Niki1

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  1. reply] I like a little curling . . . You gotta be talkin' about 12 oz. curls. My favorite also but that's the Summer Games.
  2. The Surge. That was a plan to put a lot more troop in Iraq. When the build up to get it started was going on, several generals said we would need many more troops than Rumsfeld said was adiquate. So the surge was just trying to reset the game. And the "We're not there to do Nation Building" thing. We would've been much better off (and the Iraqi people also) if the Bath Party officials had been left in place to do their jobs under supervision and the Iraqi Army had not been disbanded and the soldiers sent home WITH theire weapons. We saw a population with a high rate of unemployment, a LOT of weapons and a fucked up infrastructure. How did anyone think that was going to turn out good? Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  3. Flight crew should damn well know those things too, don't you think? What if they weren't really a flight crew? If they were that unfamiliar weth the procedures I hope some security person checked to see if indeed they were legit and not just some people who bought costumes. Oh, what am I thinking? Of course the security people would never fall for such an amaturish trick. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  4. You mean the one that says at the bottom, "For Social Security and Tax Purposes--Not For Identification" Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  5. This is a corporate governance issue, not a federal governance issue. It needs to be addressed. Corporations happen at the state level. States should make appropriate changes to their law to stop this behavior. Empowering the stockholders to approve bonuses might be a start. A massive bonus for massive losses just seem wrong. A bonus that is a percentage of profits would be fine but to have compensation cut by a percentage of losses would be the proper incentive. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  6. And: "Why does congress say one thing, then do nothing?" "Tradition, mostly." And: "If I open this, is saren gas going to come out?" "I don't think so but just the same, open it over there." On a more serious note. To me, the entire point of the movie was right at the end when the committee wounldn't give any money to build a school. If they had, perhaps the recent history of the region would be different. "We fucked up the end-game." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  7. QuoteFor a chuckle - RULES OF MARRIAGE - as described by kids 3. HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF 2 PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. -- Derrick, age 8 4. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON? Both don't want any more kids. -- Lori, age 8Quote Truly, out of the mouths of babies.
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    Snow

    That's why God made Florida.
  9. O.J. Simpson is getting married again. He said he was going to take another stab at it. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  10. The voices in my head are always argueing with each other. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  11. "Straightforwardness without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness." Confucius Just happened to be reading through a book of quotations. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  12. OK now, All together. "Ninty-nine bottles of beer on the wall..." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  13. There was a story in the late '60s or early 70s about a guy who committed suicide. He tracked for the pea gravel, over shot, turned around and came back, Missed by 10 yards. Weather he was yelling, "Take pictures!!!" was not confirmed.
  14. Who shot JR? Wasn't that on some TV show back when they had to watch TV by candle light? In a cave?
  15. I'm afraid the Aides and Staffers would wind up taking their place. And they already know how to be corrupt. How about if we cut their pay. Pay each Rep. the average income in his district. No campaign contribution from any one who can't vote for him. And a limit on the amount any one person can donate. No corporate money. No money from outside his district. No money from lobiests. Free speech in really free when all the voices are equal. ALL meetings to be public. "Government in the Sunshine." They couldn't even call each other on the phone unless it was public. They couldn't have supper together unless the public was invited as well. I don't know if things would get better but at least we'd know more about why. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  16. You don't pay her for the sex. You pay her to leave afterward. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  17. "Why, we have both kinds of music here. Country AND Western." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  18. Wim, I don't remember a 56 way Night attempt but I do remember daytime formation loads with the Silver Bullet & Southern Cross. That was so strange going out of a right hand DC-3 door! Jérôme, You bet I remember the 60 way Big O!!!! Jack, Tudo Bon? I think the first 50 way round was in DeLand around the same time. There was probably some competition between DeLand and the Hills. Tommy Pirus organized it. He and Aziz set up abort 50 feet apart and Skip Kneilly (sp) set up accross from (?) 90 degrees off. We made 4 12 & 13 way lines and closed them up. Well, that was the plan. When the last grips started to close the circle, it was whipping and waving like it was about to explode. I wound up closing the last grip, grabbing the arm to my left on the way down to the arm on the right about 10 feet. It held together and I was the hero. It could VERY easily been exactly the other way. Unfortunately, the video from above didn't show the level difference and most of the people on lthe load were concentrating so hard on the person directly accross from them that few realize how close it had been. But they all said I owed beer for being the first person to close 50th. I bough and tried to drink most of it.
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    Door Dings

    A little too subtle for me if I'm gonna do some thing, Seeing the recognition in their eyes is half the reason for pulling the trigger. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
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    Door Dings

    And if she gives a "so what" attitude in response, I'm gonna wait til she gets back in her car, and then I'm gonna fling my car door open hard a couple of times and give her two really nice dings, and then drive off. See how the fat bitch will like it now. One of the two young girls says, "We're youger and faster." The middle-aged lady runs into their car and says, "I'm older and have more insurance." Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
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    Door Dings

    There is another option. They make a paint stripper in an aerosol can and this stuff is highly effective I've heard that brake fluid in a squirt gun works tha same way. Though I've been tempted, I've never checked it out. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
  22. We've already gotten to the point of the Olygarks (sp) being in charge. The special intrest groups can now buy as many polititians as they want. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
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    Door Dings

    I thought this was going to be about 10 - Way out of DC - 3s.
  24. The best bed I've ever had was a piece of medium density open cell foam rubber. 10" thick and the size of a king size bed on a "slat platform." That is, a platform of 1'' X 2" with I" between slats. The foam cost about $200 from a foam distributor and the wood came from an old waterbed. Never had any back problems while I used that bed (about 10 years.) Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
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    political quiz

    I remember when I was strong enough to be passionate about my ideals. I thought things could be better than they were. I was taught that our political system could make life better for everyone. Politics has not made life any better for anyone except the polititians and the big money people who buy them. Technology has changed our lives. But politics have not changed a goddamn thing 220 years. The Bill of Rights was probably the last good thing that came out of a ploitical decision. Wait. The 13th, 14th, & 15th Ammendments. A 145 years ago? The polititians have been trying to bastardize those ever since. Will Rogers said a lot of very true things in a very humorous way. He should have use more of a Billy Sunday manner and shouted the accuzations from a pulpit or a mountain top. But the polititians won't be srtuck down by lightning from above. They will just keep on shacking hand, kissing babies, and lining their pockets. And nothing changes. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket?