Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 17008482)

Body builder? Female musclemen aren't my thing, but to each their own.

Sometimes I lament my cyclist arms.

Originally Posted by PhotoJoe (Post 17008490)

During my cancer, my business fell apart (hard to shoot when you're hanging out at club med for 6 days at a time, then not able to get off the sofa our bed for another 6, then only have one "good" week until it starts all over again - for an entire year). My wife did her best to protect me from the news that we fell behind on everything. She wanted me to only focus on my health, and not the financial crap the cancer had allowed us to deal with. So, once I was done with treatment, I found out where we stood...and it was scary. This month will be our last payment to the state to get caught up on those taxes, but we have a ways to go with the feds. They were really cool to deal with on the phone, though. They eliminated some penalties and put us on a payment plan. No garnishments, no nothing. And the interest rate is amazingly low. I'd have to go look up the details, but it's like 0.25%. They told us that the biggest thing they care about is that we came to them with the problems and are dealing with it. They were nice, but not nice enough to forgive it all-together!

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 17007975)

I suppose it is only appropriate for me to provide some personal information also:

Retired Ph.D. (Princteon) organic chemist originally specializing in synthesis and screening of novel pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Research for my doctoral thesis was a synthesis of pure methotrexate and many analogous folate antagonists for biological activity screening. The culmination of this research direction (many years after my disconnection from it) was the discovery, development, and commercialization by workers at Princeton and Eli Lilly of the tremendously effective cancer chemotherapeutic drug, Alimta. After making a sharp turn my work evolved into water soluble polymers (for paper manufacturing, waste-water treatment, and oil drilling and recovery) development and then finally into plastics development for medical devices and packaging in which area I spent most of my industrial career.

I have been riding since 1983 and building all my own bikes and wheels since 1985. I live in Houston where it is very hot and very flat.

How about we get a fresh start? I bet I can do this.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 17008470)

The visuals. Ick.

I don't understand why an internal warning light doesn't go off for people, indicating a time for drastic measures. So help me, god, if I ever had to lift and clean within folds of my skin...

Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 17008504)

You win, at least in terms of scientific research.
My work must seem down right barbaric, of the order of " Theodoric of York, Barber/surgeon of ye olde times".

Originally Posted by PhotoJoe (Post 17008490)

During my cancer, my business fell apart (hard to shoot when you're hanging out at club med for 6 days at a time, then not able to get off the sofa our bed for another 6, then only have one "good" week until it starts all over again - for an entire year). My wife did her best to protect me from the news that we fell behind on everything. She wanted me to only focus on my health, and not the financial crap the cancer had allowed us to deal with. So, once I was done with treatment, I found out where we stood...and it was scary. This month will be our last payment to the state to get caught up on those taxes, but we have a ways to go with the feds. They were really cool to deal with on the phone, though. They eliminated some penalties and put us on a payment plan. No garnishments, no nothing. And the interest rate is amazingly low. I'd have to go look up the details, but it's like 0.25%. They told us that the biggest thing they care about is that we came to them with the problems and are dealing with it. They were nice, but not nice enough to forgive it all-together!

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 17008512)

Au contraire mon frère. You do your work standing next to someone who shoots Propafol. That is the essence of refinement. How barbaric could you be?

Originally Posted by 3alarmer (Post 17008406)

they handcuffed me for refusing to leave and
ended up writing me a nonappearance disturbance ticket.

Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 17008515)

See this is the kind of thing I think is utterly and completely disgraceful. That we, a nation building 3 billion dollar bombers and shipping billions over seas war efforts, never to be seen again, for us to allow this to happen to our citizens is beyond disgraceful.
We all deserve equal medical care, no matter our wealth. Anything is just wrong.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 17008335)

What IS with the tattoos in Portland? In Houston you see a lot of artsy, full color designs. Most of what I saw in Portland was monotone scribble scratch, kind of like a bad cartoon. Does anybody know what the point of that is? What it is called?

Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 17008555)

Jailhouse tattoos. Not so long ago you had to pay Federal, State, AND County income tax in Portland. Lotta people did hard time as a result of their failure pay one or more of them. :)

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 17008470)

The visuals. Ick.

I don't understand why an internal warning light doesn't go off for people, indicating a time for drastic measures. So help me, god, if I ever had to lift and clean within folds of my skin...

Originally Posted by RUOkie (Post 17008561)

then how do you explain the scarves and neckbeards?

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 17008234)

The well has been poisoned. We shan't tolerate dissension on an Internets forum. I come here for this :hug:

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 17008238)

#Toxic Vegetable Alert

cc: @LAJ

Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 17008607)

Also good for acute anal fissures, relaxation of internal anal sphincter allows healing.

Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 17008524)

Well you know, all those guts and blood and stuff. There has to be a better way.As I say, the job of every good Internist and Researcher is to put a surgeon out of business. A terrible, though at this time necessary way to cure disease.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 17008249)

Running is stupid, didn't you get the memo?

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 17008614)

Mama always said, stupid is as stupid does.

Originally Posted by Heathpack (Post 17008253)

??? Dogs do have molars. Here you go, illustration of the under side of a dog skull with the jaw removed. This is from my dissection guide to the dog, freshman anatomy in vet school. Lookee, I have labeled all the teeth. Of course that could be a hoax on my part. I might have just done it ten minutes ago to make a point here. We'll have to get @rjones28 to google it & verify.

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...849DE4A7AD.jpg

Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 17008607)

Also good for acute anal fissures, relaxation of internal anal sphincter allows healing.

Originally Posted by 3alarmer (Post 17008311)

...wool is the schizzle, and was a requisite in the fire service because it doesn't melt
and seems to be an all around better choice, even in a fire. They have some machine
washable wools now that are quite miraculous...Smartwooltm in socks, for example.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 17008531)

I'd advise against getting charged while visiting the tax office.