Random Pic Thread (please keep it WORK SAFE)

[I Like Turtles]

Their honor code is more funny than that inspirational poster.

BYU, 1880 called and want their honor code back.

No shit.  Check out the hair rules at BYU  

[JustCallMeChris]

Religion + Higher Learning = hair cut rules. Check.

[Attack Pug]

[SlakeMoth]

Religion + Higher Learning = hair cut rules. Check.

[Flyer]

THE best bike pic ever posted!
 

[Flyer]

Michael Anthony Carnacchi, a native of Detroit, Michigan, came west on his Harley in 1987 and learned his craft from legendary bootmaker Jack Reed of Burnet, Texas.

As a cobbler, Michael observed that the quality of factory-made boots has been rapidly declining.   He figured that there would always be people willing to pay for the best, so he studied bootmaking in Texas and then started hand-making boots the old-fashioned way . . . one pair at a time.   Like Jack Reed, Michael operates a one-man shop where the entire boot, including the stitching, is done by him.   He makes his boots in a small workroom in a shop on North Main Street in downtown Sebastopol, in Sonoma County, California. He sells a number of boots in southern California, so he makes quarterly trips to fit customers there.

He takes eight to ten measurements on each foot to guarantee a perfect fit.   "There are 372 steps to making a pair of custom Western boots and I do every one of them.   It's just me," says Michael.   There are just about as many options in ordering a pair of custom boots.   You have to choose the toe style, heel height, shaft height, stitch patterns, color and type of leather, plain or fancy.   Tall shafts, and heels up to three inches high, are available.

Michael prefers using French or German calf leather, as well as ostrich and alligator skin, for most of his boots, but he's prepared to craft boots from the skins of deer, emu, mule, snake, or lizard.   "I will make a pair of boots from any hide that is not an endangered species," he says.

A basic, $2000 pair of boots requires at least 50 hours of labor.   The most expensive pairs of boots can run $7,500 and utilize exotic materials and take many hours to make.   The leather alone for a basic pair of boots is $200.   Michael says, "I figure I earn $11 an hour when I make a pair of boots.   I'm not getting rich doing this, but bootmaking is a dying art that I love and want to preserve.   If you have never had a pair of Western boots handmade exclusively for your feet then you have never really worn a pair of boots.

[bubba zanetti]

She is rather remarkable. Slim, yet a bit fleshy, curvy, yet lean and a classic ivy league girl with a naughty glint in her eye and the ever so seductive intelligent angle to her forehead.

I met a librarian like that at Harvard during the winter of 2000. I had to take a long (cold) walk along the Charles River to forget that moment.

No, I am not a Harvard Grad. I was lucky enough to have had a 3 week experience and training at the Treshman Center for Leadership. I think it no longer exists. But I had a tour of the Harvard Library and indulged myself there till closing. The Harvard Campus is everything I thought it might me and the students ... remarkable.

[Wockman]

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[R Doug]

I remember having a big Markie Post poster on my wall as a kid.  

 

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

[Rigger]

Ya, but who came first?

Probably the rooster

[R Doug]

"Who hit you with a perky stick?"  

I enjoyed Night Court

 

[steve.m]

 the students ... remarkable.

I always found them a bit odd...same as the MIT students, but with a bigger cup of smug.

[Tony T]

Sorry, no high res available of this one.  

[Tony T]

[Tony T]

Sunset on Mars;