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Caption This for 09/01/2017

Posted September 01, 2017 4:45 PM by lmno24

In honor of Labor Day Weekend, this image seemed appropriate. Be safe with your end-of-summer bonfires and cookouts!

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09/01/2017 6:03 PM

ANTIFA and BLM members start training at a young age for peaceful protesting.

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09/05/2017 8:47 AM

Yes it does, Nancy,... It's too bad the media takes its time to realize the liberal (self-labeled peaceful ) protestors like ANTIFA and BLM are also domestic terrorist as bad as the extreme right, probably because the media is part of the self-labeled peaceful protestors organization on their off free...

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09/01/2017 10:27 PM

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09/02/2017 12:16 AM

Don't blame it on the kid! There's no way he could operate that lighter. (I have enough difficulty myself!)

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09/02/2017 1:03 AM

See? Told you I could improve the range.

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09/02/2017 3:46 AM

Mommy, what does "scapegoat" mean?

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09/02/2017 4:44 AM

"Mommy, why did Daddy give this to me when you came running out?"

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09/02/2017 5:36 AM

What!
You said we could build a camp fire!

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09/02/2017 6:55 AM

But you said you hated that fence!

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09/02/2017 7:31 AM

Howard, that Johnson boy across the street is in our yard and is at it again..

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09/05/2017 8:56 AM

*Desperately wracks brain for Howard Johnson-related joke. Fails to find one*

Ugh, too much holiday yesterday, not enough coffee this morning.

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09/05/2017 9:04 AM

I got your back jack... here are the meetings minutes from last night town counsel meeting...

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09/05/2017 9:23 AM

Thanks, you are a scholar and a gentleman.

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09/05/2017 9:30 AM

thanks, too bad that's not a censuses

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09/05/2017 9:37 AM

So you're still a Popular Vote Loser, doesn't mean you can't go far, look who we have working out of the White House today.

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09/05/2017 9:39 AM

So, your saying I'm the best of the worst... cool.

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09/05/2017 2:52 PM

If you're talking Howard Johnson of "High Speed digital design"/"signal consulting": he did do that really cool experiment to visually demonstrate the that the return signal in the ground plane tracks the signal in the data plane.

Basically he created a ground plane which was cut into tiny squares then created a "data" signal which was a high enough voltage to jump the gaps. When he started the signal generator the return path could be seen in sparks on the "ground tiles" side exactly tracking the data track on the opposite side of the PCB.

Could have easily burned down the lab he was in.

I just can't find a video of the experiment.

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09/05/2017 3:16 PM

No, I was going for a more 'pop culture' reference, the famous tollway restaurants.

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09/06/2017 4:41 AM

AAh: not famous over here I'm afraid.

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09/02/2017 8:30 AM

It wasn't me, I wasn't responsibly supervised!

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09/02/2017 8:31 AM

WOW!!

Who knew that cat urine was inflammable??

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09/02/2017 9:29 AM

I told you my stuffed toys were flammable.

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09/02/2017 9:31 AM

Time Out! For what?

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09/02/2017 10:15 AM

This will be going on your Personal Evaluation Report.

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09/02/2017 11:42 AM

Ok that's a fail on the child safety mechanism. Check.

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09/02/2017 11:57 AM

Jimmy had 5 friends, they did everything together. Jimmy and the boys past the time away lighting their farts on fire... Jimmy has 4 friends, they did everything together...

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09/02/2017 12:40 PM

Oops ! A little too much Wild Turkey in my BBQ sauce.

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09/02/2017 1:09 PM

I guess that means my FFA ewe-tube video on herding your flock with an inexpensive DIY spark gap radio is toast.

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09/02/2017 1:28 PM

So, Mommy. That concludes my demonstration that hairspray is inappropriate and hazardous and should not be used on young men such as myself.

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09/02/2017 1:55 PM

Waddaya think ? Will perfecting the stoichiometry for Greek Fire get me a job with the Mythbusters ?

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09/02/2017 9:05 PM

What are we doin'? Just playin' with my fire truck.

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09/03/2017 6:40 AM

".....what! me ?"

(but Can't do better than Kendall #6 - GA)

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09/04/2017 7:22 AM

That's Hot!! Baby!

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09/04/2017 5:47 PM

(with a puzzled look on his face) "whaaaat ?"

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09/05/2017 8:23 AM

I'm helping Daddy light the grill, I used ALL the lighter fluid!

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09/05/2017 8:40 AM

Diaper burning protest.

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09/05/2017 9:04 AM

Alexa Call the Fired dept!

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09/05/2017 2:35 PM

The Johnson boy next door just got a personal message from 'Smokey the Bear'

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09/05/2017 3:59 PM

"I swear, he said his name was Prometheus!"

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09/05/2017 10:29 PM

No, you did not say anything about playing with fire. I remember distinctly, you said I could not play with matches. Geez, I guess that means the plasma cutter is out of the question as well.

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09/18/2017 11:10 AM

Dennis the Menace had finally had enough of grumpy old Mr. Wilson!

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09/18/2017 11:12 AM

"Hello Clarice,.... I'm sorry you had to see that, would you like to stay for lunch?"

dark humor since the movie opening of IT last week.

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