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...and it won't cost you anything. I have a OLD 8mm camcorder tape that I want to watch, however I lack anything that would be able to play said tape. I was just derping around on the camcorder when I was a kid, and suddenly this thing resurfaced. I don't really want to drop coin on a player I'm literally only going to use once, so I was hoping someone had one lying around so I can see what's on this thing.

Had to have been a little chilly up there at 9AM, eh? Glad you had fun, welcome to the club.

If I remember correctly, the air puffers are all sitting in a warehouse somewhere, the TSA no longer uses them. Every time I flew when those were out I never saw them get used, not once.

especially the whole "agreeing with me" part.

It's not. You either pay the same amount next year, or something close to the same amount next year to get standard plates. Either way, enjoy your extra tithe to the gubmint.

Romney is a Progressive in the same vein as Gingrich would have put up a moon base. So would I, just to see the look on his face when his Randian/Objectivist philosophies get curb-stomped by the electorate. It would be glorious, and I could only hope it would shut him up for good.

Irony: Railing against unnecessary tax increases, yet gives the government $50 more a year extra just to have vanity plates.

I understand, I really do. I'm not ornery about many things, however due to the blatant lack of public testing that these went through, the financial connections back to previous directors of DHS (who now have a financial interest in the company that makes the scanners, who knew?), and the constant security theater without actually finding any threats that is the TSA, I'm erring on the side of "hell the fuck no" when it comes to anything the TSA wants to throw at me. I understand you have intrinsic knowledge of the science behind the milimeter wave scanners, and I respect that. My viewpoint is that if enough people decide to opt-out, then maybe they won't need to buy as many or, I can only hope, any of the machines and put taxpayer dollars to better use. If that means that some asshole with a TSA badge has to juggle the jibblies down there, until that gets thrown out as a 4th amendment violation (hey, a kid can dream) that's what's going to happen.

It's possible that there's a ton of wireless interference where you are now. Try moving the access point on the opposite side of the room/house from where it is now. If that doesn't work, and if the access point allows you to, try manually changing the wireless channel. The available channels (that don't interfere with each other) are 1, 6, and 11 (assuming you're on 802.11g). Try all 3. Also, go through your wireless connection history and clear it out. If you can't clear it out, make sure your home network name is first on the list. It's possible there's a default SSID (wireless network name) being broadcast from someone else's access point that you are trying to connect to before your own.

A small price to pay for the smiting of one's enemies.

So if your personal beliefs aren't being censored and you're still free to believe and worship in whatever you want, then what does the marital status of your hypothetical next door neighbors have anything to do with how you live your life?

And again with the persecution complex. Let me ask you this simple question: If Sally and Suzy get married and live next door, how, exactly, does that censor your ability to express your beliefs?

There's the persecution complex again. I'm intolerant of Christians who attempt to foist their beliefs on me. If you want to believe in God, do it on your own time. I even think there was a couple New Testament (since I clearly can't use the Old) verses about that...

Every day, really? I don't recall hearing anything about it yesterday, or even the day/week before...

Ah, OR's resident bigot. I'm not even going to bother to debate you since I think your body of arguments reasonably proves you to be a massive bigot, so I'll just say that your presence in this thread is not surprising, and for you to get your fundy religion the fuck out of my legislature.

Interesting, I see hordes of Christians clutching at issues that would make them feel persecuted, as they've been doing for decades if not centuries. I honestly don't think the Crusades ever really ended for some of these people.

I will literally pull your eyeballs from your head with crab forks if you restrict my ability to snarf down Cheddar Bay biscuits. Consider this your only warning.

For Start Skydiving in Middletown it's 230 pounds, and they actually put me on a scale to make sure. I can't speak for any place else.

This is lol worthy. You aren't some corporate bigwig that has an employment contract, you are a simple drone the same as most of us. Ohio is an employment-at-will state, your job can be terminated at any time for virtually any reason. Unless, of course, if you can prove unlawful termination due to discrimination or in violation of statutes such as whistleblower (good luck with that), or you have a signed and agreed employment contract ahead of time which allows for severability under certain conditions or for cause. You have none of those. This is how jobs work. You agree to their terms by showing up for work and doing what they ask of you, and they agree to your terms by giving you money. When one of those things stops happening, you should have a pretty good idea where your current employee status sits.

Well said, that more or less sums it up. Hit the lights people, we're done here.

But honestly, how would you possibly legislate something like that? As government, you can pass a law saying that minimum wage workers get a dollar more a hour, but you can't pass a law that says that just because we gave you a break on your corporate taxes, that means that you need to increase your overall payroll by X%. When you've got Sen. Tom Coburn coming on the Daily Show and saying we might need to raise some taxes, we REALLY need to raise taxes. I'd like to start with the people who haven't been paying their fair share, and I'd like to do it by 4%, not the ZOMG 90% that the slippery-slopers immediately gravitate towards. Take that, plus spending cuts (primarily in defense, I think 60 Minutes showed there are plenty of places to cut there), and we have enough money to start whittling down the deficit and start rebuilding some stuff that's been neglected for decades. You know, jobs and shit.

Don't think I'm going to camp out as I lack tents and camping gear. Kawi, where is this place anyway, besides somewhar in Kershockton?

You're already WAY over his head.

Out, have plans at the house. Enjoy the rubber chicken tenders...