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    Bailout Bank Blows Millions Partying in LA

    Man, it's like TMZ just discovered the concept of corporate sponsorship of PGA events. Maybe someone should tell them about the PGA Tour schedule so they can be just as shocked when they invade the Buick Invitational, or the Wachovia Championship, or the Zurich Classic, or the AT&T National, or...
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    Another GPS Question

    Nor was it intended to answer your question. It was specifically to address the highly inaccurate belief the GPS system is not a civilian system, that the DOD owns it and runs it and can do whatever they want to with it, and at a whim, the military could encrypt GPS satellite signals which would...
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    Another GPS Question

    Not really. The Global Positioning System, while originally a US military project, is considered a dual-use technology, and is now a part of the civilian fabric worldwide. Most of the satellites that are currently up there, and all of them in the next generation of GPS, doesn't even have the...
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    How picky are vans?

    Scenario #1, I'd take it without hesitation. Like you said, most people either don't go in the first place, or they drop and retreat. I rarely have to wait very long to get a load out of Florida, and when I get one, it's usually out of Orlando, anyway. Besides, if I had to deadhead out from...
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    Another GPS Question

    I have a Garmin c550 standalone. It will route you differently based on vehicle type. If I were to get a new one today, it would be something in the Nuvi 600 or 800 series. Never used Garmin's MapSource for routing on the laptop (better just to chew tinfoil and lick a 9-volt battery while...
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    stimulus package

    For $65, they might let you play second base in the lobby until your pants don't fit good, then you'd have to sit down and think about baseball until they fit again, and then you'd have to leave.
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    I found this...

    Article 1, Section 9, puts some limits on Congress. This clause refers to the slave trade. It looks on its face like a pro-slave victory, as it denies Congress the power to outlaw the international slave trade until 1808. On January 1, 1808, they did just that. Until 1808, however, the...
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    where to look

    I wonder about silly stuff like that, too, and when I first saw a green card that wasn't green, I decided to find out why. Prior to the passage of the Internal Security Act in 1950, there were several different kinds of cards that aliens could have, depending on their status. In 1940 current...
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    stimulus package

    Pretty much, yeah.
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    Barry the Magic Magician !!

    Tomb of King Putz. Now that's funny. lol
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    Barry the Magic Magician !!

    Well, he's already demonstrated that math was his least favorite subject in school. Now he's just reinforcing it.
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    stimulus package

    I used to be the one to give the pep talk.
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    stimulus package

    That sounds like the pep talk given at the Bunny Ranch just before each shift.
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    A GREAT Barry Bumper Sticker!!

    Old Boogers Are Mighty Appetizing Our Biggest American Mistake Awaits Obviously Bouncing Around Muslim Accusations Overly Boastful About Minor Accomplishments Oddly Bitter About Middle America Obliterated By American Made Artillery Oppose Bush And McCain's Arrogance Oprah Boosted A...
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    Handicapped

    I'm already offended by it. It's not even a word. It doesn't mean anything.
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    ExpeditersOnline.com I have an idea

    Knit one, purr two.
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    Ripoff or Crazy IC?

    Line Haul, short for Line Haul Road, originates from a railroad term. It's the railroad that handles freight over medium to long distances, as opposed to local switching runs. Freight starts at the Originating Line Haul Road and ends and the Terminating Line Haul Road. If the Line Haul Road is...
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    Handicapped

    It's a demeaning description only if the person doing the describing wants it to be. I have a friend who is a paraplegic, in a wheelchair, legs don't work. He'll tell you that he's crippled. He'll take disabled, because he used to be abled, now he's disabled. But he'll also tell you that he's...
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    OKC officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign

    It's not my creation. It's a cell from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. You have my permission to use it, tho. :D
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