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we haven't really talked survivor this morning - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:31 23
- i was impressed with - prayformojo Mar 12, 09:36 1
  - i was not impressed with - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:38
- Yep. Spoilers - Callisto Mar 12, 09:33 7
  - spoils - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:34
  - spoils - Roger More Mar 12, 09:33 5
    - spoils - Callisto Mar 12, 09:35 4
      - *ding* (spoilers) - amoxy Mar 12, 09:37 3
        
        I thought that was hilarious. - groiny Mar 12, 09:37 2
        
        I love her more and more every episode I think -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 09:38 1
        
        I have always loved her. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:38
- I still can't believe who they voted out (Spoilers) - amoxy Mar 12, 09:32 1
  - spoils - Roger More Mar 12, 09:36
- spoils - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:32
- well, he voted like a pud last night too. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:32 9
  - i was a little surprised - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:34 6
    - but (spoils) - Callisto Mar 12, 09:35 2
      - i know *shrug* -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:36
      - *DING, DING DING DING DING* - groiny Mar 12, 09:36
    - *ding* -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:35 2
      - no, not *ding* nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:35 1
        
        spoils - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:37
  - spoils - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:32 1
    - spoils - groiny Mar 12, 09:35
Random, mandatory drug testing for pilots, schoolteachers, and welfare recipients. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 12, 09:30 7
- what a waste of the slender goverments money - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:34
- whatever happened to the quality of mercy not being strained? -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 09:32 2
  - What's merciful about allowing someone to wallow in unemployment and drug addiction? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 12, 09:41 1
    - Switch 'subsidizing' for 'allowing' -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 12, 09:41
- Well, of course. We don't want those welfare bums spending public money on illegal drugs. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:32 2
  - I cannot count the # of clients I have the apply for Medicaid complain of chest pain because they can't stop doing cocaine. - sycor Mar 12, 09:33 1
    - should that be "won't" instead of "can't"? Maybe in some cases. - sycor Mar 12, 09:35
Is it rude to send my resume to another company from my current work email? - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:24 16
- Use another email. Your work email is not private and your current emplouyer could read it -- nm - amoxy Mar 12, 09:25 1
  - okay yall - thanks everyone -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:26
- open a new yahoo mail or gmail account -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 09:25 2
  - this is ironic considering I suggested this to you after looking at your resume a few years ago and you said you wouldn't -- nm - zork Mar 12, 09:36 1
    - well, I would now. :) -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 09:37
- I would send it from another e-mail address. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:24 10
  - I wonder if I need to change my outgoing home voice mail message - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:27 9
    - I'd give your cell phone number instead. -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 09:30
    - yeah, I would probably not use the N word on my message. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:28 7
      - snort! how is your head mister? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:29 4
        
        good, the biopsy was negative for the C word, and the stitches were mostly out. - groiny Mar 12, 09:30 3
        
        great news! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:33
        
        so - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:32 1
        
        today would be a whole lot better if there was. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:33
      - what's wrong with Nubby? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:28 1
        
        what's right with Nubby? - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:29
Jake has trademail. (nm) - musubi Mar 12, 09:22
meredith sure do get some wordy ass women writing her - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:21 3
- you sir are a skimmer -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:24 2
  - i try to read them! - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:26 1
    - L3! to the IM -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 09:28
If Denise1234 was a Nazi... -- (link) - Dignan Mar 12, 09:19 1
- "If" -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 09:21
hey, we finally got some winter weather ... a week before spring. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:19
I've referred to this before, but: this is my town's web site, currently: -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 12, 09:18 6
- ...and this is how it looked, according to the wayback machine, on 4/2/97 -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 12, 09:19 5
  - That's awesome. -- nm - decline Mar 12, 09:19
  - ha, that's great. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 09:19 3
    - strangely, the wayback machine notes that it was updated a few dozen times during that span. -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 12, 09:19 2
      - I love they give you a static map on the 'Where is Annandale? (Map) ' page :) -- nm - decline Mar 12, 09:21 1
        
        Hell, son, it's not like the town's gonna move or anything. - Annandale City Fathers Mar 12, 09:23
(Was the April book club winner ever announced?) -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 09:17 7
- And am I the only one who is gonna use the Good Reads group that ty set up? (nm) - musubi Mar 12, 09:22 3
  - I just replied - (I meant to go looking at it earlier but I was busy when I got the notification and forgot). -- nm - Callisto Mar 12, 09:32
  - What's this now? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 09:28
  - I just got an email saying I am friends with you - amoxy Mar 12, 09:26
- yes. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 09:18
- I'm also wondering this. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:17 1
  - The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 09:18
*headdesk* -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 12, 09:17
hockey ref chicks are hot, if you know what i'm sayin -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 09:15
iPad 3G service is ala carte. You can purchase data service right from the device as you need it -- (link) - oblique Mar 12, 09:12 1
- It'd be nice if that model didn't cost extra. (And would also be nice if they started with more than 16 GB of space.) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 09:13
STIS: Why is census data protected for 72 years? Is that because of the average lifespan? -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 09:11 4
- It's not the average, that's more like 78. They just liked 72 more than 82, I guess. -- nm - mara Mar 12, 09:20
- Does this mean that I am on borrowed time -- nm - BAD Mar 12, 09:17
- would make sense - znufrii Mar 12, 09:12
- to make max flip out and kill people -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:11
NWBR: The difference between random traffic stops and your hypothetical grow op search is that the traffic stop is happening on public property - Reagen Mar 12, 09:10 29
- Okay, but let's look at the situation being discussed. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:19 28
  - 30 minutes? A breathlyser test doesn't take that long. And (in Australia) you can always choose to submit to another test (a blood test) at the police - Roger More Mar 12, 09:29 10
    - From start of stop to driving off, yes, it does. (I've taken two in my life.) (Zeros across the board on both.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:30 9
      - were you talking belligerently to them? - zork Mar 12, 09:35 2
        
        No. This is one you have to trust me on, but I am always respectful of cops and really polite. "More flies with honey..." kinda thing. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:38
        
        It's NWBR. He's smooth. I'm sure he was perfectly loquacious. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:36
      - dude, I don't know what tech they have in manitoba, but in the rest of the world a breatho takes ~10 seconds. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:32 5
        
        The actual blowing, yes. But I'm talking about start to stop and the full process. Each time, it was about a half-hour detention. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:36 2
        
        that's just the cop being a dick. last one I did took less than a minute, and they bring the breatho to you. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:38 1
        
        Nope. Both times it was, "Please get out of the car sir and come with me." I was in the passenger seat of the cruiser. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:40
        
        the cop probably took his sweet-ass time -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:33
        
        They make you blow into a paper bag and then let a dog sniff it? -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 09:33
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    - This is why they let people drive around with busted tail lights :) So they have a legitimate reason to check whenever they want. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:23 1
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  - *THIS IS NOT WHAT THE LAW IS ABOUT*. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:20 13
    - Yes it is Bery. It's about asking me to take a breathalyzer when I present no evidence of drunk behaviour. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:23 12
      - the cops won't be allowed to pull you over for no reason and breatho you. if you're at a roadblock, or pulled over for something else, they can. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:26 7
        
        Okay, is the law *only* for checkstops? (I still oppose, but want to clarify.) My understanding was it would be in force during any stop. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:29 5
        
        any stop, but if not at a checkstop they still need a reason to pull you over. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:34
        
        It sounds to me like the new law is a tool to use instead of the other traditional roadside tests of sobriety. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:30 3
        
        The more I think about this, the more I think it's just about court charges being dismissed. Nothing at all to do with safety. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:34 2
        
        that and a lot of drunk people do get through the roadblocks by not appearing drunk. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:39 1
        
        This I'm less convinced of. How many cases of a drunk driving accident occuring where the driver previously went through a stop? I have never... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:44
        
        thank you, that better explains what I was trying to say. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:27
      - No, the first paragraph of your post is absolutely wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:24 3
        
        Well, if I'm swerving, that can be evidence used to justify the breathalyzer. That's all I was trying to establish with that para. You are right... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:27 1
        
        Yeah, I was just trying to say that this law doesn't give them the magic ability to pull you over for no reason. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:29
        
        (er, your post above your post. You know what I mean.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:24
People in Arizona are offended by a Census sign in Spanish, complain enough for it to be taken down. -- (link) - mara Mar 12, 09:09 4
- I guess they'll be really upset next week when they receive their census form in English and Spanish. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 09:12
- ha don't come to LA, bitches -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:11
- *sigh* -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 09:10
- but if they can't trick the illegals into participating, how will they be able to track them down and kick them out?! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:10
I just would rather the government stay out of my business when I am doing nothing wrong. - groiny Mar 12, 09:03 40
- How can they know you aren't doing anything wrong without getting into your business? -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 09:13
- is checking people before boarding an traffic place also doing har to your freedom? - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:10 15
  - Yes. As a society we've far exceeded the danger with our "fixes" for security at airports. Not just in $$$, but in undignified treatment as well. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:13 9
    - I, for one, am no longer comfortable with the concept of international air travel. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:13 8
      - I remember back in '90 when some friends and I rented a car and drove through Germany, Austria, and Italy and how easy that was. - Stephen Mar 12, 09:21 7
        
        You'd probably have very little trouble, because those are all Schengen area countries. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 09:23 6
        
        no border controls there nymore -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:24
        
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        Huh, that's interesting. - Stephen Mar 12, 09:28 3
        
        not within the schengen zone there is no border controls directly ON the border allowed anymore - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:39
        
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        not the Euro Zone the Schengen agreement Zone -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:39
  - the standard scan and xray machine, I have no problem with. - groiny Mar 12, 09:12 3
    - checking your alcohold, tires and lights on a random basis is a deeply infringement on your freedom i agree - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:26 2
      - can someone translate this post for me? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:27 1
        
        99.99% of the english speaking population? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:40
  - plane -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:11
- it would be nice -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:08
- How do we know that you're not doing anything wrong if we don't get in your business? -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 09:07
- But if you haven't done anything wrong, then you shouldn't have any problem with it!! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 09:05 5
  - This is what I've been sayin'! -- nm - George "Wiretapping" Bush Mar 12, 09:07
  - This is easily my least favorite rationalization ever. nm - Dignan Mar 12, 09:07 1
    - For me it's my rationalization for why it doesn't bother me personally, but not necessarily for why a paricular law is right or wrong -- nm - Stephen Mar 12, 09:09
  - they have taken time out of my day for no reason. - groiny Mar 12, 09:07
  - That's also a circular argument, of course. :) Eventually, people change the definition of what "wrong" is. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:06
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  - they call it random breath testing, but really it's targetted. cops don't have the resources to set up roadblocks in areas otherwise. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:08
- For the most part, I agree with this - and my own stance on the law being discussed is that Counterattack itself is a proven, superior solution. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:04 12
  - Counterattack road blocks stop everyone, they give a feeling of police watchfulness, they don't terribly impede civil liberties, and ... - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:06 11
    - but what they're talking about is giving the counterattack cops the right to breatho everyone who goes through, which they don't currently have. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:10 9
      - and groiny is saying that that escalates a roadblock into a "random stop", or something like that -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:13 8
        
        breathalizing someone on "suspicion" is one thing. - groiny Mar 12, 09:14 7
        
        I don't see the difference. they're already stopping you anyway, and it probably takes less time. - mafic Mar 12, 09:18 2
        
        I disagree. They xray everyone. - groiny Mar 12, 09:19 1
        
        they call it random, but they give them to everyone at the roadblock. they're not singling anybody out, and it's not the least bit intrusive. - mafic Mar 12, 09:23
        
        this is a third option. Breathalyzing randomly. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:14 3
        
        how is that and better than option #2? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:15 2
        
        It only slows down a percentage of people, rather than slowing everyone down. Heh. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:16 1
        
        I would be less opposed to hitting everyone with it, than I am this "random" shit. - groiny Mar 12, 09:18
    - free pizza!!!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:08
the change to the drunk driving legislation only allows cops to breatho everyone they pull over. as it is now, they have to have some other reason to - mafic Mar 12, 09:03 7
- What's the current penalties in Aussie-land for drunk drivers? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:06 6
  - It changes state by state, but there are heavier penalties (up to licence suspension) for those over a certain limit (eg 0.15) or for repeat offenders -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 09:31
  - I actually don't know. my impression is that it's more lenient than canada, if only because it seems to be a bigger problem. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:12 1
    - I believe that as well, so I would imagine there's less disincentive to drive drunk. In Canada, I think the one-year suspension is a strong deterent. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:22
  - you have to watch all the Crocodile Dundee movies. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:07 1
    - My grandma loved them. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:08
  - They get sent to the outback with a jar of vegemite and a canteen of water, and have to find their own way back to civilization. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:07
Runaways: B -- nm - JD Mar 12, 09:03 2
- cool. I recently discovered that Dakota actually sings on something like four of the songs. How was that? -- nm - zork Mar 12, 09:04 1
  - The musical sequences are among the high points of the film. Dakota sounds fine -- nm - JD Mar 12, 09:20
groiny: You said that driving was a necessity, like drinking water. And I shot that theory down, because it's flawed. Driving is a privilege. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:01 4
- That's not the point of the criticism. It's the "costs" vs. "benefits" aspect of it. There is already a lot of laws against drunk driving here. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:10 1
  - This is an extra tool for the police officers to find people who are in violation of the existing laws. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:11
- AND I do not own a gun but of course I am all for stricter background checks. - zork Mar 12, 09:03 1
  - well, all these items are related. -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:06
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- Well then I hope she'd at least have the decency to give me a reach-around. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 09:02 2
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    - YES!!!!! -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 09:03
hi -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 12, 08:59

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