2001, Full train. We were escorted to the stationmaster's rather large office, with only three chairs facing a large wooden desk, where we sat for five minutes while he wrote something at his desk. Eventually he looks up and tells us he can get us tickets for the train if we pay him. We got up, walked out, and caught a bus.
Often they THINK they're targeted, but they're not. A prime example was when I recently got out of a relationship. And removed it from my Facebook profile. And immediately had all the advertising on Facebook morph into dating services. DATE NOW!!!! Which simply annoyed me and made me ignore them even more.
I lived in Japan for a few years, lost a ton of weight. Here's why: 1) Food portions are smaller 2) You don't drive a damn car everywhere, you walk, take a bus, ride a bike, and generally move around more to get places. This calorie burn adds up over time.
When you argue this point, and I have, the response you get is " If people are busy doing that, then they won't have time to look for a better job"or "People who are unemployed already feel bad enough about being out of work without being forced to do slave labor". Which to me seems silly, but that's been my experience.
And every liberal is a crybaby or a simpleton? Don't be an idiot and accuse someone of rationalizations when following that reasonably well argued point with a rationalization. Unless you're a troll, then bravo!
There seems to be a period of photos, mid 70s or so, where EVERYTHING color faded out to crappy brown. I think the technology at the time for printing commercial color photos just wasn't archival at all. In my family, everything before then ( color or B&W, but especially B&W) is still perfect, but all those bell bottoms are just faded and ugly.
I live near one of these experimental sodium reactors, aptly titled "Sodium Reactor Experiment" in Santa Susana California (google it). To this day you still hear people complaining about how they got cancer because their third cousin's friends aunt's dog walker happened to work there in 1962. I once had a nurse tell me that her house, fifteen miles away, was somehow irradiated by it and it's how her family got cancer. Never mind she smelled of old, soggy cigarettes...
So, you're saying that Obama can't be blamed because the president can't do whatever he wants, but instead blame Bush, because he has the powers you previously denied the current president? I've never understood this disparity. Unless Bush is a magic fairy. In which case I'll agree with you on the hating him part.
I hate to tell you this, but there are LOTS of irrational people, not just the religious. I hear this a lot from my atheist friends re religious people doing something nutty "Oh, they haven't gotten there yet, but they're working up to it!" I also hear this from my NRA friends re gun control people taking away all the guns. "Oh, they haven't gotten there yet, but they're working up to it!".
You can view anything as a slide into a crazy direction. And you're right in your last statement "it is difficult to know what willl and will not happen".
I don't buy the "not yet" argument 99% of the time. it's like scaring children with bogeymen in the closet.
In a sense, we do save up for those oddball chances. We invest money in our "rainy day" fund, call it insurance, and hope it saves us from fire/flood/whatever.
Just because you're busy doing something that requires effort doesn't mean it's valuable. I can stand in a field for ten hours a day juggling stones: it's hard work, the sun is hot, the stones are heavy. But is it valuable?
The issue with wartime R&D is the sense of urgency creates faster discovery. You're more likely to produce with that threat hanging over you. Not advocating war for R&D, just pointing it out.
I'm impressed by you, really. Most people would just think what they think, but you're actually stating it in an actively hostile environment. Regardless of whether I believe what you're saying or not, I give you credit.
Why is this insightful? It's just an odd rant against Republicans, and has little to do with the subject at hand. I imagine I'll get modded down for this, regardless.
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2001, Full train. We were escorted to the stationmaster's rather large office, with only three chairs facing a large wooden desk, where we sat for five minutes while he wrote something at his desk. Eventually he looks up and tells us he can get us tickets for the train if we pay him.
We got up, walked out, and caught a bus.
Often they THINK they're targeted, but they're not. A prime example was when I recently got out of a relationship. And removed it from my Facebook profile. And immediately had all the advertising on Facebook morph into dating services. DATE NOW!!!!
Which simply annoyed me and made me ignore them even more.
I lived in Japan for a few years, lost a ton of weight. Here's why:
1) Food portions are smaller
2) You don't drive a damn car everywhere, you walk, take a bus, ride a bike, and generally move around more to get places. This calorie burn adds up over time.
When you argue this point, and I have, the response you get is " If people are busy doing that, then they won't have time to look for a better job"or "People who are unemployed already feel bad enough about being out of work without being forced to do slave labor". Which to me seems silly, but that's been my experience.
I think generally, the term apartment means that you're renting the place. Condominium would be an apartment you own...
And every liberal is a crybaby or a simpleton?
Don't be an idiot and accuse someone of rationalizations when following that reasonably well argued point with a rationalization.
Unless you're a troll, then bravo!
There seems to be a period of photos, mid 70s or so, where EVERYTHING color faded out to crappy brown. I think the technology at the time for printing commercial color photos just wasn't archival at all. In my family, everything before then ( color or B&W, but especially B&W) is still perfect, but all those bell bottoms are just faded and ugly.
I live near one of these experimental sodium reactors, aptly titled "Sodium Reactor Experiment" in Santa Susana California (google it). To this day you still hear people complaining about how they got cancer because their third cousin's friends aunt's dog walker happened to work there in 1962. I once had a nurse tell me that her house, fifteen miles away, was somehow irradiated by it and it's how her family got cancer. Never mind she smelled of old, soggy cigarettes...
"Oh, please. Trying to equate the dangers of wind power with nuclear is just plain silly. As silly as the rest of your argument."
Wow! You sure showed him!
I've begun using my hotmail account recently as the "giveaway" address.
It was unusable not too long ago. Now, I really never get any spam in it.
So, you're saying that Obama can't be blamed because the president can't do whatever he wants, but instead blame Bush, because he has the powers you previously denied the current president?
I've never understood this disparity.
Unless Bush is a magic fairy. In which case I'll agree with you on the hating him part.
What, did some republican beat you as a child?
I hate to tell you this, but there are LOTS of irrational people, not just the religious.
I hear this a lot from my atheist friends re religious people doing something nutty "Oh, they haven't gotten there yet, but they're working up to it!"
I also hear this from my NRA friends re gun control people taking away all the guns. "Oh, they haven't gotten there yet, but they're working up to it!".
You can view anything as a slide into a crazy direction. And you're right in your last statement "it is difficult to know what willl and will not happen".
I don't buy the "not yet" argument 99% of the time. it's like scaring children with bogeymen in the closet.
What am I going to do with my ass jawbone now? Sheesh!
I like your idea of the Swiss Bowie knife, you should move forward with production.
In a sense, we do save up for those oddball chances. We invest money in our "rainy day" fund, call it insurance, and hope it saves us from fire/flood/whatever.
Just because you're busy doing something that requires effort doesn't mean it's valuable.
I can stand in a field for ten hours a day juggling stones: it's hard work, the sun is hot, the stones are heavy.
But is it valuable?
The issue with wartime R&D is the sense of urgency creates faster discovery.
You're more likely to produce with that threat hanging over you.
Not advocating war for R&D, just pointing it out.
Holy Crap! You received a letter from a member of Congress stating he believes his country is the best. wow. I'm just flabbergasted.
I'm impressed by you, really.
Most people would just think what they think, but you're actually stating it in an actively hostile environment. Regardless of whether I believe what you're saying or not, I give you credit.
Yes, because modding ACs is so very helpful.
Why is this insightful? It's just an odd rant against Republicans, and has little to do with the subject at hand.
I imagine I'll get modded down for this, regardless.
bravo sir, bravo.
That comment is soooo totally NP-Hard!
You made me laugh out loud, and I'd give mod points had I any to give. Well done sir.