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Thought I would share this with y'all. I was asked where to position two 40' cargo containers at my Scout Camp. Cool stuff, we're going modular in our storage. The company we are working with cut us a tremendous bargin. So I glanced over my notes and my very weak "as built" drawings of the camp and there was some doubt in my mind it would fit where I wanted. So I was facing a drive to the beach. Not that I find that particularly a bad thing Then I realized with Google Earth I could come "close enough" and was able to find the information without leaving my office.

And then add the cost to businesses to hire replacements, etc. No wonder no politician wants to tackle this problem.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 14, 2007 -> 09:47 AM) Is that an anti-Fox comment??? Man, I didn't think anybody disliked him. I don't dislike him, but in the annuals of great actors, he's not in the top 500. He simply is not that great of an actor. Perhaps he'd crack the top 100 TV actors, maybe. His movie roles were pretty light weight. But from what I've seen and read of him as a person, great guy who didn't allow that industry to destroy him.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Sep 14, 2007 -> 11:08 AM) I generally agree with this. However, problems arise when the politicians take the stands and claim them as their own, that they have always held this position, etc. i would have more respect if one would come out and say "I am against this bill, but 80% of my people want me to vote for it. So following the lead of my constituents, I am voting for this bill" What problems?

Composting, if done correctly, will make you popular with your neighbors as you offer them some great fertilizer. No smells, etc. You may have to buy a more esthetically pleasing container than what I used (old pallets). An interesting fact with my electricty provider, at the time I signed up, the wind generated was actually lower than the alternatives. I had to commit for a longer term, and agree if demand outstripped supply I would accept the higher conventional sources (What? or go dark??)

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 14, 2007 -> 08:57 AM) I would actually be really curious as to what, if anything, folks here have done in recent years to be more environmentally conscious in their choices. I'd be happy to list mine, if this is of interest to anyone else. Please do. IIRC we also have someone here who put in a solar system, I forgot who.

QUOTE(TheBlackSox8 @ Sep 12, 2007 -> 05:41 PM) quick question.....Is that a guy or a girl? Either way I'm deeply disturbed after watching that. Guy. And I'm not certain if this is Chris' response or an earlier vid NSFW!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5MVp5WEY3U&NR=1

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 14, 2007 -> 08:37 AM) AH!!! I just saw the Britney version and posted it in the "Video" section. I take it I am a little behind the times...again? I saw the Britney vid Wednesday night while walking to class. I think it was on the Glenn Beck show. Great stuff.

Do politicians have any responsibility to follow the will of their constituents? I always felt yes. That is 70% of their district believe one way, they should seriously look at that, and probably follow that lead.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 14, 2007 -> 08:15 AM) I know that. But it sounds dramatic and full of legal promise for $, since I'm a minority in the state of Texas. Tell me about it

QUOTE(Brian @ Sep 14, 2007 -> 08:11 AM) No. He is alive. He'll do special guest spots on some shows now. I don't think he can act, Fixed for me.

Awesome.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Sep 13, 2007 -> 10:57 PM) I have no sympathy when a governmental agency at any level cries poor and says they need money. liar

^^^ Yet you still claim to be an independent??

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 13, 2007 -> 10:48 PM) Then I could sue my local government office for being discriminatory in hiring because I'm not bilingual. No. It is like any other requirement for the job. If they could not life ten pounds and wanted a job in Streets and Sans, etc. We see a lot of ads down here marked bilingual preferred and depending on their current staffing, that may be more or less of an issue. As long as it can be proven their is a legitimate requirement for the job, there is no case.

BTW, I recall the Bulls wishing they had gotten a big man but thought MJ would sell some tickets with his scoring.

Taking Al Gore's message to heart I've Taken a position where I work from home 80% of the time. Purchased wind energy for my home. Moved close to school so I can walk or ride my bike Set my thermostat at 80 So can I talk about environmental issues without being a hypocrit?

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Sep 13, 2007 -> 04:29 PM) The more nudity the better. Please do not post that in the Rosie thread

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2007 -> 04:30 PM) If nothing else, remember, we're dealing with a nation where somewhere between 15 and 20% of the population has become refugees...over 10% of which has already fled the country. I can't imagine a way to get an actual randomized sample when those are the sorts of issues you have to overcome. Exactly, but we can't lower the bar. We have to accept it is not a representative sample and treat it as such. Plus, self reporting is unreliable.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Sep 13, 2007 -> 04:33 PM) The minimum salary in MLB is lucrative as is. I don't need to mention what an average paid player earns. Fact is, they don't deserve that type of money. If they want keep getting that kind of money, pee in a cup every once and awhile and show them some blood. I have a hard time equating salary with a loss in rights. If there was some cause I can see. In the real world, why ask your 60 year old accountant who has never missed a day of work in twenty years, and no one has seen him take even a sip of beer, for a blood test*? * True story by the way. After a merger the new parent company came in and hit us with random tests. Let's just say some of the tests were more random than others.

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OS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two decades after a nude photo scandal helped cost a Miss America her title, Americans may be adopting a more ho-hum attitude toward people who bare it all for the cameras. Some experts say the Internet and more explicit TV are fostering a more relaxed response by Americans to public displays of bare flesh, even if many people profess to be more conservative. Take, for example, the muted reaction to nude photos of 18-year-old Vanessa Hudgens, the star of Walt Disney Co.'s squeaky clean "High School Musical" franchise, One day after the photos surfaced on the Web last Thursday, Hudgens issued an apology and family friendly Walt Disney Co. said it would continue negotiating her appearance in the third installment of the hugely popular series, one of the most popular programs in U.S. cable TV history. While some expressed outrage, many fans pledged support on her MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/vanessahudgens. Some lashed out at her critics. "Quit moaning and if you have any kind of decent filtering on the computer, kids aren't going to see it," wrote one poster on a media blog Web site at http://acemanonline.wordpress.com. It's a far cry from the scandal in 1984 when Vanessa Williams, the first black woman named as Miss America, resigned after nude photos surfaced of her and another female model. "I do think that general attitudes about nudity are becoming more relaxed, but these changes take time, which is why there's still mixed responses," said Paul Levinson, communication and media professor at Fordham University. Continued...

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