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> and oldie, but goodie. Next phase in the evolution... Abort PEs. > > > > Does the expression, "We've always done it that way" ring any bells? The > U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails), is 4 feet, > 8.5 > inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because > that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built > the > US Railroads. Why did the English build them like that? > Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the > pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. Why did "they" use > that gauge then? > Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools > that > they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing. > Okay! > Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? > Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break > on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the > spacing of the wheel ruts. > So who built those old rutted roads? > Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (and England) > for their legions. The roads have been used ever since. > And the ruts in the roads? > Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to > match > for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made > for > Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. The > United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived > from > the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. And > bureaucracies live forever! So the next time you are handed a > specification > and wonder what horse's ass came up with it, you may be exactly right, > because the Imperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to > accommodate the back ends of two war horses. > Now the twist to the story... > > There's an interesting extension to the story about railroad gauges and > horses' behinds. > When we see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big > booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. > These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at > their factory at Utah. The engineers who designed the SRBs might have > preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by > train > from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory > happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit > through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, > and the railroad track is about as wide as two horses' behinds. So, a > major > Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced > transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the > width of a horse's butt.

anybody get an invite to Dany Riveras Bday party tommorrow the DJ that brought us Kings Of Tommorrow. Hex Hector will be there spinning as well as Sandy Rivera, i can't give away the location but i was wondering if other CPers got an invite.

i wouldn't either, but if your making good money and your standard of living is cheap you can save some money for a couple of years pay off bills and get the fuck out and have plenty of money to do whatever you want, its hard, but you gotta struggle to make it, its not always gonna be an easy road.

he says its bad, its alot of white trash people and he says it seems like when he goes out and meets girls they all seem to have kids and their like 21 -24, he says its insane. he met some girl once her bf was in jail or some shit, people are really fucked up out there, but i wanna check it out never really been to the midwest.

i was just talking to my bro and he lives out in kansas, and he started getting some dj gigs out there, and many people really don't know that much about house music. so he was djing friday nite and he said the place was packed and i guess a bunch of girls went into the dj booth and were dancing or some shit and one girl was so banged up she was telling him to scratch, and told her to shut the fuck up, its not hip hop music. she than reached over and tried to do it herself to the record that was playing so she was stopping the music and did it several times. the promoter came over and told her to get the fuck out of the dj booth, so she left. i guess lata on she came back in to the dj booth but was fully naked dancing behind him and he didn't even know that she was doing that. the crowd was cheering like crazy and he probably thought it was because of the record he was spinning. he found out at the end of the night one of his friends told him. he was telling me people can't really understand the music so i was talking to some friends today and im planning to go outthere and get crazy and see people reactions, i can't wait. so thats it lata

that is the point of goin to a club is to dance, its the only workout i get lately.

Steve lawler will spinning at Vinyl in April. i heard from somewhere that he will be comming. anybody else here that???

everytime i go to this fucking place i lose my mind, its like the evil sucks you in. its like the only place i always get really fucked up for some reason, im never like that when i go to vinyl.

i had a jar of pure k, did 4.5 pills, some crystal and at the end my friend who i got my jar from came and he also had pure and this was after 15 hours of being in the club and i did 2 bumps and it mangled me up, i thought it was over, so fucking scared.

im done doin that shit, im still tryin to get my head on straight agian thank god i don't have to work this week, it would be such a mess.

still feeling crackout from NYE, just sittin on my ass basically this whole week. i was doin good all night until the end i did 2 bumps of k and than all of a sudden i was out of my mind. i never experienced this b4 and it scared the shit out of me. i swear to god for the last 4 hours i was in the club i thought i was in a mad house, everything seemed different, at one point the whole interior of the club was chnaged i was so confused, everybody was looking at me. i felt like this was gonna be my last moments i was buggin so hard, and it just seemed everyone i was with were fucking with me i could not understand shit. im still trying to put my head back together. i feel like ive done my share of clubbing and drugs for the year, i swear to god i think its not worth it anymore to fuck with that shit. has anyone experienced this????? lata

was my first time seeing sandra live and she played a really good set. most of i was in the lounge, the music was pretty good in there for most of the night but then it seemed to be getting worse and worse and i was going insane, just watching some guy dance to the music he had to be fucked up the way he was dancing or maybe i was to fucked up. i have never seen vinyl so empty since i been goin there usually there are alot more people i guess there was better shit goin on. did anybody get interviewed by some lady from URB magazine, this lady came up to me and started asking me questions and then took my picture it was so weird because i couldn't understand what she was saying and at one point i thought i was getting thrown out when she came up to me. i wasn't really feeling the vibe as much as other nights but at least i had my crazy friends with me. one of my friends asked the bartender if they serve french fries. laughed my ass off alot to much fun.. time for a break tho to much partying!!!!!!!!!!!!!my body really hurts

I JUST GOT IN THE SHOWER AND WHEN I CAME OUT I HAD A MESSAGE ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE SHE LEFT ME A MESSAGE OF WHERE TO REACH HER I GUESS IM NOT A LOSER!!! JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THAT WITH BROOKLYNKID. MAYBE SHE HAS SOME HOT MODEL FRIENDS IF ANY ONE IS INTERESTED. ANYWAYS SHE JUST INVITED ME TO COME TO HER APT. IN THE CITY WOOHOOO IMSO EXCITED.

i hear what ur sayin, thats what she was sayin it was her bf, but i think she said he goes to school in DC, but i didn't seem like he cared that i was chilling with her, she was givin me back massage, neck rub so i don't know what to think. if she calls she calls, i ain't stressing it.

I MET THIS HOT GIRL (MODEL) AT VINYL ON SAT NITE. I WAS SITTIN IN THE LOUNGE CAUSE I WAS MEST UP AND SHE SAT DOWN NEXT TO ME WITH THIS GUY SHE CLAIMED TO BE HER BF. THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BE INTO EACH OTHER HE LEFT AND I WAS JUST SITTIN WITH HER TALKIN. NEWAYS WE CHILLED FOR A WHILE BUT I HAD TO THE DANCE FLOOR. I WAS OUT THERE AND SHE FOUND ME SOMETIME LATER AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO SIT WITH HER IN THE LOUNGE. I GOT HER A LITTLE MEST UP, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT OF EVEN ASKING FOR HER NUMBER, BUT SHE ASKED FOR MINE SO I GAVE IT TO HER. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? I THINK NOT!!

i met this hot girl( model)at vinyl this weekend. i was chilling in the lounge cause i was all mest up and she sits down next to me and we just start talkin. some guy sits next to her she was saying it was her bf, but they hardly seemed to be together didn't talk or nothin. i left for a while to go dance and she found me and brought me back to the lounge to sit with her. i got her a little mest up but she had her own shit anyway. she was mad cool, i didn't even think of asking for her #, she asked me for mine so i gave it to her. so do you think she will call??

i thought that people are not allowed to bring any types of glowstix or photons in the club. i saw several people including myself with photons for the purpose of using them for afterhours at another club. i used them a little in vinyl but none of the security guys said anything. is this gonna be allowed in the future or are security to busy doin something else??

damn thats a nice schedule the only think i would scratch would be Oakie.

WHAT DOES BEING ATTRACTIVE HAVE TO DO WITH PROMOTING?????

LMFAO WELL SAID, BANN THAT PLACE :laugh: :laugh:

it was my first time back to exit since junior's bday party, and the place is still the same not really any big changes in it. securtiy are a bunch of dicks, and i don't know how many times i almost tripped on the stupid floor, i swear to god im gonna go sober and break a leg so i can sue the shit out of them. Junior's music is terrible and seeing all these gay guys makes me wanna vomit. there was like 4 girls in there and they weren't even good looking. The blonde at the enterance is fucking beautiful, i was trippin balls going in there and i just saw her i was like damn. neways Exit is not for me, the shows they put on sucked, back when exit first opened they had bettter performances.

hope you feel better also, but it also sux to sitting at home, i have no appetite to eat just feeling useless right now. have a nice day, it'll be over soon.

its the risks you take when taking these drugs, so i think i need to just calmn down and take a break. i haven't had any bad experiences rolling, it was the k, and i rarely do that shit cause i know how bad stuff messes up people.

i couldn't make it to work today i was sick early on this weekend, stayed in friday night, but i guess partying to much on saturday now im paying the price, i feel like shit, i got slight fever it sux. but at least i can get some good sleep.

i did a little to much partying this weekend i got a little scare at one point thinking that this might be it. i think its time to put a little break on the party favors and start going sober. this is the first time ever being under drug influence when i was buggin. i don't know what happened but early in the night i was all banged up at vinyl than going to exit i don't know but that club got me all fucked up, that place is evil, or maybe i just did to much k. neways has anyone experienced worse situations? im really thinking that its not really worth taking these chances anymore. peace