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CBStew

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3810 on: March 15, 2016, 12:30:21 PM »
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 04:50:53 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
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Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
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I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

You try explaning that to my 80 year old mother.
Ok
If I had known that I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself.   (Plagerized from numerous other folks)

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3811 on: March 15, 2016, 12:31:29 PM »
Quote from: CBStew on March 15, 2016, 12:30:21 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 04:50:53 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 02:17:12 PM
I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

You try explaning that to my 80 year old mother.
Ok

Without hitting on her.
TIME TO POST!

"...their lead is no longer even remotely close to insurmountable " - SKO, 7/31/16

CBStew

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3812 on: March 15, 2016, 12:33:36 PM »
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on March 15, 2016, 12:31:29 PM
Quote from: CBStew on March 15, 2016, 12:30:21 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 04:50:53 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 02:17:12 PM
I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

You try explaning that to my 80 year old mother.
Ok

Without hitting on her.
I can't help it.  It's just my nature.
If I had known that I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself.   (Plagerized from numerous other folks)

Canadouche

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3813 on: March 16, 2016, 02:11:41 PM »
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 07:53:23 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 06:16:07 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 06:14:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 02:17:12 PM
I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

My wife lives in mortal fear that we're going to hire a babysitter who doesn't possess their own cell phone.

Like some kind of Amish person?

Been married over 13 years and we've never had one.

Kind of peaceful during election season actually.

I wish someone would call us.

I've been trying to talk my wife into cutting our landline for a while now. We're paying $20+ a month for it, and we literally never use it. She's worried about us being hit by another ice storm - last time we were, the cell network went down. But I'm pretty sure we lost our landlines too, so...

It's an awful lot of money to spend each year on "what if."
M'lady.

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3814 on: March 16, 2016, 02:24:39 PM »
Quote from: Canadouche on March 16, 2016, 02:11:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 07:53:23 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 06:16:07 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 06:14:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 02:17:12 PM
I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

My wife lives in mortal fear that we're going to hire a babysitter who doesn't possess their own cell phone.

Like some kind of Amish person?

Been married over 13 years and we've never had one.

Kind of peaceful during election season actually.

I wish someone would call us.

I've been trying to talk my wife into cutting our landline for a while now. We're paying $20+ a month for it, and we literally never use it. She's worried about us being hit by another ice storm - last time we were, the cell network went down. But I'm pretty sure we lost our landlines too, so...

It's an awful lot of money to spend each year on "what if."

Wouldn't landlines be more likely to go down in the event of an ice storm (since radiowaves aren't affected by fallen trees/branches and ice build-up)?

flannj

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3815 on: March 16, 2016, 02:46:17 PM »
Quote from: ChuckD on March 16, 2016, 02:24:39 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on March 16, 2016, 02:11:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 07:53:23 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 06:16:07 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 06:14:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 02:17:12 PM
I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

My wife lives in mortal fear that we're going to hire a babysitter who doesn't possess their own cell phone.

Like some kind of Amish person?

Been married over 13 years and we've never had one.

Kind of peaceful during election season actually.

I wish someone would call us.

I've been trying to talk my wife into cutting our landline for a while now. We're paying $20+ a month for it, and we literally never use it. She's worried about us being hit by another ice storm - last time we were, the cell network went down. But I'm pretty sure we lost our landlines too, so...

It's an awful lot of money to spend each year on "what if."

Wouldn't landlines be more likely to go down in the event of an ice storm (since radiowaves aren't affected by fallen trees/branches and ice build-up)?

Where do you think cell phone towers get their power from?
The power goes out routinely in my neighborhood and the land line is the only way I can call ComEd to listen to a recording about reporting my power is out.
"Not throwing my hands up or my dress above my ears don't mean I ain't awestruck." -- Al Swearengen

ChuckD

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3816 on: March 16, 2016, 03:30:45 PM »
Quote from: flannj on March 16, 2016, 02:46:17 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on March 16, 2016, 02:24:39 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on March 16, 2016, 02:11:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 07:53:23 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 06:16:07 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 06:14:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 02:17:12 PM
I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

My wife lives in mortal fear that we're going to hire a babysitter who doesn't possess their own cell phone.

Like some kind of Amish person?

Been married over 13 years and we've never had one.

Kind of peaceful during election season actually.

I wish someone would call us.

I've been trying to talk my wife into cutting our landline for a while now. We're paying $20+ a month for it, and we literally never use it. She's worried about us being hit by another ice storm - last time we were, the cell network went down. But I'm pretty sure we lost our landlines too, so...

It's an awful lot of money to spend each year on "what if."

Wouldn't landlines be more likely to go down in the event of an ice storm (since radiowaves aren't affected by fallen trees/branches and ice build-up)?

Where do you think cell phone towers get their power from?
The power goes out routinely in my neighborhood and the land line is the only way I can call ComEd to listen to a recording about reporting my power is out.

They don't have failover generators?

Edit: They do! Backup power, at least.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5397187_do-phones-work-power-outages.html

QuoteVerizon reminds investors that the FCC imposes "specific mandates" on wireless carriers including "backup electric power at most cell sites." Therefore, cell towers typically have battery backup arrangements that support operations for two to four hours, depending upon call traffic. In 2008 the FCC wanted to order an eight-hour minimum, but the Bush administration asked for more study. In critical service areas, battery backup is enhanced by generators that automatically start when the batteries cannot provide enough power.

flannj

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3817 on: March 16, 2016, 04:12:18 PM »
Quote from: ChuckD on March 16, 2016, 03:30:45 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 16, 2016, 02:46:17 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on March 16, 2016, 02:24:39 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on March 16, 2016, 02:11:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 07:53:23 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 06:16:07 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 06:14:41 PM
Quote from: PANK! on March 14, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 14, 2016, 03:07:40 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: SKO on March 14, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
Quote from: CT III on March 14, 2016, 02:17:12 PM
I'm currently a registered Republican and Reince Priebus sent me a survey to help shape the GOP's future.

The Republicans have cornered the radical angry white man vote, CT. They need to know how to cater to the Non-descript once more. Show them the way

It's fucking terrible.  The Ted Cruz robocall machine is full, sweaty effect, there are constant messages from concerned local voters who want to set the record straight, and Peter Roskam is camped out on my front lawn and won't go home.

As posted elsewhere... I will vote for ANY CANDIDATE that will make the do not call registry include political calls.

Maybe you should just cut the cord on the land line.

My wife lives in mortal fear that we're going to hire a babysitter who doesn't possess their own cell phone.

Like some kind of Amish person?

Been married over 13 years and we've never had one.

Kind of peaceful during election season actually.

I wish someone would call us.

I've been trying to talk my wife into cutting our landline for a while now. We're paying $20+ a month for it, and we literally never use it. She's worried about us being hit by another ice storm - last time we were, the cell network went down. But I'm pretty sure we lost our landlines too, so...

It's an awful lot of money to spend each year on "what if."

Wouldn't landlines be more likely to go down in the event of an ice storm (since radiowaves aren't affected by fallen trees/branches and ice build-up)?

Where do you think cell phone towers get their power from?
The power goes out routinely in my neighborhood and the land line is the only way I can call ComEd to listen to a recording about reporting my power is out.

They don't have failover generators?

Edit: They do! Backup power, at least.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5397187_do-phones-work-power-outages.html

QuoteVerizon reminds investors that the FCC imposes "specific mandates" on wireless carriers including "backup electric power at most cell sites." Therefore, cell towers typically have battery backup arrangements that support operations for two to four hours, depending upon call traffic. In 2008 the FCC wanted to order an eight-hour minimum, but the Bush administration asked for more study. In critical service areas, battery backup is enhanced by generators that automatically start when the batteries cannot provide enough power.

They do indeed. Huge gorgeous Kohler units that shut off about an hour after the power initially goes out. If they start at all.
The battery back-up last about 15 minutes.
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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3818 on: March 17, 2016, 09:10:28 AM »
...for no reason I can determine, Kelly Crull annoys the piss out of me.
TIME TO POST!

"...their lead is no longer even remotely close to insurmountable " - SKO, 7/31/16

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3819 on: March 21, 2016, 08:34:20 PM »
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on March 17, 2016, 09:10:28 AM
...for no reason I can determine, Kelly Crull annoys the piss out of me.

I met her briefly at a Cubs game last year, and she was very nice. Even gave me her Billy Williams statue. /coolstorybro

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3820 on: March 22, 2016, 07:24:18 AM »
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on March 17, 2016, 09:10:28 AM
...for no reason I can determine, Kelly Crull annoys the piss out of me.

She accidentally followed me for like 2 minutes before realizing her mistake.

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3821 on: March 23, 2016, 11:29:25 AM »
...even I'm not entirely sure whether or not I'm actually @montanabrenan anymore.

CBStew

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3822 on: March 23, 2016, 05:34:48 PM »
Quote from: CBStew on January 27, 2016, 10:18:25 AM
I had that dream again last night.  I was back in college, but at my current age.  I was taking a final exam in a philosophy class, but I had never attended the lectures nor read the text books.  ( I got a C.  Under the circumstances I'll take it.)
This is getting monotonous.  The dream came back last night.  I was taking a final exam, this time in law school.  It was a three hour final consisting of 4 essay questions.  I easily got through the first three questions, but with 6 minutes left in the 45 minutes that I saved for the fourth question I hadn't even started an answer.  Then I realized that I had misread the instructions for the exam and learned that I was supposed to answer on opaque yellow waxed paper, which I didn't have, and that my answer could not be longer than 2 pages.  I woke up sweating and couldn't get back to sleep.
If I had known that I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself.   (Plagerized from numerous other folks)

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3823 on: March 23, 2016, 07:14:13 PM »
Quote from: CBStew on March 23, 2016, 05:34:48 PM
Quote from: CBStew on January 27, 2016, 10:18:25 AM
I had that dream again last night.  I was back in college, but at my current age.  I was taking a final exam in a philosophy class, but I had never attended the lectures nor read the text books.  ( I got a C.  Under the circumstances I'll take it.)
This is getting monotonous.  The dream came back last night.  I was taking a final exam, this time in law school.  It was a three hour final consisting of 4 essay questions.  I easily got through the first three questions, but with 6 minutes left in the 45 minutes that I saved for the fourth question I hadn't even started an answer.  Then I realized that I had misread the instructions for the exam and learned that I was supposed to answer on opaque yellow waxed paper, which I didn't have, and that my answer could not be longer than 2 pages.  I woke up sweating and couldn't get back to sleep.

Did you have a really rough time in law school, Stew?
You two wanna go stick your wangs in a hornet's nest, it's a free country.  But how come I always gotta get sloppy seconds, huh?

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Re: I admit it...
« Reply #3824 on: March 23, 2016, 08:18:12 PM »
Quote from: Saul Goodman on March 23, 2016, 07:14:13 PM
Quote from: CBStew on March 23, 2016, 05:34:48 PM
Quote from: CBStew on January 27, 2016, 10:18:25 AM
I had that dream again last night.  I was back in college, but at my current age.  I was taking a final exam in a philosophy class, but I had never attended the lectures nor read the text books.  ( I got a C.  Under the circumstances I'll take it.)
This is getting monotonous.  The dream came back last night.  I was taking a final exam, this time in law school.  It was a three hour final consisting of 4 essay questions.  I easily got through the first three questions, but with 6 minutes left in the 45 minutes that I saved for the fourth question I hadn't even started an answer.  Then I realized that I had misread the instructions for the exam and learned that I was supposed to answer on opaque yellow waxed paper, which I didn't have, and that my answer could not be longer than 2 pages.  I woke up sweating and couldn't get back to sleep.

Did you have a really rough time in law school, Stew?
Except for first semester, law school was kind of fun. 
If I had known that I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself.   (Plagerized from numerous other folks)