JWIV
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Little bit of vertigo looking at that picture. Heights and me? Not friends.
It's not heights that bother me -- it's the edges. Even with a railing, I get really nervous. Like somehow I'm going to fall off, even though the railing comes up to my waist. Heights, though -- not so much. I've stood near the top of the Shuttle launch assembly, which is some 300 feet up (if you count the blast pit) on what's basically a steel mesh floor. I could see all the way down, and it didn't give me a moment's pause -- until I got near the rail. I'm terrified of heights unless I'm holding a camera. Then I can manage to distract myself with enough "OH FUCK YA AWESOME SHOT" and forget to be afraid of plummeting several hundred feet to my doom.
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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The other thing about that picture - it's taken with a fairly wide angle lens (see the distortion on their heads). So the photographer was right up close, not like 50m away with a telephoto. Mad props to all concerned
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"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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Ookii
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is actually Trippy
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Can't go into T&A so it goes here! It is quite awesome.
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ClydeJr
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My old man was an Ironworker. I got respect for him, big time.
That photo reminds me of that famous one with the workers eating lunch: Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper. I think I would be freaking out if I was up there.
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schild
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Can't go into T&A so it goes here! It is quite awesome. Holy shit. Is that jailbait? Apparently not!
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Awesome.
Golf is win.
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Morat20
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Pretty much. Sartre used it as an analogy for existential dread, you're not afraid of the height so much as the thought that you're entirely capable of (free to) throwing yourself off.
That's the feeling exactly.
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squirrel
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Can't go into T&A so it goes here! It is quite awesome. Agreed. And now I want to apply for a mastercard for some reason...
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Speaking of marketing, we're out of milk.
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Oban
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God bless America.
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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SnakeCharmer
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I played in the pro-am for the 2007 Tournament of Champions here in Mobile. She was in the group ahead of me. I don't know if I've ever played as fast a round as I did that day trying to keep her in sight.
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Ookii
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is actually Trippy
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Cyrrex
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I'm sure it's going to be obvious when someone points it out to me, but...an iron hooked up to what must be a car battery?
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Hindenburg
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Itto
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And the iron's serving as a bicycle's seat.
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« Last Edit: December 04, 2008, 06:42:20 AM by Itto »
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"Who uses Outlook anyway? People who get what they deserve, that's who." - Ard.
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DraconianOne
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Seat warmer for a bicycle.
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A point can be MOOT. MUTE is more along the lines of what you should be. - WayAbvPar
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Ookii
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Fuck that, this is so win: We thought you might be interested to learn that the FDA has completed its “Device/Not a Device” determination and concluded the handgun will be listed as a Class I Medical Device, exempt from 510(k) Pre-Market Notification in accordance with 21 CFR 890.5050 “Daily Activity Assist Device.”
We have now submitted an application to the CMS contractor Noridian for a DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Coding Verification in order to be assigned an HCPCS code. Once assigned , physicians will be able to prescribe the Palm Pistol for qualified patients who may seek reimbursement through Medicare or private health insurance companies.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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When you don't hotlink, we can't use the image to find the site you stole it from
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kaid
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Ookii
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Or Slashdot or Engadget.
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bhodi
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No lie.
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Of course, that thing sucks; the design it was based on had what, 8 rounds? Going to single shot is a huge downgrade.
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Oban
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This is for euthanasia of seniors, right?
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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sidereal
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Worst use of taxpayer money ever
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THIS IS THE MOST I HAVE EVERY WANTED TO GET IN TO A BETA
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Nebu
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Worst use of taxpayer money ever
That list of projects that wasted taxpayer dollars would be a tough list to judge... it's SO long.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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Nerf
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The Presence of Your Vehicle Has Been Documented
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Ugh, that thing is just fucking awful, even I think it's a bad idea, that alone should say something.
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Miasma
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Stopgap Measure
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A rare positioning of planets Venus (top left) and Jupiter (top right) and the crescent moon of the Earth provides a 'smiley' effect that captivated Asia Monday night Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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sidereal
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Asia needs to get out more
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THIS IS THE MOST I HAVE EVERY WANTED TO GET IN TO A BETA
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Abagadro
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Possibly the only user with more posts in the Den than PC/Console Gaming.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Draegan
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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That reminds me of a 1980's CND poster that was When The Wind Blows with Margaret Thatcher holding Ronald Reagan in her arms against a mushroom cloud and the tagline "She promised to follow him to the end of the world. He promised to organise it". Can't find a pic of it, it's pre-internet
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"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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Oban
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Can't find a pic of it, it's pre-internet I found it in a rarely used tube.
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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Venkman
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I'm not afraid of falling to my death. I'm afraid of falling and not dying. Oooh, the paaaiinnn!
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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I found it in a rarely used tube. Awesome man! Nicely done. We used to have that on our kitchen wall when I was a kid. Next to a large poster of Bob Dylan that my mum stuck a cardboard cross on when he got religious. I had weird parents.
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"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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Ironwood
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Yes.
Yes, you did.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Engels
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inflicts shingles.
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my mum stuck a cardboard cross on when he got religious. I had weird parents.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Hindenburg
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Ok. Observed the 40 pages. Iain, i hate you so much. In detail.
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"Who uses Outlook anyway? People who get what they deserve, that's who." - Ard.
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Aez
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That'd be a repost.
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