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"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other." ~Oscar Ameringer

I agree. There is less to lose with lossless.

Have a good one, Doug!

That's good stuff! I'll have to remember to wear my Pliny the Elder hat that day, and tip it to whomever is able to imbibe.

I'd say you've just set yourself up for a good ass reaming. Just remember to lean forward if you have to fart afterwards.

How To Write Good 1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.) 4. Employ the vernacular. 5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. 6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. 7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. 8. Contractions aren't necessary. 9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. 10. One should never generalize. 11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." 12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches. 13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous. 14. Profanity sucks. 15. Be more or less specific. 16. Understatement is always best. 17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. 18. One-word sentences? Eliminate. 19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. 20. The passive voice is to be avoided. 21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. 22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed. 23. Who needs rhetorical questions?

Got this email today: Hope this poem has the same effect on you as it did on me - then my forwarding it will be worth the effort. Walk with me by the water - worth the read... A BEAUTIFUL POEM ABOUT GROWING OLDER: Fuck... I forgot the words...

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^ More like the Skipper, I'd say. Happy birthday, Jeff.

Maybe I should, but there's no glass up there! Maybe a Ninja detection sensor.

^ "So what if my roots show!?!?!?" "... you could have at least worn a hat."

Now that he doesn't need our help, we should probably offer some suggestions. Try the Phillips L1. I haven't, but Tyll says they're good, so they must be.

Solved the "Low Battery Zone 29" dilemma today. My alarm system has been giving this error message for the past couple of days, causing the display panel to beep every so often. Often enough to be annoying anyway. So I've been wandering all over the house, replacing batteries in the various window sensors as well as the motion detector sensors. Little did I know that there are glass break sensors attached to my ceilings as well. Never thought to look up. Ok, so problem solved, right? Wrong! The lady from the alarm company gave me the whole schematic over the phone, all 46 zones, and #29 is supposed to be a glass break detector in my front room, but I'm looking and it's not up there. She says it has to be, or they wouldn't be getting the signal... All of a sudden, I say, "Ivan!!!" when it dawned on me that more than half of the sheetrock ceiling in my front room had to be ripped down and replaced after Hurricane Ivan hit in September 2004. Sure enough, I went up in the attic and there it was hanging from a nail that someone must have pounded into one of the ceiling joists to hold it temporarily (and to prevent it from getting damaged) when they were ripping down the damaged sheetrock... and then forgot all about it the next day when they hung the new stuff. Pretty good battery life, if nothing else.

Hey, it looks like there's some room for a couple of extra drunks, Chris! Where'd ya say that lake was again!?!? Best not post any pics with GPS tags or we'll all show up with several crates of scotch.

Ouch. That sounds a lot like the little Russian guy in Denver.

You've got that right! Exciting about the pontoon boat though. That should be a blast.

"Awesome: The sound when the combination of all of the positive parameters of headphone design come together to describe this listening experience." I did not know that.

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Mr. Bean in Church had me crying with laughter. I've definitely been there and done that.

^ I think you want the device to download high res files quickly, store a lot of music, and not break the bank.

Just saw this on Facebook. So true!

^ Looks like you guys had a fantastic time. The food and beverage looks pretty decent as well.