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Cheech

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  1. yay, free Pocky! For you ricers out there, free JDM parts! Seriously though, this sucks from an ecological standpoint. I'd hate to see this stuff get sucked up in the North Pacific Gyres and just swirl around for ages.
  2. You could have piled more adjectives on there. Your powers are weak, old man.
  3. With all that horsepower going into it, you're going to need a pretty large wing in the back to provide the necessary downforce.
  4. You really should try working on that whole "subtlety" thing.
  5. I'm going to get flamed up and down for this, but whatever. There's entire businesses set up for supporting the troops, supporting the military, all that stuff. It really seems like I can't walk 50 feet without someone trying to make me feel bad or tug on my heartstrings about supporting the troops by buying their widget or giving them money. I have an idea as to why you might feel like Desert Storm was the last time you felt that way, it might have something to do with Desert Shield/Storm was the first major prolonged military engagement of US troops since Vietnam, and the population collectively wanted to make sure we did it right this time, which, I believe, they did. The problem becomes that it never let up, as we had a lull through most of the 90's we were right back at it 9 years later, not the 20 that separated Vietnam and Gulf I. Because the "goodwill" never let up, you and I have more or less become desensitized to it, causing the older memories of when it was fresh and new (and actually grassroots) to be how we want to remember it. In short, "supporting the troops" is big business now, and not the unifying events we remember from decades past.
  6. Cheech

    Banks

    They have. The only things that I can't get are their insurance and check depositing via smartphone, which is the single reason why I keep my checking account at Chase.
  7. Cheech

    Banks

    See, that's the thing. When you start compromising like that, that's when the nickel and diming starts incrementally getting worse and worse. Why would you voluntarily pay someone to automatically transfer a little bit of your own money from one account to another if you go negative when there are so many institutions who will do it for free? Personally, I don't want to have to keep banging on doors to continually get around the fees, I just want there to be no fees. I understand that online banking and ATM's cost money, however there are no shortage of traditional income streams that banks already have between loan interest and interest on depositor money. I don't want to do business with a place that I constantly have to remind them that I'm a customer, not a new potential fee income stream.
  8. i got a tenner that's fake. Someone has a hard-on for Republicans.
  9. Cheech

    Banks

    Nothing alleged about it, it's the straight-up truf. See also: Keybank, Fifth Third (one of the worst in every category), Huntington (as of a a few years ago when I left them), BoA (the worst in every category) I still vouch for USAA based on my experiences. However, you may want to look around and see what local credit unions are available. Kemba's not terrible, but the ATM's are sparse and their online banking sucks. Phone support is out-fucking-standing though. I move money around like a motherfucker (3 checking, 2 savings at 3 different banks) and I haven't been hit with fee 1 since I moved everything out of Huntington. The only major bank I deal with is Chase, and I pay them just enough to clear my mortgage and not a penny more. Since I have a large relationship with them they don't charge me anything, and I use them to do local check deposits for my expenses or any other paper checks I receive. That frees me up to take advantage of Internet-facing banks, where ATM fees get refunded and the interest on a savings/MM account are a hell of a lot higher. BTW, that 6 transactions thing for savings accounts is a federal regulation, not something that the banks are doing to fuck with you. Savings accounts are meant to be cash at rest, and not something that you zip money in and out of. If you're going to do that, a lot of places will just convert the account to a checking and leave it at that.
  10. Now I'm beginning to understand why PhD graduates are so ornery about being called Doctor, it's years of pent up passive-aggression for being treated like kindergarteners in their late 20's. On a related note, good job hijacking this into a casting couch thread. Did not see that coming.
  11. I've tried it with non-enrolled fingers, and I can't get in. Phone's a Atrix.
  12. Well, fuck. I've got a fingerprint scanner on my phone that I use for a lockscreen, but this is troubling to say the least.
  13. Orange/red, however clean up the distressing just a little bit to make it easier to read the name of the shop.
  14. You never fail to deliver the good stuff.
  15. Scalia would support it, which means that Thomas would support it.
  16. do I have to do everything for you people... If you're mounting on a Harley however, that opens up the playing field a bit. I'd start with one or two of these puppies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger secured on the engine guards in front and on the saddlebags in the rear, which provides a nice home for about 20 rounds of ammo. They only weigh about 630lbs a piece, so the Harley should carry them just fine.
  17. I just can't find that attractive. Seriously, someone get her a sandwich.
  18. The rest of the state outside of the major cities are pretty majorly right-wing. The closer you get to Utah the worse it seems for some reason...
  19. I've got more than 2000 hours logged on Civilization V, and watched every show regarding WWII on the History Channel at least 10 times. There isn't an tactical situation that I haven't come across and whipped it's ass into a Military Victory. This will prove no challenge to me. Besides, I have all these resources in Columbus to exhaust before I start branching out on my Eastern Offensive. I'll call it "libkrieg". /edit: It just occurred to me that I'm a little short on weapons to start. Looks like I'll have to buy some more pistols after all. Which is the best caliber to stop man-flesh?
  20. Believe me, if I could, I would give the most atomic of wedgies to the moron that greenlit production of this show.
  21. This pretty much outlines my survival plan. Reading about who has the most stuff stockpiled makes it easier to figure out who I'm going to pick from first.
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