Great article in my local paper
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I'm going out side to plant flowers. Flowers and plants help the environment right? I'm going to put my newspaper in the recycle bin.
I'll check back in here later to see where you guys have taken this thread!
I'll check back in here later to see where you guys have taken this thread!
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Originally Posted by Bass,Jun 2 2008, 08:38 AM
used to be Kentucky FRIED chicken but we all know fried food is the devil 
more seatbealts usage means less insuance pay outs
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Originally Posted by sireousrex,Jun 2 2008, 08:40 AM
Exactly. Didn't they ban saturated fat in NYC or something crazy like that?
those are the chemically altered and manipulated oils.
when I eat fat I want natural fat dammit.
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I'm older than the guy that wrote that article. I was one of those kids getting 10mpg, gobbling up burgers at White Castle and loving it (although I never smoked). It WAS fun. But times change. Now I recycle evrything I can, carry my own bags to the store and keep the thermostat down in the winter. However, I've never been to Aruba and don't own video games. Times change and we all change with them. There are other things available today that replaced the joys of yesterday. Things weren't better in the sixties, just different. Better maybe for some but worse for others.
I read an essay once that explained that all progress is a myth. I think that's true. We don't know more than people did 50, 100, or 1,000 years ago. We just know different stuff. The changes described in the subject article are simply manifestations of that shift in knowlege. And with it, what passes for fun and socially acceptable behavior.
I read an essay once that explained that all progress is a myth. I think that's true. We don't know more than people did 50, 100, or 1,000 years ago. We just know different stuff. The changes described in the subject article are simply manifestations of that shift in knowlege. And with it, what passes for fun and socially acceptable behavior.
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Jeff, it's pretty easy to picture you about 25 years from now standing on your front porch yelling ""HEY YOU KIDS, GET OFF OF MY LAWN"
Perhaps you're becoming a bitter old man well before your time?
Perhaps you're becoming a bitter old man well before your time?
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Stop to consider that the reason *YOU* find it silly is that I don't really care for you and don't have the same type of discussion I would with Steve or Jerry or someone I like.
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Originally Posted by sireousrex,Jun 2 2008, 08:21 AM
... and don't have the same type of discussion I would with Steve or Jerry or someone I like.
he singled out steve and I and then said 'or someone I like'
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OH SWEET DEAR BABY JESUS
Joe i agree 100% with you points of view on just about everything and i agree with .002% of jeff's points of views on political and social stuff but i enjoy our discussions all the time and find it fun to read how the other side thinks
i wish you and jeff would sit down and just have a beer one day.. you are not going to change his views and he won
Joe i agree 100% with you points of view on just about everything and i agree with .002% of jeff's points of views on political and social stuff but i enjoy our discussions all the time and find it fun to read how the other side thinks
i wish you and jeff would sit down and just have a beer one day.. you are not going to change his views and he won