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six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2009 12:54:17 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse ...a topic is dormant for a while, then gets revived by someone new or the originator, then there is a flurry of activity in the thread, then it gets locked out. Does an old topic fill that much more space than a new one? Perhaps they should be automagiacally locked after x weeks (months, days, whatever) of inactivity??? hmmmmmmmm

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...a topic is dormant for a while, then gets revived by someone new or the originator, then there is a flurry of activity in the thread, then it gets locked out. Does an old topic fill that much more space than a new one? Perhaps they should be automagiacally locked after
x weeks (months, days, whatever) of inactivity???
hmmmmmmmm

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six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jun 19, 2013 8:32:27 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse All brain injuries are different, and a lot of them are hidden by the fact that there are no bruises on the outside. This makes diagnoses and treatment a very difficult matter.
lightbulbman2008 Champion Author Worcester Posts:420,557 Points:1,615,335 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2013 12:33:45 PM Ignore lightbulbman2008 Report Abuse the prices of gasoline...
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2013 12:24:53 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Marie Curie is the only person to receive 2 Nobel prizes in 2 different scientific fields.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2013 12:53:46 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Our brain is a very blood hungry organ. Even though it accounts for only 2% of our body weight, it receives 15% of our cardiac output and 20% of our oxygen.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jun 11, 2013 12:47:36 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Up to 22% of all paint-ball eye injuries require removal of the eye.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jun 6, 2013 12:56:02 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The black plague of 1348 wiped out 1/3 to 1/2 of the human population. The infection could kill before any symptoms were evident. It was also cross species so many animals were also wiped out [Edited by: six_ball_man at 6/6/2013 12:57:49 PM EST]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jun 3, 2013 6:53:30 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse One in seven world citizens believe the world will end in their lifetime... The end of the world has been prophesied since the beginning of the world... hmmmmmmmm...........
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: May 28, 2013 7:17:41 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Higher education has long been excoriated by the relio/polical right as bastions of liberalism and atheism. At UCLA, there are 75 campus religious student groups and... . . . 2 secular based. another lie pushed so hard most of us take it as fact. IT IS A LIE!!! We have lost the battle LONG before people reach 2ndary education.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: May 20, 2013 11:19:33 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The Lion King is best selling home vid of all time - 55 million copies someone I was listening to today described it as Bambi in Africa meets Hamlet - LoL
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: May 17, 2013 6:13:50 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse 99% of the mass in our solar system is in the sun
malcm Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,000 Points:1,277,570 Joined:Dec 2003	Message Posted: May 15, 2013 6:52:25 PM Ignore malcm Report Abuse Without quibbling and keeping score, I believe the point is that although the ocean's floor is so very much nearer to us, we still have much to learn there. The challenge has been accepted by a multi-billionaire and a vessel is being built to do the job!
kdog311 Champion Author Dallas Posts:3,971 Points:723,185 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 14, 2013 9:01:40 AM Ignore kdog311 Report Abuse Nope
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: May 14, 2013 8:01:36 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse 6ball>"More vehicles have been place on the surface of Mars the the floor of Earth's oceans" plastic>Not technically true, Sixball. Well....I was repeating something I heard from a source I trusted, but upon your unreferenced statement (mine was no better) I did some digging. I found that we have parked 7 things on the martian surface (of 17 attempts). 3 landers, and 4 rovers. I was unable however, to come up with credible references for vehicles (deliberately) sent to the ocean floor. Obviously, if you include sunken ships, the remains of the space shuttle disaster, etc., you are correct. hmmmmmmmmm
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: May 13, 2013 5:10:47 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse >"More vehicles have been place on the surface of Mars the the floor of Earth's oceans" Not technically true, Sixball.
malcm Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,000 Points:1,277,570 Joined:Dec 2003	Message Posted: May 13, 2013 4:20:18 PM Ignore malcm Report Abuse Apparently, Six Ball, you're in favor of it if you find attractive that alcohol drenched gas cloud! HA! [Edited by: malcm at 5/13/2013 4:22:07 PM EST]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: May 11, 2013 10:18:36 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse for the first time, suicide has topped auto accidents as a cause of death in the US. I am not sure exactly how I feel about that...
2004VHO Champion Author Texas Posts:5,312 Points:1,427,100 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Apr 18, 2013 10:32:52 AM Ignore 2004VHO Report Abuse Only 1% of the earth's water is pure, salt free. Most of it is frozen, as ice, in the polar caps...
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Apr 18, 2013 6:24:31 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse More vehicles have been place on the surface of Mars the the floor of Earth's oceans
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Apr 15, 2013 6:41:15 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The interstellar gas cloud Sagittarius B contains a billion, billion, billion liters of alcohol [6ball is planning to move there in the near future]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2013 10:19:51 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Up to 4% of the Earth's oceans circulates through the Earth's crust
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 29, 2013 6:31:51 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Ling & Louies bar and grill in the DFW airport. I only have 5 things to say about it.....m- m-m-m-m!
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2013 10:36:35 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Aluminum is a poor choice for a space ship because it doesn't block cosmic rays.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2013 7:16:54 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The only cells in our brains that can regenerate relate the the olfactory system.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 9, 2013 10:21:34 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The Russian meteor, referenced a few posts down, was estimated to be 55 feet in diameter, and toted a mass of over 7000 tons of material. We tend to think of the atmosphere as a malleable, soft thing, BUT...when that rock hit the atmosphere, at an estimated speed of 20 miles per second, it was like hitting a brick wall, and it detonated with the force of 500 kilotons of TNT. ...and we had NO warning of its approach. [Edited by: six_ball_man at 3/9/2013 10:22:52 AM EST]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 5, 2013 10:19:16 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse link to a vid of a Telsa Roadster being dimantled...
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 11:33:52 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The speed of light in diamond is 40% of the speed of light in a vacuum [Edited by: six_ball_man at 3/4/2013 11:34:40 AM EST]
gocatgo Champion Author South Carolina Posts:15,826 Points:2,557,280 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Feb 17, 2013 2:40:02 AM Ignore gocatgo Report Abuse You ever thought about how many singers are named Bobby? I wanted to listen to Bobby Darin and when I typed Bobby, the list of singers named Bobby on my music library gave me a hmmmmm moment. The Bobbys to name a few included: Vee Goldsboro Vinton Helms McFerrin Bland Edwards Marchan Freeman Lewis Pickett Rydell Bare Day Fuller Mitchel If you want to be a successful singer change your first name to "Bobby".
lightbulbman2008 Champion Author Worcester Posts:420,557 Points:1,615,335 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 16, 2013 7:45:53 PM Ignore lightbulbman2008 Report Abuse the prices of gas spiking up the past few days...
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 16, 2013 7:27:56 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse the meteor that came in over Russia early yesterday... here's a link to a page with several different amateur recordings of it... [Edited by: six_ball_man at 2/16/2013 7:28:33 PM EST]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 14, 2013 2:47:32 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The Disney character Pluto, was first drawn the same year the the celestial object (not planet!) of the same name was discovered! [Edited by: six_ball_man at 2/14/2013 2:48:21 PM EST]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2013 6:32:48 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse By the end of this year there will be more mobile devices (smart phones) on this planet than humans.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2013 5:03:54 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Belay the cat thingy....I trusted the source I got it from, but I now have doubts.
malcm Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,000 Points:1,277,570 Joined:Dec 2003	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2013 12:23:13 AM Ignore malcm Report Abuse CATS?! HMMMM.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 3:47:38 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse Domestic cats are responsible fro the extinction of 33 species globally.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jan 24, 2013 9:06:48 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse The Verrazano-Narrows bridge, which connects Staten Island to Brooklyn in New York City, was, when built, the longest suspension bridge in the world. Due to seasonal expansion and contraction of the support cables, is 12 FEET lower in the summer than in the winter.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jan 7, 2013 10:01:47 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse odds of dying as the result of a GRB (gamma ray burst) 1:14,000,000
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Dec 31, 2012 8:46:22 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse I do not think the Maya were wrong....those peddling an Apocalypse OTOH were as wrong as they have always been.
VikingWoman Champion Author Washington Posts:1,445 Points:278,555 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Dec 25, 2012 10:07:17 PM Ignore VikingWoman Report Abuse Now that we now the Mayans were wrong about 12/21/2012, my HR department at work stopped sending out emails about stocking up at home to be prepared for a disaster.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Dec 25, 2012 4:38:05 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse If all the atheists left the USA, it would lose 93% of the National Academy of Sciences but less than 1% of the prison population.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Dec 22, 2012 8:32:41 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse None of the bums seem willing to do anything. If this is leadership we would be better off being Somolia...
malcm Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,000 Points:1,277,570 Joined:Dec 2003	Message Posted: Dec 20, 2012 8:50:47 PM Ignore malcm Report Abuse We changed our focus from Iraq to Afghanistan in order to "get" Bin Laden. We had already "gotten" Iraq's leader (who was developing nuclear weapons?). So now, Bin Laden has been "gotten". But our youth is still there in Afghanistan, being killed. Due to be eventually pulled out. But then, Iran may be developing a NUCLEAR CAPABILITY! What to do!? We're being pushed toward a "fiscal cliff" by excessive spending. Our biggest expenditure? How about the armed forces? Does Obama have the answer? No? How about Boehner? Romney? Clinton? DAGWOOD? SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!! HEY, wait a minute -- NOT THAT! [Edited by: malcm at 12/20/2012 8:59:08 PM EST]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Dec 17, 2012 3:35:44 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse I just cannot grok how being molded from dirt (and therefore, being dirt) makes us better than being related to all the other flora and fauna on our planet...I guess I am not smart enough to figure that out.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Dec 15, 2012 9:55:46 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse There is a bunch of ocean going, robotic sensors called the ARGO array...3000 sensors in all that recently recorded its 1 millionth observation link to the article [Edited by: six_ball_man at 12/15/2012 10:01:59 PM EST]
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Dec 9, 2012 11:08:25 AM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse ...we have a nuclear powered, laser shootin', roving, chemical laboratory ON MARS!
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Nov 29, 2012 1:53:40 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse ...the song says his nose was shiny...shiny means reflective... reflective surfaces are ineffective for navigating in fog.
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Nov 16, 2012 6:41:21 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse There was no woman's restroom in Congress until 1993.... ...and none in the Senate until 2011. And some people fret we are overly progressive...LoL
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 2:47:08 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse That certainly IS interesting, Plymouth 95.
Plymouth 95 All-Star Author Ontario Posts:643 Points:146,110 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 3:22:07 PM Ignore Plymouth 95 Report Abuse On two seperate occasions I have witnessed water liquid at-18c. Both times it was ordinary tap water in a plastic bottle. When I squeezed the bottle to see if it was frozen it immediately froze from the cetre outward, in a couple of seconds. Sure makes me go Hmmm!
outtacash Champion Author Cleveland Posts:374,936 Points:2,778,915 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 1:45:37 PM Ignore outtacash Report Abuse life...
six_ball_man Champion Author Rochester Posts:8,683 Points:1,419,655 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 1:32:42 PM Ignore six_ball_man Report Abuse A Space Shuttle (rip) fueled, and on the pad ready for lift off, is (was) as tall as the Statue Of Liberty, but weighs 3 times as much! [Edited by: six_ball_man at 10/27/2012 1:33:09 PM EST]