1870 replies to this topic

[hobot]

Yet another reason to keep Thai food at 3 stars instead of 5!

[Tom Ray]

I've found three stars to be inedible at the really good Thai restaurant around the corner, and can only wonder what five must be like.

And I like hot stuff, by American standards.

The really weird thing is that there is a good and successful Thai restaurant out in the woods outside of Punta Gorda.

[Diarmuid]

Just got back from a sissified Thai dinner. Really tasty, but nowhere near Asian levels of spicy. Yes, we have Thai food in Wyoming. Really good sushi bars, too.Only thing you can't get here is a decent steak. Go figure.

[Bob Perry]

We ate at an Indian restaurant a few years back. When the waiter asked me how hot I wanted mine I said, "I'll have it the way you would eat it." I like hot food.
Big mistake.

[BobJ]

I popped in here to see who wanted Rebecca bumped off. A bit out of context for CA perhaps, but I was curious.

I greatly underestimated "out of context" . . .

[Bob Perry]

" out of context" is what this thread is all about.

[Rasputin22]

We ate at an Indian restaurant a few years back. When the waiter asked me how hot I wanted mine I said, "I'll have it the way you would eat it." I like hot food.
Big mistake.

Bob,

Maybe I should sign you up for this little local event if you like hot.

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Sounds like you got ahold of some Ghost Peppers.

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[BobJ]

Forgive me for asking (I'm lazy). Did the guy actually buy the schooner?


There was a little seafood place about halfway to the coast out of El Campo, Texas. They had stuffed Jalapenos.

A really, really bad idea to order those while on a business trip.

[Ishmael]

Forgive me for asking (I'm lazy). Did the guy actually buy the schooner?


There was a little seafood place about halfway to the coast out of El Campo, Texas. They had stuffed Jalapenos.

A really, really bad idea to order those while on a business trip.

No, he didn't, but you should read the whole shameful thread. It's quite entertaining in places.

My photolab used to be next door to the best Szechuan restaurant in town. The owner used to pride himself on finding the hottest peppers. Sometimes you couldn't even be in the restaurant when a hot pot was happening if he had a special victim, you couldn't see through the tears.

[Bob Perry]

Ish:
I had Szechuan hot pot in China and I had to get up from time to time to go stand in front of the a/c unit to lower my temp. But it sure was gooood! I used to love to take the boys to one of our local hot pot joints. It's a fun way to dine.

[boomer]

" out of context" is what this thread is all about.

[BobJ]

Is that Rebecca?

[boomer]

[BobJ]

I'll take that as a "no" . . .

[Beau.Vrolyk]

BobJ - "the guy" didn't buy Rebecca. He made an offer that seems to have been accepted and then seems to have walked away from the deal. Last I heard there was another person who was actually in the process of buying REBECCA. I sure hope it's true. She's a beautiful boat that deserves a good home. Someone is getting a hell of a deal on that boat.

Boomer - that is one HELL OF A GOOD VIDEO!

BV

[BobJ]

What guy? What boat?

[boomer]

We ate at an Indian restaurant a few years back. When the waiter asked me how hot I wanted mine I said, "I'll have it the way you would eat it." I like hot food.
Big mistake.

Doing a bridge repair of the old State Route 12 bridge between Lewiston and Clarkston on the Snake River in 1986. Lewiston is known for it's excellent eateries, and killer salad bars. BTW...never ask for a small potato in a Lewiston restaurant, because guaranteed they'll bring you a big one....also most American eateries really know how to prepare rib steak...well we were getting tired of the excellent American fare and decided to try a Thai restaurant....I like hot food and so did my buddy Sam....the various selections were rated from one to five stars for hot...we both made five star selections....so when we were served, Sam immediately started eating with enthusiasm....I was being a bit more cautious and looked up from my plate, when Sam blew his nose with his napkin...."better slow down and savoir it partner", I said....but no, he kept chowing down....not a third of the way into his plate he asked for a couple fresh napkins as he was sweating profusely and the tears were starting to flow....

[boomer]

Boomer - that is one HELL OF A GOOD VIDEO!

BV

Perfectly legal and enjoyable on a Saturday morning....hmmm, now when is the misses gonna be done with her chores....

[BobJ]

When the misses here is done with her chores I'm told we're going out to buy a Christmas tree.


Good luck.

[boomer]

We've had company for more then a week....today we have the place to ourselves....

[boomer]

What guy? What boat?

Did you start at the beginning ?

[Tom Ray]

What guy? What boat?

Did you start at the beginning ?

He may have, and has forgotten all about both by the time he got this far.

[hobot]

it'll do that to a person, it's a magical thread!

[Paps]

Rebecca, the "magical mystery tour"

[BobJ]

He may have, and has forgotten all about both by the time he got this far.

I lost track of things somewhere between post #1820 and #1822. Was there a boat in there somewhere?

[rattus32]

We ate at an Indian restaurant a few years back. When the waiter asked me how hot I wanted mine I said, "I'll have it the way you would eat it." I like hot food.
Big mistake.

Bob,

Maybe I should sign you up for this little local event if you like hot.

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Sounds like you got ahold of some Ghost Peppers.

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A good friend of mine gave me a bottle of Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) sauce last Christmas.

I really, really love hot food. No breakfast in this house is consumed without a good dollop of Matouk's Calypso sauce, which we order a case at a time. Good Habaneros accessorize my green chile. We've had synthetic capsaicin hot sauces from Australia (they're actually wimps when it comes to hot sauce).

But Holy Mother of God... nothing has blasted away the top of my skull like Jolokia peppers. I had sweat flashbacks for days afterward. And I want more ;-)

[hobot]

Rebecca, the "magical mystery tour"

Perfect.

[Dale dug a hole]

Called out... I'll put you on ignore.. Not that I really give a shit

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Guess boomer will study the pic and confirm

Edit: I guess I should added a couple of these to the other posts

[Bob Perry]

Dale: please go away. You have zero to add to the talk about sailing.
Show me something postiive you have. But you don't have anything.
Try to contibute something to the discussion.

I find you funny at times. But you don't lend anything to the meat of the discussion.
You are a zero.

[Dale dug a hole]

Dale: please go away. You have zero to add to the talk about sailing.
Show me something postiive you have. But you don't have anything.
Try to contibute something to the discussion.

I find you funny at times. But you don't lend anything to the meat of the discussion.
You are a zero.

And your acting like a bully. You really do have your knickers in a knot

[WHL]

Dale: please go away. You have zero to add to the talk about sailing.
Show me something postiive you have. But you don't have anything.
Try to contibute something to the discussion.

I find you funny at times. But you don't lend anything to the meat of the discussion.
You are a zero.

And your acting like a bully. You really do have your knickers in a knot

Hmmm you like to dish it out but can't take it ya poofta
Get lost until you have something useful to say.

[Dale dug a hole]

What would you like me to say?

Maybe something like...

Somebody didn't like a post made by somebody, and the somebody while looking at pic read somebodies else post and thought somebody was getting hung out to dry, then somebody kept going. Then somebody chimed in but forgot to add a to the post. changes the context a bit.

Then somebody jumped ship, onto somebody else, again somebody should of used , (Mr A hole, is that not poking shit at myself?)

Anyway, so now WHL, we end up with somebody else.

So does somebody give a shit, well I guess somebody does.

[Ishmael]

Are you kids getting gnarly again? Why can't we just get along?


Here's something happy.

[Dale dug a hole]

Somebody can't decide, but 3rd from left is out...

[Cavelamb]

This thread is getting better....

[Beau.Vrolyk]

I've always been a fan of pictures, nice upgrade.

[Paps]

Somebody can't decide, but 3rd from left is out...

So is #1, so I'm happy to share after they are gone.

[Dale dug a hole]

Somebody can't decide, but 3rd from left is out...

So is #1, so I'm happy to share after they are gone.

who the fuck mentioned sharing...

[Paps]

Well, there was this time in band camp................................

[boomer]

Well, there was this time in band camp................................

Don't leave us in suspense, Paps.

Are you kids getting gnarly again? Why can't we just get along?


Here's something happy.

I like happy Ish !

[Beau.Vrolyk]

I've always liked yachts that are large enough to have a teak couch across the after deck - it's so, how should I say, "civilized".

Do note the lovely cushions, a perfect shade of gold, our favorite color. However, I must complain that the stains on the teak decking are simply unacceptable in a yacht of this class. After all, we are all out here to have a good time and just how are we supposed to fulfill the promise of such a beautiful day while the soles of our feet are in contact with filth like that.

Finally, the crew must be punished for leaving the line shown on the left of the picture is such a sloppy state. We'll need to have a discussion with the Captain about proper training and a renewed focus on quality, it's really quite disturbing. We have to put a stop to this before it spreads.

In conclusion, I'm gravely concerned about the deck and lines, but again those cushions are just perfect for what I know we all have in mind....

[Tom Ray]

Those cushions darn near distracted me from the subject of the photo. Could not help thinking that anything that does not respond well to a pressure washer does not belong outdoors on a boat.

[boomer]

In conclusion, I'm gravely concerned about the deck and lines, but again those cushions are just perfect for what I know we all have in mind....

We'll see what we can do, to get everything shipshape....

[Beau.Vrolyk]

Stains should be on the cushions, not the deck!

From the backbench: "Here Here!"

[Mung Breath]

While we're hijacking. Mrs K wants to buy a Golf TDI. My car is 8 years old. If I ever buy a Ferrari the time is now. This one could be mine. Red.



I probably won't do it. Mrs K would not approve. And the car is likely impractical even to get to work in the summer.

Poetry is a matter of resolve, heart, and beauty; arrogance is a matter of vanity, stupidity, and permanence of measure by that which is impermanence to the temporal.

WTF did he say?

[kdh]

While we're hijacking. Mrs K wants to buy a Golf TDI. My car is 8 years old. If I ever buy a Ferrari the time is now. This one could be mine. Red.



I probably won't do it. Mrs K would not approve. And the car is likely impractical even to get to work in the summer.

Poetry is a matter of resolve, heart, and beauty; arrogance is a matter of vanity, stupidity, and permanence of measure by that which is impermanence to the temporal.

WTF did he say?

Hmmm. Maybe I was "flaunting" a bit. Oh well. That Ferrari is a sweet fucking ride. I could still have it. Just have to pay for it.

Ann loves her new Golf.

[Paps]

Its a Ferrari KD, what could possibly be wrong about that?

[Teaky]

For the record you guys confuse the crap out of me when you call him BJ...

So white socks with the boat shoes are right out then?

BJ, yeah you THAT BJ--- about your question above.... wtf do you care? You're living the dream, you're unplugged, you're off on a BIG adventure. Wear white socks all you want. With or without boat shoes...

Just got to make sure a picture of that never makes it on the internet, lest I be labelled a goat-shagger or something more unseemly for all eternity. I don't think anyone that was on SA at the time can see a red man-purse without thinking of Teaky.

True.

[blackjenner]

Are you kids getting gnarly again? Why can't we just get along?


Here's something happy.

Nice range in body types. All beautiful.

Hey!

Is that on a *motorboat*?

[kdh]

I agree Black, though I think #3 has fake ones.

[Tom Ray]

Jim in Halifax, those links at the bottom of that post were all that spammer wanted on this forum. By quoting the post and leaving in the links, you are helping the spammer. I reported your post to the mods for that reason. Hope they come and remove the links soon.

[Jim in Halifax]

Jim in Halifax, those links at the bottom of that post were all that spammer wanted on this forum. By quoting the post and leaving in the links, you are helping the spammer. I reported your post to the mods for that reason. Hope they come and remove the links soon.

OK, enlighten me. What did I do wrong? (Thanks for catching the mistake, whatever it was)

[Tom Ray]

Jim, the game works like this: search engines like google rank websites in part based on incoming links. For example, if I link to Bob Perry's blog from here, his search ranking will improve. Better ranking = more traffic = more money for a commercial site. it also helps if the link text is related to the target search terms, meaning pasting in the link is good, but making relevant text appear as a link is better.

That was reasonably sophisticated spam that you quoted. It had a bunch of words, making it appear to the Googlebot to be a real post, and it had links with targeted link text. Getting that kind of a link from a relatively high ranking site like this one is valuable. There are actually services out there that you can hire to spread links to your sites for this purpose.

If the mods let it go, we will see a LOT more of it. Quoting just the rather nonsensical text is harmless if you remove the links, since that makes it worthless to the spammers. That text was not there for humans to read. It was there to fool the robots into thinking it was a legitimate post.

Hope that clears it up!

Edit to add: here's an example of really good spam.

http://forums.sailin...6

[Jim in Halifax]

Jim, the game works like this: search engines like google rank websites in part based on incoming links. For example, if I link to Bob Perry's blog from here, his search ranking will improve. Better ranking = more traffic = more money for a commercial site. it also helps if the link text is related to the target search terms, meaning pasting in the link is good, but making relevant text appear as a link is better.

That was reasonably sophisticated spam that you quoted. It had a bunch of words, making it appear to the Googlebot to be a real post, and it had links with targeted link text. Getting that kind of a link from a relatively high ranking site like this one is valuable. There are actually services out there that you can hire to spread links to your sites for this purpose.

If the mods let it go, we will see a LOT more of it. Quoting just the rather nonsensical text is harmless if you remove the links, since that makes it worthless to the spammers. That text was not there for humans to read. It was there to fool the robots into thinking it was a legitimate post.

Hope that clears it up!

Edit to add: here's an example of really good spam.

OK, good lesson. (you'll notice I deleted your link; I'm hoping for a B+). I still think the whole thing reminds me of the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook skit .

[Bob Perry]

Can we just get back to tits?
I understand tits.

[Paps]

Bob is a man of simple pleasures.




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[Tom Ray]

Jim, the game works like this: search engines like google rank websites in part based on incoming links. For example, if I link to Bob Perry's blog from here, his search ranking will improve. Better ranking = more traffic = more money for a commercial site. it also helps if the link text is related to the target search terms, meaning pasting in the link is good, but making relevant text appear as a link is better.

That was reasonably sophisticated spam that you quoted. It had a bunch of words, making it appear to the Googlebot to be a real post, and it had links with targeted link text. Getting that kind of a link from a relatively high ranking site like this one is valuable. There are actually services out there that you can hire to spread links to your sites for this purpose.

If the mods let it go, we will see a LOT more of it. Quoting just the rather nonsensical text is harmless if you remove the links, since that makes it worthless to the spammers. That text was not there for humans to read. It was there to fool the robots into thinking it was a legitimate post.

Hope that clears it up!

Edit to add: here's an example of really good spam.

OK, good lesson. (you'll notice I deleted your link; I'm hoping for a B+). I still think the whole thing reminds me of the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook skit .

Hah! You did pretty well, but that was a link from one Cruising Anarchy thread to a post in another Cruising Anarchy thread. I think the robots mostly ignore that kind of thing (what they actually do is an industrial secret and changes frequently). The really "proper" course of action would be to follow the link to my post in that other thread and report it as spam to the mods. That is the post that actually has a link from this forum to one of my sites.

It was intended as a funny hijack and some here seemed to enjoy it, but robots have no sense of humor. They see that link and it slightly increases our search ranking for that site. I'd rather you did not report me!

There is also something called "link juice" that is passed from site to site. For example, one of my wife's web design clients has an American history website. It has been around a long time (robots like older sites, considered more credible) and because it has been around so long, many people have found it and linked to it. Where your link comes from matters. The American history site has inbound links from places like harvard.edu, pbs.org, and others that are considered highly credible by the search robots. A forum link is good. A link from harvard.edu is great!

Because the guy is a client, his site links to her web design site. This means there is an indirect connection from Harvard, PBS, etc to her site, increasing her credibility to the robots. That's link juice. When she links her web design site to any of our commercial sites, the robots see an even more indirect (but still important) connection between Harvard, PBS, etc and that commercial site. Link juice can be passed from site to site, getting a bit less credibility with each iteration.

American History Guy has a nice, informative site and he has been doing this a long time, but he does not understand these things. He asked her whether there was any way to remove some of these inbound links from places like Fox News. The answer is no, you can't control what they link to from their site, and the rest of the answer is, "ARE YOU NUTS???" Whatever you may think of Fox News, an inbound link from them is a really, really good thing to the robots and removing such a link would be the last thing you would want to do, if you could do it.

OK, enough of the spam lesson. Now back to your regularly scheduled tits.

[floating dutchman]

Tom, do the inbound links from creditable sites improve your Google standards, Ie make your site more googleable?

[Bob Perry]

Floater:
Do you mean, "improve the Googlerocity"

[Tom Ray]

Tom, do the inbound links from creditable sites improve your Google standards, Ie make your site more googleable?

Yes. Inbound links from high ranking sites improve your search rankings. As I mentioned, the actual Google algorithm is a trade secret and it changes very frequently. But people who know a lot more than I do on the subject say that inbounds are good, better if they come from a high ranking site, better if that site is related to what is being linked, better if the link text is also relevant.

If it's not clear what "link text" is, here's an example.

This being a fairly high ranking boating type forum, it's pretty good if I do this:

http://www.sailfeed.com/bob-perry

But better if I do this:

Bob Perry's Boat Design Blog

Bob has that link in his signature, but the Googlebot knows that people use signatures for spammy purposes and may be smart enough to ignore/downgrade such a link. Putting the links in an actual post is better, but if you put the links and nothing else, it smells spammy to the robots, or so "they" say. That is why the post that Jim quoted that started this hijack had a whole bunch of words but did not say anything much. It was supposed to look to the robots like a real post in which a real person was expressing interest in those links.

Did anyone see the Jeopardy game where they played against a computer? The computer was, of course, extremely good and fast at doing things like spitting out a historic date or something, but it was pretty darn stupid at other tasks that any third grader could figure out. That's the current state of artificial intelligence. Language is incredibly difficult for computers and English is not all that easy even for humans, who are wired to understand language in ways that computers just can't. At least not yet. Googlebot gets smarter almost every day. I spend my working hours trying to make it think I am important, when I'm not wasting them here.

[Bob Perry]

Tom:
Google this.

[Tom Ray]

Bob,

A Google search for "this" came back with: About 22,650,000,000 results (0.47 seconds)

22.65 billion results! Did you have a particular one in mind?

I have started using Bing lately anyway, since Google started returning pages of results from the same site. Bing only came back with 265 million results for "this."

[floating dutchman]

Bob, are you making up word by any chance?

Tom, Thanks, I find this stuff interesting, useless to me but interesting.

[Bob Perry]

Floater:
"Bob, are you making up word by any chance?"

I'm not sure what you are asking. But given my typing skills combined with my spelling skills I am constantly making up words.

[floating dutchman]

WordS wordS

Dammit, Oh well.

[Ishmael]

And to keep this thread alive, here's some prime brokerage in action:
There are 3 pictures of this listing, here's two of them:





The other one is the same...
If the broker can't give enough of a shit to put pictures of the listing the right way up, how hard is he trying? Fail.

[hobot]

You think that the plant must be velcro'd in place?

[Tom Ray]

If the broker can't give enough of a shit to put pictures of the listing the right way up, how hard is he trying? Fail.

When I finished a a listing, I used to email the owner with a link and ask him to take a look and make sure I had not screwed anything up. This was mostly to catch any mistakes of mine, and also for legal reasons. The standard contract form we used had some language about the boat "as described in the listing" or something like that. If it was not "as described" we could have a problem later on, so anything described in the text or shown in a picture had to be included with the boat and working or else specifically mentioned as inop/excluded.

I would have been hugely embarrassed to send an owner a pic of his boat sailing down the screen.

[blackjenner]

And to keep this thread alive, here's some prime brokerage in action:
There are 3 pictures of this listing, here's two of them:





The other one is the same...
If the broker can't give enough of a shit to put pictures of the listing the right way up, how hard is he trying? Fail.

Man! Sitting on that head must be a real challenge.

[ancientseawolf]

Man! SHITTING on that head must be a real challenge.

[floating dutchman]