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I think alcohol can sterilize-but it depends on the concentration-length of exposure etc. And it may not be a universal sterilizer. I'm not sure most chemicals can be 100% universal sterilizer after all they've found bacteria living in the depths of the ocean around thermal vents. Are these sounds metal? If they are, boiling would pretty much sterilize them. Before disposable red rubber catheters were made for bladders, they were made of metal. And boiling was the method used for sterilization. Gman

The only way I would be into it is if we were on a river, and the sounder is calling out 'Mark Twain'. Gman

Actually he was basically correct. There aren't any double negatives. 'Um' was a typo for "I'm" not a typo for 'UN'. Gman

Not that I know of. He was one of Scruff's most woofed at in the previous hour on the day I posted him. If he were (and a nice guy), I'm betting he'd do very well. Gman

He could burn them!!! Gman

There's probably more than one lying about where that one came from!!:D Gman

I like the dream scene from the movie too!! Gman

I liked Topol in the film although the older I've gotten the less I've liked the movie. On the other hand, the older I am the less I've liked the play too. I had an extremely bad time 20 something years ago during a touring company production in Ft. Worth starring Theodore Bikel. I was going there with a straight guy I had a crush on. I was completely closeted at the time. (It was a very strange relationship. He wasn't in a good place mentally and either used me or grew dependent on me. Then he improved. But I was so used to having him around and was so attracted to him while living in my small little closet that I became dependent on him. ). He arrived really late-maybe during the intermission possibly because of work. We got into an argument about something, and he left. I think I stayed until the end because for a long time I had an autographed copy of Bikel's autobiography that I bought there. But I didn't enjoy the show. And possibly I would've outgrown my liking for the show anyway. But the emotional pain from the argument didn't help. I do like the dream sequence though. Just a note. I asked my Mom as an adolescent on one of my first times seeing the movie whether she had ever seen anyone keeping bad luck away by spitting on their fingers. I think she said as a child she had an elderly aunt who did that. I know none of my grandparents ever did that. Gman

This is a retread. Gman

Downton Abbey Comes To America Gman

Thank gosh for that. But you really have to wonder-what were they thinking? I thought maybe the architecture experts of the time might have looked down on its Beaux-Arts Style. But apparently there was a big cry against demolition by many architects even though it wasn't their style. It was apparently driven mainly by money as the upkeep was too expensive. Gman

I just read something about this. At the time, they thought the day of the train was ending. So they tore down the old beautiful Penn Station but kept the underground tracks. They thought that trains would be a thing of the past and that within a few years they would be demolishing the tracks too. That was in 1963. The current top part was opened in 1969. And so this is what we have left. I don't know much about Penn Station. But if you are ever at Grand Central-outside it they have something called Urban Space which is filled with places to buy food. I hear Delaney Chicken is excellent (plus an almost relative of mine works there:rolleyes:). http://assets.gothamistllc.com/images/spacer.gif Come For The Fried Chicken, Stay For The Sandwich At Newly Opened Delaney Chicken BY NELL CASEY IN FOOD ON SEP 23, 2015 12:45 PM http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_nellcasey/092315delaney1.jpg (Clay Williams/Gothamist) Of the many enticing dining options inside the new UrbanSpace Vanderbilt food hall near Grand Central, the new fried chicken enterprise by brisket master Daniel Delaney was by far the most hyped by food media—this website not excluded. When it comes to fried chicken, we get excited. The man known for his superb barbecue had been thinking about and tinkering with fried chicken for nearly a year. "There wasn't really the type of chicken that I wanted to have in the city, stylistically, and so that's something I'd been feeling for a long time," he explains of his concept. "I just think that a lot of the southern-style fried chicken is very similar. It's great, but it's very similar, where they're dredging the chicken in flour and then it's being fried." Instead of a simple seasoned flour dredge, Delaney and his team—which includes former Bark Hot Dogs general manager Eli Cohn-Wein—employ a wet batter, which Delaney calls "more rewarding" to bite through after it's fried. "It's a very different texture cause it's not just skin," he says. "It becomes these cracked open layers of crunch that you bite through, and I think that's cool and I like that, so it's something that I wanted to do." http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_nellcasey/092315delaney2.jpg (Clay Williams/Gothamist) Visitors to NOLA's famed Willie Mae's Scotch House, founded by Wille Mae Seaton who recently passed away, will recognize the crunchy, amber exterior of Delaney's version. It's got a puffy crust that's airier than the nooks and crags of a purely flour-dredged bird. The two enormous drumsticks I tried—seriously these must be monster chickens!—were hot and juicy beneath the layer of batter and skin. It may just be a symptom of the cut (I'm more a thigh girl), but there were some bits that weren't easy to bite through. Seasoning-wise, Delaney's keeping it simple. "It's like four flavoring ingredients, it's not like there's some magic sauce or secret recipe," he says. "Most chicken is not really spicy or spiced in the city. Ours is. It's definitely a good amount of heat." I couldn't detect much spiciness in my drumstick, but heat levels vary from person-to-person, and as with most places that've just opened, it takes a while to lock in consistency. http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_nellcasey/092315delaney3.jpg (Clay Williams/Gothamist) Yesterday, Delaney Chicken debuted their first sandwich offering, a spicy chicken creation that I found to be more delightful than the drumstick. Cohn-Wein told me it's an ode to places like Chick-fil-A or Wendys—fast food chicken sandwiches admired by himself and Delaney. A deboned-chicken thigh comes on a potato roll with house-made bread and butter pickles, Crystal hot sauce and Duke's Mayonnaise, a popular brand in the south. It's simple, unadulterated comfort food made special by that unique (to these parts, anyway) batter. I'd return to Delany Chicken more frequently if navigating the congested streets around Grand Central weren't so headache-inducing. The chicken, especially the crust, was flavorful and took me back to fond memories of New Orleans. I overheard some suit complaining about the prices—a box of two chicken pieces goes for $10 and the smallish-sized sandwich for $8—but that's on par with other fried chicken options at this point. If you want cheap, wait for Chick-fil-A. Want more like this? Get the tastiest food news, restaurant openings and more every Friday with the Gothamist Weekly Digest. Gman

So I'd like to hear from our graphic artists/photo mavens. Any Photoshopping going on here? Gman

You're absolutely right!!! Thinking of Robin is a sure fire anodyne to thinking of Howard. You tease you!!!! Gman

Picturing Howard Stern just killed my stiffy. Gman

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Can anyone figure out what this is? Gman

I don't get all that from the joke. Unfortunately it must be over my bald head. However, I am told that opening onto the tracks is illegal now. It has to go to a holding tank. On the other hand I've read that there really isn't anything wrong with them opening onto the tracks-sun, wind, rain, filtering through the rock on the tracks breaks wastes down naturally. Gman

I didn't understand this. Thank gosh I at least understood this one otherwise I'd be very upset. Gman

Poor guy. He must be on the tiny side. That woman wasn't impressed at all. It's the same reason I don't get undressed in front of women. Gman

Ouch!!! Gman

Anytime I just added a bit further explanation too. Gman

Coriolis-look for a PM of mine about working with quotes. Gman

Probably-and especially when dealing with an escort with Tag's reputation. The majority of his later films, I think, had a lot of kink. And his website indicated he was not the most 'vanilla' guy out there. It doesn't matter if I am or if I'm not. In 2012 he was sentenced to 8 years in prison for trying to entice a minor into sex (it was one of those fake chat rooms/federal agent government scans) and having meth on him when arrested. Gman

Well there is no Oxford Dictionary defined standard-but most people would probably agree with the term to mean -play safe, boyfriend experience, no drugs, no whips/chains/probes, no piss, no feces, etc, etc etc. Gman