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Bart Katz
QUOTE (fredzbig @ May 8 2008, 11:19 PM) *
Of course, you MIGHT see one on "blue light special!" wink.gif


Just don't get in the way when they turn on that blue light. laugh.gif
fredzbig
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ May 8 2008, 10:21 PM) *
Just don't get in the way when they turn on that blue light. laugh.gif

Well, it's actually kinda funny when they see that blue light come on, isn't it? That is, if you're not in the middle of one of the main aisles! laugh.gif
Arturo_Vandelay
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ May 8 2008, 10:21 PM) *
Just don't get in the way when they turn on that blue light. laugh.gif



They still have those? They closed the K-Mart here. Idiots built on the road JUST PAST THE WALMART. Idiots.
Bart Katz
QUOTE (Arturo_Vandelay @ May 8 2008, 11:26 PM) *
They still have those? They closed the K-Mart here. Idiots built on the road JUST PAST THE WALMART. Idiots.


I dunno if they still have em. Our Kmart survived. I like it cause it's close to the house.
Bart Katz
SpaceCowboy
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Innocent
QUOTE (fredzbig @ May 9 2008, 01:10 AM) *
I'm pretty certain he was thinking of K-Mart or Target!


I guess I don't get the joke. What's the difference between these places?
Innocent
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ May 8 2008, 11:24 PM) *
Walmart. They were in my weekly email ad.


So, what did the Pink Rose & Peruvian Lily Bouquet run at Walmart? I don't shop at Walmart, but I'm curious how much more 1800flowers.com charged, presuming the quality of the products is comparable.

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Innocent
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ May 9 2008, 01:55 AM) *


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Bart Katz
QUOTE (Innocent @ May 9 2008, 06:54 PM) *
So, what did the Pink Rose & Peruvian Lily Bouquet run at Walmart? I don't shop at Walmart, but I'm curious how much more 1800flowers.com charged, presuming the quality of the products is comparable.

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I didn't click on it to get the price. I just happened to notice the peruvian lilies in the email flyer.
Bart Katz
Arkansas mom pregnant with 18th child...

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To date, the Duggars’ 17 natural children range in age from 20 years to 9 months. Included in the mix are 10 boys and seven girls — Joshua, twins Jana and John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah and baby Jennifer, who arrived last Aug. 2.

With two sets of twins, Michelle, 41, has gone through 15 pregnancies that ended in 13 natural deliveries and two Caesarean sections.


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Spot
Insane. As if the world doesn't have enough mouths to feed.
Bart Katz
QUOTE (Spot @ May 9 2008, 11:04 PM) *
Insane. As if the world doesn't have enough mouths to feed.


A hefty tax stimulus check.
Arturo_Vandelay
And they'll need it to feed the whole clown college there.
fredzbig
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ May 9 2008, 10:01 PM) *
Arkansas mom pregnant with 18th child...



http://my.is/forums/redirect-to/?redirect=...5%26GT1%3D43001


If they can afford to feed and clothe them (the kids actually look healthy enough) why the heck should anyone care?
Bart Katz
Innocent
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ May 10 2008, 12:59 AM) *
I didn't click on it to get the price. I just happened to notice the peruvian lilies in the email flyer.


Oh. No roses, just the lilies. K'
Bart Katz
fredzbig
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ May 13 2008, 10:47 PM) *

He's telling the buddies "she's a keeper!" And they won't tell him otherwise...she'd kick their asses! laugh.gif
Bart Katz
QUOTE (fredzbig @ May 14 2008, 09:44 PM) *
He's telling the buddies "she's a keeper!" And they won't tell him otherwise...she'd kick their asses! laugh.gif


She's strong.
inyerface
he smells strong
Innocent

Man Shower


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Rob Wise is shown holding gifts that he received at his ’Man Shower.’


’Man showers’ become popular for pre-wedding bond

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When Jonathan Morris’ daughter was planning her wedding, he thought the groom was getting overlooked. So he planned a guys-only "man shower" to welcome Brian Wigand into the family.

The party included manly snacks, games and gifts.

"It seemed like there was a lot of hoopla for the ladies and not too much for the guys," said Morris of Maple Valley, Wash. "It was really fun, male bonding."

Showers geared to grooms are a growing trend in the wedding industry, said Allana Baroni, the entertainment expert for the web site ehow.com. Men who have grown accustomed to attending coed showers with their wives and girlfriends in recent years now find guys-only parties an acceptable rite of passage, she added.

It’s another example of grooms leaving their stereotypical roles behind, she said, noting that male bridesmaids and female groomsmen are becoming more common.

That doesn’t mean they’re abandoning tradition. For Rob Wise, the man shower was a warm-up to, not a substitute for, the bachelor party.


An excuse to get free tools...

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Arturo_Vandelay
QUOTE (Innocent @ Jul 2 2008, 08:02 PM) *

Man Shower




’Man showers’ become popular for pre-wedding bond



An excuse to get free tools...

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Cool. I got nothing when I got married. Lots of gifts for us, but nothing for me. Not even a stinking bachelor party because my best man was a straight arrow. Never seen a topless dancer as far as I know.

How was camping? I really wish I had family nearby. Best I get is to talk on the phone every night.
Innocent
QUOTE (Arturo_Vandelay @ Jul 2 2008, 11:09 PM) *
How was camping? I really wish I had family nearby. Best I get is to talk on the phone every night.


It was great, despite the fact that it RAINED EVERY SINGLE DAY! That was a bit frustrating. But it's always a great time to gather with the family. We're a hoot. I'm waiting on the group picture. I've got quite a few pics to send to family members too. The kids came in second in the talent show. They usually come in 1st, but we're not picky. wink.gif

Work called me in early due to a death in the family of a co-worker. I could have used the time to recover from vacation - it's a lot of work - but duty calls.

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Arturo_Vandelay
QUOTE (Innocent @ Jul 2 2008, 08:25 PM) *
It was great, despite the fact that it RAINED EVERY SINGLE DAY! That was a bit frustrating. But it's always a great time to gather with the family. We're a hoot. I'm waiting on the group picture. I've got quite a few pics to send to family members too. The kids came in second in the talent show. They usually come in 1st, but we're not picky. wink.gif

Work called me in early due to a death in the family of a co-worker. I could have used the time to recover from vacation - it's a lot of work - but duty calls.

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Glad you had fun. Yeah sometimes the weather just sucks. Last week it only rained the night I wanted to play tennis, and quit just about the time things would have started had I chanced it and driven into town.

Sorry you got called in. I always needed a vacation from vacation, though I haven't been on a real vacation in years. Having no money, family or friends that travel keeps me close to home. On the upside I never liked travel much anyway.
Davis 2.0
QUOTE (Arturo_Vandelay @ Jul 2 2008, 10:09 PM) *
Cool. I got nothing when I got married. Lots of gifts for us, but nothing for me. Not even a stinking bachelor party because my best man was a straight arrow. Never seen a topless dancer as far as I know.



You've never seen a topless dancer? I'm surprised. I saw one or two in my younger days.



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How was camping? I really wish I had family nearby. Best I get is to talk on the phone every night.


With long distance plans these days it helps. It's not quite the same but at least you know what's up.
Repub_Bub
QUOTE (Arturo_Vandelay @ Jul 2 2008, 08:09 PM) *
Never seen a topless dancer as far as I know.

They're really not that hard to spot. smile.gif
SpaceCowboy
QUOTE (Repub_Bub @ Jul 3 2008, 10:04 AM) *
They're really not that hard to spot. smile.gif

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SpaceCowboy
QUOTE (Davis 2.0 @ Jul 3 2008, 09:59 AM) *
You've never seen a topless dancer? I'm surprised. I saw one or two in my younger days.

I'm thinking Art meant that his straight arrow best man hadn't seen one.
patheticJT
QUOTE (Davis 2.0 @ Jul 3 2008, 02:59 PM) *
You've never seen a topless dancer? I'm surprised. I saw one or two in my younger days.



Back in your evangelical days in the 80's no doubt.
Innocent
QUOTE (Repub_Bub @ Jul 3 2008, 11:04 AM) *
They're really not that hard to spot. smile.gif


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Bart Katz
QUOTE (Repub_Bub @ Jul 3 2008, 10:04 AM) *
They're really not that hard to spot. smile.gif


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Arturo_Vandelay
QUOTE (Davis 2.0 @ Jul 3 2008, 07:59 AM) *
You've never seen a topless dancer? I'm surprised. I saw one or two in my younger days.


Seen and more.....

One I went out with came from Illinois where she ran an office. Danced to support her and her kid as well as the friend that moved out here with her and her kid. That was modern family life in the 70s.
Innocent
Texas leads nation in abstinence education funding

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AUSTIN — Texas spent a nation-high $17 million last year for abstinence education programs that continue to stir debate about whether classes promoting virginity before marriage work in public schools.

Federal statistics in June showed that 52.9 percent of Texas students in ninth through 12th grades had sexual intercourse, compared with 47.8 nationally. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reported that Texas youths are less likely to use condoms.

Public schools in Texas are not required to offer sex education, but those that do must make the lessons abstinence-focused. Instructions about condoms are couched in terms of how often they fail, according to state law.


Well that doesn't appear to be working.
inyerface
the girls in the polygamist sect had a lower rate
inyerface
$5,500 is cheap... truth is priceless

1. I am the Respondent and moving party to this motion for visitation. I have read the Responsive Declaration of Petitioner and make this reply thereto.

2. First and foremost, I apologize to the court for not catching or correcting my attorney’s misconception about the tragic death of our baby. I did not read the declaration, rather [attorney's] secretary read it to me over the telephone. It did not register that she was saying SIDS. I wish I actually had seen the writing, as I would have corrected it. As stated on the death certificate, our son died from Anoxic Encephalopathy, due to Positional Asphyxia. The fact is that our baby had been spending time with us on “outings.” He suddenly and unexpectedly died six months after the accident after an outing with Petitioner (which I do not believe had anything to do with Petitioner – it just happened). We had been planning to bring him home, and we had borrowed money to add a room onto the house for him. The death was in 2001, and after that we remained together for five years, and as stated previously, we had another child together, who now is six years old. I do believe, however, that the death of our son likely was the reason for the breakup of our marriage.

3. Nothing in Petitioner’s Responsive Declaration warrants continuation of the present orders. I believe I made it clear in my moving declaration that although I love and care for Petitioner – who is the mother of our children – I have accepted that we are not together anymore. I have had counseling, I have been in a men’s group. I am not pursuing, nor do I intend to pursue Petitioner. I have made it clear to our children that I love my entire family, and I am not hateful or vengeful toward Petitioner. In my opinion, love that turns to hate is unhealthy. I now have some concern that indeed it may be Petitioner who needs some counseling, as she is not accepting my own acceptance! Would she rather that I “trash” her or see her as an enemy? That is not healthy, nor is it good for the kids.

4. Respondent speaks of “the physical violence and verbal abuse that lead (sic) to the restraining orders.” There was no physical violence which led to the order. There was one slap three years prior to our separation, for which I was horrified, ashamed, and sincerely sorry. I can’t take it away, but there was never ever another, nor was there ever a threat of violence. It is true that I was jealous when Petitioner openly was with other men during our marriage. I hoped it would stop, but it did not. We argued, but never was there any violence or threat of violence. Petitioner is portraying me as some sort of monster, when in fact, it was I who was the primary caretaker for the children. The accident in the home created an unstable situation, which in spite of working together to remodel the house and have another home, Petitioner was unable to put behind us. Her alcohol use became more and more frequent, and her social life regressed to that of a wild teenager. My pleas to be more family-centered were seen only as jealousy.

5. I was the primary caretaker for our children for their entire lives. I stayed at home mostly, and Petitioner worked.

6. Petitioner does not deny what happened at the Blue Grass festival last year. She does not deny that she hugged me or left the children with me. There were witnesses to her being with me and leaving the children with me. She hugged me, and she told me and others that she still loved me. These are not the actions of someone who is afraid of me.

7. I cannot comment on what our 15 year old daughter Caitlin may have said to Petitioner, except to say that Caitlin has told me recently that she wants to spend more time with me. I have my own concerns about Caitlin in Petitioner’s care, including that I have been advised that Caitlin’s 18 year old boyfriend is allowed to stay at the house.

8. With regard to my church, which provides me with tremendous moral support and counseling, Petitioner and I met at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa thirty years ago. It is a Bible-centered Christian church. The church does not support me financially. My father left me life insurance, and the stipend covers my rent and bills. It used to cover our loan payments. I have received nothing from our family home which my father bought, and I have been forced to start a new life from scratch on my limited income.

9. Again, Petitioner cites nothing which warrants me not being with the children or taking them to my home in Santa Cruz. There is no danger to Petitioner at all. We need to coparent our children. I ask the court to grant my requests.
SIGNATURE ON VERIFICATION.
Innocent
World's first IVF baby marks 30th birthday

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LONDON (AFP) — The birth of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, hit headlines around the globe three decades ago -- but the married mother-of-one wants to keep her 30th birthday Friday low-key by contrast.

Brown -- who lives in Bristol, south-west England, with husband Wesley Mullinder and 18-month-old son Cameron, working as a shipping company administrator -- remains reluctantly in the public eye despite her modest lifestyle.

Although her birth opened the door for millions of infertile couples worldwide to give birth to IVF (in vitro fertilisation) or test tube babies, Brown has no big plans to celebrate the landmark date.

Louise Joy Brown was born on July 25, 1978 at Oldham and District General Hospital in north-west England by Caesarean section, weighing five pounds 12 ounces (2.61 kilograms).

Her parents, Lesley and John, had been trying to have children for nine years but could not because Lesley Brown's fallopian tubes were blocked.

The couple's breakthrough came when they heard about research being carried out by Cambridge University physiologist Robert Edwards and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and signed up with them for fertility treatment.

Researchers created a fertilised embryo from the couple's egg and sperm in a laboratory and then implanted in Lesley Brown's womb.

The baby it created was Louise, who was told about her unusual conception by her parents just before she started school.

Brown insists she had a normal childhood, "the same as any other child". She was not unusual in her own family, at least -- her younger sister Natalie, born four years later, was also an IVF baby, the 40th in the world.

Natalie Brown later went on to become the first IVF baby herself to give birth -- naturally -- in 1999.

Louise Brown soon caught up. She married Mullinder, a nightclub doorman, in 2004 and had baby Cameron in 2006, also after a natural conception.


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Innocent
Woman ejected from US federal building over lesbian T-shirt

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An woman in California was threatened with arrest and forced to leave a government building because a security guard took offence at her T-shirt.

Lapriss Gilbert, 31, wore a lesbian.com shirt when she went to collect a Social Security card for her son.

The guard, who works for Paragon Security, challenged her and forced her to leave the building.

Ms Gilbert contacted her mother who called the police but before they arrived she was readmitted and escorted to the front of the queue, the LA Daily News reports.

The security company is under contract to the Department of Homeland Security to guard the building in Van Nuys.

A department spokeswoman condemned the guard’s actions and said that Paragon had been contacted about the incident.

Ms Gilbert was reportedly told by the guard that he had jurisdiction over her clothing under the Rules and Regulations Governing Conduct on Federal Property.

In fact it makes no reference to clothing.


"As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven't been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination … but this is just shocking" Ms Gilbert told the Daily News.


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John Chrichton
QUOTE (Innocent @ Aug 28 2008, 01:53 AM) *



My God! An insult against two of the most "oppressed minority" groups at the same time!! That guard ought to be hanged! We ought to celebrate our gayness and lesbianism out on the streets and escort them to the front of any lines in which they are standing!



I used to work for a security company, and we did have vague guidelines about "inappropriate clothing". I know for a fact that pretty much everybody I worked with did not read the policy and winged it. That guard probably did the same thing.
Bart Katz
QUOTE (John Chrichton @ Aug 27 2008, 09:29 PM) *
My God! An insult against two of the most "oppressed minority" groups at the same time!! That guard ought to be hanged! We ought to celebrate our gayness and lesbianism out on the streets and escort them to the front of any lines in which they are standing!



I used to work for a security company, and we did have vague guidelines about "inappropriate clothing". I know for a fact that pretty much everybody I worked with did not read the policy and winged it. That guard probably did the same thing.


Those people wear that poop around just waiting for someone to complain or do something like that.

It'd be like me wearing my NRA jacket to a Brady meeting.
Innocent
QUOTE (John Chrichton @ Aug 27 2008, 10:29 PM) *
My God! An insult against two of the most "oppressed minority" groups at the same time!! That guard ought to be hanged! We ought to celebrate our gayness and lesbianism out on the streets and escort them to the front of any lines in which they are standing!



I used to work for a security company, and we did have vague guidelines about "inappropriate clothing". I know for a fact that pretty much everybody I worked with did not read the policy and winged it. That guard probably did the same thing.


Wearing a t-shirt that simply says lesbian.com is hardly provocative. The rest of your harangue doesn't appear to be serious.

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John Chrichton
QUOTE (Innocent @ Aug 28 2008, 04:35 AM) *
Wearing a t-shirt that simply says lesbian.com is hardly provocative. The rest of your harangue doesn't appear to be serious.

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Yeah, the guard probably thought it was against policy or was having a bad day.

The rest of my "harangue" was meant to make fun of the cult of reverence and perceived martyrdom around homosexuality.
Innocent
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ Aug 27 2008, 10:35 PM) *
Those people wear that poop around just waiting for someone to complain or do something like that.


Yeah, yeah, and you wear your pants up around your chest just so people will tease you for being a geezer. rolleyes.gif

QUOTE (Bart Katz @ Aug 27 2008, 10:35 PM) *
It'd be like me wearing my NRA jacket to a Brady meeting.


One would hope that isn't an issue either. If you get into the whole public vs. private organization thing though there is certainly a difference between a federal building and a private gathering.

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John Chrichton
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ Aug 28 2008, 03:35 AM) *
Those people wear that poop around just waiting for someone to complain or do something like that.



Oh I'd willing to be money that she was delighted when all of this happened to her. People like that just love the attention and the sense of victimization that comes with it.
Innocent
QUOTE (John Chrichton @ Aug 27 2008, 11:38 PM) *
Yeah, the guard probably thought it was against policy or was having a bad day.


Access to federal buildings shouldn't depend on what type of day you are having.

QUOTE (John Chrichton @ Aug 27 2008, 11:38 PM) *
The rest of my "harangue" was meant to make fun of the cult of reverence and perceived martyrdom around homosexuality.


It's something that appears to exist only in your mind.

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Bart Katz
QUOTE (John Chrichton @ Aug 27 2008, 10:38 PM) *
Yeah, the guard probably thought it was against policy or was having a bad day.

The rest of my "harangue" was meant to make fun of the cult of reverence and perceived martyrdom around homosexuality.


How many points for a fat black dyke?
Innocent
QUOTE (John Chrichton @ Aug 27 2008, 11:39 PM) *
Oh I'd willing to be money that she was delighted when all of this happened to her. People like that just love the attention and the sense of victimization that comes with it.


Yeah, people love to be discriminated against. Don't you?

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John Chrichton
QUOTE (Innocent @ Aug 28 2008, 04:39 AM) *
Yeah, yeah, and you wear your pants up around your chest just so people will tease you for being a geezer. rolleyes.gif



Oh not wearing pants at all and then claiming you "forgot".

There is a difference between wearing pants and wearing a LESBIAN.COM T-shirt.

The difference being that text on t-shirts is meant to be read and provoke some sort of reaction, which as would be expected may not nessarily proke a positive reaction in some people.
John Chrichton
QUOTE (Bart Katz @ Aug 28 2008, 04:42 AM) *
How many points for a fat black dyke?


10-15 depends on the same and "dykeness".
Bart Katz
QUOTE (John Chrichton @ Aug 27 2008, 10:43 PM) *
10-15 depends on the same and "dykeness".


Cool. Haven't seen any around here.
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