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"Anyway I find I have a few more minutes..... I think the areas you'll need to focus on are, primarily, interpersonal relationships. Manners, courtesies, diplomacy, social conventions, dress, and so forth. Humans generally acquire those things from..." [
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5 days ago
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Food items that helped your weight loss
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"burying my mind in hobbies and work a good way to change gears?
Somewhere I heard that just letting your hair down and not giving a shit is the quickest way to get relationships going, and for some reason that's exactly what happened to me. One..." [
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2 months ago
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Web fun for 3 to 4 year olds
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9 months ago
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"Knowing what I know now in my late 30s, I would say:
1. Cut down on the processed foods, sugared sodas, and beer. You don't have to eliminate it, but cut back!
2. Do -not- let your weight go. Refer to Step 1.
3. Dental care, brush often.
4...." [
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10 months ago
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"It is with heartfelt hope that I write to seek your co-operation and assistance in the context stated below: May I first introduce my self as Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the wife of Late General Sani Abacha who died suddenly on 8th June 1998. My..." [
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10 months ago
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"My usual pet peeve about survival lists is those what overlook an instrument of trade. If your outlook is grim, pack a few silver or gold coins; if not, stash away some dollars (I bet the ATMs weren't fully stocked as Katrina approached). Good..." [
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10 months ago
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"Eminent domain is inherently a Bad Thing and should never, ever be leveraged for anything except publically owned and maintained infrastructure. A little old lady holding out against commercial development is just how the system ought to work. She..." [
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10 months ago
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"Let the engineer make that $400K salary and let the CEO have his $4 million compensation package. Where I have a problem is once you start going into magnitudes beyond $10 million or $100 million. No one should have that kind of personal wealth...." [
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10 months ago
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"I always imagine that Blackwater mercs are the same guys who used to bring throwing stars, bowie knives and M-80s to middle school
Likewise, I'm picturing the terrorists bribing them with a bounty of cigarettes and Journey tapes...." [
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11 months ago
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"I'm a meteorologist, but not YOUR meteorologist (or whatever the lawyers say). The lake temperatures at Lake Ontario are about 16C and your air temperature in the city is about 15-16C. Also the air mass is very humid, as dewpoints are about 15C..." [
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11 months ago
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"I'm wondering if the intent of the absurdly low "normal" category is to fuel the multi-billion dollar diet industry (i.e. tax revenue and health spending). The health industry/regulatory agency is no stranger to corruption...." [
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11 months ago
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"frosty_hut: Any chance you can update this thread to tell us how it worked out?" [
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"Remember, you can't go and do these stunts dressed up as an Arab without carrying a World Almanac." [
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"DMOZ, ah, DMOZ. Here's my story. I noticed the categories for the science field I'm in were neglected. So I decided to apply to be an editor, since I'm in that field, have 20 years of credentials, have a national magazine column, and even run a..." [
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"A foray into old, gritty television scans from the 1980s is not complete without one purple and green boob as seen on a deformed video signal from Playboy Channel. Ah, to be 14 again...." [
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"In the news today, Russian researchers successfully reached Lake Vostok. Preliminary analysis shows that the glacial lake consists, curiously, of a colloidal mixture of water, freon, and kerosene...." [
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"Why couldn't there have been anything like this when I used to read SF books? It was annoying to be looking for good stories about dystopia and space exploration and to be pulling out title after title of "fantasy", with medieval dragons..." [
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"Flying a helo is a full-time job. If the pilots were doing anything in addition to flying the craft, there's something seriously wrong.
This is the most astute comment I've seen on here. It's interesting that all flight training emphasizes..." [
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"Every year brings record cold and record heat; record drought and record floods. You can find it all if you look hard enough. This summer Tasmania has been seeing record cold. I believe global warming is real, but we're not going to be seeing 5-10..." [
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"I get the impression CollegeHumor is trying to sell me stuff." [
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"I can't help thinking that this will be a slow descent into insanity. The thought process will be something like this:
1,742: sigh
7,184: I wonder if this was such a good idea.
53,182: This sucks.
89,485: For a minute there I thought I was on..." [
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"A pilot walks into a bar and yells, "All TSA agents are assholes!" A guy at the end of the bar yells back, "Hey I resent that comment." The pilot asks, "Are you an agent?" The guy replies, "No, I'm an asshole!..." [
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"That's awesome... nice to see a company that knows how to parlay some grassroots opinion into a win-win solution, rather than kicking out the standard cease & desist. That's the kind of company I'd invest in...." [
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"Well, I have to say I'm pretty damn happy with the Internet... having grown up with my nose in books, it's not just just porn and gossip. It's just an endless feeding trough for my brain. The Internet's always there, even if it's Sunday and 3 a.m...." [
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"I wonder if the Oxford Unabridged Dictionary will fit in one of those prepaid envelopes. I hope they don't mind if I rent it every couple of months." [
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"I'm 36. I've found my mental acuity is top-notch when I'm more physically active. Sleep, eating good things (no junk food), reading books daily, and programming has kept me just the same as when I was 26. I noticed that right when we had our baby..." [
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