Opie and Anthony did a whole expose on this years ago.
Basically for any major metropolitan area, an "all request hour" will run about 15 songs. So the only way your request is honored is if you are one of those 15 songs. . . which is extremely rare.
However, they WILL record your request and play it back later as a "request"; happens rather frequently.
That said, I used to get requests regularly in East Lansing when I was a pizza delivery driver, but that's because I annoyed the shit out of them, calling all the time.
Also, they failed about a year after I started working at Alexander's. Which I'm sure had nothing to do with the music I requested, but thanks for implying that, jerks.
There's a valid point to not wearing them during takeoff/landing . . . those are the dangerous times for flying and you should be aware of your surroundings and be able to listen to any instructions should something go awry.
Mostly, however, restocking is a strategy to discourage big ticket purchases from being returned.
The most common example is the big screen TV bought in early January, and then the return attempt the Monday after the Super Bowl.
I don't think I've even HEARD of a restock fee on CD/DVDs, but that's purely anecdotal.
I see I was modded troll above; off-topic might be appropriate but troll? Nah. Wiliams, along with Carlos Mencia and Dennis "Hicks" Leary are all known joke thieves.
Quote the originals, not the hack thieves, and I don't have a problem.
You have cites, yet no sources indicating where they were cited from. I'm interested in exploring your points, but can't without any sort of credible source.
Clinton/UN intervened in Bosnia/Kosovo as well, and helped stop a genocide.
Obviously the situation is complicated, but a lack of intervention will ultimately be worse for the region than any meddling of "imperialist powers". It's really tragic what's happening there and the idea that not doing anything is a better alternative "because of Iraq" is a sad approach.
I whipped the post off at work, not thinking a heckuva lot about it so your corrections are, well, correct.
The final paragraph wasn't really aimed at you, per se, was just me reiterating the original point I was trying to make - a historical fact does not make a book completely valid. We wandered off-topic with the semitic spells and whatnot.
Regardless, that was interesting stuff as the last I'd read about Jewish history as it relates to the OT was a much older work (early 80s) so the updates and links you provided were good reading. So thanks for that.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is implication that they traded together more than anything?
And again, re: the Bible . . . I don't dispute there's facts in there. There's facts in the Iliad as well. Simply because there are historical facts mixed with untruths does not indicate there's a definitive "God" as proposed in the bible.
sumdumass was replying specifically to the link the parent to his post referenced. It was somewhat tangential to the original article but was easy to follow the thread.
Keep talking to me like that and I'll sick the aliens with the face dealies on you.
I made no value judgement on the Scientologists (but if you'd like I can now - they're wackaloons, dupes, or hucksters depending upon where they are in the order) but simply contested the idea that the Bible is a valid historical work. It's not; it contains historical bits muddled about with religious bits in much the same way the Iliad and Guns of the South do. . . . history is the setting for a work of fiction.
The Bible as a historical work is. . . somewhat suspect.
The Guns of the South talks about the Civil War (specifically, some South Africans create a time machine to go back and provide the South with AK-47s) but doesn't do so in a manner that is historically accurate. Just because the Civil War happened doesn't mean that this work of fiction should be considered historically accurate.
And as an aside - the Israelis were slaves to the Pharoa (that looks mispelled) for how many years according to the Bible? Yet they're the only culture that has been enslaved for a period of that long and left NO archaelogical marks on Egypt, nor had any adoption of Yiddish/Hebrew into Egyptian, nor Egyptian insinuating itself into Hebrew?
He doesn't have to veto, as he uses signing statements as a pseudo-line-item veto.
More signing statements in history than any other president, including gems such as (paraphrased) "I'm signing this bill into law but I don't like it so it won't be enforced"
I'm probably way off on grammar as the statement shouldn't be in quotes as it's not exact. . . but the gist is there.
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His parents had sex on a mission to mars. Of course, they weren't married and that caused all sorts of problems.
That should be a different interview dynamic, IMO.
Basically for any major metropolitan area, an "all request hour" will run about 15 songs. So the only way your request is honored is if you are one of those 15 songs. . . which is extremely rare.
However, they WILL record your request and play it back later as a "request"; happens rather frequently.
That said, I used to get requests regularly in East Lansing when I was a pizza delivery driver, but that's because I annoyed the shit out of them, calling all the time.
Also, they failed about a year after I started working at Alexander's. Which I'm sure had nothing to do with the music I requested, but thanks for implying that, jerks.
a link would have completed it.
There's a valid point to not wearing them during takeoff/landing . . . those are the dangerous times for flying and you should be aware of your surroundings and be able to listen to any instructions should something go awry.
Was actually a quote, and it's from Men In Black.
Naturally the quicksilver bit could be some other OS's launcher for notepad/textpad/vi/whatever. (but not emacs because that would be inefficient)
"Please spell you street name"
"C-L-E-A-V-E-R"
"You said B-L-C-A-T-E-R. Is that correct?"
The most common example is the big screen TV bought in early January, and then the return attempt the Monday after the Super Bowl.
I don't think I've even HEARD of a restock fee on CD/DVDs, but that's purely anecdotal.
I see I was modded troll above; off-topic might be appropriate but troll? Nah. Wiliams, along with Carlos Mencia and Dennis "Hicks" Leary are all known joke thieves.
Quote the originals, not the hack thieves, and I don't have a problem.
Robin Williams is a hack and a joke thief.
You have cites, yet no sources indicating where they were cited from. I'm interested in exploring your points, but can't without any sort of credible source.
Obviously the situation is complicated, but a lack of intervention will ultimately be worse for the region than any meddling of "imperialist powers". It's really tragic what's happening there and the idea that not doing anything is a better alternative "because of Iraq" is a sad approach.
It's intellectually repugnant, as well.
And I'd like to state, if you're tooting slashdots' horn, I'm first in line.
I whipped the post off at work, not thinking a heckuva lot about it so your corrections are, well, correct.
The final paragraph wasn't really aimed at you, per se, was just me reiterating the original point I was trying to make - a historical fact does not make a book completely valid. We wandered off-topic with the semitic spells and whatnot.
Regardless, that was interesting stuff as the last I'd read about Jewish history as it relates to the OT was a much older work (early 80s) so the updates and links you provided were good reading. So thanks for that.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is implication that they traded together more than anything?
And again, re: the Bible . . . I don't dispute there's facts in there. There's facts in the Iliad as well. Simply because there are historical facts mixed with untruths does not indicate there's a definitive "God" as proposed in the bible.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
sumdumass was replying specifically to the link the parent to his post referenced. It was somewhat tangential to the original article but was easy to follow the thread.
I made no value judgement on the Scientologists (but if you'd like I can now - they're wackaloons, dupes, or hucksters depending upon where they are in the order) but simply contested the idea that the Bible is a valid historical work. It's not; it contains historical bits muddled about with religious bits in much the same way the Iliad and Guns of the South do. . . . history is the setting for a work of fiction.
I miss good ol' Kali.
The Guns of the South talks about the Civil War (specifically, some South Africans create a time machine to go back and provide the South with AK-47s) but doesn't do so in a manner that is historically accurate. Just because the Civil War happened doesn't mean that this work of fiction should be considered historically accurate.
And as an aside - the Israelis were slaves to the Pharoa (that looks mispelled) for how many years according to the Bible? Yet they're the only culture that has been enslaved for a period of that long and left NO archaelogical marks on Egypt, nor had any adoption of Yiddish/Hebrew into Egyptian, nor Egyptian insinuating itself into Hebrew?
Here's why: it's bullshit.
Unless you're going off peak. . . . peak rush hour in Chitown is almost as bad as the DC beltway.
I swore at my desk when I saw Iron Maiden. Make me play like Adrian, kthxbye!
Agree with you.
More signing statements in history than any other president, including gems such as (paraphrased) "I'm signing this bill into law but I don't like it so it won't be enforced"
I'm probably way off on grammar as the statement shouldn't be in quotes as it's not exact. . . but the gist is there.
It's because they actually pay for benefits for their workers, even part time. Whole Foods suffers from the same markups.