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  1. APKurt

    Help with a name

    Congrats! The Freakonomics guys addressed the question of whether a child's name has any significant impact on their lives and the answer appears to be "no". They point out that the name people give their children says more about parents sending (at least subconsciously) a societal message...
  2. APKurt

    Impresive

  3. APKurt

    Watch maker, watch maker make me a watch

    Very cool. This is a job I could NEVER do. I do not have the patience for manipulating tiny little objects like that.
  4. APKurt

    Watch maker, watch maker make me a watch

    Cool video! I never gave watchmaking much thought but this is pretty impressive
  5. APKurt

    Is there an easier way to do this?

    That is pretty darn impressive work!
  6. APKurt

    What's your 9 to 5??

    I am a doctor of chiropractic in private practice. I have been working on a PhD in neuroscience for the past 6 years so I have been doing research and teaching at UC Riverside while I continue to practice. I will have a PhD in neuroscience to go with my professional degree this September.
  7. APKurt

    sharpening knives

    I got everything from an Amazon  :D 
  8. APKurt

    sharpening knives

    I use a smith's diamond sharpening stone with some honing fluid followed by a leather strop. They run about $25. There might be better systems out there but I can get a very sharp edge with this system.
  9. APKurt

    Pitiful

    Exactly!  Stated much more concisely that I ever could.  I tend to rambled on which is why I don't compete in these silly debate competitions as an adult :lol!:
  10. APKurt

    Pitiful

    That's a valid point... I suppose that the competitions just gradually evolved into this. Competitors probably started noticing that the faster speakers had an advantage and they started pushing the envelope to gain an edge. Obviously they don't want to do away with the rules all-together...
  11. APKurt

    Pitiful

    I understand your point but that is why there is a difference between "speech" and "debate" competitions. The same way there is a difference between "sprinting" and "cross-country" competitions. If you knew absolutely nothing about track and field and you saw a marathoner running you might...
  12. APKurt

    Pitiful

    It's easy to imagine how these competitions evolve (devolve?) into this. The debaters have a time limit to present their opening statements and subsequent responses. Naturally, providing the most possible information in the allotted time both enables you to flush out your argument in greater...
  13. APKurt

    Pitiful

    This is what I'm referring to. Here we have a white guy from Harvard in the semifinals of a collegiate debate competition... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZZeDq90Ar4k" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"...
  14. APKurt

    Pitiful

    I enjoy a Coors or Bud myself at times. :D  I'm just saying that what sells in this country is usually more about marketing than quality. Thank you 8) 
  15. APKurt

    Pitiful

    one last point: I think it is a significant flaw in American society that we base so much of our opinions on the appearance and/or delivery of the person providing the message rather than the content of the message. I like to refer to this as the craft beer phenomenon. We are all about...
  16. APKurt

    Pitiful

    Based on what I am reading this competition was not a speech competition it was a debate competition. Therefore the winnner of the debate should be (and probably is) based on content rather than delivery. Considering the very short snippets of delivery that we are privy to here it seems that...
  17. APKurt

    A story to share from Blighty...

    Great story! Lee Van Cleef is one of the reasons I got into pipe smoking. I'm also interested in tracking down one of his pipes- the meer from "For a Few Dollars More" which for my money is the best of Leone's spaghetti westerns.
  18. APKurt

    LET'S SEE PICS OF YOU SMOKING A PIPE

    Thanks! It's a great smoker!
  19. APKurt

    LET'S SEE PICS OF YOU SMOKING A PIPE

    Smoking the Vauen I purchased from Brewdude. Beautiful evening, St.George's blend in my pipe, listening to The Veils' newest album, Bellhaven Wee Heavy in my glass, played 18 holes on PGA West Nicklaus Tourney course today with my oldest friend (beat him by a stroke :D), and just lit the...
  20. APKurt

    Sutliff Private Stock aro's

    Excellent reviews. Thank you. I agree with you that drying the tobacco makes a big difference in the quality of the smoke.
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