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Madonna would wear the pants in that relationship

Nope, wasn't there, missed it. Must have gone out for coffee or something.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >The governor just put up a phone line for gas >stations that are raising there gas prices are going >to be fined! The right way to handle this - let gas stations charge whatever they want. They will up the prices until many people can't afford gas, and the demand will drop off until all gas stations have enough gas to supply the remaining customers. People will drive less, use the Neon instead of the Excursion, drive to Tuscon to get gas etc until the crisis passes. The wrong way to handle this - set a price cap. Every station that opens will be bombarded by traffic and will run dry within an hour. Lines will be incredibly long, cars will stall there in line and block everyone else, and there will be cases of gas-line violence. Exactly the same thing happened during the 1970's gas shortage. You'd think we'd learn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your "right way" would never work because people would whine about it until something got done, and if nothing got done they'd demand a recall until they got someone who would fix things back to the way they were. When gas prices go up because of war, or economic issues, or anything that we can't put a finger on directly, we quietly mumble about it but accept it. When there is a broken pipe, and fixing the pipe will solve everything, then not doing anything about it will not change people's habbits. It will piss them off beyond the point of just gas-line violence.

let me be the one to say it.....Mistress of the Night! Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

That's useless toa pawn shop. Offer him 20 bucks before he goes to ebay! Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

That can't be good for the windows Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

0:7.5 (hop'n'pop):???(Jack, off to Vegas party) Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

The weather sucked, and I only got 8 in this weekend, including a hop'n'pop just so I could go home feeling like I didn't waste my day on the DZ. You can't complain about the weather, if you're not willing to wait for the holes. I guess you can, but let me tell you, Saturday turned out pretty damn good. 5 jumps, free tunnel t-shirt for the ground breaking of the Perris Skyventure Tunnel, hell of a good time at Jack's party. Life is good, even if everything didn't work out as planned! Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

Along with the penis emails, I found this one that seemed pretty funny: _________________________________ Bachelors, Masters, MBA, and Doctorate (PhD) diplomas Do you want a prosperous future? Do you want to increase your earning power? Diplomas from prestigious non-accredited universities No required tests, classes, books, or interviews. CALL 1-212-504-3202 NOW! Wage earners with diplomas can earn extra income!! High School Diplomas - $1,100,000 Bachelors Degree - $2,100,000 Masters Degree - $2,500,000 Professional Degree - $4,400,000 TO EARN MORE CALL 1-212-504-3202 NOW! (24 hours 7 days a week) No one is turned down. Confidentiality assured! SIMPLY CALL 1-212-504-3202 NOW! ______________________________________ You mean, if I give these schmucks 4.4 million dollars for a phony degree, I can earn a few bucks more per month in my current job? How can I lose?! Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

*geek knit-picking alert* watching the trailer from the first clicky in this post, it looks like two different scenes edited together. First you have the jump from the building (running in a wing suit, bwahahaha) in baggy look-alike suit (note no actual webbing between legs or arms/body). Then there is the freefall, which appears high up but with one of those deep focus cameras. Very cool, but still not as cool as the BASE from the car in XXX. If I'm wrong, well, bite-me. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

there's no such thing as a little needle they all find their way in Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

Many examples of evolution given in this thread only show people's lack of understanding what evolution actually is. Correct me if I'm wrong, no really. A man with a machette chasing a family of a different tribe has little to do with evolution, and more to do with the belief that people are generally bad. Evolution begins with a mutation that enables an individual to meet the demands of his/her environment better than others, then is propagated down through generations as those without the mutation slowly die out over those generations. War between tribes might be one way of wiping out a line of specific gene sequences, but a more likely, and simple answer (Ohcams Razor), is that it was human nature and not genetic differences that put those tribes at war. Greed and lust for another's possesions, fear of an unkown person and what they may do to you. And as for archeological evidence, there is a wide spread belief that it supports only evolution. Many leave out the fact that there are multiple huge gaps missing between the past and the present. That in itself works against the thoery. By definition, evolution is a slow process over long periods of time. Huge gaps in a lineage support rapid bursts of mutations taking hold of a population and winning out over a short period of time. So where is the evidence? Where is the smoking gun? And coming up with the theory of large "steps" is a theory of convienience not supported by the facts either. But all of this is besides my first point earlier in the thread. Not looking at where we've been, we can still guess as to where we're going. This is because we adapt the environment to us rather than adapt to it. If evolution is correct, then any mutations that slowly creep up in the gene pool will not help anyone because the envonmental impact is negligible. Only something looked on as cool, like maybe two wangs, has a chance of propagating. And if Evolution is a bunch of balogna, then we still will not change into super human mind reading flying brainiacs any time soon. And we certainly aren't growing in any other ways, such as individual wisdom or common sense, so we are who we are. And nothing more. And that's not too bad. We may not have wings, but we have adapted with parachutes. The deserts may not support much life naturally, but we've adapted by irrigating. We don't have to wait millions of years to go off in one genetic direction. We have the ability to pursue multiple directions, achaieving whatever we want, and all it takes is the will to overcome current boundaries. That's not evolution, that's determination. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

What are you saying Bill? If it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck? What if it's not? What if your life depended on you being right? I see many options, and each one claims evidence in support, but they may not all be correct. Unless there is a Trickster God, but you've already dismissed that because you don't want to believe it. Just how sure can you be about what you've indicated as your choise? Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

the ratio of men to women is quite disturbing Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

Many people believe that animals evolve. They don't offer up the neccesary proof that people have evolved, but they believe that too. I say no, we haven't changed since the very first day. We evolve the environment around us to meet our needs. We may be smarter, have better technology, but we will never be wiser, or able to take out the trash with our minds. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

Do a search for previous threads. We talked this one out to a fine detail. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

My mom used to tell me if I ever reached teminal velocity, I'd die before I hit the ground. This was after I'd done a couple hundred jumps. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

after a couple hugs and fives on the ground, "now THAT was the best jump I ever had!" Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

They did a good job of cutting out any indications of timeframe, but I think this was over a year and a half ago based on the possition of the Merlin (bright orange plane in background on one quick scene). That's before I used to work there. Either the "hottie" was a plant from the show, or she was someone who left before I had the opportunity to embarass myself in person. Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

Don't let anybody tell you otherwise, GPA matters! Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

Damn it. I figured it out. Now it's not cool. And the guy actually asks for 2 pounds brittish for the answer. Anybody get suckered into that? Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

You know, if I was a greenie, I'd lock this thread just because of the name. Then again, we don't have any greenies with twisted senses of humors here, do we?

it could totallying happen Don't Confuse Me With My Own Words

------------------------------------------------------------ Quote ------------------------------------------------------------ I ran over a damn rock in a dirt parking lot by accident (it was dark) which seriously damaged the underside of the vehicle. $2000 worth of damage to be exact ------------------------------------------------------------ Dude. Damn rocks in a dirt parking lot don't cause $2000 worth of damage. I think the bigger issue is not how bad the company is ripping you off (which is a lot, in any case), but rather how likely it was that your little rock theory was probably another car. Or a house. Or an asteriod. Or a glacier. Or something that you should have been able to see with your headlights on. Unless your headlights were off, and then I just don't want to be involved in this thread anymore. Let's pretend this whole thing wasn't talked about and get back to more important things. Anybody seen any good boobies lately?

Alright, I read it all, and ummmm, I wish I hadn't.