No problem setting my phone down on its side to take a photo, but for timer shots I much prefer my DSLR - much better glass and better photos.
What aggravates me are photos taken by people who can't (won't, don't) turn the damned phone sideways to take a photo or shoot video. I'm tired of seeing tall narrow photos and tall narrow videos.
Five blades on a razor is total hype and a waste of money. You need only one very good blade. Grow up and shave like a real man! Buy a good razor and learn how to use it.
I shave with an old-fashioned double-edge razor. Not an old razor - I bought it a couple of years ago. It's a Merkur 39D Slant. Yeah, it cost about 50 bucks, but it will be around to hand down to my great grandson. I also bought 100 of the best blades made for about 10 bucks.
Add a badger brush and a good quality shaving soap like Proraso or Haslinger, and you're set for a long, long time of baby butt smooth shaves.
If you can't write in cursive, you're pretty much a dumb ass. How are you going to sign your name, like Jacob J. Lew (just a series of loops)? Maybe you prefer an 'X' (historically the mark of an uneducated person)?
Your opinion may differ from mine, but since you're so dumb that you don't even know how to write your own freaking name, how can I take you seriously? Did you skip adding and subtracting, too? Can you be trusted with even the simplest of tasks?
Or are you trying to say that you're so busy and important that you just can't take the time to learn how to write? What a load of crap!
A psychiatrist told me one time that I was the most normal, sane person he'd ever met, but considering his usual clientele that's probably not as much of a compliment as it may seem.
And in many places they are limited by regulation as to how much profit can be made. They have the cost of generating the power, the cost of labor (usually union), the cost of maintaining a fleet of vehicles, and so on. There's not a lot of incentive placed on maintenance, especially upgrading the distribution system to underground. The newer subdivisions generally have power lines underground, but it's expensive to go back and do that in the older parts of the system.
Where I live the power company is a corporation, and they own the power generation facilities and the distribution system. Where I'm working right now the power distribution is owned by the city, and the power comes from TVA. Both have problems with power outages about equally.
Take a look next time you're on the road during the day, and you'll see plenty of vehicles that are not cars - 18 wheelers, delivery vans or trucks, tradesman vans or pickups, utility company trucks, and law enforcement.
If cars are driving themselves, then they're going to be sharing the road with a lot of vehicles that are not. And I don't think your local plumber or cable guy are going to be renting their vehicles.
I've seen fields and yards covered with spider webs like that all over the place. They're probably always there, but sometimes when there is the presence of dew and sunlight at just the right angle, you can see them clearly. I thought everybody had seen them.
That photo was unimpressive. I've taken better ones.
There you go again, being rational and insightful.
But you're also a dreamer. They (all politicians from any party) are not going to quit being assholes, and they're certainly not going to stop lying and cheating - that's how they got in office to begin with!
While we're on the subject of fences and moats for the White House, could a moat or a fence stop a drone launched from a garage a few miles away? Or a hundred drones loaded with explosives?
Bottom line is that if one of our enemies wants to do something to us and they want it bad enough, they'll come up with a way to do it.
Oh, BTW, we citizens are not the enemy even though our own government views us as such.
My commute right now is 95 miles, each way. Not quite as doable as your little 20 mile hop, skip, and jump. Plus, once I get to work, I may drive another hundred miles!
And, no, I can't move there. My next job (about the end of February) may be 100 miles in the opposite direction. Sometimes I work in three states within a week. You'd be late for work every day on your bike.
Bicycles are out. Electric vehicles are out. Even natural gas vehicles are out. The only way is with good old gasoline.
I say leave the price of gasoline alone and don't raise the tax. Every penny the company I work for spends on gasoline is one penny they can't pay me, and I'd like a raise before the end of my life. The last one was four years ago.
I agree about the ONLY way to effectively have online transactions is to consider the purchase made in the state of the seller. It would be much, much simpler for them to keep up with one rates instead of hundreds of different rates.
It could also lead to some online businesses moving to states that have no sales tax or very low sales taxes. They would be able to sell for less than their competitors in high-tax states.
Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon could be major winners if Amazon and others moved their businesses there.
I do, but only the state sales tax of 4 percent (that's all that's required on the state income tax return right now). Local sales taxes around here + state sales tax usually total 8 to 10 percent. So I'm still better off shopping online and not paying that extra 4 - 6 percent.
I think I shouldn't owe the state or local governments a damned thing if I can't find what I'm looking for locally. Plus, if I'm traveling and buy something in another state, I don't think I owe my home state anything at all. I've already paid that other state's tax, and that's enough.
If Congress has its way and passes the bill in question, then online shopping will drop a hell of a lot. No more great cyber Mondays, leaving politicians wondering what happened.
One of life's rules is that when you tax something, you get less of it.
Because the FCC was created by Congress, Congress can tell them what to regulate and what not to regulate. Guess who controls Congress next year, and with a few Democrats voting with them, the Republicans could pass a veto-proof bill that wouldn't allow the FCC to do anything about net neutrality. Maybe that's why the FCC delayed their decision until 2015?
Government always sells you something that looks nice, but they always twist it into something that results in more control for them over us.
Go ahead with your net neutrality. Just don't complain when it doesn't work out the way you expected. And this time will you make an effort to learn from your mistake?
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No problem setting my phone down on its side to take a photo, but for timer shots I much prefer my DSLR - much better glass and better photos.
What aggravates me are photos taken by people who can't (won't, don't) turn the damned phone sideways to take a photo or shoot video. I'm tired of seeing tall narrow photos and tall narrow videos.
Five blades on a razor is total hype and a waste of money. You need only one very good blade. Grow up and shave like a real man! Buy a good razor and learn how to use it.
I shave with an old-fashioned double-edge razor. Not an old razor - I bought it a couple of years ago. It's a Merkur 39D Slant. Yeah, it cost about 50 bucks, but it will be around to hand down to my great grandson. I also bought 100 of the best blades made for about 10 bucks.
Add a badger brush and a good quality shaving soap like Proraso or Haslinger, and you're set for a long, long time of baby butt smooth shaves.
Are you suggesting that a TV is a sin? If so, you're probably pretty close to being right. :)
If you can't write in cursive, you're pretty much a dumb ass. How are you going to sign your name, like Jacob J. Lew (just a series of loops)? Maybe you prefer an 'X' (historically the mark of an uneducated person)?
Your opinion may differ from mine, but since you're so dumb that you don't even know how to write your own freaking name, how can I take you seriously? Did you skip adding and subtracting, too? Can you be trusted with even the simplest of tasks?
Or are you trying to say that you're so busy and important that you just can't take the time to learn how to write? What a load of crap!
Add a strong source of nicotine and you'll be going even sooner. Try a strong snus like Thunder or Oden's.
A psychiatrist told me one time that I was the most normal, sane person he'd ever met, but considering his usual clientele that's probably not as much of a compliment as it may seem.
And in many places they are limited by regulation as to how much profit can be made. They have the cost of generating the power, the cost of labor (usually union), the cost of maintaining a fleet of vehicles, and so on. There's not a lot of incentive placed on maintenance, especially upgrading the distribution system to underground. The newer subdivisions generally have power lines underground, but it's expensive to go back and do that in the older parts of the system.
Where I live the power company is a corporation, and they own the power generation facilities and the distribution system. Where I'm working right now the power distribution is owned by the city, and the power comes from TVA. Both have problems with power outages about equally.
. . . other than make Obama look like a dumb-ass.
That's really not so hard to do. He makes W look like a freaking genius, and I thought that was nearly impossible.
She's starving the school children with those pathetic new lunch rules, while she chows down on mile-high bacon cheeseburgers.
Learn this: Growing children need more nutrients than adults.
Take a look next time you're on the road during the day, and you'll see plenty of vehicles that are not cars - 18 wheelers, delivery vans or trucks, tradesman vans or pickups, utility company trucks, and law enforcement.
If cars are driving themselves, then they're going to be sharing the road with a lot of vehicles that are not. And I don't think your local plumber or cable guy are going to be renting their vehicles.
Envirowackos are anti-human.
These are the same Walmart employees who think they're worth fifteen bucks an hour? A six year old could see through the scam!
The word you were looking for is "drivel". Look it up and learn something.
I've seen fields and yards covered with spider webs like that all over the place. They're probably always there, but sometimes when there is the presence of dew and sunlight at just the right angle, you can see them clearly. I thought everybody had seen them.
That photo was unimpressive. I've taken better ones.
Somebody plays too much Minecraft . . .
There you go again, being rational and insightful.
But you're also a dreamer. They (all politicians from any party) are not going to quit being assholes, and they're certainly not going to stop lying and cheating - that's how they got in office to begin with!
While we're on the subject of fences and moats for the White House, could a moat or a fence stop a drone launched from a garage a few miles away? Or a hundred drones loaded with explosives?
Bottom line is that if one of our enemies wants to do something to us and they want it bad enough, they'll come up with a way to do it.
Oh, BTW, we citizens are not the enemy even though our own government views us as such.
I'm afraid to criticize AT&T. They know my every word and thought, plus they know where I am. :)
My commute right now is 95 miles, each way. Not quite as doable as your little 20 mile hop, skip, and jump. Plus, once I get to work, I may drive another hundred miles!
And, no, I can't move there. My next job (about the end of February) may be 100 miles in the opposite direction. Sometimes I work in three states within a week. You'd be late for work every day on your bike.
Bicycles are out. Electric vehicles are out. Even natural gas vehicles are out. The only way is with good old gasoline.
I say leave the price of gasoline alone and don't raise the tax. Every penny the company I work for spends on gasoline is one penny they can't pay me, and I'd like a raise before the end of my life. The last one was four years ago.
I agree about the ONLY way to effectively have online transactions is to consider the purchase made in the state of the seller. It would be much, much simpler for them to keep up with one rates instead of hundreds of different rates.
It could also lead to some online businesses moving to states that have no sales tax or very low sales taxes. They would be able to sell for less than their competitors in high-tax states.
Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon could be major winners if Amazon and others moved their businesses there.
I do, but only the state sales tax of 4 percent (that's all that's required on the state income tax return right now). Local sales taxes around here + state sales tax usually total 8 to 10 percent. So I'm still better off shopping online and not paying that extra 4 - 6 percent.
I think I shouldn't owe the state or local governments a damned thing if I can't find what I'm looking for locally. Plus, if I'm traveling and buy something in another state, I don't think I owe my home state anything at all. I've already paid that other state's tax, and that's enough.
If Congress has its way and passes the bill in question, then online shopping will drop a hell of a lot. No more great cyber Mondays, leaving politicians wondering what happened.
One of life's rules is that when you tax something, you get less of it.
Because the FCC was created by Congress, Congress can tell them what to regulate and what not to regulate. Guess who controls Congress next year, and with a few Democrats voting with them, the Republicans could pass a veto-proof bill that wouldn't allow the FCC to do anything about net neutrality. Maybe that's why the FCC delayed their decision until 2015?
Government always sells you something that looks nice, but they always twist it into something that results in more control for them over us.
Go ahead with your net neutrality. Just don't complain when it doesn't work out the way you expected. And this time will you make an effort to learn from your mistake?
One of my favorites!
(Stimpy)
Our country reeks of trees
Our yaks are really large
And they smell like rotting beef carcasses
And we have to clean up after them
And our saddle sores are the best
We proudly wear womens clothing
And searing sand blows up our skirts!
(Ren joins with Stimpy)
And the buzzards, they soar overhead
And poisonous snakes will devour us whole
And our bones will bleach in the sun
(Stimpy)
That's it!
(Ren & Stimpy)
And we will probably go to (censored)
And that is our great reward
For being the
Ro-oy-oy-al
Canadian Kilted Yaksmen!
The headline and summary say the exact opposite.
.Increases Chance of Larger Quake" - Everybody panic!
." - Calm down.
" . .
"This does not necessarily mean a big one will come, state seismologists said . .
Physicists call it the "metastable false vacuum". I prefer to call it "God". You may choose to disagree.