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Whoa, flashback! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Don't sell yourself short. You are a great sinner! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

I'm having a hard time expressing the full range of complex emotions I feel during any given post. Sad - that one sad face doesn't cut it. I come in many shades of blue. Tongue - the one there says "I'm a goof", not "razzzzz". I want a razzzzz! Happy - looks more like "will you please have sex with me" than "happy". Devil - We have so few angels, and so many devils. We need a devil emoticon. Laughing - Again, the laughing ones look like psychos. Nice for a psycho mood, not for a lol! Mad - That one is great, just needs a damn eyebrow shave! And what's with the pirate? Of course, there are always the dancing bananas, uzis, flame-throwers, spam cans, dissolves, and other strange items that some forums use. Not sure we need all that, but a few might add some color. If you want any help digging some up, let me know. There certainly are enough out there! Thanks! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

When you took the job, you made a commitment to the company that you would give your best efforts to them, and you should honor that commitment. After all, they have honored their commitment to treat you with dignity and respect, pay you a decent salary and benefits, maintain a healthy and safe work environment and support your personal and professional growth, haven't they? I didn't think so. Now your DZO and fellow skydivers, have they been supportive of your personal growth? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

You know, you may be burning a fever. ba-dum-dum _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Man, you haven't shot "A"? (as we call it on "the street"). _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Gosh, I think to look at the Bible as a historical document is fascinating stuff, but intellectual, not spiritual. I try to keep the two aspects separate, because while each has huge value, they don't interact well. If you toss the bible because it may or may not be "true", you lose a great literary work that has a lot to teach us about ourselves, each other and the world. If you believe it is "the hand of God" and to be taken strictly, literally and not challenged, then you are going to miss the real messages. There are too many inconsistencies and areas open to (mis)interpretation for that to ever work. You end up wasting your time in debates about whether God condemns homosexuality or not. You're never going to get it resolved looking at this passage or that. Clearly, the passages posted (assuming correct translation, which is risky) say god abhores it, yet that seems massively in contrast to everything that Jesus is supposed to have said and taught. In wisdom, there are no answers, only better questions. My deconstructivist approach to getting my hands around this book is to assume the Old Testament is mostly irrelevant, yet worth taking a look at. The New Testament I see as a poorly-transcribed account of someone who seemed quite amazing, and basically said that we should stop being such anal-retentive boobs and love each other, as God loves us, which he really, really does, even if we are assholes and could give two shits about him. I was raised in a pretty liberal (like you couldn't guess) Protestant household and church, which we went to every week, but in my life now is no regular belonging. I'm also becoming more interested in what the animistic (sp?) and nature-based religions/philosophies have to tell us. Not the Gia/Earth-based spirits and all that, but what about us as natural beings can tell us about out spirituality, that sort of thing. But to get back on topic (probably should have posted this under leomonst's post), of course the Christian God does not think homosexuality is wrong. He sent is only Son to tell us that he is Love, and that to honor Him is to respect his authority and to love ourselves and each other. The rest is all us narrow-minded humans trying to advance our own agendas, basically in disrespect to the God of Love. Peace. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Hey, good idea. Maybe there is some RF thing going on up here.... No go on an external antenna, unless I want to do one of these! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

got it. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

1... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

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In 3... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

What kind of range are you getting? I'm typing this at my desk, sans wires, but I can't travel that far because of some interference. Walls I think. I can wander around all the upstairs, but the minute I head downstairs, I lose it. I'm thinking of getting one of those cheap repeaters to increase the range. We were going to try to share it across a few apartments where I was living for awhile, but that didn't work out. I'm beginning to think that the cheap-ass NetGear was *not* the way to go. Like I ever leave this room anyway. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Crap, I just looked them up: http://www.webtender.com/handbook/games/startrek-tng.game Screw that! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Geek Drinking Games Bizz-Buzz. Count starting from one, except you say "bizz" for every multiple of 5, and "buzz" for every multiple of seven, and of course, "bizz-buzz" for every multiple of both five AND seven. Drink if you miss one. There were also some Star Trek drinking games, everyone drank if Pikard said "Engage", stuff like that. I don't remember all the things... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

That's probably the first time anyone has ever said that!

In men, a feeling of low self worth, generally brought on by inadequate penis size or low sexual endurance. Women, no idea, other than they are usually the one's saddled with hauling shit around and dragging hoards of kids all over town. I suppose men in that role can be excluded from the previous paragraph. As far as the New England thing, I see far more of these monster trucks in California than I do here. We've learned to drive in the snow, thank you. Front-wheel drive, and a little experience generally get you through all but the worst storms. Out there, it's all about style. Like minivans before them, SUVs are a hip trend that grew out of a legitimate need for a small number of people and took on a life of it's own. Like minivans, there will eventually reach a saturation point where people scorn them because they have become too popular. Geez, that sounds kind of opinionated. Sorry about that, I just get jagged when one of these things blocks half a lane in the parking lot, and there's only one person in it who obviously doesn't have a good feel for the size of the vehicle. But hey, it's only a vehicle, it's not like they are driving the deficit through the roof for generations, deeping the wedge between rich and poor, young and old, because of some hormone-driven vandetta with roots back to a minor labor dispute and a previous-generation's vandetta/witch hunt. Oh, sorry. Different thread. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Thanks, man. Ready to change your nickname yet? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Stage right, evennn... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Former Rhode Island EMT-C/ET certified. Help start a municipal service in a town that had been volunteer-only for 50 years (not easy), and about a year later, formed IAFF Local 3365. Had a lot of fun, but after shaking things up so much, it actually became kind of boring... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Here you go. Fuck the fucking fuckers! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

George Carlin. That man is ON! Even after all these years his shit is the funniest stuff around. Ever hear his piece on the word "fuck"? I'm going to find it and post it... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Add motorcycle helmets to that list. No gay marriage, but heaven forbid we drive around without safety equipment. When I was 15, I wrote a ranting letter to the editor of my local paper (kids couldn't get on the Internet then...) about the requirement for safety shut-offs on lawnmowers. When you're that age, you will go off on just about anything, I think. Anyway, my favorite line (and it got printed!): "If people want a traumatic amputation, they are going to find a way to get it, one way or another." Friggin' smart-ass kids. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Always a good sign. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

What was the second point? Third? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?