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Happy Birthday fellas, Mikey hope you have many a great dram and Chris ride like the wind!

This one will go down in the record books definitely. It is most certainly the most intense tropical cyclone in terms of wind speed EVER recorded due to its estimated 200 MPH SUSTAINED winds. It made landfall in the central portion of the Philippines as it was intensifying to this horrific intensity. That makes this a shoe in for the most intense landfalling tropical cyclone in recorded history. The storm surge because of this and due to topography will be unreal. There have been a few cyclones in the Pacific resembling Haiyan before, but I do no think anything has made landfall ever like this. The news will be horrific, unfortunately. Thread Link: http://www.t…

We need to get new tires for our car. The originals were Michelin Energy Saver A/S - P205/60R16 91V. The ones I am looking at are Michelin Primacy MXV4 205/60R16 92V. The load rating on the replacements would be slightly different but higher so I assume this is ok. From reading, it seems that I just don't want to get a lower load rating.

Completing the birthday Tri-fecta today, Happy Birthday Iain! Hope you, your animals, your stove, and musical instruments all enjoy!

Happy Birthday Peter! Hope it's a great day.

Hope it is/was a great day!!

May your day be filled with several of your favourite things!

Have a great one Jim.

Cheers to the but of iron! Have a great one Steve!

Vicky Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day filled with puppies, great music and a stellar bike ride.

It's buddy CarlSiebert's birthday today. Have a great one. Carl. Hope for a day filled with good tunes, good times, and slow news.

Have a great one Hirsch! Rock on for another 60! Cheers!

I am heading to San Diego on Friday night for an Emergency Medicine conference. I'll be at the conference itself on Sunday afternoon but will have all of Saturday and Sunday morning for walking around/doing stuff. As of right now I have the San Diego zoo on the list. How much time should I realistically set aside for it? The hotel we are staying at is only a couple of miles away. Don't drink so don't care for any bars or clubs. Suggestions for must see attractions? Any food places to check out? Nothing terribly expensive please - I am living off of med school loans. Thanks, CJ.

Hope you're having a great one Dr. Pak! Did you get that Hyperspace deck for yourself? It can't hurt to try it and then sell the one you like less... Happy listening today, regardless. Cheers!

It's getting late and you are apparently drinking fine South African wine, so happy birthday tall man! Cheers!

Have a great one Wayne! Cheers!

Sad - http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/09/18/air-force-mourns-likely-passing-of-a-10-warthog

RIP Ray. http://www.dolby.com/us/en/about-us/who-we-are/remembering-ray-dolby.html http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sound-pioneer-ray-dolby-has-died-20130912,0,254453.story http://gizmodo.com/ray-dolby-innovator-of-cinema-sound-has-died-1303210020

Happy birthday Jimmy, and I hope you have some time to party like the Batman! Cheers!

This is kind of sad. She did a lot of good with that site. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57599288-38/surveillance-concerns-bring-an-end-to-crusading-site-groklaw/ The story sort of implies, indirectly, that she must think that corporations can break GPGP. That would be news to me. I thought it wasn't really established that the government could do that on any meaningful scale.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23955379

Happy 50th birthday, Compact Cassette Happy Birthday Compact Cassette (Tape) Mix Tapes Bias Settings, Lusting after a Nakamichi Dragon. But this was fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0MgJKx5Ay0 Walkmen. Pencils. Oh yeah, and this How'd that work out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3jkUhG68wY Happy Birthday! Any other memories?

When you think of Santa Claus (not me specifically, but just in general), how tall do you perceive him to be? Just curious, and just for fun.

Have a Great Birthday!

Hope it's a great day, a prelude to some wonderful things coming soon!