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  What do you hate about your job?

  by Gadget in

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  normally i love my job, but at 4.50am this morning my alarm went off for me to get ready for work and i hated it so much.

  i've been off for 2 weeeks, and my first shift back is a 1ohr shift on a sunday morning.

  its enough to make me wish i was getting up for a meeting instead!!!

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  Ignorant people.

  It just amazes me how many ignorant people there are out there. And, most of those cranky, ignorant people are of the older generation. What is it with old people? Do they think that just because they have 40 years on you that they have the right to talk disrespectfully to you? I come in contact with alot of people at work, on the phone and in person, and let me tell you.....the old people really take the cake!!! I just hope that when my turn comes to join the senior citizen population that I treat others with a little more respect than they do to me.

  Well, that is my little rant for the day.
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  Fables, Farces and Facts

  by Farkel in

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  no, this piece is not about alliteration.

  for true believers?

  the subject matter is quite serious, and may just possibly affect the quality of the rest of you lives; it may also affect your eternal fate, if there is such a thing.

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  Unless the Almighty is a weak and puny God, it would not be unreasonable for him to keep his own road-map to happiness and salvation from being so corrupted.

  So true.

  "Clear-cut" and "reasonable", is that too much to ask of a Father who loves his children? Instead, the Almighty inspires a book of stories and riddles for a bunch of imperfect, selfish children who, in turn, try to interpret them to suit their own whims and desires. This "road-map to a peaceful new world" is definitely corrupted.
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  HURRICANE to hit NOVA SCOTIA today..are you READY?

  by Special K in

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  i'm getting hit .. today.. with hurricane juan.. it will strike metro halifax between 6 and 9 pm this evening.

  winds 90 to 140 km/hour... up to 80 millimetres of rain.

  "this is the worst case scenario for halifax... we are right on the hit list"..says forcasters.

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  Special K:

  Hope you are OK, and all the others in the path of Juan. The storm should be on your doorstep any time now.

  Check in with us to tell you how you are doing.

  I took a trip down the Jersey Shore today, and the waves were kicking up something good. I took some pics, but they really don't do the waves justice.

  I hope this works, I haven't used Simon's new picture thingy yet....

  I have more pics but can't seem to upload them on Simon's new filestore.

  Take care you guys!!!
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  What will happen to humankind? (serious)

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i want to ask a deep question here, only because i want to know your answer..... i was listening to my mum and dad tonight watching a programme on the discovery channel about how in so many million years the sun will implode or explode and destroy all life in our solar system and beyond.

  my dad was fascinated and was arguing with my mum who said it's rubbish because that isn't jehovah's purpose for the earth.

  later i was thinking.

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  This is what concerns me.
  

  Table of Global Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles, 1945-2002
  Notes

  End Year	US	SU	UK	FR	CH	Total
  1945	6	--	--	--	--	6
  1946	11	--	--	--	--	11
  1947	32	--	--	--	--	32
  1948	110	--	--	--	--	110
  1949	235	1	--	--	--	236
  1950	369	5	--	--	--	374
  1951	640	25	--	--	--	665
  1952	1,005	50	--	--	--	1,055
  1953	1,436	120	1	--	--	1,557
  1954	2,063	150	5	--	--	2,218
  1955	3,057	200	10	--	--	3,267
  1956	4,618	426	15	--	--	5,059
  1957	6,444	660	20	--	--	7,124
  1958	9,822	869	22	--	--	10,713
  1959	15,468	1,060	25	--	--	16,553
  1960	20,434	1,605	30	--	--	22,069
  1961	24,111	2,471	50	--	--	26,632
  1962	27,297	3,322	205	--	--	30,823
  1963	29,249	4,238	280	--	--	33,767
  1964	30,751	5,221	310	4	1	36,287
  1965	31,642	6,129	310	32	5	38,118
  1966	31,700	7,089	270	36	20	39,105
  1967	30,893	8,339	270	36	25	39,563
  1968	28,884	9,399	280	36	35	38,633
  1969	26,910	10,538	308	36	50	37,841
  1970	26,119	11,643	280	36	75	38,153
  1971	26,365	13,092	220	45	100	39,822
  1972	27,296	14,478	220	70	130	42,193
  1973	28,335	15,915	275	116	150	44,791
  1974	28,170	17,385	325	145	170	46,195
  1975	27,052	19,055	350	188	185	46,830
  1976	25,956	21,205	350	212	190	47,913
  1977	25,099	23,044	350	228	200	48,920
  1978	24,243	25,393	350	235	220	50,441
  1979	24,107	27,935	350	235	235	52,862
  1980	23,764	30,062	350	250	280	54,706
  1981	23,031	32,049	350	275	330	56,035
  1982	22,937	33,952	335	275	360	57,859
  1983	23,154	35,804	320	280	380	59,938
  1984	23,228	37,431	270	280	415	61,623
  1985	23,135	39,197	300	360	425	63,416
  1986	23,254	40,723	300	355	425	65,056
  1987	23,490	38,859	300	420	415	63,484
  1988	23,077	37,333	300	410	430	61,549
  1989	22,174	35,805	300	410	435	59,124
  1990	21,211	33,417	300	505	430	55,863
  1991	18,306	28,595	300	540	435	48,176
  1992	13,731	25,155	300	540	435	40,161
  1993	11,536	21,101	300	525	435	33,897
  1994	11,012	18,399	250	510	450	30,621
  1995	10,953	14,978	300	500	400	27,131
  1996	10,886	12,085	300	450	400	24,121
  1997	10,829	11,264	260	450	400	23,203
  1998	10,763	10,764	260	450	400	22,637
  1999	10,698	10,451	185	450	400	22,184
  2000	10,615	10,201	185	450	400	21,851
  2001	10,491	9,126	200	350	400	20,567
  2002	10,640	8,600	200	350	400	20,190
  US = United States, SU = Soviet Union/Russia, UK = United Kingdom, FR = France and CH = China

  NOTES

  US warhead estimates exclude a small number of warheads awaiting dismantlement and are accurate to within a few hundred warheads.

  SU/Russian warhead estimates exclude warheads awaiting dismantlement or in reserve status. The total number of intact warheads is estimated to be 18,000.

  UK and French stockpile estimates are believed to be accurate to within a few tens of warheads.

  Chinese warhead estimates are probably not accurate to better than 50 percent, due to the uncertainty in the number of tactical warheads.

  In addition to the above, Israel, India and Pakistan have nuclear arsenals, and South Africa produced six gun-assembly type weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early-1990s. Estimates of the composition and evolution of the arsenals of Israel, India and Pakistan are extremely difficult to make. Israel may have a stockpile of some 100-200 nuclear weapons, India 30-35, and Pakistan between 24 and 48 nuclear weapons.

  last revised 11.25.02

  http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/nudb/datab19.asp#notes

  also: http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/furanium.asp

  This does not include North Korea which now has nukes, or Iran that is developing them(regardless what they say). The chances of one of these getting into terrorist hands is too high. Where there is a will, there is a way....I think it is only a matter of time, and I just hope that it will be an isolated incident and will not result into an all out global nuclear war. We are too smart for that, aren't we?
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  Conkers !

  by Simon in

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  liam has been a bit disappointed this week 'cause conkers are all the rage at school and he hasn't had any (apart from a couple his friend gave him).

  dylan wanted some as well (but he just likes to 'want' what liam does).

  so, i promised them that tonight i'd take both off them to get some.. on a bit of an isolated stretch of road on the way to work, i'd noticed a couple of chestnut trees that were well away from housing estates so hadn't been 'hacked to bits' by local kids.

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  Warning: playing conkers is fun but can be dangerous - you will end up with bruised knuckles until you both get good at aiming your conkers.

  sounds kinda scarey to me.

  Never heard of conkers....just goes to show you that you can learn something new everyday.
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  Believers - You need a new revelation to explain this!

  by Amazing in

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  yes ... you heard me correctly.

  sometime ago we saw how chimps made tools by using other tools.

  we saw how they learned language and could construct a basic sentance on their own, as well as learn to read a little ... well now ... a new study has been completed where monkeys were paid tokens for completing certain tasks ... the monkeys saved up their tokens ... and then they were offered to trade their tokens for things like food, etc.

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  I find this very interesting....

  Only female monkeys show this pique, the researchers found. Males were much less sensitive to inequality. Their minds may have been on other things, says Janson: "Males care about sex, and females care about food. The males might not consider the food differences worth worrying about."

  Koko, the Gorilla, has a vocabulary of about 1,000 words and has been communicating with humans for over 25 years now. There is a lot to learn yet from our hairy friends, I think.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Driving thru my past tonite..literally..

  by LyinEyes in

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  tonite , i was afraid of the feelings i might have passing thru the area where my mom and dad grew up , where all of my family still lives, and where my mom is buried.. my son, jake had a game in natchitoches and we had to go right thru the area to get there.

  i decided at the last moment to stop my grandfathers place.

  when he died it went to my mom, but since she was dead before him, it goes to my sister and i. .

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  Dede:

  My youngest son, got a rock for me from my Grandpa's land , right by the fence, and gave it to me when we left. He wanted me to have a little something of the land that my Mama loved so much. That meant alot to me and I will always treasure that rock, not just because it was part of that land, but because my son thought how much it would mean to me, and it did.

  The best gifts we receive in life are the ones that don't cost a cent. I treasure all the drawings, pictures, and hand-made gifts my children have given over the years. These are our most precious memories.... You son sounds like a great kid.

  I also like your writing, Dede.....from the heart.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Disgusted and ashamed to be British

  by Simon in

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  david blaine has been in his box for two weeks now.

  during that time it's become a daily event for people to go and throw eggs and other food at the box, people have also fired golf-balls at him and other objects and someone has even tried to cut the cables holding the box from the crane.

  people have also tried to shine lasers into his eyes and othe 'clever' tricks.. it's disgusting but typical of the yobbish, mindless behavior that is becoming too common in the uk.. i'm ashamed to be british.

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  I just got a job that puts me in contact with a lot of different people on a daily basis....and let me tell you, there are stupid and ignorant people EVERYWHERE!.....it's not exclusive to Britain.
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  Who Is Your Favorite U.S. President?

  by Black Man in

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  well, who and why?

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  JFK

  If Nixon had won in the 1960 Presidential Election, I hate to think what might have come from the Cuban Missle Crisis.....the world might be a very different place right now.

  He also was not a perfect president, but his push in Congress for the civil rights issues was right on target.

  He was definitely my favorite president.
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  Any forum members being affected by Hurricane Isabelle..is everybody safe?

  by Special K in

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  quite an evacuation of coast line down in north carolina.. everybody okay?.

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  Yea, just a lot of high wind here too. Hope the large tree in the backyard doesn't decide to come down on the house though.

  The wifey and I are going to go to the shore tomorrow, so we can see the monster waves.

  Wish I was going with you. God, I don't want to go to work tomorrow. Have fun....somebody should.

  Mrs. Shakita