Step 1 Don't stop just short of burying the cable yourselves.
Step 2 Offer a substantial bribe (hot pizza & a cold pop, your wife's promiscuous sister's affections, whatever...you may ho for hbo) to the serviceman who arrives at your domicile after a request for service
Step 3 After winning the technician's heart, convince him that you and yours are worthy of the hookup.
Cattle and pigs are slaughtered with regularity because they are easy to herd & domesticate, and they put on weight rapidly eating things we regard as inedible: grass and even our garbage.
Dogs and horses provide valuable services to their human partners in the form of security and transportation. They are typically more valuable alive.
Even the house cat plays an important role in the eradication of disease-ridden household vermin. Unlike mice, you CAN train a cat to shit in just one place.
Domestication by the hairless apes is not for the weak of heart. It's not the cute nor the smart that get spared. Just the useful.
Would your estimation of equal risks for the aforementioned (30 yr old vs.16 yr old driver) scenario not allow for some deviation in the judgement ability of the two?
From a pragmatic standpoint it's alarming to think that a mugger now has a financial incentive to butcher me, rather than just taking my wallet and moving on.
A random lung, liver, or kidney taken by a random mugger is useless to an individual without a pretty close match involving blood type, tissue type, and organ size.
Unless and until there is a database of citizen DNA, this is unlikely.
In the US, as of June of 2013 (Wiki) about 96,000 of 119,000 folks awaiting transplants were needing kidneys, and 19 on the list die each day. OTOH, Iran started paying for kidney donors in 1988, and within 11 years cleared their waiting lists.
some preferential treatment. I remember when Mickie Mantle got a liver transplant in 1995, when his own liver "looked like a doorstop" after 40 years of drinking. He had hepatitis C and cancer, but still got his new liver ahead of many who'd waited much longer, prolonging his life for about two months.
Hell of a ballplayer, but it's evident he was not a decent candidate for transplant.
Consent is, you used it, thought about it, looked at it... thanks to intellectual property, it's not dissimilar to rape. And I believe it was a Congressman who said... hey, if it's gonna happen, you might as well enjoy it.
Almost.
It was Clayton Williams of Midland during his failed run for Governor of Texas against Anne Richards in the '90 gubernatorial campaign.
Likening eminent rape to the weather, he quipped, If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.
There was a deadly vehicular altercation here locally, in which a black box was recovered from one of the involved automobiles to be used against the driver by the powers that be.
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What are the empty Monster cans for then?
Sad that this is commonplace to those playing at attention.
Don't fall for it. Growing up is a Pyrrhic Victory.
This is why I'm up after dark, on my own time, posting on the Green Line Site.
Mmm hmmm... a little coward on coward action.
Just so you guys (and when I say guys, I mean revolutionaries) know, life here is too good so far.
Is the quality slippin'?
Sure. Just not fast enough to get out of the slowly warming pot of water.
It's just easier for many to believe in something than it is to understand everything.
There is comfort in the validation of long held beliefs, no matter the measure of it's bias on the scientific method.
Consolidated masses are very useful to political parties.
Great answer. If you can show up with fifteen homes willing to sign up, they are a lot more inclined to take you seriously.
Or 15 signatures and a call from your Uncle Senator.
Unfortunate for us sixty-two-hundreders.
Step 2 Offer a substantial bribe (hot pizza & a cold pop, your wife's promiscuous sister's affections, whatever...you may ho for hbo) to the serviceman who arrives at your domicile after a request for service
Step 3 After winning the technician's heart, convince him that you and yours are worthy of the hookup.
Cattle and pigs are slaughtered with regularity because they are easy to herd & domesticate, and they put on weight rapidly eating things we regard as inedible: grass and even our garbage.
Dogs and horses provide valuable services to their human partners in the form of security and transportation. They are typically more valuable alive.
Even the house cat plays an important role in the eradication of disease-ridden household vermin. Unlike mice, you CAN train a cat to shit in just one place.
Domestication by the hairless apes is not for the weak of heart. It's not the cute nor the smart that get spared. Just the useful.
Goddammit Marvin, put the Illudium Q-36 away... they're onto us.
Would your estimation of equal risks for the aforementioned (30 yr old vs.16 yr old driver) scenario not allow for some deviation in the judgement ability of the two?
Nope.
1st line Fta: I hope this doesn't get me kicked out of Yale".
At least he's aware what his 15 minutes could cost.
Parents have had another child for this same predicament
DWY is only slightly better than DWI, because it's not a choice.
From a pragmatic standpoint it's alarming to think that a mugger now has a financial incentive to butcher me, rather than just taking my wallet and moving on.
A random lung, liver, or kidney taken by a random mugger is useless to an individual without a pretty close match involving blood type, tissue type, and organ size.
Unless and until there is a database of citizen DNA, this is unlikely.
In the US, as of June of 2013 (Wiki) about 96,000 of 119,000 folks awaiting transplants were needing kidneys, and 19 on the list die each day. OTOH, Iran started paying for kidney donors in 1988, and within 11 years cleared their waiting lists.
Hell of a ballplayer, but it's evident he was not a decent candidate for transplant.
This is what a successful mega-corporation does when opportunities for growth within its primary revenue stream stagnate, or at least taper off.
Good for consumers? Hardly. Competition, rather than consolidation, is generally in the better interest of the average buyer.
Consent is, you used it, thought about it, looked at it... thanks to intellectual property, it's not dissimilar to rape. And I believe it was a Congressman who said... hey, if it's gonna happen, you might as well enjoy it.
Almost.
It was Clayton Williams of Midland during his failed run for Governor of Texas against Anne Richards in the '90 gubernatorial campaign.
Likening eminent rape to the weather, he quipped, If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.
His stock fell faster than Blackberry's.
Perhaps your cleverness will be modworthy.
There was a deadly vehicular altercation here locally, in which a black box was recovered from one of the involved automobiles to be used against the driver by the powers that be.
but what is the frequency required for crazy to be considered an active state?
Yep, It has Pixar written all over it.