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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / An honest question for Bush supporters
« on: Jan 06, 2005, 02:16:48 PM »
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / No more late fees
« on: Jan 06, 2005, 07:41:57 AM »
When confronted with the late fee or cost of a consecutive rental, the renter is not so put out. It's just another three or four bucks. Being late now means paying for the whole thing, which is, what, exactly? [dohtml]I doubt it'd be the full MSRP of the movie, but much more than the late fee or rental.[/dohtml] EDIT--I looked up the link, and it'll be $10-17 for DVDs...yeah, bring that puppy back, fool! Point being that the incentive to return the movie is greater now.
Then again, I'm probably missing something here. But I don't care if I am, because I don't rent often at all. No renters around here carry decent anime, and that's almost all I watch these days.
The Flexplay thing I linked to would make video rental something that could be done from a vending machine...put in your buXors, hit the button with the desire movie, take it out of the hopper after it pops out, take it home, watch it over a two-day period until the disk clouds up and you can't use it anymore, and then throw it in the trash. Ba-da-bing. Done deal. No return trip to the store, no putting anything in the mail. Me likey.
Then again, I'm probably missing something here. But I don't care if I am, because I don't rent often at all. No renters around here carry decent anime, and that's almost all I watch these days.
The Flexplay thing I linked to would make video rental something that could be done from a vending machine...put in your buXors, hit the button with the desire movie, take it out of the hopper after it pops out, take it home, watch it over a two-day period until the disk clouds up and you can't use it anymore, and then throw it in the trash. Ba-da-bing. Done deal. No return trip to the store, no putting anything in the mail. Me likey.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / An honest question for Bush supporters
« on: Jan 06, 2005, 07:31:54 AM »
I bought a bottle of ramune the other day. The bottle is cool, but you have to know how to handle them to keep from spewing carbonated stickum all over you and the surrounding area. I was disappointed that the flavor I got wasn't worth the effort in opening it. Cool bottles, though, with the marble and all.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Can the law keep mothers from having children?
« on: Jan 06, 2005, 07:30:11 AM »
Children should not be allowed to have children. I don't care how old she is, the woman is a child.
Some people need their genitals kept in a jar for them until they're mature enough to make good use of them.
Some people need their genitals kept in a jar for them until they're mature enough to make good use of them.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Happy New Year Everyone!
« on: Jan 05, 2005, 07:58:50 AM »Quote
Never heard of [Drunk Bus]. sounds fun thoughLast time I checked, cabs cost money. Teh Drunk Bus was free.
I could have just taken a cab home, but I had to work sunday morning so I would have no way of getting to work (unless I rode a cab into work as well)
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / merry xmasss
« on: Jan 04, 2005, 03:34:41 PM »Quote
Not to get off topic, but what 'specific' surviving Roman documents are you talking about?Guest? Qu'est ce?
In addition to Josephus, Jesus was mentioned in writings attributed to Tacitus, Hadrian's personal secretary, and a Roman author and administrator named Pliny. A Roman historian named Thallus (whose book is lost to time) was quoted in another work as having referred to Jesus, as well.
I'll have to look up specific document titles and quotes for your perusal. But like Prego spaghetti sauce, it's in there.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Fucking Texas!
« on: Jan 04, 2005, 09:30:15 AM »
Mine's based in Canada, but it's run by an obnoxious fundie traditionalist. Some of you would probably not be comfortable there
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Happy New Year Everyone!
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 02:08:51 PM »
The Drunk Bus was fun if for no other reason than for the fact that, every 20 minutes or so, it'd drop off another batch of stumbling bumbling drunks trying to find their way home. It was the best way to spend an evening.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / An honest question for Bush supporters
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 02:07:14 PM »
I heard it was RC, but my heart of hearts begs to differ.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Texas gets snow!
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 09:00:07 AM »
He can always make the big bucks of the convention circuit. Or not.
Geordi will either be hocking cheap visors outside the Smithsonian or advertising psychic hotlines for food pretty soon, now.
Geordi will either be hocking cheap visors outside the Smithsonian or advertising psychic hotlines for food pretty soon, now.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Happy New Year Everyone!
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 08:58:24 AM »Quote
It was too late to get anyone else to drive me, so I had to drink at home.When I was in college, the local bars got together and came up with the Drunk Bus.
It should be nationwide.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Fucking Texas!
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 08:55:50 AM »Quote
Michigan played Texas in the Rose Bowl tonight (football). Michigan was winning but then Texas scored 2 seconds before the end of the game and won by one point.I was wishing Michigan and LSU would've won. It'd have made Auburn look even better than they already do in comparison to the two shits playing in that BS BCS game.
... they shouldn't have been able to stop the clock like that, it seemed so unfair. Damn timeouts.
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So Fuck a Texas. I'm tired of that hick-infested shithole. We got beat by a state that spawned Bush and is filled with christian republican nutjobs.What, you didnt know? Regardez vous:
We need a tidal wave to suck texas back into the sea.
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I've seen a lot of places
I've been around the world
I've seen some pretty faces
Been with some beautiful girls
But after all I've witnessed one thing still amazes me
Just like a miracle you have to see to believe
'Cause God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
First He lit sunshine
Then He made the waters deep
Then He gave us moonlight
For all the world to see
Well everybody knows that the Lord works in mysterious ways
He took a rest then on the very next day
God blessed Texas with His own hand
Brought down angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see heaven brother here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message
God blessed Texas
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / First massive killer snowstorms
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 08:48:11 AM »Quote
I'll donate in the hopes of pissing off a fundie. As of yesterday, the lead batallions of "Christian values" and self-appointed morals directors of the country like the American Family Association, the Family Research Council, the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, and the Coral Ridge Ministries, all still foaming at the mouth over gay marriage, stem cell research and abortion, haven't said word one about the tsunami.It might have something to do with those groups being geared toward advocacy of certain policies concerning America's political landscape, not global disaster reparation or relief. But far be it from me to defend those dirty rotten scoundrels against misbegotten accusations and arbitrarily assumed scopes of duty.
Oh, but LIFE is SACRED!!! Wish they'd just put it on the fucking table and say what they mean - Caucasian American life is sacred. Hypocritical assholes
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / No more late fees
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 08:36:25 AM »
The answer to the issue of brick-and-mortar video rental. As long as they stay fresh long enough to run DVD Shrink, I'm game.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / An honest question for Bush supporters
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 08:34:53 AM »
If Coca-Cola's wrong, I don't wanna be right.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / merry xmasss
« on: Jan 03, 2005, 08:32:47 AM »Quote
Being that He was explicitly mentioned in surviving Roman records, it's not a question of if. But I read where someone said that shepherds of that time wouldn't have been keeping watch over flocks by night...in the dead of winter. Good link, there. It proves beyond doubt that Christmas is the attempted Christianization of a pagan holiday and an indication of the attempted marriage of both systems of thought into a singular one during the 2nd-4th centuries.QuoteSome may say Jan. 7th (I think Greek Orthodox say the 6th), the Roman Catholics say the 25th. But both sides have been saying it since the second century, so it's not as recent as many think. This debate is actually where we get the "twelve days of Christmas" stuff.http://www.raptureready.us/birthday.htm
If one were to go by Biblical teaching, there wouldn't be any special holy days on the Christian calendar aside from those laid out in scripture (which don't include Christmas or Easter). But people like their holidays.
Fuck em both. Speaking STRICTLY from what knowledge we have from the scriptures they're both wrong. If Jesus WAS born, it was most likely in the Fall.
Of course I don't even celebrate Christmas myself, fuck-a-Christmas. Yule. Now there's a holiday.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / I think the poles are moving.
« on: Dec 30, 2004, 11:41:33 AM »
It's a rip-off. Buy one now and 50 years later it could be pointing toward the other side of Canada....
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Fuck 911.
« on: Dec 30, 2004, 09:24:28 AM »
We used to fire guns on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, but we live far enough away from others that nobody is in any danger.
It's actually pretty cool to hear the report of the guns sounding across the hills and hollows when everybody within 20 miles fires simultaneously.
It's actually pretty cool to hear the report of the guns sounding across the hills and hollows when everybody within 20 miles fires simultaneously.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / merry xmasss
« on: Dec 30, 2004, 09:20:51 AM »Quote
I just wish there was a way to un-do a baptism.If it never took to start with, you don't have anything to worry about
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / I think the poles are moving.
« on: Dec 30, 2004, 08:34:45 AM »
I like the other, more elegant explanation to explain earthquakes and tsunamis: "shit happens".
Being that the core of this planet is LIQUID METAL, it's not a huge stretch of imagination that the poles shift from time to time. But there is no sign of an imminent catastrophic shift.
More information:
Being that the core of this planet is LIQUID METAL, it's not a huge stretch of imagination that the poles shift from time to time. But there is no sign of an imminent catastrophic shift.
More information:
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[Scientists]'ve also learned what happens during a magnetic flip. Reversals take a few thousand years to complete, and during that time--contrary to popular belief--the magnetic field does not vanish. "It just gets more complicated," says Glatzmaier. Magnetic lines of force near Earth's surface become twisted and tangled, and magnetic poles pop up in unaccustomed places. A south magnetic pole might emerge over Africa, for instance, or a north pole over Tahiti. Weird. But it's still a planetary magnetic field, and it still protects us from space radiation and solar storms.Weather shouldn't be affected since it's a gradual process.a problem, much less tectonic stresses, which are even less related to the magnetic field.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Texas gets snow!
« on: Dec 30, 2004, 08:15:25 AM »
Evangelion was intended to end like it did. It was just that the creator of the show is a nut and was all about reviewing Shinji's "character development" as it "progressed" and wound up involved in complementation. But the movies fixed it...i.e., chopped of Eva's nuts in giving it a definitive ending However, I liked the "happily ever after" of the series ending over the "everybody dies" scenario from End of Eva.
From the "Minuses" section of my Kare Kano review:
However, I liked the "happily ever after" of the series ending over the "everybody dies" scenario from End of Eva.From the "Minuses" section of my Kare Kano review:
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Secondly, the ending is horrible, suffering from "we caught up with the manga, let's wrap 'er up and GIT-R-DONE!" syndrome. I really hate this, since it kills everything that they'd been working up to at that point...there were new characters needing development, a new subplot going, etc, and it just plain sucks. However, the story wasn't really about those things: it was all about Arima and Miyazaki's relationship and its progression, so while there was no "happily ever after" ending (the last ep just goes on like business as usual and says, "The End" right after the credits roll) and there were lots of loose ends, it's not as if the most important thing was left unresolved. Plus, there's always the manga (the anime covered the first seven volumes...I found out there's five more after that one with six more on the way) and the potential for an OVA or second season for the show. But despite the shows success, given that it originally aired in 1998 it's looking doubtful to see a return to it.The lame ending didn't kill the show, but having read the rest of the story in the manga, it's a real shame they didn't get to the play. Then again, it would have been drawn out to the point of being monotonous as the author effectively put the Miyazaki/Arima relationship on hiatus during the culture fest. But the trip to Kyoto (wherever it was they went on their school trip after the fest) would have been the perfect ending point for the series.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / I know a few people who could use this
« on: Dec 29, 2004, 03:27:52 PM »
Kinda like how Calvin set up his lemonade stand with a sign saying "Swift Kick in the Pants, $5".
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Texas gets snow!
« on: Dec 29, 2004, 03:17:12 PM »
It's almost become my favorite anime. Definitely my favorite series buy of the year.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / First massive killer snowstorms
« on: Dec 29, 2004, 03:16:18 PM »
"Tectonic" sounds Germanic. Celtic, even.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Pillow shaped like women's lap
« on: Dec 29, 2004, 09:23:08 AM »
The name of the site hosting the half a man pillows is ripping off my board's quirky nickname. Sassy bitches!
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / Fuck 911.
« on: Dec 29, 2004, 09:17:35 AM »
You need to move over here to Podunk Holler. Law enforcement is non-existant, but there's a lot less crime, home owners are typically armed, and there's no way in hell people are going to mess around too much with hunting season in full swing.
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / merry xmasss
« on: Dec 29, 2004, 09:14:43 AM »Quote
Ha ha, "fool's screen". I like it. Not to mention with most movies, there's a simple solution. Most DVD players let you zoom the damn thing. Zoom it once and fill the screen. When you buy widescreen, you please everyone.I like widescreen for that exact reason. I could care less about "the full picture" crap for the most part, but at least the format gives me a choice. If I'm in the kitchen with LOTR running, I want fullscreen so I can see what's going on when I look up, so I use the zoom. If I'm sitting there intently watching it, to borrow from All Your Base, "widescreen turn on, we get signal".
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Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits / merry xmasss
« on: Dec 29, 2004, 09:10:35 AM »Quote
Some may say Jan. 7th (I think Greek Orthodox say the 6th), the Roman Catholics say the 25th. But both sides have been saying it since the second century, so it's not as recent as many think. This debate is actually where we get the "twelve days of Christmas" stuff.QuoteContrary to popular belief, Jesus wasn't born December 25th, he was born on January 7th.I don't think anyone actually knows the TRUE date of Jesus's birth, record keeping back then kinda sucked. But the rest of that stuff about pegan holidays and stuff is true.
If one were to go by Biblical teaching, there wouldn't be any special holy days on the Christian calendar aside from those laid out in scripture (which don't include Christmas or Easter). But people like their holidays.
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Heh, heh, heh, Bueno...QuoteWhen did Squirrel become a devout Christian?When has he not been a Christian? Do you even know who he is?
I've been a Christian since 1985. As for who I am, try visiting my Brand New Hovel for a hint. Not that you would necessarily know me, but I'm a Spherian from way back.Quote
As for the "X" I think it's supposed to represent a leaning cross. I guess lower-case "t"-mas doesn't sound good to anyone but Mr. T.Dude, I'd celebrate that! Tmas!
"X" is the Greek letter ("chi") that comes first in the Greek spelling of Christ (see attached image for the actual Greek spelling). It's been used as an abbreviation for the word "Christ" for hundreds of years.