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08-21-2008, 12:40 PM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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jump like jonesy...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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08-21-2008, 01:00 PM
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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Kish
/...mir en toches ...I actually had to look this one up since I'm not Jewish or Yiddish or anything like that...not saying there is anything wrong with Jewish or Yiddish  Quote:
I did actually look that up before posting since I recalled seeing the spelling both ways....I found this: hutz·pah (tsp, ht-) n. Variant of chutzpah. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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08-22-2008, 12:06 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Nickers?
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08-22-2008, 01:55 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Phantasm
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08-22-2008, 02:56 AM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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quark
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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08-22-2008, 03:00 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Radioactivity
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08-22-2008, 05:18 AM
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Minion of the scaléd ones
Location: Northeast Jesusland
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Snap
(I been told) or, if you prefer: Safe (There is a safe level of radioactivity)
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08-22-2008, 05:40 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Thermonuclear
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08-22-2008, 04:05 PM
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comfortably numb...
Super Moderator
Location: upstate
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zoroasterisk *
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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08-22-2008, 04:59 PM
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warrior bodhisattva
Super Moderator
Location: East-central Canada
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Asianampersand &
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot |
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08-22-2008, 08:28 PM
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warrior bodhisattva
Super Moderator
Location: East-central Canada
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Dëüẗschëümläüẗs
(Ënlärgëd för yöür viëwing plëäsürë.)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 08-22-2008 at 08:32 PM.. |
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08-22-2008, 08:40 PM
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warrior bodhisattva
Super Moderator
Location: East-central Canada
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Frénçhâççènts
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot |
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08-23-2008, 02:33 AM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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georgia peaches...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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08-23-2008, 04:04 AM
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warrior bodhisattva
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Location: East-central Canada
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Hawaiian Punch
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot |
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08-23-2008, 06:39 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Now, that can't be fair.
Leeway abuser.
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08-23-2008, 12:26 PM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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opere citato...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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08-23-2008, 03:27 PM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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really! (and i so wanted to see "Q. E. D..."
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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08-23-2008, 04:24 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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That's not a word.
Tropophobia.
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