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  9. I'm doing my snow dance

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    Columbus (data back to 1885)

    Earliest date of measurable snowfall

    October 10, 1906

    (0.1 inches)

    Earliest date of 1 inch or more of snowfall

    October 22, 1925

    (1.0 inches)

    Most snowfall on any day in October

    3.6 inches

    (October 30, 1993)

    Most snowfall on October 31st

    1.0 inches (1993)

    Number of times measurable snow has fallen on October 31st

    Twice (1993,1954)

    Average date of first measurable snowfall (1981-2010)

    November 21

    Average date of first 1 inch or more of snowfall (1981-2010)

    December 13

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  11. Why Does Osu Need An Armored Vehicle!?

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    lol madcat makes it sound like OSU is adjacent to Fallujah or something...  

     

    I think overall, it's just overgrown children wanting a toy.  OSU has no need for this thing at all, and no clue how they will use it. They just got it because they thought it was cool, and it didn't cost anything up front... Just wait till it needs service though. I'm sure its super cheap to work on.

     

    Soon enough they will  make up some excuses about why they need this thing to deal with situations they previously dealt with just fine without one. They'll say something dumb like they need it to move trees or some crap... Oh wait...

  16. Government Shutdown

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    Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
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  17. Recommendations On Columbus Buell Repair Shop?

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    Good point, guess I could do the repairs myself after getting an estimate. Have you used Iron Pony in the past? HD dealers are a little nerving, I call them and they seem clueless on simple things like anything that runs on 2 wheels.

     

    i have not. i havent had to have any body work done luckily lol. i saw you said iron pony won't do it... if HD doesnt want to do it either, you can ask them who does their body work, or if they can recommend someone.  may be worth your while to call some automotive body shops like evans, rifes, etc and ask if they can recommend anyone for a bike.

     

    i wouldnt worry about taking it to HD dealer. you want a high estimate, and they are going to probably be pretty pricey. you only need estimates though. the insurance company will just give you a check, and then you will do whatever you decide to do... fix it yourself, take it to whatever shop you want, just live with it, etc etc. 

  18. Kickstarter

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    My wife pledged $30 to a company that we promising gourmet candies.  4 months later they disappeared.  Facebook, twitter etc all gone.  Contact info dead-end.  Kickstarter refused any refunds.  Amazon merchant services (who you pay kickstarter through) said "talk to your CC company".  CC companies are all say; "4 months is too long, sorry."

     

    The scammers made about $10k.

     

    probably a visa or MC right? they usually only allow you 120 days from the time of presentment to file a chargeback. although for some reason codes they do allow up to 540 days... depends on the reason code attached to your chargeback.

     

    amex usually gives you 180 days, but i have had amex chargebacks on transactions from over a year ago... not sure how that works lol. we represent every single one though, and win a large percentage of them.

  19. Recommendations On Columbus Buell Repair Shop?

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    you can do the repairs yourself. really,you can do whatever the hell you want after you get the check. the insurance company has no control over how you spend the money. you can blow it all on booze if you want to. you are a third party claimant. you have no obligation to his insurance company. they dont have a contract with you (policy).

     

    any bike shop should be able to give you a list of what needs to be fixed... id probably call iron pony first, or call some HD dealers since it's a buell.... they will give you an estimate, you give the estimate to to adjuster, he writes you a check (after you bicker back and forth about costs). 

  20. Government Shutdown

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    I'm a fan of "essential government employees". I'm also a fan of "if you're deemed non-essential, then how about a permanent layoff?" If you aren't critical to the function of the government or services, then we ought not be paying for you in the first place.

     

    how can we get things like DHS classified as non essential?

     

    id much rather pay for museums and parks than to pay some redneck to fondle me at the airport.

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  22. Reynoldsburg Thieves! Keep Those Garage Doors Closed And Locked!

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    i never understood the people leaving their garage doors open... i mean do you really want to show of everything thats in there to anyone who drives by? might as well just set the stuff on the lawn with a sign that says "please take this stuff". close that door and lock your shit up. remember, hoodrats don't stay in the hood to steal things. they come to "nice" neighborhoods where people have ""nice" things. 

     

    i dont even leave my door open if im IN there. i dont want someone to be able to drive by and look in and say "oh theres a garage with a bunch of tools, motorcycle etc... maybe ill come back at 4 am..."

     

    it would be awesome if we all lived in mayberry and didn't need to lock our doors, but we live in the real world, and people steal things.

  23. I'm Done Donating To The Red Cross

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    on my android, i dont even need an app. i can block numbers through they system settings.

     

    or, you can just set the ringtone for their number as silent or no ring tone. there ya go, problem solved. easy peasy.

     

    that assumes they call from the same number all the time, but if they use a different one, then you're gonna have trouble blocking anyway.

  24. Drug Testing For Welfare.

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    DerekClouser, on 30 Aug 2013 - 09:46 AM, said:

    If you think that there hasn't been a car accident death or accident caused because someone was high, you're sadly mistaken.

    the CAUSE of the death in that case is a car accident, not marijuana. sure, its a marijuana RELATED death, and the drug use can be a contributing factor, but its not the CAUSE.

    pretty sure what he was trying to say is that you can't OD on it like you can pretty much everything else out there

    DerekClouser, on 30 Aug 2013 - 09:46 AM, said:


    Drinking beer and smoking cigarettes are currently legal at the federal level. If marijuana was legal federally, I'd agree with everyone that it shouldn't be tested for before receiving welfare.

    i thought the whole point here was that we dont want people wasting government assitance? the guy who proposed the law said "It is time that we recognize that many families are trying to survive in drug-induced poverty". but somehow alcohol induced poverty is OK? how is it a waste if someone buys a dime bag, but if they buy a case of beer and a carton of smokes it's not? just "because beer is legal" is a weak argument against it.

    the only people this will catch are people who smoke pot anyway. since it stays in your system for 30+ days, and the hard drugs, the ones that are truly dangerous and "poverty inducing" are out of your system in a day or three. so someone smokes a joint on a friday night, then three weeks later they get tested and boom, they are in trouble... three weeks later. but if you use meth, you're fine just as long as you dont use the day before your drug test. then you can go back to spending every dollar on tweaking out. how does that fix anything?

    if the true point was to HELP PEOPLE, then alcohol and tobacco would be included, as they cause much more harm to society than anyone smoking a joint.

    the real fact of the matter is that this isnt about helping people, and it's not about saving taxpayer money. first, its political play so this guy can say "hay look what i tried to do" and a bunch of people who are ignorant to the true facts about welfare drug use rates and testing costs will say "HAY U DID GREAT JOB!!!1".
     it plays off their prejudice that everyone on welfare is using drugs, when it's simply not true. the welfare drug use rate mirrors that of the general public. about 3%. every other state where this has been tried, has found that they spent more money on the testing than they saved by kicking 7 people off the programs. do you spend 30K to save 4K?

     

    second, its about MAKING money. who owns the drug testing company that this guy wants to use? how much did they donate to his campaign? is this something like florida where the governor pushed really hard for welfare drug testing, and then the company that won the contract to do the testing just happened to be OWNED by his wife? its definitely about money, but not saving taxpayer money. its more about putting money in the pocket of this guy and his buddies.

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