Useless information thread

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by stringertom

Senti, if your pal did get neutered he might stray from home a bit less. My two boys are still intact and the older wants to escape and roam every night. Thankfully, he rarely succeeds on his escape mission. I should rename him after the Brit pal of Steve McQueen's character in "The Great Escape". I'll go imDb that now and edit ASAP.

I hope he will stop wandering now. Anyway, the concerning part is that the mother was spayed 3-4 months back and she's been mating away for the last few days. Whole bunch of males hanging around.

Luckily, the 2 little pups I spayed who are now 11 months old have not got any attention from the males, but I just hope next season they also don't start getting courted.

I remember seeing The Great Escape as a kid. We loved it then, don't know how I will react today. I remember we loved the Bridge over River Kwai. Then in the 90s i saw a rerun of it on telly and we were all bored and waiting for something to happen.

[SoBad]

I have internet at home now and plan to improve my forum participation quite a bit in the nearest future.

[Rock Strongo]

I WAS going to control my intake of alcohol, but then I bought a case of beer, a bottle of vermouth, and a litre of Smirnoff Ice. Denmark is dangerous.

[Sentinel]

[Sentinel]

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[SoBad]

Originally Posted by Rock Strongo

I WAS going to control my intake of alcohol, but then I bought a case of beer, a bottle of vermouth, and a litre of Smirnoff Ice. Denmark is dangerous.

Denmark sounds like a wild land where danger is around every corner. On the other hand, they bottle DANZKA in metal flasks which can be used over and over again to store essential beverages whilst on the move.

[Hood_Man]

The Middle Ages might not have existed:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/volat...emitz-1997.pdf

Thank you Mr Stephen Fry and the team at QI

[Mike Bulgakov]

Originally Posted by Rock Strongo

I WAS going to control my intake of alcohol, but then I bought a case of beer, a bottle of vermouth, and a litre of Smirnoff Ice. Denmark is dangerous.

Carlsberg, Tuborg, or other?

Originally Posted by SoBad

Denmark sounds like a wild land where danger is around every corner. On the other hand, they bottle DANZKA in metal flasks which can be used over and over again to store essential beverages whilst on the move.

On one level, Denmark is one of the safest countries in the world. This is true for most Danes and tourists. Nevertheless, Denmark has a very dichotomous nature regarding the issue of safety.

The Danish internal intelligence service is very powerful. In pretty much every country, intelligence services need to work with organized crime and many unsavory organizations in order to gather information. They protect the "bad guys" who work with them.

The world where intelligence services and "bad guys" intersect is very dangerous. This is more true in Denmark than most Western countries. Friendly intelligence services contract with Denmark for operations involving things they usually back away from, like using high-end escorts for intelligence operations.

In the 1950's, current Danish intelligence organizations were shaped by CIA, but they also developed close relations with South Africa and Israel in the 1970s. Their tactics grew harder in those years and in following years.

For most people, the area in Vesterbro by the main train station is the closest that they will get to the dark side of Copenhagen. This is the main vice area, and where the Hell's Angels clash with other gangs for control of drug trafficking and other criminal endeavors.

Organized crime is quite prevalent in Sweden and Denmark. I first heard many stories of protection money being extorted from bars and businesses by Balkan and Russian gangs in Sweden and Denmark from a friend in the 1990s. There have been many other stories since then, involving many criminal groups.

[Mike Bulgakov]

[Rock Strongo]

Originally Posted by Mike Bulgakov

Carlsberg, Tuborg, or other?

Warsteiner, Noticed they had an offer on Sort Guld AFTER I'd bought that case, and realized I couldn't carry that much off the boat without looking suspicious.

I'm not the regular Swede who goes on booze cruises with trolleys and stock up with 6 trillion cases for the future, I rather enjoy the crossing and buy stuff I know I can carry without it being too heavy. Makes one appreciate what one bought more.

I should get a bottle of single malt next time...

[ilovecarlos]

Today is the birthday of Groucho Marx


It is also the 50th anniversary of the release of the first James Bond movie

[SoBad]

The bigger question is - is a vodka martini olive pit, which has caused damage to a tooth, merchantable, if consumed at dinner at a Bethesda, MD, restaurant?

[Hood_Man]

Originally Posted by ilovecarlos

It is also the 50th anniversary of the release of the first James Bond movie

Nice! Let's hope Skyfall is a more worthy Anniversary Bond than Die Another Day.

[stringertom]

Originally Posted by ilovecarlos

Today is the birthday of Groucho Marx


It is also the 50th anniversary of the release of the first James Bond movie

Coincidentally, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the debut of Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show. Who introduced Johnny that night? None other than Groucho Marx!

I must thank Alex Trebek and The Jeopardy crew for informing of this trivial fact.

[Sentinel]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0602...n_ssro_big.jpg

Just telling you where I am from

[W.P. Mayhew]

Originally Posted by Sentinel

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0602...n_ssro_big.jpg

Just telling you where I am from

That is one beautiful sight.


Also: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/wo...pagewanted=all

[Hood_Man]

Originally Posted by Sentinel

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0602...n_ssro_big.jpg

Just telling you where I am from

Makes me wonder why I bother doing anything really

[stringertom]

Originally Posted by W.P. Mayhew

That is one beautiful sight.


Also: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/wo...pagewanted=all

My preferred heat-seeking device for the women is a couple of shots of Patron..."Tequila makes her clothes fall off..."

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by Hood_Man

Makes me wonder why I bother doing anything really

View from my window this morning. Seems I jumped a billion years in my sleep.

[Sentinel]

I've got the lights on in my mansion on the little rock above, just in case anyone from here pops by for a beer or two.