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05-23-2013, 05:52 PM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

Seriously? Your alleged objection is that gay people are too stupid to realize that if they get married, the law will treat them like they're...

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05-23-2013, 05:36 PM

Flying Orca replied to a thread amazing singer-songwriter in The Bilge

To be fair, SHE's in her usual black.

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05-23-2013, 03:55 PM

Flying Orca started a thread amazing singer-songwriter in The Bilge

If you've never heard Amelia Curran's writing, you could be in for a treat if you live near Lansing MI, Princeton IL, or NYC. Her songwriting (which...

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05-23-2013, 11:21 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Republicans Must Be Exhausted in The Bilge

Word. (Actually, some - the good ones - do count them, but they're thin on the ground and rather quiet these days...)

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05-23-2013, 11:07 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

I'm not sure I would call a fundamental structural element leading to one of the worst civil wars in history "well founded", but YMMV. Yeah,...

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05-23-2013, 10:40 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Republicans Must Be Exhausted in The Bilge

Your count is something on the order of a quarter of a million deaths short.

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05-22-2013, 08:28 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

It is a difference I cannot celebrate when it leaves people without equal protection under the law. A strong, overriding federal government is one of...

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05-22-2013, 08:26 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

Oh, both my countries can be plenty backward, and I know it. At least you guys seem to be moving in the right direction... :(

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05-22-2013, 08:24 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Mayor crack pipe in The Bilge

Things fall apart; the centre did not hold.

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05-22-2013, 08:13 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Changing .JPEG file names en mass? in The Bilge

IrfanView also has good batch processing options for freeware/shareware.

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05-22-2013, 08:11 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Who cares about either Michelle? ARE YOU PROUD OF THE COUNTRY? in The Bilge

I catch some flack for criticising the nation of my birth and other citizenship, so let me just go on the record here and say that as a nation you...

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05-21-2013, 01:37 PM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

I was simplifying slightly so as to keep my post brief, but you are correct. Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how that plays out - to...

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05-21-2013, 12:57 PM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

I understand that. What I'm saying is that cohabitation in a domestic relationship for more than a year, or for less than a year if the couple has...

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05-21-2013, 12:53 PM

Flying Orca replied to a thread The NHL playoffs in The Bilge

Got to see a game last night, as we're staying with the in-laws while our hardwood floors are refinished. Might watch another this evening - it is...

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05-21-2013, 12:51 PM

Flying Orca replied to a thread The NHL playoffs in The Bilge

Erm, I'd suggest younger hockey players... ;)

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05-21-2013, 11:57 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

To respond more directly to the OP - as a benefit administrator this question would never have crossed my mind because common-law partners ARE...

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05-21-2013, 11:54 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

Sorry, not trying to use the actions of one organization, but rather the prevailing standard. It's hard for me to conceive of a modern state that...

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05-21-2013, 11:53 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

Essentially, people who are in a domestic relationship and either (a) have children together, or (b) have cohabited for a year are deemed to be in a...

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05-21-2013, 09:29 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

Let me get this straight - you guys deny couples benefit coverage unless they're married?! Do you have no concept of common-law? What a backward...

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05-21-2013, 09:26 AM

Flying Orca replied to a thread President Obama makes U.S. Marine break military rules in The Bilge

Norman isn't JAFT, and doesn't insult everyone's intelligence by posting stuff that even he knows is epoxy.

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