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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

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Can this technology be utilized to warn you that your chair is about to asplode?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

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I'm glad that technology can be used as a bridge over these troubled waters during a time in which our economy is collapsing beneath us.

With our aging infrastructure becoming a larger and larger concern I'm glad to see technology actually be integrated into the structure of the bridge for monitoring, rather than just used to design/build it faster for once.
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
02/20/09

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Bah! We've had a a highway in NJ that de-ices itself for years. Hell the road is smarter than most of the people that ride on it. It does go into PA after all.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Woot!-Off_GitEmSteveDave: That's because the concrete was mixed with the blood of those who angered the mob when it was poured.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): Not to mention all the decomposing bodies beneath it generating heat.
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
02/20/09

@Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm): I don't know. Joey the Snitch wasn't too smart. Now Tommy Tightlips? He was loyal, but never told no one about that pain he was feeling.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/20/09

@TheStig'sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave: Smarter than the average driver!!??!! Are you referring to I(Q)-78 or I(Q)-80 ?
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highfloydelity
02/20/09

@TheStig'sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave: I thought about being upset about your PA comment but then I realized you're in NJ and that made me feel better.
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
02/20/09

@highfloydelity: I spent enough time in your nutty state and dated enough of your nutty residents. Gladly, I'm in NJ, where they know what Porkroll is, say Soda, pronounce water/birthday/Newark correctly, and y'uns is n'ot a word. Youz can have your state.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/20/09

@TheStig'sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave: You say Porkroll and I say Taylor ham!
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
02/20/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: They just did a format switch down here on 106.3 FM. They went from alternative rock to Top 40. As part of the switch, they booted the two old morning show hosts and got the formula "Two wacky guys-One sane/fun sucking chick", and now the morning show is called "Porkroll and Eggs". It's "NJ's Breakfast" apparently. My first question was "What about the cheese?"

But seriously. I went to Giant Eagle one day and spent over 30 minutes talking to the manager who was calling all his distrubters, and NO ONE knew what Porkroll was, let alone Taylor Ham. I almost decked the guy when he said "Is it Canadian Bacon?"

@highfloydelity: One of my GF's was from Derry, or as they call it, the "West Virginia of PA, where everyone's kin".

@Anthony Kern: Howell in NJ where I am is getting a "Sonics". I loved Sheetz Chili dogs at 2am while in college. But I am WaWa's bitch now.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/20/09

@TheStig'sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave: Can't have the Tay, er Porkroll and eggs without the cheese. We used to have one of those coffee trucks stop by our office every morning before our downsizing left too few employees for him to bother stopping anymore. The guy modified the back of his truck and added a propane griddle. It was a wonderful thing to be able to go outside on a cold winter morning and have a freshly made Porkroll, egg & cheese sammich whipped up in minute or so. It sucked when he 'dropped' us from his route.

Derry... nice. PA and WV are one in the same. The only difference is their geographic location.

And I can't believe you're getting a Sonic down there. I'm jealous...
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
02/21/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Yeah, I agree you need the cheese. To get them back, I registed their show name, so they can never get Porkrollandeggs.com! As for Sonic, I'm just glad I can stop cursing the TV when I see their commercials.
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