Addiction III
12-22-10 | 09:38 AM
#4551
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I was on crutches for a week one winter when we lived in the city. I had very mean thoughts about people who didn't clear their walks.
12-22-10 | 09:38 AM
#4552
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From: Washington, DC
It isn't really a big deal because it's just poor people that take them. That's why the rates are so high. They expect a lot of the people to never be able to pay them back. It's amazingly crappy for the people that are stuck taking them, because they are digging themselves a hole that's near impossible to get out of, but I don't think it could have the same sort of implications for the larger financial system like sub-prime loans did.
12-22-10 | 09:40 AM
#4553
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Oh dear. That's how it starts, you know.
12-22-10 | 09:40 AM
#4554
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It seems weird that there is disincentive to clear the snow from the sidewalks. Wouldn't people be just as likely to sue if they twisted an ankle or something in the snow?
I was on crutches for a week one winter when we lived in the city. I had very mean thoughts about people who didn't clear their walks.
I was on crutches for a week one winter when we lived in the city. I had very mean thoughts about people who didn't clear their walks.
12-22-10 | 09:40 AM
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12-22-10 | 09:43 AM
#4556
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talking of law, i heard the most ridiculous blood boiling crap today.
i had cleared the snow in front of my house because i did not want the melting snow to become a lethal ice sheet. today a neighbour told me that he heard that if people fall in front of my house, the fact that i had cleared it meant they could sue me for not clearing it adequately and black ice caused them to fall. if i didn't clear it at all, it would not be my fault but the local council's fault and this is why most people do not clear away snow.
people suck. F them.
i had cleared the snow in front of my house because i did not want the melting snow to become a lethal ice sheet. today a neighbour told me that he heard that if people fall in front of my house, the fact that i had cleared it meant they could sue me for not clearing it adequately and black ice caused them to fall. if i didn't clear it at all, it would not be my fault but the local council's fault and this is why most people do not clear away snow.
people suck. F them.
12-22-10 | 09:44 AM
#4557
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From: Limey in Taiwan
It seems weird that there is disincentive to clear the snow from the sidewalks. Wouldn't people be just as likely to sue if they twisted an ankle or something in the snow?
I was on crutches for a week one winter when we lived in the city. I had very mean thoughts about people who didn't clear their walks.
I was on crutches for a week one winter when we lived in the city. I had very mean thoughts about people who didn't clear their walks.
sue them
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12-22-10 | 09:48 AM
#4558
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From: Limey in Taiwan
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
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12-22-10 | 09:51 AM
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Y'all talking about snow... I have nothing to add 
It's downright hot here today.
It's downright hot here today.
12-22-10 | 09:53 AM
#4560
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From: Limey in Taiwan
hey gator
what;s with the long socks? do people ever laugh at you and if not, why not?
what;s with the long socks? do people ever laugh at you and if not, why not?
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
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coasting, few quotes are worthy of him, and of those, even fewer printable in a family forum......quote 3alarmer
No @coasting, you should stay 100% as you are right now, don't change a thing....quote Heathpack
12-22-10 | 09:55 AM
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Though, for running, I've grown fond of the socks that have individual toes.
12-22-10 | 09:59 AM
#4563
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From: Limey in Taiwan
socks with toes give me goose pimples. shudder.
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12-22-10 | 10:09 AM
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12-22-10 | 10:21 AM
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If anyone is bored and want's a quick laugh, go here and start at the second paragraph. It is a judge's opinion on a lawsuit filed by Bolivia in Texas federal courts, and the judge is nothing shy of a complete smart-ass. It made me lol
12-22-10 | 10:35 AM
#4566
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12-22-10 | 10:38 AM
#4568
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Growing a tail?
12-22-10 | 10:41 AM
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Glowing teef?
12-22-10 | 10:43 AM
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The medics have spoken.
12-22-10 | 10:44 AM
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Hey BLR and TS, someone else posted on my burger photo. They said it's "groose."
12-22-10 | 10:44 AM
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12-22-10 | 10:55 AM
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