Time for our next installment of “Where’s the wagonburner?”
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First again, this is getting to be a habit with me.
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First again, this is getting to be a habit with me.
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Dang, that looks like a whole lotta nuthin’ wherever you are.
Inside Obama’s head, maybe?
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Dang, that looks like a whole lotta nuthin’ wherever you are.
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As the Day Which Will Live In Infamy approaches, do you think our CIC will try to shut down Pearl Harbor as a show of good faith to his Arab Spring Muslim buddies who are taking over the Middle East? Maybe he’s got a working vacation in Hawaii after all as he continues to march onward toward his goal of total destruction of the United States of America. Just think, the Middle East, Indonesia, the Philippines, and then Hawaii – the march to the east continues.
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As the Day Which Will Live In Infamy approaches, do you think our CIC will try to shut down Pearl Harbor as a show of good faith to his Arab Spring Muslim buddies who are taking over the Middle East? Maybe he’s got a working vacation in Hawaii after all as he continues to march onward toward his goal of total destruction of the United States of America. Just think, the Middle East, Indonesia, the Philippines, and then Hawaii – the march to the east continues.
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Well the west coast will be a breeze, sooo….Man Up Arizona! We’re counting on you!
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Well the west coast will be a breeze, sooo….Man Up Arizona! We’re counting on you!
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Pyro’s clues: dirt, pavement and snow. Thanks. Oh….and flat.
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Pyro’s clues: dirt, pavement and snow. Thanks. Oh….and flat.
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He’s somewhere up in the TX/OK border area.
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He’s somewhere up in the TX/OK border area.
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While most polls are still not fully registering the impact of Cain’s withdrawal, some obvious trends seem to be developing.
In Iowa, Gingrich continues to dominate, and he seems to be the main beneficiary of voters abandoning Cain. Romney continues to decline, and is now back to where he was in April. He is at least consistent (but he’s good at debating). Most other candidates have seen small declines or no improvement, while Paul is seeing a sudden and somewhat dramatic rise and is now in second place. Perry has had an uptick which seems to have leveled out, and is tied for a distant fourth place with Bachman.
New Hampshire is getting interesting. Romney is seeing a slight down tick, is now below where he was in April, and a full 4 points below where he was just two weeks ago. The really interesting thing is that Huntsman is at nearly 10% (three times the number Perry enjoys). It seems that as undecided NH voters begin making up thier minds, most of them will go with Gingrich, Paul, or Huntsman instead of putting on thier Mittens. Romney should still win the state, but with nowhere near the numbers he was hoping for to make a convincing argument that his candidacy is inevitable. But he just picked up the all important Dan Quayle endorsement, right after picking up that of the incredibly popular Lisa Murkowskie, so who knows where he’ll end up.
South Carolina is shaping up to be a Gingrich romp. His numbers are twice that of Romney’s. Cain had previously been in Newt’s position, and still holds third place. It seems obvious that the Master Debater won’t be picking up enough Cain supporters to make much of a difference and the lion’s share of Cain’s votes are going to Newt.
All in all, it seems bad news for Mittens and good news for Newt. It looks like Romney has hit a brick wall and will not be able to get more than 30% of the vote as long as the lower tier candidates stay in. Even then, it can be supposed that when Bachman, Santorum, and Perry drop out, that support will go to Gingrich, unless Mittens demostrates he can do better than just be popular in New Hampshire. The only candidate who’s withdrawal might help Mittens is Huntsman’s. But given the support Huntsman is getting, the only place that will help Mittens is in NH, and he only needs it there to avoid getting less than 40% of the vote. It seems unlikely that Huntsman will withdraw until after South Carolina. That will likely leave Mittens with a poor third place showing in Iowa (finishing behind Ron Paul!) a lower than expected margin of victory in NH, and a poor third place in SC as the race enters the back stretch.
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While most polls are still not fully registering the impact of Cain’s withdrawal, some obvious trends seem to be developing.
In Iowa, Gingrich continues to dominate, and he seems to be the main beneficiary of voters abandoning Cain. Romney continues to decline, and is now back to where he was in April. He is at least consistent (but he’s good at debating). Most other candidates have seen small declines or no improvement, while Paul is seeing a sudden and somewhat dramatic rise and is now in second place. Perry has had an uptick which seems to have leveled out, and is tied for a distant fourth place with Bachman.
New Hampshire is getting interesting. Romney is seeing a slight down tick, is now below where he was in April, and a full 4 points below where he was just two weeks ago. The really interesting thing is that Huntsman is at nearly 10% (three times the number Perry enjoys). It seems that as undecided NH voters begin making up thier minds, most of them will go with Gingrich, Paul, or Huntsman instead of putting on thier Mittens. Romney should still win the state, but with nowhere near the numbers he was hoping for to make a convincing argument that his candidacy is inevitable. But he just picked up the all important Dan Quayle endorsement, right after picking up that of the incredibly popular Lisa Murkowskie, so who knows where he’ll end up.
South Carolina is shaping up to be a Gingrich romp. His numbers are twice that of Romney’s. Cain had previously been in Newt’s position, and still holds third place. It seems obvious that the Master Debater won’t be picking up enough Cain supporters to make much of a difference and the lion’s share of Cain’s votes are going to Newt.
All in all, it seems bad news for Mittens and good news for Newt. It looks like Romney has hit a brick wall and will not be able to get more than 30% of the vote as long as the lower tier candidates stay in. Even then, it can be supposed that when Bachman, Santorum, and Perry drop out, that support will go to Gingrich, unless Mittens demostrates he can do better than just be popular in New Hampshire. The only candidate who’s withdrawal might help Mittens is Huntsman’s. But given the support Huntsman is getting, the only place that will help Mittens is in NH, and he only needs it there to avoid getting less than 40% of the vote. It seems unlikely that Huntsman will withdraw until after South Carolina. That will likely leave Mittens with a poor third place showing in Iowa (finishing behind Ron Paul!) a lower than expected margin of victory in NH, and a poor third place in SC as the race enters the back stretch. -
An instructional video for holiday preparations.
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An instructional video for holiday preparations.
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#6 sarge
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My guess is somewhere near planet Earth, more specifically, near that 1/4 of the surface that is not covered by water.
Not here though:
http://news.yahoo.com/astronomers-discover-biggest-black-holes-ever-153131310.htmlCan’t really post what I was thinking, so I’ll just leave that to your imagination, but as a hint, it did include a public housing project in Washington, D.C.
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My guess is somewhere near planet Earth, more specifically, near that 1/4 of the surface that is not covered by water.
Not here though:
http://news.yahoo.com/astronomers-discover-biggest-black-holes-ever-153131310.html
Can’t really post what I was thinking, so I’ll just leave that to your imagination, but as a hint, it did include a public housing project in Washington, D.C. -
Katfish checked in. They apparently got to Alabama okay.
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Katfish checked in. They apparently got to Alabama okay.
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G’Morning all
North Dakota?
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G’Morning all
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You’re warmer (in a manner of speaking).
btw – the second picture was taken at 4:30pm yesterday.
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You’re warmer (in a manner of speaking).
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Williston, North Dakota
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Williston, North Dakota
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nope
Where is this land of “North Dakota” of which you speak? I see on a map that there is a “South Dakota”. There is a blank area above that with a legend that says “Here there be dragons.”
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Where is this land of “North Dakota” of which you speak? I see on a map that there is a “South Dakota”. There is a blank area above that with a legend that says “Here there be dragons.” -
Pyro: Edmonton Alberta in cold wissin Canada?
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Pyro: Edmonton Alberta in cold wissin Canada?
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Darren: See yesterday’s post concerning
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Darren: See yesterday’s post concerning
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#16 Pyro: Dumb and Dumberer
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#16 Pyro: Dumb and Dumberer
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WB
It was almost that dark here at 4:30 PM yesterday. I’m between the 40 and 41 N. latitudes on a line with Akron, Fort Wayne, Lincoln, Fort Collins, Elko, Provo and Redding.
So you have to be north of that line for sure.
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It was almost that dark here at 4:30 PM yesterday. I’m between the 40 and 41 N. latitudes on a line with Akron, Fort Wayne, Lincoln, Fort Collins, Elko, Provo and Redding.
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Correct.#20 texpat
53°18’59.43″N 113°32’5.60″W
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#17 bone
Correct.
#20 texpat
53°18’59.43″N 113°32’5.60″W
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So it is Edmonton.
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So it is Edmonton.
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Just went out and harvested stuff from my garden before the cold snap. Got a little lettuce, a LOT of arugula (dang, that stuff just took off!), some pak choi (2 heads, the third is blooming, so I’m letting it seed, if possible), some chard, and a LOT of basil (some is hanging to dry). I like basil, so that’s a good thing. I left some seed heads in the garden. This year’s bumper crop reseeded from the one plant I had there last year.
Looks like salad for lunch.
The kale likes the cold, so it’s staying outside. Supposedly the flavor gets better after a cold snap. I hope. The pepper plant will have to fend for itself. It has a lot of green peppers on it, but I already have a basket of ripe red peppers already. Everything else is not worth fussing over.
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Just went out and harvested stuff from my garden before the cold snap. Got a little lettuce, a LOT of arugula (dang, that stuff just took off!), some pak choi (2 heads, the third is blooming, so I’m letting it seed, if possible), some chard, and a LOT of basil (some is hanging to dry). I like basil, so that’s a good thing. I left some seed heads in the garden. This year’s bumper crop reseeded from the one plant I had there last year.
Looks like salad for lunch.
The kale likes the cold, so it’s staying outside. Supposedly the flavor gets better after a cold snap. I hope. The pepper plant will have to fend for itself. It has a lot of green peppers on it, but I already have a basket of ripe red peppers already. Everything else is not worth fussing over. -
I forget how flat it is in Edmonton. When I think of Alberta, I see mountains like around Calgary.
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I forget how flat it is in Edmonton. When I think of Alberta, I see mountains like around Calgary.
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#25 Texpat: I cheated, he has been there before.
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#25 Texpat: I cheated, he has been there before.
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Oh, and took all the grubs I dug up on Saturday when I went all gung ho with the shovel to my sister’s house to feed her chickens. Brother-in-law’s color is not good, and his ankles are swelling, left calf is particularly swollen. Sis tells me that’s an indication of heart failure, and his last lab tests indicated such. He gets cold easily. He won’t go to doctor until his scheduled Thursday appointment. His spirits seem good enough, though, happy to see me and able to go outside and sit in his chair by the door.
I loaned my sister my book, Heaven is For Real, about a young boy who visits heaven and how he describes his experiences to his father. I showed sister and BIL the picture of Jesus, that Akiane had drawn and that the boy agreed with. (I posted about the book several days ago.) That’s as far as BIL would go with the book. As sister and I discussed the book and related stories, that’s when BIL got up to go outside. I don’t know if we were making him uncomfortable, but I’m not sure where BIL stands with the Lord. I’m hoping that the book makes him think about his relationship. While he has time.
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Oh, and took all the grubs I dug up on Saturday when I went all gung ho with the shovel to my sister’s house to feed her chickens. Brother-in-law’s color is not good, and his ankles are swelling, left calf is particularly swollen. Sis tells me that’s an indication of heart failure, and his last lab tests indicated such. He gets cold easily. He won’t go to doctor until his scheduled Thursday appointment. His spirits seem good enough, though, happy to see me and able to go outside and sit in his chair by the door.
I loaned my sister my book, Heaven is For Real, about a young boy who visits heaven and how he describes his experiences to his father. I showed sister and BIL the picture of Jesus, that Akiane had drawn and that the boy agreed with. (I posted about the book several days ago.) That’s as far as BIL would go with the book. As sister and I discussed the book and related stories, that’s when BIL got up to go outside. I don’t know if we were making him uncomfortable, but I’m not sure where BIL stands with the Lord. I’m hoping that the book makes him think about his relationship. While he has time. -
Actually, Calgary is pretty flat, too. The city sits on the beginning of the foothills, kinda like Denver.
Banff is the really pretty mountain town – or so I’m told. I imagine it’s like Vail or Aspen.
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Actually, Calgary is pretty flat, too. The city sits on the beginning of the foothills, kinda like Denver.
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#6 Sarge
He’s somewhere up in the TX/OK border area.
So the barren, featureless, uncultivated side of the river is Oklahoma?
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#6 Sarge
He’s somewhere up in the TX/OK border area.
So the barren, featureless, uncultivated side of the river is Oklahoma?
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Maybe the wenches who slapped him and jumped the counter to get up close and personal will think twice next time.
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The McDonald’s guy goes free.
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#31 TT: He gave them O2 thieves a good woopin. They did not come across the counter to shake his hand or tell him what a great guy he was. The fact that he had to sit in jail for these several months is really a tragedy of justice, except for the fact that he is an ex-con. There was rampant speculation that the O2thieves will sue and collect millions from McDs, I hope that they and their dirtbag scum lawyer get severely sanctioned for bringing said suit to court in the first place.
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#31 TT: He gave them O2 thieves a good woopin. They did not come across the counter to shake his hand or tell him what a great guy he was. The fact that he had to sit in jail for these several months is really a tragedy of justice, except for the fact that he is an ex-con. There was rampant speculation that the O2thieves will sue and collect millions from McDs, I hope that they and their dirtbag scum lawyer get severely sanctioned for bringing said suit to court in the first place.
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Merry Curmudgeon and Happy Humbug to all. Hey it is just a Christmas Song.
/This is a regular yearly blogging tradition for me.
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Merry Curmudgeon and Happy Humbug to all. Hey it is just a Christmas Song.
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Bad mouse.
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real cute there, Shannon. There is no mouse malfunction here at the office.
Oh, BTW, the new mouse on home computer, a bluetrac wireless optical model made by microsoft, works beautifully. I have to say that bashing the old one to bits really felt good. -
real cute there, Shannon. There is no mouse malfunction here at the office.
Oh, BTW, the new mouse on home computer, a bluetrac wireless optical model made by microsoft, works beautifully. I have to say that bashing the old one to bits really felt good. -
Are you sure?
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Are you sure?
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Her Highness loves to watch those home buying/renting/renovation shows on television in the early evening when she is in the kitchen. I wander in and out finding something of interest here and there, but my tolerance is fairly low. One of the reasons is, no matter the cable channel or show, the endless parade of buyers or homeowners from Vancouver to Dallas, from Boston to San Diego to Hong Kong, all have one single word in their vocabularies to describe something they like – no matter how large or mundane or trivial it might be.
Western popular culture has killed another perfectly useful and great word in the English language. If the episode is shot in Finland or the isle of Malta, it never fails the participants walk through homes uttering the same thing over and over like trained seals at a waterpark.
Gerard VanderLeun agrees with me completely and is sympathetic with my suffering.
Moments of real awe that overwhelm the soul are rare, but if you look closely at the miracle of creation in the macro or micro cosmos you can create such a moment almost at will. Real awe is front-loaded into the universe.
At the same time, those things of man that inspire awe diminish moment by moment under the unstoppable onslaught of the word “awesome.” The descent of the word “awesome” from a valuable modifier when describing an experience to the status of a brain fart is a classic example of how our “educated” illiterates destroy literacy.
I’ve had a few moments in my life where genuine awe shook me to the roots of my soul. Holding my daughter in my arms a moment after she was born comes to mind as does a time when I was very young, lying a field and looking up at the sky and the high cirrus glowing burnt orange in the fading rays of day. There were others as well, gifts given and grace notes. Common to all were an intake of breath and a feeling as if your heart had been grazed by a thought of God and forgot, for that moment, to beat. Matched up against all the torrent and cascade of moments though, this genuine awe was rare; it was one of the pearls beyond price, the shining instant of “Ah ha, so that’s what it’s all about.”
Not so today. Today awe is as common as clay. Today all things of man possesses the awe of someness. The movie is awesome. The SmartCar is awesome. The candy bar is awesome. The cheeseburger is awesome. Today it would seem that every slice of tripe spun out of the crap factories of pop culture is awesome even though one note of the 9th Symphony would crush the entire oeuvre of Arrowsmith. My morning latte was described by the barrista as “awesome” when, like all our cornucopia of crapulous things described as such, it was quite mediocre, thank you.
I’m not sure when “awesome” died, but it was sometime in the very late, not-so-great, 20th century. You’d think it would be mummified by now, but no. Whenever someone so forgets to drive their mouth responsibly that the word “awesome” emerges it carries with it the stench of that slaughterhouse where perfectly good words go to die.
In a time when moments of true awe are needed to slake the parched post-modern lost souls, the intense trivialization of awe by the neutered generation is awesome.
Whenever I hear anyone use the word now, I just want to pick something up and throw it.
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Her Highness loves to watch those home buying/renting/renovation shows on television in the early evening when she is in the kitchen. I wander in and out finding something of interest here and there, but my tolerance is fairly low. One of the reasons is, no matter the cable channel or show, the endless parade of buyers or homeowners from Vancouver to Dallas, from Boston to San Diego to Hong Kong, all have one single word in their vocabularies to describe something they like – no matter how large or mundane or trivial it might be.
Western popular culture has killed another perfectly useful and great word in the English language. If the episode is shot in Finland or the isle of Malta, it never fails the participants walk through homes uttering the same thing over and over like trained seals at a waterpark.
Gerard VanderLeun agrees with me completely and is sympathetic with my suffering.Moments of real awe that overwhelm the soul are rare, but if you look closely at the miracle of creation in the macro or micro cosmos you can create such a moment almost at will. Real awe is front-loaded into the universe.
At the same time, those things of man that inspire awe diminish moment by moment under the unstoppable onslaught of the word “awesome.” The descent of the word “awesome” from a valuable modifier when describing an experience to the status of a brain fart is a classic example of how our “educated” illiterates destroy literacy.
I’ve had a few moments in my life where genuine awe shook me to the roots of my soul. Holding my daughter in my arms a moment after she was born comes to mind as does a time when I was very young, lying a field and looking up at the sky and the high cirrus glowing burnt orange in the fading rays of day. There were others as well, gifts given and grace notes. Common to all were an intake of breath and a feeling as if your heart had been grazed by a thought of God and forgot, for that moment, to beat. Matched up against all the torrent and cascade of moments though, this genuine awe was rare; it was one of the pearls beyond price, the shining instant of “Ah ha, so that’s what it’s all about.”
Not so today. Today awe is as common as clay. Today all things of man possesses the awe of someness. The movie is awesome. The SmartCar is awesome. The candy bar is awesome. The cheeseburger is awesome. Today it would seem that every slice of tripe spun out of the crap factories of pop culture is awesome even though one note of the 9th Symphony would crush the entire oeuvre of Arrowsmith. My morning latte was described by the barrista as “awesome” when, like all our cornucopia of crapulous things described as such, it was quite mediocre, thank you.
I’m not sure when “awesome” died, but it was sometime in the very late, not-so-great, 20th century. You’d think it would be mummified by now, but no. Whenever someone so forgets to drive their mouth responsibly that the word “awesome” emerges it carries with it the stench of that slaughterhouse where perfectly good words go to die.
In a time when moments of true awe are needed to slake the parched post-modern lost souls, the intense trivialization of awe by the neutered generation is awesome.Whenever I hear anyone use the word now, I just want to pick something up and throw it.
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TT: How is your body recovering from the labors on sunday?
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TT: How is your body recovering from the labors on sunday?
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Bone – no problems. I have thoroughly impressed my doctor, too.
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Bone – no problems. I have thoroughly impressed my doctor, too.
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Oh, look Texpat, there is like, a totally Awesome brick right there.
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Oh, look Texpat, there is like, a totally Awesome brick right there.
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#40 TT: Wow, just what kind of “exam” was it anyway?
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#40 TT: Wow, just what kind of “exam” was it anyway?
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No exam. My doc’s office treats us more like friends than patients, and she had emailed me to see how we were doing. I detailed my Saturday’s efforts for her through email. She’ll call me the next time she needs some digging done.
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No exam. My doc’s office treats us more like friends than patients, and she had emailed me to see how we were doing. I detailed my Saturday’s efforts for her through email. She’ll call me the next time she needs some digging done.
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#37 Hamous: I have tried to thenth degree to make the 2 in O2 work, but alas is seems to be hopeless unless those two buttons function differently than the others.
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#37 Hamous: I have tried to thenth degree to make the 2 in O2 work, but alas is seems to be hopeless unless those two buttons function differently than the others.
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#38 Texpat
Whenever I hear anyone use the word now, I just want to pick something up and throw it.
In that case I will surely stop using it for GJT. But we’ll need to come up with another word to describe his special qualities.
How about terrific? As in Tim de Terrific.
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#38 Texpat
Whenever I hear anyone use the word now, I just want to pick something up and throw it.
In that case I will surely stop using it for GJT. But we’ll need to come up with another word to describe his special qualities.
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I wonder if it has to do with chrome as the browser?
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I wonder if it has to do with chrome as the browser?
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#44 bone
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You mean like this? O2 -
I wonder if it has to do with chrome as the browser?
I’m with shannon. Incompatible mouse.
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I wonder if it has to do with chrome as the browser?
I’m with shannon. Incompatible mouse.
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“incompatible mouse”
Sounds like a new meme. As in (image of mouse) “incompatible mouse….won’t find my porn.” “Incompatible mouse….doesn’t go to Fox News” Or something like that.
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“incompatible mouse”
Sounds like a new meme. As in (image of mouse) “incompatible mouse….won’t find my porn.” “Incompatible mouse….doesn’t go to Fox News” Or something like that. -
Betcha he become’s a prison “communal girlfriend” for the next 15 years.
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) – One of 14 adult defendants from a Southeast Texas town has pleaded guilty to a child rape charge in a case where the men are accused of the repeated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl last year.
Isaiah Ross of Cleveland was facing life in prison on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child, but the 21-year-old pleaded guilty Monday to the lesser charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors said they would recommend a 15-year prison term.
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Betcha he become’s a prison “communal girlfriend” for the next 15 years.
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) – One of 14 adult defendants from a Southeast Texas town has pleaded guilty to a child rape charge in a case where the men are accused of the repeated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl last year.
Isaiah Ross of Cleveland was facing life in prison on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child, but the 21-year-old pleaded guilty Monday to the lesser charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors said they would recommend a 15-year prison term. -
IF true, this guy is looking forward to a looooooooooong vacation. (AirTran is non union)
Women kicked off airplane at PBIA claim unruly flight attendant was to blame
Passengers claim attendant was ‘a bully’Posted: 11:41 PM
Last Updated: 21 minutes ago
By: Dan CorcoranPALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Three women were escorted off a New York bound flight at Palm Beach International Airport Monday afternoon by airline staff and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies. The women claim they did not do anything wrong and that a flight attendant on board was the only one behaving poorly.
The women — a lawyer, a therapist and a retired travel agent — were complete strangers until they were seated near one another on AirTran Flight 1451 to White Plains, New York. They were buckled in and ready to take off when they said a male flight attendant began mishandling some overhead luggage.
“I said, ‘Hey, I have breakables in that,’” said Marilyn Miller.
Miller said her plea was ignored and that the flight attendant even began shoving other bags into hers. “It was just like a bully and I found myself shaking.”
Passenger Carol Gray also had a problem and requested attention from the same flight attendant.
“I said, ‘Excuse me sir, my seat is broken,’ and he looked at me and said, ‘I’m not talking to you,’ and poked me in the arm,” said Gray.
Miller and Gray said the attendant was getting angry and threatened to throw both women off of the airplane.
“He said, ‘Well, you’re getting off.’ I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” said Miller, who was escorted off of the plane into the jet-way.
The women claim two sheriff’s deputies and some airline staffers arrived to take them away. Passenger Karyn Schorr decided it was time to speak up.
“I said, ‘This is crazy, they didn’t do anything. Why are you doing this to them?’” And he said, ‘Throw her off too,’” Schorr said.
All three women said they were in shock when they were lead off of the airplane and back to the terminal.
“My seat was broken and it really was. Her bag was being mishandled. And this other woman came to our defense,” said Gray. “Those are hardly causes to throw us all off the plane.”
The women said the airlines should do a better job selecting the people that are in control in the air.
“Stewards have all the power when you’re on an airplane, I get that,” said Schorr. “But, this is a man who is not balanced.”
AirTran and parent company Southwest Airlines have not responded to repeated requests for a comment. The company’s website displays the mission of a flight attendant to “deliver friendly, enthusiastic and professional service…while making safety the number one goal.”
The women were not cited or charged with any crimes and were offered a flight on another airline back to New York paid for by AirTran. They were told that someone from AirTran management would be contacting each of them directly.
“I’ve never seen this flight attendant and if I ever see him on a plane again, I’m getting off,” said Miller.
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IF true, this guy is looking forward to a looooooooooong vacation. (AirTran is non union)
Women kicked off airplane at PBIA claim unruly flight attendant was to blame
Passengers claim attendant was ‘a bully’
Posted: 11:41 PM
Last Updated: 21 minutes ago
By: Dan Corcoran
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Three women were escorted off a New York bound flight at Palm Beach International Airport Monday afternoon by airline staff and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies. The women claim they did not do anything wrong and that a flight attendant on board was the only one behaving poorly.
The women — a lawyer, a therapist and a retired travel agent — were complete strangers until they were seated near one another on AirTran Flight 1451 to White Plains, New York. They were buckled in and ready to take off when they said a male flight attendant began mishandling some overhead luggage.
“I said, ‘Hey, I have breakables in that,’” said Marilyn Miller.
Miller said her plea was ignored and that the flight attendant even began shoving other bags into hers. “It was just like a bully and I found myself shaking.”
Passenger Carol Gray also had a problem and requested attention from the same flight attendant.
“I said, ‘Excuse me sir, my seat is broken,’ and he looked at me and said, ‘I’m not talking to you,’ and poked me in the arm,” said Gray.
Miller and Gray said the attendant was getting angry and threatened to throw both women off of the airplane.
“He said, ‘Well, you’re getting off.’ I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” said Miller, who was escorted off of the plane into the jet-way.
The women claim two sheriff’s deputies and some airline staffers arrived to take them away. Passenger Karyn Schorr decided it was time to speak up.
“I said, ‘This is crazy, they didn’t do anything. Why are you doing this to them?’” And he said, ‘Throw her off too,’” Schorr said.
All three women said they were in shock when they were lead off of the airplane and back to the terminal.
“My seat was broken and it really was. Her bag was being mishandled. And this other woman came to our defense,” said Gray. “Those are hardly causes to throw us all off the plane.”
The women said the airlines should do a better job selecting the people that are in control in the air.
“Stewards have all the power when you’re on an airplane, I get that,” said Schorr. “But, this is a man who is not balanced.”
AirTran and parent company Southwest Airlines have not responded to repeated requests for a comment. The company’s website displays the mission of a flight attendant to “deliver friendly, enthusiastic and professional service…while making safety the number one goal.”
The women were not cited or charged with any crimes and were offered a flight on another airline back to New York paid for by AirTran. They were told that someone from AirTran management would be contacting each of them directly.
“I’ve never seen this flight attendant and if I ever see him on a plane again, I’m getting off,” said Miller. -
Do we get a free night before?
Women offered free morning-after pill at Christmas
AFPAFP – 12 hrs agoWomen are being offered free supplies of the emergency morning-after contraceptive pill over the Christmas and New Year holidays, Britain’s leading abortion agency said Tuesday.
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Do we get a free night before?
Women offered free morning-after pill at Christmas
AFPAFP – 12 hrs ago
Women are being offered free supplies of the emergency morning-after contraceptive pill over the Christmas and New Year holidays, Britain’s leading abortion agency said Tuesday. -
Ewwwwwww!
United Press International
NEW BALTIMORE, Mich., Dec. 5 (UPI) — A Michigan woman may not have expected that new-car smell when she bought a used vehicle but says she certainly didn’t expect the odor of a dead body.
In a lawsuit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, Margarita Salais of New Baltimore alleges the dealership’s staff sold her a 2006 Ford Expedition last March without telling her it once held a dead body, The Detroit News reported Monday.
“They bought the car while it was still cold out in March,” her attorney, Dani Liblang, told the News. “The warmer it got, the worse the smell got.”
Salais said when she brought the car back to the dealership someone told her the smell came from a dead animal. She said she filed a claim with her insurance company, whose investigators determined odor was of human origin.
The insurance company later learned the car had been stolen three times, something Salais said the dealer also failed to tell her.
Her efforts to return the car were fruitless and she now seeks $25,000 plus court fees, the News said.
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Ewwwwwww!
United Press International
NEW BALTIMORE, Mich., Dec. 5 (UPI) — A Michigan woman may not have expected that new-car smell when she bought a used vehicle but says she certainly didn’t expect the odor of a dead body.
In a lawsuit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, Margarita Salais of New Baltimore alleges the dealership’s staff sold her a 2006 Ford Expedition last March without telling her it once held a dead body, The Detroit News reported Monday.
“They bought the car while it was still cold out in March,” her attorney, Dani Liblang, told the News. “The warmer it got, the worse the smell got.”
Salais said when she brought the car back to the dealership someone told her the smell came from a dead animal. She said she filed a claim with her insurance company, whose investigators determined odor was of human origin.
The insurance company later learned the car had been stolen three times, something Salais said the dealer also failed to tell her.
Her efforts to return the car were fruitless and she now seeks $25,000 plus court fees, the News said. -
[too many external links – wb]
Got a warning about 4 new phishing scams aimed at American Airlines
NOTE:
If you received an email like the example below asking you to perform security-related changes to your account or attempting to collect your user name, password, email address or other personal information, you have received a fraudulent email. American Airlines will never send executable files as attachments, nor ask our customers for this type of personal information in email communications.DO NOT click on any links, open any attachments, call phone numbers listed, or follow any instructions in these fraudulent emails including opening any type of attachments. Instead, delete all emails and attachments.
If you have clicked on any of the links in this fraudulent email, please take these steps:
Login to AA.com by entering http://www.aa.com. manually
Verify your mileage balance, email address, and physical address
Immediately change your password to help protect your account information If you see any discrepancies over the next day or two, please contact our AAdvantage Services Department at 1-800-882-8880. In most cases, attempts to obtain personal information begins with an unauthorized change of the victim’s password, preventing the true account owner from logging in.We deeply regret this inconvenience to you as an American Airlines customer. Your privacy and security is extremely important to us.
EXAMPLE EMAIL –
From: sales1 @acshomeshow.com [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:17 PM
To: AMessina
Subject: Re: Your Flight Order N590-5507130Dear Customer,
FLIGHT ELECTRONIC NUMBER 8532856
DATE & TIME / NOVEMBER 28, 2011, 11:17 PM
ARRIVING: NEW YORK JFK
TOTAL PRICE : 278.02 USDPlease download and print out your ticket here:
http://www.aa .com/flight-nyc /flightno36952281084aMarie MATTHEWS,
American AirlinesMore at:
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[too many external links – wb]
Got a warning about 4 new phishing scams aimed at American AirlinesNOTE:
If you received an email like the example below asking you to perform security-related changes to your account or attempting to collect your user name, password, email address or other personal information, you have received a fraudulent email. American Airlines will never send executable files as attachments, nor ask our customers for this type of personal information in email communications.
DO NOT click on any links, open any attachments, call phone numbers listed, or follow any instructions in these fraudulent emails including opening any type of attachments. Instead, delete all emails and attachments.
If you have clicked on any of the links in this fraudulent email, please take these steps:
Login to AA.com by entering http://www.aa.com. manually
Verify your mileage balance, email address, and physical address
Immediately change your password to help protect your account information If you see any discrepancies over the next day or two, please contact our AAdvantage Services Department at 1-800-882-8880. In most cases, attempts to obtain personal information begins with an unauthorized change of the victim’s password, preventing the true account owner from logging in.
We deeply regret this inconvenience to you as an American Airlines customer. Your privacy and security is extremely important to us.
EXAMPLE EMAIL –
From: sales1 @acshomeshow.com [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:17 PM
To: AMessina
Subject: Re: Your Flight Order N590-5507130
Dear Customer,
FLIGHT ELECTRONIC NUMBER 8532856
DATE & TIME / NOVEMBER 28, 2011, 11:17 PM
ARRIVING: NEW YORK JFK
TOTAL PRICE : 278.02 USD
Please download and print out your ticket here:
http://www.aa .com/flight-nyc /flightno36952281084a
Marie MATTHEWS,
American Airlines -
Betcha he become’s a prison “communal girlfriend” for the next 15 years.
Nah. They’ll put him in protective custody. Pretty much solitary confinement.
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Betcha he become’s a prison “communal girlfriend” for the next 15 years.
Nah. They’ll put him in protective custody. Pretty much solitary confinement.
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Test
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Test
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Subscript doesn’t seem to work from the phone either.
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Subscript doesn’t seem to work from the phone either.
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geeeeeee, youse guys must be soooooooooooooooooooooooo wissin smart. Do any of y’all try this from the chrome platform? What is the trick?? I do the super and sub scripts just like block, bold italics and link.
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geeeeeee, youse guys must be soooooooooooooooooooooooo wissin smart. Do any of y’all try this from the chrome platform? What is the trick?? I do the super and sub scripts just like block, bold italics and link.
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#34, Squawkster, I thought that “Ring Out Soltice Bells” was your favorite Christmas song. 😉
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#34, Squawkster, I thought that “Ring Out Soltice Bells” was your favorite Christmas song. 😉
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#50 Tedtam, Neato!
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#50 Tedtam, Neato!
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Well I got my “Spam Can” of old surplus 45 ACP Ball ammo from Midway. Man I didn’t know that there was any left. It’s real neat, the can is about 8″ X 5″ X 5″ and is real heavy, it is labled; T2AAF (Army Air Force) 600 Cartridges, Cal .45 Ball M1911, in cartons. Lot EC-24824 XC, Repacked EC-7-44. On the side it says “Unfit Food Container” Hey, I found a picture.
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Well I got my “Spam Can” of old surplus 45 ACP Ball ammo from Midway. Man I didn’t know that there was any left. It’s real neat, the can is about 8″ X 5″ X 5″ and is real heavy, it is labled; T2AAF (Army Air Force) 600 Cartridges, Cal .45 Ball M1911, in cartons. Lot EC-24824 XC, Repacked EC-7-44. On the side it says “Unfit Food Container” Hey, I found a picture.
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Do any of y’all try this from the chrome platform?
Get a real browser.
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Do any of y’all try this from the chrome platform?
Get a real browser.
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#63 Pyro: GO POUND SAND I like this one. If the browser is the problem then I don’t have a problem using you sub and super scrips.
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#63 Pyro: GO POUND SAND I like this one. If the browser is the problem then I don’t have a problem using you sub and super scrips.
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59 Boney
Really, I was just checking for you.
I had never tried using the script buttons.
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59 Boney
Really, I was just checking for you.
I had never tried using the script buttons.
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#65 Shannon: You have never heard of the web browser Google Chrome?? Really?
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#65 Shannon: You have never heard of the web browser Google Chrome?? Really?
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attempt with google chrome
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attempt with google chrome
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Can’t get it to work either.
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Can’t get it to work either.
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#68 GTO: It seems we have found out the root issue. Thanks for your help in confirming diagnosis.
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#68 GTO: It seems we have found out the root issue. Thanks for your help in confirming diagnosis.
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You both have incompatible mouses?
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You both have incompatible mouses?
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#70 ON the contrary, we both have working brains and can solve problems.
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#70 ON the contrary, we both have working brains and can solve problems.
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Wow.
Who knew? 😉
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I can’t get to work in Firefox either. The and disappear when I hit post.
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I can’t get to work in Firefox either. The and disappear when I hit post.
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Well, they did it in that post too. The left paren. sub right paren. and left paren. back slash sub right paren. disappear when I hit post.
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Well, they did it in that post too. The left paren. sub right paren. and left paren. back slash sub right paren. disappear when I hit post.
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Try it now.
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Try it now.
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google chrom again
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google chrom again
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Seems to work now.
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Seems to work now.
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WordPress was set to only allow us Bourgeoisie (aka the One Percenters) to use those tags. I have acquiesced and hacked the php code to allow the proletariat to use them.
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WordPress was set to only allow us Bourgeoisie (aka the One Percenters) to use those tags. I have acquiesced and hacked the php code to allow the proletariat to use them.
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Thank you, comrade.
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Thank you, comrade.
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I got a voicemail message from a guy interested in renting our riverfront apartment. He asked me to call him back.
He didn’t leave a number.
He works at a refinery.
/backing slowly away from the explosive chemical tanks
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I got a voicemail message from a guy interested in renting our riverfront apartment. He asked me to call him back.
He didn’t leave a number.
He works at a refinery.
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#80 TT
He didn’t leave a number.
The Millenials assume when they leave a message anywhere that your machine will record their incoming number.
I’m going to use some *scripts so’s I can find out which % I am.
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#80 TT
He didn’t leave a number.
The Millenials assume when they leave a message anywhere that your machine will record their incoming number.
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Since I had to shut my business in 2009, I lost my office with the super high speed connection. There is all kinds of new stuff out there that I can’t run out here in the country…using an air card that is 3G 10% of the time, 2g 50% of the time, and no connection at all the other 40% of the time.
If I was one mile farther East I’d have dependable 3G service.
Interestingly, the iPhone phone is pretty consistently 3G. I never have figured out why.
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Since I had to shut my business in 2009, I lost my office with the super high speed connection. There is all kinds of new stuff out there that I can’t run out here in the country…using an air card that is 3G 10% of the time, 2g 50% of the time, and no connection at all the other 40% of the time.
If I was one mile farther East I’d have dependable 3G service.
Interestingly, the iPhone phone is pretty consistently 3G. I never have figured out why.
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90% of the time I have to use the basic HTMl version of gmail.
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90% of the time I have to use the basic HTMl version of gmail.
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#82 mharper
I’ve had that happen several times in the last couple of years when some young person called one of our landlines. We have Caller ID or I would never have known how to call them back. They are completely tuned out of a world that is not wireless.
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#82 mharper
I’ve had that happen several times in the last couple of years when some young person called one of our landlines. We have Caller ID or I would never have known how to call them back. They are completely tuned out of a world that is not wireless. -
The message was left on my cell phone, but sometimes if it rolls to voicemail directly the number doesn’t get logged.
And these people assume they’re the only phone call I get during the day? They expect that I can pull their phone number out of the list of calls I get during the day?
Never assume. I always introduce myself, leave my number, leave the message, leave my name again, leave the number again, leave the message again, and sometimes leave the number again. And I make sure not to race through any of it, speaking clearly. That way, if the call cuts out during the message, they have several chances to get the information. Or, if they need to get a pen and paper, they don’t have to keep repeating the message to get the info.
Pet peeve: People who leavetheirnumbersofastican’tfigureoutwhattheysaid.
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The message was left on my cell phone, but sometimes if it rolls to voicemail directly the number doesn’t get logged.
And these people assume they’re the only phone call I get during the day? They expect that I can pull their phone number out of the list of calls I get during the day?
Never assume. I always introduce myself, leave my number, leave the message, leave my name again, leave the number again, leave the message again, and sometimes leave the number again. And I make sure not to race through any of it, speaking clearly. That way, if the call cuts out during the message, they have several chances to get the information. Or, if they need to get a pen and paper, they don’t have to keep repeating the message to get the info.
Pet peeve: People who leavetheirnumbersofastican’tfigureoutwhattheysaid. -
Stolen from Zero Hedge comments:
Branch manager to insurance claims adjuster “I can’t believe it -he just destroyed my Lexes with his old truck-backed over it three times it was horrible”
Claims adjuster to branch manager–“its to bad your not covered for pickup truck damage in mall parking lots– oh buy the way-I have a debit account at your bank-small world huh?”
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Stolen from Zero Hedge comments:
Branch manager to insurance claims adjuster “I can’t believe it -he just destroyed my Lexes with his old truck-backed over it three times it was horrible”
Claims adjuster to branch manager–“its to bad your not covered for pickup truck damage in mall parking lots– oh buy the way-I have a debit account at your bank-small world huh?” -
#86 TT
Pet peeve: People who leavetheirnumbersofastican’tfigureoutwhattheysaid.
Yep, that’s high on my list too. If I can’t get the number transcribed in 2 passes of the message, I erase it and move on with my life. Even worse is phone drones who leave mumbled messages that I can’t understand enough of what they said to even guess if it was a wrong number or not. -
#86 TT
Pet peeve: People who leavetheirnumbersofastican’tfigureoutwhattheysaid.
Yep, that’s high on my list too. If I can’t get the number transcribed in 2 passes of the message, I erase it and move on with my life. Even worse is phone drones who leave mumbled messages that I can’t understand enough of what they said to even guess if it was a wrong number or not. -
Good lord, what next? We can see why sodomy would be legalized in the military, but why bestiality? Is this to avoid discrimination against Muslims?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/12/05/wh_reporter_asks_carney_about_bill_legalizing_bestiality_in_military.html -
Good lord, what next? We can see why sodomy would be legalized in the military, but why bestiality? Is this to avoid discrimination against Muslims?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/12/05/wh_reporter_asks_carney_about_bill_legalizing_bestiality_in_military.html -
Well Ah think y’all are awesome too. Even Texpat.
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Well Ah think y’all are awesome too. Even Texpat.
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Andahdon’tknowwhatmynumberissosorry.
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Andahdon’tknowwhatmynumberissosorry.
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Texpat #38;
Thanks. That was an awesome post.
/Which way to Edmonton, Wagonburner? 😯
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Texpat #38;
Thanks. That was an awesome post.
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bonecrusher #18;
I read it an responded.
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Pipes drained for just in case. time for me to hit the hay.
/why am i posting this? Ain’t no one gonna read it at 12:11 in the midnight morning anyway.
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Pipes drained for just in case. time for me to hit the hay.
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I first spotted this on Drudge, then the original website (linked from drudge) and then on Hot Air. If you ever want to hear Newt Gingrich get confounded responding in an interview, this is it.
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I first spotted this on Drudge, then the original website (linked from drudge) and then on Hot Air. If you ever want to hear Newt Gingrich get confounded responding in an interview, this is it.
Beck Doesn’t Hold Back in Gingrich Interview: Tough Questions on Mandates, Big Gov’t, & Global Warming -
/why am i posting this? Ain’t no one gonna read it at 12:11 in the midnight morning anyway.
I’m just a noboby.
/Sigh!!! 😉
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/why am i posting this? Ain’t no one gonna read it at 12:11 in the midnight morning anyway.
I’m just a noboby.
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This has been making the rounds on the internet as well.
Thug Pummeled After Attempting to Mug Chicago Man Who Turns Out to Be an MMA Fighter
You MUST see the mugger’s “after” face. I think he’ll remember this time for a very long time.
From the Sun-Times:
“After getting some money, he ordered the driver out of the car, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
At some point, Miranda’s attention was diverted and the victim was able to grab control of the gun and the two wrestled.
During the fight, Miranda accidentally discharged his gun, shooting himself in the ankle, Mirabelli said.
The victim, who told police he’s a martial arts expert and ultimate fighting champion was able to pin Miranda down until police arrived. Police arrived to find Miranda with a face full of cuts and two black eyes.
Ouch!!! That’s gotta leave a few marks. Oh, yeah…it did.
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This has been making the rounds on the internet as well.
Thug Pummeled After Attempting to Mug Chicago Man Who Turns Out to Be an MMA Fighter
You MUST see the mugger’s “after” face. I think he’ll remember this time for a very long time.
From the Sun-Times:“After getting some money, he ordered the driver out of the car, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
At some point, Miranda’s attention was diverted and the victim was able to grab control of the gun and the two wrestled.
During the fight, Miranda accidentally discharged his gun, shooting himself in the ankle, Mirabelli said.
The victim, who told police he’s a martial arts expert and ultimate fighting champion was able to pin Miranda down until police arrived. Police arrived to find Miranda with a face full of cuts and two black eyes.Ouch!!! That’s gotta leave a few marks. Oh, yeah…it did.
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Pusuke, who was listed as the oldest living dog in Guinness World Records, died on Dec. 5, 2011 in Sakura, Japan. He reached the ripe old age of 26 years and 9 months.
Pusuke was certified for the Guinness title last December. The previous record was held by a 28-year-old beagle from the U.S. who died in 2003.
Enjoy a slideshow of the biggest, fastest, longest, weirdest and wackiest record breakers from the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records.
And I thought my childhood dog living to 13 was long for her. 26 years? WOW!
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Pusuke, who was listed as the oldest living dog in Guinness World Records, died on Dec. 5, 2011 in Sakura, Japan. He reached the ripe old age of 26 years and 9 months.
Pusuke was certified for the Guinness title last December. The previous record was held by a 28-year-old beagle from the U.S. who died in 2003.
Enjoy a slideshow of the biggest, fastest, longest, weirdest and wackiest record breakers from the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records.And I thought my childhood dog living to 13 was long for her. 26 years? WOW!
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Doing a drive by that nobody will probably read, but going to rub it in. Boney is in Edmonon, yuck. I am in Banffffff, getting mountain zen. Working my derrier off, but you have to love the location…
ps: Insomnia sucks 🙁
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Doing a drive by that nobody will probably read, but going to rub it in. Boney is in Edmonon, yuck. I am in Banffffff, getting mountain zen. Working my derrier off, but you have to love the location…
http://www.google.ca/search?q=banff+pictures&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADRA_enCA460US460&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=exHfTtDMMoONigKO–DQCA&ved=0CEwQsAQ&biw=1336&bih=574
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Thought we’d never get to one hundred
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Thought we’d never get to one hundred
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