I buy all my gasoline at pumps that take credit cards. Often when I’m traveling, or sometimes when I’m in a different part of town than is normal for me, I’ll be asked to punch in my zip code. I think it’s a pretty easy and non-intrusive way to verify that the card hasn’t been stolen.

Awesome!  Now I just need a cell phone…

Another larry

Even more like ‘my kinda guy’. I spent the first 8 years of my working life in motorcycles, when everyone called a Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, ‘Jap Crap’ and Nortons and Triumphs were still being produced (just).

WW wrenches could still be a round for a few years yet as most of our electricity infrastructure seems held together with that and it’s only disturbed every 40 years after it corrodes and Mrs Miggins can’t cook her turkey on Christmas Day. AF, now here that’s a different story. Only used on older british cars and Boeing aircraft and they rot fairly frequently. (Well the cars do anyhow), so they will gradually (or not so now), be replaced with good old metric.

At least we’re going metric here in the UK ‘mile by mile, yard by yard GSTQ

Our favorite: dirty hot dog, “an authentic taste of the Big Apple you can drink through a straw”.

Would be my favorite too

By Steve. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @11:43am:
When they ask me for my phone number,
I always just say, very seriously, 999-999-9999.

how about 911...

Following Sean’s comments, I rest my case
Even if it was true (which it isn’t, the CCD is the same aspect ratio as the P&S cameras, that is all) John’s alternative is? Oh yes, a point & shoot camera! LOL
I was just making the point that with constant travel, there are alternatives to point & shoot for portability, which give the option of putting decent lenses & functionality in hand.
I know the limitations too.

Her chances are slim, but this race is much closer than the 1980 Democratic primary where Teddy Kennedy nearly wrested the nomination from Carter even though he trailed Carter 37% to 51%.  This race is so much closer than that and both sides know it, so this ain’t over yet.
HRC’s strategy is simple: while she’s in it, and she clearly is, Obama can screw up.  Wright can flare up again, HRC’s friends in the MSM can make hay over Obama’s relationship with Bill Ayers or any such thing that reinforces the perception that Obama is a marginal candidate that can’t win in large or purple states.

Once I paid cash at other store and the clerk check the $20 bill against the light to see if was real, after that she used a special pen over the surface of the bill, and then she gave me my change. Then when I got the change I check every bill (1 dollar bills) against the light and after that the coins very carefully, she was so impatient and then I left the store while everybody was looking at me like angry. Vic

Go ahead piss on me with #$@&%^… 1 dollar for sentence, I accept credit cards… (photo ID required) and if your offense is creative and
respectful I’ll accept it by free…

Dear J-walk I’m sorry for you, and you did the right thing, Credit Cards are really money and if you lost it… anyone is going to use it not at the store, the lucky one will spend some money on line, buying subscriptions to a paying sites or downloading on line music before the card gets reported and canceled.
Once I was at the music store and wanted to pay with cash (lots of money), I was collecting a lot from my gigs for a new guitar (an expensive one) and the guys at the guitar shop asked me for my ID!!! I was paying cash!!!… I get too offended and never came back to that store again, the same happens to me all the time with credit cards, because I’m an immigrant and I look really Mexican and when paying, many times they want my phone number, Zip code and my drivers license, and some banks ask me for the print of my thumb before cashing a check for me. Yes they are like cops sometimes. Vic

The last one… DALICHE!

http://www.joshspear.com/media/1/20050105-daliche.gif

and more

http://www3.sympatico.ca/virtual-bikini/AfghanGirl.jpg

and more
http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05/023_23_NEW_243x244.jpg

Dear J-Walk I check the blog and some faces are missing there…
http://www.whitespacegallery.com/surrealist-masters/salvador-dali/salvador-dali-images/the-face.jpg

Or this other one

http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/3/L11055699.jpg

My son should apply.  He has extensive background in this area.
2004 - Present in fact.

Must have been from PS magazine, which Eisner helped create as an instructional aid for soldiers. 
Will Eisner - creator of “The Spirit” and other characters - was a believer to the end in the power of comics as a storytelling and educational medium.

And I thought it was bad enough when Radio Shack asks for your name and address…

Dude...I just upgraded to a D200 from my D70. Much better pictures especially for northern lights. And I recently bought a 70-300mm with “VR” for just under 500 clams! I can reach out and touch someone! You should try packing all that around in a pelican case for an hour. Must weigh 50 lbs. Does the D100 have the built in remote? The D70 does and the 200 does not. One thing I truly miss. But the 200 sure does kick out the pictures in Continuous High…

Signor, Welcome Home.

I was only a lurker in the chat thingy. I never saw any trolls in the short times I stopped in. But their out there man. I deal with them on a daily basis on the forums I moderate. Is there any way he can ban IP’s at WWR? So when these slime suckers start their BS he can just ban the IP and they can never return via that provider?
It’s a bummer deal because I know Jim works dang hard to make WWR work.
Matter of fact I need to stop in and check on the next in house concert. I had to miss the Antje Duvekot concert and now I’m even more piss’d because I could have met KLAW and FishTaxi. Not to mention that Antje looked pretty cute on her poster.

I agree with Duck about the safety measurers.  We are leaving on Saturday for Yellowstone and the first time I was there (1955)there were no safety measurers, no guardrails, no “this water is hot” signs - it was left up to us to use common sense.  Now I understand that there are “do this, don’t do that” signs all over the place so I guess the average American tourist has gotten dumber.  It will be interesting to see how many people get out of their cars and try to feed the Disney bears.

What did George Burns(?) say ? Regards.

“By drinking Meatwater you can cut down on exercising and eating time, and have more time to enjoy yourself”

The Truth is Self-Evident that Eating is Sensual.

Regards.

My favorite, “Need Money For Alcohol Research”, isn’t there.

That’s a couple banjos, right there…

Back in the old days we called this...BROTH!

Just kidding Curtis, like KLAW used to say in chat.

PS-I drive a toy. 

tff

I have been known to reenact the scene from My Blue Heaven where Vinny has to give a social security number. He makes one up, but he’s not sure how many digits are needed, so he’s winging it, and ends up giving too many.

But really, clerks don’t care what your phone number is, they just need to put something in the register for the computer to advance to the next step. Many times, a clerk would ask me my phone number, I’ll say. “I don’t give out my number. I’ll just make one up.” and they say “Fine.”

Yeah, those are some high-quality lenses. They are both US models, not grey market imports.

I’m hoping to get around $1,200 for the 70-200mm and $700 for the 12-24mm.

Whoa!  I just noticed those two f2.8 lenses.  I don’t know Nikon, but I’ll bet those two should earn you a pretty penny--probably much more than the camera for either of them.

It’s tempting, J-Walk.  Could you turn it into a Canon 40D with a EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS/USM lens?

12 July 21, 1969 I remember that date very well too (actually the evening before). Watching that moon landing on TV after doing psilocybin for the first (and fortunately only) time in my life. What a cool TV show that was. I’m still not sure if it was real or not.

Will they also pay for your 6 months physical therapy because you’re unable to walk due so substantial muscle mass reduction?

I wasn’t dissng KLAW, that was supposed to be funny and, you know, affectionate insultation based on his blog commenter persona.

I still say he’s weird and freaky.  You guys got a problem with weird and freaky?

Say it agin and I’ll bust yo jeep.

How humiliatin’.

Note:  The image shown here is not the actual sheep head used in this recipe ...

... it’s just some raaaaandom sheep head.

Oh, man. I’ve been thinking about getting another SLR for some time now. (Last one I had was 35mm).

They want intelligent design to be taught in science classes, but they don’t want wizardry? Florida!

@Curtis - I was with KLAW at the Antje concert and he is by no means weird or freaky.  He is a genuine nice man who contributed a lot to the old Whole Wheat Radio.  KLAW is one of my very best friends and I thank WWR for giving us the opportunity to meet. 

PS- perhaps you should be banned for dissing KLAW!

From the latest Deathwatch:

Speaking of which, Clinton has a new strategy: Say Obama can’t win white voters. This, just as three extremely white states—West Virginia, Kentucky, and Oregon—prepare to vote. Obama’s strategy: Ignore Clinton and focus on McCain. Watch this awkward dynamic escalate as long as Clinton stays in the race: Clinton ratchets up the rhetoric, while Obama pretends she doesn’t exist. If an attack ad airs in Montana, but no one responds, does it make a sound?

*giggle*

J-walk,
When do you predict the great sheep head of 2008 will occur?

Another one of those “why didn’t I think of this” ideas.

You can even taste the ketchup!

I didn’t see any french fry water!  How can you have a cheeseburger without the fries?

Legend indeed Duly Bookmarked…

I’m also in the running for their free trip to Costa Rica, hope I come up large on that play.

Grazi

I was pumping gas once, and the woman at the next pump asked me “how the hell am I supposed to know what zip code this is”?

Buck, I’ve used the 90210 zip code as well, or I say I don’t live in the US.  I hate being asked for ID when I use my credit card, but what really irks me is when the minimum wage clerk at the checkout verifies my signature against the one on my card.  I didn’t realize that graphology training was job requirement to be a checkout clerk.

Curtis,you seem to know quite a bit about me without meeting me,what is up with that?

The US would never invade Canada, we don’t have anything valuable like oil............ oh crap!

Hey DP,Rickhap turned me onto R.P.,he is a legend in his own time!

@ KLAW - dude, you’re a pretty freaky freak yourself, not purple tights-wearin’ freaky but plenty mainline weird, no?

This here’s the bozo bus is it not?

J-Walk - step-up and ban brother man.  Admit it, you’ve come THIS close… to, ah, banning me KLAW.

Ah, looks like a Seeger-style longneck.

I understand the complaints about invasion of privacy, especially with regard to asking for phone numbers.  I do, not, however, understand why everyone seems so disgruntled about showing ID. 

Showing ID is not a sneaky way for store clerks to get your license number or to find out your weight.  It’s to give a check for identity theft.  I don’t know if any of the commenters have had a credit card stolen and used fraudulently, but it’s a huge pain in the neck.  Credit card companies will not just blindly trust you at your word that your card has been used illegally and clear everything up for you.  They have to check into it, you have to get a new card, there’s an investigation, etc. 

Checking ID is just a very reasonable measure put in place to aid in the prevention of credit card fraud.  By double checking to see that you are the person authorized to use the credit card, they are deterring a significant percentage of illegal credit card transactions.

Florida,,,,what else needs to be said.

Thumbs up on Radio Paradise thats a great station.

I got your meat water, RIGHT HERE!

Yay!  We can finally get back to bashing Hillary!

I highly recommend Radio Paradise,that is where I gather all of my music and send my money.

By Volt:
The day of the record companies is long gone.

AMEN to that, brother!

A little over a year ago, I purchased a Canon Powershot SD100 camera on ebay after using a friend’s. I liked the size of the package and the fact that I could use both the camera and the computer downloading software without cracking open the instruction manuals. It seems like it will be all the camera I will need for quite a while.

BTW - the whole package, including two extra batteries and a boatload of memory for the camera cost me less than $120 including shipping.

Wow! Excellent photos.

Klaw,

I may not like the music, not my style, but I really respect what he does. This is how I hope music is propogated in the future. The day of the record companies is long gone.

Ewe!!!

Actually, there’s a scene about sheep’s head in Angela’s Ashes. The dad eats the eyeball. I still say ewe. Yuck!

Great Shots John!!  I went to the G.C. about 8 years ago and it was a great vacation.  I remember my wife and I hiked down to the plateau - fine going down but coming back up was hard - I was never so tired in my life.

The tourist business depended on this endorsement.

Scientific name for urge to jump:  Insanity.

I hate these non-specific recipes.  How big a sheep does the head come from?  How big a bunch of what herbs?  How much salt in the water?  Does it have to me a medium-medium onion, or can it be a smallish-medium or medium-biggish?  Turkish cloves, Hungarian cloves, or those shriveled up Trader Joes cloves?

Oh man, I just got to paragraph two and found out that I should’a had the head split in two at the butchers.  I can do it myself, but laterally or longitudinally? 

Luckily, I have a whole lot of Zinfandel!

Lots of great shots there. Saved a bunch.

Photo above gives me a wave of vertigo every time I look at it (yup, did it again) and then the urge to jump. There must be a scientific name for the urge to jump.

Cardinal rule while taking acid in yonder decades. Stay on flat ground where the urge to...fly won’t kill you.

So THAT’S why you were banned.

Volt,I tend to disagree with you,the music is awesome.I met Jim in November at the palace,to see Antje Duvekot perform at a live cabin concert.As I left we hugged each other,saying we were glad we met.A week or so later he banned me because I suggested he needed time off as I thought he was losing his mind.I still have a lot of friends from there and they say the new format sucks,I respect the guy for working his tail off and hope it works out for him and Esther.Esther is very cool by the way,and she is a big part of the overall picture.This is my opinion.....Best of luck,WWR.

I remember the same (or a very similar) spot from my first visit to The Canyon at age 17 on July 21, 1969 (yes, I remember the exact date, because it was the day after the first moon landing). The shirtless buddies I was with climbed down and out onto the point while I remained above, unwilling to test my foolishness and natural-substance-enhanced sure-footedness (or corresponding lack thereof). As I awaited their return and enjoyed the view while watching the soaring of hawks on the incredible air currents, a pair of extremely lovely young ladies from Arkansas and their chaperone arrived, stunning me by asking, “If we take off our shirts, can we be hippies too?” Before I could formulate a reply, the chaperone whisked them away, leaving me with an unverifiable story for my friends, and wonderfully fond memories.

I know where to buy $4.50 b-50 biodeisel for $3.99 all day long,
and I’m only telling Mean Jean!

we did our part down here in North Cackalacky!

Great Shots. I particularly like seeing you and members of your family (I am assuming) since it helps me connect to you and your blog material.

I find it frustrating that no matter how beautiful the pictures seem, they never capture the grandeur of the Grand Canyon. I think whoever took the photos, did a great job.

[ Jeff ]

Hey Sheldon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8vOZjJqAGg
I remember watching this

I have a bogus phone number printed on my checks. First tried having no phone number, but then they always asked for one, so this works.

Eh?

What happened to freedom of religion?

Besides, if he’s not a wizard, no problem. If he is a wizard that “supervisor of substitute teachers” should be very afraid.

However if he starts changing children into mice, that may be grounds for dismissal, depending upon the exact circumstances.

Beautiful photo, but it gives me twinges of acrophobia even though I’m safely sitting at my desk.

I predict this post will trigger a bunch of sales of new Canon Powershot cameras from online merchants.

I didn’t know you could use tools as dominos.

I wish they took the picture before they tumbled down.

I always refuse to show my ID, and will have them cancel the transaction if necessary.  I also immediately call VISA and report the merchant.  If enough people call and report them, they will lose the ability to accept VISA (and Mastercard).  I’d love to see that happen—one case should be enough to end this unnecessary, invasive practice for every merchant.

It was made to look like a banjo from space to scare off UFOs.

Irfanview is great! I use it mostly to make favicons, but I guess I should try it for other stuff too. Nice pics!

Everyone’s a critic. Especially people who don’t accomplish anything themselves, they don’t realize how hard it is to really create.

Jim should just ignore the critics and just eyeball the feedback in case someone says something he can use.

Beware of “councils.” Some things need to be “of one mind.”

Just for practice, let me say that I think WWR music sucks and Jim can ignore me.

Great shots, J-Walk!

You were fortunate to have the overcast for most of the shots - really helped the colors to show. I have tons of slides taken over the years, but most were on sunny days, which tends to wash everything out.

Yeah RobertSeattle, I try to confuse them by alternating between the AS bacon and the Italian sausages cept the sausages come in a six pack and that seventh one makes me bulky.

JHENDERSON, I swear I never carried your apple smoked bacon..
I’m thinking pancakes at Berts this Saturday

We have our pictures on our VISA cards, and a Wal Mart employee wouldn’t take my wife’s because she had streaks in her hair (for a wedding) and the clerk said the picture didn’t match her.  Ohhhh, like women never change hair color or length.  Had to get a manager over to get that one thru their high tech security.

A hot babe holding a weapon?  If only Chuck Heston were alive to see this!

Re: your comment about those who make minimum wage...I live in a town where jobs are almost impossible to find.  I, myself, and many others in the community would be happy to take a minimum wage job if we could find one.

I agree, duck. The lack of fences and guard rails at the Grand Canyon is what impressed me the most. People are free to act stupid and kill themselves—and that’s the way it should be. So far, more than 700 people have exercised that freedom.

I recommend using Mormon elders.  They’re young, well-groomed, and willing to travel (especially to god-forsaken places like Alaska).  I think they’re pretty good at taking orders, too, so long as the person giving the orders wears the right kind of underwear.  “Hard-working” also describes them to a tee.  Mrs. Toad answered the door yesterday afternoon, thinking it was a neighbor, and got ambushed by a couple of young elders.  They offer to weed the lawn and clean the gutters, which made me look pretty bad in comparison.  Thanks, guys!

I also think Mormon elders would fit in pretty well with the Whole Wheat Radio crowd.  Jim’s got a lot of music in rotation that would really resonate with them.

I like Irfanview a lot.

One nice thing about the Grand Canyon is that there is no way our concerned government can remove the risk… too many miles to fence. The sense of awe is greatly enhanced by knowing that you could easily trip and fall a mile to your death.

another larry Mmmm had apple smoked bacon with pancakes and linginberry this morning

Whoops, I OWN a d100.

I know a D100 and I will say it is an excellent camera. Though a few years old, it does everything the new cameras can do (without some of the pointless bells and whistles i.e live screen view). Its 6.1 MP which is absolutely plenty unless you need a camera to do billboards for times square. And to Neil, Olympus cameras I am sorry to say are most definitely weak sauce. They use the same sensors from their P&S cameras!!! What kind of garbage is that? So john, do not get an olympus...And someone buy this camera!!!

Council of elders, eh? Here are some volunteers:

http://j-walkblog.com/images2/councilofeldersvolunteers.jpg

Now it’s 2.3%, falling by the hour.

Seen one ditch, seen ‘em all. 

Saint Reddog

http://i29.tinypic.com/20py4np.gif

Shari Lewis took great pleasure in ordering lamb chops whenever she got the chance.

are those the monica impersonators?

Another Larry,

They just THINK you have that smoked bacon down your pants…