Everybody knows this is why god had jesus invent cigarettes. The perfect short break that getsem to heaven faster. It's wins all around.

That's pretty much my experience, though the wife is gone, the kids grown and gone and the places round the world mostly different. I spent last night passing a gallstone though so, well, that was new. When you pass 60 things really start to tank. Happy New Year?

Just to say... I have a 6lb sledge. Of course it is at least 80 years old, probably a good deal more, and on it's umpteenth handle...
My favourite server room tool is a saws-all.

Now they will see pandemics of hangovers and butt hurt...

I was looking for the American Christian Fascist Party, and I'll admit that it took me a minute to realise that you still call them Republicans.

People should point out the [epmoror|candidates] lack of clothing.

All of the above, depending on the book.

Works fine, until one or a couple of your new mates decide they can do without you and you end up in the smoking shed next to the neighbours dogs.

Your plans may change, either because your interests change or because of circumstances beyond your control. Also learning higher maths helps your problem solving skills and mental agility. If you dislike educating yourself just for the knowledge or simply want to take the path of least resistance towards what you perceive as a fun profession perhaps you should re-evaluate your motivations.

I thought this was about Geordie football...

I would say, good sir, that your presence in these fora is, now as we find a disturbing degree of degenerative decay herein, itself an anachronism perchance? Me annaw...

The tow boat pilot must be miffed but having seen the damage foto, it's not much in the way of a collision as marine collisions go, a little bondo and some spray paint and they're good to go.

it's totally irrelevant, let's all go home and watch 'The View'.

to E(xploding)H(ouse)OD whooo hooooooooooo

Picky. While it is true that SLC is not technically in a desert, from the perspective of most (especially those of us from more verdant parts of the globe), the entire state of Utah is in the middle of the desert, hence so is everything in or near it.