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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Win a 'MILLION' world stamps on *THIS* thread- totally FREE! |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Win a 'MILLION' world stamps on *THIS* thread- totally FREE! |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Win a 'MILLION' world stamps on *THIS* thread- totally FREE! |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Win a 'MILLION' world stamps on *THIS* thread- totally FREE! |
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 19:49:52 pm
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: The HAPPY BIRTHDAY and other significant events thread |
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 07:16:16 am
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: USA Police forces |
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 07:13:07 am
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| Some of the sagest advice I ever heard for American home defence involved doors and frames. Even if criminals don't have guns, they might still have pry bars and other tools. Therefore you should have a "safe room" in your house. This room should have a reinforced door frame and a metal do... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Out of the closet! - I'm a professional wrestling fan |
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:41:23 pm
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| Always entertaining to see what degradation Vince McMahon will suffer from the good guys. He and a number of the wrestlers really suffer for the good of the firm. The chair to the forehead has got to sting some. Basically, morality plays as good eventually triumphs after weeks of travail. My heart i... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: WINE ... What's your favourite??? |
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:30:26 pm
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| Do watch out for Dalmatian sparkling whites. There was a party with strawberries soaked in brandy and sugar and then cut with a Jugoslav white(this was when Tito was still alive). At least I think I remember that party. Did I read somewhere that they are producing wine in southern England? Or will i... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: World class education system? |
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:18:15 pm
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| Can't even spell education. Jeez. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: World class education system? |
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:16:13 pm
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| On today's episode of 'So You Think You Are Smarter Than a Fifth Grader'(not sure if it runs in Oz), a 4th year business major at the University of Southern California, considered a very good American university, lost $US 125,000 because he did not know the official language of Australia. He had use... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Anyone wasting stamping time on World of Warcraft? |
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 14:36:57 pm
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Just wondering if anyone else is playing that world-wide threat to office productivity, World of Warcraft.
Don't try to feign ignorance in Oz, there are Australian time zone servers up and running. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Quick-thinking lad, destined to become a stamp dealer |
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 13:25:48 pm
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Have a small amateur rugby league on west coast of FLORIDA. Source of those clever t-shirts that say? "Give blood. Play rugby."
Also a lacrosse league. Field hockey with leather armor and homicidal tendencies. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: %(at)**y Lunar Eclipse |
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:08:19 pm
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| Not even a mention of it in United States in a fairly good local newspaper. Nor on the television. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Beer Association Thread |
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 00:52:05 am
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Later, mutant beer can chicken.
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Never Ending Story - Add A Line - Use Moderation In Language |
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 00:13:13 am
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| from the damage you inflicted on the hive, you big, romantic ... |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Beer Association Thread |
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 00:09:14 am
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Gun control, again.
Would that be weak beer for the enlisted, beer and ale for the sergeants, and lemonade for the officers? And anything he wants, right away, for the sergeant major. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Beer Association Thread |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 14:37:02 pm
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Ah, the famous beer can chicken.
True beer horror story. Watching a guy order a can of Schlitz in the rod and gun club in Munich that stocked six Bavarian beers and even imported Pilsner Urquel from Czechoslovakia. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Never Ending Story - Add A Line - Use Moderation In Language |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 01:17:33 am
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| so, to save Natasha, Boris jumped onto Kim's lap and pecked him on the cheek, causing the Great Leader to ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Will the Americans EVER tighten up on gun purchases? |
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:07:57 am
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| A very important change to gun control laws has raised its ugly head now. They actually want to crack down on sales by 'collectors' at gun shows. If the shooter in Virginia had been turned down at the gun dealer, he could have easily gone to a gun show and bought what he wanted for cash, no question... |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Yank jokes, is it? |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 23:48:05 pm
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Good one, Glen.
A UN gala, no doubt. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Funny Photographs - slightly *Broad Minded* viewers needed! |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 06:43:31 am
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Never Ending Story - Add A Line - Use Moderation In Language |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 06:36:47 am
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| and speaking of Yankie men, how will I ever get my beloved W away from that Laura. Librarians are too smart to outfox and deadly as hell. Maybe if I gave her a ... |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Yank jokes, is it? |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 06:31:06 am
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| What a revelation! Watch out for the Lowenbrau brewed in Maryland, too. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Yank jokes, is it? |
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:44:01 am
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So that is why they ship it to the States in tankers for canning/bottling here.
Wondered if real beer-drinkers actually drank that swill. Kind of like the American soldiers asking for a Schlitz(American brand) in Germany. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Yank jokes, is it? |
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 03:40:54 am
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| Scurralous, I will have you know that a long ago Foster's beer ad campaign had the defining word about Australian intelligence and culture up here. Wonder if Glen had the misfortune to see them while visiting the US. A large Australian man head butts a door out of it's frame and we are informed he i... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Will the Americans EVER tighten up on gun purchases? |
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 03:16:42 am
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| Yes, that is a large sandwich. For instance, that would be 2 McDonalds double quarterpounder sandwiches. Want some fries with that, heh? Various of the hamburger franchises make triple patty sandwiches. And the mom and pop restaurants frequently do 1 pound hamburgers. Some even do 2 and 3 pound sand... |
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Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: US Revenues |
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 16:30:00 pm
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charlie:
Does that 1 gallon bottle have a stand that allowed you to pour from the bottle into a glass without straining your wrist/dropping the whole bottle?
Saw one at a serious drinker's house decades ago. Hurricane supplies, I guess. |
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Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: US Revenues |
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 16:27:35 pm
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crosscrescent:
Scott Stamp Catalog Volume One covers US Revenues in a basic manner. If you have access at a library or another collector, you might check them out.
Don't collect US revenues, so didn't spot any sleepers/rarities. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Never Ending Story - Add A Line - Use Moderation In Language |
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 15:51:33 pm
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who looks marvelous in that Lovable Uplift bra, even in scarlet or...
(who or what is Kevin Rudd?) |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Funny Photographs - slightly *Broad Minded* viewers needed! |
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 15:35:08 pm
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| Going back to the photo with Her Majesty, what was the good colonel's next assignment? Land crab census on Diego Garcia? |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: National Myths |
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:17:04 am
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| The theory is that Botany Bay was necessary because Georgia no longer accepted transported criminals and Irish revolutionaries. Nor do we like to remember that many Highlanders were transported to Pennsylvania for rebellion against the Hanovers. They spread south through our Appalachian Mountains, b... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: National Myths |
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:34:10 am
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| Some of the most interesting things about a country are the beliefs about themselves that differ from reality. For the US: 1. We will all eventually be millionaires, so it is OK to vote Republican even though their policies screw anyone who is not a millionaire. 2. None of our ancestors were forced ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: "Lest We Forget" - Anzac Day, April 25, 2007 |
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:28:01 am
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Of all things to see in a US newspaper was a picture of Turkish soldiers marking the Battle of Gallipoli. Otherwise, no mention of ANZAC Day.
Sorry. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Never Ending Story - Add A Line - Use Moderation In Language |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:24:15 am
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| hearing her confession, giving her penance and helping her serve the Church by... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Will the Americans EVER tighten up on gun purchases? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 00:48:20 am
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For sure, got a 2-liter bottle right here on the table.
With the smaller sizes, actually the retailers resist going mixed metric and English on juice, sodas and beer, because would have to get two sets of display racks in the coolers.
Wine industry is totally metric, as are liquor makers |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: History of Postal Rates |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 00:44:57 am
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| In 1971 there was a 33% jump from 6 cents to 8 cents and a 25% jump to 10 cents in 1974 A quick visit to the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Consumer Price Index, for what it is worth, shows that $100 in 1971 was the same as $507 in 2007. So the increase in postage in US to 41 cents is not that... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Will the Americans EVER tighten up on gun purchases? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 00:31:48 am
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And Glenn.
Coke cans here are 12 oz and the individual serving bottles are 20 oz. Though labeled to whatever milliliters that might work out to. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Will the Americans EVER tighten up on gun purchases? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 00:27:00 am
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| Only the minority of food products are metric, mostly beverages. All meat, fresh fruit and veggies and canned goods are still in pounds. Fabric is sold by the yard. Hardware is inches. Nails are still the old English system, 10 penny etc. I guess cars are part metric, depends where the makers get th... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Will the Americans EVER tighten up on gun purchases? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 22:52:54 pm
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| Too true, Glenn The US will go metric and get universal health insurance before dealing with guns, lol. As I said, there is a chance that assault rifles will be banned again. Not that they will collect the ones already owned. Just ban the import and sale. Wonder if that will bring a WTO suit by the ... |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Government employee jokes |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 13:31:33 pm
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| Back to government employees. Back in the 1980s, the mining safety agency assigned a man to be the executive director of the Underground Non-ferrous Metal Mining Safety Board. Take care of the boards quarterly meetings at nice hotels. The fly in the ointment being that all non-ferrous metal mining i... |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Government employee jokes |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 13:20:37 pm
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| That's a $US50 book, used, that is! The wikipedia reports that McArthur asked Blamey how he planned to defend Port Moresby, which initiated the movement of the 39th Battalion toward Kokoda. My father had unpleasant memories of the north coast of New Guinea. The snipers, the uniforms rotting on your ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: USA Police forces |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 13:07:59 pm
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and a whole lot less likely are the chances of someone using one in a moment of otherwise uncharacteristic rage ...
Exactly why I never had any guns around the house. Also didn't hunt. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: USA Police forces |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 08:05:02 am
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| Yes I imagine that farmers and ranchers could have valid reasons for owning guns. They really get to use automatic weapons on the kangaroos? Reminds me of the German definition of hunting. You pay a high fee to get a one-day license, meet the forest ranger, he takes you out to the herd, hands you on... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Will the Americans EVER tighten up on gun purchases? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 07:55:02 am
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| As you know, America is about evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans tend to be the National Rifles Association's bitch and the liberal Democrats want stringent gun control like our Northeast and New York have. Of course, New Yorkers can take a day, drive down to Virginia ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: USA Police forces |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 07:35:21 am
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| The tragedy at Virginia Tech has brought the National Rifle Association spokespersons out in full force. If only some of the instructors or students were carrying concealed weapons, etc. Our police have trouble hitting what they shoot at in those kind of situations and they practice. Can you imagine... |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Government employee jokes |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 07:14:31 am
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| Funny you should identify military intelligence as an oxymoron(applies to many countries services). In intelligence school, we were taught that General Douglas McArthur had a flaw. He liked to be surrounded by sycophants. His chief of intelligence was especially incompetent but highly valued by McAr... |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Government employee jokes |
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 00:39:53 am
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| I'm from the government and I am here to help you. |
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Forum: Bored with life or work? THIS is the *FUN* place to be! Topic: Word Association Thread |
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 14:13:12 pm
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: USA Police forces |
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 09:32:12 am
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| The fragmentation of police forces is probably a result of the English local government model as of the 18th century and the US's expulsion of the loyalists after the American revolution. Even England did not have rational, country-wide police and fire services. There were justices of the peace who ... |
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Forum: Roll Call -- This Thread MUST be your *FIRST* Port Of Call here! Topic: Hello All NEW Members - please briefly introduce yourself! |
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 14:01:26 pm
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| Caught a nasty spyware from a now deleted posting here a few hours ago. Good to see the admin's quick action. |
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