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tailgate up gives better mileage than leaving it down.

tailgate down gives better mileage than having one of those net tailgate thingys.

I didn't see any increase with a soft tonneau on my truck, but it's a 6700 pound hemi...ain't nuffin' gonna help.

Beavis/Butthead and "fire! fire!" comes to mind for some reason...

Anyone else going?

Deep Jr. and I are heading over to watch practice now, then off to find some milkshakes, dinner, then back for the races tonight.

Didn't see Erin Bates this morning for coffee like last year - veeerrry disappointed, as I'm sure is she...

Foxfi isn't free any longer.

Try pdanet+; paid app, but works like a champ.

Or root it and use a free one.

if you have Verizon you're probably going to 4.1.2, BUT not all features, namely premium suite, will be installed.

Thanks, Verizon...

update's no big deal. Three~ish minutes, bounce, ready to go.

Good on you for adopting a rescue!

by "roadracing" you mean "racing on a road", not a track, right? i've done that: car, truck, moped, motorcycle, minibike, bicycle, running.

only elitist douchebags go to the track to race.

oh. nevermind.

i found the whole "we won't show you the name of the hotel or its exact location until after you book the room" shtick annoying as h3ll and quit trying. This was at hotwire.

one bed for you-know-what, one for sleeping...

never used either service before, so can't help with firsthand knowledge. Looking now to see if there are any gotchas.

*edit: couldn't find anything at the Conrad Chicago that was not a king bed. Online rates directly were $275+/night, checking in Friday and leaving Sunday.

grammatical errors a 4th grader should catch grind my gears...

my building's one floor, but we're moving this spring - hope my team's on the ground floor (easier access to our new data center, don't ya know).

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Get a tiny cake - Make sure the video is rolling, put a bib on her, and watch her plant her face straight into it, dig her paws into it, and generally make a helluva mess.

Get a regular cake for everyone else to enjoy.

damn KK took the "who's the father joke" right outta ma hands.

'Grats, dude!

^^^ looks like you could do at least 40 burgers/breasts at a time.

if anyone needs propane tanks, i can get them at our cost (employee/manufacturer) pricing - roughly half what you'd pay new, less if you want a blem (structurally sound/safe).

we used to be able to get grills at cost due to supplier status - I'll check tomorrow if we still do that.

probably cheap on Balloon Time Helium too, if you're into that...

IP's right...you cannot initiate a confrontation, escalate one, or continue one (with a firearm and expect to get found not guilty of something).

who the hell's this "big-ern" fella?

he the one what wants to start up a club?

hmmm...

Copied from a chain email, Gump style.

THE MAN TEST

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6. ...or four different types of dessert other than ice cream and custard...

it's pudding, not custard.

ice cream, cake, pudding, and pie.

peeve

hue hue hue hue hue

i wondered if anyone would notice...

although i've no doubt the "creeper" is a "creeper", dude that filmed it should be on the lookout for a possible slander suit, should "creeper" wish to pursue one.

he also shouldn't publicly post threats...just asking for trouble.

imho, shoulda beat creeper's @ss without the camera going, or just let the cops handle it.

...oh, and it's "That's a lie", not "thats a lie". If you're gonna post your videos, you should learn punctuation - not doing so makes you look not-so-smart. sorry, pet peave.

When my wife and I were in Geneva last year, we fantasized about heading to a bank and opening a Swiss bank account. I kinda wish we had.

the Swiss talk - you're about 15 years too late.

The other (formerly) safe havens, e.g. Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, also talk these days - especially since the G20 in 2009...

Geneva's a fantastic city. I need to go back, visit the homeland again.

Lol sorry man! Anyway, that link does kinda prove a point. Why do they not break out incomes lower than 245,000? Something to hide here maybe! Also, this is income. Wealthy people generally don't have an income so to speak. They have investments. And those are taxed entirely differently than what we are looking at in this chart. We're basically "pay to play" on this field.

Had to get you to read somehow...

As to why it's not broken out - Fuck-all if I know, it's the IRS. but, it's just the snapshot, I'd venture the details are on the site somewhere, but I need to get some shut-eye. If you really wanna know, have at it...

Income is income, whether it's a paycheck or a distribution from Merrill Lynch. It is taxed. Yes, at a lower rate than "regular" income, but it is still taxed.

http://www.ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html

This is not the IRS, that was the link. It's this stupid ass right wing organization headed by wealthy people to make you think they actually pay taxes. Please try and pay attention.

Jesus, try the link IN POST 13. It links to a .PDF from The IRS, at IRS.GOV.

edit: I created the link in my post, I know to where it links.

you say "the rich" don't pay their "fair share". How much more should they pay?

You're right, though, that individuals are paying more now as a percentage of total revenues than ever. Cannot continue.

20% of Fed spending in 2011 (~$750 billion of ~$3.6 trillion) was welfare and Medicaid.

Add another ~$250 billion from the states, and we're over $1 billion in assistance to the poor.

2009 personal (not corporate) income tax revenue just under $1 trillion, at $953 billion.

I did, it's still not the IRS

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/national-taxpayers-union

More rich people trying to convince you that they are actually paying taxes.

No, it's the IRS. Really. Try it.