Does Wikipedia ever suck you in?

Does Wikipedia ever suck you in?#253068

By Hold My Own - April 17th, 2009, 10:42 am

- April 17th, 2009, 10:42 am #253068

Here's how I spent my last hour and half thanks to LUconn:

Started at abandoned parks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ab ... th_America

went from there to list of ghost towns: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns

Went from there to list of ghost towns in VA and saw one for up in Williamsburg then found out that this is now where the CIA train at "The Farm" that you hear about in movies and stuff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Peary ... War_II_use

Then went from there to reading about the elite of the elite who are hand picked from the SEALS, RANGERS and others that make up the SAD who are pretty much like Jason Bourne trained to escape any situation, disguises and foreign languages.

so anyways that was my last hour and half...

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#253070

By Fumblerooskies - April 17th, 2009, 10:49 am

- April 17th, 2009, 10:49 am #253070

...and you expanded your knowledge base while you were at it, right?

#253072

By Hold My Own - April 17th, 2009, 10:50 am

- April 17th, 2009, 10:50 am #253072

of course...i learned a lot. I always figured that people like Jason Bourne are out there, just never knew with who or what. This answered all of that. Here is their training list:

Paramilitary Operations Officers are trained to a level of high proficiency in the use and tactics of an unusually wide degree of modern weaponry, explosive devices and firearms (foreign and domestic), hand to hand combat, high performance driving (on- and off-road), apprehension avoidance (including picking handcuffs and escaping from confinement), improvised explosive devices, Military Free Fall parachuting, combat and commercial SCUBA and closed circuit diving, small and in some cases large boat handling, foreign languages, hasty and detailed disguises, entry operations and vehicle "hotwiring", Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), extreme survival and wilderness training, first responder combat EMS medical training, tactical communications and tracking. These are just some of the skill sets required of these Paramilitary Operations Officers. [48]

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#253083

By ALUmnus - April 17th, 2009, 11:25 am

- April 17th, 2009, 11:25 am #253083

I get sucked in. Sometimes a random thought will pop into my head, and I want to learn more, so I waste time looking it up on wiki while I'm supposed to be working. And of course, while reading on whatever subject has my interest at the time, it's so easy to go off on all these little rabbit trails. Now I try to print out whatever it is and save it for a bathroom break.

"I always wanted to be the hero of all squirrels; I just thought it'd never happen" - Quack

#253147

By flames1971 - April 17th, 2009, 1:39 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 1:39 pm #253147

I get sucked in casue I am there to look up one thing and then I just look up other things that I think of and it keeps continuing......

SuperJon wrote:We're not building a 60,000 seat stadium. We're building a 30,000 seat stadium. The 60,000 number is when our grandkids have grandkids at Liberty.

#253165

By Ed Dantes - April 17th, 2009, 2:11 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 2:11 pm #253165

Yeah... one Saturday afternoon, when my parents were away and I was a senior in high school, I was reading encyclopedias and I couldn't stop. At some point, a blonde girl who was a sophomore walked in to my living room.

Completely baffled (and somewhat intrigued), I asked her what she was doing, she said she was looking for my little brother. Apparently, while I was reading the encyclopedia, my younger brother invited a bunch of friends over for a pool party. There were like ten of them... and I had no idea.

So yeah. My younger brother threw a party, and had a great time... but did he know anything about the Mausoleum at Hallicarnasus?

Didn't think so.

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#253195

By Hold My Own - April 17th, 2009, 4:07 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 4:07 pm #253195

Yes but if he asked you about boobs the only thing you could have told him was what was in the encyclopedia while he's telling you about all the ones at the pool party...

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#253196

By Th3rd - April 17th, 2009, 4:10 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 4:10 pm #253196

FTW!!!!

hahahaha

but HMO you just made me waste time by looking at the wiki's i kinda want to go to one of these towns now

4/28/2009 R.I.P. Jeff Taylor

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#253197

By Hold My Own - April 17th, 2009, 4:12 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 4:12 pm #253197

I know, I've already wrote them all down so if I'm within 60 miles of any of those spots I'm going exploring...I also want to see some of these abandoned amusement parks...and want to see "The Farm" but dont think that's allowed

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#253201

By flamesfilmguy - April 17th, 2009, 4:16 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 4:16 pm #253201

Hold My Own wrote:I know, I've already wrote them all down so if I'm within 60 miles of any of those spots I'm going exploring...I also want to see some of these abandoned amusement parks...and want to see "The Farm" but dont think that's allowed

I wanna go to the old tresure island. I hear its pretty sweet. you have to take a canoe to it but i hear some of the old facilities are still up.

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#253203

By Hold My Own - April 17th, 2009, 4:18 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 4:18 pm #253203

we gotta do it

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#253204

By Th3rd - April 17th, 2009, 4:23 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 4:23 pm #253204

ROAD TRIP!!!!! everyone get free and we are doing this

4/28/2009 R.I.P. Jeff Taylor

ToTheLeft wrote:because accepting anything less than the best is, as Vanilla Ice would say, a felony

BJWilliams wrote:I think highly of the guy just because he is more of a man than most of you jackwagons

#253208

By jcmanson - April 17th, 2009, 4:30 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 4:30 pm #253208

I think the last place you want to start an amusement park is Myrtle Beach.

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#253226

By Fumblerooskies - April 17th, 2009, 5:45 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 5:45 pm #253226

Ed Dantes wrote:Yeah... one Saturday afternoon, when my parents were away and I was a senior in high school, I was reading encyclopedias and I couldn't stop.

and to think I thought I was the only one who read the encyclopedias....

#253242

By flames1971 - April 17th, 2009, 6:49 pm

- April 17th, 2009, 6:49 pm #253242

Ed Dantes wrote:Yeah... one Saturday afternoon, when my parents were away and I was a senior in high school, I was reading encyclopedias and I couldn't stop. At some point, a blonde girl who was a sophomore walked in to my living room.

Completely baffled (and somewhat intrigued), I asked her what she was doing, she said she was looking for my little brother. Apparently, while I was reading the encyclopedia, my younger brother invited a bunch of friends over for a pool party. There were like ten of them... and I had no idea.

So yeah. My younger brother threw a party, and had a great time... but did he know anything about the Mausoleum at Hallicarnasus?

Didn't think so.

Very observant, now aren't we?

SuperJon wrote:We're not building a 60,000 seat stadium. We're building a 30,000 seat stadium. The 60,000 number is when our grandkids have grandkids at Liberty.

#253309

By El Scorcho - April 18th, 2009, 9:59 am

- April 18th, 2009, 9:59 am #253309

flames1971 wrote:I get sucked in casue I am there to look up one thing and then I just look up other things that I think of and it keeps continuing......

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#254364

By Ed Dantes - April 21st, 2009, 4:12 pm

- April 21st, 2009, 4:12 pm #254364

flames1971 wrote:
Ed Dantes wrote:Yeah... one Saturday afternoon, when my parents were away and I was a senior in high school, I was reading encyclopedias and I couldn't stop. At some point, a blonde girl who was a sophomore walked in to my living room.

Completely baffled (and somewhat intrigued), I asked her what she was doing, she said she was looking for my little brother. Apparently, while I was reading the encyclopedia, my younger brother invited a bunch of friends over for a pool party. There were like ten of them... and I had no idea.

So yeah. My younger brother threw a party, and had a great time... but did he know anything about the Mausoleum at Hallicarnasus?

Didn't think so.
Very observant, now aren't we?

It was just the latest in a long string of me-not-knowing-about-the-cool-parties-in-high-school.

"You won't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." - Richard Nixon
"You won't have Dantes to kick around any more, because, members of Flame Fans, this is my last post." - Ed Dantes

#254498

By ATrain - April 22nd, 2009, 8:08 am

- April 22nd, 2009, 8:08 am #254498

jcmanson wrote:I think the last place you want to start an amusement park is Myrtle Beach.

I agree...just look at what happened to Hard Rock Park.

4:28:2009-RIP Jeff Taylor

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