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12-19-2008, 10:19 AM
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Maybe I'm a little too calloused about throwing shoes.
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12-19-2008, 10:20 AM
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#82
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Location: San Francisco
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San Francisco Area
ESR'd March 2010. FIRE'd January 2011.
As if you didn't know..If the above message contains medical content, it's NOT intended as advice, and may not be accurate, applicable or sufficient. Don't rely on it for any purpose. Consult your own doctor for all medical advice.
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12-19-2008, 10:25 AM
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#83
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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The description of those boots say they are easy on the spine.
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12-19-2008, 10:26 AM
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#84
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Well, now, you're asking about her level of physical coordination.
Can't answer that one -- she's just a virtual personna to me.
-- Rita
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12-19-2008, 10:51 AM
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#85
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by Janet H
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You be sexy Woman, Janet.
Ha
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12-19-2008, 12:00 PM
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#86
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
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Originally Posted by REWahoo
Only if there is no disclosure of whether they were dodged by moving left or right....
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Typical flip-flop...
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12-19-2008, 12:22 PM
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#87
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by samclem
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Heck, there used to be knockdowns-dragouts on alt.guitar over who the "best" guitar player was... 
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12-19-2008, 02:31 PM
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#88
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
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Stevie Ray
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DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets
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12-19-2008, 02:43 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2007
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If i think of something clever to say, i'll put it here...
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12-19-2008, 02:50 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: North Oregon Coast
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Hmm. Where's Martha's whip?
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"Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)
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12-19-2008, 03:21 PM
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Hmm... well yes probably. But I would stay "ducked" until the rest of the projectiles had been accounted for. Shoes come in pairs! Playing (musician) in bars during grad school was good training for dodging thrown objects. 
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12-19-2008, 03:26 PM
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#92
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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I thought the invention of chicken wire made that unnecessary...
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12-19-2008, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by REWahoo
I thought the invention of chicken wire made that unnecessary...
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Chicken wire stops the bottles and glasses but not the liquid contents. My band used to have a running joke about how to tell the smarter drunks from the double digit ones.. they drank the beer before tossing the container.
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12-19-2008, 04:18 PM
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#94
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by Janet H
Chicken wire stops the bottles and glasses but not the liquid contents. My band used to have a running joke about how to tell the smarter drunks from the double digit ones.. they drank the beer before tossing the container.
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I've never understood the drunks at major league ballparks dumping an almost full beer on an opposing player near the fences. Those things are like eight bucks a pop these days. If you're going to do it, at least drink most of it so you only spill $1-$2 of beer on the poor, unsuspecting right fielder...
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"Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)
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12-19-2008, 04:59 PM
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In that case we'd be talking six-packs...
I think dodging thrown objects in bars is good training for being a grad student.
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12-19-2008, 05:15 PM
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#96
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I guess it is a good thing I am late to the serious discussion of the subject, cause I'm sorry to see the soapbox go. I read the announcement and said well this decision was made in the minds of the moderators months ago and it is pointless to debate it.
Several of us offered a suggestion keep the soapbox but don't moderate it, but sadly even that suggestion was pulled during the heated pre election discussion.
Truth be told I don't really care a fig about the soapbox what I care about is what the soapbox offered namely.
A place to have a discussion of the events of the days among people who's intelligence I respected, even when I was certain they were dead wrong  .
So if the powers that be tell me where it is appropriate to debate
- The Obama cabinet: a betrayal of the left or smart choices?
- The Auto bailout :a march toward socialism or a necessary evil?
- Medoff Ponzi scheme: How could rich people be so stupid or there but the grace of God go I
- Carolina Kennedy: Good choice or liberal media hypocrisy?
- Afghanistan: Pull out now or win the war?
Ha Ha said it right, after 9 years of doing this early retirement stuff there isn't a lot new stuff to discuss that is relevant to FIRE. I'd like to think I am performing a public service in helping people new to the concept get on the road to FIRE. But that is entirely possible that is a conceit on my part and frankly most all of us long time early retirees. This time it may really be different and our 100 years of history stocks for the long term, 4% SWR yada yada advice may not only be wrong but dangerous to others financial well being.
So is this a forum only for discussion of bacon, bunnies, boots,and babes interrupted by the occasional discussion of financial matters or are we allowed to have discussion about non-financial topics where people may have passionate opinions that differ? 
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12-19-2008, 05:22 PM
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#97
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Careful, Clif, you never know what that moderator volunteering stuff will do to your free time...
I think Andy should create a new socialknowledge.com board named the "Soapbox", with all SK members also having posting privileges there, and moderated by volunteers. Pretty much the same way that I can ignore what's happening in the aquarium or Tuareg forums now, only without having to cope with grumpy moderators.
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12-19-2008, 05:28 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
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Originally Posted by Nords
Careful, Clif, you never know what that moderator volunteering stuff will do to your free time...
I think Andy should create a new socialknowledge.com board named the "Soapbox", with all SK members also having posting privileges there, and moderated by volunteers. Pretty much the same way that I can ignore what's happening in the aquarium or Tuareg forums now, only without having to cope with grumpy moderators.
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A separate playpen? Sounds good to me.
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12-19-2008, 05:39 PM
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#99
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12-19-2008, 06:16 PM
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#100
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