yamamoto.

The rubber maker said it has sent samples to Japan's three main sporting attire makers -- Mizuno, Asics and Descente. The Japan Swimming Federation has given the three until May 30 to come up with an upgrade to counter Speedo.

The federation requires its swimmers, who include Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima, only to wear products by one of the three companies.

Yamamoto's fabric is coated with synthetic rubber that absorbs water molecules into its honeycomb surface, unlike most other materials which repel them. Its surface is smoothed out with water molecules to minimise frictional resistance.

Japan has set a goal of winning a total of five medals at the Olympics in August across all disciplines, including in the pool.

But Japanese swimmers have been alarmed by the LZR Racer since its debut in February, with the suit accounting for 18 of the 19 new world records since then.

"We want to erase fears among the swimmers. We have requested the three companies to match Speedo," said Kazuo Sano, the swimming federation's executive director.

Tomiaki Fukuda, chief of the Japanese delegation to the Beijing Games, lashed out at other sports leaders for limiting the choice to Japanese brands.

"Why can't we use the (Speedo) swimsuit when we know it's fast," Fukuda shouted at a recent meeting, according to media reports.

Yamamoto said its Biorubber fabric has already been used, primarily for triathlon events.

In October, swimwear by New Zealand brand Blue Seventy which used the fabric was approved by the international swimming federation FINA for its official meets, he said.

Other suit makers, including Xterra of the United States, Australia's 2XU, Aquaman of France and New Zealand's Orca have also adopted the material, Yamamoto said.

Five collegiate swimmers at Japan's Kansai University shaved their times by 1.0-2.0 seconds in 50 metres after switching to the Biorubber Swim fabric, he said.

The LZR Racer was developed with the help of the US space agency NASA. It uses a high-tech fabric of water-resistant polyurethane and is structured to squeeze the swimmer's body into the right posture.

FINA endorsed its use last month.

When Japanese Olympic swimmers tested the LRZ Racer last month, one of them improved his time for the first 15 metres by 0.7 seconds, said swimming federation official Norimasa Hirai.

"I can imagine that in general the (Speedo) product means a difference of 0.5 seconds over 100 metres and one second over 200 metres," Hirai said.

All three Japanese makers said they would consider the Yamamoto fabric.

"Yamamoto's is one of our options," said Mizuno spokesman Fumihiko Sawai. "We are definitely prepared to produce the best available."

Oooohh.....the drama!

Bring on August!