Closing in on the meaningless day when there will be one tweet for every person on Earth, Twitter went past a milestone yesterday when it logged tweet 5 billion. Not likely to rank in history near, say, the creation of the Salk Vaccine, the tweet was nevertheless emblematic of the internet. It contained both sex -- "sexysloan" -- and the inability to capitalize "Lord" because.... Well, because the shift key is just too much trouble. It's a Rule 34** / e.e. cummings world. We just text in it.
** Rule 34 " If it exists, there is porn of it. " Generally accepted internet rule that states that pornography or sexually related material exists for any conceivable subject.Posted by Vanderleun at October 20, 2009 4:32 PM
The day Gerard Van der Leun links to the wisdom of Urban Dictionary also is trumped by the introduction of the Salk vaccine. But not by much; I think it calls for a celebration.
Posted by: Morgan K Freeberg at October 21, 2009 8:04 AMbuying used forklifts can also be a good idea if you do not want to spend the money on new equipment. the overhead guard - designed to protect the driver from falling objects the overhead guard is a metal roof support by posts at each corner of the cab, any objects falling from a height onto an operator would be extremely dangerous. they are used for this purpose in warehouses so often, in fact, they are sometimes called pallet trucks. a used forklift can cost half as much as a new one and can be just as good.
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