Posts made by cystic crypt

why do we pay attention to anything NC writes?  I really don’t give a shit what he thinks.  Excuse me while i find something to do that i either hate or love.

@ncscswitch:

Not sure about the eyes, but I think moving the playground away from the sewers might have been a good idea   :lol:

classic engineering joke!

functionally speaking, however, why not move all of your sewage out of the same pipes?

I am going there with my wife Aug 19-22/8.  Anything that i “can’t miss”?

so where - outside of a skull that is pretty much built like a vault - would you have put them?

What a waste of time!!  No classy hot chick would be caught dead with one of you/us gamer-losers . . . well, except for our wives, i guess . . . .

@Smacktard:

This thread took an odd turn. I was mainly interested in if anyone had heard of a theory how a light-sensitive spot could evolve. The fossil record is very strong evidence that evolution occurs, but a good theory needs to answer all reasonable objections.

i am kind of an “intelligent design” type-guy.  Don’t get me wrong - i am a scientist (M. Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, M.D.), but i also have some deeprooted and deeply contemplated religious (Christian) beliefs.

Having disposed of my credentials/biases . . .

In organic chemistry the use of “light” - i.e. different waveforms causes changes in the conformation of molecules to different energy-potential states (homo and luna states).  This facilitates organic chemical reactions and is useful in a laboratory-type setting (note - i am going back 14 years in my education for this). 
If we look at chlorophil - this is an excellent example of where light causes a conformational change in a molecule resulting in a move against entropy - i.e. the move from carbon dioxide/water/oxygen - to a more stable carbohydrate - cellulose etc.
If we look at the eye, there are molecules - rhodopsin and iodopsin being two more common - that when exposed to light (or a given wavelength - depending on the protein in question) will break down into smaller componant molecules.  These will then go out into the wide world triggering a chain of events that leads to your perception of an image of various color and intensity.

So irrespective of the historical evidence of a figure named Jesus (why would Nero persecute the followers of a non-entity just 40 years after said non-entity was supposed to have died? - widely recorded),
i hope that this provides the missing piece/peace that you were enquiring about.
Cheers,
cc

I certainly do hope you have the time and ability to return (and not b/c you are laid up in a hospital or something).  Maybe you’ll make that trip to Manitoba yet.  Frood and i will be waiting with real beer.

I saw it when it came out.  I found it a very powerful film, and i agree with your repudiation of Western (i.e. Clinton-response) politics with respect to the obvious genocide that occurred there.

One thing that irritated me was this reference to “Colonel Oliver” - a very poor representation of one of Canada’s great heroes General Romeo Dallaire (Shake Hands with the Devil - if you are truly interested in the subject matter).

@Jermofoot:

@cystic:

aside from “panty vending machines” - i havn’t noticed any defenses for Israel or UK as “closest to the US”.  I guess the answers came depending on how one read the question . . . .

I would think UK would be #1, for very obvious reasons.  I’d think Israel would be maybe #3 behind Canada, if not 4 or 5.

But then again, what do I know?  :lol:

you mean because of the Iraq war thing?

“coming up from behind”???
Bah . . . .

@dezrtfish:

I went to a local micro-brewery last year Gordon Biersch.  As a mater of fact cystic crypt was visiting for an A&A game and a Coyotes game.  After the Yotes game we went to Biersch and got thier sampler they had a Heffeweizen there that I couldn’t finnish, that’s rare for me, the damn thing tasted like bananas!

That was a Great Day . . . Shane Doan scoring in an overtime period to pull the Coyotes ahead to beat the Blues . . . and didn’t we appear in a Coyotes webpage too?  The funny thing is that we bumped into more Winnipeggers there than people from Phoenix (Phoenicians?  Phoenices?)
Also having been introduced to many a European Beer, i did not find that banana one so bad . . . Like the Leffe beer and it’s weird orange aftertaste.

aside from “panty vending machines” - i havn’t noticed any defenses for Israel or UK as “closest to the US”.  I guess the answers came depending on how one read the question . . . .

@ncscswitch:

If it is “India Pale Ale” is it REALLY Canadian?   :evil:

:P
fair question.
It was developed and is brewed in Canada, so therefore blah blah blah.

@ncscswitch:

Sorry, I meant Labatts.

:roll:

be nice.
and don’t forget about Canadian, Molson Special Dry, Big Rock, Rickard’s Red, and best of all

Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale

@dezrtfish:

Who doesn’t like war, war is awesome!

ummm . . . pansie-asses?  Did i get that one right??

@Jermofoot:

My new roomie is very fond of Newcastle, so it’s growing on me again.  But I turned her on to Delirium Tremens last night, so it’s all good. :)

Please tell me that Delirium Tremens is also the name of a Drink/Band/video game/tv show . . . otherwise she needs to be in a hospital (or at least loaded up with valium and thiamine).

And are you non-Canadians still talking about beer?  That’s kind of like a group of Cubans discussing optimizing one’s stock portfolio, no?

@dezrtfish:

Why does it always have to be a love story  :roll:

so that chicks’ll go along with the guys.  Come on!!  Also a story about guys shooting at each other in the mud is a little over-the-top-masculine anyway . . . .

@dezrtfish:

LOL, I learned to count when I needed to know how many bullets to put in the magazines of my guns :-D

Married life keeping you buisy or what?

Yep - pretty busy!  Plus I’ve been working my a$$ off lately.  We are building a new house and my baby has expensive tastes.

@dezrtfish:

Yeah, well, if you want to count that stuf, I guess… :wink:

When did you learn to count??

Finally - one of our stories!

http://www.passchendaelethemovie.com/

Check out the preview - it starts a little slow, however it looks pretty good (for a Canadian story/movie).