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I read it in its entirety, and found it very interesting. I don't have anything to add nor can I refute anything in that text, since I'm not in that industry. But thanks for posting it, markjs. :)

welcome Neptune :wave:

:sadhug:

my guess is she's eating tons of sugary foods and is watching too much brain numbing television... you know, the typical American schoolchild... :shrug:

what's wrong with a sin tax on junk foods?

I'm usually reading 6 or 7 at a time.... my best guess is I finish 20 or so a year.

thanks, Leslie :) I've never used it but my mom used to. Went to this site http://sewingmachine221sale.bizland.com/store/page19.html to find its age. According to the serial number I found, this model was produced from 1921 to 1923. Except for the drawers, it kinda looks like this...

mine looks like pretty much like this... currently in use as a nightstand in my bedroom... :blush:

wtf? at that point, why even bother showing him the rules... :disgust2:

:hbd:

this isn't new, evidently.... the SAME article states further down:

Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis -- the cutthroat world of competitive Scrabble :D

I agree with that, Leslie. However, I've found that real life encounters can be overly focussed on appearances and satisfying simple lust. Chemistry can blind you, just as online fantasies do. Still, in my experience online relationships have to rely on words, communication, exchanging ideas...

The American people are going to have to be more patient than ever with the efforts of not just ourselves, but the efforts of our allies, to get them running and to find them and to hunt them down. --George W. Bush, Sept. 17, 2001

my absolute favorite poem, unfortunately too long to post the whole thing, so here's just Part I Howl, Part I Allen Ginsberg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Carl Solomon I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by...

ah... I stand corrected... :worship:

this could be bumped, I guess.... http://www.otcentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11478

I'm thinking my lilac bushes are blooming, and I should cut some to put in vases.:love:

hello, qt :wave: went to Niagara Falls about 30 years ago... saw both Canadian and US sides and my memory is that of a natural wonder surrounded by the usual overdevelopment... :disgust: the webcam is cool, though, if you ignore the fact that it's from one of the aforementioned violators ;)

:cocktail: here's to you, Leslie!