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I have a hunch the memorabilia market, sports, entertainment, or otherwise, is squarely aimed at suckers.

"The letters are practically right next to each other."

Pull the middle one, it's more fun for me.

I'm inclined to agree. I don't care how much money I had, I would never spend that much on a car unless the proceeds were going to a charity I really, really like.

Agreed; the compost you post is worse, because it insults everyone with any intelligence. I'm surprised you don't-- oh wait, never mind.

Yeah, I tried that, too.

That is utterly ridiculous. It makes me glad we have more sensible consent laws here.

Just don't be surprised if he finds a way to interpret them as "rude" and goes whinging to Scot. ;)

You really think he's courteous enough for that?

That would be part of why they're known as cougars...

I'm sorry, was there supposed to be a point of some kind in there? As little time as I have for your twaddle, I feel obliged to ask you to elucidate.

I made it a little further before giving up, but yes.

You'd almost think some RWWs regard Tom Clancy as fit for reading. ;)

I didn't know you oppose the death penalty, Rummy. Good for you.

Keith, that reminds me of one I used to see occasionally on the weekend when I was quite young (must have been, we were in St Andrews and had an old black and white TV that picked up Boston...

You'd know, Shirley.

I'm too disgusted with NHL greed to watch, as much as I like hockey.

Hey, they have something in common with the OP!

Yep - ol' D-- er, Rum-Pirate (pretentious much?) is JAFT.

I agree that homemade are best, especially with coffee-can steamed brown bread (slathered with butter, natch)... but Bush's homestyle will do in a pinch.

Good to see you posting, Jamie!

...to all of which I would only add this: it trains another generation AND all those looking on via television to expect and even normalize such overreactions.

As unusual as it is for us to agree, I think you're right about that.

I bought my erstwhile roomie a copy of that, I think - little pocket-sized job? Good book.

Happy to raise a glass, but perhaps a word of explanation is in order?

I don't mean to downplay genuine PTSD, but I think there's been a shift toward extreme emotional overreaction, and I think it's largely driven by media and well-meaning administrators of various...

TO's had some "colourful" mayors, but Ford takes the cake. What a putz.

Mike, were you around for the spring '86 earthquake in southern ON? I was living in St Catherine's at the time (working in Thorold) and didn't twig to it 'cause I was running down some stairs, which...

I love their sound, so if there's anything out there you'd recommend as being similar but better, point me in the right direction and I'll start snapping up CDs...

I realized a few years back that the denialistas have effectively won, in that it is too late to take any meaningful action on carbon release. I think the only plausible technological fix is some...

I was trying to pick a track off that album and gave up (this? "The Wait"? "Space Invaders"? "Up The Neck"?), but YES YES YES!!!

(Second album I ever bought, that one, and as good today as it was...

I dunno if Donnie Munro would want Runrig to be known as "ass-kicking", exactly, but they sure opened my eyes when I saw them way back when. I think Shooglenifty might be more in the ass-kicking...

Just heard from another brother (Philip) on CBC. Dave, is your family from NL?

Spending limits have worked well here and elsewhere.

Yes, but not cipher. ;)

Right or left, the losers will be the poor.

Geez, there's some well-aged cheese in this thread. I can't argue with the Who, though I'd go with "Won't Get Fooled Again" before anything from Tommy. And the Band pick is good. Nothing wrong with...

I know - I find it particularly jarring on Facebook.

Actually, there's a huge factor that matters even more to me: thanks to a judicious combination of sources and browser extensions, I can obtain the information I want without having to pollute my...

Hope all is well, Jamie - my dad felt great after getting his, and I'm hoping yours does similarly good things for you!

Don't watch it, don't need it, don't want it. News is online and anything else worth watching is on DVD or Blu-Ray. Besides, where would I find the time to watch TV? It might cut into my reading, or...

I don't think that's at all well attested. "Has required" perhaps, though the "requirements" are certainly much lower than North America's record would suggest. I think it's specious to suggest that...

This is well-reviewed by my sources.

Sounds to me like you have a problem with non-profits paying people as much as they can. Why is that?

(Disclaimers: 1. My career has been in non-profits. 2. Generally, non-profit management and...

And here I thought the garden was 'er domain, and 'e gets the blokey shed. :D

I could see one garden per neighbouring residence, but what if the man in question has others in his household?

It's like the old joke about, um, "misusing" pigs. You put the saddle on the pig and stick your feet in the... oh, the foot thingies...

They lost me at the first question; answers three AND four are equally correct, depending on whether the garden belongs to one neighbour or to more than one. Just because there's a man next door...

You could start here. Schumacher and Daly are worth reading. If you want more, PM me and I'll send a reading list.

This is interesting reading, too. I hadn't realized Tom Odum was as involved as...

Welcome home, sir. And thank you from an entire nation.