Worked at a major fast food restaurant in the late 80's. My bosses boss was in the store. I was detained for about 2 hours to do some cleaning & such so he wouldn't have to call in someone else for someone who had called in sick. I was not happy & squealed my tires on the way out of the parking lot. The next day...my boss called me into his office...slammed me against the wall & told me...while holding me to the wall...that if I ever pulled that sh!t again to make him look bad...he would make sure I would never forget this & that talk.
Heard that his boss & him were indicted for fraud in another state. Never heard if they went to jail...but if so...hope they enjoyed being held against their will as some guy about 4 times their size discussed the situation with them.
I recorded some movies on HBO on my Verizon DVR then later cancelled the HBO and kept the DVR. Then when I went to watch the movies, I could not. I paid for the service but I can't watch the movies I already recorded because I don't *keep* paying?
Well, at least I know it wouldn't do any good to switch to Comcast...
I think I need to do some research...
For the about close to the same cost of what you're paying that cable monopoly in your community for their DVR service...you can get a Windows 7 PC with either a digital TV tuner or buy a hybrid analog/digital tuner. Running Windows Media Center...you get a free program guide which comes with it. Say you don't want to keep this PC in your viewing area...get a cheap netbook with a wired switch & run that to your TV.
Might cost you more in the beginning...but when they will increase your bill every 6-12 months because they can & will...there you go...you've still got your setup & they can't take that away from you.
Last time I checked, most people do want to get married someday, and do want a family someday.
Let me count the ways why even this isn't a good reason:
1. Genetics
2. The movie "Deliverance" showing what genetics can do in real life
3. Eating applesauce with a fork
4. Constant nagging from the significant other...no matter what you do
On the other hand...if you get yourself fixed & refuse to get it reversed no matter what...don't have to worry about becoming a story on "The Darwin Awards". Remember...it's always good to laugh at others...especially if they are taken out of the gene pool.
The industry would (and currently is attempting to) outlaw any technology that is capable of bypassing ads in any medium. Hell, if they could get away with it, they would outlaw eyelids so you couldn't close your eyes and mandate locking seatbelts that wouldn't allow you to get up and go to the bathroom during commercial breaks.
Did I mention I hate most ads?
According to the industry...just recording their programs for later viewing is stealing...since the ads they're running may not be applicable for whatever later time I may watch the show. Plus...I'm stealing future revenue...since having seen the average TV show...don't want to watch it again...so no season whatever of that show on DVD or ITunes.
Just wonder how much of a load they would drop when they find out I edit out EVERY commercial...so I don't need to watch a wasted 15-20 minutes of the hour they STEAL from me. Do I really need to be told I can't get it up anymore without the blue pill or make sure to remind me that that time of the month is coming up?
You want me to watch your commercials...you pay me to do so. At that time...you'll have my full attention & will gladly give you the time I would otherwise spend for my own pleasuring.
As I've gotten older with my eyesight getting worse for close-up reading...E/digital books have been a lifesaver by allowing me to enjoy reading again. I can set the font up as high as I want/need and see the print as clearly as possible. Having print in your hands is nice...but when I can't set the font size to what I want/need...who needs it.
Not having read all the responses...but several years of being in classrooms as a substitute teacher...long-term/short-term...no one has mentioned the biggest problem in the classroom. It's the parents...with bad teachers coming in a distant second. You wonder why you have bad teachers...look at what they have to put up with on a daily basis. You have parents who will sue at the drop of a hat if they don't get their way every time. If you don't bend over backwards for their "little dem...angels"...you end up with endless grief. If their "little dem...angels" don't get their way...you end up with endless grief. I have been physically/verbally attacked in the classroom by these "little dem...angels". Had the principal & police physically carry out the student.
You wonder why anyone will put up with this behavior. For all those teachers who have been there 5/10/20 years...how many teachers just gave up after their first/second/third year from being assaulted right and left from anyone with an axe to grind? Only professional football players last longer at their job (average four years) than many teachers (average three years). If you had to deal with these "little dem...angels" on a daily basis with their bad behavior at your private sector job...chances are you wouldn't put up with it...but would have no problem going after a teacher who has to put up with it from your child by showing they aren't God's gift to the universe or they are the most perfect child.
You want to change teachers & schools...do as Jesus commanded..."Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Recognize your children are not the "little angels" they are claiming to be and ask yourself why the teacher is having a problem with your child. If the child doesn't recognize now they're not "special" by not being an obnoxious jerk...the bosses at their numerous low-paying jobs will make sure they recognize it and take appropriate action to make sure they understand this.
You're right about all the benefits of any assisted bike. The insurance/licensure/cost of fuel is minimal.
As for the downside...rode motorcycles for several years before being able to afford a car. Living in Arizona made swallowing bugs the worst outdoor thing you had to worry about. On the other hand...there are coverings you can make/buy which make the rain & such a non issue.
My biggest worry...the elderly idiot not seeing me when riding. Seen it too many times.
Used to work in commercial radio for many years...so the noise isn't so much an issue anymore.;)
With many people in the US being rural...an electric bike as a means of transportation isn't there yet. When they bring the weight of the batteries down & the mileage is comparable to that of a gas engine...then yes. Until that time...no.
Had seriously considered the electric bike route about a year ago. With the chemicals of the batteries...the weight & the cost of replacement...decided to head the "standard" route of going with a 4 stroke gas engine. It's not zero emissions...but I can replace a gas engine for a cheaper cost than batteries. You have to remember that you usually replace all the batteries...not just one.
I can get around 150-200 miles per gallon of gas...compared to 50-80 miles on a charge for an electric. Plus...I don't suffer the problems with heat or degradation of the chemical in the battery. No one talks about these items...but you better consider them...especially as I can keep on going when you've run out of juice. When these drawbacks get worked out...if ever...battery powered bikes will be a great option...just not yet.
The Swedes may pay more in taxes, but in return get free healthcare, good roads, low crime, free schooling and university, (i believe) free (or heavily subsidised) childcare, efficient public transport, and much more.
When the US is number 36 or 37 in terms of healthcare...but if you're poor...you're living like in a 3rd World country...doesn't say much about this country. I know people are going to bust my balls about how great is all the freedom we "enjoy" in this country. When you have around 17 percent of your population un/underemployed...these members aren't any better of than those living in Central America or Africa. I would love to be able to get my teaching degree...but with the outrageous cost/benefit to do so with governments firing teachers & such...it's not worth it. I would be thousands of dollars in debt & still un/underemployed as much as I am right now.
I know some of you will tell me...love it or leave it. If I could afford to do so...I would move permanently to Canada/Europe in a heartbeat.
They're also very highly rated in terms of their low wealth disparity (road fines for example are based on a percentage of your annual income so that a rockstar in a ferrari feels the same sting in their speeding ticket as does a poor person in a skoda), and human development index.
Can't have that happen...since if you're rich...you're special. It's like the old question...what's the difference between being a porn star & the working poor in the US? The porn star is paid for having it done to them while the working poor gets it done to them for free.
I could go on. The key point is that nations all make decisions about their priorities - the US believes in waging war and keeping the poor unhealthy and uneducated, other nations do not.
As long as you have a religious/moral basis for practicing this type of behavior...it will continue. As a practicing Christian...I find US history/policies SHAMEFUL & not having a conscience to put an end to this behavior. There has to be a point where compassion/ethics/morality become a better way of life than being as rich as you can get. Jesus never said..."Do unto others before they do it to you". This should be put on US money...rather than "In God We Trust"...since it is the truth.
It's annoying when all Hollywood seems to consider is remakes, "original" stories that aren't often good science fiction, and maybe things by Philip Dick. There are literally hundreds of great sf stories that could make fine films and TV series.
Would enjoy some HP Lovecraft...since the last movies made from his stuff was from the 80's.
My roommate has tons of David Weber books...very prolific writer. Haven't read his stuff...due to my eyes getting worse & worse the older I get.
Vegas hotels will say one thing and then change their mind, or the front of the hotel person was incorrect on the "restrictions" (possibly even using tricky wording to think they have the freedom to have their displays in their room). My money is totally on hotel management getting wind of it and taking it upon themselves to "solve" the situation.
Whenever you have a business like this who makes their money by ANY means possible short of holding a pistol to your head & making sure the laws are written to make sure they can...you see this behavior.
Used to work in gaming & this is the exact reason why I got out of this line of business. Being a money whore to make an international company more & more money...while my wage/benefits package was sucked dry & being told it was good for the company...made me sick. For instance...the last episode of "Better Off Ted" where the employee died & the company spun it around to make the employees work harder is what it means to work in gaming. Your life is unimportant...only the company matters. The only thing missing was me not getting full release...but the company/local management sure did.
Am not a big fan of the software auditors...but having been fired from a company in the past who had been caught the previous year with $250,000 US of unlicensed software in a medical billing company...was told in a meeting about this about two weeks before they let me go. Working in the IT department at the company & being escorted out of the building during a merger that had just started...I contacted BSA as soon as I got home. Told them the exact machines/software the employees were using from hacked copies.
Three weeks later at the job I got two days after being let go from this company (made more money & worked for better quality people)...heard my boss & several co-workers had been fired from the company & fined for their use of pirated software. The merger went through...only without these people who thought they would be there after it did.
The moral of this story...if you're going to screw people over & think you'll get away with it...the tables can turn. As my grandmother used to tell me...you may not get your just reward in this life...but eternity is a long time & it will happen there.
Would I do it again...in a heartbeat!!! Revenge is never a great motive...but it is sure sweet when it happens from those who deserve it. For some reason these type of people can't keep from digging their own holes.
The past month has not been kind to Oklahoma. First...the legislature demanded that women seeking abortions will have a state mandated questionnaire without "revealing" personal information posted on the web for all to see. Secondly...this.
What's next...outlawing masterbation...cohabitation by either male or female...whether or not both are married to each other? (Sorry...can't use the word sex when talking about the act or when referring to men or women...since it doesn't exist there by religious/political order.)
As for myself...am thinking about busting my own nut...screwing someone I'm not going to be married to in order to not have children & getting full release...FINALLY...on the front windows of the republican party of Oklahoma...as well as the front steps of some wackjob religious organization. (Sorry...I forgot...I have to head to Colorado Springs to do the final one. My bad)
Bought a replacement Laser printer at one of the big box office stores for $59. When the replacement cart needs to be replaced...just $45. For the cost...I will replace the printer with a new one by the time the drum needs to be replaced.
Won't be worth a damn if Windows 8 doesn't support at least a 1024bit architecture. Looks like they dropped the ball again & are going to have another dog on their hands.
Used to work in gaming...where you were expected & demanded for you to work on your days off & be available no matter what. Found a way around this while being out of reach. Got a burner cell phone...gave the company that number & kept it turned off whenever I had a day off. My main cell had a different number...which I told supervisors I could no longer pay for. Sure...they nagged & moaned about it...but with millions of dollars in the building...but unwilling to pay me for MY time...they could nag all day long.
Now...I am much more happy in another state working as a sub. Doubt I will ever step foot inside another casino.
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Worked at a major fast food restaurant in the late 80's. My bosses boss was in the store. I was detained for about 2 hours to do some cleaning & such so he wouldn't have to call in someone else for someone who had called in sick. I was not happy & squealed my tires on the way out of the parking lot. The next day...my boss called me into his office...slammed me against the wall & told me...while holding me to the wall...that if I ever pulled that sh!t again to make him look bad...he would make sure I would never forget this & that talk. Heard that his boss & him were indicted for fraud in another state. Never heard if they went to jail...but if so...hope they enjoyed being held against their will as some guy about 4 times their size discussed the situation with them.
I don't know dude. I didn't see any picture.
Pictures...we don't need no stinkin' pictures.
I recorded some movies on HBO on my Verizon DVR then later cancelled the HBO and kept the DVR. Then when I went to watch the movies, I could not. I paid for the service but I can't watch the movies I already recorded because I don't *keep* paying? Well, at least I know it wouldn't do any good to switch to Comcast... I think I need to do some research...
For the about close to the same cost of what you're paying that cable monopoly in your community for their DVR service...you can get a Windows 7 PC with either a digital TV tuner or buy a hybrid analog/digital tuner. Running Windows Media Center...you get a free program guide which comes with it. Say you don't want to keep this PC in your viewing area...get a cheap netbook with a wired switch & run that to your TV.
Might cost you more in the beginning...but when they will increase your bill every 6-12 months because they can & will...there you go...you've still got your setup & they can't take that away from you.
Last time I checked, most people do want to get married someday, and do want a family someday.
Let me count the ways why even this isn't a good reason:
1. Genetics
2. The movie "Deliverance" showing what genetics can do in real life
3. Eating applesauce with a fork
4. Constant nagging from the significant other...no matter what you do
On the other hand...if you get yourself fixed & refuse to get it reversed no matter what...don't have to worry about becoming a story on "The Darwin Awards". Remember...it's always good to laugh at others...especially if they are taken out of the gene pool.
The industry would (and currently is attempting to) outlaw any technology that is capable of bypassing ads in any medium. Hell, if they could get away with it, they would outlaw eyelids so you couldn't close your eyes and mandate locking seatbelts that wouldn't allow you to get up and go to the bathroom during commercial breaks.
Did I mention I hate most ads?
According to the industry...just recording their programs for later viewing is stealing...since the ads they're running may not be applicable for whatever later time I may watch the show. Plus...I'm stealing future revenue...since having seen the average TV show...don't want to watch it again...so no season whatever of that show on DVD or ITunes.
Just wonder how much of a load they would drop when they find out I edit out EVERY commercial...so I don't need to watch a wasted 15-20 minutes of the hour they STEAL from me. Do I really need to be told I can't get it up anymore without the blue pill or make sure to remind me that that time of the month is coming up?
You want me to watch your commercials...you pay me to do so. At that time...you'll have my full attention & will gladly give you the time I would otherwise spend for my own pleasuring.
As I've gotten older with my eyesight getting worse for close-up reading...E/digital books have been a lifesaver by allowing me to enjoy reading again. I can set the font up as high as I want/need and see the print as clearly as possible. Having print in your hands is nice...but when I can't set the font size to what I want/need...who needs it.
Too bad Playboy & other men's magazines never developed the pop-up or scratch-n-sniff.
Not having read all the responses...but several years of being in classrooms as a substitute teacher...long-term/short-term...no one has mentioned the biggest problem in the classroom. It's the parents...with bad teachers coming in a distant second. You wonder why you have bad teachers...look at what they have to put up with on a daily basis. You have parents who will sue at the drop of a hat if they don't get their way every time. If you don't bend over backwards for their "little dem...angels"...you end up with endless grief. If their "little dem...angels" don't get their way...you end up with endless grief. I have been physically/verbally attacked in the classroom by these "little dem...angels". Had the principal & police physically carry out the student.
You wonder why anyone will put up with this behavior. For all those teachers who have been there 5/10/20 years...how many teachers just gave up after their first/second/third year from being assaulted right and left from anyone with an axe to grind? Only professional football players last longer at their job (average four years) than many teachers (average three years). If you had to deal with these "little dem...angels" on a daily basis with their bad behavior at your private sector job...chances are you wouldn't put up with it...but would have no problem going after a teacher who has to put up with it from your child by showing they aren't God's gift to the universe or they are the most perfect child.
You want to change teachers & schools...do as Jesus commanded..."Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Recognize your children are not the "little angels" they are claiming to be and ask yourself why the teacher is having a problem with your child. If the child doesn't recognize now they're not "special" by not being an obnoxious jerk...the bosses at their numerous low-paying jobs will make sure they recognize it and take appropriate action to make sure they understand this.
Ironic that this is passed by the state that STARTED THE CIVIL WAR!
Guess they showed those Northern Devils in the War of North Aggression from 1861-1865.
You're right about all the benefits of any assisted bike. The insurance/licensure/cost of fuel is minimal.
As for the downside...rode motorcycles for several years before being able to afford a car. Living in Arizona made swallowing bugs the worst outdoor thing you had to worry about. On the other hand...there are coverings you can make/buy which make the rain & such a non issue.
My biggest worry...the elderly idiot not seeing me when riding. Seen it too many times.
Used to work in commercial radio for many years...so the noise isn't so much an issue anymore.;)
With many people in the US being rural...an electric bike as a means of transportation isn't there yet. When they bring the weight of the batteries down & the mileage is comparable to that of a gas engine...then yes. Until that time...no.
Motorcyclists do exactly the same thing...at least the younger ones do. Too bad their stupidity makes for a great looking corpse.
Had seriously considered the electric bike route about a year ago. With the chemicals of the batteries...the weight & the cost of replacement...decided to head the "standard" route of going with a 4 stroke gas engine. It's not zero emissions...but I can replace a gas engine for a cheaper cost than batteries. You have to remember that you usually replace all the batteries...not just one.
I can get around 150-200 miles per gallon of gas...compared to 50-80 miles on a charge for an electric. Plus...I don't suffer the problems with heat or degradation of the chemical in the battery. No one talks about these items...but you better consider them...especially as I can keep on going when you've run out of juice. When these drawbacks get worked out...if ever...battery powered bikes will be a great option...just not yet.
The Swedes may pay more in taxes, but in return get free healthcare, good roads, low crime, free schooling and university, (i believe) free (or heavily subsidised) childcare, efficient public transport, and much more.
When the US is number 36 or 37 in terms of healthcare...but if you're poor...you're living like in a 3rd World country...doesn't say much about this country. I know people are going to bust my balls about how great is all the freedom we "enjoy" in this country. When you have around 17 percent of your population un/underemployed...these members aren't any better of than those living in Central America or Africa. I would love to be able to get my teaching degree...but with the outrageous cost/benefit to do so with governments firing teachers & such...it's not worth it. I would be thousands of dollars in debt & still un/underemployed as much as I am right now.
I know some of you will tell me...love it or leave it. If I could afford to do so...I would move permanently to Canada/Europe in a heartbeat.
They're also very highly rated in terms of their low wealth disparity (road fines for example are based on a percentage of your annual income so that a rockstar in a ferrari feels the same sting in their speeding ticket as does a poor person in a skoda), and human development index.
Can't have that happen...since if you're rich...you're special. It's like the old question...what's the difference between being a porn star & the working poor in the US? The porn star is paid for having it done to them while the working poor gets it done to them for free.
I could go on. The key point is that nations all make decisions about their priorities - the US believes in waging war and keeping the poor unhealthy and uneducated, other nations do not.
As long as you have a religious/moral basis for practicing this type of behavior...it will continue. As a practicing Christian...I find US history/policies SHAMEFUL & not having a conscience to put an end to this behavior. There has to be a point where compassion/ethics/morality become a better way of life than being as rich as you can get. Jesus never said..."Do unto others before they do it to you". This should be put on US money...rather than "In God We Trust"...since it is the truth.
He loans me the CD out of the books...so got something new to look at whenever he gets a new book.
It's annoying when all Hollywood seems to consider is remakes, "original" stories that aren't often good science fiction, and maybe things by Philip Dick. There are literally hundreds of great sf stories that could make fine films and TV series.
Would enjoy some HP Lovecraft...since the last movies made from his stuff was from the 80's.
My roommate has tons of David Weber books...very prolific writer. Haven't read his stuff...due to my eyes getting worse & worse the older I get.
Vegas hotels will say one thing and then change their mind, or the front of the hotel person was incorrect on the "restrictions" (possibly even using tricky wording to think they have the freedom to have their displays in their room). My money is totally on hotel management getting wind of it and taking it upon themselves to "solve" the situation.
Whenever you have a business like this who makes their money by ANY means possible short of holding a pistol to your head & making sure the laws are written to make sure they can...you see this behavior.
Used to work in gaming & this is the exact reason why I got out of this line of business. Being a money whore to make an international company more & more money...while my wage/benefits package was sucked dry & being told it was good for the company...made me sick. For instance...the last episode of "Better Off Ted" where the employee died & the company spun it around to make the employees work harder is what it means to work in gaming. Your life is unimportant...only the company matters. The only thing missing was me not getting full release...but the company/local management sure did.
True...very true!!!
Am not a big fan of the software auditors...but having been fired from a company in the past who had been caught the previous year with $250,000 US of unlicensed software in a medical billing company...was told in a meeting about this about two weeks before they let me go. Working in the IT department at the company & being escorted out of the building during a merger that had just started...I contacted BSA as soon as I got home. Told them the exact machines/software the employees were using from hacked copies.
Three weeks later at the job I got two days after being let go from this company (made more money & worked for better quality people)...heard my boss & several co-workers had been fired from the company & fined for their use of pirated software. The merger went through...only without these people who thought they would be there after it did.
The moral of this story...if you're going to screw people over & think you'll get away with it...the tables can turn. As my grandmother used to tell me...you may not get your just reward in this life...but eternity is a long time & it will happen there.
Would I do it again...in a heartbeat!!! Revenge is never a great motive...but it is sure sweet when it happens from those who deserve it. For some reason these type of people can't keep from digging their own holes.
I knew it!!! Never had a problem finding the F or H spots...but never the G.
People always overestimate the rate of change in the future.
Not at all...as I zip around in my flying car...get my power from cold fusion & love my robot family.
The past month has not been kind to Oklahoma. First...the legislature demanded that women seeking abortions will have a state mandated questionnaire without "revealing" personal information posted on the web for all to see. Secondly...this.
What's next...outlawing masterbation...cohabitation by either male or female...whether or not both are married to each other? (Sorry...can't use the word sex when talking about the act or when referring to men or women...since it doesn't exist there by religious/political order.)
As for myself...am thinking about busting my own nut...screwing someone I'm not going to be married to in order to not have children & getting full release...FINALLY...on the front windows of the republican party of Oklahoma...as well as the front steps of some wackjob religious organization. (Sorry...I forgot...I have to head to Colorado Springs to do the final one. My bad)
Bought a replacement Laser printer at one of the big box office stores for $59. When the replacement cart needs to be replaced...just $45. For the cost...I will replace the printer with a new one by the time the drum needs to be replaced.
Won't be worth a damn if Windows 8 doesn't support at least a 1024bit architecture. Looks like they dropped the ball again & are going to have another dog on their hands.
Used to work in gaming...where you were expected & demanded for you to work on your days off & be available no matter what. Found a way around this while being out of reach. Got a burner cell phone...gave the company that number & kept it turned off whenever I had a day off. My main cell had a different number...which I told supervisors I could no longer pay for. Sure...they nagged & moaned about it...but with millions of dollars in the building...but unwilling to pay me for MY time...they could nag all day long.
Now...I am much more happy in another state working as a sub. Doubt I will ever step foot inside another casino.