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The ones I dread and avoid if at all possible are the interchanges where traffic exiting and traffic entering the flow must merge into and share one lane as their paths cross.

This is Jimmy, a Welsh Springer Spaniel who blessed my life with his companionship and loyalty for 8 years. Rest in peace little buddy.

Does she? I must admit I've not seen much of the woman, but all I have seen is petty character assassination, religious bigotry and vicious ad hominem attacks against anyone who dares have an opposing view. Absolutely right. And she has made a fortune doing so. The same can be said of Hillary, the difference being Hill has to be careful in choosing her words lest she ruin her political viability.

Can you imagine if she ran for president? Just imagine what the debates would be like if it were Ann Coulter vs Hillary Clinton! WOW! Man would the fur fly... That would probably be the best entertainment on TV in years!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEl6HdfqWM Sorry if this is a repost.

Growing up anywhere near Cleveland in the 80s meant 3 three things... The Buzzard, Beer, and Michael Stanley

That pretty much answers my question, thanks. I don't expect the Inuit people have much of a chance of ever seeing a judgement on their lawsuits.

Since the U.S. is a major contributor of greenhouse gases, and there are many small countries being adversely affected by global warming, is it realistically conceivable that these small countries could file a lawsuit against the U.S. for damages caused by these emissions?

I don't think there will be much of anything earth shattering in her thesis. The most that can be made of the situation is how they had it kept locked away, but even that is pretty insignificant. The best thing her opponents can do is just ignore it. Hillary is probably happy to see it getting this attention, it means money and time are being wasted on something that won't make a hill of beans difference.

If my memory serves correctly I paid app. $1100 for the rifle. Too much to just let them take it without so much as an argument. Kallend is right...they can take almost anything. The same sheriff department that I had the problems with got an almost new 4x4 pickup not long after that from a drug bust. Once in a while they clear out their evidence room. Anything not claimed is put on a list and the list printed in the local paper along with a deadline for claiming the stuff. Never any good stuff, though. But there are always items like "1/2 marajuana cigarette" and "roach clip, w/roach". I always wondered what would happen if someone actually tried to claim it? Would the cops give them the goods, then bust 'em ?? They even listed "half bottle soda".

What sort of justifications did they use for that, and did the owners even receive compensation? If there was a firearm present when any citation was written they would take the weapon with assurances that it would be returned when the case was settled. I'll give an example by what happened to me. In '94 I purchased an AR-15. When I saw my dad that evening we decided to drive to a farm about a mile away, visit, and see if we could pick off a groundhog or two. Driving down a dirt road we spotted a 'hog. Dad pulled over, I got out with my unloaded rifle, grabbed a couple cartridges from the back of the truck, stepped across the ditch onto private property (where we did have written permission to hunt), loaded the AR, stalked within range and then shot the 'hog. I unloaded, walked back to the truck, put the unused ammo in the bed and got back in the cab. We then went to the barn and spent an hour or so talking with the landowner. As soon as we pulled out of the drive a sherrif's deputy pulled us over. He saw the rifle, had us put our hands on the dash, then reached in and removed it from the truck. (Understandable, just being safe). Someone has called in and said they saw me shoot from the road. He took the rifle to his car where he spent almost half an hour. When he came back to our truck he had written me a citation for "improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle". The bolt was closed. In Ohio a firearm must be umloaded and in a case or rack. If not in a case or rack then the action must be open. I was ok with everything up to that point. But when he said he was confiscating the rifle as evidence I knew I'd never see it again. I asked for his badge number and name, plus the name of his shift commander. He asked me why and I told him that I was going to hold him personally responsible for the care of that rifle until I got it back. I explained it was new, purchased that day, and how much it cost. Amazing how quickly someone can change their mind...he couldn't hand that rifle back to me fast enough! When the case went to court it was a fiasco. I had entered a not guilty plea and hired a lawyer. At the first appearance the prosecutor had failed to supply my lawyer with a copy of the deputy's report. So we got a continuence. Same thing at the second court date. When we finally got a copy it was clear why they were hesitant to give us one. The deputy had lied in his report and said he had watched me shoot from the truck and that the truck was on the road at the time, both of which were lies. At the last court date my lawyer met in chambers with the judge and prosecutor. He told them that I would change my plea to guilty on a charge of disorderly conduct and pay a $50 fine and NO court costs. Otherwise we would go to trial and the deputy would have to testify as to why he lied on the report. We had 4 witnesses ready to testify on my behalf. We got our way. A few years before my friend's house was broken into and several guns stolen. The guns were recovered and presented as evidence. After the trial they were supposed to be returned, but somehow the sheriff's department "lost" them. My friend never got his guns back, his insurance would not pay for them since they were recovered, and the sheriff would not compensate for the loss. S.O.L on all counts. I'm not saying this happens everywhere, but it does happen. I still believe that if I had let the cop take my AR that day I never would have seen it again nor would i have received any compensation.

Not really he is a pilot and owns a plane, I would guess more then once he has handled baggage too a fro from an aircraft. I am also a pilot and have handled baggage to and from a plane. I have also worked at UPS loading and unloading trailers, package cars, and aircraft. I can assure you there is no similarity between carrying a few suitcases to a private plane and loading the cargo hold of a jet airliner. Just to keep the thread on topic, I am opposed to any privatization of ATC. The system isn't perfect, but placing it under control of the private sector would be a huge setback.

As far as the world goes, I think we're roughly halfway to the end. Just a few billion more years to go.

My Springer learned to wait until he heard the alarm go off before bothering me. But once it went off he would come a runnin'!

"You best eat your vegetables, boy" "Not without a prescription, Dad!" Does this mean we someday may need to get a prescription for a martini just because it has an olive??

I started having flashbacks from the 70s.

Cherry juice is an effective sleep aid. Now I know why that information has never been printed on the bottle. Sounds like we're being over-protected.

It turned up at midnight - going round and round at O'HARE BAGGAGE CLAIM. Was supposed to be in Boston. Morons! The kid's all upset, hasn't been able to practice, and he's got a big audition today. TSA IS a big part of the problem. The airlines are happy to let you "gate check" valuable items, but TSA won't allow it, even though it fits through their screening machines just fine. I Know! Kallend can take charge of baggage handling for all the airlines, then this kind of thing won't ever happen again (Not that hard of a job, right?). Might as well take over ATC also. Before calling people "morons" for a mistake that is to be expected from time to time, maybe you should do their job for a few weeks. Ha ha. After AA finally sent it on to Boston, it got "lost" for 3 hours there. "Well, it left ORD", "Well, it's not here at BOS".... morons! I'm sorry the kid lost his cello. I'm glad he got it back and hope he did well at his audition. The mishandling of baggage by airlines is legendary. Almost everyone who travels by air will someday experience a lost bag or parcel. I'm surprised that the people who owned the cello would allow it out of their sight. They should have talked with the airline beforehand and made arrangements for the instrument to be escorted by the owners the whole way. Some airlines will do this, some will not. Some will sell an extra ticket so the instrument can be in the seat next to the owner. Once again, to sit there and call the baggage handlers "morons" when you have no idea what the job is like is stooping pretty low. BTW, my best friend's step-son is a moron. I'm not using the term to degrade him because that is his diagnosed condition. He is in his late 20s but his mental level is that of a ten year old. One of the sweetest people I know and he would never even think of calling you names or pass judgement on you. So before calling anyone, baggage handler or not, a "moron" maybe you should spend a little time around one.

It turned up at midnight - going round and round at O'HARE BAGGAGE CLAIM. Was supposed to be in Boston. Morons! The kid's all upset, hasn't been able to practice, and he's got a big audition today. TSA IS a big part of the problem. The airlines are happy to let you "gate check" valuable items, but TSA won't allow it, even though it fits through their screening machines just fine. I Know! Kallend can take charge of baggage handling for all the airlines, then this kind of thing won't ever happen again (Not that hard of a job, right?). Might as well take over ATC also. Before calling people "morons" for a mistake that is to be expected from time to time, maybe you should do their job for a few weeks. Technically it wouldn't take much, every parcel delivery company has bar codes on everything and regular scanning. Parcel companies are the most visible manifestation of this but many large organizations do this internally as a matter of routine. You could scan every package at point of contact and even when it gets loaded into containers and the containers go on and off aircraft a simple web search could show the exact route taken and last known location if you had your luggage tag. The airline industry IS inflicted with endemic stupidity, and the politics makes it worse. A few of the right engineers could come up with a working system pronto, or you could just buy it from someone who has a system to avoid the inevitable clusterfuck governments, duelling airlines & airports would make of this. In theory it sounds good. In actual practice there are still flaws. Bar codes have to be attached somehow. They can get pull off, torn, ripped, covered over, etc. Even at it's best parcel delivery systems have errors. FedEx and UPS both strive for 100% on time delivery Both companies realize that goal is impossible to achieve. But both know they have to keep improving.

Defending their actions? Nope. Defending them from being called morons by someone who has no idea what it is like to work that job, yes.

The IRS decides to audit Ralph, and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ralph shows up with his attorney. The auditor says, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money by gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable." "I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Ralph. "How about a demonstration?" The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead." Ralph says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye." The auditor thinks a moment and says, "No way! It's a bet." Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops. Ralph says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye." The auditor can tell Ralph isn't blind, so he takes the bet. Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ralph's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous. "Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between." The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again. Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the desk. The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ralph's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands. "Are you okay?" the auditor asks. "Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Ralph told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it."

100 firearms, 1 mill. rounds= 10k/weapon. I've had that ratio of ammo on hand before for a couple of my favorites, an SKS and a Springfied .45. Had a lot of fun at the range with it, too!

It turned up at midnight - going round and round at O'HARE BAGGAGE CLAIM. Was supposed to be in Boston. Morons! The kid's all upset, hasn't been able to practice, and he's got a big audition today. TSA IS a big part of the problem. The airlines are happy to let you "gate check" valuable items, but TSA won't allow it, even though it fits through their screening machines just fine. I Know! Kallend can take charge of baggage handling for all the airlines, then this kind of thing won't ever happen again (Not that hard of a job, right?). Might as well take over ATC also. Before calling people "morons" for a mistake that is to be expected from time to time, maybe you should do their job for a few weeks.

Vin Diesel worships his Chuck Norris lunch box.

A good friend of mine is an OT who works with handicapped, disabled, disadvantaged kids. If you like i can ask her for you or put you in touch.