Vents: Random Acts of Venting!

[me]

I didn't have a grinder at the time so pretty much had no choice.  The place we took it to has, or had at the time, a good reputation though so I don't imagine anything funny went on with the meat there. 

Most places send the meat out to make summer sausage. Even if they do make it there they put your meet in a tub mixed with other folks' deer and divide the finished product by the weight each person contributed. I don't like that concept myself. You don't know how long the other peoples' deer hung or how the meat was treated. Here's my complaint. One year a guy I know went bow hunting and shot a big buck but didn't kill it. Then he finally put it down later in gun season. The front shoulder was infected and still had part of the arrow in it. I heard him bragging of how he had it all made up into summer sausage. You know that the infection in the blood carried it throughout the entire deer. Anyway, ever since that day I heard him talking, if I know the summer sausage came from that same place, it doesn't taste good to me. I know it may be in my mind but still. My neighbor grinds his own deer up and makes his own sausage. He has a friend who bought a small walk in cooler and they share expenses and several guys use it during deer season. I always graciously accept his summer sausage when he gives me a stick every year.

[Palehorse]

Here comes Richard. . . Some models are showing him entering the Gulf and perhaps taking a swipe at Florida from the Gulf side! 

[The Troll]

  Got a question for the members of the Zone, the brainy ones.

  I was watching the Decovery Channel this morning "Build It Bigger".  It was about the Space Station.  The largest thing every built in space.  At the cost of billions of dollars.  With 10 Astronauts riding around in it.

My question, has there every been anything found in space that has been worth anything on earth.  Since we can't produce zero gravity here on earth.  I haven't seen anything worth the cost of billions of dollars to have it.  Other than to say, we built is.  Am I wrong.   

[Palehorse]

  Got a question for the members of the Zone, the brainy ones.

  I was watching the Decovery Channel this morning "Build It Bigger".  It was about the Space Station.  The largest thing every built in space.  At the cost of billions of dollars.  With 10 Astronauts riding around in it.

My question, has there every been anything found in space that has been worth anything on earth.  Since we can't produce zero gravity here on earth.  I haven't seen anything worth the cost of billions of dollars to have it.  Other than to say, we built is.  Am I wrong.   

The space program has provided a lot of things here on earth, not the least of which are advances in chemistry, metals, alloys, aerodynamics, and various fields of science have benefited from the experiments being conducted in space. It has also brought about advances in computing technology and communications, provided a window to space via the Hubble Space Telescope, and nurtured advances in that genre as well.

I'm sure I am not even scratching the surface here. . .

[LOsborne]

I'm sure I am not even scratching the surface here. . .

Here's a couple more pedestrian (and very common) products that come from the space program: Velcro and ABS plastic.   

And here are some more: Dustbuster, shock-absorbing helmets, home security systems, smoke detectors, flat panel televisions, high-density batteries, trash compactors, food packaging and freeze-dried technology, cool sportswear, sports bras, hair styling appliances, fogless ski goggles, self-adjusting sunglasses, composite golf clubs, hang gliders, art preservation, and quartz crystal timing equipment.

http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html

Yeah, I'd say the Troll is wrong.

[followsthewolf]

Thousands of improvements to everyday tasks and entertainment, as well as safety advancements in thousands of products.

Too numerous.

Does the question even need to be asked?

[Lester Sasquatch]

  Got a question for the members of the Zone, the brainy ones.

  I was watching the Decovery Channel this morning "Build It Bigger".  It was about the Space Station.  The largest thing every built in space.  At the cost of billions of dollars.  With 10 Astronauts riding around in it.

My question, has there every been anything found in space that has been worth anything on earth.  Since we can't produce zero gravity here on earth.  I haven't seen anything worth the cost of billions of dollars to have it.  Other than to say, we built is.  Am I wrong.   

Personally I find the Troll's query to be a fascinating mental exercise where I have to overlook the obvious and try to understand not only the question, but also the reason it was asked. Troll is obviously a great philosopher who has a difficult time communicating with those of lesser intelligence like myself. There are many who read Troll's posts that make the mistake of thinking he is an idiot but nothing could be farther from the truth. We have to look deeper into the question rather than just scratching the surface.

Has there every been anything found in space that has been worth anything found on earth.

All of the products mentioned by others were designed and built on this planet, not on the space station. What exactly has been found in space? Well, there is an absolute vacuum, but what value does it have? Is it worth "anything found on earth"? I am not positive but I think not. Then there are those deadly gamma rays, the ones that are deflected by the earth's magnetic field so they are sent harmless past the planet. I guess, since they are deadly, they would have a value as a weapon but we all know how peace loving the Troll is so I don't imagine that is what he was trying to say. Other than light, some rocks, and some junk we put up there, space is for the most part a big void of nothing. But if we replace the word "space" in Troll's question with the word "nothing" I think we have discovered the key to this puzzling query.

Has there every been anything found in NOTHING that has been worth anything found on earth.

Troll's hidden genius is now obvious even to the most casual observer! No, there has never been "..anything found in nothing...," thus nothing cannot be worth anything! Since we now have the answer to the puzzling question, and we now know the Troll excels in philosophical thinking, we must ask ourselves - If the answer to Troll's question is so obvious, why was it even asked in the first place? Now this is the much more difficult task, was the Troll simply toying with our minds, or is he trying to tell us something? I have to admit I am completely baffled at this perplexing question.

[LOsborne]

Has there every been anything found in NOTHING that has been worth anything found on earth.

Ah.... philosophy! But then that noted Rhodes Scholar Kris Kristofferson tells us Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose, which obviously equates the Great Nothing of Space, with Freedom, which -- as we are taught from childhood -- is the most valuable intangible quality known to man.

[The Troll]

  Now Lester if you can't dazzle me with brilliance.  Don't baffle me with bull shit.  Have we invented anything of value on the International Space Station?  Any new drugs.  New metals and thing that can be reproduced on earth?  We can make a vacuum more pure than  what is in space.

  You don't need to analysed the Troll, I am already certified.    Dr. Lester.

[Lester Sasquatch]

Ah.... philosophy! But then that noted Rhodes Scholar Kris Kristofferson tells us Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose, which obviously equates the Great Nothing of Space, with Freedom, which -- as we are taught from childhood -- is the most valuable intangible quality known to man.

That Kris might be a good philosopher but he doesn't hold a candle to the Rhode Warrior himself, Mad Max!

I remember the dialogue Max, a man of few words, made famous in that film:

Max: If it's all the same to you... I'll drive that tanker.
Pappagallo: The offer is closed. Too late for deals.
Max: No deals. I want to drive that truck.

[Lester Sasquatch]

Ah.... philosophy! But then that noted Rhodes Scholar Kris Kristofferson tells us Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose, which obviously equates the Great Nothing of Space, with Freedom, which -- as we are taught from childhood -- is the most valuable intangible quality known to man.

Ahh, memories.....! That was the song playing in your car when I found you stuck in that snowdrift when you got lost in Lost River township that one winter that we fist met? Then we spent the next two weeks in my cave, sharing our body heat during the bitterly cold night time hours. The renderings you drew on the back cave wall in chalk are still here, I often look at them reminiscing and contemplating in amazement of your picture perfect memory of the Kama Sutra.

[LOsborne]

Then we spent the next two weeks in my cave....

Ya know, Lester, in all this time I've never told a soul where I was for those two weeks. The riches offered by the tabloids are worthless, compared to your respect.

[LOsborne]

... contemplating in amazement of your picture perfect memory ...

I'm touched. Jethro always scoffed at mentions of my eidetic memory.

[Lester Sasquatch]

Ya know, Lester, in all this time I've never told a soul where I was for those two weeks. The riches offered by the tabloids are worthless, compared to your respect.

Oops, guess the cat is out of the bag now. You know yourself that those trashy tabloids wouldn't accept the truth anyways, they always spice stories up with lies. The only person I told before today was my close friend MacGruber, you remember Mac don't you? He is the guy that makes unique and specialized inventions out of ordinary household materials. Remember he fixed your car with an ink pen, a paper clip and a ribbed latex condom (lubricated of course)? But I never worry about MacGruber telling anyone, he saw the pictures you drew and, to be honest, they tell the story better than I could. What do they say, a picture is worth a thousand words?

[LOsborne]

The only person I told before today was my close friend MacGruber, you remember Mac don't you? He is the guy that makes unique and specialized inventions out of ordinary household materials. Remember he fixed your car with an ink pen, a paper clip and a ribbed latex condom (lubricated of course)? But I never worry about MacGruber telling anyone...

Neither do I. I'm fairly certain he can't talk. Clever with his hands, but verbally incoherent.