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LOL, that was a heck of a wake up.
Had PC on zoom and put new glasses on just in time to be really well focussed on that pic. Woke the dawg.
Had PC on zoom and put new glasses on just in time to be really well focussed on that pic. Woke the dawg.
Because it is the Christmas Season, perhaps it is a good thing there is no such thing as Santa Claus!
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Of Course Santa is real and very much alive and well
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
They caught me on the security camera at work today.....
YouTube - My hamster can not manage to stop spinning in his wheel
At least that's about how it felt at work today........
YouTube - My hamster can not manage to stop spinning in his wheel
At least that's about how it felt at work today........
LOL GN. Don't think a NASA trained human could do that. They should get a second wheel so both can exercise together.
Also needs a lil generator. light a lite bulb or some thing.
Also needs a lil generator. light a lite bulb or some thing.
On the old Saturday Night Live, 1975,76, I remember seeing a video that someone did of a squirrle in a plastic dragster that was powered by one of those exercise wheels. They had him on the street with real cars in traffic and it was put to music, a weird old song called "God D*mn the Traffic Jamb' (it hurts my motor to go so slow)...
Anyone remember that?
Tom
Anyone remember that?
Tom
I didn't see the skit, but I remember plastic hamster balls that had plastic dragsters attached to them, so you could race two hamsters.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Professional_Hamster_Racing_Track.jpg
YouTube - "I Can't Drive 55" -Sammy Hagar [HD]
I can't drive 55 (Sammy Hagar)
YouTube - "I Can't Drive 55" -Sammy Hagar [HD]
I can't drive 55 (Sammy Hagar)
Happy,I didn't see the skit, but I remember plastic hamster balls that had plastic dragsters attached to them, so you could race two hamsters.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Professional_Hamster_Racing_Track.jpg
YouTube - "I Can't Drive 55" -Sammy Hagar [HD]
I can't drive 55 (Sammy Hagar)
That's the dragster. I've searched for that skit, video, and can't find it. Probably lost in Lorn Michale's old archives somewhere. And you're right; it probably was a hamster, not a squirrel but you have to keep in mind...that was the 70s and my memories might be a bit...skewed
Thanks.
Tom
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Yeah hammer may be a harsh word that folks might not understand lol. I prefer to refer to it as ''the or my'' persuader. 
Best laugh I've had for a few days...lol. Thanks Goat.
Tom
Reminds me of the fun we used to have with those Water Rockets as kids. Remember those? You fill 'em halfway with water, pump 'em up with the pump/launcher, pull the trigger 'n watch 'em fly.
'Cept I strapped the launcher/pump to a long stick. And I didn't use water, I used gasoline and held it above a small fire when I pulled the string tied to the trigger. I really don't think it flew any higher this way, but it made for more of a show. Plastic rocket started dissolving after a bit, though.
I remember those water rockets. I haven't seen them in a long time. Probably someone got hit on the soft spot on top of the head with that little plastic rocket. Those hurt! They always seemed to fly somewhere that unaware people were just standing around, and shouting a warning seemed to make them think you were doing it on purpose after they got nailed with it.
I remember an even older toy, a metal rocket that used toy gun caps. When you threw it, the bom would land on the ground or somebody and pop the cap, making a gunshot noise. Lot's of fun.
We used to make our own rocket launcher by using a metal fence post pipe, and dropping inverted spray cans down the tube so they would be ignited by a candle at the bottom (just run a bolt through the tube so the spray can nozzle sprays when it strikes, and the flame lights it)
They would make a HUGE noise but the paint cans wouldn't really go that far. It was fun though because they would sort of float in the air in a large arc, and the paint blast on the ground was always fun. If you try this at home, prop the launch tube on something, and stay away from either end! The explosion would usually put out any flames including the candle.....Usually.
I remember an even older toy, a metal rocket that used toy gun caps. When you threw it, the bom would land on the ground or somebody and pop the cap, making a gunshot noise. Lot's of fun.
We used to make our own rocket launcher by using a metal fence post pipe, and dropping inverted spray cans down the tube so they would be ignited by a candle at the bottom (just run a bolt through the tube so the spray can nozzle sprays when it strikes, and the flame lights it)
They would make a HUGE noise but the paint cans wouldn't really go that far. It was fun though because they would sort of float in the air in a large arc, and the paint blast on the ground was always fun. If you try this at home, prop the launch tube on something, and stay away from either end! The explosion would usually put out any flames including the candle.....Usually.
awesome memories guys, never tried the spraycan rockets though, sounds cool. I used to spend my allowance on rolls of that pop-cap tape for one of those rockets(and other guns) when I was like 5... good times getting yelled at by mom for using my thumbnail to pop them and burning it(my nail) up, heh heh.
Nowadays kids have airbags to play with:
YouTube - Idiotic Airbag Prank
Don't worry, he was drunk and didn't feel it 'till the next day
Nowadays kids have airbags to play with:
YouTube - Idiotic Airbag Prank
Don't worry, he was drunk and didn't feel it 'till the next day
