Parabola
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DS and I have Sansa's (Sandisk). We like them. . .no complaints. The headphone jack is on the bottom though so some people don't like that. I don't mind it, I just turn it upside down and put it into the sleeve that comes with it and put it in my pocket.
They are more affordable than an Ipod, and the folks at best buy said they thought it had better sound than and Ipod.
HTH!
shell
I love my Sandisk too. With a clip case. I did get IPOD headphones for them though because I think they are of better quality, sound a lot better. And louder. :D
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Thanks Crissy! I'd love to be part of a reader's group.
After looking at the selected books, my choices would be either Snow or Bridge of Sighs. But I'll read any of them. :)
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We're going into Singapore after RS too. Right now we supplement with Miquon. All three are such good programs that I just couldn't not use one of them. :D
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Are you loving the Halloween stuff in the game now??? I think its great!!!!
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I thought of Betty White as "old" when I was a kid. Amazing she is still a vibrant, dynamic woman.
That she may be, but I don't think Obama would do her. :P
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The Onion!!! Well that's that then. Better change my vote now! :D
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Everyday I come here and there's at least one new thread attacking Obama. Usually for unfounded, often ridiculous charges.
Do you who post about it really think he wants to kill babies?
Do you who post about it really think he's a terrorist?
Do you who post about it really think he's going to endanger homeschooling?
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Do you who post about it reall think he's going to turn the country into a communist state?
Those are just a few of the more recent ones. I'm sick of the fear-mongering.
I don't see any threads accusing McCain of being a member of the KKK. Thats just as ridiculous of the accusation that Obama is a terrorist.
As for socialism....this country would have to travel so much further to even get near to true socialism. Universal healthcare does not a socialist country make. We can adapt some more socialist leaning policies and be a better country for it, I don't understand the fear of this.
There are some that say that no one should get help, they have to rely on themselves. Thats wonderful if you have the means to do so. I would like to say: there ARE people who need help, who have NO CHANCE without it. Period. Are we to be merciful to them (bible anyone?) or are we to tell them to get a job and a house when they have neither. When they are living day to day hour to hour just to stay alive. I'm willing to help them.
I hear a lot of things about taxes. They're going to be raised no matter who is elected. This is how we pay for things like roads, and agencies that inspect food, that help keep people safe. Are these things you are no longer willing to pay for? Because somebody has to.
I don't see any threads accusing McCain of the scandals he's been involved in. Well...I saw one.
I don't see any threads questioning McCain's character with his wife situation.
I have seen some anti-McCain threads, and even a few more anti-Palin threads. But comparitively speaking, the numbers aren't even close.
Whats makes it even more annoying is that when these anti-Obama people are presented with facts and sources that exonerate him or expose the mistakes in the sources they have quoted, they don't respond to it. They don't consider the possibility that they may have erroneous information. They just stop arguing that point and move on to another. Or they keep arguing the point even when the point has been shown to be wrong.
I'm just tired of hearing all the baloney associated with this candidate. Yes he's my horse in this race and that makes it all the more frustrating. I'm just thankful that this board is not a realistic representation of the American people, where Obama currently has a decisive lead.
I have little hope that this post will make some people see things from a different perspective. And I'm pretty sure I'll be attacked with vigor. But at least I feel better for venting.
Have a nice day.
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For some reason, my WoW account doesn't have a Screenshots subdirectory. My DH's does, and we were able to take screenshots and save them with his account. But we looked in the same place on my computer, and all over the computer, no screenshots folder. alt-z didn't take the UI away either.
But he took the screenshot I wanted and put it on our server so that I can access it from any computer.
I put her up there, thats my dranny.
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If I was tested they never told me so I have no clue. Can I make one up?:D
Seriously, I don't think it would change how I feel about my intelligence or lack thereof, but is there some way I can find out my IQ?
There are IQ tests on line. I've taken them a couple of times, I always score very near to what my IQ was measured to be "officially". Some are better then others though.
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I listen to a lot of stuff, about 5 decades worth of rock genres anyway.
My favorite, and what always surprises people, is hardcore metal. Metalcore. Industrial. Nu metal.
Like Pantera, Mushroomhead, Mudvayne, Otep, Motograter, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, System of a Down, Fear Factory, Superjoint Ritual, Dope, Static X, White Zombie, Biohazard, Sepultura, DevilDriver, Coal Chamber, Five Finger Death Punch, Danzig, all I can think of right now. Also like Marilyn Manson, which bothers some people.
And anyone who knows me knows I love TOOL.
Can't stand 80s hair bands though, that hardly strikes me as metal. Can't stand Metallica either.
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That's sad.
I know a number of people who would be stereotyped as being Obama supporters but they're not, even if they're registered Democrats. And several are definitely conservative, others just don't agree with him or his policies -- or lack thereof (as in, they really can't tell what he's standing for, since it's hard to pin down).
Not hard to pin down at all. Would you like a link?
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Hey any of you guys know how to get a screenshot from your game? I haven't found any good instructions.
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There's no way that I've ever figured out to add it as school, esp since my kids are too young to even play it. But I use it as a reward for myself when work is done.
If you want add "Aralia" to your friends list and contact me if you see me playing. I've been playing her for the past several evenings. I'm on Bloodmyst Isle right now. Got her up to level 15 I think.
There was a memo last night saying they were going to do rolling server re-starts(?) to all the realms. Perhaps that was what was going on with Misha this morning.
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Good grief. I was just trying to be helpful and share what I learned. :glare:
Melissa in St Louis
Yes but it was perhaps a little misleading to express concern over child predators in a library, when actually the concern was the reading materials.
Yes, for the children's section absolutely yes. I cannot read all the books and my children will and are learning about those kinds of things from dh and myself. I can use all the help I can get in finding great literature that is not objectionable. I am really mostly concerned about sexual situations in books. Keep them in the library all you want, just not in the children's section.I don't trust anybody, not one organization, to make our reading decisions for us. I'm not sure what your threshhold is re. sexual situations and thats exactly my point. Only you can decide what's acceptable for your family. Unless of course your goal is complete censorship, then you'd probably have no problem finding an organization to tell you what to read.
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I have a feeling if your neighbors wanted to talk politics.....you wouldn't need a sign in your yard to start a conversation.....certainly not with this election, LOL!
I think advertising who you are voting for.....well....brings out all the 'wrong' people (which equates to 'all the people voting for someone else').
I am glad it is working out for you though.....I will 'support' my candidate with my vote.
Tammy
I betchya astrid supports her candidate by voting for him too. LOL
Perhaps advertising your political views does bring out the worse in people (so do a lot of other things), but if you let those rotten people keep you from displaying your views, then they win. LOL
We all have a right to display political views in our yards, on our cars. Its a shame those rotten people don't understand or respect that. I have signs and bumper stickers too. Someone touches them, I'm getting mad and then I'm getting new ones. I will show my support. LOL
You don't have to put anything on your car, but some of us like to. LOL
And you know, there are many times I don't bring up politics with people I'd like to talk politics with. I don't know what their views are, and I don't want to start something that may not end well. So its not easy to just strike up a political conversation. LOL
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Have to disagree with ya on the VP debate. Biden clearly had that one. He was the only one that anything to say.
I voted that this debate was slightly won by Obama. I think it would've been a tie if McCain hadn't been slinging so much mud at his opponent. He started out strong, did well. Then he got ugly enough that it ruined his good start. He meandered a bit while he was doing his mudslinging too, so he was almost ranting.
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Day before yesterday Obama was a Muslim, yesterday he was a terrorist, today he's a socialist. You can smear the man all you want with untruths, but it is very unbecoming :001_smile:
Bill (who feels desperation in the air)
I wonder what he'll be tomorrow??? Maybe.....the next president?? :svengo:
I feel it too.
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Tammy Tammy Tammy, welcome to my world. :) I've been there for several weeks. I have a character on Misha, but she's only level 10. I just created her. Her name is Aralia. She's a dranny mage. We ought to play together, I'd love to play Aralia with Nixie, that would be so fun. I don't know anyone on Misha. I put here there in case you were able to play, but if not I'm going to keep playing her. She's my only character that isn't teamed with one of my DH's characters.
When I play with dh I have a now lvl 20 taurean shaman named Maxplanck. She's my highest. We didn't get triple xp, we didn't sign up that way. Which I don't mind because I feel like I earned every d*** bit of that XP! My DH has a guild started, but we're Horde so we're not going to run into you, aren't you alliance?
DH and I also have blood elves, level 12 I think. Mine's named Nielsbohr. DH has several characters he created before I started playing, they're up in the high 20s and 30s.
Sailmom, glad you had a blast!!!! How cool that they use your designs!! I hope they're on your blog because I'm going to visit it soon. Were there people dressed up for blizzcon, is it that kind of thing?
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Bye Wendy, enjoy your trip. I'm sure it will be ~wonderful~
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Ahh, yet another who has taken refuge in the social groups. Even when I'm out there lately, I don't really post much, or take on anything very big. Maybe you and I will be ready to tackle the big board at the same time and see what we can find.
Anybody have any ideas of other chats, so we can all be included? I guess we google and see what comes up. I may do that later. Worth a shot.
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Would all chat rooms drain your 'net? We could always move is something else is better. Hope the new modem works!! That'd be *cool*!
Glad you're back tho, maybe I'll venture forth in to the gen board if you're going to be there too. Moira too. And anyone else that can stomach the gen board anymore, totally understand where you're coming from RegMom.
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Yes!!! I missed you!!!! Glad you're back and that you had fun. :)
Let me know when you're going to be around meebo! K??
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Just to let you know in the article I read about herehttp://www.rr.com/view/content/story.cfm?storyId=5981750&view=HOME&newsgroup=9000&sSect=HOM_1 It was a Dem and Rep that sent these out. They have corrected the problem and sent new ones out. Either the miss spelled ballet or the new one will be counted in November, whichever the voter returns. You are casting mud when there is no one to throw it at.
Melissa
I am not slinging mud. I also saw that both dems and reps apologized, etc. This is already a very heated election, its probably going to get much more contentious in the days to come. I wonder what part things like this will play in the coming weeks.
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Hilarious story, Kidshappen. Hope your DH didn't squirm too much. :D
Thats how I've been pronuncing nacht, with the proper k. That word sounds so very German to me.
I had tried an online audio dictionary, but got tired of wading through stuff like: pronounce the letter e as a soft e after it comes after the consonants x and z. If it comes before the consonant y, but after a vowel, then pronounce it as a hard e with a slight inhalation, like a burst. Obviously I made all that nonsense up, but I didn't want to wade through the real explanation for every single letter. So I came here. Its nice to have a fount of knowledge at my fingertips. :001_smile:
Thanks everybody.
How about those Worst Movie Endings?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Original Wicker Man or remake?
Worse film ending for me was Unbreakable, that film with Bruce Willlis. It had a great ending point, where the superhero Willis realizes that the man who is breakable will forever be his nemesis. Thats a strong ending.
But it doesn't stop. It tacks on a more palatable ending that is less distressing and less original. Boo. It was probably an afterthought, post screening it through focus audiences, who didn't like a less then wrapped up perfect all is good ending. Some films work with that kind of ending, some don't.