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Usually even the ordinary burger is too big for me, so probably I'll stop by on the way there, get this one and it should be enough for a week. And a box for fries, as I usually don't eat them at all. Do they at least speak English? :) * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I'd say it is basically not possible. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Got it. I'll bring weekly supply of food with me. At least you can buy vodka and beer there. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

There are worse problems, like driving extra 100 miles because the road which supposed to be connected to the freeway you're going to is closed for last 6 months (hello hwy 140). Or driving extra 10 miles because the exit you were going to is 0.8 miles closer after the last redevelopment, and you missed it. Or you now have exit on the right instead of exit on the left you were warned about, and you're on the left side of 5 lanes freeway. Or (the worst case) you're driving downtown San Francisco going to your destination, and cannot find the way because the navi system always leads you through the one-way street in wrong direction, and after you pass it, it recalculates the route, and leads you to the same street. Always update the maps if you go to a new/unknown place! * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I use it so often that we have two systems in both our cars. However unless you have extra 2k you could buy much cheaper system, like Garmin or Magellan (I've got mines on ebay for ~$220-300). There is no subscription, but you have to pay for map updates if you want those - at least for Magellan. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I'm flying there on May 2nd morning now. Have reserved a car; for $100 a week it is pretty good rate. Not to mention it looks like I'll really need it just to get some non-Mexican food. Hope I'll find anything closer than San Diego. But anyway, thank you very much! P.S. Don't tell me there is only Mexican food in San Diego as well :) * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Nope, they didn't speak English last time at jack-in-the box :) *sigh* I probably need to learn Spanish :) * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Yeah, my stomach discriminates against Mexican food. I've told him that discrimination based on national origin is illegal, but he doesn't care. Maybe I'll sue him later Thank you! You made my day. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Wow, that sounds like REAL fun! No way I could miss it. Just one more question - are there reustarants in Perris which serve anything else besises Mexican food? :) * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Thanks everyone. I'm getting a rental car then. BTW, is there any nightlife in downtown Perris? Do they speek English? Last time me and my wife were there, two places we went to didn't speak English at all :) * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Hi! Looking for the advice regarding the best transportation option from ONT or SAN to Perris. Arriving either on May 1st evening (7PM), or May 2nd morning (9AM), departing May 6th evening (around 9PM). So far the rental car beats every option I've found, but maybe I just didn't look long enough? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

That's excellent point. I intentionally don't have a TV at home, so our children don't look on all that shit, and the only place I still see a TV is my gym. You are absolutely right, 90% of the airtime is wasted on so stupid "news" that the Weather channels looks like you need a Master's degree to watch it. And VT massacre still looks like news comparing to all that crap they discussed for months like Anne Nicole Smith death, or Imus. It looks like the media is creating more and more TV channels to fill it with more and more useless information. That means that they need more bullshit to fill the airtime between commercials. So here is how it ends up, when modern media got a news that the mayor parked his pickup on fire hydrant (which worth might be 15 seconds of local news): - (30 seconds) detailed shot of mayor, his pickup and fire hydrant. - (600 seconds) interview with mayor, telling us about his childhood, lack of necessary parking space in the city, and so on. Includes 60 second inserts of crowded streets with a lot of cars trying to park. - (300 seconds) commercials - (600 seconds) interview with fire marshall telling us how bad is parking on fire hydrants. Includes 180 second inserts of firemen at work. - (300 seconds) commercials - (600 seconds) interview with Professor of Mathematics, calculating the probability of fire happening in the house mayor's pickup blocked the hydrant for. Includes 120 seconds of interview with 10 more people telling us that this professor is a smart one, and how they respect him. The professor shows that probability is close to zero. - (300 seconds) commercials - (600 seconds) 20 interviews with motorists who say how difficult is to find parking space at that part of city at that time. - (300 seconds) commercials - (600 seconds) 60 ten-second interviews with crows asking their opinion about it. Most of those opinions sounds like they called a lunatic asylum; the goal is to make a person watching TV feeling really smart comparing to all those clowns. - (300 seconds) commercials - (300 seconds) Final words from the narrator telling us again about all the opinions, repeating shots of pictures, 10 seconds of showing the "Toyota" logo on mayor pickup (with $25K paid by Toyota), telling the people how bad is that the time is out for today. But tomorrow there will be more, including interviews with city planning comission, mayor classmates from high school, Toyota pickup engineers and the head of firefighters union. This is almost 90 minutes of airtime to discuss a single parking ticket. Note that we made it staying on topic all the time; if someone mentioned global warning or mayor's opinion about Iraq, you could easily triple this time. *** Go to a Wal Mart parking lot and watch everyone drive around the entire thing, searching for a parking spot 100 ft closer so they dont have to walk. It's even funnier in gym, when people spend ten minutes to park 100ft closer to the front entrance, and then walk two miles on treadmill to lose weight. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Anyone coming there from Mountain View-Sunnyvale-San Jose on May 1st around 4PM, and coming back on Sunday? We could share a ride in either car. Have a room for one or two persons with plenty of bags. Must like listening to Deep Purple, Rainbow, Pink Floyd and Queen for 6 hours; no Britney Spears please. PM. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So basically the method itself has no relationship with maturity and ability to make smart decision, and was just a point picked because "you have to have some number to start with". That's exactly what I was trying to tell my opponent: using the age as indicator to the ability to make responsible decisions is not reliable. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Like skydiving. And like skydiving, you can get much more exercises in other activities, which are safer. What do you mean by "right conditions" - no full-contact sparring? Still a child could break the neck by doing a cartwheel. Nope. If all the conditions are perfect, you cannot be dead. The problem is that it is completely impossible to get perfect conditions. Humans aren't perfect, airplanes aren't, rigs aren't, weather isn't. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I agree. But what about kung fu class? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

[Please check all that apply; for this poll "Christian" means "any religion which is based on Jesus Christ teachings"] The reason for this poll is a survey made in 2006 in Russia targeting Orthodox Christians. The poll results were: 58% called themselves Christians, BUT: - 60% of them have never read the Bible (the survey doesn't make it clear whether they never read the whole Bible, or never ever opened it); - 42% have never been in church; - 8% are not sure whether the God exists; - and 1% believes that God does not exist. Obviously all of them called themselves Christians. However the survey claims that foreign surveys says that those numbers are much greater from Catholic Christians, and Protestant Christians. Just wonder whether it is true. Personally I have no idea how could you be a Christian, and be not sure whether the God exists. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

We _are_ discussing it rationally. When we signed up our daugher to kung fu class, we were talked about possible injury or death, and had to sign the waiver, which was almost a copy of a skydiving waiver I sign on every dropzone I jumped. And while the chance of death in kung fu is approximately lower than in tandem skydiving, the chance of injury is greater - and she already has had two. At the same time, a lot of people would say that going to kung fu class has little value to child. Yes, it is kind of exercising, but there are much safer exercise activities, like jogging and swimming, which provide the same (or better) level of exercise, and are much safer than kung fu. And, unlike tandem skydiving, when you do one jump and if you landed safely there is no more risk of injury or death - I know no child who jumps tandems on regular basis - a typical child goes to kung fu three-four times a week for a long period of time, and risks injury or death every time when the child is exercising. So what's the real difference? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

But you did not explain why it isn't very smart, comparing to other activities parents allow their children to do. Like going to martial arts, or riding a bycicle. Why you should be 18? Why not 16, and not 21? Do you think something magical happens at midnight in the day of your 18th birthday, making you responsible and grown up? And, AFAIK, there is no law which would allow you to sign away your life. That's just your experience. I have seen a lot of 14yo who were able to make reasonable decisions, and I have seen a lot of 20+yo who were not. Using age as one's ability to make smart decisions is the same as using "time in sport" to measure skydiving experience - it could work in general, but might be not applicable to a speficic person. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

But you can call the ambulance. Or take a bus. Those types of transportation are statistically safer than driving your own car. And there is no _need_ for kung fu class, riding a bycicle or even a roller coaster as well. Should it be a felony too? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

No, I have only seen one guy from Texas, George W. Is it the best one from Texas? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

That's true. Never been there, but have seen some photos. Well, if you already expect being told to fuck off and die, you should definitely try it - what's the worst that could happen? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Wait 10-15 years. Then you'll start pissing them off * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Looks pretty ordinarily to me. Have you ever been in Europe? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I suspect they will just move the station servers outside US. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *