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December 31, 2006
Happy New Year
Everyone stay safe.
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Satellite Navigation / New Year's Resolution
I was reviewing the data in my GPS, and since I haven't reset it since I acquired it several month ago...I found this interesting. My bitch uses it as well. These are the total numbers for 3722.95 miles.
Overall Average: 50.1 MPH
Moving Average: 58.6 MPH
Maximum Speed: 142.7 MPH
Total Time: 74 hours. 17 minutes
Moving Time: 63 hours. 28 minutes
Stopped Time: 10 hours. 48 minutes
I would like to blame her for the Maximum Speed number, but her ride won't go that fast.
I must be fucking crazy.
I resolve this year to touch 160.
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December 30, 2006
$10,000 Bill (Note)
My friend has one of these. It is legal tender and is redeemable for face value at any bank. He carries it rolled tight in his money clip. Just is case. Fucking crazy if you ask me. He says, "you never know when you might need ten grand in cash...Immediately." He does have a point, but it is probably worth twice face value. They were only printed in 1928 and 1934.
That would be Salmon Chase (Treasury Secretary under Lincoln) on the note.
All High Denomination notes that are turned into banks are forwarded to the Federal Reserve and destroyed.
Posted by Yabu at 10:09 PM | General | Comments (2) | TrackBack
One Thing About Iraq
I'll give 'em credit for killing that pig pretty quick. If it were here, he would've died of old age.
Hanging was way too humane...I would've burned him at the stake, fed him to the sharks, or fed him feet first into a meat grinder.
Posted by Yabu at 10:56 AM | The Present | Comments (2) | TrackBack
The Next Logical Move
You should go read this and this and ALL the comments.
I'm serious.
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December 29, 2006
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, was the first man-made object to leave our solar system. It passed the orbits of all nine known planets and left our solar system with all of its systems functioning properly.
Pioneer 10 was fitted with this plaque which illustrates the hyperfine transition of neutral hydrogen, the figures of a man and a woman, the relative position of the Sun to the center of the Galaxy and 14 pulsars with their periods denoted, the solar system with the trajectory of the Pioneer spacecraft, and a silhouette of the Pioneer spacecraft relative to the size of the humans.
This is the launch...gotta love a night launch.
Pioneer 10 is heading in the direction of the star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus. If Aldebaran had zero relative velocity, it would take Pioneer about 2 million years to reach it
Some say it is already 30 billion miles from Earth.
No one knows where it is today...except Yabu.
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December 28, 2006
Ass Dead Tired
Tuesday: 400 miles due west. Ate great food and got drunk with friends. Bed at 2:15 am.
Wednesday: Up at 7:00 am. Ate great food and got drunk with friends. Bed at 1:30 am
Thursday: Up at 7:00 am. 400 miles due east.
Ass Dead Tired
I feel like I've been to a Blodgemeet.
Anyway, NEXT, by Michael Crichton, is a great driving CD. Multiple plots thicken.
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December 26, 2006
I'm Road-Tripping...
...for a few days.
I'll raise one to you all.
Cool Runnings!
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December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas
From Yabu, the Juju Lady, and Juju Stretch.
Cool Runnings!
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December 22, 2006
Tagged By A Meme
Denny tagged me with a Christmas meme.
1.Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping, the Juju lady takes care ot it.
2.Real tree or artificial? neither. We decorate a big ass rocket and launch it on New Year's Eve.
3.When do you put up the tree (rocket)? The day after Thanksgiving.
4.When do you take the tree down? See #2.
5.Do you like eggnog? Yeah, if it has some Juju in it.
6.Favorite gift you received as a child? A bicycle.
7.Do you have a nativity scene? Yep! several.
8.Hardest person to buy for? The Juju Lady.
9.Easiest person to buy for? Me.
10.Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail.
11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can't think of one. Any gift is a good gift.
12.Favorite Christmas movie? Die Hard 2.
13.When do you start shopping? November.
14.Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yeap!
15.Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas Day Feast. The Juju Lady and I have one every year.
16.Clear lights or colored on the tree? Color.
17.Favorite Christmas song? Just about anything by the Juju Lady. She is trained in Opera, and has the voice of an angel..
18.Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home, I travel after Christmas.
19.Can you name all of Santa’s Reindeers? Nope, but I do know one of 'em has a red nose.
20.Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel and an American Flag.
21.Open the presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Morning.
22.Most annoying thing about this time of year? Liberals trying to stamp out Christmas. It's not Winter Holiday, it's Christmas! I'm downtown with Denny on that.
23.Do you have Jebus in your heart this Christmas? If you mean Jesus, I hope so?
24.What would you like for Christmas? F-22 Raptor.
And five people, Merry Christmas to:
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December 21, 2006
Winter Solstice
For us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the shortest day of the year. The sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere.
For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, today is the longest day of the year. The sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere.
So, the terms Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice are ambiguous since the Winter Solstice of one hemisphere is the Summer Solstice of the other.
I'm just sayin'
Anyway, good time for a night launch.
Posted by Yabu at 05:36 PM | The Present | Comments (1) | TrackBack
December 19, 2006
Nail On The Head
Big Dick has got it going on.
Go read this.
Please, don’t act surprised. They will use our weaknesses to their advantage.
Well said.
Posted by Yabu at 11:05 PM | The Future | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582)...
...lived a life of continuous military conquest.
He instituted a specialized warrior class system and appointed his retainers and subjects to positions based on ability, not on name, rank, or family relationship.
He understood the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
He established the Japanese tea ceremony which was used originally as a way to talk politics and business.
He was smart enough to understand, that sometimes, you must play on both sides of the fence.
He was the Great Field.
Imagine that.
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December 14, 2006
There Is No Broadband...
...where I'm going for the next five days.
Dialup is, for me, basically unusable...for doing the Blog Thang...., but I do Have a Crackberry.
Y'all be cool with it.
Posted by Yabu at 10:33 AM | The Future | Comments (4) | TrackBack
December 13, 2006
The Rocket Has Been Launched
Too late to do anything about it now. No turning back.
I thank you all. My woman thanks you all.
…and you know who you are.
Posted by Yabu at 11:00 PM | The Future | Comments (4) | TrackBack
December 12, 2006
Oh Hell Yes
Ain't no such thing as Too Much Banana.
Bwahahahahah!!!
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December 11, 2006
The Juju Lady...
...ain't old, but she can go downtown with some destruction. You want her on your side.
| What military aircraft are you? B-52 Stratofortress You're a B-52. You are old and wise, and you absolutely love destruction. You believe in the principle of "peace through deterrence" and aren't afraid to throw your weight around.
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Posted by Yabu at 12:55 AM | General | TrackBack
I Loves Me A Good Night Launch
The shuttle's main engines create a combined maximum thrust of more than 1.2 million pounds.
Also, did you know the Saturn V, at 364 feet, is just one foot shorter than St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Neither did I, but I have seen many blast off...day and night...Damn near knock you off your feet from miles away. I kid you not...when they light that puppy up...you better be holding on to something.
Bwahahahahahah!!!
Posted by Yabu at 12:09 AM | Images | TrackBack
December 10, 2006
Another Rocket...
...is sitting on the launch pad....almost fueled and ready to go...if you know what I mean.
This is Reddog1 to base.
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December 09, 2006
A Word To The Wise
Do not slow dance with Yabu unless you want to get fucked.
I've got some "end around" going on.
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December 08, 2006
My Good Buddy...
...Silent Too Tall just sent me this book.
Thank you my friend.
Posted by Yabu at 12:14 PM | General | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Weblog Awards
My good friends Food and Drink are finalist for the 2006 Weblog Awards.
How cool is that?
More over at Denny's crib.
Posted by Yabu at 12:00 PM | General | Comments (1) | TrackBack
December 06, 2006
Calm, Cool, and Collected
Damn... .This is pretty cool
Bitch Slap to Neptunus Lex.
Posted by Yabu at 04:25 PM | Images | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Rocketdog
This is my puppy Stretch
The Juju Lady told me it was the best money we've ever spent.
Anyway, the Dachshund is the smallest of hounds, but don't let that fool you...they are fearless. They are a German breed, but I like to say...German Engineered.
Stretch will not back down under any circumstances. Fast too, he can run like a 930 Turbo, and cut on a dime. Very impressive. He can dig a hole half his length in under two minutes.
Plus, he hates squirrels and I'm really downtown with that. He trees 'em, and I pop 'em.
My backyard is now known as the Stretchengeti.
Posted by Yabu at 12:16 PM | Images | Comments (6) | TrackBack
Got My Tree
The proper way to harvest your Christmas tree is with 12 Guage 3 inch 00BK.
Also, it will make you smile.
I'm just sayin'
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December 05, 2006
Linking
Tip of the hat to GUYK for this link.
I'm downtown with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.
Anyway, food for thought. We've got a big ass mess going on right now.
Gotta do something, and we gotta start somewhere.
Posted by Yabu at 11:36 PM | The Present | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Direct Gas Impingement.
Gas is tapped from the barrel as the bullet moves past a gas port located under the rifle's front sight base. The gas rushes into the port and down a gas tube located above the barrel. The gas tube runs from the front site base into the upper receiver. Here, the gas tube telescopes over a “gas key� which accepts the gas and funnels it into the bolt carrier. The movement of gas into the bolt carrier forces the bolt and carrier in opposite directions. As the bolt carrier moves towards the butt of the gun, the bolt begins to turn and unlock from the barrel extension. The cam pin is responsible for the bolt's rotation as it follows a groove cut into the carrier that twists and permits the bolt to unlock. Once the bolt is unlocked, the carrier continues to move towards the butt of the gun and the chambered casing is extracted.
A return spring located behind a buffer then pushes the bolt carrier back towards the chamber. A groove machined into the upper receiver traps the cam pin and prevents it and the bolt from rotating into a closed position. The bolt's locking lugs then push a fresh round up the feed ramps and into the chamber. As the bolt's locking lugs move past the receiver extension, the cam pin is allowed to twist into a pocket milled into the upper receiver. This twisting action follows the groove cut into the carrier and permits the bolt to twist and “lock� into the barrel’s extension.
I knew you wanted needed to know this.
Cool Runnings!!!
Posted by Yabu at 11:04 PM | General | Comments (2) | TrackBack
| What military aircraft are you? F/A-22 Raptor You are an F/A-22. You are technologically inclined, and though you've never been tested in combat, your very name is feared. You like noise, but prefer not to pollute any more than you have to. And you can move with the best.
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Got this from Denny who is a B-52
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December 04, 2006
One Day...
...there was this guy and he had a girlfriend called Lorraine who was very pretty and he liked her a lot.
Read More »
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December 03, 2006
Bottomfeeder
Every now and then...you get lucky, but you have to use shit as bait. I've got one on the line right now.
Raoul says I'm an American Terrorist. He goes further and says, "If you were born in the Middle East, they'd be scraping pieces of you off of the walls of an Israeli marketplace by now...
...and then he quotes me:
I'm sick and tired of hearing there is no solution. There is a solution. We must crush these motherfuckers at whatever the cost.
and he continues...
The only difference between you and Johnny Jihad is the philosophy you subscribe to.
American terrorist.
Well Raoul...are you ready to dance? Think carefully before answering, because I will do your ass in a heartbeat. I kid you not. Do not fuck with me...I will put you in seeya later mode, fast.
Wanna meet for a cup of coffee?
Posted by Yabu at 11:19 PM | General | Comments (19) | TrackBack
Bad Hits
Do you think I pissed someone off?
No...not me...
Yes! Let's adapt their tactics! The only way to fight terror is to become terrorists!
Wait, what were we fighting for again? I forgot.
Raoul
Raoul is a fucking Pussy, but at least he left a comment here.
Heheheheh!!!
Posted by Yabu at 09:35 PM | The Past | Comments (1) | TrackBack
This Fucker Is Crazy
I swear on everything I hold dear, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is fucking crazy. This fruitcake is dangerous.
He will press the button, and we cannot allow that to happen. He is pushing us to the brink...mark my words.
Posted by Yabu at 12:23 AM | The Present | Comments (2) | TrackBack
The Life Clock
I am now, almost, 31,622,400 seconds, 527,040 minutes, 8784 hours...older than I was last year.
It has been a great year.
I'm still old enough to know better, and too young to resist.
Cool Runnings!
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December 02, 2006
I Agree...
...fortunately I don't eat fast food.
This Is Scary
I’ve met the Baboon and I’ve took drunk with the Pirate, and I know he is well armed. I’m glad I don’t make my living hocking videos or fast food.
No kidding!!
Bwahahahahahah!!!
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Technical Support
Yowza, this it what I'm talking about.
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