Okay, my deepest, darkest music listening secret yet: I bought a Faith Hill CD.
I am *such* a sap.
I am *such* a sap.
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I have one primary impression of Egypt: The people living here now are most certainly not the ones who built the pharonic temples and pyramids.
Aaack. I'm overwhelmed by stuff I need to do now that I'm back "home."
I've got 6 little chips of limestone from Khafre's Pyramid at Giza if anyone would like one. E-mail me your US Mail address and I'll send...
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Aaack. I'm overwhelmed by stuff I need to do now that I'm back "home."
I've got 6 little chips of limestone from Khafre's Pyramid at Giza if anyone would like one. E-mail me your US Mail address and I'll send...
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murkling:
I want some tangible history. You already have my address as well. Hope there is still some left 
grendel:
Yeah, you've got mine to. Honey for ancient bit of priceless relic? Seems like a fair trade. 
Okay, off on vacation!
Cairo17-20, Nile Cruise 21-24, showing dad where I work 25-26 and down to Sharm el Sheikh 27-30.
I'll steal some little chips of Giza pyramids for my SG friends!
Cairo17-20, Nile Cruise 21-24, showing dad where I work 25-26 and down to Sharm el Sheikh 27-30.
I'll steal some little chips of Giza pyramids for my SG friends!
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stiles:
now that's a vacation.
toads:
later have fun, heck i would, hey, looks like you wont be the only property of us army soon!
I saw one of these today: 
Background:
Branchial cleft cysts are congenital epithelial cysts, which arise on the lateral neck from a failure of obliteration of the second branchial cleft in embryonic development.
Phylogenetically, the branchial apparatus is related to gill slits. In fish and amphibians, these structures are responsible for the development of the gills, hence the name branchial (branchia is Greek for gills)....
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Background:
Branchial cleft cysts are congenital epithelial cysts, which arise on the lateral neck from a failure of obliteration of the second branchial cleft in embryonic development.
Phylogenetically, the branchial apparatus is related to gill slits. In fish and amphibians, these structures are responsible for the development of the gills, hence the name branchial (branchia is Greek for gills)....
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girlblue:
i knew i should have been brushing up on my medical terminology like a good girl.
mistersatan:
Thanks, doc. All my friends, well...
I seem to use them to take the place of family, sooner or later- it's easier that way. I can surround myself with people I actually WANT to be around.
Hope you're good, sir.
I seem to use them to take the place of family, sooner or later- it's easier that way. I can surround myself with people I actually WANT to be around.
Hope you're good, sir.
As if it weren't exotic enough, you'll find that if you stay at El Salam Hotel (www.asiatravel.com/egypt/cairo/elsalam) you'll "enjoy" a continuous flow of Zamfiresque pan flute music: Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum, See How We Are by X (no shit, really) and Holiday by Madonna (at 1/4 speed.)
After that 5th Glenlivet, it's all okay.
Really.
After that 5th Glenlivet, it's all okay.
Really.
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redskull:
Drinking single-malt in a hotel in Cairo...
doesn't sound bad at all from this end.
doesn't sound bad at all from this end.
volkov:
I got the "grilled" Chicken (-likesubstance) breast (the breast is in the feet, right?) MRE yesterday.....with the ChocolateMint (and laxative) poundcake and Skittles (whew!thank gods! something I can eat!) and wheat snak bred. mmmmmm now THAT's gourmet!
gourmet means guaranteed to makuh you vomity, eh?
you think that place is wierd...wait'll you see what they've done to the Starbuckseseses over here!
just kidding. the starbucks are the same....
v
gourmet means guaranteed to makuh you vomity, eh?
you think that place is wierd...wait'll you see what they've done to the Starbuckseseses over here!
just kidding. the starbucks are the same....
v
It's somewhat long and involved, but here's the lesson to be learned: Do not get hit by a car in Cairo, Egypt.
(No, no, no... not me. A patient of mine.)
(No, no, no... not me. A patient of mine.)
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wyatt:
Flop is having a hard time typing these days , so I'm sending this message to all SGMC members:
Please post events to the "Ride This Weekend" journal until Flop gets the "Events" feature up and running reliably (If we even think it's necessary). This is so that we don't wind up with a bazillion journals lurking around for long-ago rides, and so we can all look in one place to see what's happening. I personally think that it will become a kind of cool history of SGMC if we all post our events and after-event comments in the journal. And "Ride This Weekend" is the perfect title. If I ever write my memoirs, I think I'll use that title
Ride fast, ride far, ride fun
AZ
The scary thing- Of all places in Egypt, Cairo is probably the BEST place to get hit by a car. Although, I'm with Stiles on this one.
Please post events to the "Ride This Weekend" journal until Flop gets the "Events" feature up and running reliably (If we even think it's necessary). This is so that we don't wind up with a bazillion journals lurking around for long-ago rides, and so we can all look in one place to see what's happening. I personally think that it will become a kind of cool history of SGMC if we all post our events and after-event comments in the journal. And "Ride This Weekend" is the perfect title. If I ever write my memoirs, I think I'll use that title
Ride fast, ride far, ride fun
AZ
The scary thing- Of all places in Egypt, Cairo is probably the BEST place to get hit by a car. Although, I'm with Stiles on this one.
froggy:
i hope they don't stop you.. i'm sure i will get orders for germany again, so i am not really worried about my orders.
is that your dog?
is that your dog?
I love going out for a beer, but why oh why do I have to end up smelling like cigarrettes? 
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grendel:
Hear hear! They had a smoking ban in Vancouver when I lived there and it was fantastic. I, like Murkling will smoke an occasional cigar, but it's always an effort 'cause I know the reek is going to hang out on my person for a good long time and the roof of my mouth won't feel right for a couple of days. The scotch usually helps with that though.
Yeah, I would have no problem at all frequenting a bar with a permanent smoking ban. I think there are enough people out there who like to drink without the accompanying cigarette that a place like that would work.
Yeah, I would have no problem at all frequenting a bar with a permanent smoking ban. I think there are enough people out there who like to drink without the accompanying cigarette that a place like that would work.
catrafelina:
because it's a good excuse to get the girl/guy you picked up at the bar into your shower.
HAH! The Army will be sending me back to the US in May! That's 1 less month of otherworldly heat, ugliness and futility and 30 days to make my way leisurely from NC to WA.
Who's got room on their floor for an excrutiatingly well-bahaved houseguest?
Who's got room on their floor for an excrutiatingly well-bahaved houseguest?
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mistersatan:
Dude, I already asked you- what are you gonna do with 12 dollars and a half-eaten Snickers bar?
catrafelina:
let go my nose or ill pull a tyson on your auris lobus!
ha! i made you my friend so i can bother you with vocab
ha! i made you my friend so i can bother you with vocab
Okay, Murkling was telling the truth: my Compaq laptop is dead. You can't imagine a deader computer. He's trying to draw me into the Cult of Mac, claiming Mac chicks are hotter than all others. Thoughts?
Oddly, the new firewall here at work seems to allow SG through, and since the computer is in *my* office, I can erase the history everyday. Besides, I'm already...
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Oddly, the new firewall here at work seems to allow SG through, and since the computer is in *my* office, I can erase the history everyday. Besides, I'm already...
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whiskey_____:
Oh! Mac chicks ARE hotter than all others! like you don't already know this.
partiallyblind:
i went from a broken Dell to a nice shiny titanium G4 Powerbook.
worst mistake i ever made.
now i'm back on a totally reliable IBM Thinkpad T23 that was 1000 cheaper than my Powerbook and all is well in the world.
worst mistake i ever made.
now i'm back on a totally reliable IBM Thinkpad T23 that was 1000 cheaper than my Powerbook and all is well in the world.
Lately on these cold desert nights I've been enjoying hot cocoa with a glug (or 2) of Bailey's before bedtime. That's like what, 1500 calories in a mug?
Does anyone have an idea of why my Compaq 1700t/Windows 98) will periodically lockup, requiring a restart to unlock? I've tried shoving some crushed Motrin into the USB port; that's about my understanding of computers.
Does anyone have an idea of why my Compaq 1700t/Windows 98) will periodically lockup, requiring a restart to unlock? I've tried shoving some crushed Motrin into the USB port; that's about my understanding of computers.
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grendel:
Bah, I am feelig so un-creative right now. I really wish I could write something snappy and witty here, but instead I will say that no, while direct mention of the device did not directly result in Smootchies Bootchies, the playing of Radio Havana on said device was priceless in it's role in helping to procur said Smootchies Bootchies.
(Where's that bloody ruler?)
(Where's that bloody ruler?)
murkling:
The good doctor has asked me to inform his loyal fans that he will be m.i.a. on SG indefinitely. His laptop has become a rather expensive paperweight.
Despite my best attempts he has not yet caved in and gotten a new *MAC* laptop. Perhaps if we all try....
Until he attains some sort of new personal computer he will still be available on AIM fairly often as welll as at his email address
cut2cure@earthlink.net. Email him your sympathy and pod-person messages.
Despite my best attempts he has not yet caved in and gotten a new *MAC* laptop. Perhaps if we all try....
Until he attains some sort of new personal computer he will still be available on AIM fairly often as welll as at his email address
cut2cure@earthlink.net. Email him your sympathy and pod-person messages.
i do need some medical attention...or just some attention.
you still haven't told me who you little terrier friend is.....
is he a fox terrier???