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"US refinery runs to stay low for years-Conoco exec" - Bowser - 9/3/2008 3:39:22 PM
- I been sayin' that for months! - Eri - 9/4/2008 2:32:20 AM
- 85% is "much lower" than 90%??? - Lee - 9/3/2008 5:11:01 PM
  - That post made my day! Thanks. - Bowser - 9/3/2008 6:21:20 PM
    - Well, the rest of the world sort of takes up the slack when gas supplies get low. - RobVG - 9/4/2008 2:10:59 AM
      - The oil guy says there's plenty of capacity. The conservatives say that means build more. - Bowser - 9/4/2008 2:32:40 PM
        
        Palin and BP....follow the money - Lindy - 9/4/2008 10:40:55 PM

Spanish love poemsâ€¦ - z - 9/2/2008 4:24:23 AM
- Cuban love poem - ER - 9/2/2008 9:45:56 AM
  - Pero las mujeres no se arriman a qualquier pollo - z - 9/2/2008 3:38:37 PM
    - re: Pero las mujeres no se arriman a qualquier pollo - Marcia - 9/2/2008 8:25:39 PM
      - re: Pero las mujeres no se arriman a qualquier pollo - Marcia - 9/2/2008 8:30:11 PM
        
        re: Pero las mujeres no se arriman a qualquier pollo - Marcia - 9/2/2008 8:46:24 PM
        
        re: Pero las mujeres no se arriman a qualquier pollo. - Bottom line, hens can be picky. ;) (n/t) - Marcia - 9/2/2008 8:54:44 PM
    - Poema 20 - ER - 9/2/2008 5:15:05 PM
      - Excellent chance to get a verdict on machine translation.... - ARRELL - 9/2/2008 5:39:48 PM
        
        Decide foir yourself - ER - 9/2/2008 8:07:27 PM
        
        Alternative translation (by ER) - ER - 9/2/2008 8:16:55 PM
        
        Good job! - z - 9/3/2008 3:20:55 AM
        
        "Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido." - ER - 9/3/2008 10:23:51 AM

Goin' flat out - "Crooks and Liars: McCain Sells His Soul: Hires Man Who Sunk His 2000 Campaign" - Bowser - 9/2/2008 8:51:21 PM
- "It's nothing personal man. It's strictly business." (n/t) - ER - 9/3/2008 1:36:03 AM

Finally, a pharmaceutical to solve all our problems. - Eri - 9/1/2008 3:45:38 PM
- re: Finally, a pharmaceutical to solve all our problems. - ER - 9/2/2008 2:45:27 AM
  - A potent OTC drug for those pesky somber, sober moments. - Bowser - 9/2/2008 6:03:33 AM

Polonium 210 in cigarettes - Raoul - 8/29/2008 6:37:16 PM
- This is like discussing the dangers of radioactive arsenic. - Bowser - 8/31/2008 6:39:14 PM
- Similarly, Coal-fired power stations are a nuclear hazard - nick hoffman - 8/31/2008 6:50:03 AM
  - "It's been calculated that more people die of Cancer from Coal-fired plants than from nuclear... " - ARRELL - 8/31/2008 6:56:53 AM
    - re:Where did you get that information? - Johannes - 8/31/2008 7:49:50 PM
      - from the good folks at Oak Ridge: - podrock - 8/31/2008 8:16:35 PM
        
        Ooops; I'll give it another try: - podrock - 8/31/2008 8:18:50 PM
        
        Boy, is that a trip down memory lane. - ER - 9/1/2008 1:37:02 AM
    - On average and currently that's true. - alcaray - 8/31/2008 6:14:34 PM
- Polonium 210 in cigarettes NOT hidden... - ER - 8/30/2008 1:10:36 AM
- And now a calmer more useful analysis: - ARRELL - 8/29/2008 7:03:31 PM
  - Wouldn't the N word, used earlier and more often, have saved a lot of people, passive smokers as well? (n/t) - Raoul - 8/29/2008 8:45:25 PM
    - How would you evaluate the following argument? - ARRELL - 8/29/2008 11:01:47 PM
      - Aren't there far more smokers than cannibals or satan believers? (n/t) - Raoul - 8/30/2008 6:22:40 AM
        
        Not according to Wiki-Answers - ARRELL - 8/30/2008 2:56:54 PM
        
        Definition - Raoul - 8/31/2008 11:29:30 AM
    - Possibly- so would claiming that it was a tool of Satan... - ARRELL - 8/29/2008 9:29:15 PM
  - So... - Lee - 8/29/2008 7:24:28 PM
    - "If that's the case then shouldn't every plant contain them as well? " - yes, but its the concentration that matters - ARRELL - 8/29/2008 7:47:13 PM
      - I'm not arguing that point with you. - Lee - 8/29/2008 10:11:37 PM
        
        Benevolent Overlord - Nick Hoffman - 9/2/2008 12:16:36 AM
        
        Not for long. ;-) (n/t) - Lee - 9/2/2008 2:34:22 AM
        
        " They'd all call you an Evil Dictator! "- nah - ARRELL - 9/2/2008 12:24:25 AM
      - Also this: - alcaray - 8/29/2008 8:46:51 PM
        
        "You know both of these quotes were in the clear in your first post. " -Yup - ARRELL (Kinder and Gentler) - 8/29/2008 9:08:52 PM
        
        I don't know how you can act like that with a straight face. - Lee - 8/29/2008 10:46:30 PM
        
        re: I don't know how you can act like that with a straight face. - gbaikie - 8/30/2008 12:24:00 AM

Mercy Rule? - Eri - 9/1/2008 3:40:15 AM
- re: Mercy Rule? - ER - 9/1/2008 12:37:59 PM
  - Yes, but what IS it? - Eri - 9/1/2008 3:41:36 PM
    - "also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule)," - Bowser - 9/1/2008 4:17:22 PM
      - Aha. Thanks! Early end or non-interrupted clock. - Eri - 9/1/2008 5:41:52 PM

Spam post banished - Fox, moderating - 8/30/2008 12:06:27 AM
- Thanks - Robert - 8/30/2008 5:24:07 PM
  - re: ModSquad - Fox - 8/30/2008 6:08:54 PM
- Hacking aside.... - ARRELL - 8/30/2008 12:23:08 AM
- Hmmmm looking at the mod squad dead zone now - ARRELL - 8/30/2008 12:20:38 AM

Uninsured #'s are down, I read. - Eri - 8/28/2008 4:01:40 AM

spam in the inbox: "Fight breaks out between Britney's breasts" - Robert - 8/27/2008 3:17:37 AM
- Such a titular dichotomy! (n/t) - Eri - 8/28/2008 3:20:51 AM
- She needs to lay down... - Jody - 8/27/2008 4:52:32 AM
  - I believe she does that a lot. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/27/2008 9:03:55 PM
- If the right one don't get you the left one will. - Bowser - 8/27/2008 3:59:52 AM

"Eight Crazy E-Mail Hoaxes Millions Have Fallen For" A hoot! - Bowser - 8/28/2008 2:17:25 AM

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - FrankC - 8/27/2008 8:39:43 PM

"Army opens prep school for dropouts to fill ranks." - Bowser - 8/27/2008 7:16:50 PM

Rubber Yeti - Nick Hoffman - 8/20/2008 12:50:49 AM
- "Bigfoot hunters are still reeling from the latest hoax, but some scientists keep the faith." - Bowser - 8/27/2008 5:56:01 AM
- "Bigfoot hoaxers say it was just 'a big joke'." - Bowser - 8/21/2008 8:54:25 PM
  - If anyone suffered harm because they believed this nonsense then they got what they deserved... - ARRELL - 8/22/2008 6:24:20 PM
    - That sounds lilke the rationale of the hoaxters. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/26/2008 4:25:42 AM
      - Actually, if that WAS their rationale I would respect them more... - ARRELL - 8/26/2008 3:38:35 PM
    - re: If anyone suffered harm because they believed this nonsense then they got what they deserved... -yep. - Marcia - 8/26/2008 2:44:38 AM
      - No one suffered - Lindy - 8/26/2008 3:05:11 AM
        
        Not sure I agree - McFly - 8/26/2008 1:32:06 PM
        
        re: Not sure I agree - Lindy - 8/26/2008 4:31:33 PM
        
        Hoaxes can serve a valuable purpose as long as the truth is revealed... - ARRELL - 8/26/2008 3:28:57 PM
        
        Granted - McFly - 8/26/2008 4:25:53 PM
        
        Maybe the reputation of the police department, where that goober worked. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/26/2008 4:26:37 AM
        
        re: No one suffered. - Marcia - 8/26/2008 3:47:47 AM
- A forum for irreproducible phenomena - ER - 8/20/2008 3:07:59 PM
  - re: A forum for irreproducible phenomena - Lindy - 8/21/2008 2:23:31 AM
    - Sorry, Lindy... - ER - 8/21/2008 6:03:06 PM
      - Read the damn book first - Lindy - 8/21/2008 9:59:48 PM
        
        You must realize..... - Lindy - 8/21/2008 10:10:01 PM
        
        No. I've already spent enough time in the Bozone. - ER - 8/21/2008 10:53:57 PM
        
        "you just don't seem to understand........." - Lindy - 8/22/2008 12:51:42 AM
  - How do you qualify to be a "qualified observer"? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/20/2008 6:35:28 PM
    - As a true believer of UFOs' but never seen one.... - Jody - 8/22/2008 9:00:31 PM
      - rephraseology 101 - Jody - 8/23/2008 12:30:08 AM
        
        re: rephraseology 101 - Lindy - 8/23/2008 1:58:22 AM
        
        heh.. - Jody - 8/23/2008 3:54:06 AM
        
        Honestly... - Lindy - 8/23/2008 1:06:19 PM
        
        Speaking my truth Lindy... - Jody - 8/25/2008 10:29:30 AM
        
        ". Sometimes I feel I have outgrown this human experience." - Lindy - 8/25/2008 1:43:30 PM
      - When you see something you don't understand... - alcaray - 8/22/2008 9:17:23 PM
        
        But......... - Lindy - 8/22/2008 10:20:09 PM
        
        Dunno about your sighting and I would not presume to "deny" it. - alcaray - 8/22/2008 11:12:50 PM
        
        No green men - Lindy - 8/22/2008 11:36:56 PM
        
        No green men - Lindy - 8/22/2008 11:36:39 PM
    - re: How do you qualify to be a "qualified observer"? - ER - 8/20/2008 7:18:59 PM
      - Disbelief - Lindy - 8/21/2008 2:28:25 AM
        
        re: Disbelief - ER - 8/21/2008 3:01:53 AM
      - re: How do you qualify to be a "qualified observer"? - alcaray - 8/20/2008 10:52:46 PM
        
        "I mean, what is the filter process like?" - Lindy - 8/21/2008 2:29:38 AM
        
        re: How do you qualify to be a "qualified observer"? - ER - 8/21/2008 1:39:32 AM
  - re: A forum for irreproducible phenomena - Robert - 8/20/2008 4:54:41 PM
    - Do you even listen to yourself? - ARRELL - 8/20/2008 6:07:09 PM
      - Give it a rest, will you. Please. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/21/2008 6:37:49 AM
      - Does anybody listen to you? (n/t) - Robert - 8/20/2008 10:13:26 PM
        
        Well, you certainly didnt 3 years ago.... - ARRELL - 8/20/2008 11:30:29 PM
        
        I think that if you're one of those moods, - Robert - 8/20/2008 11:41:28 PM
    - Thousands of eyeballs - ER - 8/20/2008 5:59:25 PM
      - precedent - Robert - 8/20/2008 10:12:35 PM
- Are you kidding? I don't even know her... (n/t) - McFly - 8/20/2008 2:19:19 AM

The 2012 London Olympics; an 'interview' with Colonel Blimp. - Jacob - 8/25/2008 4:53:13 PM
- re: The 2012 London Olympics; an 'interview' with Colonel Blimp. - Marcia - 8/26/2008 1:45:00 AM

Nine comments sincerely regretted by Olympic commentators - Bowser - 8/23/2008 7:26:12 PM
- ROFLMAO! The last one was the best! (n/t) - Eri - 8/23/2008 8:58:24 PM

Russian Captures Georgian Troops, SWIPE US HUMVEES - carl - 8/21/2008 6:32:19 PM
- The joke's on them... - McFly - 8/22/2008 2:43:12 AM
  - lol...McFly...I swannee (n/t) - Jody - 8/22/2008 12:00:09 PM
    - PIPELINE Issues? - carl - 8/22/2008 5:12:32 PM
      - Yeppers! (n/t) - Eri - 8/23/2008 1:03:51 AM

"Supernatural science: Why we want to believe." - Bowser - 8/18/2008 8:54:17 PM
- re: "Supernatural science: Why we want to believe." - ER - 8/19/2008 1:01:39 AM
  - Proofs of science v Beliefs - Raoul - 8/19/2008 4:21:17 PM
    - There are some proofs available concerning faith. - alcaray - 8/19/2008 9:32:00 PM
      - faith can help. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/22/2008 2:27:32 AM
      - It would be great if it could be demonstrated - Raoul - 8/20/2008 6:28:56 AM
        
        It has been proven humans don't regenerate their limbs - Lindy - 8/21/2008 2:35:07 AM
        
        The piece you linked to me referred to evidence that one cannot cause miracles using prayer. - alcaray - 8/20/2008 7:48:43 AM
      - It seems ecumenical, though. - ER - 8/19/2008 9:41:59 PM
        
        I wasn't defending any particular faith. In fact the thread was not about any particular faith. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/20/2008 2:19:05 AM
        
        re: I wasn't defending any particular faith. In fact the thread was not about any particular faith. - alcaray - 8/20/2008 3:27:12 AM
        
        "It is the act of believing itself which seems to be beneficial" - Lindy - 8/19/2008 10:02:59 PM
        
        Ah, but we must never forget... - ER - 8/20/2008 6:34:35 PM
        
        Just being in the race is enough..... - Lindy - 8/21/2008 2:42:06 AM
        
        re: Ah, but we must never forget...Indeed... - Jody - 8/20/2008 6:45:13 PM
- Heh... - Jody - 8/18/2008 9:56:46 PM
  - Fair? - Bowser - 8/18/2008 11:20:46 PM
    - Mercy me! - Jody - 8/19/2008 12:16:15 PM
- Wen there's no good answer - Raoul - 8/18/2008 9:44:36 PM
  - re: Wen there's no good answer. - Good answer, Raoul. - Marcia - 8/19/2008 12:49:43 AM
  - I think we need to justify our existence. - Eri - 8/19/2008 12:35:54 AM
    - re: I think we need to justify our existence. - Marcia - 8/19/2008 12:46:39 AM

Ifin' you were a wine label...who would you be? - Jody - 8/20/2008 7:38:29 PM
- Ummmmm - Eri - 8/21/2008 6:55:22 PM
- Ummmmm - Eri - 8/21/2008 6:55:18 PM
- I think I'm a barefoot cab - alcaray - 8/20/2008 10:56:12 PM
- Heh..or Rude Girl...As I have said before... - Jody - 8/20/2008 8:02:14 PM
- Cabinet Savage Nun. - ER - 8/20/2008 7:45:03 PM

How'd You Spend Your STIMULUS Check? - carl - 8/18/2008 6:38:36 PM
- Bought clothes for one kid. - Mary Anne - 8/20/2008 1:49:00 AM
- I put it in the bank. (n/t) - ER - 8/19/2008 12:55:48 PM
- I bought some stuff I'd been putting off because I couldn't afford it. (n/t) - Eri - 8/19/2008 12:37:02 AM
- bought a bicycle and paid off bills (n/t) - SDG - 8/19/2008 12:24:32 AM
- groceries (n/t) - alcaray - 8/18/2008 10:59:52 PM
- Bought new tires. (n/t) - Lee - 8/18/2008 7:34:57 PM
  - Had to get my pool equipment fixed... (n/t) - Jody - 8/18/2008 9:31:32 PM
    - Can I come live with you? I'd sleep in the pool. (n/t) - Eri - 8/19/2008 12:37:50 AM
      - Sure...you can be the cook..I will clean..he he..I'm no fool..you B a great cook! (n/t) - Jody - 8/19/2008 4:32:12 AM
      - And I wouldn't eat much. (n/t) - Eri - 8/19/2008 12:38:25 AM

My kind of Crop Circles.......... - RNE - 8/19/2008 2:23:30 PM
- 600 man hours to do THAT? - Lindy - 8/19/2008 4:43:15 PM

My favorite moment in Olympic basketball - z - 8/16/2008 6:45:18 PM
- re: My favorite moment in Olympic basketball. - Marcia - 8/17/2008 3:04:56 AM
  - Beach volleyball, with cheerleaders... - z - 8/18/2008 4:10:02 PM
    - I love beach volleyball. - alcaray - 8/19/2008 3:38:34 AM
  - Is it fair? - Socrates II - 8/17/2008 4:09:12 AM
    - re: Is it fair? - Eri - 8/17/2008 4:09:55 PM
      - Not really - Socrates II - 8/18/2008 12:35:29 AM
        
        re: Not really - Marcia - 8/19/2008 12:36:04 AM

The Incredible and Inspirational Michael Phelps - Lindy - 8/18/2008 1:46:21 PM
- Don't forget Mark Spitz - Nick Hoffman - 8/19/2008 1:53:45 AM

Herrrrree's DONNYY!!!! - carl - 8/15/2008 3:43:11 PM
- re: Herrrrree's DONNYY!!!! - Eri - 8/16/2008 5:46:09 AM
  - Trump wasn't always successful - Lindy - 8/16/2008 1:04:18 PM
    - The bankruptcy was an intermission - Eri - 8/16/2008 2:25:39 PM
      - CARNAC Should Have Seen it Coming - carl - 8/18/2008 6:36:30 PM

The Turin Test - ER - 8/17/2008 9:34:20 PM
- It is what it is... - Jody - 8/18/2008 3:12:44 PM
- Sadly, that shroud belongs in the same folder as Bigfoot. - Bowser - 8/17/2008 10:17:19 PM
  - Under wraps - ER - 8/17/2008 11:39:49 PM
    - I didn't quite misspeak. - Bowser - 8/18/2008 1:01:44 AM
    - The two threads have been co-mingled - Nick Hoffman - 8/17/2008 11:53:10 PM
      - Those darn Christians take things on faith alone. Imagine! (n/t) - alcaray - 8/18/2008 6:10:15 AM

Finally a dead YETI shows up - Lindy - 8/14/2008 3:30:44 AM
- Do yourself a favour next time, Lindy - nick hoffman - 8/17/2008 3:12:09 AM
  - It occured to me to put it on Flame - Lindy - 8/17/2008 3:37:17 AM
- Bigfoot DNA: Human and oppossum. - Bowser - 8/17/2008 12:53:37 AM
  - Human & Oppossum remains stuffed inside a gorilla costume - Bluh - 8/17/2008 1:30:47 AM
    - It doesn't say what the samples were from. - Bowser - 8/17/2008 3:00:07 AM
- "Bigfoot experts reacted suspiciously to the men's press conference claims. " - Bowser - 8/16/2008 5:25:07 AM
- First part of the hoax revealed - Nick Hoffman - 8/15/2008 4:26:08 AM
  - Character assassination here? .... No black swan? - Jacob - 8/16/2008 7:26:54 PM
    - The Platypus is a better example - nick hoffman - 8/17/2008 3:08:50 AM
    - Captain Cook? - ER - 8/16/2008 9:19:14 PM
      - Toxic thinking - Lindy - 8/17/2008 3:33:13 AM
        
        The Silly Season - ER - 8/17/2008 4:07:14 AM
        
        On the other hand... - alcaray - 8/17/2008 4:13:06 AM
        
        I plead guilty... - ER - 8/17/2008 4:19:19 AM
      - I agree. - Lee - 8/16/2008 10:07:36 PM
        
        "this is clearly a sham" - Lindy - 8/17/2008 2:33:54 AM
        
        I actually think these creatures might exist. - Lee - 8/17/2008 3:14:22 AM
        
        and don't forget *we* just discovered over 125,000 gorillas... - Jody - 8/17/2008 4:48:46 PM
  - You know, if these guys have a man-like corpse in their freezer... - alcaray - 8/15/2008 6:19:53 PM
    - Apparently, nobody's interested.... - Lindy - 8/16/2008 12:17:35 AM
      - It's starting to be carried by larger news networks - Lindy - 8/16/2008 1:02:36 PM
      - Well obviously it is not Fish and Wildlife's job - alcaray - 8/16/2008 1:29:36 AM
        
        It occurs to me that this would be a great way to hide a murder... - alcaray - 8/17/2008 4:16:04 AM
        
        Yep...hiding in plain sight. (n/t) - Jody - 8/17/2008 4:50:08 PM
        
        Everyone just back up slowly...no sudden moves... ;-) (n/t) - McFly - 8/17/2008 5:25:12 AM
- Oh dear lord, has anyone told his brother? (n/t) - McFly - 8/14/2008 5:44:24 PM
- Boys in the hood. - ER - 8/14/2008 1:03:23 PM
  - DNA tests to be revealed tomorrow - Lindy - 8/14/2008 4:38:35 PM
    - DNA tests mean nothing... - ER - 8/14/2008 6:09:28 PM
- As always........... - Lindy - 8/14/2008 12:34:06 PM

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