Madonna Because Madonna keeps reinventing herself too much to keep a consistent fan base (she has always been able to keep a large fan base though). In addition Madonna doesn't seem nearly as active in confronting issues of every day Americans and increasing the literacy of average Americans. Prince Charles Unlike Charles she wasn't born into success, and not only did she work her way to where she is now but she did it while being black and a woman. She was born to an unmarried coal miner and housemaid and went from that to being a media mogul and controlling top selling book lists. Winnie the Pooh Unlike Winnie, she exists. Also she in not a Pooh, and I have yet to know someone that can relate to a Pooh better then another human.
Future chips. This batch may have them until they are no longer pressed, but I would imagine any revisions or new families of chips will take these past mistakes into account.
I would like to note in Texas a minor can have alcoholic beverages with their parents (as long as their parents are present and give consent). I don't know how young it applies to, but I know at least 18 and above can be served alcohol with their parent's consent and presence.
As for legislating that you have to smoke after sex; that is just sick and twisted. I mean what if you have sex in a public place, you can get stoned to death for smoking in public in certain cities in the US;)
I don't know about what you listen to, but much of my music is kind of hard to find on Yahoo! or iTunes. Especially local bands. Also when you rent an artists music you can no longer play it after you stop the monthly fees. Here if you pull out you still have your entire music collection (and maybe it will work as a backup in case you have a fire/drive failure/flood/wraith of God/etc.) and the only thing you lose is the ability to stream it.
The banks yes, but also everyone that uses the same currency as him. Taking that much money out of circulation should help increase the value of the bills in your wallet right now.
I wasn't saying your point isn't valid, I was just criticizing your word choice. Several usually is used as greater then three (around three being "a few") and less then 12 (a dozen). In this case it was less then a few, it was most likely less then a couple.
I would like to note that it clearly states 2004, which at maximum 2 years old (and it would have to be from the first 22 days of the year to even be that old).
I hate comments like this, for they make me feel like I am defending Bush when I respond to them, and I am not a fan of Bush by any means. First of all we are still far from a fascist government, as we are not being controlled by terror and censorship. We don't have a dictator, and we are far from being in an oppressive regime. The impetuous vortex that is congress would never give up their power and would quickly react if threatened. Second is we are not sure he broke the law. This needs to see justice, ans for justice to happen this shouldn't be a quick emotional based reaction. We need an investigation to be set up, a judge given clearance to relevant classified documents, and a closed hearing where all the evidence can be considered. Now congress has already started questioning and hearing testimony, and will be having hearings early next month. Now if these hearings find George Bush has violated the law then I would think your comment is prudent, but in the mean time we have have to follow procedure and make sure Bush has a fair and just hearing. Bureaucracy is slow, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work. Finally I have to say that I think America was set up fro rule of law, not power. Our founding fathers were afraid of a king taking power, and of congress inflating itself to take all the power, that is why they established checks and put the constitution and federal laws above everyone (senators/representatives/presidents have immunity from misdemeanors, but not federal crimes). And I don't think America is getting worse, see the Alien and Sedition act and look into the action Lincoln took after a newspaper printed libel about him. But that isn't to say we should be doing a hell of a lot better, just saying we've been worse off before.
I know it was a joke, and I did laugh, but have you been watching the news? The impeachment word has been thrown around a bit recently (as in a possibility if it is found Bush broke the law in the wire taps and/or CIA transports). Now I think there is a snowballs chance in hell of him being removed from office, but I think an impeachment could happen (like with Clinton, go through the ritual but maintains the job).
Many people will not own up to this but the reality is most people would like to hear a female on the end of the phone as well. Is that sexist? Maybe, but it is reality.
Makes me think of a recent proposal in Michigan to ban same-sex unions. In opinion polls only a small minority were for it, but once they were in the polls with the secret ballot it passed with an overwhelming majority. When people weren't afraid of consequences they let their true opinion be known.
Oh, sorry about my incorrect correction. I was thinking that was pretty deep for a utilities but it seemed even more odd to me to only dig a foot and a half for a pool.
For a while I worked at an "underground assets management" company. The work was maintaining pipelines for companies (mainly oil) so they didn't have to have their own people do it (we mainly did cathodic protection, corrosion detection, and marking where pipes were when someone contacted Miss Digg [the Michigan call before you dig service]). I was amazed by how many times a company would tell us where a pipe was, and it wasn't there - we had to use a pipe detector and locate it, then would report the real location to the owner of the pipe (it was pretty funny seeing maps with corrections here and there, because they would only fix the area we reported, so there would be areas where it looked like the pipe suddenly teleported its contents 10 feet over then teleported back 20 feet later). At least two different companies has us map out with GPS and mapping software where their pipelines were, and sometimes their maps were WAY off. When companies don't even know where their own sh*t is buried I don't know how they expect to avoid problems like this.
Anyone else bust out laughing at the thought of people trying to swim in a foot and a half pool... or calling a dig service in order to put their kiddy pool in ground? For parent: it's 18', not 18".
Don't you know all our politicians swing in the direction of the highest dollar these days?
Not when votes are on the line. SO politicians of said city or even state that city is in should fight hard, so they can toot their horn about it in their next reelection campaign. If you can figure out a way to let the needed politicians now that they can have a good chunk of votes swing there way then they will bow to your cause (you have to present to them the amount of votes and ether some form of guarantee or a hell of a lot of credibility).
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I had an odd thing like this in my area, then the local telco's got together and made it pretty standard in my county that your local calling is your exchange/s (for example the biggest city was 772-776) and all adjacent exchanges. If there you aren't touching or in the exchange your calling then it isn't local. I don't think this would work as well in more urban cities, but it is great for medium-populated counties.
Maybe companies could use this against competitors that use wholesalers? Launch a smear add campaign showing how they value customers while their wholesale-using competitor is abusing them? Then get away with charging a higher price for being The Good Guy(TM).
I don't always know if that is true. One of the markets near me that runs one of these still has sales. Sometimes there are additional savings for people with a card, but most of the time on these sales the card adds (or subtracts I guess) nothing. Now there are far more items discounted by a few cents or with special deals with the card, but most of the really good sales are the same price with or without card.
I think the studio usually gets like 80% of the first week and it declines after that.
I think it is an even higher percentage then that. From my friend who works as an assistent manager at a local muliplex the theater only gets about 5 cents of every ticket opening week, but they make a killing of soda and popcorn (still a bit but not nearly as much profit from candybars and nachos and such). By the third week the theater is getting 80% of the ticket though. (Maybe it is differant theater to theater, I don't really know how it works).
And wave radio can be poor when you are far from the broadcasting station. For me an iPod and adapter/broadcaster or satellite radio are a must for any road trip or boating excursion. I wouldn't pay for it if I listened at my home, or only in my local area, but for driving and for things away from land and/or civilization satellite radio is a god-send.
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As I recall she got a big ass lawsuit filed against her on that one, and had to pay out to cattle farmers along with doing an apology show.
Madonna
Because Madonna keeps reinventing herself too much to keep a consistent fan base (she has always been able to keep a large fan base though). In addition Madonna doesn't seem nearly as active in confronting issues of every day Americans and increasing the literacy of average Americans.
Prince Charles
Unlike Charles she wasn't born into success, and not only did she work her way to where she is now but she did it while being black and a woman. She was born to an unmarried coal miner and housemaid and went from that to being a media mogul and controlling top selling book lists.
Winnie the Pooh
Unlike Winnie, she exists. Also she in not a Pooh, and I have yet to know someone that can relate to a Pooh better then another human.
Because we all know Russia is poor and has never been to space...
Future chips. This batch may have them until they are no longer pressed, but I would imagine any revisions or new families of chips will take these past mistakes into account.
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I would like to note in Texas a minor can have alcoholic beverages with their parents (as long as their parents are present and give consent). I don't know how young it applies to, but I know at least 18 and above can be served alcohol with their parent's consent and presence.
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As for legislating that you have to smoke after sex; that is just sick and twisted. I mean what if you have sex in a public place, you can get stoned to death for smoking in public in certain cities in the US
I don't know about what you listen to, but much of my music is kind of hard to find on Yahoo! or iTunes. Especially local bands. Also when you rent an artists music you can no longer play it after you stop the monthly fees. Here if you pull out you still have your entire music collection (and maybe it will work as a backup in case you have a fire/drive failure/flood/wraith of God/etc.) and the only thing you lose is the ability to stream it.
Really depends on how it is invested. If it just sits in a bank (or many banks) then it isn't being circulated.
The banks yes, but also everyone that uses the same currency as him. Taking that much money out of circulation should help increase the value of the bills in your wallet right now.
I wasn't saying your point isn't valid, I was just criticizing your word choice. Several usually is used as greater then three (around three being "a few") and less then 12 (a dozen). In this case it was less then a few, it was most likely less then a couple.
it makes out the vaguely socialist countries like those of Europe are backward when they are more advanced than USA
What is your definition of advanced? In what regards are those countries more advanced then the US?
It also stupidly states the USA is the worlds biggest economy but also admits the EU is bigger.
The EU isn't a country.
First all, your data is several years old.
I would like to note that it clearly states 2004, which at maximum 2 years old (and it would have to be from the first 22 days of the year to even be that old).
Dude... three words... reality distortion field. Jobs will distort all of Disney he can get within 500 feet of.
I hate comments like this, for they make me feel like I am defending Bush when I respond to them, and I am not a fan of Bush by any means. First of all we are still far from a fascist government, as we are not being controlled by terror and censorship. We don't have a dictator, and we are far from being in an oppressive regime. The impetuous vortex that is congress would never give up their power and would quickly react if threatened. Second is we are not sure he broke the law. This needs to see justice, ans for justice to happen this shouldn't be a quick emotional based reaction. We need an investigation to be set up, a judge given clearance to relevant classified documents, and a closed hearing where all the evidence can be considered. Now congress has already started questioning and hearing testimony, and will be having hearings early next month. Now if these hearings find George Bush has violated the law then I would think your comment is prudent, but in the mean time we have have to follow procedure and make sure Bush has a fair and just hearing. Bureaucracy is slow, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work. Finally I have to say that I think America was set up fro rule of law, not power. Our founding fathers were afraid of a king taking power, and of congress inflating itself to take all the power, that is why they established checks and put the constitution and federal laws above everyone (senators/representatives/presidents have immunity from misdemeanors, but not federal crimes). And I don't think America is getting worse, see the Alien and Sedition act and look into the action Lincoln took after a newspaper printed libel about him. But that isn't to say we should be doing a hell of a lot better, just saying we've been worse off before.
I know it was a joke, and I did laugh, but have you been watching the news? The impeachment word has been thrown around a bit recently (as in a possibility if it is found Bush broke the law in the wire taps and/or CIA transports). Now I think there is a snowballs chance in hell of him being removed from office, but I think an impeachment could happen (like with Clinton, go through the ritual but maintains the job).
Many people will not own up to this but the reality is most people would like to hear a female on the end of the phone as well. Is that sexist? Maybe, but it is reality.
Makes me think of a recent proposal in Michigan to ban same-sex unions. In opinion polls only a small minority were for it, but once they were in the polls with the secret ballot it passed with an overwhelming majority. When people weren't afraid of consequences they let their true opinion be known.
Oh, sorry about my incorrect correction. I was thinking that was pretty deep for a utilities but it seemed even more odd to me to only dig a foot and a half for a pool.
For a while I worked at an "underground assets management" company. The work was maintaining pipelines for companies (mainly oil) so they didn't have to have their own people do it (we mainly did cathodic protection, corrosion detection, and marking where pipes were when someone contacted Miss Digg [the Michigan call before you dig service]). I was amazed by how many times a company would tell us where a pipe was, and it wasn't there - we had to use a pipe detector and locate it, then would report the real location to the owner of the pipe (it was pretty funny seeing maps with corrections here and there, because they would only fix the area we reported, so there would be areas where it looked like the pipe suddenly teleported its contents 10 feet over then teleported back 20 feet later). At least two different companies has us map out with GPS and mapping software where their pipelines were, and sometimes their maps were WAY off. When companies don't even know where their own sh*t is buried I don't know how they expect to avoid problems like this.
Luckily they only dug down 18" for the pool...
Anyone else bust out laughing at the thought of people trying to swim in a foot and a half pool... or calling a dig service in order to put their kiddy pool in ground?
For parent: it's 18', not 18".
Don't you know all our politicians swing in the direction of the highest dollar these days?
Not when votes are on the line. SO politicians of said city or even state that city is in should fight hard, so they can toot their horn about it in their next reelection campaign. If you can figure out a way to let the needed politicians now that they can have a good chunk of votes swing there way then they will bow to your cause (you have to present to them the amount of votes and ether some form of guarantee or a hell of a lot of credibility).
I had an odd thing like this in my area, then the local telco's got together and made it pretty standard in my county that your local calling is your exchange/s (for example the biggest city was 772-776) and all adjacent exchanges. If there you aren't touching or in the exchange your calling then it isn't local. I don't think this would work as well in more urban cities, but it is great for medium-populated counties.
Maybe companies could use this against competitors that use wholesalers? Launch a smear add campaign showing how they value customers while their wholesale-using competitor is abusing them? Then get away with charging a higher price for being The Good Guy(TM).
I don't always know if that is true. One of the markets near me that runs one of these still has sales. Sometimes there are additional savings for people with a card, but most of the time on these sales the card adds (or subtracts I guess) nothing. Now there are far more items discounted by a few cents or with special deals with the card, but most of the really good sales are the same price with or without card.
I think the studio usually gets like 80% of the first week and it declines after that.
I think it is an even higher percentage then that. From my friend who works as an assistent manager at a local muliplex the theater only gets about 5 cents of every ticket opening week, but they make a killing of soda and popcorn (still a bit but not nearly as much profit from candybars and nachos and such). By the third week the theater is getting 80% of the ticket though. (Maybe it is differant theater to theater, I don't really know how it works).
And wave radio can be poor when you are far from the broadcasting station. For me an iPod and adapter/broadcaster or satellite radio are a must for any road trip or boating excursion. I wouldn't pay for it if I listened at my home, or only in my local area, but for driving and for things away from land and/or civilization satellite radio is a god-send.