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Entertaining Stuff

Postby BeauV » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:11 pm

Sometimes I stumble over things that seem worth sharing, of course not all would agree. So, here's one for this dust bin "entertainment" topic:

http://zanylol.com/speed_sign.html
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Re: Entertaining Stuff

Postby Orestes Munn » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:47 pm

Yup. Had that fantasy.
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Re: Entertaining Stuff

Postby BeauV » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:58 pm

A bit of interesting reading: http://www.ipsn.org/ohare.php

I've got a cold so I'm spending WAY too much time reading the network.

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Postby Tigger » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:20 pm

Ross Bligh, Beneteau 36.7 'Elision' (rhymes with 'collision', lol)
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Re: Entertaining Stuff

Postby BeauV » Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:05 pm

Tigger wrote:Still one of my favourites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_-DyFLXduk


Ya, I am sinking dat ist ein ummorust veedeeo. (It does have a Dutch URL, BTW.)

Pretty fun!

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Postby Orestes Munn » Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:29 pm

"Vaht ar yoo seenking?" has meant "what the hell are we going to make for dinner?" bei uns zu Hause for several years.
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Postby Ish » Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:28 pm

This has a strange restful quality...maybe it's the gently falling snow.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0pPT3O6Sk[/youtube]
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Postby BeauV » Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:54 am

Ish,

I love it. I was in Seattle for a snowstorm many years ago and sat in my hotel coffee shop watching the cars pile up for half a day - great fun!!

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Postby Soñadora » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:58 am

I imagine if I took one of those laser pointer things and shined it on the floor, BV would go chasing after it.
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Re: Entertaining Stuff

Postby BeauV » Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:16 pm

Soñadora wrote:I imagine if I took one of those laser pointer things and shined it on the floor, BV would go chasing after it.


Hell yes, I'd be right there with my German Shepherd chasing the dot!
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Postby Ken Heaton (Salazar) » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:31 pm

I always liked this video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy81YP-q8R4[/youtube]
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Postby viktor » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:40 am

My sister sent me this one.I would have loved to been there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=GB ... e=youtu.be
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Postby bob perry » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:50 am

Viktor:
Amazing vid. Thanks. Made me cry.
Please take a look at my blog. I think you will find it interesting and entertaining:

http://perryboat.sail2live.com/

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Postby viktor » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:05 pm

Bob,Yeah,I got teary up myself.
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Postby Soñadora » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:24 pm

that was good. Doubtful those are the actual acoustics, but I bet that was pretty amazing to witness nonetheless.
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Postby JoeP » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:58 pm

That was awesome.
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Postby Tim OConnell » Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:27 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ[/youtube]
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Re: Entertaining Stuff

Postby Soñadora » Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:14 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU[/youtube]
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Postby Rasp » Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:41 pm

Rick,

I feel like I know you so much better now after watching that. Thanks so much for sharing!

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Postby Orestes Munn » Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:32 pm

Sorry, I don't seem to be having much luck embedding video from the iPad.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GpuDwFpK_KY
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Re: Entertaining Stuff

Postby BeauV » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:10 pm

Now for something a little different, a tour of what we think of as our home town (San Francisco) provided by MY KIND OF TOUR GUIDE

http://youtu.be/LuDN2bCIyus
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