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Andrew Amerk

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  1. Drinks will be ON you, or IN you? :beer:

     

     

    Why are you in a boat if there is no water near your house? :blink:

     

    Maybe, just maybe, I'm glad it's Friday, too. Here's my $0.02: Virginia finally just did whatever was necessary to start selling Fat Tire in this state. All the bars here are advertising it like crazy, it's actually really funny.

     

    What is Fat Tire?

  2. 1. The sun has poked through the clouds about an hour ago for the first time in 5 days.

     

    2. Hockey season is on the horizon.

     

    3. I've finished work for one client already and should only need a couple of hours for my other client.

     

    4. Beer is getting cold in the fridge.F'N Fantastic!

     

    NICE!!!

  3. There is a new jerk at work since last week.

     

    He has been playing his radio on and off since he started, despite being told numerous times that we are not allowed to have radios. They are quite distracting to our jobs. To make matters worse, he plays the bland commercial station that only rotates the same 4 songs over and over.

     

    I had warned him all day yesterday to stop. He didnt listen.

     

    As of an hour ago, the power cord to his radio was mysteriously cut in half. No more radio.

  4. That moment, when you are walking behind someone towards a door...

     

    You wonder if they will hold the door or not...

     

    They decide not to, and are at just the correct distance so when you reach for the closing door, it eludes your grasp...and closes shut.

  5. I think the problem with S'alright Saturday is that it was on a Saturday. It's easier to post in these threads when we're all at work.

     

    EXACTLY why I thought I would give this a spin.

     

    By Thursday, the work week has been dragging along. Friday, is the last day, and people perk up a bit.

     

    RAVE: Dibella's Subs are fantastic!

  6. Since we have a hit thread about complaints, I thought maybe we could have a thread for Fridays where we reflect on good things, positive moments, rave about a restaurant, new additions to your family, etc.

     

    I guess my initial rave would be:

     

    Fridays, for many of us, are the end of the work week - which is great! For others, Friday is also payday!

  7. At least it wasnt the New Madrid that went.

     

    If/when that bad boy snaps, we will ALL feel it.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

     

    "In a report filed in November 2008, The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that a serious earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone could result in "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States," further predicting "widespread and catastrophic" damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and particularly Tennessee, where a 7.7 magnitude quake or greater would cause damage to tens of thousands of structures affecting water distribution, transportation systems, and other vital infrastructure. The earthquake is expected to also result in many thousands of fatalities, with more than 4,000 of the fatalities expected in Memphis alone.

     

    According to some scientists, however, that is nothing compared to what an 8.0 earthquake could do to the New Madrid Region. An earthquake of that size on the New Madrid Fault would destroy 60 percent of Memphis, killing tens of thousands and causing over $50 billion dollars in property damage in the city alone.

     

    The potential for the recurrence of large earthquakes and their impact today on densely populated cities in and around the seismic zone has generated much research devoted to understanding in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. By studying evidence of past quakes and closely monitoring ground motion and current earthquake activity, scientists attempt to understand their causes and recurrence intervals.

     

    In October 2009, a team composed of University of Illinois and Virginia Tech researchers headed by Amr S. Elnashai, funded by FEMA, considered a scenario where all three segments of the New Madrid fault ruptured simultaneously. The report found Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri most severely impacted, with Illinois and Kentucky also impacted but not as seriously. The cities of Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri would be severely damaged."

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