I'm going to be off the air this weekend, which means the planned blog entry will be delayed. It's our anniversary and the wife apparently expects my full attention. We have a cabin on Whidbey Island rented.
We need some R&R.
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3Going out of town this weekend
by JeffT ini'm going to be off the air this weekend, which means the planned blog entry will be delayed.
it's our anniversary and the wife apparently expects my full attention.
we have a cabin on whidbey island rented.
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A freind of my son's worked in Tech Support at a large computer company that will remain nameless. He took one call that went like this:
"My computer won't do anything. The monitor is black."
"What happens when you push the 'on' button."
"Nothing, I already tried that."
"Is your computer plugged in?"
{Sound of furniture moving, cords rattling etc}
"Shit! Never mind."
Apparently that happened fairly regularly.
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What to be for Holloween
by Found Sheep intwo years ago i was an angel, last year a cat.
i am working that day so i need to be "modest".
yes they let us dress up it's kind of fun.
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I once considered wearing a bathrobe, slippers, carrying a coffee cup and telling everybody I was dressed as myself on Saturday morning. It was too wet and cold to pull it off.
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Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents'
by frankiespeakin inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vpqilhw9ui.
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Generally, we're losing the ability to understand how things work deep down but gaining the ability to work things.
Case in point: I learned accounting just as desktop computers started becoming commonplace. Most of my training involved green columnar pads and a pocket calculator (itself quite an advance from earlier years). The computer was a tool I used to do to things, most of the actual work went on in my head. In the last few years of working I found more and more recent college graduates that did not really understand debits and credits and fine points of accounting and financial management. The attitude and knowledge was "the computer will do it." Mostly they got along, if the power went out they were lost. Ever watch a grocery store clerk try to count your change when the computer wasn't working?
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Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents'
by frankiespeakin inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vpqilhw9ui.
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Snarky answer: they dumbed down the test.
Serious answer: Measuring IQ is a slippery business, better education may account for better ability to take a test. I would not be surprised that better health care and nutrition are significant factors.
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So are Republicans now openly terrorists?
by Simon inthey seem determined to undermine the us democracy and shut the government down hurting employees and veterans.. what a despicable bunch, hope they get their asses kicked for what they are doing..
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The bill was passed in the senate 219–212.
That would have been an interesting trick since there are only 100 Senators.
As to what the electorate voted for: The current makeup of the House of Representatives also represents the electorate, just at the local level rather than the entire country. There is considerable opposition to the ACA in various parts of the country.
I agree with tootired, just let the dems own it. If its the mess the Republicans think its going to be, the Democrats can clean it up.
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USA | Man Allegedly Fires Gun at a Group of Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwleaks inusa, arkansas | man fires gun at a group of jehovah's witnesses.
centerton police arrested a man accused of firing close to 19 rounds at a group of jehovahs witnesses on saturday (sept. 28th).
john baldwin, 35, bonded out on $50,000 sunday morning.. according to a probable cause affidavit, three jehovahs witnesses approached baldwin in his front yard at rainbow farm road and baldwin told them, get your (explicit) off my property, i moved out here to get away from people like you.. the report states the jehovahs witnesses apologized and as they were getting in their car one of them heard get me my 9.. baldwin admitted to firing a gun at three jehovahs witnesses when they drove away from his house, according to the report.. baldwin was booked into benton county jail on felony charges of aggravated assault.. several of baldwins neighbors said he moved to the neighborhood less than a month ago.. kristi tidwell who lives nearby said she was home when police arrived at her neighbors home.. my husband and i were working around the house, we had the blinds open in the back we saw probably seven or eight cop cars pulling in there, tidwell said.
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I have asked three times to be added to the do not call list, plus I called and left a message at the hall, they still come. Of course, there is no excuse for shooting a gun over it, but I can relate to his frustration. I work from home and it is very annoying to be interrupted, often I am covered in paint and don't look presentable, but if I ignore them they just keep coming back.
Ultimately, you are dealing with a bunch of amateur volunteers, some children, with a very haphazard system of recording info ... scribbled not on a piece of paper that probably get's lost or discarded by someone along the chain.
Although they can seem annoying they don't usually call that often and i's not really onerous to answer the door now and again.
But yeah, you can't not-answer because you don't know who it is ... I wouldn't want to miss out on the opportunity for Girl Scout cookies !!
I agree with Simon, you don't want to miss the cookies. I can think of two methods that might get there attention
1) glue your letter to a piece of plywood, go to the hall on Saturday night and screw the plywood to the front door. Use about eight screws so they have to spend some time getting it off.
2) That may raise legal issues (although it wold be fun) so hire a process server (cost starts at about $35 here) and tell him the best time to catch somebody is about half way through the Sunday meeting.
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IPCC Climate Change Report........
by cantleave in.....states that there is 95% certainty climate change is man made.
people are still saying we don't need to do anything about it.. if you were told there is a 95% risk of you dying if you don't change your diet, wouldn't you change your diet?.
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sammies: I think asking what should be done will only get the thread more off-topic as it tend to drive the tin-foil crowd out of their caves; perhaps start a new thread with that question?
I disagree. This argument would improve considerably ( I hope) if we moved toward "If we control pollution thruogh reasonable means and encourage low populatin growth, life for all of us will improve" and away from "if we don't outlaw automobiles and make people ride bicycles tomorrow we're all gonna die."
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USA | Man Allegedly Fires Gun at a Group of Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwleaks inusa, arkansas | man fires gun at a group of jehovah's witnesses.
centerton police arrested a man accused of firing close to 19 rounds at a group of jehovahs witnesses on saturday (sept. 28th).
john baldwin, 35, bonded out on $50,000 sunday morning.. according to a probable cause affidavit, three jehovahs witnesses approached baldwin in his front yard at rainbow farm road and baldwin told them, get your (explicit) off my property, i moved out here to get away from people like you.. the report states the jehovahs witnesses apologized and as they were getting in their car one of them heard get me my 9.. baldwin admitted to firing a gun at three jehovahs witnesses when they drove away from his house, according to the report.. baldwin was booked into benton county jail on felony charges of aggravated assault.. several of baldwins neighbors said he moved to the neighborhood less than a month ago.. kristi tidwell who lives nearby said she was home when police arrived at her neighbors home.. my husband and i were working around the house, we had the blinds open in the back we saw probably seven or eight cop cars pulling in there, tidwell said.
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I bet every one of next year's convention will feature a JW who's been shot at.
And their will be Watchtower articles:
"Andre, a faithful servant of Jehovah, continues to preach regularly even after being shot at."
