If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth?
If they own the mineral rights to their land, I'd say so...What do the rest of you think?
no, because China is at the other end, and that would entail enfringment rights.
That is why when you 'do dig so far, you may hit China' is enforced. (I think they are a very protective peoples)
;D
okay, okay....I 're frack' that statement! If one gets there, they would have to split the right of way at the center.
AND whoever has claim on the middle of the earth...would be reflected on that deed..and I would hope to God that it is not graded!
rof laughing at myself...well not really. ;D
ok..not so ready
QuoteIf they own the mineral rights to their land, I'd say so
and that would be correct, however if we dril from the top and strike oil or other escenses', is it theirs for our taking, or is it theirs that was stolen?
ready, I think
Keep it up, ready. Pretty soon now you will hit the truth.
If you start digging a gold mine on your land and stray under your neighbor's land and hit gold, is it yours or theirs? The gold, that is. I can just hear you guys saying that of course the land is theirs.
Quote from: readyaimduck on July 11, 2011, 07:57:58 PM
okay, okay....I 're frack' that statement! If one gets there, they would have to split the right of way at the center.
AND whoever has claim on the middle of the earth...would be reflected on that deed..and I would hope to God that it is not graded!
rof laughing at myself...well not really. ;D
ok..not so ready
Don't forget, Middle Earth is where the Hobbits live....but they would probably like Chinese food too, so dig away!! ;D
Lisa-who was called a Hobbit-once....
Wilma:
The truth will always be told, however sometimes not in our liftimes. excuse me...life times.
It all depends on who is calling the referee shots as to how the games are remembered.
I will have to pay a great deal of money for that surveyor to go vertical for my property!
Quotewhere the Hobbits live
Hobbits are good, but Chinese food makes me hungry.
However, I think we could co-habitat in that bubble, dietary necessities aside from the differences.
Well, I think you do own to the middle of the earth and you own up into the sky as far as you can go. But don't tell the government because they will want to tax you on it.
LOL...Don't they already tax you on the air that you breathe? Doesn't it fall under the "clean skies initiative" or something like that? I always figured that the taxes were a given, even on dying...That estate tax is a killer.
Tax 'em if you need it. like "smoke 'em if you got 'em, or need 'em"
Who holds the cigerettes? Who lights the match?
The estate tax is IMO a way to recoup from one that can't give anymore. What was the intent of that law and what a cold ass bitch would right that law??? sorry for the cussing. This one is a passionate point.
Carry on. ready for bed.
It would seem that geometrics come into play here. As the Earth is round, more or less, and the sky and space reach into infinity, your chunk of land (let's say it is square, for easier thinking) would look like a square-headed pin or peg or whatever you want to call it. Suffice to say if you owned the land all the way to the center of the earth, at the very bottom you would own a microscopic piece of very hot rock. Going the other way, as you rise higher, your space would only keep getting bigger the higher you go. I suppose taxes would be incalculable as you wouldn't be taxed very much for a microscopic dot, but you would really pay through the nose for all that space you have.
This is making my head hurt so early in the morning!
Larry
Wouldn't that be more of a perceptional aspect instead of a geometrical one?
That depends on whether Larry's head is geometric or perceptional.
of perhaps 'exceptional?'
A certain former Alaska governor might say 'perceptometrical'
Not perceptamonious?
gastro-economically in abundance of perception. (She might not know what that means either!) ;D
Tried to find this clip on YouTube, but couldn't. From "In Living Color"
Black Prisoner: First of all, we must internalize the "flatulation" of the matter by transmitting the effervescence of the "Indianisian" proximity in order to further segregate the crux of my venereal infection. Now, if I may retain my liquids here for one moment. I'd like to continue the "redundance" of my quote, unquote "intestinal tract", you see because to preclude on the issue of world domination would only circumvent - excuse me, circumcise the revelation that reflects the "Afro-disiatic" symptoms which now perpetrates the jheri curis activation. See, so by the -...
Narrator: Give to The United Negro Scholarship Fund. Because a mind is a terrible thing to develop without help.
Black Prisoner: Allow me to expose my colon once again. The ramification inflicted on the incision placed within the Fallopian cavities serves to be holistic taken from the Latin word "jalapeno".
"If someone with a nostril ring takes it out, then blows their nose, do they have to cover that hole as well as their nostril holes so that snot doesn't blow out everywere?"
Strike that, too messy....
"Okay... If you burp and fart at the same time, would it cause a vacuum in your stomach?"
Naw.... strike that, too.
"If the serving size on a can of soda is one can, then why is the serving size on the little can one can, too? Wouldn't the little can be two cans?"
This one should be an easier one for LarryJ's headache.
You know Warph, the serving size thing has bugged me for quite some time. Twelve ounce cans are one serving, a two-liter bottle is approximately six 12 ounce servings, but a 20 ounce bottle is 2.5 servings of eight ounces each and a half-liter is approximately two 8 ounce servings.
At least that's the way it is on pop, powerade, sobe, etc. How is it on beer? I don't drink often enough to notice, but I would presume a twelve ounce bottle or can would be one serving, but what about the 16 and 32 ounce containers? Or a bottle of Boone's Farm? Are they measured in 12's or 8's? ;D
Reminds me--- many years ago, I knew this woman who was very avante garde if you know what I mean. She was a beautiful black woman who wore a diamond piercing in her nose at the top of the nostril. She was quite the intellectual and all the guys had their tongues hanging out. However, she did confide in myself and my friend that if she had it to do over she would have not done the piercing, because when she had a cold, she got snot in three places! LOL! ;D ;D ;D The price we pay!
I dunno, flint... once I pop the lid off an ice cold beer I can care less about the amount, 'cause if I hit bottom, I just go to the next one. Do they still make Boone's Farm? :laugh: :laugh:
Six.. My neice had one piercing under her bottom lip and her mother said it has been infected 3 times. Her doctor told her to take it out and let the area heal. When she got home, she went into her bedroom, slammed the door shut and as far as I know, has never come out. That was 12 years ago. Kids? :P
Okay, it's early. Too early. Maybe I should come back to this later. Nah----------
Okay, here goes. The serving size on a product indicates what the manufacturer feels is the correct serving size. Relating to cans or bottles, the serving size is surmised by the manufacturer that you will drink all the contents, either all at once, or over a period of time. The serving size on a can or bottle does not change with the actual amount of contents, but only indicates that the can or bottle you are using is one serving size.
That said-----------The serving size on, say, a bag of potato chips can be, oh, let's say, 10 chips if it is a Frito-Lay product. However, the store brand might indicate a serving size of 20 chips. This does not mean the chips are smaller in the store brand, only that the manufacturer has decided that serving size is appropriate.
With me so far? Where the serving size can make a difference is on a can of vegetables or fruit, as related to the size of the product.
Obviously, the larger can would serve more people than the smaller can. Again, the manufacturer has decided how much of this product would be a normal serving size for one person. However, not all people are the same. Someone might really enjoy, say, a can of peaches, and would buy the bigger size in order to satisfy the craving for that product, making the serving size moot, because that person might eat the whole can which would be one serving size. Or, the gluttonous person is just making a pig of himself eating all four serving sizes as indicated on the can. Which means four people could have enjoyed some of those peaches, also. And, who is to say that the manufacturer's idea of a serving size would be the same in all parts of the distribution area? Those in Elk County might enjoy, say, an 8-ounce cup of coffee, whereas, someone like me in SoCal, who is not really awake yet, will now go enjoy a 12-ounce second cup of coffee.
BUT THEN, YOU ALREADY KNEW ALL THAT, DIDN'T YOU? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Larryj
Yes, but it's still fun to see you say it.I think long ago regular sized soda cans said two servings. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
Those in Elk County might enjoy, say, an 8-ounce cup of coffee, whereas, someone like me in SoCal, who is not really awake yet, will now go enjoy a 12-ounce second cup of coffee.
Who messures their coffee...............Unless doctor has limited or made you stop..............you give me the pot and I will tell you when I am through drinking. Depending on temp, This time of year I am drinking iced coffee and find that I can drink MORE of it.
Of course, I must quit by afternoon or my restless legs will be worse...............that is my story and I AM sticking to it. LOL
You are right, Judy. Who cares what size the cup is as long as the coffee is hot and it is early in the morning and there is no one else around, except Bud, of course, and the TV is still off and it is not yet daylight. Yummy. Wish it were bottomless.
At what age did you all start drinking coffee?
I need to start, evidently...My "get up and go" has "got up and gone"...
Subject: 800 Service numbers
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>
> Any time you call an 800 number
> (for a credit card, banking, charter communications, health and other
> insurance, computer help desk, etc)
> and you find that you're talking to a foreign customer service
> representative
> (perhaps in India, Philippines, etc),
> please consider doing the following:
>
> After you connect and you realize that the customer service representative
> is not from the USA
> (you can always ask if you are not sure about the accent),
> please, very politely
> (this is not about trashing other cultures)
> say, "I'd like to speak to a customer service representative in the United
> States of America."
> The rep might suggest talking to his/her manager,
> but, again, politely say, "Thank you, but I'd like to speak to a customer
> service representative in the USA."
> YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED TO A REP IN THE USA.
> That's the rule and the LAW.
>
> It takes less than one minute to have your call re-directed to the USA.
> Tonight when I got redirected to a USA rep, I asked again to make sure - and
> yes, she was from Fort Lauderdale.
> Imagine what would happen if every US citizen insisted on talking to only US
> phone reps from this day on.
> Imagine how that would ultimately impact the number of US jobs that would
> need to be created ASAP.
Sorry about the hashtags... got this in an email.
Question: What the hell is a hashtag and why do half my emails have them ???
I always ask to be transfered back to the USA when the accent is too thick for me to be able to understand. I get the same urge to ask the same question when I've got a sales rep here in the US that has way too thick an accent... ;D
Question: "If you are old (and wrinkled like me) and in a bathtub how would you know if you have been in there too long?"
(Don't forget to clue me in on the "Hashtag" question)
I think I was about 17 when I first bought my own cup of coffee. I must admit, I filled it up with cream and sugar...........and drank it like that until after I got cancer and taste buds changed/ ok they got fried.......now drink it black and prefer it that way.
Oh when I was aware of what all the sugar and cream did for me, I did switch to that pink stuff and creamer mix.not sure of brand.
My dad was the only one drinking coffee and still will drink a pot all alone, if no one is there to share..but it does take him most of the day to do it.
When I was a kid, my granddad said it would put hair on my chest, so I had to outgrow that tale......almost believed everything he said......almost!
I began drinking coffee when my mom got a teaching job in a lumber camp in Wyoming. At age 14, I was hanging out with old Swedish lumberjacks who were up before dawn drinking coffee and drinking beer when the day was done. I have always had coffee since that time. Many years ago, early in my marriage, a counselor friend suggested that we have a glass of wine at the end of the work day before dinner which gave us time to talk about our day, a communication thing. However, one glass led to another and the communication either got overly romantic or ended in a disastrous arguement. Either way, we didn't get to dinner. We switched to what was then General Foods International coffee. I have continued this afternoon coffee while she has not. Adding it up means I drink two in the morning, three if I can handle it and two in the afternoon. Coffee has never affected my ability to sleep, but I am addicted to that caffeine in the morning. On the days when I have to fast for blood tests, I try to get to the lab first thing so I can have my coffee. Years ago, I was seeing a doctor who was some distance away. I would pack a thermos and a snack to eat in the parking lot after my appointment. I can't and won't imagine a day without my coffee with the forum in the morning and my coffee and the forum in the afternoon! ;D
Larryj
As kids we were never allowed to drink coffee, but could have tea. Even in college I drank tea. But when I got involved in the fire company, that changed everything.There was and still is a big commercial setup that is on as long as anyone is there ,which is most of the time. When we would come back to the station half frozen in the winter, that free hot coffee was waiting and I learned to like it, if for no other reason than it helped thaw me out and it was faster than having to wait for tea . I use dry creamer and "that blue stuff. " Al has always liked good coffee so we have Eight O'clock high test in the morning followed by another round of decaf. None later, unless I make decaf. iced coffee which Al likes, or if we have something to do at the fire house, again, we always have coffee there. Just habit. Caffeine doesn't bother me one way or another. If I skip for several days I don't notice it, plus it doesn't keep me up. But I just don't over do it as it might affect my blood pressure occasionally.
Quote from: Warph on July 13, 2011, 12:00:05 PM
Question: "If you are old (and wrinkled like me) and in a bathtub how would you know if you have been in there too long?"
(Don't forget to clue me in on the "Hashtag" question)
You start to shrink........ ;D
Hashtag? Something you have for breakfast?? I dunno ???
Lisa
Quote from: flintauqua on July 12, 2011, 03:33:36 PM
Tried to find this clip on YouTube, but couldn't. From "In Living Color"
Black Prisoner: First of all, we must internalize the "flatulation" of the matter by transmitting the effervescence of the "Indianisian" proximity in order to further segregate the crux of my venereal infection. Now, if I may retain my liquids here for one moment. I'd like to continue the "redundance" of my quote, unquote "intestinal tract", you see because to preclude on the issue of world domination would only circumvent - excuse me, circumcise the revelation that reflects the "Afro-disiatic" symptoms which now perpetrates the jheri curis activation. See, so by the -...
Narrator: Give to The United Negro Scholarship Fund. Because a mind is a terrible thing to develop without help.
Black Prisoner: Allow me to expose my colon once again. The ramification inflicted on the incision placed within the Fallopian cavities serves to be holistic taken from the Latin word "jalapeno".
Damon Wayans always played the prisoner who was making good use of his time by educating himself while in prison. He had problems, as you can see! In Living Color is a hilarious show! It made Jim Carrey famous......
Lisa
My hot coffee is tempered with Half & Half since the black coffee bothers my stomach now. But that is only the first cup and the second half cup. After that it is black and usually cold, not iced, just cold because I don't want to take the time to heat it and I don't like having the coffee pot on all day. And it is usually just a sip or two. The best cup of coffee is still the first one in the morning while the rest of the world wakes up.
a hashtag is: # which will denote other subjects that pertain to the subject preceding it.
I think it is a form of language that translates to <marks when you copy and paste.
Steve might be able to give the correct name for it. I just delete them, when I resend.
My first taste of coffee was sitting on my Great Uncle Rex's lap in Howard, Kansas, and sipping from his cup which was full of cream and sugar. Us little girls thought we were really something because Uncle Rex would let us do that.
However; I really started drinking coffee back in 1980 when I was a midnight dispatcher for the Sedan Police Department. I learned to drink coffee then, black and strong, because the officers wanted fresh coffee and we used to have a truck driver or two stop in and drink a cup on the way through town. I still drink coffee now, but mostly at breakfast. If I drink it during the day, it is with hazelnut creamer. I will also drink iced coffee if I can put hazelnut flavoring or creamer in it. Yep, I love getting old. LOL
Yep, I love getting old. LOL
Beats the alternative.............LOL
Do you remember when coffee came with saucers? I had an aunt and uncle that would pour (from their cups) some coffee in the saucer, blow on it, and then "SLURP!" I thought that was so good.
I tried it at home, and mom had a cow (ok, it was a calf) about me dribbling coffee on table cloth...Oh, remember using a clean cloth each day?
I am on my first cup of hot coffee this morning, and will have at least 2 more before I stop today......Need to do some chores, can't sit here all morning.
Okay, okay-------------you talked me into the third cup this morning. Granddaughter #1 spent the night last night and granddaughter #2 came about an hour ago and is eating breakfast as we watch cartoons. Whoops! I mean, she is watching cartoons, I am typing on the forum.
Larryj
I do have some antique cups with larger than usual, deeper saucers and that's what they told me those saucers were for. I think I do remember my great grandmother (Mom's grandmother) doing that once when we were visiting .I'm a little cloudy on that though. I don't remember anyone else doing it, but I know that it was common..
You guys have made me have a third half cup of coffee. I never do that before 5:00. That makes 2 1/2 cups for me today.
Diane, I think the saucer was a must when coffee was percolated on a stove.............was hot as helllllllll! and you dare not sip it or you would fry your tongue and anything else it touched.
My coffee maker broke last month and I got out the percolator we used to use when we went camping........as long as I use filters, (I still hate grounds, with my coffee) it makes a pretty good cup of joe...........and not quite able to stand a fork up, but it sure is good.
I am in no hurry to replace it. Find when I make a full pot, I can put part of it in a pitcher and keep it in ice box and save money and still have hot coffee tomorrow. Got to save money somehow. I think I will have an iced coffee right now. Found a bit of lemon in it is very refreshing......yummy, too.
One of my jobs when I tall enough to reach and old enough to measure was to make the coffee for my parents for supper. It was the perk kind also with a basket and they always had Maxwell House. Daddy drank it strong and black and Mom had two sugars and a blurp of real cream that I had skimmed from the top of the bottle. Later they had an electric percolator.
I think that Mother and Daddy always drank Folgers. I don't remember any other kind. It's funny, but I don't remember my Grandmother Furrow drinking coffee. Grandma Hancock finally went to instant coffee using Folger's crystals. At work, I drink whatever is the cheapest that we can buy at Walmart. LOL At home in Howard, (if we make coffee) we drink Folger's.
Folgers got too expensive for my pocket so I tried Kroger's Colombia Blend. I make it with a sprinkle of salt on top of the grounds. Not as bitter as Folgers and saves a few bucks.