Re:I'm more amazed....
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Baked Apple
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Who thinks like that? How can you train your brain not to function?
Two words: tech support.
Re:What about the helicopter?
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Columbia Coverage
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Think for a second about what you just asked. Is it normal procedure for US MILITARY to be present at a US SHUTTLE LANDING - um, DUH! If something happens, if the shuttle is forced to land off course, who do you think reaches them first? Civvies? dream on! Good ole Uncle Sam is always prepared, simply because there HAVE been problems in the past. It's just common sense to be prepared for more.
And I'm a trekkie/trekker/trekkite (according to different series) from way back. Only one I haven't watched religiously was Enterprise, and that's cause I have preschoolers who monopolize the tv to watch Barney and Treehouse. I repeat: There's a new Star Trek movie out??
Holy shit that's hilarious:) That goddamn paperclip is a recurring character in my worst nightmares - I've given it a PeeWee Herman type voice and everything:)
Ever had a colonoscopy? Not pleasant, my friend. The whole idea of medical testing through TP is definitely more attractive than the idea of having a pipe with a camera on the end shoved up where the sun don't shine! Colo-rectal cancer could become more easily detectable, IBS could become a thing of the past, and any number of illnesses diagnosed through stool and urine samples could be more easily (and more quickly) detected, making our lives much easier and MUCH more pleasant! (again, the image of a colonoscopy - SHUDDER)
Nifty idea..... doubt it'll happen in my lifetime, but nifty nonetheless:)
And if this became the method of choice, Department of Agriculture vets could vaccinate the piggies as they're doing other vaccinations, to ensure that it's covered properly, rather than counting on thousands of small town and rural vets to do it. The government could get involved! Billions of dollars could be spent! Seriously, they haven't figured out how to stop West Nile yet, I don't think the flu is at the top of the priority list. But isn't it a wonderful thought that just by giving a bunch of piggies shots in the butt, you'd never have to suffer from the flu again?
At least until some Chinese chicken escaped and wreaked havoc with our now-unsuspecting immune systems?
Okay, I'm a tad confused here, mainly because not ALL telemarketing agencies deal with automated dialing computers. The vast majority either tear sheets out of the phone book and pass them out to their telemarketers, or they use computer generated sheets of random phone numbers in blocks of 100 (start with 555-0001, then 555-0002, and so on). I'm speaking from experience - I've worked for 8 different companies, only one of which had automated dialers (don't hate me, I was young and didn't know what I was doing).
So how useful are these State DNC lists? Is someone for the little pissant company down the block actually going to check each photocopied phonebook page to make sure nobody on the DNC list isn't called? I could see the randomly generated lists being set up to exclude or cross out numbers cross-referenced with the DNC lists, but trust me, it rarely happens.
So essentially, the DNC lists are only useful when used by companies who call through automated dialing computers, right? Or am I missing something?
I still think putting my 3 year old on is the best solution:) He gets a kick out of it, they don't, it's all good:)
Well, if they're persistent and won't hang up after one "I'm not interested", I tend to tell them they should speak to Mr. ***** (I'm female, so this works really well) and hand the phone to my 3-year old son. It's loads of fun, and he usually gets to talk to them for a while before they hang up!
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"The fingers you are using to dial are too fat."
Two words: tech support.
Think for a second about what you just asked. Is it normal procedure for US MILITARY to be present at a US SHUTTLE LANDING - um, DUH! If something happens, if the shuttle is forced to land off course, who do you think reaches them first? Civvies? dream on! Good ole Uncle Sam is always prepared, simply because there HAVE been problems in the past. It's just common sense to be prepared for more.
And I'm a trekkie/trekker/trekkite (according to different series) from way back. Only one I haven't watched religiously was Enterprise, and that's cause I have preschoolers who monopolize the tv to watch Barney and Treehouse. I repeat: There's a new Star Trek movie out??
Ever had a colonoscopy? Not pleasant, my friend. The whole idea of medical testing through TP is definitely more attractive than the idea of having a pipe with a camera on the end shoved up where the sun don't shine! Colo-rectal cancer could become more easily detectable, IBS could become a thing of the past, and any number of illnesses diagnosed through stool and urine samples could be more easily (and more quickly) detected, making our lives much easier and MUCH more pleasant! (again, the image of a colonoscopy - SHUDDER) Nifty idea..... doubt it'll happen in my lifetime, but nifty nonetheless :)
Really tho - that's not normal for a healthy adult... get a dog - they listen better and they're cheaper than shrinks!
At least until some Chinese chicken escaped and wreaked havoc with our now-unsuspecting immune systems?
So how useful are these State DNC lists? Is someone for the little pissant company down the block actually going to check each photocopied phonebook page to make sure nobody on the DNC list isn't called? I could see the randomly generated lists being set up to exclude or cross out numbers cross-referenced with the DNC lists, but trust me, it rarely happens.
So essentially, the DNC lists are only useful when used by companies who call through automated dialing computers, right? Or am I missing something? I still think putting my 3 year old on is the best solution :) He gets a kick out of it, they don't, it's all good :)
Well, if they're persistent and won't hang up after one "I'm not interested", I tend to tell them they should speak to Mr. ***** (I'm female, so this works really well) and hand the phone to my 3-year old son. It's loads of fun, and he usually gets to talk to them for a while before they hang up!
Okay kids, who wants more RAM? *YAAAAAAAAAY* Guess you had to be there...
Geeks gots kids?
Hmmm - can you imagine what a frozen ball of mashed potato could do?
Ouch - my Canuck ears are burning.