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Why is an "Assault Weapons" Ban even on the table?

The fact that you are using stats from the 1920's of all things to try and make a point about gun control is hillarious in itself.
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- Post #163
- Dec 22, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Wow, $100 hold for buying $30 gas.

This isn't a US specific thing at all. If you use pay at the pump in Canada anywhere, the same hold on your card will happen, no matter the gas company. In BC, you are not allowed to do what you describe (pay at the kiosk). With the recent drive away attendant death in Toronto, laws are probably...
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- Post #58
- Dec 18, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Connecticut School shooting!

Deterrence against the British from invasion is a benefit. Quite frankly though I fail to see the modern relevance of such an ancient amendment created in an era when slavery was the norm, and witch hunts and tar and feathering were still happening. Deterrence might seem like a benefit, but it...
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- Post #943
- Dec 17, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Connecticut School shooting!

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map Here's a great article with tons of data about the mass killings that happened in the US in the past 30 years. The biggest surprise (or lack of surprise) was just how many guns were purchased legally, so easily by people who had...
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- Post #938
- Dec 17, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Wow, $100 hold for buying $30 gas.

It's been that way for pap transactions for ages. It's a mystery how so many people still don't understand how pay at the pump works. The pump doesn't know how much you wish to fill up, and needs to ensure you have the funds available before you actually pump it, so a preauthorization is done on...
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- Post #11
- Dec 17, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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WWII Question

Who said they didn't lob shells? It makes no sense to do an attack solely with sea artillery who are litterally sitting ducks from planes and submarines, and for one, those land batteries and cannons can shoot back. Oh, and ship artillery from far away isn't exactly going to be that accurate...
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- Post #3
- Dec 8, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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5 days from fundamentally transforming America

I think I see the back of the head of someone who might be black or latino in one of those pictures. Or maybe its someone from Florida.
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- Post #135
- Nov 7, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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My Hurricane Sandy Trip via Bus Trip- Oct 31

FamousNYLover Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17 McOwen the detective strike again :D. He signed up over 2 months in advance to tell of his bus trip during a hurricane that has yet to materialize. He must be...from the FUTURE! Another solved case by DMCowen! BTW OP thanks...
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- Post #32
- Nov 2, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cilantro: love it or hate it?

Replace tomatoes with tomatillos, add seranno, and put lots of cilantro, and you have a killer green authentic salsa
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- Post #66
- Oct 25, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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i feel like going back to 1994

Same, won it too :p Free rentals for a year (well 2 a month or something). I did all my tries on the same go though, which was a really bad idea since I didn't maximize points at all. I should have done one to see how the competition was going to be, then do the last 2 a week later after knowing...
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- Post #69
- Oct 7, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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in Canada, today is 11/9

dd/mm/yyyy is mainly a french thing not specific to Quebec. Well not really, mm/dd/yyyy is a silly American backwards thing similar to the Imperial system while the rest of the world uses dd/mm/yyyy. Even Britain uses dd/mm/yyyy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country The...
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- Post #21
- Sep 12, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Scrambled eggs

I have my eggs like that made all the time, but with whipped cream or milk instead of creme freche. Spread over toast. It's the technique that gives most of its fluffiness, the cream and butter mainly adds extra flavour. Frankly you can use greek yogourt, whipped cream, sour cream, creme freche...
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- Post #61
- Sep 12, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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PSA: Want to be self employed? Service condominium assocations.

Which province are you in?
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- Post #16
- Jul 9, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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2012 Heatwave, 46 dead so far. I was almost #47. NOW WITH VIDEO!

Tea in general is quite good for you. Sweet tea on the other hand is called sweet for a reason, tons of sugar and they can have as much calories as a large fries from McDonalds. Caffeine is a diuretic and causes you to pee more when taken in higher amounts, 1 litre of tea has quite a large...
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- Post #41
- Jul 8, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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2012 Heatwave, 46 dead so far. I was almost #47. NOW WITH VIDEO!

It's your body telling you that you are feeding it trash, not that your body is fragile. You ate total crap, then 'exercised' on a super hot day? 32 oz of sweet tea is like a litre of coke, did you seriously drink all that in one sitting? That type of meal would also tell me you may be on the...
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- Post #27
- Jul 8, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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A real user proves Windows 8 fails on the desktop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeeOkHjV7nM&feature=relmfu Same guy, using OS X for the first time. The fact that an old guy "real user" who's a Windows user found how to use a Mac much faster then Windows 8 is the biggest fail of all. The whole point of Metro GUI is to be intuitive and be used...
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- Post #51
- Jun 7, 2012
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Wheres my rent check!?! Updated Daily!

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- Post #971
- May 2, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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crazy Medal of Honor stories

They are great reads for sure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauford_T._Anderson
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- Post #3
- Mar 23, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Quebec may secede from Canada

Quebec's separation dream has absolutely nothing to do with rich and religious vs. the poor. Also FYI, but Quebec is the most religious province in Canada by far percentage wise, with over 6 million Quebecois considering themselves as catholic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec But as...
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- Post #45
- Feb 15, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Quebec may secede from Canada

Very tired of the Conservative rule? Conservatives just won a majority government having gone from 124 seats and a minority government in 2006 to a 166 seat majority in 2011. Conservatives are only getting stronger as Canadians are waking up. Meanwhile the Liberal party went from 135 seats in...
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- Post #43
- Feb 15, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Does healthcare really need to be this expensive? Recent accident.

The US pays more per capita towards healthcare (i.e Medicare), then Canada does for public healthcare. America's system is broken, and you are paying more in taxes then Canadians healthcare wise. Also, nothing in Canada says you must go to a specific hospital or doctor, and you also have the...
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- Post #69
- Nov 11, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Does healthcare really need to be this expensive? Recent accident.

Um, yes? Purely cosmetic surgery costs money, but breast removal or elective surgery if recommended as an option by a healthcare professional is fully paid for under public healthcare. http://www.cancer.ca/Canada-wide/About%20cancer/Types%20of%20cancer/Mastectomy.aspx?sc_lang=en Even if...
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- Post #68
- Nov 11, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Does healthcare really need to be this expensive? Recent accident.

(not directed at Jupiter) 24K down from a 67K bill, for someone WITH insurance for a simple breast removal surgery. Americans are fucked up in accepting this as the norm. As a Canadian I see tons of 'social healthcare is evil' and unsubstantiated 'insane wait times' horror posts in P&N, yet...
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- Post #57
- Nov 11, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Ambidexterity

I'm exactly the same. Power right, precision left. I had a bad break as a kid on my left arm so that might be the reason for the lack of power on the left, but throwing has always felt most natural to me right handed then left. I consider myself left-handed though.
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- Post #48
- Nov 7, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Any fellow Canadians have experience with brokerage fees? Some n00b questions.

UPS is notorious for charging very hefty brokerage fees for running clearance on your behalf. Here's a chart you can go by. http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html USPS / Canada Post is definitely the better option, but do expect to still pay duties.
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- Post #6
- Nov 4, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Finally a good quality HDMI cable

Love necros :p especially for 650$ cables!
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- Post #63
- Oct 23, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Chinese Toddler Ran over and left, nobody helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGaJrgi_SpE Nah, NYC onlookers just snap photos of a dying guy on their cellphone instead of just walking away.
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- Post #14
- Oct 17, 2011
- Forum: Politics and News
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Is it possible for a person to be flying fighter jets by the age of 21?

Really? Didn't know that oh well looks like it's been deleted for me.
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- Post #123
- Oct 10, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is it possible for a person to be flying fighter jets by the age of 21?

Did you seriously think the military would have someone with such a debilitating and uncontrollable disease to fly an 80 million dollar plane? C'mon now, you've completely lost total common sense. THIS IS YOUR LIFE! WAKE UP! I will post all your recent posts of late...
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- Post #119
- Oct 10, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Paypal account got hacked. Wtf.

Your computer may well be infested with several trojans. You've got more to worry about then simply your paypal account. Run a anti malware scanner like Malwarebytes and get that stuff cleaned up.
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- Post #5
- Sep 28, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Paypal account got hacked. Wtf.

Someone is trying to scam lots of Minecraft copies :p.
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- Post #3
- Sep 28, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Upgrading DDR2 ram from 1GB to 3 GB slot question - mixing ram

I doubt there is any OS upgrade in the near horizon since there are bigger priorities right now, but the thought of being a little more future proof is good so I'll mention it, since 4 GB is what was planned originally. Thanks all for the comments. Memtest 86 ran smoothly on the couple of test...
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- Post #6
- Sep 20, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Upgrading DDR2 ram from 1GB to 3 GB slot question - mixing ram

The company I work for is doing a mass upgrade rollout to upgrade from 1GB (1x 1 GB DDR2) to 4GB (2x2 GB DDR2) on their computers, but it ran into the dreaded Windows XP 32-bit snag where only 3 GB of ram is recognized. Now here is the dilemma since I'm not sure how much the impact will be of...
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- Sep 20, 2011
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Moving without Job?

You have a fiancee and you only have 3 months savings between the 2 of you? That's extremely little for 2 people. Finances may break you if you aren't strong willed, you need a contingency plan should neither of you get a good job right away once moving. You should also be applying to jobs in...
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- Post #12
- Sep 16, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Moving without Job?

I moved provinces over 2500 km away without a job on a whim (quit my job and decided to move). Best decision ever, took me about 2 months to get a much better job and haven't looked back since. I lived with my friend at first though and got an apartment a few months later, though was due to him...
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- Post #11
- Sep 16, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Canadians: Bagged milk question (serious)

I was about to post that, lolamericans not knowing about BeaverTails :p. And we also have ketchup chips.
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- Post #34
- Sep 8, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Canadians: Bagged milk question (serious)

Bagged milk is an eastern Canada thing. There are none in western Canada.
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- Post #32
- Sep 8, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Microwave Mishap -- My fault or microwave's fault?

Also, he's cooking long grain rice, not white rice. The time while it seems high is actually normal for that type of rice. http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Rice-in-a-Microwave # Cover, place in the microwave and set the time. Here are some suggested guidelines for a 700 watt microwave and white...
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- Post #99
- Aug 26, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Microwave Mishap -- My fault or microwave's fault?

It didn't save him from ridicule, he used a 3.125 cup holder when it clearly said 2 quart. He's trying to defy the laws of physics! 28 min of cooking dry rice without room for water and without checking even once = super fail
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- Post #98
- Aug 26, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Microwave Mishap -- My fault or microwave's fault?

This has got to be the most stupid post I've ever seen http://www.asknumbers.com/QuartsToCupsConversion.aspx You probably can't measure to save your life. BTW in case your great culinary brain hasn't caught on, rice / water expands and has to go somewhere.
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- Post #32
- Aug 26, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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