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ricky_1146 on 2009.11.30 at 15:42
@captainjack63 Thanks for the help with the shipment I hope I aint the only fan that does what I did. Tell Marina It was No Problem to do!
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ricky_1146 on 2009.11.30 at 15:42
ricky_1146 on 2009.11.30 at 15:32
@Jem I totally agree with that quote! Life is a mesh of Randomness!
ricky_1146 on 2009.11.30 at 15:24
@hotforwords Its ok Maybe I shoulda taken the 2nd book ;). But I wouldve felt bad not paying for it. I rather be a good gracious fan!
Placed on Vacation
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geocaching on 2009.11.30 at 09:48
Current Location: N 32° 57.445 W 097° 03.943
In my process for finding caches to stuff into the GPS, I've discovered a cache hidden while the hider was on vacation.
I haven't checked the rules recently, but I -think- that's frowned upon.
I'll check those later; meanwhile, what do you think?
I'm pretty sure the hider had good intentions, but there don't appear to be any arrangements made to maintain the cache locally.
I haven't checked the rules recently, but I -think- that's frowned upon.
I'll check those later; meanwhile, what do you think?
I'm pretty sure the hider had good intentions, but there don't appear to be any arrangements made to maintain the cache locally.
While I hate just dropping random LJ threads (read: I love it) on this community, I felt this idiocy had to be shared.
Apparently, no one has an obligation to pay back their debts.
Oh, how I love this crap. These are the people who are voting. These people are supposedly adults (or at least, I would infer from previous comments.)
These people are the idiocracy that is driving our planet to economic ruin.
Apparently, no one has an obligation to pay back their debts.
Oh, how I love this crap. These are the people who are voting. These people are supposedly adults (or at least, I would infer from previous comments.)
These people are the idiocracy that is driving our planet to economic ruin.
ricky_1146 on 2009.11.30 at 03:43
Oh Sleepless nights, like days oh what could you have thought or dreamt away! More darker then not da da dum
the great
State
will inflate.
State
will inflate.
Hey there, geocachers!
I'm working on a debate-type essay and was wondering: what do geocachers themselves think of this important question?
Due to a number of geocaches being discovered by Muggles and reported to the police as possible bomb packages, and many being detonated by bomb units, what is your opinion on how geocachers and police should interact?
Do you believe that geocaches should be logged with local authorities? Consider that there are so many thousands of geocaches in the world, also.
It is already "against the rules" to hide caches near government buildings and bridges, however not all cachers adhere to these rules - or realize that those "rules" are in place. Were you even aware of those rules? Do you think they are made plain enough on "official" geocaching websites and guides?
Do you have any opinions on how the game should perhaps change, or how rules should be put into place? Do you believe that geocaching can be dangerous from this perspective? Have you ever considered anything such as dangerous tampering being done to an existing cache, which could make it a threat, even if it is a registered cache?
Any and all opinions on this issue and discussion would be appreciated! Suggestions are also more than welcome.
( Controversy & Issues article from Wikipedia )
Also
Geocaching puts some authorities on edge
Hide and seek game causes Auckland bomb scare
Bomb scare closes main entrance to UCSC
Detonated 'bomb' turns out to be box of toys
One person’s game is another’s bomb scare
Please note that I am a cacher myself, and I'm not trying to "push the problem"; I'm simply interested in what you guys have to say, and any thoughts you might have on how to improve the system. :)
I'm working on a debate-type essay and was wondering: what do geocachers themselves think of this important question?
Due to a number of geocaches being discovered by Muggles and reported to the police as possible bomb packages, and many being detonated by bomb units, what is your opinion on how geocachers and police should interact?
Do you believe that geocaches should be logged with local authorities? Consider that there are so many thousands of geocaches in the world, also.
It is already "against the rules" to hide caches near government buildings and bridges, however not all cachers adhere to these rules - or realize that those "rules" are in place. Were you even aware of those rules? Do you think they are made plain enough on "official" geocaching websites and guides?
Do you have any opinions on how the game should perhaps change, or how rules should be put into place? Do you believe that geocaching can be dangerous from this perspective? Have you ever considered anything such as dangerous tampering being done to an existing cache, which could make it a threat, even if it is a registered cache?
Any and all opinions on this issue and discussion would be appreciated! Suggestions are also more than welcome.
( Controversy & Issues article from Wikipedia )
Also
Geocaching puts some authorities on edge
Hide and seek game causes Auckland bomb scare
Bomb scare closes main entrance to UCSC
Detonated 'bomb' turns out to be box of toys
One person’s game is another’s bomb scare
Please note that I am a cacher myself, and I'm not trying to "push the problem"; I'm simply interested in what you guys have to say, and any thoughts you might have on how to improve the system. :)
curious
Hey there, you lot! Have any of you ever gone on the Haunted Vegas tour? I've read their site and other sites where people have left reviews and such, but I was hoping to get some locals' perspectives on it. One of my friends is a fan of Ghost Hunters and paranormal investigation stuff, and she's heard about the stuff on the tour but hasn't gone one it, so I was considering giving her tix for a Christmas present. If you've gone, was it enjoyable? Worth the money? I have a site where I can purportedly buy tix for half off any time, so that's always good, right? I'd appreciate your reviews! Thanks! :)
ricky_1146 on 2009.11.29 at 13:24
Ahhhh a thing called sleep
I have been looking for a good doctor out here for a few months now and am getting so many mixed reviews that I don't know who to go to. A few years ago I ignored my previous doctor's suggestion that I may have ADHD, brushed it off as nonsense, and now he is no longer in NV. Obviously, I should have listened. I am driving myself mad and need a good recommendation so I can figure out what's going on. I have crappy insurance but at this point if it's a bit costly I really don't mind. I just need some good help :/
Thank you.
Thank you.
Why I read foreign newspapers; EVIDENCE
Posted bylucy_chronicles in libertarianism on 2009.11.28 at 14:06
X-posted from my own journal simply for the purpose of jump-starting conversations and postings again in this community.
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Today and yesterday's Financial Times evidence part of why I am a subscriber. One must further monitor world news sources to acquire an accurate picture of what is really happening in the world and certainly, here at home in the United States of America. It is laughably, hypocritically sad that our US President should lecture China on "Freedom of the Press." Our major news sources are cardinal violators of this 'free press' principal by grave sins of omission. It struck me most this morning catching up from but one printed source. Here are but a few of the headlines w/ a few source article links - the rest can be easily found w/ basic keyword searches on the FT.com site.
* American Eagle gold bullion coin sales suspended
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19507efc-d
* Asian heads of Goldman Sachs selling record amounts of company stock
* India signals 'serious concern' over Chinese military ties with Pakistan
* Abu Dhabi will not see its smaller brother fail (referencing the Dubai deleveraging/sales of the last few days)
(previous articles from the week not appearing anywhere in the US press
* World banks in danger of failure (BofA, Citibank in the top 10)
* The legacy of long-term unemployment effects in the USA
And of course the Brits have their own state propaganda release practically scripted by George Orwell -
"UK turns corner" = The UK Treasury believes the economy has turned the corner, the recession has ended and the UK will grow in 2010.
Draw your own inferences and conclusions from the above. If one isn't already visiting an outside paper, add the FT.com and the South China Morning News (out of Hong Kong) to your daily scan list beyond Lew Rockwell, Drudge and the usual Libertarian blogs.
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Today and yesterday's Financial Times evidence part of why I am a subscriber. One must further monitor world news sources to acquire an accurate picture of what is really happening in the world and certainly, here at home in the United States of America. It is laughably, hypocritically sad that our US President should lecture China on "Freedom of the Press." Our major news sources are cardinal violators of this 'free press' principal by grave sins of omission. It struck me most this morning catching up from but one printed source. Here are but a few of the headlines w/ a few source article links - the rest can be easily found w/ basic keyword searches on the FT.com site.
* American Eagle gold bullion coin sales suspended
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19507efc-d
* Asian heads of Goldman Sachs selling record amounts of company stock
* India signals 'serious concern' over Chinese military ties with Pakistan
* Abu Dhabi will not see its smaller brother fail (referencing the Dubai deleveraging/sales of the last few days)
(previous articles from the week not appearing anywhere in the US press
* World banks in danger of failure (BofA, Citibank in the top 10)
* The legacy of long-term unemployment effects in the USA
And of course the Brits have their own state propaganda release practically scripted by George Orwell -
"UK turns corner" = The UK Treasury believes the economy has turned the corner, the recession has ended and the UK will grow in 2010.
Draw your own inferences and conclusions from the above. If one isn't already visiting an outside paper, add the FT.com and the South China Morning News (out of Hong Kong) to your daily scan list beyond Lew Rockwell, Drudge and the usual Libertarian blogs.
ricky_1146 on 2009.11.28 at 06:25
The thing thats fascinating about Myspace, Twitter & Facebook is, I never find old news on friends. Though thats what happens when you have 460 friends on each!
The Law, The Deaf, And The Telephone
Posted bytypewriterking in libertarianism on 2009.11.28 at 02:08
Please, never try to convince me our legal system is rational.
I stumbled across this case all by myself, with no help of any referral, and just started reading the PDF. The Department of Housing and Urban Development sued* a condominium association on behalf of the charging party who had "significant hearing loss" in both airs. It was a charge of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act.
So long as the 'charging party' allegedly discriminated against is legitimately disabled, this is a slam dunk. The condo association had a "no pets" clause, and the deaf renter needed pets to help compensate for a lack of hearing, right? So, slam dunk. Then I find:
Complainant's stepbrother, (redacted), wrote a letter to the board requesting a waiver to the "no pet" policy as a condition of purchasing the unit. The letter stated (redacted) has a severe hearing impediment, and she had two cats that would alert her to the telephone and doorbell, therefore, complainant needed a waiver to the "no pets" policy.
Telephone? Why doesGod need a spaceship? someone capable of using a telephone qualify as deaf enough to be disabled under the Fair Housing Act? If your hearing is such that you can't hear a ring, I'm not sure what utility you'd have in a phone, beyond dialing an emergency hotline.
I guess it's possible this had merit. The document was very sloppily written. For example, "no pets" policy was written inconsistently. One would imagine it written in a uniform fashion, but I saw "no pet", "no pets", and even "no-pets" with a hyphen. Perhaps, in a document so poorly written, the detail about the telephone was just carelessly inserted through one of those brain hiccups most people experience sometimes (Here's your sign).
*Actually, if my interpretation of this document is correct, there was no due process in this case. There was no legal case. There was no judge or courtroom. In the Conclusion of the document, the Department of Housing and Urban Development charged the condo association with violating the act. As far as I can tell, they represented the judge and the prosecutor. Maybe my brain had just fallen asleep, forgetting that reams of agencies exist to administer federal laws. Maybe this is just the first time I've groked what the consequences of bureaucrats "administering federal laws" actually meant to American jurisprudence.
I reckon it's kinda strange that if KSM had been renting space in those office complexes, rather than demolishing them, he'd have to face that sort of tribunal, I tell you what.
/Hank Hill
By the way, the same agency that determined the deaf can use telephones is the same agency that was and is in charge of overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
I stumbled across this case all by myself, with no help of any referral, and just started reading the PDF. The Department of Housing and Urban Development sued* a condominium association on behalf of the charging party who had "significant hearing loss" in both airs. It was a charge of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act.
So long as the 'charging party' allegedly discriminated against is legitimately disabled, this is a slam dunk. The condo association had a "no pets" clause, and the deaf renter needed pets to help compensate for a lack of hearing, right? So, slam dunk. Then I find:
Complainant's stepbrother, (redacted), wrote a letter to the board requesting a waiver to the "no pet" policy as a condition of purchasing the unit. The letter stated (redacted) has a severe hearing impediment, and she had two cats that would alert her to the telephone and doorbell, therefore, complainant needed a waiver to the "no pets" policy.
Telephone? Why does
I guess it's possible this had merit. The document was very sloppily written. For example, "no pets" policy was written inconsistently. One would imagine it written in a uniform fashion, but I saw "no pet", "no pets", and even "no-pets" with a hyphen. Perhaps, in a document so poorly written, the detail about the telephone was just carelessly inserted through one of those brain hiccups most people experience sometimes (Here's your sign).
*Actually, if my interpretation of this document is correct, there was no due process in this case. There was no legal case. There was no judge or courtroom. In the Conclusion of the document, the Department of Housing and Urban Development charged the condo association with violating the act. As far as I can tell, they represented the judge and the prosecutor. Maybe my brain had just fallen asleep, forgetting that reams of agencies exist to administer federal laws. Maybe this is just the first time I've groked what the consequences of bureaucrats "administering federal laws" actually meant to American jurisprudence.
I reckon it's kinda strange that if KSM had been renting space in those office complexes, rather than demolishing them, he'd have to face that sort of tribunal, I tell you what.
/Hank Hill
By the way, the same agency that determined the deaf can use telephones is the same agency that was and is in charge of overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
just what we want to hear from our leaders: "The Secret Service is deeply concerned and embarrassed by the circumstances surrounding the State Dinner on Tuesday," the agency said in a statement Friday.
beautiful news, with a beautiful graph: World Poverty Rate Plummets, 1970-2006, and capitalism did it
- http://freemarketmojo.wordpress.com/200
[ graph should indicate, as always, if these are constant dollars or nominal - also, i assume graph is 1000s of people, and does it even reflect increasing population? ]
nice: Brazil Prez. says ‘Gringos’ should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest.
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3417112
( links for 11-28-09 pt 1 )
- http://freemarketmojo.wordpress.com/200
[ graph should indicate, as always, if these are constant dollars or nominal - also, i assume graph is 1000s of people, and does it even reflect increasing population? ]
nice: Brazil Prez. says ‘Gringos’ should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest.
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3417112
( links for 11-28-09 pt 1 )
Which Vegas instant-wedding place is SUPER NICE? Which ones are super dingy and to be avoided?
I am thinking of doing a surprise vow-renewal thing with my wife, unless I decide my idea is cheesy.
I am thinking of doing a surprise vow-renewal thing with my wife, unless I decide my idea is cheesy.
ricky_1146 on 2009.11.27 at 07:40
So I have officially declared a Vampire! I haven't slept yet and its 9am!