Belgian_Draft

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  1. so what I'm hearing is that you and andy are ok with the feds trumping state's rights because it's convenient. Not at all. The Feds only banned texting because there are still some people out there who are too stupid to understand the obvious...that texting while driving is distracted driving. Cautious and attentive drivers rarely cause accidents. Most are caused by careless inattentive drivers. Also, keep in mind that driving on public roads is not a right. It is a privilege. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  2. +1 HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  3. well, apparently we can at least limit their stupidity. Not successfully. In CA, the CHP reports very low compliance with the recent laws on texting or hands free use. The Governor's wife has been photographed on numerous occasions violating the latter. Since she is a blood-relative to the Kennedys the laws do not apply to her. Therefor she was not violating any laws....that apply to her. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  4. Of course you do. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  5. absolutely - ban "behavior" - not objects. glad you understand that criminals are to blame for breaking laws, not inanimate objects Anti-texting laws do ban behavior. You can still have your cell phone. You can still text on it. You can even cuddle with it if you like. You just can't text while driving. That is a behavior that has been banned in certain areas/situations. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  6. Hey, don't knock it. I've hit plenty of deer with my pickups. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  7. Hands-free devices offer only a token difference. The distraction isn't the act of holding the phone, it is the mental distraction of talking to a person who is not physically present. I have watched too many people walk into posts, poles, bushes, busy streets, other people, etc. while talking on a cell phone to ever feel people can drive safely while chatting on one. Of course, there are always those who say they can handle it (yeah, right ). HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  8. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35081605/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/ For as much grief as we give the Feds when they screw up, we should send kudos when they get one right. I, for one, am behind them on this 100%. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  9. Since Monaco has no standing army, they have an agreement with France for military services. If Monaco is ever attacked, the French will surrender for them. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  10. S.W.A.G.: An inch and a half, give or take 50%. That should be good for most modern centerfire rifles that would be used at that range. For 99.999% of shooters it is an interesting yet negligible point. Far more important is that little 2 mph variance in the wind across the muzzle. That has a HUGE influence on the shot compared to spin drift. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  11. Would the case of computers trying to kill humans very much different than we humans doing our unintentional best to destroy the environment from which we evolved? Sci-F is not all that much stranger than real life and, in some cases, less strange. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  12. And just WHAT do you suggest we spear the roaches with while waiting for our food? Hmmmmm?? I suppose you use a fork for that. Rule #1 of dining out: Never eat at a place with a sign in the window that says "Eats". HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  13. History has proven you correct. But be that as it may, there is no reason not to pursue a sustainable peace. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  14. Fact: When time delays are used between successive detonations on a shot, siesmographs are sensitive enough to pick up each and every one even though they are separated by milliseconds (or less). Fact: When explosives are used for demolition, there is a brief period between detonation and collapse. Can't get around it. This delay is far greater than the minimum the equipment can detect. Your latest theory falls flat on its face....just like all the rest. BTW, you still haven't explained why the debris off the top of the towers hits the ground well before the main columns even though...according to you...the core of the building came down at "free fall speed". "You aint seen nothing yet!" Yes, we have. We've seen plenty of nothing and all from you. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  15. Not that i agree with what they are doing, but it is nothing new. Couldn't happen to a more respectful couple. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  16. re-post But that's ok...it's a good one. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  17. -A mare is a female horse. A filly is a young female horse. -A mare is pregnant ("in foal") for 11 months. -Most mares give birth in the spring. -Mares usually give birth to a single foal, but twins are not uncommon. -Mares produce milk for their young and will nurse them for several months. Those are some mare facts. Maybe you could tell us what female equines have to do with 911? HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  18. That has got to be the funniest thing I have read anywhere in a very, very long time. Thanks for posting. You just made my day.
  19. If he shows up in a black helicopter: "I knew it! He's in on the conspiracy! I could tell by the black heli." If he doesn't show up in a black helicopter: "I knew it! He's in on the conspiracy! I could tell becuse he came in on the stealth heli...you know, the ones you can't see or hear." HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  20. You know, Bill, the more I hear from the truthers the more bin Laden's explanation makes more sense than theirs. "Allah brought down the towers of the American devils!" HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  21. I don't dismiss thier qualifications but have never been able to get my head aroundhow they could distinguish between the explosions and the collapses by using a seismometer due to the rapid onset of the collapses, and the nature of shock waves, combined with the time between the explosives and the collapses being so miniscule. How do you suggest the use of a seismometer could define whether or not explosives were used? 1. High explosives and impact from collapse have two very different signatures on seismology equipment. This can be seen on every demolition blast that is recorded. 2. Collapse is not instantaneous with explosion. I think someone needs to take a class in seismology. Our seismographs at university could pick up a windy day on the coast of Oregon 100 miles away based on wave action crashing into the beach. We could tell when there was a rockfall up in the crater based on readings in the instruments. That was nearly 30 years ago with less sensative intruments than are available today. I don't think a class would do any good. He would just keep insisting the instructor is part of a conspiracy of some kind. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  22. I don't dismiss thier qualifications but have never been able to get my head aroundhow they could distinguish between the explosions and the collapses by using a seismometer due to the rapid onset of the collapses, and the nature of shock waves, combined with the time between the explosives and the collapses being so miniscule. How do you suggest the use of a seismometer could define whether or not explosives were used? 1. High explosives and impact from collapse have two very different signatures on seismology equipment. This can be seen on every demolition blast that is recorded. 2. Collapse is not instantaneous with explosion. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  23. Like that would work. Now, if you designed it to run on Brown's gas, then you'd be onto something. Yeah, you're right. The truthers wouldn't be able to tell surface energy from common slug slime if they held it in their hand. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
  24. Experience? I don't know since I don't know the full extent of any of their work...on either side. Knowledge and skill....without a doubt. As has been pointed out many, many times, the truthers have scrounged around to gather 1000 signatures from supposed experts. Many, if not most, are quacks who still believe in perpetual motion machines and free energy. I think I'll design a car to run off of Gibb's free energy. And I'll put a little scoop on it to pick up all that surface energy laying around on the ...well...surface. Then, if I sell just one for every truther out there (should be easy since they believe anything but reason) I can retire to a private island down south.