Non ATV Discussion

NYC vacation pics

Mikeyboy_esq — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:26:25 GMT

I recently returned from a long weekend in NYC (vacation trip). My wife and I had a blast...we saw/enjoyed the following:

toured Central Park in a rickshaw,
saw Shrek the Musical at Broadway Theatre,
took water taxi to see the Statue of Liberty,
walked over the Brooklyn Bridge (30 minutes...its LONG!),
ate awesome pizza at Lombardi's,
ate at River Cafe (great view of NYC skyline),
ate some just ok italian food in Little Italy (nothing to write home about),
ate hot pastrami sandwich and cheesecake at Carnegie Deli,
shopped/people watched in Times Square, SoHo, Greenwich Village & Little Italy, etc.
rode the subway at night (not as bad as I thought it'd be),
visited the top of empire state building and top of Rockefeller Center,
saw Paul Mooney do stand-up at Carolines on Broadway, and
ate various foods from street vendors (hotdogs, Gyro, pretzel, icecream).

Was a VERY fun trip, but also expensive and very exhausting.

Below are a few pics we took while we were there...ENJOY!

Happy trails...:)

(clean) joke about a dead mule

Mikeyboy_esq — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:12:56 GMT

The Dead Mule

Boudreaux and Thibodeaux saw an ad in the Moultrie Observer newspaper up in Mammou, LA (mamooo, looziana) and bought a mule for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.

The next morning the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night."

Boudreaux and Thibodeaux replied, "Well, then just give us our money back."

The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

They said, "Ok. then just bring us the dead mule."

The farmer asked, "What in the world ya'll gonna do with a dead mule?"

Boudreaux said, "We're gonna raffle him off."

The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!"

Thibodeaux said, "We shore can, Heck, we don't havta tell nobody he'sdead."

A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into Boudreaux & Thibodeaux at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store and asked, "What'd you fellers ever do with that dead mule?"

They said, "We raffled him off like we said we wus gonna do." Boudreaux said, "Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer two dollars a piece. We made a profit of $998."

The farmer said, "My Goodness, didn't anyone complain?"

Boudreaux said, "Well, the feller who won got upset. So we gave him his two dollars back."

Billy Bob Thornton

Vtr_Racing — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:38:11 GMT

Reading up over the hoopla about the interview with a Canadian radio station, I have come to the conclusion that this actor is way out of touch with his fan base if he even has one! You can wath the interview in its entirety. Make you own conclusions. I have never been a big fan of Billy Bob. I appreciate his acting, very good actor. Acting does NOT make you a rock star. Thats where these actors make a mistake. Its not a given. You actually have to have some music skills and talent.

Billy Bob Thornton's band cancels Canadian tour (AP)

Source: AP Sat Apr 11, 2009, 10:27 am EDT

TORONTO - Billy Bob Thornton's band has canceled the rest of its Canadian tour after the actor compared the country's fans to mashed potatoes with no gravy in a testy interview that caused a sensation online.

The Boxmasters opened for Willie Nelson on Thursday in Toronto , where they reportedly were booed and met with catcalls of "Here comes the gravy."

A note posted on Nelson's Web site Friday said the Boxmasters were canceling the rest of their Canadian dates "due to one band member and several of the crew having the flu."

The cancellation came two days after Thornton made world headlines with a belligerent appearance on CBC radio's "Q."

The actor apparently didn't like that host Jian Ghomeshi started the interview with references to Thornton's Hollywood career.

Thornton refused to answer many of Ghomeshi's questions directly, mumbling: "I don't know what you're talking about." He later said Ghomeshi's producers had been told ahead of time not to talk about his film career.

Thornton also had some unkind words for Canadian crowds.

"Canadian audiences seem to be very reserved," he told Ghomeshi. "We tend to play places where people throw things at each other. Here, they just sort of sit there. And it doesn't matter what you say to 'em. ... It's mashed potatoes but no gravy."

Before his Thursday night gig, Thornton tried to clarify those remarks, saying he loved Canada and his "mashed potatoes" comment had been aimed at Ghomeshi.

Media around the world delighted in the story. Entertainment Weekly's Web site ran the headline, " Billy Bob Thornton : What's his problem?"

LG Dare/CyberPowerPC

Rocket — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:06:06 GMT

I just got an LG Dare, was looking at the BB Storm but after reading reviews I decided to try something different. This phone is awesome!! Anyway, just blurbing out a thought. The only problem I have seen so far is that Google Maps does not support the OS. After having a phone that uses Microsoft I can deal without having Google. This phone is lighter than my Motorolla KRZR, touchpad works great. If anyone is looking for a new phone I highly recommend it. Also, try checking on Phone Scoop, they have some pretty good reviews out there.

I also put in an order for a CyberPowerPC, I found mixed reviews but the PC is made from standard components so other than being able to put it together properly anything else is goign to be individual components. Normally I would build my own but time constraints and the fact that this one cost about what I would pay to build one, I decided to take a shot. Here is what I have:

Intel Duo Core E8400 - I checked reviews and this thing rocks

4GB DDR2 RAM

500MB Radeon Vid Card ( I don't know specifics and don't want to look it up)

5 in 1 card reader

500GB Hard Drive

...and all the usual stuff. Plus, this is loaded with Vista OS included in the price of the machine.

$678.00 shipped.

It is supposed to ship next week so if anyone is interested I will post an update.

Houston - Free Black Lab pups

atvmxr — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:23:53 GMT

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TEXAS LONGHORNS

RANDALLPINK7 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:57:41 GMT

HAHAHAHAHA OHIO

HOOK'EM!!!

I like beer.....

Rocket — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:25:20 GMT

It makes me a jolly good fellow...

Insert comments here:

Any Gamers????

landon05 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:24:19 GMT

Hey I dont know if everyone got the news but to all my gamers and people that want systems and couldnt afford them at first now you can!!!! Due to the current economic status ps3 and xbox are dropping the sysytem prices to get more buyers!!! Ps3 will be $299.99 starting in April and Xbox will drop their price starting in June!!! Start saving they will be almost giving them away for that price....

better days to come

midevil — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:02:54 GMT

Merry Chirstmas and happy New Year from my family to all of yall's. {happy riding}

Christmas

RBarnett95 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:59:20 GMT

Merry Christmas Guys... Hope ya'll had a good time with family and friends...

New Camera

replicat0r — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:49:59 GMT

I keep trying to take pics of my girlfriend but her damn cat keeps getting in the way

Christmas Break

Rocket — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:59:16 GMT

I am working through to Christmas Eve but after that I am taking 11 days straight off. I can't wait. This will be the longest vacation I have had since high school (over 20 years ago). So I am planning on drinking until my liver hurts and then I want to get some things done around the house. Anyone know how to install a sprinkler system?

CHRISTMAS GIFT ?

limit5 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:30:19 GMT

Hope my wife sees this,some new SS wheels,new mud light tires,winch,lift kit,audio pipe with all the goodies,man who am I kidding,this will never happen.

Here's one for the married guys to enjoy...lol

Mikeyboy_esq — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:36:30 GMT

http://www.maniacworld.com/Beware-of-the-Doghouse.html

Happy trails...:)

OBAMA?......

Rocket — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:23:41 GMT

Ok, just starting conversation but I have about 20 reasons that Obama is going to suck as the next president and zero of them have to do with color. To tell the truth I don't think of Obama as a black person I feel more like he is a career politician. So, lets hear some opinions about why Obama is going to continue the cycle of career politics in the great country of America:

[rant]

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Motorized couch...definitely a man's invention! lol

Mikeyboy_esq — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:18:59 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szk6_QiXVC8&feature=related

looking for help

mikeyt — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:23:04 GMT

My best friend just lost a son do to a fall.Ethan Bulls is not 2 years of age but lost his life very sad.This is a close friend of mine (like a brother to me).I'm looking to do a barbq cook for him and turned out to be big since Matt is PAPD.Its going to be in orange and PA.But i want to do a ride for him too thinking about hogwallow just dont know what to do or how to go bout the ride I'm not asking for hand outs just need some help

Firefox issues

atvmxr — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:27:21 GMT

I recently switched to using Mozilla firefox as my internet browser and love it. only problem I found is this site does not seem to work with it. I try to log in and find my self in an endless loop of trying to login. anyone else have this problem?

knee brace/wrap

atvmxr — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:54:38 GMT

doctor says I have minicus (sp) damage to my knee and need to start wearing a brace/wrap. just wondering if anyone has suggestions. the ones they sell at walgreens/cvs/etc arent big enough to fit...

Ned is one funny guy!

Mikeyboy_esq — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:00:07 GMT

Just found these funny prank calls by NED as posted on youtube. This one is about barbie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFdQ-TOVTyw&feature=related

CAUTION: Strong Language

Happy trails...:)

Walmart Greeter job interview

Mikeyboy_esq — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:03:23 GMT

A manager at Wal-Mart had the task of hiring
someone to fill a job opening.
After sorting through a stack of resumes he
found four people who were equally
qualified.
He decided to call the four in and ask them
only one question. Their answer would determine
which of them would get the job.

The day came and as the four sat around the
conference room table, the
interviewer asked, "What is the fastest
thing you know of?"

Acknowledging the first man on his
right, the man replied, "A THOUGHT." It just
pops into your head. There's no warning.

"That's very good!" replied the interviewer.
"And, now you sir?", he asked the
second man. "Hmmm...let me see.
"A blink! It comes
and goes and you don't know that it ever
happened. A BLINK is the fastest thing I know of."

"Excellent!" said the interviewer. "The
blink of an eye, that's a very popular
cliché for speed." He then turned to the
third man, who was contemplating his
reply.

"Well, out at my dad's ranch, you step out
of the house and on the wall there's
a light switch. When you flip that switch,
way out across the pasture the light
on the barn comes on in less than an
instant. "Yep, TURNING ON A LIGHT is the
fastest thing I can think of"

The interviewer was very impressed with the
third answer and thought he had
found his man. "It's hard to beat the speed
of light," he said.

Turning to Bubba, the fourth and final man,
the interviewer posed the same
question. Old Bubba replied, "After hearing
the previous three Answers, it's
obvious to me that the fastest thing known
is DIARRHEA."

"WHAT!?" said the interviewer, stunned by
the response. "Oh sure", said Old Bubba. "You see, the
other day I wasn't feeling so good, and
I ran for the bathroom, but before I could
THINK, BLINK, or TURN ON THE LIGHT, I
had already smurf my pants."

Old Bubba is now the new greeter at a
Wal-Mart near you! You probably will think of this
every time you enter a Wal-Mart from now on!....

Have a good day!!

Funniest LAUGH that I've ever heard! LMAO

Mikeyboy_esq — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:02:29 GMT

Listen to the man in the middle...he has a hilarious laugh!

http://www.break.com/index/funniest_laugh_ever.html

Happy trails...:)

Interesting Read

papahouse — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:22:02 GMT

From the WSJ Opinion Archives
OUTSIDE THE BOX

Inconvenient Tax Truths
Charlie Rangel and other liberal leaders want to raise tax rates even if it means lower tax revenues.

by PETE DU PONT
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:01 A.M. EDT

Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore believes global warming is "an inconvenient truth." Here are some economic truths that America's liberal leadership finds too inconvenient to support.

Tax rate reductions increase tax revenues. This truth has been proved at both state and federal levels, including by President Bush's 2003 tax cuts on income, capital gains and dividends. Those reductions have raised federal tax receipts by $785 billion, the largest four-year revenue increase in U.S. history. In fiscal 2007, which ended last month, the government took in 6.7% more tax revenues than in 2006.

These increases in tax revenue have substantially reduced the federal budget deficits. In 2004 the deficit was $413 billion, or 3.5% of gross domestic product. It narrowed to $318 billion in 2005, $248 billion in 2006 and $163 billion in 2007. That last figure is just 1.2% of GDP, which is half of the average of the past 50 years.

Lower tax rates have be so successful in spurring growth that the percentage of federal income taxes paid by the very wealthy has increased. According to the Treasury Department, the top 1% of income tax filers paid just 19% of income taxes in 1980 (when the top tax rate was 70%), and 36% in 2003, the year the Bush tax cuts took effect (when the top rate became 35%). The top 5% of income taxpayers went from 37% of taxes paid to 56%, and the top 10% from 49% to 68% of taxes paid. And the amount of taxes paid by those earning more than $1 million a year rose to $236 billion in 2005 from $132 billion in 2003, a 78% increase.

Finally, another inconvenient truth is that there have been 49 consecutive months of job growth as a result of the economic expansion induced by President Bush's 2003 tax rate reductions.

One would think that this positive economic performance would inspire Congress to continue the successful policies that caused it. But the liberal establishment takes a negative view of tax rate reductions and embraces the opposite approach: ensure expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2011 and in the meantime enact substantial tax increases.

Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, last week introduced an estimated $3.5 trillion tax increase that would raise the capital gains tax rate from to 19.6% from 15% and places a surtax of as much as 4.6% on people making more than $150,000 a year. Mr. Rangel applies it not to current taxable income but to adjusted gross income, thus phasing down itemized deductions such as charitable contributions, home mortgage deductions, and state and local tax deductions. Together with the end of the Bush tax cuts, Mr. Rangel's plan would increase the top income tax rate to 44% from 35% for individuals, small-business owners and farmers, who make up about three-fourths of taxpayers in the highest bracket.

While raising taxes on individuals, the Rangel bill would reduce corporate tax rates to 30.5% from 35% and eliminate the alternative minimum tax. That would be "paid for" by increasing taxes on hedge funds and buyout firms by about $48 billion.

Federal tax revenues have been rising between 6.7% and 14.5% in each of the past three years, but the proposed tax increases, by slowing rather than stimulating the economy, would ensure that these percentages decline. Hillary Clinton defines the liberal tax policy as "we are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good," but in the unlikely event that the tax bill passes Congress next year, President Bush's veto pen will surely take away from the liberal leadership things that will do harm to the common good.

On the other hand, the 2008 elections could lead to a very different outcome, for the Rangel bill shows in which direction tax policy will proceed if there is a Democratic president and Congress in 2009.

A much more interesting approach was introduced in the House three weeks ago by Rep. Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican: elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax, extension of the 15% capital gains and dividend rates that expire in 2010, and giving taxpayers a choice between filing under the current tax system or a new option with just two income tax brackets, 10% for joint filers with incomes less than $100,000 and 25% for those with higher incomes. It includes a $25,000 standard deduction plus a $3,500-a-person exemption, which comes to $39,000 for a family of four. The new option would be a flat-tax choice, with no other exemptions or loopholes, and the AMT would be gone.

Every taxpayer would be able to make a choice between the current tax system with the AMT burden, tax rates from 10% to 35%, and many complex deduction options, or the Taxpayer Choice Act. Mr. Ryan estimates that the federal government's revenues--excluding AMT revenues, the elimination of which would cost the government only about 2.4% of revenues over 10 years--would be about the same as under the current system, and the top 5% and 1% of taxpayers would pay slightly higher taxes than they do today.

Such a system would stimulate the economy, increase economic growth and job opportunities, and simplify a very complex and frustrating current tax system. But for the liberal establishment a flat tax with lower rates would be a very inconvenient truth. Much better in their view are the substantial Rangel tax increases.

Mr. du Pont, a former governor of Delaware, is chairman of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis. His column appears once a month.

Ike!!!!!

papahouse — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:22:38 GMT

Well my wife has been told she will be staying at the hospital through out this hurricane so that leaves me at the house to ride out this storm. I got my quads gased up, chain saw ready, plenty of food and beverage (). What this really means is that I will be able to ride and play in the mud and water before and after Ike.

Hope everyone stays safe and does not suffer any losses!

Hurricane Pajama Party!!

papahouse — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:58:33 GMT

Non ATV Discussion

NYC vacation pics

(clean) joke about a dead mule

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton's band cancels Canadian tour (AP)

LG Dare/CyberPowerPC

Houston - Free Black Lab pups

TEXAS LONGHORNS

I like beer.....

Any Gamers????

better days to come

Christmas

New Camera

Christmas Break

CHRISTMAS GIFT ?

Here's one for the married guys to enjoy...lol

OBAMA?......

Motorized couch...definitely a man's invention! lol

looking for help

Firefox issues

knee brace/wrap

Ned is one funny guy!

Walmart Greeter job interview

Funniest LAUGH that I've ever heard! LMAO

Interesting Read

Inconvenient Tax TruthsCharlie Rangel and other liberal leaders want to raise tax rates even if it means lower tax revenues.

Ike!!!!!

Hurricane Pajama Party!!

Inconvenient Tax Truths
Charlie Rangel and other liberal leaders want to raise tax rates even if it means lower tax revenues.