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    Exactly. Thus, the Karaoke money. Everybody should do something with music, even if it varies. As someone once told me, "It was interesting to hear you sing, but we'd like to hold your car keys now." btw, cornbread is not required, it is just part of the overall process of enlightenment. Not everyone has had exposure to the cuisine that delights. People take aspirin because it makes them feel better. So, cornbread and black-eyed peas may fall under the heading of medicines. A pint of milk, a pan of cornbread, and pot of seasoned peas. Mmm.... better than ice cream.
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    One percent to reading comprehension classes.
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    Everyone has heard of a "cuss" jar. Anyone who uses cuss words, has to put 25 cents in the jar. This will go for movies and television. Since actors get residuals on such things, they also have to pay residual cuss jar amounts every time the movie or tv show is broadcast. For music broadcasts and music media, the same. Every time that a song is broadcast too. (Hence the name of rapper Fitty Cent.) Anybody on the street can bust anyone else. (Plus, they'll cuss when they get busted. 25 cents more.) One percent of the money will be used to fund old-school Disney-type movies involving 10-year olds who don't have sex and own a dog and a mitt. Three percent will go to adding free cornbread to school lunches. Four percent will be given out as prizes at Karaoke contests. The rest is up to your suggestions. A cultural Renaissance and a better world.
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    Mike The station that did the interview has taken the link down and it has been taken down from youtube. So, once again Mike has disappeared. The search goes on. Detailed directions to the location of Mike have been reported by irritable women, but to no avail.
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    And that does not allow you special exception to post irrelevant or unsupported facts. Saying with something with sincerity does not accord it a special privilege. The FBI has discounted Duane as a suspect. You show little respect for their conclusion. Respect is not a one-sided right. You post some factual, pertinent details, and expect that the rest will be accepted as gospel. No one can expect that reception. If only 20% of your post makes sense, yes the other 80% will be discussed, refuted and discarded. If your feelings actually are hurt by this normal adult discussion process, then that is an unresolvable problem.
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    Not to you in specific, but it is a scam. Seemingly well-dressed, articulate, and polite man holding a gas can approaches you at 7pm in a restaurant parking lot... "Sir, I need a buck to buy gas so that I can get to work. My car ran out..." First, I used to live in an area of Tampa. The hookers would hang out near the Publix parking lot. One told me, "Ya gotta get their money BEFORE they spend it on groceries." So, "before you eat in the restaurant" works the same way. Second, he is going to work at 7pm ? Very few "tie" jobs start at 8pm. Last, the "sir" is a nice touch. You want to help the nice guy. Eight different restaurant parking lots so that he has a good rotation for 4 nights of the week. Anyway, I saw the same guy with the same can at Bennigans, Hops, and a Japanese place over the course of two months.
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    It is a discussion, not an interrogation. One party makes statements. Other parties consider them and then ask questions. That makes it a discussion. If one party could just make statements and they must be believed, then this would be a one-post thread and we could all go home. If someone disagrees with your information or its presentation, then characterizing them in a negative fashion just seems a little fascist. "Agree with me or you are part of a conspiracy" comments just makes people lose their already tried patience. Nobody wants the negativity. Welcome to the internet.
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    "How 'bout a pic-a-nic basket?"
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    I can't say that it is good or bad advice. It does sound like it works for some other people. Bottom line. It may be you... or 10,000 other reasons. She could have many other good non-you reasons. A bad day, a current b/f, a recent bad relationship, other complications (kids, parents, bills, cats). It may not be about you. Go about your life and enjoy it. Let them find you, or not, but enjoy your life in the mean time. Besides, you don't have to date someone to have them in your life. Everyone can use a couple of friends. This weekend, buy a stack of steaks, throw a party, invite. Other people will find you.
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    First off, why feel rejected. She didn't reject You. She doesn't know You. She rejected appearances. No different than "no thanks" to a dance at a club. However, in the future, chat. Make casual non-date conversation. Let her know that you are a fun person and had fun this weekend. So... attractive women have attractive women friends. Don't ask her out again. Become pals with her and date her friends. Instead of one woman, you get to date 5 women. Get over it. Go have fun.
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    After a friend was in a car accident, somebody told me that God must have really been watching out for him because he wasn't hurt that bad. I'm thinking that if you are really doing a good job looking out for someone, then they don't get in an accident at all. Can you imagine a babysitter that let the house catch fire, but says, "I saved your DVD collection". Another saying, "If life gives you lemons, then you make lemonade" If life gives them salmon, do they get salmonella? Dammit, I want no lemons. Problem avoidance, not problem mitigation.
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    The mother may not either. Child Support Fraud has become such a big issue in Florida that the state allows a father to request a paternity test for up to a year. I definitely support that. Given that his ex has left the state, has anyone thought that the baby may be from the attorney in LA? He may not be the father. She sent him the paper work for paternity. That will quickly lock in the child support payments, without any visitation. That would suck if it wasn't even his. It doesn't sound like he needs to trust her a lot. It sounds like she is setting him up legally for child support. I'll bet her current roommate has coached her on this. "Free cash for 18 years. No responsibility."
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    Every time I drank enough that she was good looking, I passed out. I call it, "having auto-standards".
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    Naw... that's her sister, the pretty one. Anyway... something about the difference between a boar hog and a redneck is that a boar hog...
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    Not everyone has an available golf cart. You have to run what you bring. Today in Tampa news What really makes this story is the pic. If you ever want to appear drunk, this is the look you are going for. This best part is this, "The incident started just after noon..." Noon and that drunk? Yep, ya can't drink all day unless you start in the morning. Last week, somebody stole the Krispy Kreme truck. When will this crime wave end? (Truck was recovered quickly) At least Vandenburg Airport is away from the water. Across the bay, a few years ago, a couple in their late 70s drove down the runway and into the bay (with a rental car). Personally... if I see a large red blimp parked on the "interstate", I'm going to stop and ask directions before reaching the end. My favorite part was their solution... to rent another car.
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    clicky Now THIS is interesting. Click on this pic. clicky That is Lacey. I went through AFF with her. The pic is a scan from the cover of Parachutist. It was taken over Pahokee, back when it was open. They are ripping off PARACHUTIST? Nice! "No skydiving center in Florida has the amenities available at Skydive Clearwater" True. "No skydiving center" is exactly that.
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    I used to love the tests. "A D-license is recommended for a... jump." Then, 3 questions later, for the same thing... "A D-license is required for a... jump." Followed by all the FAA required/recommended and USPA required/recommended distances for clouds and such. (Like the handy "Bat-Measuring-Grapple" on my "Bat-Skydiving-Belt" will tell me how far from the cloud I am.) "Looks like 940 ft, Robin. Try to backslide."
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    Premature ejaculations? I don't know where that absurd phrase came from. The sooner, the better. It turns out that an 85-way funnel looks a lot like free tequila night at the Crystal.
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    Doctor John had sex with one of his patients and felt guilty all day long. No matter how much he tried to forget about it, he just couldn't. The guilt and sense of betrayal was overwhelming. But every once in a while he'd hear an internal, reassuring voice in his head that said: 'John, don't worry about it. You aren't the first medical practitioner to have sex with one of their patients and you won't be the last. And you're single. Just let it go, John.' But invariably another voice in his head would bring him back to reality whispering, 'John you're a Veterinarian, you sick bastard.'
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    Every year, there is (at least) one candidate that promises to reform everything. - Politics is based on getting a group to vote for/against a topic. If someone is too far out on the fringe, they vote alone. Alone is not the majority needed to pass legislation. - No politician will ever change the system that wins them an election. (Example - arguing against the outsourcing of jobs while your party receives $3M in campaign contributions from outsourcing companies.) Biting the hand that feeds you, nearly literally. - Campaign promises are paid, whether to corporate sponsors, or the owners of victimhood. Either way, the middle class suffers. The success of a smiling promise has made late-night talk line owners into millionaires. Good hair and a smile elects a senator. P T Barnum is content.
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    Answer? Not sure. I do remember one where we had 130+ and did the first point successfully, keyed it, went to the second point, and keyed it... just one grip short of a second point. We did the first and third points successfully. Lesson learned? Wait until you see the video to do the hootin' and hollerin'. Everybody was making noise under canopy.
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    If anyone doesn't know the tune, just did out your Peter, Paul, and Mary CDs.
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    "Don't run, we are your friends." "We come in peace." Oh wait, those quotes came from Mars Attacks. My bad. However, there has always been peace through superior firepower. The religion with the best military has always been later proven to be correct. The losing religion is then referred to as "mythology". Once you've been conquered, your religion becomes a fable.
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    Jimmy Page is black?! Gee, that's news... can someone please post a pic of Jimmy - with appropriate glasses - so we can compare to the DBCooper identikit? Don't let year of birth fool you, we all know how these rockers easily look 10-20 years older than they really are due to their lifestyle. I thought Jimi had an "olive complexion".
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    Yeah... I get so tired of hearing that BS argument that I could puke. Really? Just where are these great new jobs to get retrained for? Steel industry? Electronics? TVs, Radios, Stereos? Textiles? Maybe they could work in call centers? Ummm... AOL sent their Tampa center there. While I was at JPMorgan, they moved part of their operations to India. Call center in the US? $10 an hour Call center in India $1.85 an hour Someone will say, "Oh, they are so trained..." Not really. CISCO is moving there, but they announced a special initiative to train them. In Calif, they already have a trained company. CISCO JPMorgan opened its second facility. The 2007 plan was to hire 500 people a month, all year. Truckers? Mexico Airplane pilots? From everywhere. When a Senator receives $3 million in donations from an outsourcing company, where are their loyalties? Tell me, what is that new skill to train for?