You CAN vote again. Hehehe.

http://www.crosscircuit.com/html/Camp2000/standoff.html __________________ LOL Sure to tick off those Gore supporters! LOL I love it! __________________ Mavi forum

MMMMMMMM chicken!

makes me want to be a veggie... http://www.wvec.com/news/local/mcchicken_head.htm __________________ I saw that on the news last night. Perhaps the most frightening thing to ever find in your Happy Meal... __________________ ewwwwwwwwwwwww __________________ What type of people are you? Not even posting the picture. __________________ OMG __________________ posted on the news page... that is way too funny not to share. Did you see there is a another story there, on how the chicken head is being picked up around the internet, with channel 13 getting 40,000 hits to their website? __________________ heh, saw this at a couple other sites as well. __________________ Isn't the internet great? In a matter of hours, half the planet will know about this. It won't be written off as a rumor. __________________ The poor chicken...no more Mickey Dees for me.. I use to work at a donut shop and the guys making the donuts use to stand over the vats and pick their noses or spit chunks in the dough which was gross. The sewers use to back up into the flour but they still use to bake with it. [Edited by abbra on 12-02-2000 at 08:19 PM] __________________ Does anybody know more about this? I heard this from a friend: The chicken they grow for large franchises such as McD or KFC aren't even real chicken. They are born for the sole purpose of being used by these restaurants. They are all connected to a machine (like those babies in the movie the Matrix) being injected with vitamins and minerals so they become fat and meaty. So they don't even run around. They don't even look that much like chicken. They have really under-developed wings/legs and are just really fat (like those chicken in Chicken Run). So basically it is illegal for these restaurants to technically call them "chicken." That's is why you never see anything on the menus that just say "chicken." They always have something with it such as "fingers," "strips," "McNuggets," "sandwich," and so on. Anybody know more about this? I heard it was on some TV news show. __________________ i've never heard that, and most of the time they call them "chicken fingers", "chicken strips", "chicken McNuggets", and "chicken sandwichs". For some reason i really doubt thats true. __________________ Thats an urban legend that has been debunked ucbstan. __________________ Cool thanks. I thought I would never be able to have chicken again. Now that I know the whole thing's just an urban myth, I just have to try and get those scenes from Chicken Run out of my head and I'm off to KFC. Mavi forum

New Years Resolutions are right around the corner!

My resolution for 2001 is to ....well you all know! __________________ My resolution for 2001 is to...drink more beer. :/ I better get started on this resolution right away. [Edited by sbp on 12-01-2000 at 01:42 PM] __________________ Quote: Originally posted by sbp My resolution for 2001 is to...drink more beer. :/ I better get started on this resolution right away. [Edited by sbp on 12-01-2000 at 01:42 PM] Last year I resolved not to resist the temptations of my baser urges. 11 months and going strong!!! __________________ MORE SLEEP! __________________ in the Kuma Sutra book Mavi forum

For Apex Women :)

A Thought For Christmas; Do you know what would have happened If it had been Three Wise Women Instead of Three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, Arrived on time, Helped deliver the baby, Cleaned the stable, Made a casserole, Brought practical gifts and There would be Peace On Earth. (I got this in an email and JUST had to share it!) __________________ not to mention whine and complain the whole time about how Jesus is the closest they'll come to a perfect man... __________________ something about the ability to walk on water does make for a perfect man now doesn't it __________________ Only if they are SCIENTISTS WITH RED HAIR AND BIG HANDS AND HAVE A BRITISH ACCENT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE OF IRISH Backround. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by abbra Only if they are SCIENTISTS WITH RED HAIR AND BIG HANDS AND HAVE A BRITISH ACCENT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE OF IRISH Backround. you really have a thing for big hands, dont you??? __________________ Big hands, I know you're the one... If the Three wise men were women they would have never gotten out of the department store. They'd be too busy trying to outdo each other's gifts. By the time they got to the stable they'd be mortal enemies after cattily cutting down each other's gift ideas and costumes all trip over. __________________ i guess this is a pretty strange question but whats the story of the three wise men? i've heard of it but i've never heard it. __________________ Its Christian mythology, Hapoo. Shortly before Jesus was born, 3 kings (or wisemen, or magi, depending on the song or storyteller) received prophecies that they should follow the bright star in the sky (which is why we put stars on top of our Christmas trees), which will guide them to the "newborn king." The kings each brought a gift: Gold, Frankensence (sp?), and myrrh (sp?), which set the tradition of gift-giving on Christmas. The star led them to Jerusalem and Jesus's stable and all that, and the rest you can go read up on yourself. __________________ I know there was CASPAR AND BALTAZAR -but who was the third? Oh wait..ITS MELCHIOR! ..phew! [Edited by oblongmelon on 12-01-2000 at 04:50 PM] __________________ Quote: Originally posted by oblongmelon I know there was CASPAR AND BALTAZAR -but who was the third? Oh wait..ITS MELCHIOR! ..phew! [Edited by oblongmelon on 12-01-2000 at 04:50 PM] Wow, I thought those were all names for demons in Dungeons and Dragons __________________ thanks zenbooty __________________ the whole stopping and asking for directions thing and the prefect man reminds me of a joke There was a perfect man and a perfect woman. These two feel in love and got married. They had the perfect wedding on a lovely late December evening. After the wedding they were driving home and they see a man standing on the side of the raod. Here it is Santa, and his sleigh is borken downa nd he needs a ride. Being prefect in every way, they are nice and give Santa a ride. WEll a bit alter down the road, condtions become slippery and the car crashes. Only one person survives? WHo was it?? WEll seeing as how Santa isnt real he cant be the surviver because he was enver in the car. And since the perfect man doesnt exist either, the prefect woman was the only surviver. Which mens that she had to be driving, which would explain the accident!! __________________ Actually the woman survived because the MAN WAS driving-you see-while the men were busy boasting about the ins and outs of the sleigh crash-and who was the best driver in bad weather-the woman had enough sense to put her seat belt on before the MAN slammed on the brakes and hydroplaned right into a tree. Besides I dont know of any woman who would stop the car to pick up some guy wearing a red suit-Unless of course it was Antonio Banderas. Mavi forum

the Great Dream

In the begining was silence And then came the Word With that the Universe became filled with Noise and the Light. Consciousness arose But it was lonely And boring, 4 it gnew everything that was and was to be So it created companions But they 2 were boring and predicable, little more than marionettes dangling on strings What 2 Do? the Great Mother asked If I let them free this would be alot more interesting She thought 2 hurself. With that she gave one of the brightess companions the power to create; and GoD arose. GoD was an innovative sort and set about creating a New Work, Humanity, whose twists and travels would play them~selves out on a place called Earth and for this a fourth dimensional plane was created. On this place though existed the possibility for those shining stars who came down from the heavens the chance to experience Life and learn the Great Lesson of Compassion and thus Add to the Great Work. But alas the shining spirits lost their luster in Human~born amnesia and set about doing great wrongs upon each other. Many times did the World did go down in Darkness as GoD forgot the Creator and Humanity forgot it origins. But Yet the Mother would not give up and each time GoD deigned to destroy the Mother, the Mother would forgive and reset the stage, for the Mother had all dominion over time and space, but mere fragments of lower vibrational understanding. And yet time and time again the madness and pain continued. One day she took hur prodigy aside. "We have 2 try something new. This isn't working out, 4 Humanity continues 2 stumble about in Darkness. They just can't seem 2 be able 2 work it out and hold tight 2 their nightmares and pain, thinking it is the only true way. But I want not but 4 My children to be Happy and 2 frolick and create Lightness and Beauty for that is the Creative principle of the One. What can we do?" GoD pondered 4 a period that spanned the life and death of billions of stars. He considered the great Love in which the Mother had showed in rescuing him from the Darkness again and again and was saddened that he could not pass that Love on to the Forgotten Souls who practiced Will over Compassion. "I will Go Down and accomplish the Great Work" The Mother looked at Hur Son with gravity for She gnew the Journey would be a long and testing one, that to Learn and Teach the Great Lesson was no easy thing but she saw the Determination and rightful Heart in his eyes and gave hur blessing. With that God descended. And returned just as quickly for in Eternity all points are equally connected. A flash of brilliance shined from the sphere but just as quickly darkness fell and the Universe collapsed Reset The Thousand~yard stare inhabited GoD's eyes. So much misery and useless suffering, he had seen the ugliness that Ignorance fostered. And yet he had seen hope in enough of the Beings 2 see his was not a fool's journey, just a very Long and Arduous one, with plenty of backsliding and slipping on the way up 2 the Golden City on the Mount. Again he returned and again the Ignorant crucified him, burned him at the stake, gassed him in the chamber, sent him back with vitriol rage at the contention that all might not be what they assumed. Again and again he saw his mesage of Love and Unity perverted by Dogma and Coercion as the forces of Darkness reinforced themselves with those that claimed expediency a virtue highest above all. And Yet the Hope still shined through, as those he had touched Remembered and kept the True Faith alive. And each time Beauty blossomed a little longer, a little brighter, for Goodness had a way of preserving itself with a vitality that evil could only lust after. One of the most Beautiful of the Works was America, for in its creation was laid the foundation for the City on the Mount. GoD had confered with the scared, barely organized rebels, giving them the faith they needed when all seemed turned against them. No more perfect than any other Human, each of the Founding Fathers shared a vision that things could be done the Right way if the past was properly studied and taken in its proper context unshaded by any ideaology except the inalienable Freedoms endowed by GoD and enscribed in the Constitution. And America was a beautiful creation that over time allowed the reset to happen later and later. And yet it seemed that everytime it came to the edge of Heaven on Earth, regressive forces rallied 2 pull down the Work, insistant in their belief in the prince of darkness that pain and ugliness were the true way. Try as he might GoD's influence was weak as he entered later in the timestream, as the ignorami's control of the information systems was complete and iron~fisted. And yet there existed a brief period about 2 thousand years after one of his most pivotal incarnations, a narrow segment of Time where Humans still retained enough autonomy to express themselves freely without fear of government retribution. Time and time again GoD saw this brief Golden Period devolve into massacre and universal war. And yet the possibility existed 4 it 2 go on, if tended carefully and with great forethought. It was just a matter of Waking People Up. The great Mother looked at hur prodigious son with the warmth of ten thousand suns. "I will join U this time, for the odds R gravely against U and I yearn to see the Great Work complete." GoD counseled hur against it for he had experienced the sufering and darkness that comes with the descent into Humanity. Yet hur conviction was solid and unswayable. "I will go down 1st so as set the way for Ur Work. Follow me in one cycle of the twelve and we shall gnow each other by our Birth. It will be difficult as there R great forces working against US and we may not remember who we R or why we R here. It is critical that we meet before the window of Liberty closes 4 if we remain forgotten of our origins there will be No One to roll back the Great Darkness that is falling." GoD reached out 2 kiss his Creator and with that she descended. GoD looked over the luminous sphere with apprehension and took a Breath. To the Heavens he cried, "It Will be Done" and with that he went down... __________________ What an interesting century it turned out to be, Interesting in the way of that ancient chinese proverb, May You Live in Interesting Times. So much Promise, so much Pain, made you wonder if you ever wanted to do it all over again. Brings back memories of another time, my Queen's time. Oh my mistress of a thousand faces, how I long to hold you dear in my arms again. How we changed the world back then, literally shaking its sleepy foundation we did. I chuckle at the scholars who equate me to the Bard, for they have only half the picture. Shakspere was no single man, it was a creative team. A partnership of Love. And shake this sphere we did, for a brief shine rending asunder the asleep we did. Oh, how I long to look into the cobalt blue of my lady True, to be her satelite of Love again. Never did my heart soar but when we traveled the halls of the Akashic streams together, and never did it plummet so when I felt your distance. Lady Hathaway, her highness, or the poor peasant boy upbraiding the selfish vicar, I loved all of her glistering reflections. Her greatest performance was taking the reigns of power when her namesake [and my mother] had the misfortune of passing on at the turn of the century, a very precarious time indead. I was certain it would never work But Elizabeth showed us all the True way. Any one of the houseservants could have betrayed our secret and off to the gallows we would have gone, but they gnew the greedy pigs we were up against. So too did the good people of London, who came to see our performances of the mysteries at the Globe. I hope to them free of their oppressors one day; they truely deserve it. Freedom is a wonderful thing. Because America has a special role. Concluded? F Baco. __________________ I see Santa gave a nice heap of greens to someone this year, he he he [Edited by spigidygak on 12-25-2000 at 03:40 PM] __________________ It was nice by the river, the rainforest cascading all around. A light mist floated in from an unseen waterfall as the murmur of mysterious fauna filled the trees GoD liked this spot best of all Lemu memed GoD a quite hilarious set of symbols; GoD laughed out loud and memed a modified, even funnier set to the wide eyed lemur, who then proceeded to break out in a clitter of high pitched squeels of joy. The lemurs made good company; ever so prodigious at the art of archetypes, they often set off GoD's imagination into previously unexplored realms. Very good company indeed. After a while a bearded old wizard type appeared."They need u back soon, come back as soon as u r ready" GoD's peaceful expression flashed with a passing shadow of despair. so much pain. I had forgotten it had been so long But just as quickly the steel returned in his eyes. GoD bid his regards to the Lemur, who in turn showered GoD's mind with a final sensuous epiphany And then GoD turned to return... Mavi forum

Greatness (That will be) Re: LPM's comments

Quote: Originally posted by lpmiller (New's Dude) Hey, it ain't T-Shirts I know better then THAT. Something will happen. Something Wonderful. Or at least pretty decent. Monday is the Target date, but you cannot rush beauty. No, you can't wear it. Can't eat it either, don't even try. He said sumpthin bout losing his gut if he told? Could it be the new site? __________________ sounds like the begining of the movie "2010" __________________ I'm sayin giveaway or the new site. Blu __________________ You guys are so much fun. I love you all. I'll hopefully have a better timing by the end of the day. __________________ LPM is gettin all setup to up his rank from ensign. Let's have a party. Blu __________________ hehe....i just noticed that under LPM nick, now says "Got|apex? Gut Donor" ooooh...so WE ARE goin to blow his guts to pieces __________________ Oh dear. I suddenly feel gutless. On the other hand, considering the results of last nights pizza, maybe that's for the best. For everyone. __________________ Mighty good tasting guts. "Got | Apex? Gut Doner" Someone misspelled Donor. __________________ Hello?!? [echo] The anticipation is just killing me... __________________ the surprise is nothing. Its just hype to get people to visit everyday, wondering what the surprise it. __________________ How dare you think like that, people visit anyway becasue they are addicted. __________________ It was not hype, critical one. It was excitement. Our poor dude is working feverishly to finish it, it looks slick, but there are some database issues to deal with. __________________ Will the archives be working? That always annoys me when I don't visit for a few days or need to visit a link again. The stupid archives only go up to Feburary. Mavi forum

again???? YES!!

"Before you leave" A wife arrived home after a long shopping trip, and was horrified to find her husband in bed with a young, lovely thing. Just as she was about to storm out of the house, her husband stopped her with these words: "Before you leave, I want you to hear how this all came about. Driving home, I saw this young girl, looking poor and tired, I offered her a ride. She was hungry, so I brought her home and fed her some of the roast you had forgotten about in the refrigerator. Her shoes were worn out so I gave her a pair of your shoes you didn't wear because they were out of style. She was cold so I gave her that new birthday sweater you never wore even once because the color didn't suit you. Her slacks were worn out so I gave her a pair of yours that you don't fit into anymore. Then as she was about to leave the house, she paused and asked, 'Is there anything else that your wife doesn't use anymore?' "And so, here we are!" __________________ Mavi forum

something to waste time

http://www.nny.com/holiday/snowcraft.htm who was addicted to this last year?? __________________ that's really easy to cheat __________________ Quote: Originally posted by fakesurfers that's really easy to cheat what do you mean? __________________ right at the beginning, move 2 of your 'guys' into the upper-right corner... use the last one and hold down the mouse button to duck and weave and avoid the enemy snowballs if you screw up, you have two more __________________ that isn't cheating! btw, you can move them to the lower left corner too. that is the only way to get past the 4th level __________________ me, my co-worker, and my boss were all addicted to it last year. My boss would sit there and play it for an hour or more at a time (at work). Mavi forum

New Years Eve

Okay so last year, mother asked me to stay home from the millenium eve parties so as to stay away from all the fanactics, idiots, and drunk drivers. I missed 3 friggin parties. I was SO pissed at her that I wouldn't talk to her for a while. So she tells me that "next" year I can do whatever I want. BIG MISTAKE. Granted I have to stay in St. Louis, what do you people recommend for a good time on New Years? (Keep in mind I'm not 21 yet, so commercially run parties are out of the question) __________________ I want to spend this New Year's Eve with someone special at U.S. but instead I have to spend it on the airplane, from Japan to Taiwan. So don't complain! For the past 3,4 years, I went to my ex-girlfriend's place and spent the New Year's Eve with her family. (My family is at Taiwan). Sorry, not so much a suggestion. __________________ I ask for the time and get told how to build a friggin watch... hahaha, thanks anyway dodo. I know you meant well. Anyone else??? __________________ Visited St. Louis for the first time earlier this year. From what I saw, if you're under twenty one your best bet is probably staying at home and eating your feet. Sorry, bud. Last year I was in New York in a house party about two blocks from Times Square. While we smoked out and my friends divied out the shrooms and E, cops trying to clear the roof threw guns in our faces and shouted angrily. Fortunately they didn't shoot, must have been about 20 and, being responsible for handling Time Square on New Year's Eve 2000, looked like they were more scared than we were. They never saw the bowl sitting on the ledge, thank God. Later, firemen came up to the apartment because (1) they were concerned that people hanging out the windows might fall out 3 stories to the pavement, and (2) they wanted to check out the action. "IT WAS THE BEST NIGHT IN MY LIFE!!! . And I've got the pictures to prove it!!! (no cops, though. Didn't seem prudent at the time) Sorry to rub it in, but the thread took me back... __________________ hahah, what is it with you people. Would anyone here like to give GOOD advice? good story though. Maybe I should take a trip to NY some year. (not this one though-I'm a commission salesman in retail. I need the $$ this Xmas season) __________________ How under 21 are you? I have friends who DJ on the landing. Also, what happened to that club up by Granite City on the east side? please ignore and move on __________________ Quote: Originally posted by crabbie How under 21 are you? I have friends who DJ on the landing. Also, what happened to that club up by SIU-E on the east side? oops.. hit quote instead of edit.. I need sleep __________________ Heheh, I was in Times Square last year, and I'll be back in NYC for this New Year's Eve, spinning at some hole-in-the-wall club down in Tribeca. Should be fun. Anyone who's in NY, look for Ice-9 on club flyers! As for stuff to do if you're under 21, why don't you just get a big group of friends together and go on a rampage? I used to do that when I lived in the suburbs of Baltimore - we'd all get tanked (except the driver) and drive around making tons of noise and seeing how many other people we could round up, then go back to someone's house and party until we all passed out. Probably the most fun I've had in Catonsville, the town that time forgot. We managed to collect about 20 people that I didn't know last time. Good way to meet random people, too. __________________ Hey Ice-9, did you get that name from a kurt vonnegut book? __________________ Yep. __________________ Great book, too. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by crabbie I have friends who DJ on the landing. Also, what happened to that club up by Granite City on the east side? U Mean Oz? Last I heard it was still around... I go to liquid or voodoo myslef, cause Im not 21... GW98 I know of some parties, but I will be on a plane coming back from Hawaii, yea aint that a bitch. __________________ Crabbie, on New Year's, I will be about 8 months 10 days shy of 21. I'm not much for the clubbing type unless I'm pretty tanked. What happens on New Years at clubs, just a big old drunken bash? __________________ After spending 15 or 16 New Years in Times Square we finally called it quits and just in time. I spent the New year drinking Hard Cider in front of a blazing TV screen watching for my kids (who were in the Square in my place)..to see if they were freezing their asses off.(They were warned!)..Worst thing that happened to the oldest was someone puked in the hood of his jacket. They spent the Pre-Millenium hours at THE LIONS den in Manhattan-I hear this was 'THE PLACE TO BE" ...*shrugs*-I think I'd rather be warm than do Times Square again. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by AmRivlin Quote: Originally posted by crabbie I have friends who DJ on the landing. Also, what happened to that club up by Granite City on the east side? U Mean Oz? Last I heard it was still around... I go to liquid or voodoo myslef, cause Im not 21... GW98 I know of some parties, but I will be on a plane coming back from Hawaii, yea aint that a bitch. Yeah.. I think that was it. There has been a couple as the years has passed... you have to remember it has been *cringe* 6 years since I have had to worry about that kinda stuff. And even when I was 19, I was DJing with Top Cats so I could get into the places and have fun. Normally, on New Years, since it is all crazy, I have friends over in a controlled environment to have fun... that means no driving crazy with the crazies __________________ Yeah well i spent last new years eve in seattle when they cancelled everything. We went to my friends apt and got wasted then ended up at his neighbors apt playing board games drunk....how fun.... Mavi forum

Amazing Adds....

People seem to put the strangest things in the newspaper- __________________ hehe...only used twice... __________________ 619 area code, thats San Diego Mavi forum

Politics Explained (yes another joke)

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?" Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism. Your Mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense," So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I Understand the concept of politics now." The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored and the Future is in deep ****." __________________ thats got to be the best explanation I've ever heard __________________ Nice... __________________ Sounds about right. But where is the joke? __________________ U forgot about the PostMan, who says he just wants 2 help, but screws the Working Class even more than the Father Mavi forum

Gadgets gadgets and more gadgets!?!!?!

I love electronics especially those neate gadgets that you know you can't afford and isn't necessary BUT you HAVE to have? Anyone know any websites like that? __________________ http://www.thinkgeek.com __________________ oooooooooooh sweeet.... __________________ thanks for the link, crabbie. __________________ np http://www.thinkgeek.com/fortune.shtml is funny... you can submit things and they post randomly... __________________ Are you a high tech geek too, crabbie? :chuckle: just kidding __________________ Nope you can't prove it! (But I am sure my credit cards companies can!) Mavi forum

DVD player

Hey I'm looking for a decent DVD player. I'm sure many apex users have them (like the pun? eh? eh?) and some have probably had problems with theirs and some haven't. If you have one that hasn't given you any problems, and the picture quality is nice and has some sort of surround sound (dolby 5.1, dts, etc) included, I would appreciate any feedback. I'm not putting this in the deals forum because I can usually find the deals myself, I just need some info on which ones last, which ones don't, and which I'll have problems with. I appreciate any help anyone could give me. Thanks. CNoctem __________________ I think Toshiba's are all really good. Which one's you can afford, I have no idea. Mavi forum