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    “You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.”--Samuel Beckett
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    If I had a nickel for every woman who found me unattractive, before long they'd find me pretty attractive.
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    If I had a nickel for every woman who found me unattractive, before long they'd find me pretty attractive.
    Don't bet those wooden nickels on that !
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    Quote Originally Posted by JTHunter View Post
    Don't bet those wooden nickels on that !
    So, you're saying women do find me attractive...

    I'm not sure I'm prepared to accept such an offer from you so early in the season!
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    So, you're saying women do find me attractive...

    I'm not sure I'm prepared to accept such an offer from you so early in the season!
    Naw, the only nickels you get ARE wooden.
    “I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American’s guarantee of freedom.” - - President Harry S. Truman, “Years of Trial and Hope”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    If I had a nickel for every woman who found me unattractive, before long they'd find me pretty attractive.
    Stealing that! LOL

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    "We are in the process of placing tear gas in the building. We are not entering the building. This is not an assault. Do not fire your weapons." FBI HOSTAGE RESCUE talking to Steve on the phone in the building at Waco.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.'― St. Antony the Great."
    And so...we are here ^^^
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krupski View Post
    The reason was I could make them foolproof, but not student proof. There is no such thing as "student proof".
    Once upon a time when I was in IT, working for a small software company, I was essentially the main contact for one of the company's largest customers. Their IT person wouldn't talk to any other support rep, had to speak to me, because she knew I'd get to the root of her problem quicker than any of our other support staff...yeah, I'm that good in solving tech problems...

    At any rate, in our discussions of how one of her users had blown up the database behind the general program, I said to her: Diane, we try to make the program as idiot proof as possible...unfortunately the world keeps building bigger idiots.

    Got a giant guffaw from her, quelled her fury, then she sent me the backup of her database so I could fix it.
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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