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threefates 
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 Topic: the world just gets weirder
Posted: January 19 2005 at 18:27 |
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That Surreal World series with Ron Jeremy sharing a house with Tammy Faye Baker and Vanilla Ice...among others... was really hilarious tho...
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James Lee
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 17:01 |
Honestly, Rip creeped me out more than Ron. At least Ron's bad hair is real. 
RJ kept trying to hit on our receptionist, which I thought was bizarre as she wasn't all that attractive. The man must just be constantly in that state of mind.
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 15:03 |
 Garion81 wrote:
James Lee wrote:
All the celebrities seem to pass through here, too...though I've only met Rip Taylor and Ron Jeremy, and then only because we were all employed by the same video company (for completely different jobs, I must add).
 
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Thats fricken scary James. Tell me you didn't shake RJ's hand did you?
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It would be scarier if James were his fluffer.  
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Velvetclown
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 13:02 |
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Garion81
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Posted: January 19 2005 at 12:55 |
James Lee wrote:
All the celebrities seem to pass through here, too...though I've only met Rip Taylor and Ron Jeremy, and then only because we were all employed by the same video company (for completely different jobs, I must add).
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Thats fricken scary James. Tell me you didn't shake RJ's hand did you?
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James Lee
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 17:20 |
All the celebrities seem to pass through here, too...though I've only met Rip Taylor and Ron Jeremy, and then only because we were all employed by the same video company (for completely different jobs, I must add).
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sigod
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 06:02 |
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LOL, no argument here. Vegas is a corpulent pit of plastic depravity. No matter how long I live here, it's impossible to call it home...but on the other hand, it's full of interesting characters.  |
Plus you get to see the CSI team solving all the crimes in the word....ever. 
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James Lee
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 05:43 |
LOL, no argument here. Vegas is a corpulent pit of plastic depravity. No matter how long I live here, it's impossible to call it home...but on the other hand, it's full of interesting characters.
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Garion81
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 01:25 |
James Lee wrote:
My trips to various locations in (Southern) California were like visits to a theme park or museum exhibit developed by aliens to show how humans lived...everything seemed artificial and devoid of character. Tacky, glossy, and materialistic, like the 50s had never ended there...
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You make that observation about So Cal and you live where?
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Not that SoCal isn't pretty too...or rather, could be- if most of the people and buildings were forcibly evacuated.  |
If ya Damn Yanks would stop moving out here there would't be any of that 
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: January 18 2005 at 00:52 |
My pal Quacky lives in Canada, Ivan. Don't you live in Brazil? |
Sorry, my mistake thought he lieved in USA.
Iván
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James Lee
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 21:40 |
Living in Vegas, we get a lot of Californians and New Yorkers. I was slightly surprised to find the Californians didn't live up to the stereotypical laidback and openminded image; in fact, a good portion of them are just as aggressive and overbearing (in a more soulless and superficial fashion) as us Yankees. My trips to various locations in (Southern) California were like visits to a theme park or museum exhibit developed by aliens to show how humans lived...everything seemed artificial and devoid of character. Tacky, glossy, and materialistic, like the 50s had never ended there...
Now, Northern California is absolutely another story. SF is gratifyingly complex and gritty and the countryside is beautiful, especially Marin county. It seems to have much more of a connection to the neighboring Pacific Northwest. I'd be happy to live there, except that then I'd have to say I was a Californian.
Not that SoCal isn't pretty too...or rather, could be- if most of the people and buildings were forcibly evacuated.
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Garion81
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 19:31 |
I thnik Jim Rome had it Right:
No Cal
So Cal
Lo Cal
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 18:52 |
California could be split into three seperate states: Los Angeles, San Francisco and everywhere else.
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 15:55 |
gdub411 wrote:
Garion81 wrote:
emdiar wrote:
Please don't take offence Californians, it takes all sorts and I wouldn't swap our two, but did someone once dump a few hundred gallons of LSD in your water supply? 
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I think it is called the Sun and warm temperatures. Canada and Brittan gets so little of it they don't know what it is like to be normal like us Californians.
BTW are these guys native Californians or transplants. I find, at least in my generation, the more grounded folks are the ones born here.
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Oh yeah...forgot about you Garion. You're kind of normal too.
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Thanks Gdub.
It is a bit different out here. It also depends on where in California you are also. The North to the South is quite different and Coastal to Inland. The north part of the state is much more liberal than the southern part is and the costal is more liberal while inland are usually more conservative.
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gdub411
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 14:56 |
Garion81 wrote:
emdiar wrote:
Please don't take offence Californians, it takes all sorts and I wouldn't swap our two, but did someone once dump a few hundred gallons of LSD in your water supply?
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I think it is called the Sun and warm temperatures. Canada and Brittan gets so little of it they don't know what it is like to be normal like us Californians.
BTW are these guys native Californians or transplants. I find, at least in my generation, the more grounded folks are the ones born here.
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Oh yeah...forgot about you Garion. You're kind of normal too.
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Garion81
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 14:51 |
emdiar wrote:
Please don't take offence Californians, it takes all sorts and I wouldn't swap our two, but did someone once dump a few hundred gallons of LSD in your water supply?
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I think it is called the Sun and warm temperatures. Canada and Brittan gets so little of it they don't know what it is like to be normal like us Californians.
BTW are these guys native Californians or transplants. I find, at least in my generation, the more grounded folks are the ones born here.
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gdub411
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 14:49 |
emdiar wrote:
The band I play in contains a Canadian, a Californian, two English and a Cloggie (Dutch). Our engineer is also Canadian. Our agent is also Californian. On tour the Brits amongst us (we are but two) and Cannucks tend to get on like a house on fire. Conversations are stimulating, personalities are grounded, kindred spirits abound. Our two Californian collegues, on the otherhand, are completely unintelligible at all times, and have mastered the art of talking incessantly without actually ever saying anything at all. They both claim to have been abducted by alliens (I'm deadly serious!!) and believe any new-age crap that's going. (still love 'em both, and they keep the Cloggie crew amused.)
How anyone could confuse Canadians with Americans is beyond me, They're closer to Brits imo.
Please don't take offence Californians, it takes all sorts and I wouldn't swap our two, but did someone once dump a few hundred gallons of LSD in your water supply?
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Well, you are talking about California...the most liberal and weirdest state in the US. Danbo is probably about as normal as they come in California. Him and The Governator that is.
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emdiar
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 14:44 |
The band I play in contains a Canadian, a Californian, two English and a Cloggie (Dutch). Our engineer is also Canadian. Our agent is also Californian. On tour the Brits amongst us (we are but two) and Cannucks tend to get on like a house on fire. Conversations are stimulating, personalities are grounded, kindred spirits abound. Our two Californian collegues, on the otherhand, are completely unintelligible at all times, and have mastered the art of talking incessantly without actually ever saying anything at all. They both claim to have been abducted by aliens (I'm deadly serious!!) and believe any new-age crap that's going. (still love 'em both, and they keep the Cloggie crew amused.)
How anyone could confuse Canadians with Americans is beyond me, They're closer to Brits imo.
Please don't take offence Californians, it takes all sorts and I wouldn't swap our two, but did someone once dump a few hundred gallons of LSD in your water supply?
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Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact.
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 13:16 |
ivan_2068 wrote:
The idea makes you laugh Quacky, but 83% of the population of your country take it seriously.
Even if you don't believe it, it's more dangerous not to teach Creationism, because fanatic fundamentalists will have an excuse to say there's a complot against religion.¨
Probably the new born Christians will win the case in Supreme Court, because they didn't had the right to ban any theory, but most of all because politics move courts and no Supreme Judge will put his charge and a lot of money in risk when 83% of the population are with Creationism or a guided evolution.
If schools clearly explain BOTH theories, I'm sure 90% of the students will decide for Evolution.
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My pal Quacky lives in Canada, Ivan. Don't you live in Brazil?
Isn't that an American stat?
Generally, Canadians are less right-wing, more liberal (more likely to legalize gay marriage, decriminalize pot, etc) and less likely to be religious fundamentalists, so I doubt if that stat you cite would apply to us.
Our "Conservatives" are more like their DEMOCRATS. We don't really have a "Bible belt," either.... We have socialized medicine, etc.
Many right-wing U.S. pundits consider us to be a bunch of namby-pamby "pinkos."
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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goose
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Posted: January 17 2005 at 12:11 |
ivan_2068 wrote:
Please Goose don't change things, if I had to teach Marxism even
when I'm absolutely against it and don't even believe in it it's
because Marxism existed, sadly it was one of the predominant systems in
the XX Century. If I don't teach it in a history class I would be
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I don't quite understand what you're saying. If you thought I was disagreeing with you, I certainly wasn't.
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